All language subtitles for Late.Edwina.Black.1951.1080p.WEBRip

Mister Black.

Mister Black!

Mister Black.

Where is Mr Black?

I'll get the doctor.

Can I do anything?

Yes. You can fetch a hot-water bottle.

Just collapsed suddenly, eh?
- Yes.

How was she yesterday?

She said she felt much
better but I wasn't sure.

I wanted to send for you then but
she wouldn't hear of it. You know.

Yes. I know what your wife is like.

Strong-willed.

Stubborn.

You have been very patient.

Nothing upset her?

Not as far as I know.

She hasn't been worrying about anything?

What should she worry
about except her health?

You never know, Mr Black.
You never know.

Sick people sometimes find
funny things to worry about.

They get notions you know.

Oh well, we'll soon see.

Go on.

She won't need that now.

Miss Edwina is dead.

I'll draw the curtains
in the drawing room.

There's nothing else I can do. Is there?

No.

There is nothing else
you can do for her.

"There is nothing more you
can do to her now either."

Goodbye, Mr Goldcrest.

Good day, Miss Graham.

Very kind of you to come, Mrs Fawley.

We did know her so well.

Oh yes, rather.
Glad to come to her funeral.

Thank you.

What a dreadful thing to say.

Your boys have missed you the
last few days at school, Gregory.

Very kind of you to say so, sir.

I know that you have been
wasted at a little village school.

Actually, there is talk of bringing you
the headmastership next year when I go.

Well, I ..

I suppose you are thinking of
opening a school of your own?

I know you always wanted to.

To tell the truth I haven't
had time to think about it.

No. Of course not.

We shall have a word about it sometime.
- Right.

Goodbye.
- Goodbye.

Goodbye.

Three quarters of an hour sermon.

And my new stay sticking
into me all the time.

And I never heard such
twaddle in my life.

'Edwina Black, an example to us all'.

Ha! What next, I would like to know.

My dear Lady Southdale,
one must speak well of the dead.

Sit down, man.

If we can't speak the truth about them
when they are dead, when can we, I ask?

The dead are no longer
here to defend themselves.

Nor are the living when we
say things behind their backs.

But poor Mrs Black. She was so ..
- Don't tell me what Edwina Black was.

Bless my soul, I knew her all her life.

And of all the domineering ..
- Now come, come, come.

Fiddlesticks.

I wish I could get hold of
the man who invented stays.

Mind you, I used to warn her parents
against spoiling her the way they did.

Excuse me.

Let me get you more tea, Lady Southdale.
- No thank you, my dear.

Well.

Just a moment, my dear.

I want a word with you.

Shut the door.

Charity. Ha.

You should know just how
charitable Edwina Black was.

What can I do for you, Lady Southdale?

Let me have a good look at you, my dear.

Hmm.

It's a pity I didn't have a good
look at you a few years ago.

Before I recommended you for this job.

I wouldn't have done it.

Oh?

Why?

Because you are far too good
looking to be a companion.

What are you going to do?

You can't stay here of course.

I never thought of doing so.
- Alright, alright.

Don't ride your high horse with me.

There is no need. What I mean is ..

There is no point in giving the
village anything to talk about.

You had better come to me.

Come to you, Lady Southdale?
- Why not?

I'm not as bad as I look.

And I certainly wouldn't
treat you like Edwina did.

It is a wonder to me you
didn't walk out long ago.

Why didn't you? Eh?

Really, I ..

So you don't want to come to me?
- I didn't say that.

You don't have to.

Perhaps you are right.
I'd probably be as bad as Edwina.

Think it over.

You may change your mind.

And I feel a bit responsible for you.

It's not much of a world for
penniless young girls like you.

Or for lonely old women like me, either.

Goodbye, my dear Mr Black.
- Goodbye, vicar.

You have my deepest sympathy.
- Thank you.

Well, here is the last of us.

Me. As usual.

I want to have a talk with
you sometime, my boy.

I want to find out how it was
Edwina managed to bully you ..

With your degrees and all that
into being a village schoolteacher.

I'll see you to your
carriage, Lady Southdale.

The vicar will do that.

I haven't finished with him yet, either.

Come along, vicar.

Oh .. he's gone.

Hello, my dear.

What is it?

It seems .. wrong.

Wrong?

All we have done is to fall in love.

There is nothing wrong in that.

You should be glad.
- Oh, Gregory.

I don't mean about her being
dead but about our being free.

Don't tell me you're afraid
of Edwina's wind bells?

It sounds as if she is laughing at us.

Oh, Gregory.

I still feel as if she is sitting in
that chair of hers looking up at us.

Do you remember?

Do I not?

And I remember too while
she was lying up there.

How she would knock on
her floor with her stick.

To call either of us.

But that is all over now.

And so is that.

Gregory.

Oh no.

Don't.

What are you afraid of?

I don't know.

Something in this room.

In this house.

Something evil. She is still here.

Nonsense, darling.

Don't you believe that people leave
something behind them when they die?

Some people.

No, no. Of course not.

Let's go out into the garden.

Oh yes.

There is nothing of her there.
- There is nothing of her anywhere.

Our old coach house.

I don't suppose I will
ever see it again.

What do you mean?
- Well, I can't stay on now.

What else could you do?

I could go to Lady Southdale.

Never mind about Lady Southdale.
Besides, I need a secretary.

And you promised to help me
answer those letters tonight.

I have got a stone in my shoe.

You know, I believe you
wanted me in there.

Hmm.

I want to come to you from
any place but that house.

I have known too much.

Too much what?

Unhappiness.

No happiness at all?

Of course.

The greatest I've ever known.

But ..

Poor darling. I understand.

I tell you what I will do.

I'll take you up to
London myself tomorrow.

And we'll get the
engagement ring together.

And then as soon as I
settle things down here ..

I will join you and we'll
get married right away.

Shall we?

How long will it take?

Oh, just a few weeks.
Not a moment longer than I can help.

You know, I always wondered what it felt
like to have someone on his knees to me.

You would be surprised if you knew how
often I had been on my knees to you.

In my thoughts.

Do you remember the first day you came?
- Every minute of it.

Ellen showed me in to the drawing room.

I saw you through the window.

I thought you were the gardener.

And I thought you were the
loveliest thing I had ever seen.

It isn't true.

But go on.

Isn't there any more?
- No. Don't move.

That is exactly as you were
the first day I found you.

Asleep. Remember?

It's all been my fault.

There is no question of fault.

She was your wife.

I should have gone away then.

What difference would it have made?

We would still have been
in love with each other.

I don't know what to believe.

I couldn't have gone on without you.

So if you had gone away I must
have followed wherever you went.

Let's stop worrying and be
grateful for our freedom.

If you don't want to stay here we
can go away wherever you like.

Wherever I like?

Do you know.

Edwina once said something
very strange to me.

About my being rich one
day and being able to go ..

Wherever I liked and with whom I liked.

Well, it's true. So you can.

Where do you wish to go?
- Italy.

Italy?
- Yes.

Venice.

The fairest city of the heart.

Rising like water columns from the sea.

How I would long to go there.

Then you shall.

I've got a little book about it.

Come on, I'll show it to you.

Isn't it lovely?

Perfect. Looks ideal for a honeymoon.

Where did you get it?
- I sent for it a few weeks ago.

Then Venice it shall be.

And you will forget your sniffles.

And I am going to stop being
dishonest with myself.

No more pretending. No more mourning.

Then we can leave tomorrow?

Tomorrow.

Steady, steady.

Good morning, ma'am.
- And who are you?

I'm calling to see Mr Black, ma'am.

Didn't you see the bell?

Yes, ma'am.

What is it, Ellen?
- Are you Mr Black, sir?

Yes. But I have no time just now.

I am from Scotland Yard, sir.
Inspector Martin.

Could I have the favour of
a few words with you, sir?

Well, you had better come in here.

Thank you, sir.

You can speak freely
in front of Miss Graham.

She is my secretary.

Well sir, it is like this.

Dr Prendergast is worried about
your late wife's death certificate.

It seems he regrets signing it.

Regrets signing it?

Yes. He is dissatisfied with
the apparent cause of death.

What?

He communicated his doubts
to the Home Office.

And they, as is usual in such cases,
passed it over to Scotland Yard.

What do you mean 'such cases'?

What cases?

Well, in this case certain symptoms
now strike him as strange.

Are you suggesting that
my wife died from ..

Other than natural causes?

Well, let's put it this way, sir.

The suggestion will always be there
unless the matter is cleared up.

And how do you do that?

A pathologist's report would
ease everybody's mind.

But doesn't that sound rather ..

Horrible?

You mean you want to exhume the
body and hold a post-mortem?

It's the only way, sir.

Well, I object most strongly.

A question has been raised
concerning Mrs Black's death.

And the law must know the answer.

Don't you think you owe this post-mortem
to your wife in the circumstances?

I have already given the
necessary instructions.

You may depend upon it that everything
will be done as discretely as possible.

Were you going far, sir?

To London.

I was taking Miss Graham to London.

I see.

The cab man says if you don't
come now you will miss the train.

I shan't want it now.

I'll take that cab, sir.

Can I offer you my escort on
your train to London, Miss?

No.

I don't think I ought to go either.

A very wise decision
if I may say so, Miss.

Well, I will be down with the result
of that post-mortem in a day or two.

Good day, sir.

Good day, Miss.

After you, ma'am.

I knew it.

I knew it.

You what?

I knew Edwina would .. stop us.

How can she stop us, Elizabeth?

Elizabeth, why are you frightened?

I don't know.

That is the awful part about it.
I don't know.

You are frightened too.
- Of course I'm not.

There is nothing to be frightened of.

She died a natural death.
- Yes.

But she stopped us from going away.

She might almost be here.

Laughing at us and ..

Telling us that we can't escape her.

She is dead, Elizabeth.

Can't you get that into
your head? She is dead.

Is she?

Mr Black has gone down
to the school house, sir.

He always comes back that way.

Of course, Miss Graham is with him.

Unless they are in the coach house.

That is their usual meeting place.

The coach house?

Yes.

I see.

You acted as nurse to
Mrs Black, didn't you?

She was always Miss Edwina to me, sir.

I did my best.

And a very good nurse I
expect you were too, ma'am.

For instance, you'd see she
had her medicine regularly.

Of course.

It's no use having doctors if
you don't do what they tell you.

That's right, ma'am.
And by the same token ..

You can say it's no good having a
policeman unless you tell him the truth.

Naturally, sir.

Mr Black thinks they
cost enough as it is.

Does he now?

Well, we must see he
gets his money's worth.

Do you want to go in there, sir?
It is a greenhouse.

Yes, ma'am.

My Scotland Yard training has
enabled me to deduce that.

And now, ma'am, going back to Mrs Black.

You are sure she had her
medicine night and morning?

Quite sure, sir.

And you never forgot once?

Never.

Yes.

Well, we have a little
mystery here, ma'am.

Because the post-mortem reveals
no trace of medicine at all.

Well, she had it, sir.

You're not telling me the truth, ma'am.

You know, you ought to know
better than to lie to the police.

Now, ma'am.

Well, I ..

Yes?

She just wouldn't take it, sir.

She said it tasted horrible.

She would pour it away.

Once she ruined a bottle of tonic
water by pouring it into that.

She told me not to tell
the doctor or anyone.

Here is Mr Black.

With Miss Graham.

Good afternoon, sir.

A nice bit of glass you have here.
I'm a bit of a gardener myself.

Yes, yes. Have you got the result?

Yes, sir.

I am afraid it is my
unpleasant duty to tell you.

That we have discovered
arsenic in your wife's body.

You mentioned a cup of
tea just now, ma'am.

I'm very partial to a cup of tea. I can
drink one almost any hour of the day.

Arsenic?

That's right, Miss. Arsenic.

You mean my wife died of poisoning?
- That will be the inference, sir.

But if arsenic was found in
her body how did it get there?

That's what I am here to find out, Miss.

I understand the housekeeper had
been with Mrs Black for quite a time.

Yes. Ever since my wife was a child.

Ellen was devoted to her.

Utterly devoted.

Any idea that she ..

Why, that would be ridiculous.

Hmm.

What do you say, sir?
Is there any motive?

For instance, would
she derive any benefit?

You mean money?

I always understood Mrs Black was
going to leave her an annuity, but ..

It's absurd to suggest ..
- Her motive wouldn't be strong enough.

But mine would because I inherit
the fortune. Is that what you mean?

Is that what you mean, Inspector?

I don't mean anything, Miss.

I am just looking for facts.

Aha.

This is the weed killer you
ordered from the village.

They tell me at the general store
it was delivered last November.

Possibly. I don't remember exactly.

I see quite a lot of it has been used.

Well, my wife was very particular
about the gravel paths.

Do you suggest, Inspector, that the weed
killer was responsible for her death?

I can't say yet, Miss.

But this particular brand contains
a high proportion of arsenic.

You think Mrs Black was ..

Accidentally poisoned
by the weed killer?

We hope accidentally, Miss.

Have you considered
the possibility of ..

Well, I was thinking of
the strain of the illness.

Suicide, sir?

How can she possibly have
walked to the greenhouse?

The doctor said she
couldn't stand on her feet.

No. That was true.
- She was far too ill.

Unless there was some arsenical
substance in her room.

Perhaps we might go up
and have a look, sir?

By all means.

Yes. Very refreshing.

Could there have been anything
like that in her medicine?

Not according to the prescription, Miss.

The housekeeper said she
refused her medicine.

I doubt you'll find anything
like that in her room.

Someone gave it to her.

Someone in the house?
- It points to that.

But who?
- Were there other servants?

No. She dismissed them all
when she took to her bed.

Ellen and I shared the work.

And I looked after the garden.

Did you see your wife on the
morning of her death, sir?

I looked in as usual on my way down.

What time would that be?

Oh about .. eight o'clock I suppose.

How did she seem?

About the same as usual.

It's locked.

Do you always keep that door locked?

No. It must be Ellen.
I will go and find her.

Whose are those rooms?

That one is mine.

That is Mr Black's.

Perhaps you would like to see them too?
- Thank you, Miss.

A very pleasant room, Miss.

Hmm.

I keep everything in this room ..

Just as it was.

A very nice sentiment, ma'am.

That is Miss Edwina's.

This stick, ma'am?

She used it to bang on the floor.

To call me.

Indeed, Miss?

I take it you were on very good
terms with the deceased lady, Miss?

She often said what
a comfort I was to her.

Did your wife take any stimulants, sir?

Well.

Never.

Yes, sir?

Well, hardly anything.

Not even a little wine?

Sometimes perhaps.

It may have been a little indiscreet.

She drank?
- No.

No, no. I wouldn't say that.

Not since she took to her bed.

No. Certainly not during her illness.
- Are you sure of that, sir?

I have already said so.

I don't expect to have to
answer questions twice.

I must confess I find this
endless interrogation ..

I don't think you quite
appreciate my position, sir.

Perhaps I had better
put my point of view.

Your wife died suddenly.

A post-mortem is carried out.

Which shows the body to contain
a fatal dose of arsenic.

I am put in charge of the investigation.

Now, sir.

If you were in my place how
would you set about the inquiry?

What is it you want to know, Inspector?

I want my questions answered truthfully.

Did Mrs Black take anything to
drink apart from tea and so on?

A glass of warm milk
every morning at eleven.

Well, who took that up to her?
- Ellen.

Not on that morning.
- You always took it up.

Not on that morning.

So who did take it up
to her on that morning?

She did.

I mean, Miss Graham.
- I did not.

Are you sure, Miss?

Well, if she said so, of course she is.

Oh.

I am sorry.

I am afraid I was a little ..
- Yes, Miss?

I was a little hasty. I remember now.

I did take up Mrs Black's
milk to her that morning.

That is alright, Miss. We are
all liable to overlook things.

Now.

You say you leave everything
in here just as it was?

Everything.

Well, it all looks nice and clean.

I clean everything in it every day.

Yes. I was afraid of that.

After you, Miss.

Do you recall who was in the greenhouse
last the day before your wife died?

I don't know. I was in and
out of there every day.

How about you, Miss?
Were you in there that day?

Probably. Yes, I am sure I was there.

I used to water the
plants in the evening.

In the evening?

I want you to think hard.

Did you notice if the weed killer
was in its usual place on the shelf?

No, I didn't. Why should I?

It's important.
Can't you make an effort?

No doubt, if she knew it was important
she'd have studied the whole greenhouse.

Don't, darling.

After all, sir. Your wife died the
following morning, didn't she.

About 12 o'clock, wasn't it?

Yes, I suppose it was.
I didn't notice particularly.

Hmm.

Well, I don't think I need
bother you any more today.

They are pleasant things,
these little travel books.

My good lady got us one
once for Switzerland.

That was the year we went to Southend.

Are you thinking of going abroad, sir?

Yes.

Were you going alone?

What do you mean, was I going alone?

According to the rubber
stamp date on this ..

It was sent here five weeks
before the lady's death.

I don't mind telling you
that puzzled me a bit, sir.

Were you going alone?
- Why?

Five weeks in advance
of the lady's death?

It seems a little .. pessimistic.

I ordered it because I had often
thought of going abroad.

But you didn't order it, sir.

You sent for it, didn't you, Miss?

Yes, I did.

Then why ask me, Inspector?

Why hide the fact that you
knew Miss Graham sent for it?

I merely thought she had sent
for it on your instructions, sir.

As a secretarial duty.

Inspector.

Mr Black did not ask me to send for it.
I did that on my own initiative.

Then you were wise to
get it so far in advance.

Very wise indeed as it happens.

Look here, Inspector.
- Gregory.

I have no doubt it can
be explained, sir.

Like a lot of other things in this case.

Such as who would have
wanted to kill your wife.

I shall be staying the
night in the village.

I shall be back early in the morning.

It will give you time to think it over.

Perhaps you'll discover something
that I have overlooked.

Goodnight, sir.

Goodnight, Miss.

Miss Graham.
- Yes?

Supper is ready if you are.

I'll wait for Mr Black.

Is he going to be long?

No. He has only gone to the
village to get some tobacco.

I wanted to ask what you and Mr Black ..

Are going to do about this house.

If you're thinking about your own plans.

Wouldn't it be better
to consult Mr Black?

I would have thought you
would have known all about it.

Really?

Why should you think ..

Did you put that back there?
- I did.

I was told to put it there.

Who told you?

Miss Edwina.

What do you mean?

She told me to put it
there two years ago.

And her wishes are still law in
this house as long as I am in it.

Well, if you'll take my advice ..

I do not take advice
from people like you.

How dare you talk to me like that.

It's a pity somebody didn't talk
to you like that long ago.

Before you made Miss Edwina
suffer as she did.

You think she didn't know what
was going on down here?

You're a wicked woman.

You think it wasn't plain
for anybody to see ..

What was between you and Mr Black?

Truth will out.

As you are going to know
before you are much older.

You couldn't deceive me.

I wasn't a poor helpless
invalid tied to one room.

No.

You can tell your lies to
anyone who'll listen to you.

I only said ..
- I know what you said.

I have just seen the doctor.

I know who we have to thank
for this, you scandalmonger.

And ..

And what about yourselves?

She fed and clothed and housed you.

And you took it all.
- Hold your tongue.

You can't silence me.

I am not afraid of a couple of paupers.

Living off her charity.

And carrying on down there while she ..

Get out! Get out. Do you hear?

I am going.

I don't want to stay in a house
where murder has been committed.

Now, darling. Please.

It's alright.

I am not going to cry.

It's ..

It is just that ..
- Yes, I know.

Let's forget the whole
wretched business, shall we.

After all, what does it
matter what Ellen says?

We'll get rid of this place.

As soon as this is over.

And then, everything
we had always planned.

We'll go to London. Get married.

And then, Venice.

Murder indeed.

Darling, don't take any notice of what
she said. How can it have been murder?

If it were, either you or I did it.

Since neither of us did it,
it couldn't have been.

I'll light the lamp.

No. Don't.

Let's have the candles.
- Good idea.

And the silver.

And the glass. And the lace.

And all the things we never saw used.

Happy?

You know, I have never
seen it like this before.

I can't understand people who
have lovely things not using them.

Doesn't that petunia look
nice in the candlelight?

Yes. I am rather proud of that.

When did you bring it in?

The morning Edwina died.

I thought of taking it up to her room.

Do you know. I think we ought to
complete the picture and dress.

Well, I have got one evening dress.
- That's all you need.

I don't know what it's like. I haven't
looked at it since I came here.

I'll buy you dozens in Paris.

One of the things we'll have in our
new house will be plenty of light.

Not a dismal old barn like this.

I wonder if Ellen has gone yet.
- I'll go and see.

Ellen.

No. She must have gone.

I expect she has gone to visit that
old crony of hers at the vicarage.

Well, that is fine. We've got the house
to ourselves. What could be better?

Don't laugh, will you.

You look beautiful.

What are you hiding?

Come to that, what are you hiding?

A little job for you, darling.

That's as far as I could get.

Oh, I won't bite you.

Do you like them?

Oh. They are wonderful.

But they aren't ..?
- No, no.

They were my mother's.

Now then.

Now let's look at you.

Why did you stop the doctor from coming
to see Edwina the day before she died?

I didn't.
- But you ..

She said she didn't want him.

Darling, what is it? What is the matter?

It is just that ..

You know, I don't care what anyone
in the world thinks about us.

But I do care terribly what we think.

It's ..

It's Edwina.

Darling, we mustn't let
her come between us.

We'll be in Italy soon.

Miles away.

What have we got to worry about?
We are lucky.

To each other?

I wonder.

Are you regretting?

No. I regret nothing.

Whatever happens, I am glad we met.

What made you send for
that travel booklet ..

Five weeks ago?

Because Edwina was always
telling me about Italy.

And how you had taken her there
on your honeymoon and how ..

Happy you had been.

Gregory, I couldn't bear it.

I wanted to be in Italy with you.

So I sent for the booklet.

And every night I would look at it.
And go there with you.

In my dreams.

What are you thinking about?

Are you sure there was no other reason?

What do you mean?

I mean what I say.

You are speaking to me as
if you were the inspector.

Don't be silly.

You even looked at me as he did.
As if I were lying.

Nonsense.
- Yes, lying.

I only meant it must have
seemed odd to the inspector.

Are you sure you don't mean
that you found it odd?

Even if I did, I still love you.

I love you as much as you must
have loved me to make you ..

Make me what?

What am I saying?

I didn't kill Edwina.

That's what you mean.

I must have been crazy.

Would you love me any
less because I didn't?

No. Please, darling. Forgive me.

I don't know what made me ..

I do.

Edwina.

You said that you brought this in the
morning that she died, didn't you?

Then you were last in
the greenhouse, not I.

Well darling, does it matter?
Why do you keep on about this thing?

I wish I'd never seen it
or brought it in the house.

I'll throw it out.

Is this what we put on
evening dress for?

Now do you see, my love?

We mustn't keep on about these things.

You can take any one of them.

And turn it around and
make it look suspicious.

Yes.

Yes.

And that is just what
she wants us to do.

Yes.

But we mustn't let her.

She is dead, Elizabeth.

Let her stay dead.

That was the door in Edwina's room.

No. It couldn't have been.

It was.

I am sure of it.

How could it have been?

I'll go up and see, shall I?
- No, don't. Don't go up.

No, I think Ellen must have
left the box room door open.

Why, you are trembling.

My nerves have been on edge
ever since the inspector came.

It's silly to let him upset you.

He is only just an ordinary man.

He's probably got an ordinary wife too.

I think it is because he is so
ordinary that he frightens me.

I can feel the full weight
of the law behind him.

That is ridiculous. It's not as though
you had anything to conceal.

Let's go and light the candles.

Matches?

There is some in the drawing room.
I'll get them.

Gregory.

Gregory!

Gregory!

What is it?
- She is here.

Where?
- Here.

Stop it, Elizabeth.
Where are the matches?

I dropped them.

She is here.

There's no oil. That is all it is.

I can smell her perfume.

She is alive .. and she is here.

Elizabeth, keep control of yourself.

Her perfume.

Why, it's this altar cloth
she has been working on.

That's where it came from. Good heavens.

You know.

For a moment I really thought that ..
- Yes, so did I.

It just shows you how easy it is to ..

Darling, don't ever lose control
of yourself again like that.

I had enough of that from
Edwina on that last ..

On that last what?

Nothing. Let's forget it.

First the doctor, then the
booklet, then the petunia.

I wish to heaven I hadn't
forgotten to take it up with me.

Then you did go up?

What does it matter?

After I took the milk up at eleven?

Suppose I did?

Why didn't you tell the inspector?

Because he didn't ask me.
Anyway, I didn't think it important.

But he did ask you and you said that you
saw her at 8 o'clock on the way down.

So I did look in at 8 o'clock.

What happened the second
time when you saw her?

Nothing.

Nothing?

Do you expect me to believe that?

Yes. I do.

For the very good reason
that she was already dead.

Dead?

Well, I thought so. She seemed to be.
- What time was this?

I don't know. About half past eleven.
Something like that.

But I saw you out in the
garden just before twelve.

What has that to do with it?

You would have just come from
her room and she was dead and ..

You would just go into the garden?

What did you expect me to do?

I'd had a shock. I wanted time to think.

You were last with Edwina.

Last in the greenhouse.

I see.

What do you mean, you see?

You are trying not to
tell me that you ..

Killed Edwina.

For both our sakes. I know.

What?

I'll try and understand
so well why you did it.

But Gregory, I wish you hadn't.

Elizabeth.

Whatever can I say or do
to make you believe me?

I ..

Here is Edwina's bible.

If I swear to you on this bible ..

That I didn't kill my wife.

Will you believe me?

I swear to you on this bible.

I did not kill my wife.

I thought you had gone.

How could I go at this time of night?

I came down to fetch my lamp.

What were you doing in my wife's room?

I was sitting there. Thinking.

Taking my leave of her.

All that time?

I didn't know the time.

The clock there hasn't gone since I
stopped it the morning Miss Edwina died.

At twelve o'clock.

Why did you lie to me?

Why did I what?

Gregory, I must know the truth.

What are you talking about?

You said that she was
dead at half past eleven.

Ellen says that she died at twelve.

Don't you see Gregory,
that I have got to know.

Why have you got to know any
more than I have got to know?

Do I keep on at you about what happened
when you took her milk up that morning?

Or what you did in the greenhouse
the night before or ..

What exactly was in your mind
when you sent for that booklet.

I told you all about that.
- And I have told you.

But you lied to me.

How do I know you weren't lying to me?
- Gregory.

If you won't tell me what happened ..

Will you tell the inspector?

Elizabeth, my darling.
What are we doing to each other?

We are destroying each other.

We've no-one else in the world to
turn to and look what we are doing.

It isn't us.

It is this house. It is full of her.

Everything in it comes between us.
If only we could stop that.

We could if we really loved each other.

We need each other now, Elizabeth.

Not in some weeks' time.

Now.

For you, darling.

What a lovely thought.
- So it should be.

Happy?

I've never been happier in my life.

The bible.

This isn't a bible at all.
- What?

This book.

It isn't a bible.

It is a dictionary.
- What about it, darling?

You swore on it. It isn't a bible.

Well, I thought it was. It looked
like it. It's about the same size.

It's just a mistake.

Don't you believe me?

Elizabeth, don't you believe me?

I can't.

You've been lying to me all the time.

You liar!

Elizabeth, what are you saying?
- You liar.

It was an accident. Good heavens ..
- Another lie.

Nothing but accidents and lies.

Like that inscription on our wreath.

'In memory of my beloved
and devoted wife'.

Was that an accident too?
- What has come over you?

I've had enough of your accidents.
There are too many of them.

You're mad talking like this.
You want to ruin everything between us?

You can't do that. Not now.

Not .. now?

Was that why you made
love to me last night?

To stop me from saying what I think?

Was that the idea? To make me shut up?

Well, shut up. Do you hear? Shut up!

You're mad.

I can't bear your suspicions any longer.

You are making everything cheap.
- Cheap?

How dare you say that to me.

Why, only a few hours ago
I looked at you as if ..

As if you were a god.

When all the time you are
nothing but a liar and a cheat.

Elizabeth, I beg you to listen to me.
- I've listened to you enough as it is.

Edwina was right.

When she warned me to be
on my guard against you.

When I think of what
you have done to her.

And now you are trying to put
the blame on me, you coward.

Why don't you admit that you killed her?

Very clever.

Most impressive.

But I see now what you are up to.

Another twist?
- Why didn't I see it before?

To think that you could
fool me like that.

Smile at me and all the while scheme
and plan to make me pay for your crime.

There are worse crimes than murder.

I've been poisoned too.

Poisoned by your lies and your
lovemaking that meant nothing at all.

You saw that I was starved
for a little affection.

So you came into my arms. That was
your chance to escape from poverty.

I should have known.

A man who lives on his wife's
money is capable of anything.

I did not live on my wife's money.

I had my salary.

Ha-ha-ha.

A schoolmaster's salary.

£125 a year.

Would that pay for all this
and your fine clothes?

You throw that in my face
just like she used to.

Why, you are another Edwina.

You even look like her,
sitting there in her chair.

You poisoned her because
you wanted luxury.

If you are so sure I killed Edwina why
don't you go and tell the inspector?

And tell him too what happened
in that room at 11:30.

You dare not. You are a coward.

You didn't think when you
made love to me as you did.

I never made love to you.
You made love to me.

You didn't exactly make
it difficult for me, did you?

So Edwina has won.

Very well then.

I'll tell you what happened up there.

When I went into her room.

She appeared to be delirious.

But when I could make sense
out of what she was saying ..

She said you'd slipped something
into her mile that morning.

And she knew she was poisoned.

But Gregory.

You didn't believe her?

I told her I didn't believe it, but ..

She said I would be
the next on your list.

Then after raving for
a bit she fell back.

Lifeless.

You know, I never really believed
that poison milk story.

Oh.

Oh, Gregory.

I didn't believe the
things I said either.

Alright.

I was mad.

I was unfair to her.
- No. Don't say that.

I do, I do.

I've lost you.

No, my darling. You haven't.

How could you?

What is to become of me without you?

Then .. after the things I have said.

I said things too.

Why, you are shivering.

Let me get you some wine.

I was afraid you were going to faint.

No.

I am alright.

You have one too.

Alright. A good idea.

Let's drink a toast.

No more suspicions. No more doubts.

To the future.

To the future.

Why aren't you drinking?

Ellen!

Ellen!

Ellen.

I've been poisoned.

Good morning, ma'am.

Good morning, Inspector.

I am very glad to see you.

Indeed, ma'am? Glad to hear it. Doesn't
often happen to me in my line of work.

I expect you have come to see Mr Black.
- That's right, ma'am.

Well. He has gone.

Gone away?

He went to fetch the doctor.

Indeed?

But obviously not to see you with that
happy smile on your face. Who for?

Miss Graham.

She has been poisoned.

Dead?

No, no. She is not dead.

I heard screams and there she was.

Calling out that he had poisoned her.

Who had?
- Mr Black.

Where was he?
- He was there too.

Together we carried her up to her room.

I see.

Then he went for the doctor?
- Yes.

And he hasn't come back?

He came back because
the doctor wasn't there.

He went again.

Over an hour ago.

Hmm.

Did she tell you how
she got this poison?

In that wine.

I didn't clear that away.

I shall be able to go now.

It is a mercy for her that I was here.

If he had had his way,
I'd have left last night.

Yes. I would like to have a
few words with Miss Graham.

She has been very ill, sir.

I think she will be able to see me.

I'll come and tell you
when she is ready.

I tried to get the doctor. He's not in.
You have heard about Miss Graham?

Yes. I hear you tried to poison her.
- That's what she says.

You man that port was alright?
- Of course. I had a glass of it myself.

Did you have two glasses?
- No.

Is this your glass?

No.

Why, yes.

Inspector, I can explain this.

Excuse me. Perhaps you'd better
explain in front of Miss Graham.

Miss Graham is ready to
see you now, Inspector.

After you, sir.

Good morning, Miss.
I'm sorry to hear you've been ill.

Now, sir.

He tried to poison me.

Why would he want to do that?

To stop you from finding out
that he had killed his wife.

He wanted you to think I had done it.

And then committed suicide because I was
afraid of being charged with the murder.

And she was afraid.

Because she did poison my wife.

And then she poisoned herself as well?
- No.

I think she slipped something in
her glass to make it look like it.

When my back was turned.

Why do you think she poisoned your wife?

To marry me and get away from
the poverty she's always lived in.

Hmm.

And I suppose you say, Miss.

That Mr Black killed his
wife to inherit the money.

Isn't it obvious?

That is just it, Miss.
I am afraid it isn't.

You see, I visited the late
Mrs Black's solicitor this morning.

And he told me some
very interesting facts.

For instance, that you, Miss,
inherit half the money.

I?

Yes. Did she never tell you?

Never.

That is not true.

She told me herself Edwina
said she'd be rich one day.

But I never dreamed that ..
- Did she say that, Miss?

I thought it was one of her cruel jokes.

I thought Miss Edwina
said it very nicely.

I was there at the time.

Ah.

And did Mrs Black tell you
ma'am that your expectation ..

Would be considerable and not
small as you originally understood?

It wouldn't matter to me
if it was big or small.

I loved Miss Edwina.

Is that why you gave her port?

Gave her port? It was
against the doctor's orders.

Pouring away her medicine was also
against orders but you let her do that.

Now if the late Mrs Black
didn't drink port ..

Who did?

You Miss?

I drank it last this morning.

For the first time since
I came to this house.

How about you, sir?

Hardly ever.

I am a teetotaller.

And a very admirable thing too, ma'am.

But I see half a dozen empty bottles
on the refuse heap in the garden.

And the wine merchant in the village.

Tells me a very considerable quantity
was delivered to your order, sir.

During the last six months.

Now, if the late
Mrs Black didn't drink ..

Who does drink all the
port in this house?

You can go to prison for telling
lies to the police, ma'am.

I wouldn't have given it to her, sir.

But she used to crave for it.

It brought the colour
back into her cheeks.

But he knew all about it.

You told me your wife didn't take any
stimulants during her illness, sir.

I said hardly any.

Besides, I didn't want anyone to know.

What? That she was a heavy drinker
or that you allowed her to drink?

Well, she kept on at me day after day.

Hmm.

Now, ma'am.

That bottle downstairs.

That came from Mrs Black's room,
didn't it? I want the truth.

Yes.

I brought it down the morning she died.

What's all this to do with ..

All in good time, Miss.

Now, I find myself at a loss.

All three of you stand to inherit money.

All three of you had access to
arsenic and to the dead lady's room.

I am afraid I shall have to ask all
of you to accompany me to London.

You mean you are arresting us?

Let us rather say that you are being
invited to answer further questions.

But how can I go?

I've been poisoned.

I don't think you were poisoned, Miss.

What you had was a dose of that rather
nasty medicine that was poured away.

This time into a half-empty port bottle.

Now.

There's plenty of time before
the next train to London.

But if you wouldn't mind preparing
yourselves for the journey ..

Meanwhile sir, with your permission
I will take a stroll in the garden.

How Edwina must be enjoying all this.

What next, I should like to know?

I hope you'll pardon the liberty, ma'am.

I thought a cup of tea would
sustain us on our journey.

In the kitchen?

I think Mr Black will waive
conventions for once.

We can all have it together.

You have got the wrong cups.

Have I now?

Oh, well. Never mind, ma'am.

I don't hold with those little
thimbles they have nowadays.

Sit down, ma'am.

Make yourself at home.

Ah, Miss Graham.

Come in. We're just having a cup of tea.

The kettle is nearly boiling.
Won't be a minute.

Take a seat.

If you don't mind my saying so
Miss, you have very pretty hands.

Things I notice. Hands.

Do you remember last April, Miss?

You bought a preparation for your hands.

From the chemist in the village.

Something to whiten the skin.

Perhaps you can describe it.

Was it last April?

Well, it was a powder.

A white powder to be dissolved in water.

That was the second lot of that
powder you bought, wasn't it?

Yes.

The first one turned colour
and I had to get some more.

You seem to be enjoying
yourself, Inspector.

Just making a cup of
tea for the journey, sir.

I'd have thought it was
hardly the moment.

Oh, sir.

There are few moments in life
when a cup of tea isn't welcome.

Now, sir.

I see it was you who fetched that second
lot of hand powder for Miss Graham.

Hand powder? I don't know.
I don't remember.

Oh, sir. You have a habit
of not remembering.

I remember.

Ellen was in bed with
a cold and Mr Black ..

Said he would bring it on
his way home from school.

Alright. I fetched it and gave
it to her. What about it?

We are coming to that, sir.

One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

And one for the pot.

Always pot to kettle.

Never kettle to pot.

Miss Graham.

Did you use all that
powder on your hands?

Not all of it.

Hmm.

What became of the remainder?

I had it in my room in a ..

In a what, Miss?

In a bowl. A silver bowl.

Mr Black told me that
the chemist said ..

It must be kept from the
air or it would discolour.

Like the first lot.

Where is that bowl now, Miss?

I don't know. It was in my room.

But I couldn't find it
there some days ago.

I suppose I must have mislaid it.

Mislaid it, Miss?
That's a pity, a great pity.

I suppose we all take milk and sugar?

It was the remainder of that
powder that killed Mrs Black.

Your tea, Miss.

Ma'am.

So it wasn't the weed killer.

No, we analysed the weed killer.
Nearly half of it was sand.

Wouldn't dissolve in anything.

And there wasn't a trace of sand found
at the post mortem. Only pure arsenic.

And that powder you used for
your hands Miss, was pure arsenic.

Didn't you know that?
- How should I know it?

Because it's a matter of
pretty common knowledge ..

That arsenic discolours
when it's exposed to the air.

If I knew that I'd have
kept it locked away.

I'd have thought you'd know that, sir.
A man of your education.

Well, I suppose I did vaguely.
I hadn't thought about it.

Is it the only chemical that
reacts to air like that?

Are you sure the chemist never
mentioned the nature of that powder?

Not that I remember.
- He never mentioned it to me.

Hmm.

They are apt to be a bit careless
in these country districts.

The poison laws need tightening up.

You mustn't let your tea get cold, Miss.

Hmm.

And mine isn't quite sweet enough.

How about yours, Miss?

Yours, ma'am?

I take two spoonfuls.

Oh? I only put one.

Why, that is the ..
- The sugar bowl, Miss.

That's not the sugar bowl.

Where was it?
- In the kitchen.

You didn't find it in the kitchen.

Where else would I find it, ma'am?

Did you put some of that into my tea?

Put some of what into
your tea, ma'am? Sugar?

That is not sugar.

Well, what is it, ma'am?

The arsenic.

It was hers.

How did you know it
wasn't in the kitchen?

They told me.
- Where to hide it?

Yes.

Said to hide it in the coach house?
- Preposterous.

One moment, sir.

You have poisoned me,
giving me this stuff.

I want a doctor.

I haven't poisoned you, ma'am.
I took good care of that.

This is the arsenic that was in the
bowl. What's in there now is sugar.

They did it. They wanted
to get rid of Miss Edwina.

When did they tell you to hide this?

The day after Miss Edwina died.

Do you mean to say you hid this
for them in the coach house?

Knowing there was arsenic in it?
Do you expect me to believe that?

He killed her. He wanted to kill her.

He knew her heart was weak.

He came up that morning
and shouted at her.

Frightening her.
- That is a lie.

If you please, sir.

And so, your mistress
died of a heart attack?

Yes, that is what she died of.

And that's exactly what the doctor said.

Until you went to him
and mentioned poison.

Now, ma'am.

I suggest you stole this
from Miss Graham's room.

And gave your mistress arsenic ..

A few seconds before you
knew she was going to die.

Why? I want the truth.

It was Miss Edwina. She made me do it.

Oh, what have I said?

Go on, ma'am.

Tell us the rest of it.

She knew she was going to die.

Again and again she made me
promise I wouldn't let her die.

Before she had the poison.
- But I don't understand this.

I thought she was dead when I left the
room at 11:30. Before Ellen went in.

No, sir. You were mistaken.
She couldn't have been.

She was dying.

She pleaded with her eyes.

And you helped her to take the poison.

And the plan was to incriminate
Mr Black and Miss Graham.

Miss Graham was made to take
the milk up on that morning.

And Mr Black was made to keep
the doctor away the day before.

And this bowl.

Was to be hidden in a place
you knew they usually met.

She made me promise.

And you deliberately accused
them of murder only a minute ago.

It was justice.

No more than they deserved.

They hurt her cruelly.

And I was going to
see that they suffered.

In their turn.

They ought to suffer.

As she suffered.

Up in that room. Alone.

Unable to move.

Knowing that they were down
there waiting for her to die.

Now, you have tricked
me into telling you.

And everybody will know about her.

I don't care what you do to me.

You can send me to prison.

But nobody must know.

That Miss Edwina committed such a sin.

Her memory must always be respected.

You mustn't tell. You mustn't tell.

Now, ma'am. Calm yourself.

You and I will go and have a
little talk, shall we? Come along.

But nobody must know,
Nobody. You mustn't tell.

Yes. We'll talk it over,
shall we, ma'am?

You leave it all to me.

If I may say so, Miss.

Sir.

We human beings are
very open to suggestion.

In the dark.

A coat hanging on a
door becomes a monster.

A tree becomes the devil himself.

And this house has been a
dark place for the last few days.

So.

A travel booklet grows into a menace.

And medicine becomes a deadly poison.

And that is exactly what Edwina wanted.

Do you think she would have succeeded
as far as she did unless ..

Unless what?

Well, the ground has to be fertile
before you can plant a seed.

You'll be hearing from
me very shortly, sir.

Good day to you both.

Are you going, Elizabeth?

Have we nothing to say to each other?

What is there left to say?

There is so much to un-say.
- Too much.

Enough ..

Bitterness to last a lifetime.

Isn't that our hope?

That all the bitterness has
already been said between us?

Is that all our love amounted to that ..

It failed the first test.

Well.

That is what happened, isn't it.

0nly if we say so.

Alright, Edwina.

Now you can rest in peace.

Elizabeth.