1 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,400 I wonder how many wives there are in the world who would actually murder their 2 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:40,680 husbands if it was positively guaranteed they would get away with it. 3 00:00:41,480 --> 00:00:42,480 Quite a few. 4 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:45,060 Here is one way that is worth considering. 5 00:00:45,620 --> 00:00:48,220 Go out and buy 13 oysters in the shell. 6 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:52,560 Bury one of them in the soil of a potted plant for 48 hours. 7 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:57,620 Then dig it up and squeeze just one drop of its juice onto each of the six 8 00:00:57,620 --> 00:01:01,480 oysters you are serving to your beloved spouse for supper that evening. 9 00:01:02,110 --> 00:01:03,490 Your own fix you leave alone. 10 00:01:04,530 --> 00:01:08,990 Later on, I promise you, the wretched man will be smitten with shellfish 11 00:01:08,990 --> 00:01:13,170 poisoning so virulent that he will succumb before dawn breaks. 12 00:01:13,890 --> 00:01:16,670 And not one finger of blame will be pointed at you. 13 00:01:17,350 --> 00:01:20,730 The poor fellow ate a bad oyster, and that's all they'll ever be able to say 14 00:01:20,730 --> 00:01:21,730 about it. 15 00:01:21,810 --> 00:01:23,010 Now watch this story. 16 00:01:42,860 --> 00:01:46,200 Mr. Appleby was about to open his fourth antique shop. 17 00:01:47,860 --> 00:01:52,160 His rather unusual methods of business had got him into the habit of disposing 18 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:55,900 of a wife and the shop in a different town every few years. 19 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:59,240 Mr. Appleby hated to sell anything. 20 00:01:59,740 --> 00:02:01,540 He loved trick -or -treating. 21 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:08,259 Consequently, three successive marriages with three well -to -do ladies had to 22 00:02:08,259 --> 00:02:09,840 date made good his losses. 23 00:02:10,590 --> 00:02:13,590 Appleby Antiques, which sold other people's candles. 24 00:02:42,920 --> 00:02:44,660 believe in bad luck, Mrs. Yes. 25 00:02:50,380 --> 00:02:54,100 I'm not open for business yet. Oh, dear, I see just the thing I need. 26 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:55,760 What? That. 27 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:59,160 It's perfect for a friend I know. 28 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:01,320 I shall be open tomorrow. 29 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:02,960 How much? 30 00:03:03,700 --> 00:03:04,700 It's not for sale. 31 00:03:04,920 --> 00:03:05,920 Not till tomorrow. 32 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:08,160 You remind me of my father. 33 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:13,210 Really? He was a stickler, everything in its time and place. 34 00:03:17,150 --> 00:03:18,350 Please. What? 35 00:03:19,190 --> 00:03:20,190 No cigarette. 36 00:03:21,030 --> 00:03:23,050 Oh, Ash never hurt a rug. 37 00:03:23,370 --> 00:03:30,250 I... It doesn't be there. It's far too... Everything's a stickler. I'm 38 00:03:30,250 --> 00:03:32,890 sorry, madam. Miss... Miss Sturgis. 39 00:03:33,810 --> 00:03:34,810 Well, well. 40 00:03:35,190 --> 00:03:37,250 Miss, if you insist. 41 00:03:38,730 --> 00:03:40,750 You seem rather attached to that awful rug. 42 00:03:42,050 --> 00:03:43,390 The sentimental value. 43 00:03:44,110 --> 00:03:45,069 That's all. 44 00:03:45,070 --> 00:03:47,830 You positively can't bring yourself to sell the vase until tomorrow? 45 00:03:48,090 --> 00:03:50,350 No. Not till I'm straight. I'm sorry. 46 00:03:50,790 --> 00:03:53,270 Pity. My friend would have hated it so much. 47 00:03:54,370 --> 00:03:57,610 I'm prepared to pay a good price, Mr. Appleby. I'm not without money. 48 00:03:59,290 --> 00:04:02,070 Shall we say I'm one of the fortunate few? 49 00:04:03,710 --> 00:04:05,290 Perhaps I'll pop by again tomorrow. 50 00:04:05,710 --> 00:04:06,710 By all means, do. 51 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:01,080 Now again. 52 00:05:01,180 --> 00:05:03,340 Have you cracked a bottle of champagne over it yet? 53 00:05:03,780 --> 00:05:05,080 What? The shop. 54 00:05:05,840 --> 00:05:07,460 It's the official opening day, isn't it? 55 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:11,440 Yes. But no champagne. 56 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:16,160 No. I imagine you still have that unspeakable barge. 57 00:05:17,060 --> 00:05:18,100 Oh, yes. 58 00:05:19,060 --> 00:05:20,620 It's even worse than I thought. 59 00:05:20,900 --> 00:05:23,160 Perfect. Right. How much? 60 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:29,740 Well, I... It's not for sale. No, as a matter of fact. Oh, come. Now, Mr. 61 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:32,000 Appleby, we mustn't be silly. You have a living to make. 62 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:35,140 Besides, I'm sure you're dying to get rid of it. I knew I would be. 63 00:05:35,380 --> 00:05:40,840 You see, I... Please, Miss Dennis, would you come through? Oh. 64 00:05:43,020 --> 00:05:44,020 How sweet. 65 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:45,400 You remembered my name. 66 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:46,900 I have rather a good memory. 67 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:49,720 Really? Oh. 68 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:52,040 You're obviously very tidy. 69 00:05:52,380 --> 00:05:54,600 Yes. I like things in order. 70 00:05:54,860 --> 00:05:55,860 Just like my father. 71 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:57,480 Obsessive. 72 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:02,140 I was saying... Oh, yes, yes, here you are. 73 00:06:04,060 --> 00:06:05,720 I only sell objet d 'art. 74 00:06:05,940 --> 00:06:06,940 What? 75 00:06:07,220 --> 00:06:08,220 Works of art. 76 00:06:08,780 --> 00:06:09,780 What, this joke? 77 00:06:09,900 --> 00:06:10,900 Oh, please. 78 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:15,820 My shop is my life, and furthermore, it is the policy of the shop never to sell 79 00:06:15,820 --> 00:06:20,680 anything unless the prospective purchaser shows a true appreciation of 80 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:24,660 article in question and can assure it the care and attention to which it is 81 00:06:24,660 --> 00:06:25,660 entitled. 82 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:26,880 Really? 83 00:06:27,500 --> 00:06:28,780 Then you must be flat out. 84 00:06:29,370 --> 00:06:31,870 Oh, well, no, no, no, I wouldn't say that. 85 00:06:32,230 --> 00:06:33,430 Well, you can't make a living. 86 00:06:33,670 --> 00:06:35,210 Oh, I survive. 87 00:06:35,950 --> 00:06:38,370 But that's not the point. 88 00:06:39,130 --> 00:06:43,370 If I sell, I must be quite sure that the article goes to a good home. 89 00:06:43,690 --> 00:06:47,550 Any other policy would be a betrayal, a desecration. 90 00:06:47,810 --> 00:06:50,530 What an unusual man you are, Mr. Appleby. 91 00:06:51,590 --> 00:06:52,590 Fascinating. 92 00:06:53,110 --> 00:06:56,210 Of course, I was only teasing about the farm. 93 00:06:57,180 --> 00:06:58,960 My friend will adore it, cherish it. 94 00:06:59,900 --> 00:07:02,640 But I must go. I'm keeping you. No, no. 95 00:07:03,340 --> 00:07:07,140 I hope I haven't kept you. Oh, no, no, no. I'm a woman of leisure. I don't have 96 00:07:07,140 --> 00:07:08,140 to work for my living. 97 00:07:09,460 --> 00:07:10,460 You know, 98 00:07:12,140 --> 00:07:13,140 it's quite uncanny. 99 00:07:13,820 --> 00:07:15,540 You even dress like my father. 100 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:22,720 You were with him to the last? 101 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:24,600 Yes. 102 00:07:24,700 --> 00:07:25,700 Yes, I was. 103 00:07:25,900 --> 00:07:31,960 Then if I may say so, Miss Sturgis, you deserve your reward because, well, a 104 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:35,980 woman such as yourself could have married at almost any time and left the 105 00:07:35,980 --> 00:07:37,680 nursing of an aged father to someone else. 106 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:40,560 You must have made a considerable sacrifice. 107 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:46,760 Well, I don't deny I've had my dreams, Mr. Appleby, but that's all they were. 108 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:48,820 I dare say all they'll ever be now. 109 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:50,120 I don't see why. 110 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:52,800 Because I've never met the man who could fit those dreams. 111 00:07:53,180 --> 00:07:54,180 No? No. 112 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:59,260 I'm hardly a simpering schoolgirl anymore, am I? That isn't the way I 113 00:07:59,260 --> 00:08:02,260 You see, I know my bank balance would outweigh my looks. 114 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:04,520 I'm a realist, Mr Appleby. 115 00:08:06,180 --> 00:08:12,620 But I admit that what I yearn for most is a decent, respectable man who would 116 00:08:12,620 --> 00:08:16,860 devote himself to me and make the memory of my dear father a living thing. 117 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:19,540 Oh, please, don't say anything. 118 00:08:20,580 --> 00:08:21,580 I must go. 119 00:08:23,140 --> 00:08:24,260 I've said too much already. 120 00:08:52,810 --> 00:08:53,810 I'd given up hope. 121 00:08:54,150 --> 00:08:55,670 Three days and you didn't call in. 122 00:08:56,370 --> 00:08:57,370 Why didn't you? 123 00:08:57,490 --> 00:09:01,970 I felt we both needed time to think about our friendship. 124 00:09:02,830 --> 00:09:04,010 I know I did. 125 00:09:14,090 --> 00:09:15,470 And have you? 126 00:09:15,730 --> 00:09:18,510 Yes. Yes, I've thought about it a great deal. 127 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:24,860 I'm sure you have too. Yes, well, I remembered what you'd said about your 128 00:09:24,860 --> 00:09:28,100 and how you'd always hoped you'd meet a man like him. I've nearly given up hope. 129 00:09:51,740 --> 00:09:52,740 Martha? Yes. 130 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:55,820 I believe you've met that man. 131 00:09:56,420 --> 00:09:57,420 Do you, Arthur? 132 00:09:57,880 --> 00:09:59,060 Do you? Yes. 133 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:01,560 Yes, I do, with all my heart. 134 00:10:02,680 --> 00:10:05,500 The truth is, I'm very lonely. 135 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:07,620 I believe you are, too. 136 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:09,280 Perhaps I am. 137 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:14,600 Oh, Martha, I give you respect, tenderness. 138 00:10:15,780 --> 00:10:19,200 Could you, I mean, would you marry me? 139 00:10:27,449 --> 00:10:28,850 You've made up your mind. 140 00:10:29,290 --> 00:10:30,290 Absolutely. 141 00:10:30,710 --> 00:10:35,070 I still believe it to be a somewhat premature decision, Miss Sturgis. 142 00:10:35,750 --> 00:10:38,670 If your father were alive... But he isn't, is he? 143 00:10:39,370 --> 00:10:40,370 No, quite. 144 00:10:40,610 --> 00:10:43,490 I'm sure you'll approve of him when you see him. I did. 145 00:10:44,310 --> 00:10:45,310 Come in. 146 00:10:46,570 --> 00:10:48,070 Ah, Dominic, dear boy. 147 00:10:48,430 --> 00:10:49,870 Mr. Appleby, father. 148 00:10:50,770 --> 00:10:51,870 Mr. Appleby. 149 00:10:52,660 --> 00:10:53,660 Mr. Gainsborough? 150 00:10:53,860 --> 00:10:55,280 Arthur, dear. Mr. 151 00:10:55,540 --> 00:10:57,980 Gainsborough knows about us. You can trust him completely. 152 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:00,180 He'd be in our family solicitor for years. 153 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:03,340 I didn't quite know what to think when Mr. Gainsborough telephoned me this 154 00:11:03,340 --> 00:11:05,340 morning. Well, don't you worry, dear. 155 00:11:05,900 --> 00:11:06,900 Everything's arranged. 156 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:09,720 Now, do sit down, Mr. Appleby. Thank you. 157 00:11:13,260 --> 00:11:14,260 Thank you, darling. 158 00:11:17,740 --> 00:11:22,960 Now, our valued client, Miss Turgis, has intimated to us her intentions towards 159 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:25,600 you. Marriage, that is. My congratulations. 160 00:11:26,100 --> 00:11:27,039 Thank you. 161 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:30,840 And while she agrees with me that her fortune might well be part of her 162 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:34,940 attraction... Oh, no. ...she realizes, of course, that that is not so with you. 163 00:11:35,180 --> 00:11:36,180 Quite. 164 00:11:37,540 --> 00:11:39,400 Mr. Appleby, have you been married before? 165 00:11:41,420 --> 00:11:42,420 Yes. 166 00:11:43,420 --> 00:11:45,920 Divorced? Good heavens, no. 167 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:47,160 Ah, good. 168 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:51,280 Forgive me, the question may have seemed somewhat impertinent, but in these days 169 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:55,760 of moral laxity, I myself am perhaps somewhat old -fashioned. No, no, I quite 170 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:56,960 agree with you. Good. 171 00:11:57,340 --> 00:11:58,480 That's settled, then. 172 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:04,460 Now, we act not only as Miss Turges's solicitors, but also as her trustees. 173 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:12,060 And she has instructed us to make certain adjustments in your favour to 174 00:12:12,060 --> 00:12:12,879 of trust. 175 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:13,880 But that's wonderful. 176 00:12:15,060 --> 00:12:16,060 Yes, it is. 177 00:12:16,810 --> 00:12:19,250 You're a fortunate man, Mr. Appleby. 178 00:12:42,870 --> 00:12:46,190 Still think it's all been a bit hasty, don't you? 179 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:47,800 We love Papa. 180 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:49,160 Oh. 181 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:50,700 Well, don't look so gloomy. 182 00:12:51,020 --> 00:12:53,080 The old boy doesn't get a penny till she dies. 183 00:13:18,300 --> 00:13:19,720 Just off to the shop, dear. 184 00:13:21,060 --> 00:13:24,120 So soon? Half past nine. I open at ten precisely. 185 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:25,760 I didn't mean that. 186 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:32,060 What then? When I said so soon, I meant... How long have we been married, 187 00:13:32,140 --> 00:13:33,140 Arthur? 188 00:13:33,260 --> 00:13:34,260 Three weeks. 189 00:13:34,380 --> 00:13:37,100 And already you're forgetting your promise, aren't you? 190 00:13:37,500 --> 00:13:39,420 No, I don't think so, dear. 191 00:13:40,100 --> 00:13:43,100 No. To devote yourself to me. 192 00:13:43,380 --> 00:13:45,180 But I am devoted, dear. I am. 193 00:13:45,740 --> 00:13:48,240 But you can't be dear if you're at your shop. 194 00:13:48,560 --> 00:13:49,560 The man must work. 195 00:13:49,700 --> 00:13:51,340 My man mustn't, dear. 196 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:53,880 My money is more than enough. 197 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:55,900 Your income wouldn't keep me in secret. 198 00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:57,700 I do wish you wouldn't smoke. 199 00:13:58,160 --> 00:13:59,380 Are you criticising me? 200 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:02,440 No, no, no, it's just... No. 201 00:14:02,740 --> 00:14:05,480 Good, that's settled then. This morning, no shop. 202 00:14:05,820 --> 00:14:09,060 You'll help me with the crossword, then I shall cook you a nice lunch to build 203 00:14:09,060 --> 00:14:10,060 you up. 204 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:14,640 I don't take lunch, dear, I did say. Yes, I know you did, dear. 205 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:19,220 But a husband who only eats soft -boiled eggs is never going to satisfy me. 206 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:34,520 Eat up, there's a good boy. 207 00:14:35,780 --> 00:14:36,780 All ready? 208 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:40,040 I don't take condiments. 209 00:14:41,420 --> 00:14:43,660 My father was a pernickety eater. 210 00:14:44,590 --> 00:14:45,590 So like you. 211 00:14:54,730 --> 00:14:57,950 I'm fine, Mr. Gainsborough. A joyful bride. 212 00:14:59,210 --> 00:15:01,830 Arthur's become so... so devoted. 213 00:15:03,010 --> 00:15:06,630 Yes. Yes, I'll ring you tomorrow night. Same time. 214 00:15:14,670 --> 00:15:15,990 I'm just going up, Arthur. 215 00:15:17,110 --> 00:15:19,510 Oh, you and your glass of water. 216 00:15:19,770 --> 00:15:22,310 My father always had a glass of water at nine o 'clock. 217 00:15:23,170 --> 00:15:24,490 Settles my stomach, dear. 218 00:15:24,710 --> 00:15:25,710 Yes. 219 00:15:26,170 --> 00:15:27,170 Big time. 220 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:45,780 I'm ready, Arthur. 221 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:53,840 Do come along, Arthur. 222 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:55,800 Joe? 223 00:16:21,330 --> 00:16:22,330 Yes, dear. 224 00:16:22,470 --> 00:16:23,470 Anything nice? 225 00:16:24,050 --> 00:16:25,050 Nothing much. 226 00:16:25,690 --> 00:16:26,690 Just a postcard. 227 00:16:29,090 --> 00:16:30,090 Who's it from? 228 00:16:30,370 --> 00:16:31,370 I don't know. 229 00:16:31,550 --> 00:16:32,550 It's for you. 230 00:16:32,590 --> 00:16:33,590 Oh. 231 00:16:37,610 --> 00:16:38,610 Hult? 232 00:16:39,010 --> 00:16:40,430 You're not going to the shop, are you? 233 00:16:40,910 --> 00:16:42,230 Oh, yes. I think I must. 234 00:16:42,530 --> 00:16:43,910 Today. Really? 235 00:16:44,610 --> 00:16:45,610 Oh, very well. 236 00:16:46,110 --> 00:16:48,170 But you'll have to make up for it tomorrow. 237 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:53,080 from Isabel. 238 00:16:53,500 --> 00:16:55,480 Do you remember? I sent her that awful vase. 239 00:16:56,460 --> 00:16:57,460 Oh, Arthur. 240 00:16:57,740 --> 00:16:58,740 Imagine. 241 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:00,780 But to her we might never have met. 242 00:17:01,980 --> 00:17:02,980 Off you go. 243 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:04,780 Back by six o 'clock. 244 00:17:17,859 --> 00:17:20,359 Client informs us three months in arrears rent. 245 00:17:20,829 --> 00:17:21,829 Above -mention property. 246 00:17:23,790 --> 00:17:25,609 Unless hear from you by return of post. 247 00:17:26,910 --> 00:17:28,470 Forced to take immediate action. 248 00:17:37,410 --> 00:17:38,410 Appy? 249 00:17:40,530 --> 00:17:41,530 Appy? 250 00:17:46,730 --> 00:17:48,670 I'm sure you heard me the first time. 251 00:17:48,910 --> 00:17:52,430 I do wish you wouldn't call me happy, dear. But it suits you, dear. 252 00:17:52,890 --> 00:17:55,830 You don't have to hang up your clothes, you know. I don't mind. 253 00:17:56,090 --> 00:17:57,090 I like things tidy. 254 00:17:57,150 --> 00:17:58,750 I know you do, happy dear. 255 00:17:59,630 --> 00:18:00,630 I don't. 256 00:18:18,410 --> 00:18:20,350 looking for a distinct improvement tonight. 257 00:18:38,550 --> 00:18:41,170 Your telephone call to Mr. 258 00:18:41,390 --> 00:18:42,610 Gainsborough? Yes, happy dear. 259 00:18:43,510 --> 00:18:45,750 I don't see why you have to telephone him every night. 260 00:18:52,770 --> 00:18:54,790 Martha? I'd like a glass of water, please. 261 00:18:55,130 --> 00:18:56,130 You would? 262 00:18:56,870 --> 00:18:57,870 Yes. 263 00:18:58,410 --> 00:18:59,550 Very well, I could do. 264 00:19:30,510 --> 00:19:31,510 What happened to the others? 265 00:19:32,850 --> 00:19:33,850 Others? 266 00:19:34,230 --> 00:19:35,209 What others? 267 00:19:35,210 --> 00:19:37,250 Your other three wives, Appie. 268 00:19:38,130 --> 00:19:39,430 What do you mean? I don't understand. 269 00:19:39,830 --> 00:19:42,210 Oh, surely you can't forget three wives just like that. 270 00:19:43,310 --> 00:19:47,670 Unless, of course, I've come to mean so much to you that you can't bear to think 271 00:19:47,670 --> 00:19:51,590 about the others. That would be lovely. I made it quite clear I'd been married 272 00:19:51,590 --> 00:19:54,310 before. Of course, of course you did, dear. 273 00:19:54,990 --> 00:19:57,150 But you didn't say how many times, did you? 274 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:00,900 Mr. Gainsborough decided, after we were married, to check. 275 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:05,360 Everything he found out about you only made you seem, in my eyes, an ideal 276 00:20:05,360 --> 00:20:06,360 partner. 277 00:20:08,220 --> 00:20:12,840 Ideal? The moment I first saw you, I knew you instinctively for what you 278 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:13,840 were. 279 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:15,400 Knew? 280 00:20:16,580 --> 00:20:20,740 How could you? I've told you many times. You're the perfect image of my father 281 00:20:20,740 --> 00:20:25,140 in everything, Appie. Don't call me that. From now on, I shall call you 282 00:20:25,140 --> 00:20:26,140 I like. 283 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:31,960 You're insufferably neat, just as he was, priggish and pompous. I hated him 284 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:35,420 my life for what he was and what he did to my mother. 285 00:20:37,500 --> 00:20:42,340 What, married her for her money, made every day a nightmare, and then killed 286 00:20:42,340 --> 00:20:43,600 for what was left of her fortune? 287 00:20:45,500 --> 00:20:46,319 Killed her? 288 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:49,480 Oh, do you imagine you're the only man who's ever been capable of that? 289 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:53,120 Yes, Appy dear, he killed her. 290 00:20:54,669 --> 00:20:55,850 Murdered her, if you prefer. 291 00:20:56,870 --> 00:21:00,390 Using a slip rug on a polished floor to make it look as though she'd broken her 292 00:21:00,390 --> 00:21:01,389 neck. 293 00:21:01,390 --> 00:21:04,230 A method strangely similar to your own, is it not? 294 00:21:05,930 --> 00:21:07,430 Aren't you going to drink your water? 295 00:21:10,590 --> 00:21:13,850 What happened to him? Oh, Mr. Gainsborough thinks you know that 296 00:21:14,150 --> 00:21:15,970 He thinks you read of the case and copied it. 297 00:21:16,290 --> 00:21:19,970 There were no witnesses, of course, but Mr. Gainsborough was my mother's 298 00:21:19,970 --> 00:21:22,710 solicitor. He became suspicious, demanded a hearing. 299 00:21:23,820 --> 00:21:27,020 A doctor made it clear in court how my father could have killed her and made it 300 00:21:27,020 --> 00:21:28,340 look like an innocent fool. 301 00:21:28,740 --> 00:21:32,760 But before a decision could be made, my father died of a heart attack. 302 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:38,300 What has all this to do with us? When he was gone, I swore that I would find a 303 00:21:38,300 --> 00:21:41,700 man exactly like him and make him suffer as my mother suffered. 304 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:44,940 I knew, of course, such a man would only marry me for my money. 305 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:48,720 And I determined he should never see a penny of it until I was dead. 306 00:21:49,060 --> 00:21:52,640 And I won't be dead for a long, long time, Mappy dear, because you're going 307 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:54,680 care for me until my last possible breath. 308 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:04,120 How can you make me do that? 309 00:22:04,380 --> 00:22:07,320 A man whose wife can send him to the gallows ought to know that for him. 310 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:10,280 You can. 311 00:22:12,030 --> 00:22:12,949 Prove anything. 312 00:22:12,950 --> 00:22:16,070 Three wives, the same method. It's too much for coincidence, dear. 313 00:22:20,490 --> 00:22:24,370 If I did it three times, I can do it again. 314 00:22:24,750 --> 00:22:27,350 Ah, but see, that's where my arrangements come in. 315 00:22:28,710 --> 00:22:32,070 Arrangements? Mr. Gainsborough had all the documents about your marriages. The 316 00:22:32,070 --> 00:22:35,530 way your wives died, the way you always got the bequest at the right time to pay 317 00:22:35,530 --> 00:22:36,409 your shop's debts. 318 00:22:36,410 --> 00:22:39,910 And a letter from me saying that in the event of my death an inquest was to be 319 00:22:39,910 --> 00:22:44,490 held immediately. So you see... Yes, you're going to devote yourself to me, 320 00:22:44,550 --> 00:22:47,790 Arthur Appleby, for the rest of your life. You're going to care for and 321 00:22:47,790 --> 00:22:51,390 me. And eventually I may, I just may, hand over the letter and all the 322 00:22:51,390 --> 00:22:52,390 to you. 323 00:22:53,910 --> 00:22:54,910 Nine days of service. 324 00:22:57,950 --> 00:22:58,950 Arthur! 325 00:23:01,450 --> 00:23:06,740 Mother! Oh, one more thing you must... remember is that if I don't telephone 326 00:23:06,900 --> 00:23:10,540 Gainsborough before quarter past nine every evening and report that I'm fit 327 00:23:10,540 --> 00:23:12,540 well, he has instructions to ring me. 328 00:23:14,740 --> 00:23:16,380 I'll use the telephone in the bedroom. 329 00:23:17,460 --> 00:23:18,920 Ah, there he is. 330 00:23:20,740 --> 00:23:21,740 Wait. 331 00:23:23,220 --> 00:23:24,220 Wait. 332 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:30,280 Yes. 333 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:31,560 Appleby? 334 00:23:32,580 --> 00:23:33,580 Yes. 335 00:23:39,950 --> 00:23:41,890 Well, she can't speak to you just now. 336 00:23:43,410 --> 00:23:44,410 What is it? 337 00:23:44,870 --> 00:23:46,550 This is Gainsborough, Appleby. 338 00:23:47,270 --> 00:23:50,350 I give you ten seconds to have your wife at this telephone. 339 00:23:51,250 --> 00:23:52,250 Do you understand? 340 00:24:01,850 --> 00:24:02,850 It's for you. 341 00:24:55,790 --> 00:24:56,890 seconds are up Appleby. 342 00:24:57,330 --> 00:24:58,490 Do you understand? 343 00:24:58,810 --> 00:25:00,870 Your time is up.