1 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:37,711 2 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:30,429 I've never seen anything like that cake, did you? 3 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:36,032 "Bride hath paced into the hall, red as a rose is she." 4 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:39,038 Well, not yet, she hasn't. But it won't be long now. 5 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:41,071 And there we are. 6 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:42,678 (Bells peal) 7 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:47,794 Mr Henry and his lovely lady have now been joined in holy wedlock. 8 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:52,152 When they arrive, they will stand here to receive their guests. 9 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:57,319 Now, this reception to be a credit...to us all. 10 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:00,551 You've had your orders. 11 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:03,398 Is there anyone who does not know what to do? 12 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:07,873 This is your last chance to ask any questions. 13 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:10,275 Do up that button. 14 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:13,711 Mary, my dear. 15 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:17,878 I know this is your first big occasion. Don't get flustered. 16 00:02:17,920 --> 00:02:21,310 Just remember what I told you and you'll come through with flying colours. 17 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:23,999 - Right, Geoff. - Not Geoff. 18 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:27,828 When we are on parade, it is Mr Deacon. How many times must I tell you? 19 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:29,871 Sorry, Mr Deacon. 20 00:02:29,920 --> 00:02:31,911 That's better. 21 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:34,954 Right. 22 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:39,118 I shall now proceed to the orangery and await the arrival of the bridal carriage. 23 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:44,280 Three sharp blasts on my whistle and you will all stand to your stations and await my return. 24 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:47,311 That's it, then. 25 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:37,791 MAN: Well? 26 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:39,831 I know where she keeps them. 27 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:43,190 Her maid told my wife, and my wife... 28 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:45,231 Well, you know what women are. 29 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:47,271 Bless their little hearts. 30 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:49,311 Which room is her Ladyship's? 31 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:53,638 The window to the end of the west wing. There's a shrubbery below it, you can hide there. 32 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:56,353 - What time? - One o'clock. But you may have a long wait. 33 00:03:56,400 --> 00:04:00,109 - Sir Charles is holding a dinner party tonight. - What, on top of a big do like this? 34 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:04,358 It's the usual thing. I'm only thankful he decided against holding a ball. 35 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:08,996 That would have made things very difficult, all those young couples wandering everywhere. 36 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:11,713 As it is, there are 20 guests, including house guests. 37 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:13,955 I doubt if I shall be able to lock up before one. 38 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:17,709 And if the gentlemen play billiards, it could be a good deal later. 39 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:21,548 - Then you've got to wait for them to go to sleep. - They'll sleep quick enough. 40 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:24,910 All that food and drink. Sir Charles isn't exactly stingy. 41 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:28,635 So all I've got to do is to sit in the bushes 42 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:30,875 and wait for you to chuck them down to me? 43 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:34,394 Are you sure you're gonna be able to manage it? 44 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:36,874 If I didn't think so, I wouldn't try it. 45 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:38,911 Ah, here they come. 46 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:41,679 - Hop it, Cranton. - Good luck, old chap. 47 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:07,359 My niece's wedding was, of course, a very grand affair. 48 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:09,470 Didn't Isobel look lovely in church? 49 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:12,080 By Jove, yes. Henry found himself a winner there, what. 50 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:14,111 Lucky girl, if you ask me. 51 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:17,630 Why do you suppose the reception is being held here? 52 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:21,468 Caithness is a little bit far north when most of your friends live in the south. 53 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:25,593 Nothing to do with it. Her parents haven't a penny to their name. 54 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:28,029 That's why I say she's a lucky girl. 55 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:30,469 But surely as long as they're both happy... 56 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:35,514 My dear Susan, happiness is a poor investment by any standards. 57 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:39,155 I know my views may be somewhat old-fashioned, but money... 58 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:41,191 Money should marry into money. 59 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:43,231 Or at least buy a resounding title. 60 00:05:43,280 --> 00:05:45,475 Don't be impertinent, Peter Wimsey. 61 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:48,637 In any case, what are you doing here? You don't know either family. 62 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,592 I'm standing in for Gerald. He and Henry were at Eton together. 63 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:53,312 Oh, how is your dear brother? 64 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:56,397 Laid up with a sprained back and feeling very sorry for himself. 65 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:57,839 Oh, I am sorry. 66 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:00,155 It's his own silly fault. I'm sorry, do you mind? 67 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:01,349 No. 68 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:04,073 There's a meadow absolutely pitted with rabbit warrens. 69 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:08,238 Gerald has to go charging across it like the Light Brigade. Result? Inevitable. 70 00:06:08,280 --> 00:06:11,875 Over they both go, perfect somersault. Luckily Ajax is all right. 71 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:14,957 - Who's Ajax? - Well, he's the horse, of course. 72 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,673 And you are more concerned for the horse? 73 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:21,315 Well, he happens to be mine. Four-year-old chestnut, 16 hands. 74 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:25,751 Out of Fair Helen. Paid 200 guineas for him only last month. 75 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:28,758 Why, good heavens, he might have broken a leg. 76 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:33,078 However, you know, all's well that... et cetera, et cetera, et cetera... 77 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:39,191 So, as old Gerry is paying the price of his folly, and I have to join my regiment anyway, 78 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:43,631 I promised to pop in and kiss the bride en route, so to speak. 79 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:57,149 You can start opening the '08 now. They won't notice the difference. 80 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:01,991 Well done, Mrs Deacon. 81 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:05,231 Well done, indeed. 82 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:28,151 Hello, young Wimsey. 83 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:31,397 - Hello, sir. - Off to fight for king and country? 84 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:33,396 Ooh, that's the style. 85 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:35,431 Hello, pretty Susan. 86 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:40,190 Oh, Maggie, the setting for those damned emeralds grows more splendid every year. 87 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:42,231 Hector, you're quite impossible. 88 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:45,909 That's what their Lordships told me last week. But I've still got my squadron. 89 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:47,951 This absurd talk about a war. 90 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:50,389 Absurd, my eye! Of course there'll be a blasted war. 91 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:54,319 - The Germans are just sabre rattling. - Are they indeed? Let me tell you, madam, 92 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:58,069 the Germans have the largest sabre with the sharpest cutting edge in Europe. 93 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:01,237 The finest army bar none. And the Kaiser means to use it. 94 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:04,955 Can't say I blame the fellow. All I say is, thank God we've got a navy. 95 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:08,315 No offence, Peter. 96 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:10,669 None taken, sir. My own sentiments entirely. 97 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:12,711 Has the drink dried up? 98 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:16,435 Deacon. For heaven's sake, man, come and wet our whistles. 99 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:20,189 Ever clapped eyes on the famous Wilbraham emeralds before? 100 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:22,629 - No, I haven't, sir. - Feast your gaze, my boy. 101 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:24,875 I know of them by reputation, of course. 102 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:26,990 Reputation rank with royal scandal. 103 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:29,349 But beauties fit for a beauty just the same. 104 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:32,472 I've never seen anything like them before. 105 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:36,149 There are none to match them in the country. That is quite certain. 106 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:38,919 Don't you feel vulnerable wearing a king's ransom? 107 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:42,032 Vulnerable, Hector? Why in the world should I feel vulnerable? 108 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:45,470 Thieves, robbers, bandits? It never crossed your mind? 109 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:48,990 I do not happen to move in the society of such people. 110 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:52,749 When not wearing them, Lady Wilbraham, I hope you keep them in a safe place. 111 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:55,872 Where no burglar would ever dream of looking for them. 112 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:58,514 That is my very own secret. 113 00:08:58,560 --> 00:09:00,551 Good God! '08. 114 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:04,273 Old Charles is getting more cheese-paring every year. 115 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:08,518 Fancy trying to work a switch like that halfway through your own son's wedding reception 116 00:09:08,560 --> 00:09:10,437 and think we'd be too soused to notice it. 117 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:12,994 - Complaining, Hector? - Good God. What? No. 118 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:19,160 It's just that I have an inborn tendency to brag at my old friend's expense. Can't resist it. 119 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:21,191 Good show on the whole. 120 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:23,549 I think congratulations are in order. 121 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:27,070 Oh, I take no credit for it. Henry and I simply gave Deacon the guest list 122 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:31,113 and told him one or two things the occasion required, and let him get on with it. 123 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:33,230 Valuable fellow, Deacon. 124 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:37,717 What I really came to say was, bride and groom preparing for departure. 125 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:41,594 So if you want to throw rice or tie old boots to the end of their barouche... 126 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:45,352 Off you go, old girl. 127 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:49,109 - I was hoping that we might... - Are you staying the night, Wimsey? 128 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:51,151 Well, that's very kind of you, Sir Charles. 129 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:55,512 Nothing of the kind. We expected your brother. His bed's there, you're welcome to use it. 130 00:09:55,560 --> 00:09:57,835 - Then I shall be delighted. - Splendid. 131 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:00,269 I can't stand an odd number at the dinner table. 132 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:45,991 All right, Louise, you may go now. 133 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:49,077 Yes, Madame. Does Madame wish the window open? 134 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:51,111 - Certainly not! - I thought perhaps... 135 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:53,833 - Have you never heard of draughts? - Draughts, Madame? 136 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:55,871 The cold, you silly girl. 137 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:57,433 La grippe. 138 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:03,237 If I listened to you, I'd wake up in the morning with a nose like an out-of-season strawberry. 139 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:07,239 - Pardon, Madame... - Granted, Louise. Good night. 140 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:09,271 Bonsoir, Madame. 141 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:48,429 I say, Wimsey, we'd bag a few birds with these, what. 142 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:52,677 I suppose I shouldn't be playing with my son's wedding presents. 143 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:56,599 - But I couldn't resist showing you those. - By Jove, sir, they're beauties. 144 00:13:56,640 --> 00:13:59,200 Got them at Naismith's in St James's. 145 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:01,470 I bet you didn't pay a penny under 500 guineas. 146 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:03,909 750 to be precise. 147 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:06,997 (Wimsey whistles) - They'll last him a lifetime. More. 148 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:10,032 - Don't go blowing our heads off, Hector. - I'm sorry. 149 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:11,991 Self-ejecting, of course. 150 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:13,598 Number three shot, sir? 151 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:17,155 I always use number five, myself. Does less damage to the birds. 152 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:22,991 Henry, he prefers number three. Says they're better for high flyers. Ladies retired, Deacon? 153 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:25,031 Yes, Sir Charles. 154 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:28,071 Oh, well, it's been a long day. 155 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:30,714 You can start locking up. I'll see to it in here. 156 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:33,991 - Very good, sir. Good night, gentlemen. - Good night. 157 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:36,031 Good night, Deacon. Damn good show. 158 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:39,152 Yes, Deacon, your efforts have not gone unappreciated. 159 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:41,191 Thank you indeed, gentlemen. 160 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:43,674 Ah, another glass of port, Hector? 161 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:45,711 No, no, no, no. Not for me, Charles. 162 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:48,752 I've had my quota for my liver. I'm away off to my bunk. 163 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:52,395 - What about you, Wimsey? - No, thank you, sir. Must make an early start. 164 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:55,398 Got to face my CO bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. 165 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:58,432 What's that extraordinary machine I saw you driving? 166 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:00,550 It looked just like an anaemic banana. 167 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:03,512 There's nothing anaemic about it, sir, I assure you. 168 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:07,872 It's a four-cylinder overhead-camshaft 16-valve Mercedes. Only five of 'em made. 169 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:11,993 - That's a Hun machine, isn't it? - I'm afraid so, sir, but it goes like gee whizz. 170 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:15,953 - Over 100 on the right bit of road. - Then you're a menace to life and limb, sir. 171 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:18,309 And deuced unpatriotic into the bargain. 172 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:21,079 I wouldn't let your colonel catch sight of you in it. 173 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:24,317 I've been thinking about that, sir. Bit of a facer, what. 174 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:28,831 You young devil. Come on, let's get to our beds. Our host is dropping on his feet. 175 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:31,474 Nothing of the kind. Sure I can't persuade you? 176 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:33,351 Then I think I'll persuade myself. 177 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:35,675 - Pleasant dreams. - And the same to you. 178 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:37,711 Thank you, old boy. 179 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:39,398 Good night, sir. 180 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:41,715 - It's been a great day. - Good night. 181 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:03,519 - Good night, Sir Hector. - Good night, my boy. 182 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:31,191 (Snores) 183 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:15,391 (Stirs) 184 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:32,718 What's that? 185 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:35,069 Who's there? 186 00:20:35,120 --> 00:20:37,111 (She screams) 187 00:20:38,120 --> 00:20:40,111 (Screaming continues) 188 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:46,550 - For God's sake! - No inquests. Get out or we're both done for. 189 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:49,991 (Distant screaming) 190 00:21:05,360 --> 00:21:07,351 (Distant screaming) 191 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:34,034 I winged him, Wimsey. I winged the blighter. 192 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:37,755 - What the devil's going on? - Lady Wilbraham's emeralds, sir. 193 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:40,075 - They've gone. - By heaven. 194 00:21:40,120 --> 00:21:41,997 It isn't true. 195 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:43,837 'Fraid so, sir. 196 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:46,671 - Where are you going? - Try to catch him. 197 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:00,552 (Groans) 198 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:19,629 MAN: What was that? Sounded like a gun to me. 199 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:25,311 WOMAN: No need to panic. 200 00:22:25,360 --> 00:22:27,351 What was that, Mr Deacon? 201 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:29,595 WIMSEY: Make way there. 202 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:31,631 Excuse me, madam. 203 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:33,671 Come on. 204 00:22:57,560 --> 00:22:59,551 (Engine starts) 205 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:29,354 I do wish, Charles, you wouldn't get so worked up. 206 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:31,868 Worked up? Of course I'm worked up! 207 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:34,309 Settle down, old lad, let me get you a brandy. 208 00:23:34,360 --> 00:23:36,271 The place overrun by policemen, 209 00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:39,232 my house guests treated as though they were common felons. 210 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:42,078 No-one has treated me as anything but the gentleman I am. 211 00:23:42,120 --> 00:23:44,873 Then what the devil did he mean by "an inside job"? 212 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:47,150 Who? Oh, that inspector fellow. 213 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:50,829 "Had all the appearances of an inside job," he said. 214 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:52,871 What the devil did he mean by that? 215 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:56,595 Am I under suspicion, too? Is that what he is implying? 216 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:59,518 You jolly soon will be, old lad, if you don't come off the boil. 217 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:01,630 - Confound it! - Where are you off to? 218 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:05,593 - I'm not hanging around here waiting for him. - Yes, you are, you old buzzard! 219 00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:09,713 You're going to take the Navy's advice for once and bring your blood pressure down. 220 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:13,150 Come on, settle down, there's a good lad. Go on. Settle down. 221 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:16,391 That's it. 222 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:20,877 If this inspector Johnny wants to go hunting baddies under bushes with a spy glass, let him, 223 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:22,911 if it makes him happy, damn it. 224 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:25,713 He's got to do it anyway, that's what he's paid for. 225 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:29,753 - Brandy? - How you can be frivolous at a time like this. 226 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:32,473 - It's better than being pompous. - I'm not being pompous! 227 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:33,839 Are you sure? 228 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:38,350 No, of course you're not. Forgive me. No more than I'm being helpful. 229 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:40,516 We must try, both of us, to be sensible. 230 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:43,028 This is no time for old friends to go arguing. 231 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:45,071 It's a damn bad business. 232 00:24:45,120 --> 00:24:48,715 What we've got to do at a time like this is pull together. 233 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:52,513 I mean, if this fellow comes back and sees us arguing, 234 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:55,870 it's going to put the cat among the pigeons, isn't it, what? 235 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:58,309 (Door closes) - Old Sherlock returns. 236 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:02,397 Gentlemen. Sorry for that little diversion. 237 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:04,954 One of my men thought he'd found something. 238 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,878 SIR CHARLES: Yes, yes, I rather gathered that. And had he? 239 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:11,230 As it happens, sir, yes. To get back to what we were talking about... 240 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:13,475 - What? - I beg your pardon, sir. 241 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:15,909 May we ask what it is that he found? 242 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:19,350 Oh, footprints, sir, under Lady Wilbraham's window. 243 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:22,039 Unfortunately, they've all been scuffed. 244 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:25,311 Now, he climbed down the ivy, it seems. 245 00:25:25,360 --> 00:25:27,351 It's very thick on the wall just there. 246 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:31,109 And some of the branches are torn, which would seem to indicate... 247 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:34,357 Inspector, I have told you before and I can tell you again 248 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:36,868 that I can vouch for every member of my staff. 249 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:39,434 - Can you, Sir Charles? - Always made it a rule 250 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:42,552 never to employ anybody without checking their background. 251 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:45,876 And I can tell you for a fact that there is nobody working for me 252 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:49,310 that has a police record or has ever been in trouble with the law. 253 00:25:49,360 --> 00:25:52,158 I can believe that, but there's always a first time. 254 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:56,796 But damn it all, man, I saw the thief running off- winged him with my second barrel. 255 00:25:56,840 --> 00:26:00,310 There's no question of it being what you call an inside job. 256 00:26:00,360 --> 00:26:02,476 I don't deny the existence of your thief, sir, 257 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:06,638 and if he's got a gunshot wound, that could be very useful, very useful indeed. 258 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:10,116 But I still think it likely that someone in this house tipped him off. 259 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:11,752 Why? 260 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:14,155 He knew exactly where Lady Wilbraham was sleeping. 261 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:18,591 He knew exactly where to look for the emeralds. He went straight to the... to the spot. 262 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:20,551 Nothing else in the room was disturbed. 263 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:22,591 Good point, Inspector. 264 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:26,553 Why, only this afternoon Maggie was boasting about her famous hiding place. 265 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:29,876 - In front of the staff, Admiral? - Not in so many words, no. 266 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:33,037 Young Wimsey said he hoped she kept them in a safe place. 267 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:36,152 And she said where no burglar would think of looking for them. 268 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:39,397 But that was her secret. Well, something to that effect. 269 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:42,637 Now, Sir Charles, to get back to the matter of your staff. 270 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:45,956 What about Lady Wilbraham's maid? French, isn't she? 271 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,912 Don't worry, sir, I'm bearing her very much in mind. 272 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:52,953 But we'll start at the top of the list. Your butler, sir, Geoffrey Deacon. 273 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:57,915 He's been with me for three years. Before that, eight years at the Artemis Club in Pall Mall. 274 00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:00,076 Came to me with impeccable references. 275 00:27:00,120 --> 00:27:03,192 As a matter of fact, Lord Cranleigh recommended him to me. 276 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:05,310 - Married? - Yes. Earlier this year. 277 00:27:05,360 --> 00:27:08,591 Married the parlour maid, Mary Russell. 278 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:10,631 A very respectable local family. 279 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:12,716 That sounded like young Lochinvar. 280 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:14,751 Young Lochinvar? 281 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:18,713 "..out of the west. Through all the wide border, his steed was the best." 282 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:22,230 Only the ruddy steed had to bust a tyre just as I got up with him. 283 00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:25,989 - This is Inspector Frost. Lord Peter Wimsey. - How do, Inspector? 284 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:30,511 I'm sorry I've been so long, but you know what it is like changing a bally tyre in the pitch black. 285 00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:33,120 All wrenches and inner tubes and fingers and thumbs. 286 00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:35,276 However, all was not lost, Inspector. 287 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:38,630 The miscreant was driving a maroon Unic. 288 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:42,753 The last I saw of him, he was heading hell for leather down the London Road. 289 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:47,271 The registration number of his car was LH 4875. 290 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:49,993 Splendid, my lord. A wounded man in a known car. 291 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:54,431 We can forget your staff for the moment, Sir Charles. Can I use your telephone? 292 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:56,471 Yes, yes, it's in the alcove. 293 00:27:57,280 --> 00:27:59,874 Oh, this is a wretched business. 294 00:27:59,920 --> 00:28:02,912 It happened under my own roof on my son's wedding day. 295 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:05,952 Poor old Charles, the worst of bad luck. 296 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:07,991 Come on, old lad, you look all in. 297 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:10,031 Settle down, let me get you a brandy. 298 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:12,469 Oh, no, I'm perfectly all right. 299 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:14,511 How is she, Susan? 300 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:16,551 She's asleep in my bed. 301 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:19,717 Dr Baines gave her a sedative to calm her. 302 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:21,751 Poor Maggie. 303 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:23,791 Under my own roof. 304 00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:26,434 I suppose I shouldn't say this, but I don't give a damn 305 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:30,155 whether that blighter gets away or not as long as we get those emeralds back. 306 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:33,317 - That wretched necklace was her pride and joy. - I know. 307 00:28:33,360 --> 00:28:37,035 I remember her telling me once. She said she felt naked without it. 308 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:38,877 Don't worry, Charles. 309 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:42,117 If the worst comes to the worst, she'll collect the insurance. 310 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:45,630 By Jove, yes, �60,000. Quite a comforting thought, what. 311 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:47,955 - It isn't. - What's that, pretty Susan? 312 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:50,434 I said, it isn't. 313 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:52,835 What I meant to say was, 314 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:55,917 well, it would be if it was true. 315 00:28:56,960 --> 00:29:00,157 My dear old thing, what on earth are you driving at? 316 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:03,317 It was when the sedative was beginning to work. 317 00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:05,351 She wasn't hysterical any more. 318 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:07,391 She was quiet. 319 00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:09,431 And quite lucid. 320 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:11,277 She said... 321 00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:13,356 She said she'd let the policy lapse. 322 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:15,391 My God... 323 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:18,591 Sit down. Do as you're damn well told. Brandy, Wimsey. 324 00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:22,076 Got straight through to Stevenage. They're putting up a road barrier. 325 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:25,829 There's been no car through for the past two hours. So unless he changes route, 326 00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:28,314 which I very much doubt, we're bound to catch him. 327 00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:29,873 Sir? 328 00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:34,473 Quick, get the doctor. I think he's had a stroke. 329 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:40,713 - Serves him right, I say. - That's enough. Bit of respect now, Cranton. 330 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:45,276 Respect? You tell him about respect. It's against the law to shoot burglars. 331 00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:47,117 It might have been murder. 332 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:49,549 Manslaughter, maybe. We won't go into that. 333 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:51,591 You only got it in the arm. 334 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:54,359 There's not many gentlemen uses number three. 335 00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:58,712 There's not many gentlemen with a racing car that shouldn't be allowed on the public highway. 336 00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:01,797 Lieutenant Wimsey is not on the public highway no more, 337 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:04,229 he's on his way back to join his regiment. 338 00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:06,271 But never mind about that. 339 00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:08,709 Very nice statement you've made, Cranton. 340 00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:10,751 Very nice indeed. 341 00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:13,872 - But there's one thing I don't understand. - What's that? 342 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:17,390 A respectable jewel thief with a handsome record like yours, 343 00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:20,079 I didn't expect you to go grassing on your chum Deacon. 344 00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:22,918 He's no chum of mine. I'll tell you what Deacon is. 345 00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:24,916 He's a dirty, double-crossing... 346 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:28,396 That's enough, Cranton. I won't tolerate bad language. 347 00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:30,431 My sincere apologies. 348 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:32,471 My feelings got the better of me. 349 00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:34,795 Sticks out like a sore thumb, doesn't it? 350 00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:37,513 You don't know where those emeralds are. Neither do I. 351 00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:39,391 - That's what you say. - Come off it. 352 00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:42,159 All your chaps at Stevenage found was the empty jewel case. 353 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:44,156 You could have ditched 'em en route. 354 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:46,919 Oh, yes? In a ditch, I suppose. 355 00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:48,951 Use your loaf, Inspector. 356 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:52,879 I would never have grassed on Deacon if he hadn't double-crossed me. 357 00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:55,639 But you know as well as I do, 358 00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:59,036 that he pocketed that necklace and passed me the empty case. 359 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:02,234 Inspector... 360 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:06,630 how long do you reckon I'll get? 361 00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:10,031 (Distant artillery) 362 00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:13,155 (Nearby explosion) 363 00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:27,517 (Whimpers) 364 00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:48,639 As an old offender, the judge sentenced Cranton to ten years on the Moor. 365 00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:51,752 - Deacon's doing eight at Maidstone. - Eight, sir? 366 00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:54,751 It's not enough in my opinion. 367 00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:57,872 I don't know, Sergeant. It was a first offence for him. 368 00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:01,037 He was a servant, in a position of trust. 369 00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:03,514 And he betrayed his master. 370 00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:06,916 Then he broke faith with his wretched accomplice. 371 00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:09,952 Of the two, I regard Deacon as the more evil. 372 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:12,870 I must say, I hadn't thought of it like that. 373 00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:15,798 (Whine of shells and explosions) 374 00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:19,194 And the emeralds? 375 00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:21,435 - Were they ever recovered? - No, I'm afraid not. 376 00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:24,677 If anybody knows where they are, Deacon does and he ain't saying. 377 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:26,438 Poor Lady Wilbraham. 378 00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:28,072 Poor Sir Charles, you mean. 379 00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:30,998 The theft took place on his premises, as I told you. 380 00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:34,316 One of his own servants was involved. The stones weren't insured. 381 00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:36,555 He felt that the responsibility was his 382 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:40,388 and he insisted on paying Lady Wilbraham their full value. 383 00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:44,431 �60,000. 384 00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:46,675 Good gracious. You mean, she accepted? 385 00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:48,711 I'm afraid so. 386 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:53,230 It left the family in uncommonly straitened circumstances. 387 00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:56,276 Sir Charles never recovered from the blow. 388 00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:58,311 He died a few months afterwards. 389 00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:00,351 A very distressing story. 390 00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:02,391 Yes, for everyone. 391 00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:05,591 For everyone except the two villains of the piece. 392 00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:09,110 Well, there they are, two rogues 393 00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:12,675 enjoying the relative comforts of Dartmoor and Maidstone Prison, sir. 394 00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:15,871 - For how long is it? - Must be nearly four years now. 395 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:17,911 They'll miss the whole holocaust. 396 00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:23,157 While we are not only existing in conditions of extreme discomfort, 397 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:27,318 but are in constant danger of instant extermination. 398 00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:29,874 God willing, not for much longer, old friend. 399 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:32,354 Justice is blind, if you ask me. 400 00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:34,391 (Shells whistle overhead) 401 00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:36,431 In more ways than one. 402 00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:38,994 Sounds like we're in for another plastering. 403 00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:41,474 - Better get the lads. - Very good, sir. 404 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:44,951 All right, lads, to your feet. 405 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:16,991 Major Wimsey! 406 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:19,991 Major Wimsey, sir! 407 00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:25,311 Major Wimsey! 408 00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:29,471 It's me... 409 00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:31,511 Sergeant Bunter, sir! 410 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:33,551 Come on, give me a hand, somebody! 411 00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:26,472 Deacon. 412 00:35:32,240 --> 00:35:34,913 I've been watching you all day, Deacon. 413 00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:38,514 Lazy, aren't we, Deacon? 414 00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:42,028 Don't like the open air, do we? 415 00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:48,436 Well, we can soon remedy that. 416 00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:51,431 A word in the governor's ear, 417 00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:55,189 a nice spot of solitary on number-two diet. 418 00:35:55,240 --> 00:35:57,231 Cos that's what you're gonna get! 419 00:35:57,280 --> 00:35:59,430 You filthy bleeding fancy man! 420 00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:10,999 Stop that man! 421 00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:16,351 Cut him off at the road, you two! 422 00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:18,391 You two, over into the woods! 423 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:21,993 Out of the way. Come on, hurry up now, all of you! 424 00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:35,831 You'll be all right, sir. 425 00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:38,599 It's all right, you're gonna be all right, sir. 426 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:50,389 He's gonna be all right, isn't he? 427 00:36:57,560 --> 00:36:59,551 (Dogs barking and distant shouts) 428 00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:06,630 Go through them trees there, Freddy. 429 00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:11,271 Come on! 430 00:37:18,720 --> 00:37:20,233 (Pants) 431 00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:47,071 (Man singing approaching) 432 00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:50,551 (Sings drunkenly) 433 00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:56,951 434 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:04,315 Argh! 435 00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:06,351 (Repeated blows) 436 00:38:49,080 --> 00:38:50,957 (Hums) 437 00:39:11,720 --> 00:39:15,679 438 00:39:15,720 --> 00:39:19,759 439 00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:23,873 440 00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:37,272 - What is it, Shorty? - That fella in the corner, sarge. 441 00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:40,232 - What about him? - I dunno. He looks a bit funny to me. 442 00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:44,319 No, not funny, Shorty. His leave's about due to run out and he's frightened to go back. 443 00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:46,351 I know the symptoms. 444 00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:49,870 - You all right, soldier? - Yes, I'm fine. Just leave me alone. 445 00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:52,992 Now then, that's no way to talk. Let's see your papers. 446 00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:55,031 - What papers? - Let's have a look. 447 00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:57,071 Leave me alone! 448 00:39:57,120 --> 00:40:02,035 down at the old Bull and Bush... 449 00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:04,719 Oh, I see, that's the way it is. 450 00:40:04,760 --> 00:40:07,354 Drowning your sorrows, eh? I don't blame you. 451 00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:10,995 Still, you can thank your lucky stars you weren't one with them. 452 00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:14,555 - How do you mean, sarge? - Cambrai, wasn't it, where your lot got it? 453 00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:17,717 The Boche overran his entire sector about ten days ago. 454 00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:20,228 His whole unit was wiped out, every man Jack of 'em. 455 00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:22,077 Except for old lucky legs here 456 00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:26,193 who managed to wangle himself a bit of well-earned leave when it mattered most. 457 00:40:26,240 --> 00:40:28,754 Still, don't you worry, old son. 458 00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:31,075 The counterattack is coming any day now. 459 00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:33,588 And when it does, you'll remember your mates then. 460 00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:35,949 It'll be a proper bloodbath for the Boche. 461 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:37,991 Come on, on your feet, lad. 462 00:40:38,040 --> 00:40:40,031 Do you hear what I say, Watkins? 463 00:40:41,040 --> 00:40:43,031 Do you know what day it is? 464 00:40:43,080 --> 00:40:43,990 No. 465 00:40:44,040 --> 00:40:47,157 It's the 30th April, 1918, that's what it is. 466 00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:51,557 And unit or no unit, your leave expires at 2359 hours tonight. 467 00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:54,956 - Nip outside, Shorty, pronto and get a cab. - Right, sarge. 468 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:57,275 - Now, look... - I know how you feel, lad. 469 00:40:57,320 --> 00:41:02,030 I know how you feel. None of us wants to go back to that bloody hell on earth over there. 470 00:41:02,080 --> 00:41:05,390 But we're all in the same boat. There's no way round it. 471 00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:09,989 You go absent without leave and every MP in London will be out looking for you. 472 00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:12,998 When they catch you, you'll be for the high jump. 473 00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:15,110 Believe me, they're not fooling these days. 474 00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:19,199 The mood of the top brass is they'd just as soon have you shot as stick you in a glasshouse. 475 00:41:19,240 --> 00:41:21,276 SHORTY: I've got one, sarge. 476 00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:24,312 The last train for the Dover boat leaves in 25 minutes 477 00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:26,635 and you're gonna be on it, so on your feet. 478 00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:29,871 Good lad. 479 00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:32,514 (Pubgoers sing 480 00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:37,435 That's it, up with the old kitbag. 481 00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:39,471 Smarten yourself up a bit. 482 00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:43,308 There you go. What about a soldier's best friend? 483 00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:44,349 What? 484 00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:49,109 - For gawd's sake, see he gets on that train. - Don't worry, sarge. 485 00:41:49,160 --> 00:41:51,151 See you back here. Come on, son. 486 00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:53,191 Come on. At the double! 487 00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:02,515 If that lad doesn't get himself killed right off, then I'm a Dutchman. 488 00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:05,950 Here's to your laughing eyes, girly. and an end to it all, eh? 489 00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:24,514 Dowson, did you see your lord and master? 490 00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:26,551 Six steps, no less. 491 00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:30,513 Most enterprising, my lord, though hardly wise, I would have thought. 492 00:42:30,560 --> 00:42:32,949 Oh, tommyrot. Got to exercise the confounded thing. 493 00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:34,991 My lord... 494 00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:39,031 Dowson, I know all the signs. 495 00:42:39,080 --> 00:42:41,071 You have a problem on your mind. 496 00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:43,111 Not precisely a problem, my lord, 497 00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:47,278 but there is a person here to see your Lordship without appointment. 498 00:42:47,320 --> 00:42:50,551 - What sort of a person? - A military person, my lord. 499 00:42:50,600 --> 00:42:54,673 - Probably that chappy from the War House. - Not an officer, my lord. 500 00:42:54,720 --> 00:42:56,870 Are there such people, Dowson? 501 00:42:56,920 --> 00:43:00,037 Well, really, you amaze me. What is the world coming to? 502 00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:04,119 - All right, Dowson, you'd better show him in. - Your Lordship will see him? 503 00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:06,151 That is the general idea, Dowson. 504 00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:08,509 I'm nearly going off my head with boredom. 505 00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:10,551 Any diversion would be welcome. 506 00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:19,391 (Sings to self) 507 00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:28,837 A Sergeant Bunter to see your Lordship. 508 00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:32,316 Not "a" Sergeant Bunter, Dowson. 509 00:43:32,360 --> 00:43:34,351 The Sergeant Bunter! 510 00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:36,755 He saved my miserable hide. 511 00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:39,075 - Major Wimsey, sir. - Sergeant Bunter. 512 00:43:39,120 --> 00:43:41,236 - Ooh. - Steady on there, sir. Whoops. 513 00:43:41,280 --> 00:43:43,271 - Are you all right? - Yes. 514 00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:45,311 Steady the buffs. 515 00:43:45,360 --> 00:43:47,669 Getting a bit too cocky with myself, what. 516 00:43:47,720 --> 00:43:50,473 Thank you. Lucky you were there. 517 00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:54,992 All right, Dowson, that will be all, thank you. 518 00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:59,072 Well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well. 519 00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:02,470 Sorry about your reception earlier. 520 00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:05,512 The poor old boy should have been turned out to grass years ago. 521 00:44:05,560 --> 00:44:07,676 Would have been but for this idiot war. 522 00:44:07,720 --> 00:44:10,234 Come on, Sergeant, take a pew. How did you get that? 523 00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:12,271 No, look, hang on. 524 00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:14,629 Be a good fellow. The whisky's over there. 525 00:44:14,680 --> 00:44:17,558 Pour two very large ones. The occasion demands it. 526 00:44:18,640 --> 00:44:21,108 A nice way for your host to behave, I must say. 527 00:44:21,160 --> 00:44:24,516 And with this gammy leg, once down, can't get up, you understand? 528 00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:27,233 - Soda, sir? - Just a splash, please. 529 00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:31,951 Oh, perfect. 530 00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:33,991 Thank you. 531 00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:37,235 Well, your very best health, Sergeant. 532 00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:40,078 And yours, sir. A pleasure to see you looking so well. 533 00:44:40,120 --> 00:44:42,111 And the same to you. 534 00:44:42,160 --> 00:44:44,151 Mm. 535 00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:49,193 My dear fellow, come on, sit down, sit down. This ain't company office. 536 00:44:49,240 --> 00:44:52,312 A great deal...pleasanter, if I may say so, sir. 537 00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:54,351 Yes, I'm bound to agree. 538 00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:57,597 All right, then, let's hear it. How'd you get to Blighty? 539 00:44:57,640 --> 00:45:00,234 Nothing in the least dramatic, sir. Shrapnel. 540 00:45:00,280 --> 00:45:04,159 - Beastly stuff. Unpredictable. - Quite so, sir. I was one of the lucky ones. 541 00:45:04,200 --> 00:45:05,997 Yes, so was I. 542 00:45:06,040 --> 00:45:09,749 I've got a feeling in my bones that our days of fighting are over and done with. 543 00:45:09,800 --> 00:45:13,110 You think so, sir? The doctor said I'd be fit in three weeks. 544 00:45:13,160 --> 00:45:15,833 And the news from the front is hardly encouraging. 545 00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:19,509 Oh, the dark before the dawn. I think it's all over bar the shouting. 546 00:45:19,560 --> 00:45:21,676 I sincerely hope you're right. 547 00:45:21,720 --> 00:45:24,188 And if I am, what of the future? 548 00:45:24,240 --> 00:45:26,231 Peace. 549 00:45:26,280 --> 00:45:28,396 Difficult to imagine, ain't it? 550 00:45:28,440 --> 00:45:32,513 Things won't be the same as they were before, that's for certain. 551 00:45:33,840 --> 00:45:35,831 You know, the funny thing is, 552 00:45:35,880 --> 00:45:39,156 I loathed every minute of those stinking trenches. 553 00:45:39,200 --> 00:45:41,760 The mud, the smell... 554 00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:45,634 the unutterable boredom when you weren't being scared out of your mind. 555 00:45:48,960 --> 00:45:51,918 Just give me a heave up, would you, old lad? 556 00:45:51,960 --> 00:45:53,951 Sorry. Thank you. 557 00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:55,991 Stretch the darn thing. 558 00:45:57,040 --> 00:45:59,349 No, that's... that's not the funny thing. 559 00:45:59,400 --> 00:46:03,075 What I really meant was, do you know, there are things that I am going to miss? 560 00:46:03,120 --> 00:46:06,590 - I know what you mean, sir. - I shall miss our partnership, Sergeant. 561 00:46:06,640 --> 00:46:08,631 It's been a damn good partnership. 562 00:46:08,680 --> 00:46:10,796 Nothing to do with your saving my life. 563 00:46:10,840 --> 00:46:13,991 That's something quite separate in my mind and always will be. 564 00:46:14,040 --> 00:46:17,237 Believe me, sir, it's a matter that's been much in my thoughts. 565 00:46:17,280 --> 00:46:20,875 During those weeks in hospital, I gave it very careful consideration. 566 00:46:20,920 --> 00:46:22,797 - You, too, Sergeant? - Yes, sir. 567 00:46:22,840 --> 00:46:25,354 May I enquire, did you reach any conclusions? 568 00:46:25,400 --> 00:46:27,391 Yes, sir. 569 00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:32,355 In my view, the success of a relationship between two people is based on compatibility. 570 00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:33,628 Quite right, too. 571 00:46:33,680 --> 00:46:36,478 Our backgrounds and upbringing are poles apart, 572 00:46:36,520 --> 00:46:38,715 but our standards are not. 573 00:46:38,760 --> 00:46:42,275 Our characters are at once, sir, opposite and complementary. 574 00:46:42,320 --> 00:46:45,835 In brief, sir, to borrow a phrase from Signore Marconi, 575 00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:48,075 we appear to be on the same wavelength. 576 00:46:48,120 --> 00:46:53,672 By Jove, Sergeant, I never knew such a chappy for whacking the nail over the crumpet. 577 00:46:53,720 --> 00:46:56,109 That's why it's such a confounded pity. 578 00:46:56,160 --> 00:46:59,311 With... With respect, sir... 579 00:46:59,360 --> 00:47:02,591 With or without it, Sergeant, you go on. 580 00:47:02,640 --> 00:47:04,631 Well, the fact is, I... 581 00:47:04,680 --> 00:47:07,353 I didn't come here to enquire about your health. 582 00:47:09,640 --> 00:47:12,359 Or for the very real pleasure of seeing you again. 583 00:47:13,160 --> 00:47:16,118 It was to do with the subject we've just been discussing. 584 00:47:17,760 --> 00:47:20,479 Indeed I came here armed with a very definite proposal. 585 00:47:20,520 --> 00:47:23,592 Now that might sound impertinent or even presumptuous. 586 00:47:23,640 --> 00:47:25,631 I doubt it, Sergeant. 587 00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:27,671 I doubt it very much. 588 00:47:28,920 --> 00:47:30,990 What is your definite proposal? 589 00:47:31,040 --> 00:47:33,031 Well, I'll rephrase that, sir. 590 00:47:33,080 --> 00:47:36,550 - It's a request. - All right, then, a request. 591 00:47:39,040 --> 00:47:42,589 Well, in the event of Mr Dowson retiring from your service, sir, 592 00:47:42,640 --> 00:47:44,631 I would wish to be considered... 593 00:47:45,680 --> 00:47:47,671 ..as his replacement. 594 00:48:01,000 --> 00:48:03,560 "Ah, bitter chill it was, 595 00:48:03,600 --> 00:48:06,797 the owl for all his feathers, was a-cold." 596 00:48:06,840 --> 00:48:09,752 "The hare limped trembling through the frozen grass 597 00:48:09,800 --> 00:48:12,155 and silent was the flock in woolly fold." 598 00:48:12,200 --> 00:48:14,191 The Eve Of St Agnes, John Keats. 599 00:48:14,240 --> 00:48:16,959 And very appropriate to this time of year, my lord. 600 00:48:17,000 --> 00:48:20,390 Though not to Piccadilly, Bunter. No owl, no hare, no flock. 601 00:48:20,440 --> 00:48:22,795 They're all waiting for us at Duke's Denver. 602 00:48:22,840 --> 00:48:24,831 Anything in the papers? 603 00:48:24,880 --> 00:48:28,668 The Spanish influenza has reached epidemic proportions, my lord. 604 00:48:28,720 --> 00:48:31,917 And heavy snow is reported in the north and the midlands. 605 00:48:31,960 --> 00:48:36,158 And the Prime Minister in his wireless broadcast to the nation has said... 606 00:48:36,200 --> 00:48:40,273 Yes, I know, I heard him. We must go on, on, on and up, up, up. 607 00:48:40,320 --> 00:48:42,550 To hear that fellow speak, anyone would think 608 00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:45,319 that this country was a hot-air balloon in a high wind. 609 00:48:45,360 --> 00:48:48,079 And the way the government has been failing to steer us, 610 00:48:48,120 --> 00:48:50,998 that is exactly how it must appear to our foreign friends. 611 00:48:51,040 --> 00:48:55,158 However, as it is our inescapable fate to spend yet another New Year's Eve 612 00:48:55,200 --> 00:48:57,509 with my brother at Duke's Denver, Bunter, 613 00:48:57,560 --> 00:48:59,551 I have planned a very cunning route. 614 00:48:59,600 --> 00:49:04,310 Now, then, after St Albans, we shall avoid the main highway, 615 00:49:04,360 --> 00:49:07,238 and stick to the side roads round that away. 616 00:49:07,280 --> 00:49:11,751 Now, I calculate that that should save us about 20 miles and won't take us very much longer. 617 00:49:11,800 --> 00:49:13,870 - Indeed, my lord. - Indeed, Bunter. 618 00:49:13,920 --> 00:49:15,638 And here's a coincidence. 619 00:49:15,680 --> 00:49:19,434 Do you remember me once telling you about the Wilbraham emeralds? 620 00:49:19,480 --> 00:49:23,758 I do indeed, my lord. In circumstances I'm unlikely to forget. 621 00:49:23,800 --> 00:49:27,839 Yes. Well, the scene of the crime was a village in Norfolk - 622 00:49:27,880 --> 00:49:31,077 Fenchurch St Paul. We shall be passing through it. 623 00:49:31,120 --> 00:49:33,714 Will you call on your friend, Sir Henry Thorpe? 624 00:49:33,760 --> 00:49:37,036 My brother's friend, Bunter, not mine. I hardly knew him. 625 00:49:37,080 --> 00:49:39,753 In fact, I've never been in touch with him since. 626 00:49:40,800 --> 00:49:43,189 I've often wondered about those emeralds. 627 00:49:44,240 --> 00:49:47,471 But no, Bunter, duty before curiosity. 628 00:49:47,520 --> 00:49:50,910 We shall not be stopping at Fenchurch St Paul. 629 00:49:56,800 --> 00:49:58,711 (Tyres squeal) 630 00:50:02,360 --> 00:50:04,351 Are you all right, Bunter? 631 00:50:04,400 --> 00:50:06,391 Perfectly, my lord. 632 00:50:06,440 --> 00:50:08,431 Is my lordship unhurt? 633 00:50:08,480 --> 00:50:11,153 Yes, quite, thank you. Sorry about that. 634 00:50:12,400 --> 00:50:14,391 Where do you think we are? 635 00:50:14,440 --> 00:50:16,715 It's very hard to say, my lord. 636 00:50:16,760 --> 00:50:18,751 My map reading went with the light. 637 00:50:18,800 --> 00:50:21,075 And the torch is insufficient. 638 00:50:21,120 --> 00:50:22,997 Damn hump-backed bridge. 639 00:50:23,040 --> 00:50:25,031 Didn't see it. 640 00:50:25,080 --> 00:50:27,071 (Bells pealing) 641 00:50:28,520 --> 00:50:30,511 Ah, blessed bells. 642 00:50:32,040 --> 00:50:34,031 Can't be far from civilisation. 643 00:50:44,600 --> 00:50:46,192 Ah. 644 00:50:51,200 --> 00:50:53,191 I was wrong, Bunter. 645 00:50:54,040 --> 00:50:56,429 We shall be stopping at Fenchurch St Paul.