1 00:00:08,626 --> 00:00:11,751 Subtitling made possible by Acorn Media 2 00:01:14,876 --> 00:01:16,626 [ Carnival music playing I 3 00:01:18,167 --> 00:01:21,167 [ Children shouting indistinctly ] 4 00:01:38,792 --> 00:01:41,542 [ Man breathing raggedly ] 5 00:01:49,959 --> 00:01:52,792 DOCTOR: There's very little I can do for him now, Mrs. Hill. 6 00:01:52,917 --> 00:01:53,876 He's very weak. 7 00:01:54,001 --> 00:01:55,251 HILL: Oh, dear. 8 00:01:56,167 --> 00:01:57,209 Is there no hope? 9 00:01:57,334 --> 00:01:58,917 DOCTOR: I'm afraid not. 10 00:01:59,042 --> 00:02:01,792 It's more a matter of hours rather than days now. 11 00:02:02,126 --> 00:02:04,459 Doesn't Mr. Anthony have any relatives? 12 00:02:04,876 --> 00:02:08,334 Just a brother -- Henry -- but they haven't spoken in 20 years. 13 00:02:09,834 --> 00:02:11,001 No one else? 14 00:02:11,126 --> 00:02:14,126 Well, yes, there's Mr. George, his nephew in London. 15 00:02:15,792 --> 00:02:17,251 I expect he'd want to know. 16 00:02:18,542 --> 00:02:20,584 [ Up-tempo piano music playing I 17 00:02:20,792 --> 00:02:22,709 First reaching for his hatchet, 18 00:02:23,084 --> 00:02:25,001 which he's got near him, close by, 19 00:02:25,792 --> 00:02:27,626 the noble fireman goes to fight -- 20 00:02:27,751 --> 00:02:29,542 No, no, hold on. Maestro, please. 21 00:02:29,667 --> 00:02:31,251 Have you ever been a fireman? 22 00:02:31,917 --> 00:02:33,459 No, but I've sat next to one. 23 00:02:33,792 --> 00:02:34,709 [ Laughter] 24 00:02:34,834 --> 00:02:38,084 And what's this "Jolly Laughing Cobbler Song" all about? 25 00:02:38,626 --> 00:02:41,167 It's all about this cobbler who's always... 26 00:02:42,126 --> 00:02:44,376 Sorry to drag you away, George, but there's a call for you. 27 00:02:44,501 --> 00:02:46,001 Can't you take a message? 28 00:02:46,501 --> 00:02:48,001 It's your uncle, old son. 29 00:02:48,542 --> 00:02:50,084 I'm afraid he's in a bad way. 30 00:02:51,209 --> 00:02:52,459 I see. 31 00:02:53,209 --> 00:02:54,959 Thanks, Harry. I'll come right away. 32 00:02:55,084 --> 00:02:56,334 [ Laughing ] 33 00:02:56,792 --> 00:02:58,542 ♪ Always bright and never gray ♪ 34 00:03:00,626 --> 00:03:03,959 You see, sir, when I'm singing this song, I'll be cobbling, 35 00:03:04,667 --> 00:03:05,917 and I'll have a boot. 36 00:03:06,251 --> 00:03:08,376 MAN: Oh, you'll get a boot, all right. 37 00:03:09,126 --> 00:03:11,667 It was the doctor himself said I should call. 38 00:03:12,667 --> 00:03:14,376 He's very bad, Mr. Lorrimer. 39 00:03:15,042 --> 00:03:16,501 And I'm very grateful, Mrs. Hill. 40 00:03:16,626 --> 00:03:18,084 This is very distressing. 41 00:03:18,209 --> 00:03:21,751 But I can't travel to Brighton before Sunday, at the earliest. 42 00:03:22,334 --> 00:03:24,876 HILL: He's at his last breath, Mr. Lorrimer. 43 00:03:25,334 --> 00:03:26,834 Sunday might be too late. 44 00:03:27,084 --> 00:03:28,251 Oh, Lord, I'm sorry. 45 00:03:28,376 --> 00:03:30,251 There really is nothing I can do. 46 00:03:30,626 --> 00:03:33,084 Well, what about Mr. Henry Gascoigne, sir? 47 00:03:35,209 --> 00:03:36,542 Do you think I should try to reach him? 48 00:03:36,667 --> 00:03:37,584 Uncle Henry? 49 00:03:37,709 --> 00:03:39,792 Good God, no. He'd welcome the news. 50 00:03:40,501 --> 00:03:43,417 No, when the time comes, I'll break it to him myself. 51 00:03:44,292 --> 00:03:46,084 HILL: As you say, Mr. Lorrimer. 52 00:03:46,751 --> 00:03:48,042 Till Sunday, then. 53 00:03:49,584 --> 00:03:50,834 Goodbye. 54 00:03:51,626 --> 00:03:53,667 LORRIMER: Goodbye, Mrs. Hill. 55 00:03:54,001 --> 00:03:55,084 [ Click ] 56 00:03:55,209 --> 00:03:57,917 Oh, dear. 57 00:04:05,917 --> 00:04:07,834 And following Hendren's defeat 58 00:04:07,959 --> 00:04:09,876 in the first Test at Trent Bridge, 59 00:04:10,542 --> 00:04:12,459 the selectors made two changes. 60 00:04:12,751 --> 00:04:15,167 R.E.S. Wyatt returned to captain's side, 61 00:04:15,459 --> 00:04:18,751 and Bill Bowes was preferred to Mitchell. 62 00:04:19,334 --> 00:04:24,834 Cricket -- the English enigma. 63 00:04:25,667 --> 00:04:27,126 I know not of any other game 64 00:04:27,959 --> 00:04:30,626 where even the players are unsure of the rules. 65 00:04:31,917 --> 00:04:33,334 Thank you, Miss Lemon. 66 00:04:33,542 --> 00:04:35,042 Aussies are one up already. 67 00:04:35,167 --> 00:04:38,251 You can bet "The Don" will be looking for three figures 68 00:04:38,417 --> 00:04:39,417 at the hallowed ground. 69 00:04:39,542 --> 00:04:41,626 Hastings, I have no time for this Don 70 00:04:41,751 --> 00:04:43,959 and his crusade at the hallowed ground. 71 00:04:44,084 --> 00:04:46,459 I have a dinner engagement with my dentist. 72 00:04:46,584 --> 00:04:47,834 Your dentist? 73 00:04:47,959 --> 00:04:49,417 Positively morbid. 74 00:04:49,667 --> 00:04:51,459 But you're always trying to avoid him. 75 00:04:51,584 --> 00:04:52,626 POIROT: Not at all. 76 00:04:52,751 --> 00:04:54,626 Off duty, he's quite charming. 77 00:04:56,792 --> 00:04:59,542 Besides, he likes to see the end product at work. 78 00:05:01,709 --> 00:05:02,834 For England, Bowes and Farnes 79 00:05:02,959 --> 00:05:06,084 will return to excellent figures, with 5 for 102... 80 00:05:07,542 --> 00:05:10,126 [ Man shouting indistinctly ] 81 00:05:14,042 --> 00:05:16,834 You won't get any of your fancy French kickshaws here, 82 00:05:16,959 --> 00:05:17,959 I'm afraid, Poirot, 83 00:05:18,084 --> 00:05:20,459 just good, well-cooked English fare. 84 00:05:21,376 --> 00:05:24,584 And I could ask for nothing more, Bonnington, my friend. 85 00:05:25,292 --> 00:05:28,417 That's why I place myself in your hands, unreservedly. 86 00:05:29,209 --> 00:05:30,959 -Yes? -Absolutement. 87 00:05:31,501 --> 00:05:32,417 [ Laughs ] 88 00:05:32,542 --> 00:05:34,542 Yes, well -- Now, where's Molly? 89 00:05:35,417 --> 00:05:37,917 [ Indistinct conversations I 90 00:05:47,751 --> 00:05:48,959 Good evening, sir. 91 00:05:49,084 --> 00:05:50,334 Ah, Molly. 92 00:05:50,459 --> 00:05:53,167 Now, what speciality have you for us this evening? 93 00:05:53,292 --> 00:05:55,292 You're in luck today, Mr. Bonnington. 94 00:05:55,417 --> 00:05:56,584 There's your favorite -- 95 00:05:56,709 --> 00:05:58,626 roast turkey with chestnut stuffing 96 00:05:58,751 --> 00:06:00,292 and fillet of sole to start. 97 00:06:01,084 --> 00:06:02,792 [ Chuckling ] Oh, excellent. 98 00:06:02,917 --> 00:06:03,834 For both of us. 99 00:06:03,959 --> 00:06:06,917 Now, here is a girl who knows exactly what I like, Poirot. 100 00:06:07,042 --> 00:06:09,376 Well, I ought to know by now, sir, I'm sure. 101 00:06:09,501 --> 00:06:11,626 Do people always have the same thing? 102 00:06:12,542 --> 00:06:15,084 Mostly, sir, though I'll you something odd. 103 00:06:15,959 --> 00:06:19,084 You see old Mr. Gascoigne sitting on his own over there? 104 00:06:20,209 --> 00:06:22,626 BONNINGTON: I'd say he's been eating here 105 00:06:23,042 --> 00:06:24,542 since the old queen died. 106 00:06:24,751 --> 00:06:27,626 Henry Gascoigne -- painter of some sort, I'm told. 107 00:06:28,209 --> 00:06:31,792 Well, he's at that table every Wednesday and Saturday evening, 108 00:06:32,376 --> 00:06:35,459 never misses, except last week, he arrived on Monday. 109 00:06:36,501 --> 00:06:37,751 Give me quite a turn. 110 00:06:38,209 --> 00:06:40,751 POIROT: Interesting deviation from habit. 111 00:06:40,876 --> 00:06:42,167 I wonder what the reason was. 112 00:06:42,292 --> 00:06:44,959 Well, I reckon he must have forgotten himself. 113 00:06:45,501 --> 00:06:48,626 You know, he can't bear suet puddings or blackberries, 114 00:06:49,209 --> 00:06:51,542 and I've never known him take thick soup. 115 00:06:52,126 --> 00:06:54,501 Yet last Monday, do you know what he ordered? 116 00:06:54,626 --> 00:06:57,209 Thick tomato soup, steak and kidney pudding, 117 00:06:57,542 --> 00:06:59,292 and washed it all down with a blackberry crumble. 118 00:06:59,417 --> 00:07:00,667 Ah, mon Dieu. 119 00:07:00,959 --> 00:07:03,501 And he was back again on Wednesday, as usual, 120 00:07:04,417 --> 00:07:05,667 his old self again. 121 00:07:06,001 --> 00:07:08,417 Anyway, I mustn't stand here, gossiping. 122 00:07:09,042 --> 00:07:10,459 She's a good girl, that. 123 00:07:10,709 --> 00:07:12,917 And she knows a thing or two about food. 124 00:07:13,542 --> 00:07:15,834 You know, I find that extraordinarily interesting. 125 00:07:15,959 --> 00:07:17,126 BONNINGTON: What? 126 00:07:17,251 --> 00:07:19,834 POIROT: That old man's deviation from habit. 127 00:07:19,959 --> 00:07:21,834 Oh, the change in diet, you mean. 128 00:07:22,501 --> 00:07:24,417 Well, doctor's orders, I'd say. 129 00:07:24,626 --> 00:07:25,959 It's common enough. 130 00:07:26,084 --> 00:07:27,001 I think not, 131 00:07:27,126 --> 00:07:28,917 unless, of course, he thinks the old man 132 00:07:29,042 --> 00:07:30,334 would benefit from indigestion. 133 00:07:30,459 --> 00:07:31,709 [ Chuckles ] 134 00:07:33,001 --> 00:07:35,001 To my good friend, Hercule Poirot, 135 00:07:35,876 --> 00:07:37,667 for whom life without mystery 136 00:07:38,167 --> 00:07:40,751 would be like roast beef without the mustard. 137 00:07:42,001 --> 00:07:44,876 C'est la vérité, mon ami. 138 00:07:47,876 --> 00:07:48,792 Ah. 139 00:07:48,917 --> 00:07:51,626 I see that bicuspid is still sensitive, Poirot. 140 00:07:51,751 --> 00:07:53,084 We must take a look at that. 141 00:07:53,209 --> 00:07:55,084 -Ah, no, no -- -It must be the heat. 142 00:07:55,209 --> 00:07:56,167 What's that, Molly? 143 00:07:56,292 --> 00:07:58,459 Old Mr. Gascoigne -- he's at it again -- 144 00:07:58,584 --> 00:08:01,126 steak-and-kidney pudding and blackberry crumble. 145 00:08:01,251 --> 00:08:03,292 BONNINGTON: [ Chuckles ] 146 00:08:54,834 --> 00:08:57,167 Hello! 147 00:09:03,792 --> 00:09:05,042 Hello? 148 00:09:06,376 --> 00:09:07,751 What's all the noise? 149 00:09:08,376 --> 00:09:09,626 It's this milk. 150 00:09:09,834 --> 00:09:11,751 It's been out here for three days. 151 00:09:12,001 --> 00:09:13,251 Dirty old devil. 152 00:09:13,459 --> 00:09:16,251 Hasn't had a bath since last Pancake Day, either. 153 00:09:16,751 --> 00:09:18,167 Not a sound from inside. 154 00:09:19,751 --> 00:09:23,167 He might have taken ill. 155 00:09:27,334 --> 00:09:28,751 [ Exhales sharply ] 156 00:09:30,542 --> 00:09:31,792 Oh, cold as ice. 157 00:09:33,042 --> 00:09:34,292 Oh, poor love. 158 00:09:35,334 --> 00:09:36,667 Must have taken a fall. 159 00:09:37,542 --> 00:09:39,334 [ Drill whirring ] 160 00:09:44,209 --> 00:09:46,001 Here's a funny thing, Poirot. 161 00:09:46,709 --> 00:09:49,751 Remember that old fellow we saw at Bishop's the other night, 162 00:09:49,876 --> 00:09:53,167 the one that Molly remarked on, about how he'd changed his diet? 163 00:09:53,292 --> 00:09:54,334 [ Mumbles I 164 00:09:54,459 --> 00:09:55,709 Ah, ah, try not to talk. 165 00:09:56,584 --> 00:09:59,834 Well, I'm afraid he's eaten his last blackberry crumble. 166 00:10:02,084 --> 00:10:04,292 The poor old chap's kicked the bucket. 167 00:10:04,917 --> 00:10:07,001 It seems when he got home that night, 168 00:10:07,459 --> 00:10:09,709 he fell down the stairs of his lodgings. 169 00:10:10,126 --> 00:10:13,417 [ Water hissing ] 170 00:10:14,834 --> 00:10:17,834 Yes, he's lived here as long as anybody can remember. 171 00:10:18,376 --> 00:10:19,917 Kept himself to himself. 172 00:10:20,042 --> 00:10:21,126 You never spoke? 173 00:10:21,251 --> 00:10:24,459 Well, we'd pass in the street of an evening and say hello. 174 00:10:25,417 --> 00:10:27,876 Except last week, I might have been a ghost. 175 00:10:29,459 --> 00:10:32,376 He walked right past me and never said a word, he did. 176 00:10:32,959 --> 00:10:34,167 Excuse me, madame. 177 00:10:34,292 --> 00:10:36,417 Do you remember which day last week? 178 00:10:38,126 --> 00:10:40,917 Who are you, anyway, asking all these questions? 179 00:10:41,376 --> 00:10:42,292 Who's he? 180 00:10:42,417 --> 00:10:45,001 He's not English, is he? Begging your pardon. 181 00:10:45,667 --> 00:10:47,417 He's Hercule Poirot, private detective. 182 00:10:47,542 --> 00:10:48,542 Madame. 183 00:10:48,667 --> 00:10:51,251 Oh, yeah, well, they all say that, don't they? 184 00:10:51,709 --> 00:10:53,584 You tell him it was last Saturday 185 00:10:54,709 --> 00:10:57,292 that old Gascoigne passed me by in the street. 186 00:10:57,792 --> 00:10:59,917 That was the last time I saw him alive. 187 00:11:00,459 --> 00:11:01,792 [ Loudly ] Saturday! 188 00:11:01,917 --> 00:11:03,001 Ah. 189 00:11:03,584 --> 00:11:04,834 [ Lock rattling ] 190 00:11:07,709 --> 00:11:10,917 He was lying just here in his dressing gown and slippers. 191 00:11:11,501 --> 00:11:13,001 Shabby old thing, it was. 192 00:11:13,251 --> 00:11:14,501 Wouldn't surprise me 193 00:11:14,626 --> 00:11:17,501 if he didn't trip over the cord or something. 194 00:11:19,126 --> 00:11:21,126 [ Loudly ] Tripped over the cord. 195 00:11:22,126 --> 00:11:23,626 Yes, thank you, madame. 196 00:11:24,626 --> 00:11:26,334 And then you called the police? 197 00:11:26,459 --> 00:11:27,709 Yes. 198 00:11:28,376 --> 00:11:31,792 They just wrapped his body up in a blanket and carried it out. 199 00:11:31,959 --> 00:11:34,501 Didn't pay much attention to anything else. 200 00:11:34,709 --> 00:11:35,626 Poor old devil. 201 00:11:35,751 --> 00:11:38,542 Did M. Gascoigne receive many visitors, madame? 202 00:11:38,917 --> 00:11:40,167 Only his model. 203 00:11:40,459 --> 00:11:41,876 He was an artist, you see. 204 00:11:42,876 --> 00:11:44,001 Ah. 205 00:11:44,126 --> 00:11:46,751 She's up there now. 206 00:11:47,584 --> 00:11:49,876 Thank you, Mme. Mullen. 207 00:12:06,376 --> 00:12:07,834 Excusez-moi, mademoiselle? 208 00:12:07,959 --> 00:12:08,876 Who are you? 209 00:12:09,001 --> 00:12:11,584 I am Hercule Poirot, a private investigator, 210 00:12:13,001 --> 00:12:15,126 and my associate, Captain Hastings. 211 00:12:15,251 --> 00:12:16,501 Morning. 212 00:12:16,626 --> 00:12:19,876 Is there something here that requires an investigation? 213 00:12:20,167 --> 00:12:21,542 Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no. 214 00:12:21,667 --> 00:12:24,084 It's more a matter of professional curiosity. 215 00:12:24,209 --> 00:12:25,459 That is all. 216 00:12:26,084 --> 00:12:27,334 A small idea. 217 00:12:28,084 --> 00:12:30,334 Perhaps you can help us, mademoiselle. 218 00:12:30,626 --> 00:12:32,959 Is there any reason why I should? 219 00:12:34,001 --> 00:12:35,709 Is there any reason why you should not? 220 00:12:35,834 --> 00:12:37,167 My name is Dulcie Lang. 221 00:12:38,792 --> 00:12:40,459 I was Henry Gascoigne's model. 222 00:12:40,584 --> 00:12:42,167 What else do you want from me? 223 00:12:42,376 --> 00:12:44,584 I don't know, but that is most helpful. 224 00:12:44,834 --> 00:12:47,959 The bond between the artist and his model is legendary. 225 00:12:48,792 --> 00:12:50,126 -Really? -Oh, yes. 226 00:12:50,501 --> 00:12:52,042 But you would have noticed 227 00:12:52,251 --> 00:12:54,709 if his behavior had been in any way unusual. 228 00:12:55,209 --> 00:12:56,126 I doubt it. 229 00:12:56,251 --> 00:12:58,584 A painter's behavior is always unusual. 230 00:12:58,792 --> 00:13:00,667 They can never make up their mind 231 00:13:00,876 --> 00:13:03,084 whether to commit suicide or give a party. 232 00:13:03,209 --> 00:13:04,126 [ Chuckles ] 233 00:13:04,251 --> 00:13:06,251 So, nothing out of the way about him. 234 00:13:06,376 --> 00:13:08,376 LANG: No, no worse than any of them. 235 00:13:09,209 --> 00:13:12,334 He had some odd arrangement with his agent, I believe -- 236 00:13:13,334 --> 00:13:14,501 Peter Makinson. 237 00:13:14,626 --> 00:13:16,501 But you'd have to ask him about that. 238 00:13:16,626 --> 00:13:18,251 An agent? So he was successful? 239 00:13:18,376 --> 00:13:20,334 LANG: Oh, don't be misled by all this. 240 00:13:20,459 --> 00:13:22,459 Henry wasn't a poor man, just mean. 241 00:13:24,334 --> 00:13:25,542 Did he have a family? 242 00:13:25,667 --> 00:13:29,084 Well, there was a nephew that he mentioned from time to time, 243 00:13:29,292 --> 00:13:30,334 a music-hall man. 244 00:13:30,459 --> 00:13:33,042 There was a brother, too, somewhere or other. 245 00:13:34,584 --> 00:13:36,292 Anthony -- yes, Anthony. 246 00:13:37,959 --> 00:13:39,959 But there'd been a falling-out between them. 247 00:13:40,084 --> 00:13:42,417 He certainly never spoke of the man like a brother. 248 00:13:42,542 --> 00:13:43,792 Here. 249 00:13:44,709 --> 00:13:46,042 Remarkable likeness. 250 00:13:46,167 --> 00:13:47,834 They could have been twins. 251 00:13:48,584 --> 00:13:49,834 Yes, two pins in a pot. 252 00:13:51,834 --> 00:13:53,376 This small idea of yours -- 253 00:13:57,334 --> 00:13:58,584 what is it? 254 00:13:59,001 --> 00:14:00,917 POIROT: Oh, it's simply a notion. 255 00:14:03,334 --> 00:14:05,917 I saw M. Gascoigne on the evening of his death. 256 00:14:06,876 --> 00:14:09,542 I was told that his behavior had recently been, 257 00:14:10,834 --> 00:14:13,251 uh -- How do you say? -- uncharacteristic. 258 00:14:14,417 --> 00:14:15,667 But more than that, 259 00:14:16,501 --> 00:14:18,084 the mantle of life should fit 260 00:14:18,584 --> 00:14:21,626 like a well-tailored suit of clothes, hmm? 261 00:14:23,459 --> 00:14:26,792 But it did not hang so well on that old man in the restaurant. 262 00:14:28,126 --> 00:14:29,709 You see, mademoiselle, 263 00:14:30,167 --> 00:14:35,501 I cannot accept that the fall of M. Gascoigne was accidental. 264 00:14:40,834 --> 00:14:44,376 Hardly the kind of woman to push an old man to his death, Poirot. 265 00:14:45,001 --> 00:14:48,001 Ah, the auburn hair, mon ami, always the auburn hair. 266 00:14:48,501 --> 00:14:51,501 No, I just find it really hard to believe. That's all. 267 00:14:51,626 --> 00:14:53,876 Well, she did not seem to be unduly upset 268 00:14:54,084 --> 00:14:56,084 by M. Gascoigne's untimely demise. 269 00:14:56,209 --> 00:14:57,584 Well, why should she? 270 00:14:58,251 --> 00:15:00,501 What about that brother -- Anthony? 271 00:15:01,042 --> 00:15:02,917 Yes, we need to find the brother, 272 00:15:03,667 --> 00:15:06,251 but also the artist's agent, Peter Makinson. 273 00:15:08,959 --> 00:15:10,209 [ Cane taps] 274 00:15:10,667 --> 00:15:12,876 Thank you, driver. 275 00:15:21,084 --> 00:15:22,834 JAPP: This is where the future 276 00:15:23,292 --> 00:15:25,542 of criminal investigation lies -- 277 00:15:25,667 --> 00:15:29,001 our new forensic division, the most advanced in the world. 278 00:15:29,459 --> 00:15:30,709 It won't be long 279 00:15:31,126 --> 00:15:34,001 before the likes of you and me will be gone forever, 280 00:15:34,209 --> 00:15:41,001 cast onto the scrap heap of life like so much...scrap. 281 00:15:41,917 --> 00:15:44,251 And you think there is nothing to save us? 282 00:15:44,792 --> 00:15:47,167 Not even all those little gray cells of yours. 283 00:15:47,292 --> 00:15:48,542 Gascoigne, H. 284 00:15:48,834 --> 00:15:53,834 We'll all be extinct, Poirot, dinosaurs. 285 00:15:55,251 --> 00:15:58,459 Henry Gascoigne, 68 years of age, artist by profession. 286 00:15:58,792 --> 00:16:01,001 What's your interest in this, Poirot? 287 00:16:01,292 --> 00:16:03,834 Well, he was an acquaintance of a friend of mine, 288 00:16:03,959 --> 00:16:06,209 and I merely wish to put his mind at rest. 289 00:16:06,792 --> 00:16:10,001 Mm. Died from broken neck caused by fall down the stairs. 290 00:16:10,459 --> 00:16:13,376 Apparently, he was a recluse, a bit of an eccentric. 291 00:16:14,417 --> 00:16:17,209 None of the neighbors can remember seeing any visitors 292 00:16:17,334 --> 00:16:19,584 that evening or the following morning. 293 00:16:19,834 --> 00:16:20,751 That evening? 294 00:16:20,876 --> 00:16:22,292 The estimated time of death 295 00:16:22,417 --> 00:16:25,417 was at or around 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, June the 16th. 296 00:16:26,584 --> 00:16:27,501 Remarkable. 297 00:16:27,626 --> 00:16:30,167 Your forensic division is very precise, no? 298 00:16:30,959 --> 00:16:32,209 Uh, well, no. 299 00:16:32,459 --> 00:16:35,709 There was a letter in the old boy's dressing-gown pocket. 300 00:16:35,876 --> 00:16:37,876 It was posted that morning in West 1 301 00:16:38,126 --> 00:16:40,709 and arrived by the 9:30 delivery that evening. 302 00:16:40,834 --> 00:16:42,751 He must have gone down to collect it 303 00:16:42,876 --> 00:16:44,709 and fallen on his way back upstairs. 304 00:16:44,834 --> 00:16:45,751 POIROT: I see. 305 00:16:45,876 --> 00:16:47,126 [ Glass clinks ] 306 00:16:47,834 --> 00:16:49,126 May I see this letter? 307 00:16:49,917 --> 00:16:53,459 The pathologists still got it, with all Gascoigne's clothes. 308 00:16:53,626 --> 00:16:56,167 Perhaps you remember who might have sent it. 309 00:16:56,292 --> 00:16:58,376 No, I don't. It was harmless enough. 310 00:16:58,584 --> 00:17:00,501 Of course. 311 00:17:01,876 --> 00:17:03,876 Who was the pathologist, did you say? 312 00:17:04,001 --> 00:17:05,917 I didn't. 313 00:17:07,251 --> 00:17:10,042 You take it from me, Poirot -- this case is closed. 314 00:17:11,084 --> 00:17:13,417 Yes, well, let us hope, Chief Inspector, 315 00:17:15,626 --> 00:17:18,626 that the forensic sciences of which you are so proud, 316 00:17:19,251 --> 00:17:22,376 will not replace every aspect of the detective's work. 317 00:17:22,959 --> 00:17:24,667 Let us hope that camaraderie 318 00:17:24,917 --> 00:17:27,251 will still play a significant role, hmm? 319 00:17:28,709 --> 00:17:29,626 [ Sighs] 320 00:17:29,751 --> 00:17:31,001 His name is Cutter. 321 00:17:31,292 --> 00:17:32,542 Hmm. 322 00:17:32,917 --> 00:17:36,376 I'd better telephone him to make sure he knows what to expect. 323 00:17:37,334 --> 00:17:38,917 POIROT: You see, Chief Inspector, 324 00:17:39,042 --> 00:17:42,042 we are still very far from being the species extinct. 325 00:17:43,834 --> 00:17:45,084 Au revoir, mon ami. 326 00:17:46,209 --> 00:17:48,376 [ Footsteps departing I 327 00:17:50,917 --> 00:17:53,834 Strong-looking fellow, had years in him, I'd say -- 328 00:17:54,626 --> 00:17:56,042 still got his own teeth. 329 00:17:56,417 --> 00:17:57,667 Gascoigne? 330 00:17:58,876 --> 00:18:01,126 And the cause of death was a broken neck? 331 00:18:01,876 --> 00:18:02,876 Yes. 332 00:18:03,001 --> 00:18:05,459 Second and third vertebrae, here and here. 333 00:18:07,751 --> 00:18:10,084 You will also notice extensive bruising 334 00:18:10,459 --> 00:18:12,667 to the rib cage and to the arms and legs, 335 00:18:13,292 --> 00:18:15,626 consistent with a steep, tumbling fall. 336 00:18:16,542 --> 00:18:18,334 Down the stairs, yes. 337 00:18:19,876 --> 00:18:21,667 Is it possible that M. Gascoigne 338 00:18:21,792 --> 00:18:24,209 might have suffered a seizure of the heart 339 00:18:24,417 --> 00:18:26,001 or perhaps that of the brain? 340 00:18:26,167 --> 00:18:27,917 No, he simply slipped and fell. 341 00:18:29,251 --> 00:18:30,167 I see. 342 00:18:30,292 --> 00:18:32,376 I believe you were able to determine 343 00:18:33,292 --> 00:18:35,417 the time of death with some accuracy. 344 00:18:35,876 --> 00:18:36,792 Mm. 345 00:18:36,917 --> 00:18:38,167 It is never an easy task 346 00:18:39,001 --> 00:18:41,251 to ascertain the precise time of death. 347 00:18:42,376 --> 00:18:44,001 Ah. 348 00:18:45,709 --> 00:18:48,667 But this letter confirmed your medical evidence, huh? 349 00:18:48,792 --> 00:18:49,709 Yes. 350 00:18:49,834 --> 00:18:52,084 Gascoigne had been seen in a restaurant 351 00:18:52,584 --> 00:18:54,251 at about 7:30 that evening. 352 00:18:54,417 --> 00:18:56,292 POIROT: Yes, I was there myself. 353 00:18:56,751 --> 00:18:59,667 And this letter arrived with the 9:30 evening post? 354 00:19:00,334 --> 00:19:01,376 Yes. 355 00:19:01,501 --> 00:19:05,167 An examination of the contents of Gascoigne's stomach revealed 356 00:19:06,292 --> 00:19:08,042 that he had eaten a light supper 357 00:19:09,042 --> 00:19:10,959 two to three hours before his death. 358 00:19:11,084 --> 00:19:13,501 So it all fits together nicely, no? 359 00:19:18,376 --> 00:19:21,501 May I please borrow this letter, monsieur? 360 00:19:24,001 --> 00:19:25,626 Well, I'm sure you can be entrusted 361 00:19:25,751 --> 00:19:27,459 with its safekeeping, Mr. Poirot. 362 00:19:29,126 --> 00:19:31,084 Of course. 363 00:19:35,042 --> 00:19:37,001 POIROT: Are you sitting down, Hastings? 364 00:19:37,126 --> 00:19:38,667 HASTINGS: Yes. Yes, I am. 365 00:19:38,917 --> 00:19:40,626 POIROT: Very good. 366 00:19:42,167 --> 00:19:43,417 I'm coming. 367 00:19:43,959 --> 00:19:47,042 Oh, fine, fine. 368 00:19:48,334 --> 00:19:49,584 Now... 369 00:19:51,167 --> 00:19:53,501 Hastings, this is a recipe of my mother -- 370 00:19:54,584 --> 00:19:55,834 rabbit... 371 00:19:57,459 --> 00:19:59,042 cooked in the style of Liege. 372 00:20:01,834 --> 00:20:03,167 Well, I bet it's better 373 00:20:03,334 --> 00:20:05,876 than rabbit cooked in the style of Hastings. 374 00:20:06,084 --> 00:20:08,167 Yes, that is quite funny, Hastings. 375 00:20:09,209 --> 00:20:10,959 However, when you are grown up, 376 00:20:12,334 --> 00:20:13,667 you will find that food 377 00:20:14,209 --> 00:20:18,167 is not really the subject suitable for the humor. 378 00:20:19,667 --> 00:20:20,584 There. 379 00:20:20,709 --> 00:20:22,001 Smells delicious. 380 00:20:22,126 --> 00:20:23,209 Bon. 381 00:20:23,334 --> 00:20:27,626 The aroma is the most important ingredient in any dish. 382 00:20:29,459 --> 00:20:30,834 No, no, no, Hastings. 383 00:20:31,417 --> 00:20:32,667 Use your spoon. 384 00:20:32,917 --> 00:20:34,209 That is the Liege way. 385 00:20:34,917 --> 00:20:37,167 To use the knife is an insult to the cook. 386 00:20:37,459 --> 00:20:39,001 It implies the meat is tough. 387 00:20:39,126 --> 00:20:40,376 Ah. 388 00:20:41,167 --> 00:20:42,084 You're not eating? 389 00:20:42,209 --> 00:20:43,459 Oh, unfortunately, no. 390 00:20:43,584 --> 00:20:44,501 My left bicuspid 391 00:20:44,626 --> 00:20:47,376 is still causing me the considerable discomfort. 392 00:20:47,501 --> 00:20:49,167 Ah. 393 00:20:54,084 --> 00:20:55,459 Is it good, Hastings? 394 00:20:56,084 --> 00:20:58,542 Please do not be stinting with your praise. 395 00:20:59,417 --> 00:21:00,751 Oh, it's wonderful. 396 00:21:01,626 --> 00:21:03,376 Mm. 397 00:21:07,709 --> 00:21:09,001 It tastes more, um -- 398 00:21:10,709 --> 00:21:13,459 well, rabbity than any rabbit I've ever tasted. 399 00:21:14,251 --> 00:21:15,501 [ Chuckles ] 400 00:21:16,292 --> 00:21:17,584 That is the juniper berries. 401 00:21:19,001 --> 00:21:20,876 Shall I give you some more sauce? 402 00:21:21,084 --> 00:21:22,751 No, no, no. Not yet. 403 00:21:25,251 --> 00:21:28,084 What was in that envelope they found in old Gascoigne's pocket? 404 00:21:28,209 --> 00:21:30,459 Ah. 405 00:21:35,001 --> 00:21:38,751 "You are invited to a preview of contemporary European paintings 406 00:21:39,167 --> 00:21:41,917 recently acquired by the Farringdon Gallery." 407 00:21:42,209 --> 00:21:45,126 Well, this may be both informative and pleasurable, 408 00:21:45,251 --> 00:21:46,459 Hastings. 409 00:21:46,584 --> 00:21:47,834 And it's tomorrow. 410 00:21:47,959 --> 00:21:50,376 Hmm. 411 00:22:03,376 --> 00:22:05,251 "Man Throwing a Stone at a Bird." 412 00:22:06,501 --> 00:22:07,417 Really? 413 00:22:07,542 --> 00:22:08,792 Which is which? 414 00:22:10,459 --> 00:22:13,876 Joan Miré, Hastings, an exponent of the surrealist vision. 415 00:22:15,876 --> 00:22:17,751 A work inspired by the dream, no? 416 00:22:19,209 --> 00:22:23,667 Yes, a man with a most individual imagination. 417 00:22:24,626 --> 00:22:26,917 Is there some way I can help you gentlemen? 418 00:22:27,042 --> 00:22:28,084 My name is Makinson. 419 00:22:28,209 --> 00:22:29,459 Peter Makinson? 420 00:22:30,417 --> 00:22:32,209 The agent of Henry Gascoigne? 421 00:22:32,334 --> 00:22:33,834 Yes. What a tragic loss. 422 00:22:35,209 --> 00:22:36,459 Ah. 423 00:22:36,709 --> 00:22:38,876 I understand that your contractual agreement 424 00:22:39,001 --> 00:22:39,917 with Henry Gascoigne 425 00:22:40,042 --> 00:22:41,376 was an unusual one, monsieur. 426 00:22:41,501 --> 00:22:43,126 Unusual? [ Chuckles ] 427 00:22:43,251 --> 00:22:46,917 Have you ever heard of an artist who wouldn't sell his paintings? 428 00:22:47,209 --> 00:22:49,209 Wouldn't sell? You mean not at all? 429 00:22:49,584 --> 00:22:52,001 Well, that must have made your work impossible. 430 00:22:52,126 --> 00:22:54,126 Oh, I could sell the smaller pieces -- 431 00:22:54,251 --> 00:22:55,667 the sketches and watercolors. 432 00:22:55,792 --> 00:22:57,459 But the oils were never to fall 433 00:22:57,876 --> 00:22:59,959 into the hands of the Philistines -- 434 00:23:00,376 --> 00:23:02,709 his name for all collectors and dealers. 435 00:23:03,209 --> 00:23:05,792 So no one actually owns a Gascoigne painting? 436 00:23:06,334 --> 00:23:09,084 He made gifts of some -- gestures of friendship. 437 00:23:10,251 --> 00:23:11,792 I have a small collection, 438 00:23:12,542 --> 00:23:15,209 and Dulcie Lane, his model, has several works. 439 00:23:17,667 --> 00:23:19,334 But he was a man of few friends. 440 00:23:19,584 --> 00:23:21,667 And now, of course, after his death, 441 00:23:21,876 --> 00:23:23,626 his paintings can be sold, hmm? 442 00:23:24,834 --> 00:23:26,292 I imagine that would be so. 443 00:23:26,834 --> 00:23:28,167 And you, monsieur -- 444 00:23:28,376 --> 00:23:30,959 you are free to sell your own collection, yes? 445 00:23:31,751 --> 00:23:33,334 Look, what is all this about? 446 00:23:34,876 --> 00:23:36,001 You're not a collector, are you? 447 00:23:36,126 --> 00:23:37,376 No, monsieur. 448 00:23:38,584 --> 00:23:41,001 I am Hercule Poirot, a private detective. 449 00:23:43,376 --> 00:23:44,792 And I am investigating 450 00:23:45,084 --> 00:23:48,626 the circumstances surrounding the death of Henry Gascoigne. 451 00:23:48,834 --> 00:23:50,042 I see. 452 00:23:51,709 --> 00:23:54,001 I see. 453 00:23:56,167 --> 00:24:00,917 Perhaps we'd better talk about this in my office. 454 00:24:05,251 --> 00:24:06,501 Gentlemen? 455 00:24:07,001 --> 00:24:08,751 Thank you. 456 00:24:14,001 --> 00:24:16,667 Ah, that is a picture by M. Gascoigne, is it not? 457 00:24:18,751 --> 00:24:20,167 But not his usual model. 458 00:24:21,501 --> 00:24:24,501 No, that was painted years before he met Dulcie Lang. 459 00:24:25,042 --> 00:24:27,501 She is Charlotte Gascoigne, a rare beauty. 460 00:24:29,417 --> 00:24:30,334 Ah. 461 00:24:30,459 --> 00:24:31,709 His wife? 462 00:24:32,042 --> 00:24:35,584 No, Charlotte was married to Anthony Gascoigne, his brother. 463 00:24:36,084 --> 00:24:38,376 Ah. 464 00:24:39,709 --> 00:24:42,917 There was, I understand, some ill feeling between them. 465 00:24:43,959 --> 00:24:45,209 Yes. 466 00:24:46,251 --> 00:24:48,709 Henry arrived here one day with this painting 467 00:24:48,834 --> 00:24:51,167 and asked me to take it into safekeeping. 468 00:24:51,292 --> 00:24:52,334 For what reason? 469 00:24:52,459 --> 00:24:54,251 I don't think brother Anthony 470 00:24:54,417 --> 00:24:56,876 was keen on the idea of his wife's naked body 471 00:24:57,501 --> 00:25:00,084 being displayed in public. 472 00:25:05,042 --> 00:25:07,126 HASTINGS: You know, the way I see it, Poirot, 473 00:25:07,251 --> 00:25:09,667 everyone stands to benefit from the old boy's death. 474 00:25:09,792 --> 00:25:11,459 POIROT: Indeed, mon ami. 475 00:25:12,001 --> 00:25:14,417 His work was in demand, but unobtainable. 476 00:25:15,042 --> 00:25:17,876 His death will create much attention. 477 00:25:18,792 --> 00:25:20,917 Probably push the prices through the roof. 478 00:25:21,042 --> 00:25:22,292 Yes. 479 00:25:23,001 --> 00:25:26,251 Whoever is fortunate enough to own an original Gascoigne 480 00:25:26,417 --> 00:25:28,334 can expect to feather their nest, 481 00:25:28,876 --> 00:25:31,334 including Makinson and Mlle. Dulcie Lang. 482 00:25:31,834 --> 00:25:33,584 HASTINGS: Unbelievable. 483 00:25:33,709 --> 00:25:34,626 No, no, no, mon ami. 484 00:25:34,751 --> 00:25:36,834 Even the closest acquaintances could be tempted. 485 00:25:36,959 --> 00:25:38,542 HASTINGS: Well, they could have played for lunch. 486 00:25:38,667 --> 00:25:39,584 Lunch? 487 00:25:39,709 --> 00:25:41,542 England won the toss, went in to bat. 488 00:25:41,667 --> 00:25:44,542 Sutcliffe and Hammond were back in the pavilion before lunch -- 489 00:25:44,667 --> 00:25:47,001 78 for 2 at the end of the opening session. 490 00:25:47,251 --> 00:25:48,917 Chipperfield trapped them both. 491 00:25:49,042 --> 00:25:50,667 Lunch! 492 00:25:50,792 --> 00:25:52,667 Of course, Hastings. Lunch! 493 00:25:53,876 --> 00:25:55,126 Don't you see? 494 00:25:55,501 --> 00:25:57,459 See what, old man? 495 00:26:03,209 --> 00:26:05,417 4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a crumble. 496 00:26:08,501 --> 00:26:10,417 I think you mean "pie," don't you? 497 00:26:13,001 --> 00:26:15,251 "But that's what they have done in all these cases. 498 00:26:15,376 --> 00:26:16,959 An upstairs door found screwed up, 499 00:26:17,084 --> 00:26:18,751 when things were at their height..." 500 00:26:18,876 --> 00:26:20,459 -Miss Lemon? -Mr. Poirot. 501 00:26:20,584 --> 00:26:23,709 "...and jewels with him before alarm could be raised.” 502 00:26:23,834 --> 00:26:25,626 -Raffles, Mr. Poirot. -Ah. 503 00:26:27,167 --> 00:26:28,667 "Not so old as it looks," said Raffles... 504 00:26:28,792 --> 00:26:30,209 Such a dashing figure. 505 00:26:30,501 --> 00:26:33,042 ...choosing the cigars and handing me mine. 506 00:26:34,001 --> 00:26:35,251 Miss Lemon? 507 00:26:36,376 --> 00:26:40,126 How did you get on with the music halls? 508 00:26:41,126 --> 00:26:44,251 George Lorrimer is the manager of the Carlton Theater, 509 00:26:45,334 --> 00:26:46,459 Bethnal Green. 510 00:26:46,584 --> 00:26:48,376 Excellent work, Miss Lemon. 511 00:26:49,834 --> 00:26:53,792 Miss Lemon, back to M. Raffles. 512 00:26:55,292 --> 00:26:57,167 But Raffles only shook his head. 513 00:26:57,292 --> 00:26:59,667 "I don't believe in that rope-ladder, Bunny, 514 00:26:59,792 --> 00:27:01,042 except as a blind." 515 00:27:02,001 --> 00:27:04,584 Hastings, tonight we must visit the theater. 516 00:27:06,126 --> 00:27:08,584 What's all this about blackbirds, Poirot? 517 00:27:09,959 --> 00:27:11,376 That Saturday evening, 518 00:27:11,501 --> 00:27:14,501 Henry Gascoigne finished his meal with a blackbird, 519 00:27:15,042 --> 00:27:17,334 or, rather, the blackberry crumble. 520 00:27:18,459 --> 00:27:21,459 Now, the juice of the blackberry leaves a dark stain, 521 00:27:21,709 --> 00:27:23,792 and yet the teeth of Henry Gascoigne 522 00:27:25,584 --> 00:27:26,959 were not discolored. 523 00:27:27,084 --> 00:27:28,876 I looked most particularly. 524 00:27:29,001 --> 00:27:31,667 Oh, then, the waitress must have been mistake. 525 00:27:32,251 --> 00:27:33,917 It's easily done, you know. 526 00:27:34,167 --> 00:27:36,126 According to the pathologist, 527 00:27:36,792 --> 00:27:40,042 Henry Gascoigne died two hours after eating a light meal. 528 00:27:40,584 --> 00:27:42,126 Now, I do not consider soup, 529 00:27:43,959 --> 00:27:47,042 followed by the steak and kidney pudding, to be the light meal. 530 00:27:47,167 --> 00:27:49,917 But suppose that meal was not dinner, but lunch. 531 00:27:52,751 --> 00:27:55,542 But the old boy was seen at the restaurant at 7:30. 532 00:27:56,751 --> 00:27:57,792 You saw him. 533 00:27:57,917 --> 00:27:59,167 Yes. 534 00:28:00,459 --> 00:28:03,542 But that was not Henry Gascoigne. 535 00:28:12,667 --> 00:28:16,251 That Saturday night, mon ami, I dined not with Henry Gascoigne, 536 00:28:16,417 --> 00:28:17,709 but with his murderer. 537 00:28:17,834 --> 00:28:20,084 Henry Gascoigne was already lying dead 538 00:28:20,292 --> 00:28:21,417 at the foot of the stairs. 539 00:28:21,542 --> 00:28:23,417 And the killer, disguised as the old man, 540 00:28:23,542 --> 00:28:25,334 was able to leave the scene of the crime 541 00:28:25,459 --> 00:28:26,626 without arousing suspicion. 542 00:28:26,751 --> 00:28:28,501 Not quite. 543 00:28:32,542 --> 00:28:34,959 He walked past the neighbor, Mrs. Mullen, 544 00:28:35,376 --> 00:28:37,126 without so much as a "good day." 545 00:28:37,459 --> 00:28:40,126 But why take the old boy's place at the restaurant? 546 00:28:40,251 --> 00:28:42,876 To make it appear that Gascoigne was still alive. 547 00:28:43,001 --> 00:28:46,334 So, the question is, "Who could imitate Henry Gascoigne?" 548 00:28:46,876 --> 00:28:47,917 Mm-hmm. 549 00:28:48,042 --> 00:28:49,376 I vote for the brother. 550 00:28:50,751 --> 00:28:53,084 Well, Hastings, it would certainly take 551 00:28:54,459 --> 00:28:56,042 a long stretch of the imagination 552 00:28:56,167 --> 00:28:59,376 to see Miss Dulcie Lang in the white wig and the whiskers. 553 00:29:00,251 --> 00:29:01,542 Steady on, Poirot. 554 00:29:02,334 --> 00:29:04,459 MAN: Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. 555 00:29:05,917 --> 00:29:07,834 Next class, same time tomorrow. 556 00:29:09,084 --> 00:29:12,751 Oh, Mr. Robinson, could I have a word with you, please? 557 00:29:22,709 --> 00:29:24,959 Ah, the detectives with the small idea. 558 00:29:26,792 --> 00:29:29,792 Please, mademoiselle, forgive this intrusion. 559 00:29:31,376 --> 00:29:34,126 Oh, not at all, gentlemen. 560 00:29:36,709 --> 00:29:39,042 As you have already seen for yourselves, 561 00:29:39,292 --> 00:29:40,626 I have nothing to hide. 562 00:29:40,792 --> 00:29:43,292 No, no, we were up in the gallery. 563 00:29:45,042 --> 00:29:47,376 Miss Lang, I am now completely convinced 564 00:29:49,417 --> 00:29:51,334 that the death of Henry Gascoigne 565 00:29:51,709 --> 00:29:53,209 was deliberately arranged 566 00:29:53,334 --> 00:29:54,876 and by someone he knew well. 567 00:29:55,917 --> 00:29:57,167 Am I a suspect? 568 00:29:57,501 --> 00:30:00,959 I understand Henry Gascoigne gave you a number of paintings. 569 00:30:01,167 --> 00:30:02,417 Yes, four life studies. 570 00:30:02,542 --> 00:30:04,959 So you are aware, no doubt, of their value? 571 00:30:05,167 --> 00:30:07,584 Yes, I've had a number of generous offers. 572 00:30:07,709 --> 00:30:10,459 Well, you could be a wealthy woman, Miss Lang. 573 00:30:13,251 --> 00:30:17,126 You think I'd part with them at any price? 574 00:30:25,251 --> 00:30:27,126 Miss Lang, one final question. 575 00:30:28,917 --> 00:30:31,626 Henry Gascoigne's twin brother, Anthony -- 576 00:30:31,751 --> 00:30:33,751 do you know where he might be found? 577 00:30:34,251 --> 00:30:35,501 No, I don't. 578 00:30:36,584 --> 00:30:38,001 Perhaps you should ask the nephew. 579 00:30:45,001 --> 00:30:48,542 Ah, thank you, Miss Lang. 580 00:30:52,834 --> 00:30:54,584 [ Up-tempo music playing ] 581 00:30:54,834 --> 00:30:55,876 [ Applause ] 582 00:31:01,084 --> 00:31:02,584 [ Cheers and applause I 583 00:31:02,709 --> 00:31:04,584 And now, ladies and gentlemen, 584 00:31:04,751 --> 00:31:08,001 it gives me great pleasure to introduce Mr. Tommy Pinner! 585 00:31:09,251 --> 00:31:10,751 [ Cheers and applause I 586 00:31:11,167 --> 00:31:13,042 [ Up-tempo piano music plays ] 587 00:31:15,251 --> 00:31:16,501 [ Laughter] 588 00:31:16,626 --> 00:31:19,167 Well, who better to masquerade as the old man 589 00:31:21,084 --> 00:31:22,501 than his twin brother? 590 00:31:23,042 --> 00:31:25,626 Yes, the idea seems most attractive, mon ami. 591 00:31:26,917 --> 00:31:29,167 MAN: I'll give you just one more chance. 592 00:31:30,542 --> 00:31:31,792 What else can you do? 593 00:31:32,501 --> 00:31:33,917 Oh, I'll sing you songs! 594 00:31:34,626 --> 00:31:35,751 [ Laughter] 595 00:31:35,876 --> 00:31:38,292 It's called "Dinah Come and Hold My Hand." 596 00:31:39,251 --> 00:31:41,001 Dinah, come and hold your hand? 597 00:31:41,501 --> 00:31:43,501 -Yes, sir. -It sounds pathetic. 598 00:31:44,001 --> 00:31:45,251 And when it's over, 599 00:31:45,417 --> 00:31:47,334 Dinah comes out and holds my hand! 600 00:31:47,709 --> 00:31:48,584 [ Laughter] 601 00:31:48,709 --> 00:31:51,042 -Does she? -Yes, sir, and that's the end. 602 00:31:51,501 --> 00:31:52,542 It certainly is. 603 00:31:52,667 --> 00:31:54,251 It's awful, atrocious. 604 00:31:54,376 --> 00:31:56,084 -Atrocious, sir? -Yes. 605 00:31:56,292 --> 00:31:57,751 -Ohh. -[ Laughter ] 606 00:31:58,209 --> 00:31:59,584 And the fireman, sir? 607 00:32:00,126 --> 00:32:01,626 Oh, that -- worse still. 608 00:32:02,292 --> 00:32:03,542 Ohh, but, sir -- 609 00:32:03,667 --> 00:32:04,917 Well, what now? 610 00:32:05,084 --> 00:32:06,751 Do you want a sword swallower? 611 00:32:07,042 --> 00:32:08,334 -[ Laugh onn ter 612 00:32:08,459 --> 00:32:09,709 [ Applause ] 613 00:32:10,042 --> 00:32:11,709 [ Up-tempo music plays I 614 00:32:19,292 --> 00:32:21,459 [ Cheers and applause I 615 00:32:30,376 --> 00:32:32,376 Good house, bad house, good house. 616 00:32:32,959 --> 00:32:34,751 -On the house. -[ Both laugh ] 617 00:32:35,292 --> 00:32:36,459 They love you. 618 00:32:36,584 --> 00:32:38,417 Yeah, we got time for a quick one. 619 00:32:38,542 --> 00:32:39,501 Yeah. 620 00:32:39,626 --> 00:32:41,542 [ Mysterious music playing I 621 00:32:42,417 --> 00:32:45,251 [ Applause ] 622 00:32:50,876 --> 00:32:52,126 [ Knock on door ] 623 00:32:52,417 --> 00:32:54,167 CLARKE: Come in. 624 00:32:56,542 --> 00:32:57,876 M. George Lorrimer? 625 00:32:58,584 --> 00:33:01,667 No, actually, I'm Harry Clarke, George's assistant. 626 00:33:02,209 --> 00:33:03,626 He's not here tonight. 627 00:33:04,584 --> 00:33:05,501 Ah. 628 00:33:05,626 --> 00:33:09,001 Can you tell me where I might find him this evening, monsieur? 629 00:33:09,126 --> 00:33:10,501 Well, I'm afraid not. 630 00:33:10,667 --> 00:33:12,334 He's out of town, in Brighton, 631 00:33:12,792 --> 00:33:14,626 attending to his uncle's funeral arrangements. 632 00:33:14,751 --> 00:33:15,917 In Brighton? 633 00:33:16,042 --> 00:33:18,292 CLARKE: Yes, is there something wrong? 634 00:33:19,542 --> 00:33:20,709 No, no. 635 00:33:20,834 --> 00:33:22,209 C'est difficile, monsieur. 636 00:33:22,334 --> 00:33:24,001 You see, we were led to believe 637 00:33:24,626 --> 00:33:27,542 that Henry Gascoigne would not be buried until next week 638 00:33:27,667 --> 00:33:28,959 and, then, here in London. 639 00:33:29,084 --> 00:33:30,167 Henry? 640 00:33:30,292 --> 00:33:31,792 You've got the wrong chappie. 641 00:33:31,917 --> 00:33:34,917 George was talking about his Uncle Anthony -- died last week. 642 00:33:35,042 --> 00:33:36,126 Anthony? 643 00:33:36,251 --> 00:33:38,209 Yes. The funeral's tomorrow. 644 00:33:39,376 --> 00:33:42,042 [ Applause ] 645 00:33:44,626 --> 00:33:47,084 We therefore commit his body to the ground, 646 00:33:48,376 --> 00:33:50,126 earth to earth, ashes to ashes, 647 00:33:51,751 --> 00:33:53,001 dust to dust. 648 00:33:53,834 --> 00:33:56,251 [ Bell tolling ] 649 00:33:57,376 --> 00:33:59,459 POIROT: A quiet affair, is it not, Hastings? 650 00:33:59,584 --> 00:34:01,376 HASTINGS: With both the brothers dead, 651 00:34:01,501 --> 00:34:04,167 there aren't many Gascoignhes left to pay their respects. 652 00:34:05,584 --> 00:34:08,917 Not too many suspects left, either, hein? 653 00:34:34,584 --> 00:34:37,251 I'm Lorrimer, George Lorrimer, Anthony's nephew. 654 00:34:37,376 --> 00:34:38,792 Captain Hastings. 655 00:34:39,876 --> 00:34:41,709 Hercule Poirot, monsieur. 656 00:34:42,501 --> 00:34:44,376 Poirot? The name is familiar. 657 00:34:44,876 --> 00:34:46,126 Should I know you? 658 00:34:46,751 --> 00:34:48,542 Oh, perhaps Henry Gascoigne 659 00:34:48,709 --> 00:34:50,792 might have mentioned me in passing. 660 00:34:51,376 --> 00:34:52,876 Ah, you knew Uncle Henry. 661 00:34:53,209 --> 00:34:55,626 I was an acquaintance, but many years ago. 662 00:34:57,751 --> 00:35:00,501 I only heard of the double tragedy last evening, 663 00:35:01,084 --> 00:35:04,626 and I felt the need to express my condolences to Mrs. Gascoigne 664 00:35:05,251 --> 00:35:07,376 and to yourself in person, monsieur. 665 00:35:07,876 --> 00:35:09,251 I'm sorry? Mrs. Gascoigne? 666 00:35:09,376 --> 00:35:11,292 POIROT: Yes, the wife of Anthony. 667 00:35:12,459 --> 00:35:14,792 Oh, you mean Mrs. Hill, the housekeeper. 668 00:35:15,042 --> 00:35:16,792 She looked after him for years. 669 00:35:16,959 --> 00:35:18,542 Then Mme. Gascoigne... 670 00:35:19,001 --> 00:35:20,251 Dead, yes. 671 00:35:20,459 --> 00:35:21,709 10 years now. 672 00:35:22,167 --> 00:35:23,959 Marked the beginning of the end for old Anthony. 673 00:35:24,084 --> 00:35:25,792 He became a virtual recluse. 674 00:35:27,917 --> 00:35:29,959 But listen -- I'm being terribly impolite. 675 00:35:30,084 --> 00:35:32,209 Why don't you both come back to the house? 676 00:35:32,334 --> 00:35:34,667 Oh, oh, there's no wake, you understand. 677 00:35:34,917 --> 00:35:36,209 But I'm sure Mrs. Hill 678 00:35:36,334 --> 00:35:38,584 will provide us with some refreshment. 679 00:35:38,834 --> 00:35:41,251 An offer that is most generous, monsieur. 680 00:35:42,209 --> 00:35:43,126 We accept. 681 00:35:43,251 --> 00:35:45,001 [ Chuckles I The least I can do. 682 00:35:45,459 --> 00:35:46,709 Thank you. 683 00:35:47,334 --> 00:35:50,667 Anyway, I'd like to hear about you and Henry. 684 00:35:55,084 --> 00:35:56,709 POIROT: Henry's passion for painting 685 00:35:56,834 --> 00:35:59,501 once lit the small fires of my own imagination, 686 00:35:59,751 --> 00:36:01,626 but, alas, my talent as a painter 687 00:36:04,417 --> 00:36:05,751 was not as great as my ambition. 688 00:36:05,876 --> 00:36:07,626 May I be of some assistance, Mrs. Hill? 689 00:36:07,751 --> 00:36:12,001 I can manage very well, thank you, sir. 690 00:36:12,876 --> 00:36:13,917 LORRIMER: Have a seat. 691 00:36:14,042 --> 00:36:14,959 POIROT: Thank you. 692 00:36:15,084 --> 00:36:17,376 Mr. Hastings. 693 00:36:24,626 --> 00:36:26,459 Merci. 694 00:36:28,209 --> 00:36:29,584 And the two brothers? 695 00:36:31,459 --> 00:36:32,709 They were twins? 696 00:36:33,001 --> 00:36:35,501 Yes, not identical, but they bore a great resemblance. 697 00:36:35,626 --> 00:36:36,542 Ah. 698 00:36:36,667 --> 00:36:39,459 And also they had together the great rapport, no? 699 00:36:39,626 --> 00:36:41,126 Rapport? No, not at all. 700 00:36:41,459 --> 00:36:43,209 They hadn't spoken in 20 years. 701 00:36:43,501 --> 00:36:44,751 Sacré. 702 00:36:45,126 --> 00:36:47,251 Well, what could have caused such disharmony? 703 00:36:47,376 --> 00:36:50,042 Well, years ago, Charlotte was Henry's model. 704 00:36:50,376 --> 00:36:51,917 But that's too light a word. 705 00:36:52,167 --> 00:36:53,917 She was more his inspiration. 706 00:36:54,042 --> 00:36:55,292 Ah -- the muse. 707 00:36:57,709 --> 00:37:00,792 And then along came Anthony and stole the girl's heart. 708 00:37:00,917 --> 00:37:03,542 He whisked her away, leaving his brother a broken man. 709 00:37:03,667 --> 00:37:04,917 Ah. 710 00:37:05,542 --> 00:37:07,959 And the wounds from such a battle run deep. 711 00:37:09,709 --> 00:37:12,834 Well, their differences are well and truly buried now. 712 00:37:13,376 --> 00:37:14,959 They both had a good innings. 713 00:37:15,376 --> 00:37:16,626 Mm. 714 00:37:17,084 --> 00:37:20,292 Up stumps and back to the pavilion. 715 00:37:21,542 --> 00:37:23,167 If you'll excuse the expression. 716 00:37:23,292 --> 00:37:24,709 Oh, yes. 717 00:37:30,209 --> 00:37:32,792 [ Man shouting indistinctly ] 718 00:37:34,834 --> 00:37:37,167 A most distressing time for you, madame. 719 00:37:38,126 --> 00:37:40,042 Nursemaid and companion, I was, 720 00:37:40,876 --> 00:37:42,792 cook and cleaner all those years. 721 00:37:44,167 --> 00:37:45,917 And then he goes just like that, 722 00:37:47,001 --> 00:37:49,001 not a thank-you for all my trouble, 723 00:37:49,751 --> 00:37:51,667 not a penny by way of remembrance. 724 00:37:52,917 --> 00:37:55,917 Not even a small legacy in the will for your services? 725 00:37:57,417 --> 00:37:58,667 There was no will. 726 00:37:59,042 --> 00:38:00,334 Paper? Paper, sir? 727 00:38:01,084 --> 00:38:03,751 [ Marching music playing I 728 00:38:09,126 --> 00:38:10,417 Get your flags here. 729 00:38:12,584 --> 00:38:15,334 HILL: I expect it all goes to him, the next of kin. 730 00:38:16,667 --> 00:38:19,917 His right, I suppose, though he doesn't deserve any of it. 731 00:38:20,959 --> 00:38:24,376 Wouldn't come to see his uncle when he was at his last breath. 732 00:38:25,126 --> 00:38:26,376 Thank you so much. 733 00:38:27,126 --> 00:38:28,834 Flags! Get your flags here! 734 00:38:29,626 --> 00:38:32,417 [ Children shouting indistinctly ] 735 00:38:36,292 --> 00:38:38,376 [ Laughs ] 736 00:38:44,501 --> 00:38:46,626 Mrs. Hill, could you please tell me -- 737 00:38:48,042 --> 00:38:51,959 exactly when did M. Anthony Gascoigne pass away? 738 00:38:53,251 --> 00:38:58,667 1:00 in the afternoon, last Friday. 739 00:39:00,126 --> 00:39:05,084 There was just me and him at the end. 740 00:39:05,626 --> 00:39:07,667 [ Voice breaking ] I told Mr. George -- 741 00:39:07,792 --> 00:39:10,792 Mr. Lorrimer, that is -- that there wasn't much time. 742 00:39:11,334 --> 00:39:15,542 But it was the Sunday before he arrived. 743 00:39:21,292 --> 00:39:24,376 By tea on the second day, the Aussies are 63, without loss, 744 00:39:24,501 --> 00:39:27,251 chasing England's first inning's total of 440. 745 00:39:27,876 --> 00:39:29,542 Leyland made 109 and Ames 120. 746 00:39:31,084 --> 00:39:32,834 You know, that's the first time a keeper's made a century 747 00:39:32,959 --> 00:39:34,042 in a Test. 748 00:39:36,042 --> 00:39:37,459 I wonder if the weather will hold there. 749 00:39:38,751 --> 00:39:40,667 Hastings. [ Chuckles ] The crickets. 750 00:39:43,209 --> 00:39:48,292 It occupies too many of your little gray cells. 751 00:39:49,376 --> 00:39:52,459 Mrs. Hill, thank you so much for giving us of your time. 752 00:39:53,667 --> 00:39:56,417 Would you like us now to walk you back to the house? 753 00:39:56,542 --> 00:39:57,584 No, thank you, sir. 754 00:39:57,709 --> 00:40:01,876 I just want to sit and listen to the band for a bit. 755 00:40:17,417 --> 00:40:20,167 Well, that was quite a yarn you were spinning back there, 756 00:40:20,292 --> 00:40:22,334 old man -- the fires of artistic endeavor? 757 00:40:22,459 --> 00:40:23,376 I nearly blushed. 758 00:40:23,501 --> 00:40:26,376 Ah, Hastings, you do not understand the finer feelings. 759 00:40:26,501 --> 00:40:27,542 But you were lying. 760 00:40:27,667 --> 00:40:28,792 No, no, no, Hastings. 761 00:40:28,917 --> 00:40:31,542 I did not want to cause M. Lorrimer further grief 762 00:40:31,667 --> 00:40:34,834 with the revelation that one of his uncles had been murdered. 763 00:40:34,959 --> 00:40:37,959 And by posing as an acquaintance of Henry Gascoigne, 764 00:40:39,751 --> 00:40:42,959 my inquiries appeared no more than innocent curiosity. 765 00:40:43,251 --> 00:40:46,126 Well, it certainly puts paid to my theory, anyway. 766 00:40:46,542 --> 00:40:49,792 Ah, yes, you expected more from this brotherly intrigue. 767 00:40:50,084 --> 00:40:51,626 Le crime passionnel, hein? 768 00:40:51,751 --> 00:40:53,001 No, no, no, mon ami. 769 00:40:53,417 --> 00:40:56,626 We have been running up the wrong tree. 770 00:41:01,959 --> 00:41:02,042 [ Indistinct conversations, up-tempo music playing I 771 00:41:02,042 --> 00:41:05,542 [ Indistinct conversations, up-tempo music playing I 772 00:41:09,834 --> 00:41:11,084 Twice every week, 773 00:41:11,292 --> 00:41:13,751 Henry Gascoigne walked from his house here 774 00:41:14,709 --> 00:41:16,459 to the Bishop's Chophouse. 775 00:41:16,792 --> 00:41:18,209 So he was a man of routine. 776 00:41:19,167 --> 00:41:20,876 There would be no variation. 777 00:41:21,584 --> 00:41:23,376 Now, that Saturday evening, 778 00:41:23,834 --> 00:41:27,251 after the imposter had pushed Henry Gascoigne to his death, 779 00:41:28,251 --> 00:41:30,167 he would have followed this route 780 00:41:31,209 --> 00:41:32,501 as a matter of course. 781 00:41:33,084 --> 00:41:34,584 [ Train whistle blows I] 782 00:41:34,834 --> 00:41:36,626 Hastings, where of an evening 783 00:41:36,959 --> 00:41:39,709 can a man be seen to enter a place as one character 784 00:41:40,626 --> 00:41:43,834 and emerge as another completely different character? 785 00:41:44,751 --> 00:41:47,334 Well, he could use a boarding house or a hotel. 786 00:41:48,459 --> 00:41:51,167 Without arousing the slightest suspicion? 787 00:41:51,459 --> 00:41:53,667 After the masquerade at the restaurant, 788 00:41:53,792 --> 00:41:55,751 he'd need to abandon his disguise. 789 00:41:55,876 --> 00:41:59,084 He would want to change back into his own clothes in a hurry 790 00:41:59,209 --> 00:42:00,626 and secure his alibi, hmm? 791 00:42:00,751 --> 00:42:04,584 Discretion would be the problem. 792 00:42:07,501 --> 00:42:11,042 I think I have seen the answer, mon ami. 793 00:42:16,501 --> 00:42:18,959 [ Humming ] 794 00:42:25,042 --> 00:42:27,959 [ Singing in French] 795 00:42:33,084 --> 00:42:35,126 Well, if you're expecting a show or something, governor, 796 00:42:35,251 --> 00:42:36,251 you've come to the wrong shop. 797 00:42:36,376 --> 00:42:39,459 I can assure you, monsieur, that I am in the right shop. 798 00:42:39,876 --> 00:42:42,084 Oh, don't you come the old acid with me, squire. 799 00:42:42,209 --> 00:42:43,876 POIROT: I'm sorry -- "the old...?" 800 00:42:44,001 --> 00:42:45,292 Or I'll make sure... 801 00:42:45,501 --> 00:42:47,501 No, no, no, no, no, I do not think so. 802 00:42:48,709 --> 00:42:51,376 And if I mistake not, that beret you are wearing 803 00:42:52,959 --> 00:42:55,626 would suit better a man of an artistic calling. 804 00:42:55,876 --> 00:42:57,001 What's going here? 805 00:42:57,126 --> 00:42:59,751 You are aware, are you not, that the withholding of evidence 806 00:42:59,876 --> 00:43:02,209 that might lead to the conviction of a known criminal 807 00:43:02,334 --> 00:43:03,876 is a most serious offense? 808 00:43:04,417 --> 00:43:05,584 What evidence? 809 00:43:05,709 --> 00:43:09,126 The yellow neckerchief worn by a man wanted for questioning 810 00:43:09,584 --> 00:43:12,459 in connection with the murder of Henry Gascoigne. 811 00:43:12,876 --> 00:43:16,126 There will also be the corduroy jacket with the trousers, 812 00:43:17,417 --> 00:43:19,126 a waistcoat with the berets, 813 00:43:21,251 --> 00:43:22,584 and a cane in a dark wood. 814 00:43:24,834 --> 00:43:26,584 All that was just lying there, wasn't it? 815 00:43:26,709 --> 00:43:27,792 I was gonna throw them out, 816 00:43:27,917 --> 00:43:29,917 thought I'd make a few bob with it down the line. 817 00:43:30,042 --> 00:43:32,292 You have been diligent and honest, sir. 818 00:43:35,126 --> 00:43:37,042 I trust that this will compensate 819 00:43:38,042 --> 00:43:41,126 for the few bob you might have made. 820 00:44:15,251 --> 00:44:18,584 [ Door closes I] 821 00:44:24,084 --> 00:44:26,667 Well, Dulcie Lang was sitting for a life class 822 00:44:26,834 --> 00:44:29,292 from 1:00 until 5:00 on Saturday afternoon, 823 00:44:29,417 --> 00:44:30,834 sO we can eliminate her. 824 00:44:31,334 --> 00:44:33,584 POIROT: Oh, yes, Miss Lang is innocent. 825 00:44:33,959 --> 00:44:35,251 He is running in now -- 826 00:44:35,542 --> 00:44:38,084 one, two, three, four, and his arm goes over. 827 00:44:40,459 --> 00:44:43,084 Oh, Darling staggers back with his right foot. 828 00:44:43,209 --> 00:44:44,584 Makinson, too, I'm afraid. 829 00:44:44,709 --> 00:44:45,626 He was in Paris. 830 00:44:45,751 --> 00:44:47,667 That brings us back to square one. 831 00:44:48,626 --> 00:44:50,167 No, no, mon ami, far from it. 832 00:44:50,876 --> 00:44:52,876 We are about to make our final move. 833 00:44:54,167 --> 00:44:56,626 Kindly ask Miss Lemon to get me the Chief Inspector Japp 834 00:44:56,751 --> 00:44:57,667 on the telephone. 835 00:44:57,792 --> 00:44:59,334 He's hit the ball this time. 836 00:44:59,709 --> 00:45:01,292 Oh, Darling -- it's good. 837 00:45:01,459 --> 00:45:04,209 The ball's in the air, and Sutcliffe's taken it. 838 00:45:04,751 --> 00:45:07,292 Simple catch, and Darling is out for naught. 839 00:45:09,001 --> 00:45:11,584 That's Verity's third wicket of the morning. 840 00:45:11,709 --> 00:45:15,792 Australia now 204 for 4. 841 00:45:20,751 --> 00:45:22,001 [ Whistles I 842 00:45:23,417 --> 00:45:25,001 Afternoon, Freddie. 843 00:45:25,334 --> 00:45:26,626 Hello, sir. 844 00:45:32,667 --> 00:45:35,876 [ Indistinct conversations I 845 00:45:43,209 --> 00:45:44,792 Ah, M. Lorrimer, I'm so glad. 846 00:45:45,917 --> 00:45:48,167 Please to come up here. 847 00:45:49,292 --> 00:45:50,876 Poirot? What's going on? 848 00:45:52,334 --> 00:45:53,709 Who are your friends? 849 00:45:54,626 --> 00:45:56,751 Captain Hastings of course you know. 850 00:45:56,917 --> 00:45:59,417 And this is Chief Inspector Japp from Scotland Yard. 851 00:45:59,542 --> 00:46:01,542 We have reason to believe, Mr. Lorrimer, 852 00:46:01,667 --> 00:46:03,792 that your uncle's death was not an accident. 853 00:46:03,917 --> 00:46:05,167 Not an accident? 854 00:46:05,292 --> 00:46:07,126 Please. 855 00:46:09,542 --> 00:46:12,459 This clothing was part of the assassin's disguise. 856 00:46:14,251 --> 00:46:16,959 It was discarded close to the Bishop's Chophouse 857 00:46:17,084 --> 00:46:20,376 after he had masqueraded as your uncle following the murder. 858 00:46:20,501 --> 00:46:23,292 These strands of white hair are from the wig, sir. 859 00:46:23,459 --> 00:46:25,792 The darker hairs would be the guilty party's. 860 00:46:25,917 --> 00:46:27,334 They should be an easy match. 861 00:46:27,459 --> 00:46:28,376 Wigs? 862 00:46:28,501 --> 00:46:29,751 Masquerade? 863 00:46:30,126 --> 00:46:33,334 Yes, a devious finale to a most sinister plot, monsieur. 864 00:46:34,084 --> 00:46:35,959 You see, that Saturday evening, 865 00:46:36,084 --> 00:46:38,876 after he had pushed Henry Gascoigne to his death, 866 00:46:39,292 --> 00:46:42,876 the assassin searched through the correspondence on his desk. 867 00:46:43,709 --> 00:46:45,501 He retrieved this envelope, 868 00:46:46,917 --> 00:46:48,792 which he had sent the day before. 869 00:46:48,959 --> 00:46:50,626 Now, what could be more innocent 870 00:46:50,751 --> 00:46:53,042 than an invitation to an art gallery, eh? 871 00:46:53,167 --> 00:46:56,042 However, he had one last artistic task to perform. 872 00:46:58,251 --> 00:47:02,001 But he was not a skilled craftsman. 873 00:47:03,626 --> 00:47:06,209 Regarde. 874 00:47:07,459 --> 00:47:12,417 He changed the postmark from the 15th to the 16th... 875 00:47:15,584 --> 00:47:17,751 ...and smudged the mark on the blotter 876 00:47:17,876 --> 00:47:19,626 to further conceal the forgery. 877 00:47:21,501 --> 00:47:24,292 He placed the envelope in your uncle's dressing-gown pocket, 878 00:47:24,417 --> 00:47:26,126 and then, disguised as the old man, 879 00:47:26,251 --> 00:47:28,792 he took his place at the Bishop's Chophouse. 880 00:47:29,376 --> 00:47:31,626 And so it appeared that Henry Gascoigne 881 00:47:32,167 --> 00:47:35,167 had fallen to his death that Saturday evening -- oh, yes -- 882 00:47:35,292 --> 00:47:37,542 but after the 9:30 post had been delivered. 883 00:47:37,667 --> 00:47:38,626 Whoever could do such a thing? 884 00:47:38,751 --> 00:47:41,417 Oh, well, at first I suspected his colleagues, 885 00:47:42,209 --> 00:47:44,126 but they all had the solid alibis. 886 00:47:44,917 --> 00:47:47,334 And then naturally I turned my attention towards his family. 887 00:47:47,459 --> 00:47:48,792 But Anthony was dead. 888 00:47:48,917 --> 00:47:51,834 It appeared that you were the only living relative, 889 00:47:52,292 --> 00:47:53,626 and of course you were. 890 00:47:53,834 --> 00:47:58,584 And where were you when your uncle was murdered, monsieur? 891 00:48:00,001 --> 00:48:01,251 Where was I? 892 00:48:02,584 --> 00:48:04,917 Well, I-I'd have been here at the theater 893 00:48:05,209 --> 00:48:06,459 for the second performance. 894 00:48:06,584 --> 00:48:07,501 Of course. 895 00:48:07,626 --> 00:48:08,917 Ah, yes, but that would have been a Saturday evening, 896 00:48:09,042 --> 00:48:09,959 Mr. Lorrimer. 897 00:48:10,084 --> 00:48:11,959 Neither the staff nor the artists here 898 00:48:12,084 --> 00:48:14,459 can remember seeing you on that Saturday afternoon. 899 00:48:14,584 --> 00:48:15,501 At which time, I would say, 900 00:48:15,626 --> 00:48:16,584 you were attending to some business, yes? 901 00:48:16,709 --> 00:48:18,126 [ Chuckling ] Yes. 902 00:48:19,042 --> 00:48:21,084 The murder of your uncle. 903 00:48:23,751 --> 00:48:25,251 You think I killed Henry? 904 00:48:26,959 --> 00:48:28,376 Well, this is madness. 905 00:48:29,001 --> 00:48:30,417 I had no quarrel with him. 906 00:48:31,334 --> 00:48:32,251 After Anthony's death, 907 00:48:32,376 --> 00:48:34,501 Henry was the only living relative to stand between you 908 00:48:34,626 --> 00:48:35,667 and the Gascoigne estate. 909 00:48:37,542 --> 00:48:39,084 This is a lie! A damned lie! 910 00:48:40,167 --> 00:48:41,376 Ah. 911 00:48:43,917 --> 00:48:46,042 We have acquired a sample of typeface 912 00:48:47,834 --> 00:48:50,542 from the typewriter in your office, monsieur. 913 00:48:52,626 --> 00:48:55,167 I am certain that it will be the perfect match 914 00:48:56,834 --> 00:48:58,834 with the address on the envelope -- 915 00:49:00,251 --> 00:49:02,709 the signature of the murderer. 916 00:49:26,501 --> 00:49:29,501 So, it was the musical act that made you suspect Lorrimer. 917 00:49:29,626 --> 00:49:32,292 Well, it was a very good impression of an old man, 918 00:49:32,417 --> 00:49:34,167 and Lorrimer must have seen it many times. 919 00:49:34,292 --> 00:49:35,251 Indeed. 920 00:49:35,376 --> 00:49:37,667 And Lorrimer had been ready for many weeks. 921 00:49:37,792 --> 00:49:39,709 When Mrs. Hill, the housekeeper, 922 00:49:39,834 --> 00:49:42,626 telephoned with word of Anthony's imminent death, 923 00:49:42,751 --> 00:49:45,126 Lorrimer knew that all of Anthony's money 924 00:49:45,251 --> 00:49:48,251 will go to Henry Gascoigne because there was no will. 925 00:49:49,292 --> 00:49:52,667 But why on earth would Lorrimer masquerade as old Gascoigne 926 00:49:52,792 --> 00:49:54,417 on the previous Monday night? 927 00:49:54,542 --> 00:49:55,459 Dress rehearsal -- 928 00:49:55,584 --> 00:49:57,626 had to be sure of the disguise on the night. 929 00:49:57,751 --> 00:49:59,001 He nearly got away with it. 930 00:49:59,126 --> 00:50:00,792 Yes, but you cannot play Othello 931 00:50:00,917 --> 00:50:02,542 simply by blacking your face, eh? 932 00:50:02,667 --> 00:50:05,001 You have to think like a Moorish general. 933 00:50:06,209 --> 00:50:10,709 Lorrimer's performance was fatally flawed. 934 00:50:12,542 --> 00:50:14,709 Hastings, suddenly you look very pale. 935 00:50:14,834 --> 00:50:17,251 Are you feeling unwell? 936 00:50:18,834 --> 00:50:21,084 The Test, Poirot. Extraordinary! 937 00:50:21,751 --> 00:50:24,334 Listen -- "Verity takes 14 wickets for 70 runs 938 00:50:25,959 --> 00:50:28,584 on a day when England bowled out Australia twice 939 00:50:28,709 --> 00:50:30,126 to win the second Test." 940 00:50:30,542 --> 00:50:32,584 Six wickets in the last hour. 941 00:50:34,584 --> 00:50:37,792 And after the weekend rains, you are surprised, mon ami? 942 00:50:38,792 --> 00:50:40,959 Australians are used to hard pitches. 943 00:50:41,084 --> 00:50:43,376 The Lord's wickets would have been decidedly sticky, no? 944 00:50:43,501 --> 00:50:45,584 So it's not a day for the stroke play. 945 00:50:46,501 --> 00:50:48,834 No, it's a day for the art of spin bowling. 946 00:50:49,876 --> 00:50:52,501 And Hedley Verity is the greatest exponent alive, 947 00:50:52,626 --> 00:50:55,126 bowling left arm, the leg breakers to the right-handers. 948 00:50:55,251 --> 00:50:56,376 He would have them marching 949 00:50:56,501 --> 00:50:58,251 through the long room in no time, eh? 950 00:50:58,376 --> 00:51:00,626 He has flight variation, the chinaman, 951 00:51:01,709 --> 00:51:04,334 and the most deadly quick of all that dips into a yorker. 952 00:51:04,459 --> 00:51:05,501 Oh, yes. 953 00:51:05,626 --> 00:51:07,876 On such a day, M. Verity would consider, 954 00:51:09,417 --> 00:51:10,959 what, 14 for 70, a fair hole. 955 00:51:12,001 --> 00:51:14,084 BONNINGTON: [ Chuckles ] 956 00:51:26,792 --> 00:51:29,917 Subtitling made possible by Acorn Media