1 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:10,000 [ Dramatic music plays ] 2 00:00:41,160 --> 00:00:44,520 ROLLINSON: Sorry -- They just told me you wanted someone else. 3 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:47,080 Message didn't reach me in time. 4 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:49,720 Nothing personal. 5 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:51,000 So you think this is connected 6 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:52,720 to Dr. Lorrimer's death? 7 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:55,760 I know it is. 8 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:59,520 Oh, no. Miss Foley's friend. 9 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:04,960 Off the record, what would your first impressions be? 10 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:08,360 Oh, they'll be the same as yours, I expect. 11 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:10,880 Dead for several hours. 12 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:12,680 No sign of manual throttling, 13 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:15,080 but it could be there under the cord. 14 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:19,920 The stool is where I expect it to be. 15 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:24,240 If it were murder, 16 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:25,720 someone would have come up behind her 17 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:27,400 and throttled her into unconsciousness 18 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:29,400 and strung her up. 19 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:30,760 I've never seen it before, 20 00:01:30,960 --> 00:01:35,120 but if you ask me now, I'd say suicide. 21 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:38,840 There's someone coming from Ipswich. 22 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:40,080 Won't be long. 23 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:41,880 Thank you. 24 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:46,160 [ Dramatic music plays ] 25 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:01,200 Sir. 26 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:12,200 I thought it was going to be Brenda. 27 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:13,840 They said she was missing. 28 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:16,400 She fainted after she had discovered the body last night. 29 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:20,360 Poor Miss Foley. Is someone with her? 30 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:22,680 Yes. You didn't tell me about this place. 31 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:24,320 HOWARTH: Well, why would I have done? 32 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:27,760 It was pointed out to me on my first tour of the grounds, 33 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:31,120 but no one's used it in decades, as far as I know. 34 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:35,920 But they have, haven't they, Miss Howarth? 35 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:37,560 Yes. 36 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:39,360 This is where we used to meet -- 37 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:41,320 the Scientist and I. 38 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:43,680 Marginally more comfortable than the back seat of a car. 39 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:46,400 And used the hymn board to arrange your assignations. 40 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:47,960 "Assignations." 41 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:50,040 Yes. 42 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:52,120 17th of February at 6:40. 43 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:54,320 I suppose that was our last meeting. 44 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:55,720 It was his idea. 45 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:57,320 I thought it was a touch over-the-top at first, 46 00:03:57,520 --> 00:03:58,920 but actually it worked rather well. 47 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:01,120 I had set the times and he'd always be here, 48 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:03,080 waiting in the candlelight. 49 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:06,520 All intense, like a biblical prophet. 50 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:09,920 Did anyone else know you came here? 51 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:11,440 No. 52 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:15,000 Did you ever get the sense of being seen or watched? 53 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:18,040 Well, I rather wish I had. 54 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:20,120 MERCER: They've picked up DI Doyle, sir. 55 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:22,200 Asleep in his car, side of the road heading north. 56 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:24,240 He's at the station. 57 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:27,400 [ Dramatic music plays ] 58 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:35,720 [ Theme music plays ] 59 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:46,280 Why was a car registered to your wife parked under trees 60 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:48,360 outside Hoggatt's Laboratory on Tuesday night? 61 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:50,600 The night Edmund Lorrimer died. 62 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:52,480 Who says it was Tuesday night? 63 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:54,320 Could have been any time on Tuesday or Monday. 64 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:55,840 It didn't rain on Monday night. 65 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:57,280 - We have a witness. - What witness? 66 00:04:57,480 --> 00:04:59,240 Were you behind the wheel, or was your wife? 67 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:00,840 Or shall I ask her? 68 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:04,680 I was. 69 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:06,120 I've been driving the Cortina all day 70 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:08,280 because the clutch has gone in mine. 71 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:13,520 I was with someone. 72 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:15,520 A woman. 73 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:18,080 It's not something I do very often. 74 00:05:18,280 --> 00:05:19,880 The wife and I have been going through a rough patch. 75 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:22,120 She's taken herself off to her mother's in Yorkshire. 76 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:23,480 On Tuesday night, I couldn't bear 77 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:25,240 going home to an empty house, so... 78 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:30,720 Jane Ashton. WPC Jane Ashton. 79 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:33,040 She works here in the office. 80 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:34,560 We drove to the trees outside the Lab. 81 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:36,840 It was the nearest sheltered spot. 82 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:42,680 Go easy on her, okay? 83 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:49,200 What time did you park outside the Lab? 84 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:50,560 Around 9:00. 85 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:53,720 We were there for 20, 25 minutes. 86 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:56,080 I'm not as young as I used to be. 87 00:05:56,280 --> 00:05:57,600 Were there any lights on inside? 88 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:00,240 No. I wouldn't have stayed if there had been. 89 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:01,880 I actually remember thinking 90 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:04,040 "Even that pedantic old bastard Lorrimer's gone home." 91 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:06,280 Did you see anyone enter or exit the Lab? 92 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:11,440 No one. But I was busy. 93 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:16,400 Okay, look, I know I should have told you this. 94 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:19,000 I'm sorry, but look at it from my point of view. 95 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:20,680 Some big shot gets sent over from the Yard, 96 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:22,840 and I have to tell him that I was at a murder scene 97 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:24,800 getting my oats. 98 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:26,800 You know I didn't kill Lorrimer. 99 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:28,640 - I don't know that yet. - DOYLE: If I had killed him, 100 00:06:28,840 --> 00:06:30,360 I wouldn't have left a bloody mallet at the scene. 101 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:31,960 Which is what you would want me to think. 102 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:34,280 You have no evidence. You have no motive. 103 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:36,520 You're one of the few people Lorrimer would have admitted. 104 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:38,400 One of the few people with the opportunity to replace 105 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:40,280 the keys in his pocket on Wednesday morning. 106 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:42,200 - DOYLE: What? - Or you could have used the set 107 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:43,560 which is kept here at the station. 108 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:45,760 - No, no, no. - DALGLIESH: Where were you 109 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:49,040 last night between the hours of 6:00 and 9:00? 110 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:51,040 Last night? 111 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:55,560 I was in the pub until 8:00 -- "The Carpenters." 112 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:57,440 We charged the husband with the Clunch Pit murder, 113 00:06:57,640 --> 00:06:59,000 so we went for a few beers to celebrate. 114 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:00,280 You can ask any of the lads. 115 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:01,480 What time did you arrive and leave? 116 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:02,720 I arrived around 5:30. 117 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:04,920 I left 8:00-ish. I went straight home. 118 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:05,960 And at what time did you decide 119 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:07,360 to drive off on the road north 120 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:09,400 with a packed suitcase in the boot of your car? 121 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:12,000 I was going to see my wife. 122 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:13,920 Okay? 123 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:16,760 Surprise her. 124 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:18,680 I got myself into a lather, all right? 125 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:20,800 What can I tell you? When I drink, I get sentimental. 126 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:22,560 I went home, I packed a bag, 127 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:27,560 I got in the car, I left...8:30. 128 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:29,000 And I quickly realized I was too pissed to drive, 129 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:31,760 so I pulled off the road. 130 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:34,520 Next thing I know, Traffic are banging on the window. 131 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:36,560 Do you know someone called Stella Mawson? 132 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:38,400 No. Why? 133 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:42,560 Your clothes and car are under forensic investigation. 134 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:44,800 I hope for your sake you've told me the truth. 135 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:46,680 DOYLE: I'm two years away from my pension. 136 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:49,240 Don't make any more of this than you have to, yeah? 137 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:52,400 [ Dramatic music plays ] 138 00:07:58,120 --> 00:07:59,680 DALGLIESH: Mrs. Pridmore. 139 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:01,720 Doctor's just left. 140 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:05,040 He says she's okay, but don't stay long, please. 141 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:06,720 We won't. 142 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:09,160 Are you all right? 143 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:10,960 No, I'm not. 144 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:13,400 It's a mess, isn't it? 145 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:15,960 Two dead bodies she's found now. 146 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:19,200 People round here, they don't forget. 147 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:22,240 And they're apt to be superstitious. 148 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:24,920 She'll be labeled bad luck. 149 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:26,240 And then there's that money. 150 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:28,120 The money Dr. Lorrimer left for her. 151 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:30,080 How do we explain that to folk when they find out? 152 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:32,440 It's for the purposes of her education. 153 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:35,160 There's no reason for people to read something into that. 154 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:36,680 But they will. 155 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:39,280 I was sure there was someone behind me coming for me, 156 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:41,360 and I kept thinking about Dr. Lorrimer's face 157 00:08:41,560 --> 00:08:45,440 on the floor of the Lab and how that was gonna be me. 158 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:47,800 But you didn't actually see anyone, 159 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:49,840 and no one called out to you? 160 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:51,840 No. No. I could have been imagining it, 161 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:54,640 but then I thought about my bike tires 162 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:57,160 and how -- how weird it was that they were both punctured. 163 00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:59,280 And I thought someone must have done it on purpose 164 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:00,960 to make me take the shortcut. 165 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:02,600 We looked into that. 166 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:04,880 A lorry full of grit shed its load near the gates 167 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:06,640 to the Lab early yesterday morning, 168 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:08,800 and both your tires have shards of grit in them. 169 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,160 Oh, right. Sorry. 170 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:12,800 It was a clever thought. 171 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,640 Earlier, you told me that you'd gone towards the chapel 172 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:17,080 because you saw some lights. 173 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:19,960 Yes. And the door was open. 174 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:22,480 Did you see anyone at all 175 00:09:22,680 --> 00:09:24,000 near the chapel or in the chapel? 176 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:27,360 No, There was no one. Sorry. 177 00:09:27,560 --> 00:09:29,440 Did you recognize the woman who was hanging? 178 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:30,560 Yes. 179 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:32,520 I'd seen her before. 180 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:33,800 A couple of months ago. 181 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,120 There was a concert in the village. 182 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:37,440 She was there. 183 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:40,400 She was called Sarah, I think. 184 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:43,400 Did she kill herself? 185 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:45,240 We don't know yet. 186 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:50,760 MISKIN: Brenda, we need to ask you once again 187 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:54,120 about your relationship with Dr. Lorrimer. 188 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:56,680 - Is this because of the money? - Yes. 189 00:09:56,880 --> 00:09:58,080 BRENDA: Mum and Dad are furious about it. 190 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:00,160 They want me not to take it. 191 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:02,440 But he never did anything. 192 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:04,760 He didn't fancy me. He wasn't like that. 193 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:08,160 He just liked me because I was interested. 194 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:10,480 Other people didn't really get that. 195 00:10:10,680 --> 00:10:13,200 I know he could be rude to people, sometimes angry, 196 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:15,840 but it was only because he was so busy and -- 197 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:18,160 and he cared so much about his work. 198 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:19,720 Are you thinking of anyone in particular 199 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:23,320 when you say he could be rude to people? 200 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:25,840 No, no, I just -- 201 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:29,520 I just mean, generally. 202 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:32,080 Mum and Dad don't want me to go back to the Lab. 203 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:35,040 - They want me to leave. - Well, that's your choice. 204 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:36,880 You're 18. You can do whatever you want. 205 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:39,160 No, I can't. I want to go to college, 206 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:43,280 get some A-levels, maybe study forensics. 207 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:48,280 MRS. PRIDMORE: You're gonna catch him, are you? 208 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:50,000 Whoever's doing this. 209 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:53,720 'Cause she won't get any peace until you do. 210 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:56,840 I think Brenda will be fine, Mrs. Pridmore. 211 00:10:57,040 --> 00:11:00,120 She's intelligent and brave. 212 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:02,800 In my experience, people react differently 213 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:04,280 to the sort of thing she's been through. 214 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:06,000 Some people become excessively fearful 215 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:09,840 and their world becomes small, limited. 216 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:13,680 Some people face up to their experiences, 217 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:16,080 find strengths they didn't know they had. 218 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:21,280 Move forwards. 219 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:24,400 And embrace life. 220 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:28,800 I think that's what Brenda will do if she's given the chance. 221 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:30,240 MRS. PRIDMORE: Is that right? 222 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:32,680 Well, she's my daughter, and you don't know her. 223 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:35,840 [ Dramatic music plays ] 224 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:53,840 We tried, sir. 225 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:56,000 I don't like potential going to waste. 226 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:04,080 I grew up in this part of the world. 227 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:05,960 Did you? 228 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:10,040 I know how insular some of the people can be. 229 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:12,440 Inevitable. 230 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:15,400 My father used to say it was all down to geography. 231 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:20,360 It was easy for me. 232 00:12:20,560 --> 00:12:23,640 My parents wanted to make everything possible. 233 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:26,960 But I know how lucky I was. Privileged. 234 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:31,880 What you said yesterday about Angela Foley, 235 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:34,440 about no one giving her a break, 236 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:38,200 I hope you know that I'll always give you a break, Sergeant. 237 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:42,160 - You already did. - But moving onwards, 238 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:43,840 in your career. 239 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:46,120 If there's anything you want to achieve, 240 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:47,800 if you want extra skills training 241 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:52,200 or to be fast tracked into a particular unit... 242 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:54,200 Are you trying to get rid of me, sir? 243 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:57,360 [ Mid-tempo music plays ] 244 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:00,800 [ Engine starts ] 245 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:09,360 ANGELA: You're not going in there. 246 00:13:09,560 --> 00:13:10,840 MERCER: I need to look in there. Stand aside. 247 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:12,080 ANGELA: Why? Why? 248 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:13,520 MERCER: Part of the investigation. 249 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:15,640 ANGELA: But she wouldn't want you in there! 250 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:17,360 She never let anyone in there apart from me. 251 00:13:17,560 --> 00:13:19,280 They're trampling all over her. 252 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:21,280 MISKIN: It's all right, Angela. 253 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:25,240 ANGELA: It's not. 254 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:28,040 DALGLIESH: DS Miskin will make you a cup of tea, Miss Foley. 255 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:29,840 I'm going to have a brief look in there. 256 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:32,160 I won't touch anything unless I have to. 257 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:35,320 [ Somber music plays ] 258 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:07,120 What was the last thing she said to you 259 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:09,360 before she left the house last night? 260 00:14:09,560 --> 00:14:14,520 She said she was gonna make everything all right. 261 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:17,320 DALGLIESH: And what did you take that to mean? 262 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:19,680 So she was gonna find a way to get the money 263 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:21,800 to help us buy this place. 264 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:24,880 - DALGLIESH: Huh? - I don't know. 265 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:26,400 Is it possible that Stella 266 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:28,160 was planning to blackmail someone? 267 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:31,600 No. She would never. 268 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:33,800 You don't understand what she was like, 269 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,760 how -- how good she was, how moral she was. 270 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:38,360 She hated injustice. 271 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:42,160 She hated what my family did to me just because I was -- 272 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:43,800 Because I didn't have a dad. 273 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:47,480 And she wanted to make it right and make me happy 274 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:49,280 and... 275 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:51,520 she wanted me to have a home. 276 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:54,480 So what did she intend to do? 277 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:56,280 I don't think Stella took her own life. 278 00:14:56,480 --> 00:14:59,800 I can't prove it yet, but that's my instinct. 279 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:01,720 This is her life insurance policy. 280 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:03,680 It was in the desk. 281 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:05,840 You're the beneficiary. But like most policies, 282 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:09,000 it has an exemption in the case of suicide. 283 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:10,080 I don't care. 284 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:12,000 But Stella would have cared. 285 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:14,440 She would have known, and she would have cared. 286 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:16,880 She would also have known that she was the key 287 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:19,440 to your happiness, not bricks and mortar. 288 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:21,040 Nor do I believe that any novelist 289 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:22,760 in their right mind would kill themselves 290 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:24,960 when they're just a -- a chapter or two from finishing a novel. 291 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:27,360 What is it that you're not telling us? 292 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:29,240 Nothing. 293 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:31,240 Is it possible that Stella knew 294 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:33,560 or thought she knew who killed Dr. Lorrimer? 295 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:35,040 Any way that she could have found out? 296 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:36,840 Did she, in fact, go out on Tuesday night, 297 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:38,320 - even for a short time? - No. 298 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:41,080 I told you, she was here with me. 299 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:43,600 MISKIN: Angela, when you arrived to look after old Mr. Lorrimer 300 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:46,560 on Wednesday, did Stella go into Lorrimer's bedroom? 301 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:48,360 - No. - MISKIN: Might she have seen 302 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:50,680 something there that could have suggested who'd killed him? 303 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:52,360 No. She never went upstairs. 304 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:53,760 DALGLIESH: Is it possible that she was involved 305 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:55,000 in Lorrimer's death? 306 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:56,480 A momentary fit of anger, perhaps. 307 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:58,000 ANGELA: No. She would never. 308 00:15:58,200 --> 00:15:59,960 She would never harm anyone. 309 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:02,840 Why are you saying all this? 310 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:04,800 I need to be on my own. 311 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:06,640 Please. 312 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:09,800 [ Dramatic music plays ] 313 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:37,400 MISKIN: Let's say Stella did know who killed Lorrimer. 314 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:40,280 She contacts the killer and asks to meet them. 315 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:41,880 Would she be that foolish? 316 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:43,360 MISKIN: She was a confident woman. 317 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:44,960 She could have thought she had things covered. 318 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:47,520 Proof stashed away somewhere. 319 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,880 Or... 320 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:55,840 she killed Lorrimer. 321 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:59,440 She saw him with Domenica in the chapel, 322 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:01,520 and it was her that made the whispered phone call 323 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:03,640 to Lorrimer's house. 324 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:06,160 And then Lorrimer agrees to meet her. 325 00:17:06,360 --> 00:17:07,760 Go on. 326 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:09,680 So she comes to the Lab and tries to blackmail him. 327 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:13,080 And things get out of hand, and she kills him. 328 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:14,640 Like you say, a fit of rage. 329 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:16,520 And then she can't live with what she's done. 330 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:19,120 We have no forensics to place her at Lorrimer's murder. 331 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:21,160 Would she really think to wear gloves? 332 00:17:21,360 --> 00:17:22,600 And wipe the mallet for prints? 333 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:24,920 And why would she leave the weapon at the scene? 334 00:17:25,120 --> 00:17:29,560 Because she heard Bradley coming out of the toilets. 335 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:30,800 Panicked. 336 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:35,080 She hears Bradley and she hides here. 337 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:39,320 And Bradley comes out of the toilets, 338 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:44,480 sees the body, and runs straight downstairs. 339 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:48,240 Sees Doyle's car arriving and takes his chance, 340 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:50,880 sneaks out the front door and away. 341 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:54,360 And Stella, 342 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:57,000 she's also seen the car headlights 343 00:17:57,200 --> 00:17:59,480 and thinks that someone's gonna come into the Lab, 344 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:04,360 and she searches the first floor for a way out, 345 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:06,160 finds the window in the toilet. 346 00:18:06,360 --> 00:18:07,760 DALGLIESH: How does she reach it? 347 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:09,440 And how would she get down the wall on the other side 348 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:10,720 without injuring herself? 349 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:12,280 It's a 20-foot drop. 350 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:16,160 Okay. She doesn't use the window, 351 00:18:16,360 --> 00:18:19,480 but she stays in the toilets, cowering. 352 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:21,080 And it gives her time to think. 353 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:23,600 And things grow quiet, 354 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:27,120 and she hears the car drive off. 355 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:31,040 And then she comes back in here, wipes the mallet -- 356 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:33,640 But doesn't take it? 357 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:38,680 And then she finds the keys in Lorrimer's pocket. 358 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:42,600 She sets the alarm, 359 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:46,640 locks the door behind her. 360 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:48,440 And then she confesses to Angela, 361 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:51,600 gets her to get the keys back into Lorrimer's pocket somehow, 362 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:55,240 make it look like an inside job. 363 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:58,800 I know it's all conjecture. 364 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:02,800 They're all useful thoughts. 365 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:07,440 [ Dramatic music plays ] 366 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:23,360 Okay, let's get back to the facts. 367 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:26,040 Why would she go to the chapel to end her life? 368 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:28,000 Someone with an existing connection 369 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:29,480 to that chapel must be involved. 370 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:32,560 Someone who knew where to find a tie or a rope. 371 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:35,720 [ Dramatic music plays ] 372 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:04,080 Hello? 373 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:06,320 Miss Foley? 374 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:11,880 It's DI Doyle. You wanted to see me? 375 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:27,560 Strange kind of welcome. 376 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:29,840 Why don't you put that down? 377 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:31,920 Do you want to tell me what this is about? 378 00:20:32,120 --> 00:20:33,720 You killed Stella. 379 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:36,480 And now -- now I'm gonna kill you. 380 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:40,920 I haven't killed anyone, Angela. 381 00:20:41,120 --> 00:20:44,240 Dalgliesh questioned me first thing this morning. 382 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:46,200 He's released me because he's got nothing on me. 383 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:49,840 I have alibis for both nights. He's checked. 384 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:52,480 Here. You call him if you want. 385 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:55,640 There's a note on that table. 386 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:58,320 Pick it up and read it out. 387 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:11,440 I've got a copy. 388 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:14,200 "You'd better check the cannabis exhibits 389 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:16,280 when DI Doyle is around. 390 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:19,360 How do you think he managed to afford his house?" 391 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:22,320 - Where did you get this? - ANGELA: Stella had it. 392 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:24,080 It was sent to Edmund Lorrimer at the Lab. 393 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:26,480 She must have found it in his house. 394 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:28,320 You killed her because she knew. 395 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:30,000 She knew your secret. 396 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:33,040 And she tried to blackmail you. 397 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:37,600 She arranged to meet you at that chapel, and you strangled her. 398 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:38,920 Admit it! 399 00:21:39,120 --> 00:21:41,280 DOYLE: I can tell you who wrote this. 400 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:43,360 It was my wife. 401 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:45,440 She wants me to resign from the force. 402 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:46,840 She's sick to the back teeth with it. 403 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:48,760 The hours, what it does to my head. 404 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:53,040 She thought what better than a bit of official harassment 405 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:54,760 to push me into leaving? 406 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:57,640 No one would have taken this seriously, Angela. 407 00:21:57,840 --> 00:21:59,360 She knows that. And even if they did, 408 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:01,040 they wouldn't have found any evidence. 409 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:02,720 But you were doing it. 410 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:04,640 You were taking the cannabis and swapping it 411 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:07,000 - instead of destroying it. - I never said that. 412 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:08,960 And they -- they might have started watching you, 413 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:10,320 gathering evidence. 414 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:12,120 Over a bit of cannabis going astray? 415 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:13,840 ANGELA: It's not a bit! 416 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:15,960 I've seen seizures that come into the Lab. 417 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:17,720 You are way off. 418 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:20,160 Please put that down. 419 00:22:20,360 --> 00:22:21,760 No. 420 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:25,400 Do you think this is what your friend would have wanted? 421 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:27,080 Rough justice? 422 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:29,400 [ Crying ] 423 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:35,560 I was really sorry to hear that she died, 424 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:38,320 but I had nothing to do with it. 425 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:40,200 I swear to you. 426 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:43,360 [ Dramatic music plays ] 427 00:22:57,800 --> 00:22:59,840 [ Telephone ringing ] 428 00:23:04,120 --> 00:23:06,360 - Brenda. - Hello, Mr. Howarth. 429 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:08,760 I wasn't expecting you to come in today. 430 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:10,360 How are you feeling? 431 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:12,680 Is Inspector Dalgliesh here? 432 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:25,120 Do you think she might have found something else 433 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:26,960 when she found this? 434 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:30,560 Some other info about someone? 435 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:35,560 I don't know. 436 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:40,920 She went out the night Lorrimer died. 437 00:23:41,120 --> 00:23:44,320 She went for a walk. 438 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:47,720 She often does at night when she does her best thinking. 439 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:53,040 But she must have seen something. 440 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:56,120 Something she shouldn't have seen. 441 00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:59,600 Did you tell Dalgliesh? 442 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:01,440 I think you should tell him. 443 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:07,960 BRENDA: Thanks for trying with my mum. 444 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:09,280 I heard what you said, 445 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:10,440 and I hate it when she's like that. 446 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:12,320 It's mortifying. 447 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:13,960 She loves you and she's trying to protect you. 448 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:15,360 BRENDA: But it's not her life. 449 00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:18,120 I don't want to be told what to do. 450 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:23,800 There's something I haven't told you. 451 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:25,280 It's not a big thing, 452 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:27,920 but I don't feel right that I haven't said. 453 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:33,240 I saw Dr. Lorrimer having an argument with someone. 454 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:34,960 It was last week, 455 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:37,080 and I'm pretty sure it was Thursday. 456 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:39,440 You know Dr. Rollinson, don't you? 457 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:42,880 - Yes. - Well, he has two children. 458 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:45,560 - Nell and William. - Yes. 459 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:48,480 Well, they came into the Lab last week looking for their dad, 460 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:49,800 and he was in a meeting, 461 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:51,080 but they said they wanted to wait, 462 00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:53,360 so they stayed in the reception, 463 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:57,080 and Dr. Lorrimer came down the stairs, and he was -- 464 00:24:57,280 --> 00:24:58,880 he was in a bad mood, I suppose. 465 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:00,320 He was busy. 466 00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:02,680 And the little boy was playing with his ball, 467 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:04,240 and it was going everywhere. 468 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:06,080 And Dr. Lorrimer was shouting and he was saying, 469 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:07,800 "Children aren't allowed in the Lab." 470 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:09,960 And he told them to wait outside, 471 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:11,800 but Nell said that they wouldn't. 472 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:13,680 And she was getting very angry. 473 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:18,160 And -- And he didn't -- he didn't touch her, exactly, 474 00:25:18,360 --> 00:25:20,200 but he sort of drove them outside. 475 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:23,240 And then he slammed the door behind them. 476 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:25,880 And Nell was really, really upset. 477 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:27,800 And so was the little boy. 478 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:29,640 Did Dr. Rollinson see any of this? 479 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:32,320 BRENDA: No. No one else, except for me. 480 00:25:36,360 --> 00:25:38,840 This morning, you mentioned that you saw Stella Mawson 481 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:41,200 at a concert in the village. 482 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:43,040 Can you tell me more about that evening? 483 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:45,720 Yes. It was a fundraising concert, 484 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:48,200 and Mr. Howarth was playing his violin. 485 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:49,640 Classical stuff. 486 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:52,000 I remember it was the day after Valentine's Day. 487 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:54,800 And she was sitting with Miss Foley 488 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:56,160 and who else? 489 00:25:56,360 --> 00:25:59,880 And Mr. Howarth's sister who's the beautiful one. 490 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:01,880 I don't know if you've met her. 491 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:04,960 And Dr. Rollinson. 492 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:08,120 [ Dramatic music plays ] 493 00:26:12,120 --> 00:26:13,800 Have the exhibits from the chapel left for the Yard yet? 494 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:15,920 They're being picked up in about five minutes, sir. 495 00:26:16,120 --> 00:26:17,920 Where are they? 496 00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:23,320 Mr. Bradley. 497 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:25,800 I need you to run a test for me. 498 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:40,360 Really? 499 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:41,880 Could we speak to you inside, please, Miss Howarth? 500 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:44,200 Christ, please stop with the Miss Howarth. 501 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:45,880 Do I look like your maiden aunt? 502 00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:47,640 I wrote your statement for you. Max has got it. 503 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:48,960 DALGLIESH: It's not about last night. 504 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:50,560 Surely not about Lorrimer. 505 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:52,080 I've told you everything there is to know -- 506 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:53,960 DALGLIESH: Not your relationship with Lorrimer. 507 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:56,160 It's about what happened next. 508 00:26:56,360 --> 00:26:59,320 [ Dramatic music plays ] 509 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:18,760 [ Brakes squeal ] 510 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:25,280 [ Breathing heavily ] God. 511 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:36,000 You okay? 512 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:37,280 William?! 513 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:38,520 MISKIN: He's okay. Don't worry. 514 00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:40,960 William! Get away from him! 515 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:43,120 Get away! You could have killed him. 516 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:45,880 - Calm down. - Why are you here? 517 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:48,120 Go away and leave us alone. 518 00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:50,080 MISS WILLARD: Nell, stop that at once. 519 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:52,520 What are you thinking? Where were you? 520 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:54,480 You were supposed to be watching him, 521 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:56,640 you useless, drunken old hag. 522 00:27:56,840 --> 00:27:58,880 You're sacked. Pack up your stinking things 523 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:01,160 and get out of our house and never come back. 524 00:28:01,360 --> 00:28:03,360 You don't tell me what to do. You don't employ me. 525 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:05,600 - Yes, I do. - Your father does. 526 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:06,920 We'll see what he has to say. 527 00:28:07,120 --> 00:28:08,680 He'll sack you. He hates you too. 528 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:10,120 We all hate you. 529 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:12,400 You nasty, horrible little girl. 530 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:14,240 I'll tell you who your father hates. 531 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:16,880 It's you. You're the bane of his existence. 532 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:18,360 This custody battle he's fighting -- 533 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:20,080 Do you think he's fighting it for you? 534 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:23,840 He isn't. It's William he wants, and only William. 535 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:25,560 - Be quiet, Miss Willard. - NELL: You're lying. 536 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:26,720 My dad loves me. 537 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:28,440 [ Laughs ] Oh, really? 538 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:30,320 He wants you to go to your mother. 539 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:31,880 I've heard him say it. 540 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:33,560 He hates you, like everyone else. 541 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:35,240 That's enough. 542 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:38,400 [ Somber music plays ] 543 00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:43,800 MISKIN: Nell. 544 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:52,240 You shouldn't take any notice of what she said. 545 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:55,440 She was very angry and she wanted to hurt you. 546 00:28:57,520 --> 00:29:00,280 I'm sure your dad loves you very much. 547 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:06,960 I like your bedroom. 548 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:08,840 David Cassidy. 549 00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:10,920 He's very good-looking, isn't he? 550 00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:12,680 NELL: I don't like him any more. 551 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:14,400 He's embarrassing. 552 00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:18,280 I had someone really embarrassing on my wall 553 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:21,200 when I was about 8 or 9. 554 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:24,800 Shall I tell you who it was or do you want to guess? 555 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:31,000 Bay City Rollers? 556 00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:35,000 [ Laughs ] Probably worse than that. 557 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:36,480 Cliff Richard. 558 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:37,800 I knew you were gonna say that. 559 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:40,640 Who do you like now? 560 00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:42,160 10cc. 561 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:44,400 Oh, they're good. 562 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:49,160 Do you consider that an appropriate way 563 00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:51,160 to speak to a child, a child in your care? 564 00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:52,560 She's not a child. 565 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:55,160 - Not really. - She's a child, Miss Willard. 566 00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:59,040 She knows how to rile me. Knows exactly what to say. 567 00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:01,560 I meant it when I said she was a nasty girl. 568 00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:03,160 Because she is. 569 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:05,800 Has this sort of confrontation happened before? 570 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:09,160 What you said about Dr. Rollinson 571 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:10,760 only fighting for custody of William -- 572 00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:12,480 - Is that true? - MISS WILLARD: It should be. 573 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:13,880 If he wasn't so kindhearted, 574 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:15,760 he'd have sent that girl to her mother, 575 00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:18,800 - and good riddance. - Where is their mother? 576 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:21,280 London, I believe. Best place for her. 577 00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:22,800 When did she leave? 578 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:25,440 January before last. She's living over the broom 579 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:28,040 with that doctor she met at the hospital. 580 00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:31,120 She's not a nice woman, and Nell is exactly the same. 581 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:35,320 Dr. Rollinson is a lovely man. A gentleman. 582 00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:38,960 But he's too easily manipulated, especially by women. 583 00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:41,200 He needs protecting from himself. 584 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:44,680 Has he been seeing any other women since his wife left? 585 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:49,200 I'm giving you a chance to speak honestly to me. 586 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:51,360 If you don't, we can go to the station 587 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:54,720 and I can do this more formally. 588 00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:58,160 It's been seeing that hussy. 589 00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:00,080 Domenica Howarth. 590 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:04,680 We heard about how mean Dr. Lorrimer was to you 591 00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:07,960 at the Lab when you were looking for your dad. 592 00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:11,120 I was really sorry to hear about that. 593 00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:13,320 I hate him. 594 00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:15,200 I'm glad he's dead. 595 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:19,760 I'm glad I made him die. 596 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:22,280 What do you mean, Nell? 597 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:23,920 How did you make him die? 598 00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:25,880 MISS WILLARD: He'd started going out in the evenings, 599 00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:29,200 even when he wasn't called by the police or the hospital. 600 00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:33,720 And I could smell something on his clothes -- perfume. 601 00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:35,880 So I looked in his room one day while he was out, 602 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:38,400 for his own good, 603 00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:39,760 and I found a letter from her. 604 00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:42,240 It was disgusting. 605 00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:44,080 Some people have no shame. 606 00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:46,800 I worked out where they were meeting -- that old chapel 607 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:48,920 in the grounds of Hoggatt's Laboratory. 608 00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:51,320 Can you imagine? A place of God. 609 00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:53,280 Did you speak to Dr. Rollinson about what you'd learned? 610 00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:54,760 MISS WILLARD: No. How could I have done? 611 00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:58,200 Did you speak to anyone about it? 612 00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:03,280 I told Dr. Lorrimer on one of our journeys to church. 613 00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:05,400 I knew he'd share my opinion. 614 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:08,440 Dr. Rollinson is -- is still a married man. 615 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:10,320 I thought Dr. Lorrimer could speak to him, 616 00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:12,080 make him see sense. 617 00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:15,240 [ Dramatic music plays ] 618 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:31,600 I smashed his head in. 619 00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:33,920 Then the witches made him die. 620 00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:51,200 Does your father know about these? 621 00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:53,440 No one knows. 622 00:32:57,760 --> 00:33:02,200 Did you mention to your dad about Dr. Lorrimer 623 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:03,520 being mean to you at the Lab? 624 00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:05,000 NELL: He said I should forget it. 625 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:08,840 He said I should be a bigger person. 626 00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:13,320 You didn't go back to the Lab, did you, Nell? 627 00:33:13,520 --> 00:33:16,360 You didn't try -- 628 00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:19,840 I mean actually try to hurt Dr. Lorrimer? 629 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:26,720 No. I didn't need to. 630 00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:31,200 MISS WILLARD: Dr. Lorrimer was very shocked. 631 00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:34,160 So shocked he pulled off the road. 632 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:35,960 He was reluctant to believe me. 633 00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:39,760 So the next morning, I got the bus into town 634 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:41,560 and I walked to that chapel. 635 00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:42,920 Well, I could tell they'd been in there. 636 00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:46,680 There were candles and matches and -- 637 00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:48,160 and the -- and the hymn board. 638 00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:50,840 She'd made a sort of a joke about it in that letter. 639 00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:52,440 And I looked at it, 640 00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:54,360 and I worked out what they'd been doing. 641 00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:57,400 They'd been using it to set the times of their meetings. 642 00:33:57,600 --> 00:33:58,760 Can you imagine? 643 00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:00,720 And you told Dr. Lorrimer this? 644 00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:03,600 Yes, I telephoned him that evening. 645 00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:07,000 Then, of course, I realized that little madam was eavesdropping, 646 00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:09,080 so I had to ring off. 647 00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:15,240 You told me that Dr. Rollinson was at home on Tuesday night 648 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:17,800 all evening from when he arrived home at 7:15. 649 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:21,160 - Was that true? - Yes. 650 00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:24,600 Sergeant, would you please go and fetch a Bible 651 00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:27,040 - from Miss Willard's room? - Yes, sir. 652 00:34:27,240 --> 00:34:28,880 Don't. 653 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:36,000 He did go out briefly. 654 00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:37,840 He had a meeting at the hospital. 655 00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:39,320 What time was that? 656 00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:42,640 After dinner, about 8:30, 8:45. 657 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:47,680 Do you know where Dr. Rollinson is now? 658 00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:49,560 The police called for him about an hour ago. 659 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:51,040 I don't know where he's gone. 660 00:34:51,240 --> 00:34:52,680 Go and sit in the kitchen, please. Stay there. 661 00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:54,160 He wouldn't have done anything untoward. 662 00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:56,040 Go and sit in the kitchen. 663 00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:04,240 He knew about Lorrimer's argument with Nell. 664 00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:07,800 Nell hates Lorrimer with a vengeance. 665 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:11,040 Lorrimer knew that Rollinson was seeing Domenica. 666 00:35:11,240 --> 00:35:14,200 Telephone the station, please, and let's find out where he is. 667 00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:15,640 And get them to send a uniform here. 668 00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:18,120 I want this place searched. And a WPC. 669 00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:19,160 Sir. 670 00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:22,320 [ Dramatic music plays ] 671 00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:05,000 He's at the Clunch Pit. 672 00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:06,320 The girl who died there -- 673 00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:08,560 looks like her boyfriend killed himself. 674 00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:21,400 [ Indistinct conversation ] 675 00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:03,920 Sad case. Just goes to show, doesn't it? 676 00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:05,560 We've been calling him her fancy man. 677 00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:08,920 Her bit on the side. Turns out he really loved her. 678 00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:11,560 Loved her so much, he's done this. 679 00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:14,320 "Boys throw stones at frogs in sport. 680 00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:17,640 Frogs don't die in sport. They die in earnest." 681 00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:19,520 Shakespeare? 682 00:37:19,720 --> 00:37:22,120 Plutarch. 683 00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:24,160 Do you love her? 684 00:37:24,360 --> 00:37:26,040 Who? 685 00:37:26,240 --> 00:37:27,360 Domenica. 686 00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:35,120 I met her at a concert in the village. 687 00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:37,960 So bloody beautiful. 688 00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:40,360 There's this energy that comes off her. 689 00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:45,880 She said she had a thing with Lorrimer. 690 00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:48,840 I couldn't believe it, 691 00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:50,720 but she said it was over, so... 692 00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:56,920 And then he started to give me looks a couple of weeks ago, 693 00:37:57,120 --> 00:38:00,280 glaring at me like he wanted to... 694 00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:01,920 And then he was vile to Nell and to William, 695 00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:04,960 and I realized that he must know, 696 00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:06,960 but I thought it would pass. 697 00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:09,680 That he'd just get over it. 698 00:38:09,880 --> 00:38:11,240 And then Monday night, when I came here, 699 00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:14,240 he said he wanted to talk, to sort it out. 700 00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:18,240 Told me to go to the Lab Tuesday night, 9:00. 701 00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:20,840 I should never have gone, 702 00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:22,480 but I thought it might help. 703 00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:25,320 [ Dramatic music plays ] 704 00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:29,200 [ Car approaches ] 705 00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:31,360 [ Engine shuts off ] 706 00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:36,400 You can't go any further. 707 00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:54,040 DOMENICA: Stupid man. Don't talk. 708 00:38:54,240 --> 00:38:56,520 Don't talk. 709 00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:06,600 I never intended to harm him. 710 00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:13,400 The things he said about my children, my work, Domenica. 711 00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:16,200 He got hold of my wife's address, 712 00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:18,600 traced it through the doctor that she's living with. 713 00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:22,480 Said he would write to her and tell her about the affair 714 00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:24,200 so she could use it to win the divorce 715 00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:26,920 and get the kids off me. 716 00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:29,600 He'd written the letter already. 717 00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:30,960 Said he'd post it the next day 718 00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:34,960 if I didn't promise to stop seeing Dominica. 719 00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:36,960 And then he turned his back on me, 720 00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:41,120 dismissed me like I was done with. 721 00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:45,560 Lost control. 722 00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:47,200 The mallet was there. 723 00:39:49,080 --> 00:39:52,000 I didn't mean to kill him. 724 00:39:56,240 --> 00:39:58,960 Do you have kids? 725 00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:00,640 No. 726 00:40:00,840 --> 00:40:03,840 Well, then you can't understand the love you feel, 727 00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:05,720 the things that you'll do. 728 00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:11,200 And Stella Mawson? 729 00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:14,280 A completely calculated killing. 730 00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:15,560 You even had the presence of mind 731 00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:17,240 to adjust the month on the board. 732 00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:19,400 I never set foot inside that chapel until this morning. 733 00:40:19,600 --> 00:40:21,040 I didn't even know it existed. 734 00:40:21,240 --> 00:40:23,240 Unfortunately, 735 00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:27,120 I have forensic evidence which proves otherwise. 736 00:40:27,320 --> 00:40:30,520 Hairs -- two short, one long. 737 00:40:30,720 --> 00:40:32,520 On a velvet cushion. 738 00:40:32,720 --> 00:40:34,320 Preliminary tests show that the short hairs 739 00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:36,040 come from two different heads. 740 00:40:36,240 --> 00:40:38,800 Lorrimer's, presumably, and yours. 741 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:40,720 I expect further tests to confirm. 742 00:40:40,920 --> 00:40:43,520 That doesn't prove anything. 743 00:40:43,720 --> 00:40:46,120 I think a jury will find it interesting. 744 00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:47,720 Proof that you knew about the chapel, 745 00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:49,920 that you would think of it as a place to lure Stella. 746 00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:51,440 I didn't lure her anywhere. 747 00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:53,520 She was blackmailing you, wasn't she? 748 00:40:53,720 --> 00:40:55,480 I take it she saw you leaving the Lab, 749 00:40:55,680 --> 00:40:58,520 scaling down the wall from the window by the toilets? 750 00:40:58,720 --> 00:41:02,320 Not that difficult for an experienced climber. 751 00:41:02,520 --> 00:41:04,160 Why did you do that? 752 00:41:04,360 --> 00:41:06,040 So that you could lock the door from the inside, set the alarm, 753 00:41:06,240 --> 00:41:08,000 make it look like an insider job. 754 00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:10,080 A confession will count. 755 00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:13,240 [ Somber music plays ] 756 00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:23,280 Help me to help you. 757 00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:30,400 It wasn't blackmail. Not really. 758 00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:35,720 She only wanted to borrow money. 759 00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:39,880 She said that she was sorry, but she really needed it. 760 00:41:42,320 --> 00:41:45,080 Said that she would pay it back with interest. 761 00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:50,840 She knew. 762 00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:56,520 She knew that I...killed him. 763 00:41:56,720 --> 00:41:58,080 One word from her to anyone, 764 00:41:58,280 --> 00:42:01,640 and I would have lost my children. 765 00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:05,080 Would have lost everything. 766 00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:07,280 I didn't know her. 767 00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:09,080 I didn't know if I could trust her. 768 00:42:09,280 --> 00:42:11,640 I couldn't just let her walk away. 769 00:42:11,840 --> 00:42:14,760 I couldn't. I... 770 00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:16,440 I couldn't take that risk. 771 00:42:16,640 --> 00:42:19,600 [ Dramatic music plays ] 772 00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:29,120 We're gonna need a further statement from you, 773 00:42:29,320 --> 00:42:32,800 so go back to your house and stay there until we call. 774 00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:34,800 You know, you should be careful how you look at him. 775 00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:36,800 Your Chief Inspector. 776 00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:39,400 It's written all over your face. 777 00:42:39,600 --> 00:42:40,840 Unless you want him to know. 778 00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:42,680 What do you mean? 779 00:42:42,880 --> 00:42:46,480 [ Dramatic music plays ] 780 00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:49,120 [ Car door closes ] 781 00:43:55,840 --> 00:43:57,520 10 minutes. 782 00:43:59,320 --> 00:44:00,880 Thank you. 783 00:44:01,080 --> 00:44:04,040 [ Somber music plays ] 784 00:44:32,920 --> 00:44:34,960 [ Both crying ] 785 00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:44,440 Why are you leaving us? 786 00:44:46,960 --> 00:44:49,760 ROLLINSON: I'm so sorry. 787 00:44:49,960 --> 00:44:53,280 Daddy has to go away. 788 00:44:57,720 --> 00:45:00,360 You all right, sir? 789 00:45:00,560 --> 00:45:02,000 Yeah. 790 00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:10,160 Forgive me. 791 00:45:10,360 --> 00:45:12,640 [ All crying ] 792 00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:18,400 NELL: Please. 793 00:45:25,920 --> 00:45:29,320 [ Clock ticking ] 794 00:45:29,520 --> 00:45:32,480 [ Theme music plays ]