1 00:00:00,433 --> 00:00:03,233 [Cheerful music] 2 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:49,833 Good lord. 3 00:00:51,767 --> 00:00:52,767 Albert? 4 00:00:56,167 --> 00:00:57,600 Yes, Mr. Beresford? 5 00:00:57,700 --> 00:00:59,667 Do we, by chance, have any scissors? 6 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:04,800 Scissors? 7 00:01:06,300 --> 00:01:09,067 A two-bladed instrument with handles at one end. 8 00:01:10,167 --> 00:01:11,367 Works by leverage? 9 00:01:12,433 --> 00:01:13,967 Pivots in the middle? 10 00:01:14,067 --> 00:01:16,300 Jolly useful for cutting paper and things. 11 00:01:18,067 --> 00:01:19,067 Oh. 12 00:01:21,067 --> 00:01:21,800 Thank you, Albert. 13 00:01:21,900 --> 00:01:22,900 My pleasure, guv. 14 00:01:24,433 --> 00:01:26,533 Mrs. Beresford not gonna be with us today? 15 00:01:26,633 --> 00:01:27,633 Oh, yes, but she said 16 00:01:27,733 --> 00:01:29,733 she had an important appointment first. 17 00:01:30,533 --> 00:01:31,533 Ah. 18 00:01:32,267 --> 00:01:33,433 Something the matter? 19 00:01:33,533 --> 00:01:35,933 You're not cutting through the feature page, are you, guv? 20 00:01:36,067 --> 00:01:37,227 [Tommy] Oh, I don't think so. 21 00:01:37,267 --> 00:01:40,433 Oh, good, 'cause there's an article on "the rat." 22 00:01:40,533 --> 00:01:43,067 I didn't know you were interested in animals. 23 00:01:43,967 --> 00:01:47,900 It's a film, starring ivor novello. 24 00:01:48,067 --> 00:01:49,067 Oh, I see. 25 00:01:49,167 --> 00:01:52,167 They're gonna make a sequel, "the triumph of the rat." 26 00:01:52,267 --> 00:01:53,533 Fascinating. 27 00:01:53,633 --> 00:01:56,100 You like ivor novello, do you? 28 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:57,867 He's highly talented. 29 00:01:57,967 --> 00:01:59,867 Yes, well, I really must try and see him. 30 00:02:00,067 --> 00:02:02,333 [Albert] Oh, you won't be disappointed, sir. 31 00:02:03,167 --> 00:02:04,800 Anyone at home? 32 00:02:04,900 --> 00:02:06,533 [Tommy] Tuppence! 33 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:09,633 I say. 34 00:02:09,733 --> 00:02:11,543 [Albert] Oh, Mrs. Beresford, what a chic titfer. 35 00:02:11,567 --> 00:02:14,067 [Laughs] I didn't think you'd notice. 36 00:02:14,100 --> 00:02:15,700 You mean you hoped we wouldn't. 37 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:17,900 So, that was your important appointment, was it? 38 00:02:18,067 --> 00:02:20,833 Oh, yes, I know it's wildly extravagant of me, 39 00:02:20,933 --> 00:02:23,267 but I found this new little place in south molton street 40 00:02:23,367 --> 00:02:24,967 and I just couldn't resist. 41 00:02:25,067 --> 00:02:26,767 South molton street? 42 00:02:26,867 --> 00:02:28,200 That's a bit pricey, isn't it? 43 00:02:28,300 --> 00:02:29,767 Been busy without me? 44 00:02:29,867 --> 00:02:30,933 Have we, Albert? 45 00:02:31,067 --> 00:02:32,200 Quiet as the grave, miss. 46 00:02:32,300 --> 00:02:33,533 Oh, dear. 47 00:02:33,633 --> 00:02:34,733 Catching up with the news? 48 00:02:34,833 --> 00:02:35,867 Sort of. 49 00:02:35,967 --> 00:02:39,533 I think you'll find page 17 is the one you're after. 50 00:02:39,633 --> 00:02:41,200 Oh, thanks, guv. 51 00:02:41,300 --> 00:02:42,100 Mrs. Beresford and I are 52 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:43,767 going out for some lunch now, Albert. 53 00:02:43,867 --> 00:02:45,567 So, if anyone comes with a problem 54 00:02:45,667 --> 00:02:50,267 for blunt's brilliant detectives that simply won't wait, 55 00:02:50,367 --> 00:02:51,467 you'll find us at... 56 00:02:52,500 --> 00:02:53,333 The ritz. 57 00:02:53,433 --> 00:02:54,433 [Tommy] Try again. 58 00:02:55,433 --> 00:02:57,400 That nice little place in soho. 59 00:02:58,267 --> 00:03:00,267 Our local abc shop. 60 00:03:02,533 --> 00:03:05,467 How else are we going to afford that splendid new hat? 61 00:03:08,467 --> 00:03:09,467 Bye, Albert. 62 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:16,400 Excellent. 63 00:03:18,333 --> 00:03:19,333 Couldn't be better. 64 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:22,933 Why has this grace for the simple life come upon you? 65 00:03:23,067 --> 00:03:24,533 Be patient. 66 00:03:24,633 --> 00:03:25,867 All will come clear. 67 00:03:27,967 --> 00:03:30,100 I wonder now whether one of these haughty damsels 68 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:31,700 would condescend to notice us. 69 00:03:34,767 --> 00:03:35,767 Excuse me. 70 00:03:40,267 --> 00:03:41,333 Splendid. 71 00:03:41,433 --> 00:03:42,867 She drifts this way. 72 00:03:43,933 --> 00:03:45,243 Doubtless her subconscious mind is seething 73 00:03:45,267 --> 00:03:46,567 with such matters as ham and eggs 74 00:03:46,667 --> 00:03:48,200 and pots of richly brewed tea. 75 00:03:48,300 --> 00:03:49,300 Yes? 76 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:51,667 [Tommy clears throat] 77 00:03:51,767 --> 00:03:54,867 Pork chop, Brussels sprouts, garden peas, please, miss. 78 00:03:54,967 --> 00:03:58,533 Oh, and some fried potatoes, a large coffee, 79 00:03:58,633 --> 00:03:59,733 and a round of butter, 80 00:03:59,833 --> 00:04:01,467 and a plate of thyme. 81 00:04:01,567 --> 00:04:03,500 Plate of thyme, chop and fried, two veg, 82 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:05,233 large coffee, r and b. 83 00:04:05,333 --> 00:04:06,967 No, this gentleman will just have 84 00:04:07,067 --> 00:04:09,133 a cheesecake and a large glass of milk. 85 00:04:09,233 --> 00:04:10,100 Oh. 86 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:12,133 Cheesecake, glass of milk, anything else? 87 00:04:12,233 --> 00:04:13,533 No, thank you. 88 00:04:15,533 --> 00:04:17,067 That was completely uncalled for. 89 00:04:17,133 --> 00:04:18,667 Not at all. 90 00:04:18,767 --> 00:04:20,700 But I hate milk. 91 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,500 And cheesecakes are always so yellow and bilious looking. 92 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:24,609 - [Tommy groans] - If you're going to 93 00:04:24,633 --> 00:04:26,353 be simple, you might as well do it properly. 94 00:04:27,133 --> 00:04:29,333 Jolly good stuff, cold tongue. 95 00:04:29,433 --> 00:04:31,900 Now then, Tommy, what's this really all about? 96 00:04:32,067 --> 00:04:33,143 I'm not sure I want to tell you. 97 00:04:33,167 --> 00:04:35,043 Shall I call her back and order rice pudding instead? 98 00:04:35,067 --> 00:04:36,233 No, no, no. 99 00:04:36,333 --> 00:04:38,267 Cheesecakes are perfect, thank you. 100 00:04:39,100 --> 00:04:40,100 All right. 101 00:04:40,167 --> 00:04:41,567 Well, first of all, 102 00:04:41,667 --> 00:04:44,767 and speaking in a strictly unofficial capacity, 103 00:04:44,867 --> 00:04:47,433 business isn't too brisk at the moment. 104 00:04:47,533 --> 00:04:49,433 In fact, it just about doesn't exist. 105 00:04:50,533 --> 00:04:52,200 Yes, that's the problem in a nutshell. 106 00:04:52,300 --> 00:04:54,167 But I have applied my mind to it. 107 00:04:54,267 --> 00:04:55,367 The solution is simple, 108 00:04:55,467 --> 00:04:57,600 and I venture to say quite brilliant. 109 00:04:57,700 --> 00:04:59,100 I'm on tenterhooks. 110 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:03,300 If business won't come to us, we must go to business. 111 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:05,800 Sort of Mohammed and the mountain. 112 00:05:05,900 --> 00:05:07,500 - What an original thought. - Tommy. 113 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:09,367 Which brings me to the point. 114 00:05:09,467 --> 00:05:11,200 The sunningdale mystery. 115 00:05:11,300 --> 00:05:13,067 Oh, the sunningdale mystery. 116 00:05:13,100 --> 00:05:16,300 [Tommy] Now, this is a portrait of captain Anthony sessle, 117 00:05:17,233 --> 00:05:19,067 as it appeared in the daily leader. 118 00:05:19,900 --> 00:05:21,209 You know, I wonder someone doesn't 119 00:05:21,233 --> 00:05:22,733 sue these newspapers sometimes. 120 00:05:22,833 --> 00:05:25,433 I mean, look at that photograph, it's so blurry. 121 00:05:25,533 --> 00:05:27,200 I mean, you can see it's a man, 122 00:05:27,300 --> 00:05:28,800 and that's just about all. [Laughs] 123 00:05:28,900 --> 00:05:29,700 That's feminine vanity. 124 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:32,267 Oh, rubbish, common sense. 125 00:05:32,367 --> 00:05:35,467 Be that as it may, when I said the sunningdale mystery, 126 00:05:35,567 --> 00:05:38,400 I should have said the so-called sunningdale mystery. 127 00:05:39,267 --> 00:05:40,967 An enigma to the police perhaps, 128 00:05:41,067 --> 00:05:43,367 but not to the intelligent mind. 129 00:05:43,467 --> 00:05:45,900 Meaning you've solved it already? 130 00:05:46,067 --> 00:05:47,267 No, not exactly. 131 00:05:48,833 --> 00:05:49,833 Plate of tongue. 132 00:05:51,067 --> 00:05:52,067 Cheesecake. 133 00:05:54,867 --> 00:05:55,867 Glass of milk. 134 00:05:58,267 --> 00:05:59,433 Well, go on. 135 00:05:59,533 --> 00:06:01,867 Suddenly I don't feel very hungry. 136 00:06:01,967 --> 00:06:04,133 No, no, I mean captain sessle. [Laughs] 137 00:06:04,233 --> 00:06:05,267 Oh, I see. 138 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:07,067 Well, it was about three weeks ago 139 00:06:07,100 --> 00:06:09,767 that the gruesome discovery was made. 140 00:06:09,867 --> 00:06:12,667 [Peaceful music] 141 00:06:15,500 --> 00:06:17,433 A young couple were enjoying an early round 142 00:06:17,533 --> 00:06:19,533 on the famous course. 143 00:06:19,633 --> 00:06:21,200 It was a beautiful morning. 144 00:06:21,300 --> 00:06:22,867 No one else was about. 145 00:06:28,067 --> 00:06:29,067 Oh, lord. 146 00:06:33,133 --> 00:06:36,233 Don't worry so, I'll help you look. 147 00:06:53,367 --> 00:06:54,367 They separated. 148 00:06:59,433 --> 00:07:01,400 And then, after a few minutes... 149 00:07:01,500 --> 00:07:04,167 [Woman screams] 150 00:07:06,900 --> 00:07:08,867 Even before the police arrived, 151 00:07:08,967 --> 00:07:11,733 they knew it was captain sessle. 152 00:07:11,833 --> 00:07:13,667 He was a well-known figure on the links, 153 00:07:13,767 --> 00:07:16,833 and always wore a golf jacket of a particular shade of blue. 154 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:19,733 Captain sessle was often seen out on the course 155 00:07:19,833 --> 00:07:21,433 in the early morning practising. 156 00:07:22,633 --> 00:07:25,633 At first, it was thought he'd had a heart attack. 157 00:07:25,733 --> 00:07:27,167 But he hadn't? 158 00:07:27,267 --> 00:07:29,900 A doctor's examination revealed the significant fact 159 00:07:30,067 --> 00:07:31,200 that he'd been murdered. 160 00:07:32,733 --> 00:07:33,933 Stab to the heart, 161 00:07:35,100 --> 00:07:36,167 by a woman's hatpin. 162 00:07:38,567 --> 00:07:42,433 He was also found to have been dead for at least 18 hours. 163 00:07:42,533 --> 00:07:46,200 Meaning he must've been killed the previous afternoon. 164 00:07:47,067 --> 00:07:48,067 Precisely. 165 00:07:48,100 --> 00:07:50,333 Darling, it's rude to talk with your mouth full. 166 00:07:50,433 --> 00:07:51,533 I'm sorry. 167 00:07:51,633 --> 00:07:52,533 Anyway, that put an 168 00:07:52,633 --> 00:07:54,043 entirely different complexion on the matter. 169 00:07:54,067 --> 00:07:55,533 Well, obviously. 170 00:07:55,633 --> 00:07:58,533 Now, who was the last person to see captain sessle alive? 171 00:07:58,633 --> 00:08:00,833 Well, apart from the murderer, that is. 172 00:08:00,933 --> 00:08:03,567 His close friend and business partner, 173 00:08:03,667 --> 00:08:08,700 Mr. Wilfred hollaby of the porcupine assurance company. 174 00:08:11,733 --> 00:08:13,667 What had happened was this. 175 00:08:15,067 --> 00:08:18,300 Sessle and hollaby were enjoying a last round of golf. 176 00:08:21,433 --> 00:08:24,800 Sessle seemed in good spirits and was in excellent form. 177 00:08:27,433 --> 00:08:29,067 Bit of luck there, old boy. 178 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:33,300 [Ominous music] 179 00:08:43,467 --> 00:08:46,767 [Tommy] Suddenly, as sessle approached the 17th tee, 180 00:08:48,167 --> 00:08:49,433 hollaby saw someone else. 181 00:08:54,767 --> 00:08:56,200 A woman appeared. 182 00:08:56,300 --> 00:08:58,043 There's a public footpath that crosses the course. 183 00:08:58,067 --> 00:08:59,867 She must have used it. 184 00:09:00,067 --> 00:09:03,100 She was very tall and dressed in brown. 185 00:09:06,333 --> 00:09:07,633 Hollaby was astonished to see 186 00:09:07,733 --> 00:09:10,933 sessle and the woman talking together. 187 00:09:11,767 --> 00:09:12,833 Shan't be a minute. 188 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:17,933 [Tommy] They walked off in deep conversation. 189 00:09:18,067 --> 00:09:20,833 The footpath there leaves the course, they disappeared. 190 00:09:25,467 --> 00:09:27,900 Two other players were coming up the course. 191 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:41,867 Then, much to hollaby's relief, sessle reappeared. 192 00:09:44,067 --> 00:09:45,067 Are you all right? 193 00:09:46,767 --> 00:09:48,100 Yes, of course. 194 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:55,833 We'd best get on. 195 00:10:11,100 --> 00:10:12,700 [Sessle sighs] 196 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:13,800 Damn. 197 00:10:16,067 --> 00:10:20,100 [Tommy] But clearly sessle wasn't all right. 198 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:22,533 Not only did he foozle his drive badly, 199 00:10:22,633 --> 00:10:25,300 but he also seemed worried, on edge. 200 00:10:29,300 --> 00:10:30,500 His golf was atrocious. 201 00:10:33,067 --> 00:10:33,867 Evidently, something had happened 202 00:10:33,967 --> 00:10:36,600 to put him completely off his game. 203 00:10:46,467 --> 00:10:47,543 What the devil do you think you're playing at? 204 00:10:47,567 --> 00:10:49,900 A child could've done that, what sort of a shot. 205 00:10:51,467 --> 00:10:54,500 [Tommy] The other two players were a major barnard 206 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:55,667 and a Mr. Lecky. 207 00:11:01,567 --> 00:11:03,833 They were preparing to play off the 17th tee, 208 00:11:04,767 --> 00:11:05,943 when they noticed something strange 209 00:11:05,967 --> 00:11:08,400 happening in front of them on the fairway. 210 00:11:08,500 --> 00:11:12,300 What do you think is going on over there? 211 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:14,867 Looks extraordinary business. 212 00:11:24,733 --> 00:11:26,133 He's over there. 213 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:40,700 What on earth's got into sessle? 214 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:41,880 Not impressed if I can say. 215 00:11:41,933 --> 00:11:42,943 I've never seen him play so badly. 216 00:11:42,967 --> 00:11:45,400 - You, lecky? - Never. 217 00:11:45,500 --> 00:11:47,067 Is he not feeling well? 218 00:11:47,167 --> 00:11:49,133 He seemed fine when we started. 219 00:11:53,133 --> 00:11:54,133 There was a woman. 220 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:56,800 Caught a glimpse of her. 221 00:11:56,867 --> 00:11:58,900 Tall creature dressed in brown. 222 00:11:59,067 --> 00:12:01,333 She seemed to be waiting for him. 223 00:12:02,833 --> 00:12:04,400 They went off together. 224 00:12:04,500 --> 00:12:06,600 What was it she wanted? 225 00:12:08,300 --> 00:12:09,700 I wish I knew. 226 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:12,067 [Tommy] And as far as we can tell, 227 00:12:12,133 --> 00:12:15,600 they were the last people to see captain sessle alive. 228 00:12:15,700 --> 00:12:16,700 Gosh. 229 00:12:21,167 --> 00:12:21,900 Finished, have you? 230 00:12:22,067 --> 00:12:23,167 Oh, yes, thanks. 231 00:12:25,867 --> 00:12:27,400 Well, tuppence? 232 00:12:27,500 --> 00:12:28,367 Well, Tommy. 233 00:12:28,467 --> 00:12:29,733 [Tommy] What do you think? 234 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:31,767 Is there a Mrs. Sessle? 235 00:12:31,867 --> 00:12:34,733 Yes, but she was away at the time visiting friends. 236 00:12:34,833 --> 00:12:35,567 Children? 237 00:12:35,667 --> 00:12:36,833 No. 238 00:12:36,933 --> 00:12:38,067 Servants? 239 00:12:38,133 --> 00:12:40,567 A couple who looked after their cottage, 240 00:12:41,567 --> 00:12:43,447 but it was their day off, they spent it in town. 241 00:12:43,533 --> 00:12:45,800 Now, who else might've had a motive? 242 00:12:45,900 --> 00:12:47,200 [Tommy] No one, apparently. 243 00:12:47,300 --> 00:12:48,900 And the police? 244 00:12:49,067 --> 00:12:50,067 Rather baffled. 245 00:12:51,067 --> 00:12:52,733 A-ha, which brings us back 246 00:12:52,833 --> 00:12:54,500 to the mysterious woman in brown. 247 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:56,333 Who was she? 248 00:12:56,433 --> 00:12:57,433 No one knows. 249 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:00,733 Don't worry, it'll only take me half an hour. 250 00:13:00,833 --> 00:13:01,533 [Tommy] What will? 251 00:13:01,633 --> 00:13:02,400 Why, packing, of course. 252 00:13:02,500 --> 00:13:03,780 Bound to need a few more clothes. 253 00:13:03,833 --> 00:13:04,567 Clothes? 254 00:13:04,667 --> 00:13:05,676 Well, you surely don't expect me 255 00:13:05,700 --> 00:13:07,833 to appear on a golf course dressed like this. 256 00:13:07,933 --> 00:13:09,867 So, we're going to be Mohammed after all, are we? 257 00:13:09,967 --> 00:13:12,900 We are going to be whatever you say, my darling, 258 00:13:13,067 --> 00:13:16,633 and whatever it takes to find the mysterious woman in brown. 259 00:13:16,733 --> 00:13:19,833 Mark my words, she's the key to this murder. 260 00:13:22,067 --> 00:13:23,833 Hello, Albert, we're off. 261 00:13:26,267 --> 00:13:28,167 What on earth are you waiting for? 262 00:13:28,267 --> 00:13:30,500 I'm just wondering about Doris Evans. 263 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:31,467 [Tuppence] Doris Evans? 264 00:13:31,567 --> 00:13:33,067 Yes, she's short, fair 265 00:13:33,167 --> 00:13:35,900 and nothing like the woman in brown. 266 00:13:36,067 --> 00:13:38,567 What on earth has Doris Evans got to do with it? 267 00:13:38,667 --> 00:13:40,233 Everything, it seems. 268 00:13:40,333 --> 00:13:42,500 The police have charged her with a murder. 269 00:13:43,833 --> 00:13:44,833 Oh, dear. 270 00:13:44,900 --> 00:13:46,733 As you say, oh, dear. 271 00:13:48,233 --> 00:13:49,733 But there's one thing I'm sure of. 272 00:13:49,833 --> 00:13:51,367 Absolutely convinced. 273 00:13:51,467 --> 00:13:52,200 What's that? 274 00:13:52,300 --> 00:13:53,100 That you won't finish packing 275 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:55,067 in anything like half an hour. 276 00:14:00,100 --> 00:14:01,100 Tommy, 277 00:14:03,833 --> 00:14:06,067 are you sure this is right for sunningdale? 278 00:14:06,133 --> 00:14:07,733 - Positive. - Only, according to the map- 279 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:08,600 oh, don't worry. 280 00:14:08,700 --> 00:14:10,133 It's my own way. 281 00:14:10,233 --> 00:14:12,167 Nice to drive, less traffic. 282 00:14:12,267 --> 00:14:13,867 Always used it in the old days. 283 00:14:13,967 --> 00:14:14,967 Old days? 284 00:14:15,833 --> 00:14:16,833 Before we met. 285 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:20,100 Often used to come down here to play. 286 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:23,533 - Poor Tommy. - Why poor? 287 00:14:25,100 --> 00:14:27,733 Have I caused you to give up lots of things? 288 00:14:29,433 --> 00:14:31,067 Nothing that I miss. 289 00:14:31,133 --> 00:14:32,333 [Tuppence] Truly? 290 00:14:32,433 --> 00:14:33,833 Truly. 291 00:14:33,933 --> 00:14:35,867 You'd say, you would. 292 00:14:35,967 --> 00:14:37,567 You know I would. 293 00:14:37,667 --> 00:14:40,633 Besides, think of all the lovely things that I've 294 00:14:42,067 --> 00:14:43,067 gained. 295 00:14:45,233 --> 00:14:48,067 [Cheerful music] 296 00:14:57,933 --> 00:15:00,900 Now, what do we know about Doris Evans? 297 00:15:01,067 --> 00:15:05,067 Not much, except that she's been charged with murder. 298 00:15:05,167 --> 00:15:06,067 She denies it, of course, 299 00:15:06,167 --> 00:15:07,967 but she's been committed for trial. 300 00:15:08,067 --> 00:15:08,967 On what evidence? 301 00:15:09,067 --> 00:15:11,667 Circumstantial, but pretty damning. 302 00:15:12,633 --> 00:15:15,167 You see, when sessle's body was examined, 303 00:15:15,267 --> 00:15:18,967 they found a strand of fair hair caught in his fingers. 304 00:15:19,067 --> 00:15:20,833 Twisted around one of the buttons of his coat 305 00:15:20,933 --> 00:15:24,867 were a few threads of flame-colored wool. 306 00:15:24,967 --> 00:15:26,067 It wasn't much to go on, 307 00:15:26,100 --> 00:15:29,233 but the police were pretty thorough in their search. 308 00:15:29,333 --> 00:15:32,700 Diligent inquiries led them to the railway station. 309 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:35,367 [Train roars] 310 00:15:40,067 --> 00:15:42,700 [Ominous music] 311 00:15:47,700 --> 00:15:51,600 A young, fair-haired girl in a flame-colored coat and skirt 312 00:15:51,700 --> 00:15:53,900 had arrived on the afternoon of the murder. 313 00:16:02,333 --> 00:16:03,667 Excuse me. 314 00:16:03,767 --> 00:16:04,633 Could you tell me where I can find 315 00:16:04,733 --> 00:16:06,367 captain Anthony sessle's house? 316 00:16:06,467 --> 00:16:07,667 Captain sessle's? 317 00:16:07,767 --> 00:16:08,967 Yes, miss. 318 00:16:09,067 --> 00:16:12,367 It's about half a mile down the road, a cottage on the left. 319 00:16:12,467 --> 00:16:13,500 Lays back a bit. 320 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:14,500 You can't miss it. 321 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:15,600 Thank you. 322 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:20,500 [Tommy] But two hours later, 323 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:22,433 the girl appeared at the station again. 324 00:16:22,533 --> 00:16:25,500 Her hat was awry, and her hair badly tousled. 325 00:16:26,300 --> 00:16:29,133 She seemed in a state of great agitation. 326 00:16:29,233 --> 00:16:30,567 She kept looking over her shoulder 327 00:16:30,667 --> 00:16:33,333 as if she was afraid of something, or someone. 328 00:16:34,133 --> 00:16:35,433 Please. 329 00:16:35,533 --> 00:16:37,933 How soon is the next train back to town? 330 00:16:39,133 --> 00:16:41,067 [Tommy] With this slender evidence to go on, 331 00:16:41,133 --> 00:16:42,833 they managed to track her down. 332 00:16:59,633 --> 00:17:00,767 Good evening, sir. 333 00:17:00,867 --> 00:17:02,467 Good evening, madam. 334 00:17:02,567 --> 00:17:03,567 Evening. 335 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:07,300 We'd like your nicest accomodation, please. 336 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:09,633 With a beautiful view, if that's possible. 337 00:17:19,833 --> 00:17:22,500 I think we can do you, madam. 338 00:17:22,600 --> 00:17:24,233 Ah, yes, what luck, 339 00:17:24,333 --> 00:17:26,833 the jolly huntsman suite just happens to be available. 340 00:17:26,933 --> 00:17:28,233 Jolly huntsman, eh? 341 00:17:28,333 --> 00:17:29,100 How appropriate. 342 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:30,067 View halloo! 343 00:17:30,167 --> 00:17:32,600 [Laughing] 344 00:17:32,700 --> 00:17:34,067 If you wouldn't mind signing, sir. 345 00:17:34,133 --> 00:17:35,433 Certainly. 346 00:17:35,533 --> 00:17:37,500 By the way, are we being blunt or beresford today? 347 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:38,767 I have no idea. 348 00:17:38,867 --> 00:17:40,067 What do you think? 349 00:17:40,167 --> 00:17:42,067 I don't know. 350 00:17:42,133 --> 00:17:43,200 You choose. 351 00:17:43,300 --> 00:17:44,300 Oh, no, you. 352 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:47,333 Tricky. 353 00:17:47,433 --> 00:17:48,667 Yes. 354 00:17:48,767 --> 00:17:50,300 How about both? 355 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:51,400 Good idea. 356 00:17:56,967 --> 00:17:57,867 There we are. 357 00:17:57,967 --> 00:18:02,467 Mr. and Mrs. Beresford-blunt. 358 00:18:02,567 --> 00:18:03,567 Perfect. 359 00:18:04,667 --> 00:18:06,467 Would you have some tea sent up, please? 360 00:18:06,567 --> 00:18:08,267 Certainly, Mrs... 361 00:18:08,367 --> 00:18:09,667 Yes, madam. 362 00:18:09,767 --> 00:18:10,500 At once. 363 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:11,600 Thank you. 364 00:18:15,300 --> 00:18:16,533 Just right. 365 00:18:16,633 --> 00:18:19,967 Oh, I am glad we came here, you are clever, Tommy. 366 00:18:20,067 --> 00:18:21,100 Only doing my bit. 367 00:18:22,567 --> 00:18:23,867 How's the view? 368 00:18:23,967 --> 00:18:24,967 Stunning. 369 00:18:27,833 --> 00:18:29,833 Absolutely stunning. 370 00:18:30,633 --> 00:18:32,900 [Laughing] 371 00:18:39,967 --> 00:18:41,333 - Darling? - Mm. 372 00:18:41,433 --> 00:18:44,200 What was Doris Evans' story? 373 00:18:44,300 --> 00:18:45,067 Ah. 374 00:18:45,133 --> 00:18:46,213 You really want to hear it? 375 00:18:46,267 --> 00:18:47,267 [Tuppence] Of course. 376 00:18:47,333 --> 00:18:48,400 I mean, now? 377 00:18:48,500 --> 00:18:50,509 Well, how else am I going to get a feel for the case? 378 00:18:50,533 --> 00:18:51,600 But won't it wait? 379 00:18:51,700 --> 00:18:52,700 Oh, please? 380 00:18:53,900 --> 00:18:55,067 Oh. 381 00:18:55,133 --> 00:18:56,133 Well, all right. 382 00:18:57,200 --> 00:18:59,333 Doris has always stuck to her original statement. 383 00:18:59,433 --> 00:19:00,800 Yes? 384 00:19:00,900 --> 00:19:03,333 Even under the closest questioning, it's never varied. 385 00:19:03,433 --> 00:19:04,333 Mm? 386 00:19:04,433 --> 00:19:05,200 Tuppence, are you listening? 387 00:19:05,300 --> 00:19:06,300 Of course. 388 00:19:07,067 --> 00:19:08,067 Got it. 389 00:19:10,300 --> 00:19:11,300 Well, go on. 390 00:19:11,367 --> 00:19:14,067 You talk, I'll unpack. 391 00:19:14,167 --> 00:19:15,200 But that'll take ages. 392 00:19:15,300 --> 00:19:17,533 Not if you stick to the point. 393 00:19:17,633 --> 00:19:18,800 [Tommy chuckles] 394 00:19:18,900 --> 00:19:19,900 All right. 395 00:19:20,733 --> 00:19:21,900 Well, concentrate, tuppence, 396 00:19:22,067 --> 00:19:23,667 because I'm only going to say this once. 397 00:19:23,767 --> 00:19:25,333 Quite right. 398 00:19:25,433 --> 00:19:29,267 Now, Doris Evans is young, unmarried and rather pretty. 399 00:19:29,367 --> 00:19:30,700 A good time girl? 400 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:32,800 Oh, no, far from it, she's a typist by profession. 401 00:19:32,900 --> 00:19:35,067 Oh, very respectable. 402 00:19:35,167 --> 00:19:36,600 Quite so. 403 00:19:36,700 --> 00:19:39,333 Which makes what happened all the more inexplicable. 404 00:19:40,333 --> 00:19:43,167 One evening about a month ago, she went to the cinema. 405 00:19:43,267 --> 00:19:44,267 [Tuppence] By herself? 406 00:19:45,267 --> 00:19:46,167 [Tommy] Yes. 407 00:19:46,267 --> 00:19:47,467 What was the film? 408 00:19:47,567 --> 00:19:48,800 - I don't know. - Pity. 409 00:19:49,633 --> 00:19:51,867 - Is it relevant? - Might've been. 410 00:19:51,967 --> 00:19:54,900 Well, whatever the film was, she went to the flicks. 411 00:19:55,067 --> 00:19:57,800 [Dramatic music] 412 00:20:09,967 --> 00:20:10,967 Oh. 413 00:20:15,567 --> 00:20:16,300 Thank you. 414 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:17,500 Not at all. 415 00:20:27,667 --> 00:20:29,400 Would you like one? 416 00:20:31,267 --> 00:20:32,433 I beg your pardon? 417 00:20:32,533 --> 00:20:34,167 They didn't fall out. 418 00:20:34,267 --> 00:20:39,000 Oh. 419 00:20:39,100 --> 00:20:40,100 Thank you. 420 00:20:41,233 --> 00:20:46,267 Don't mention it. 421 00:20:49,233 --> 00:20:50,933 [Tommy] And that was all. 422 00:20:51,033 --> 00:20:53,400 Until the programme had ended. 423 00:21:05,500 --> 00:21:06,833 - Hello. - Hello. 424 00:21:08,833 --> 00:21:10,800 - Horrid, isn't it? - Yes. 425 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:21,100 Might I offer you any assistance? 426 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:26,967 Not unless you can make it stop. [Laughs] 427 00:21:27,067 --> 00:21:28,433 I am afraid that's beyond me. 428 00:21:28,533 --> 00:21:29,533 However... 429 00:21:30,667 --> 00:21:33,233 Which direction are you going? 430 00:21:33,333 --> 00:21:34,333 That way. 431 00:21:35,367 --> 00:21:36,367 So am I. 432 00:21:38,767 --> 00:21:39,667 Well, the least I can do is 433 00:21:39,767 --> 00:21:42,267 to prevent you from getting drowned. 434 00:21:42,367 --> 00:21:44,200 I should probably catch my death. 435 00:21:44,300 --> 00:21:46,867 [Laughing] 436 00:21:46,967 --> 00:21:50,467 My name is sessle, Anthony sessle. 437 00:21:51,833 --> 00:21:53,300 I'm Doris Evans. 438 00:21:54,267 --> 00:21:55,667 How do you do? 439 00:21:55,767 --> 00:21:56,767 Hello. 440 00:22:00,333 --> 00:22:01,333 Well. 441 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:06,333 [Laughs] 442 00:22:09,667 --> 00:22:11,333 - Miss Evans. - Thank you. 443 00:22:11,433 --> 00:22:13,467 [Tommy] He seemed a perfect gentleman, 444 00:22:14,533 --> 00:22:16,500 so when he suggested a visit to a tea shop 445 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:20,233 before catching her bus, Doris was happy to agree. 446 00:22:29,300 --> 00:22:32,167 He told her he had a cottage at sunningdale. 447 00:22:32,267 --> 00:22:33,800 When Doris asked if he was married, 448 00:22:33,900 --> 00:22:36,467 he said, no, he was a widower. 449 00:22:37,700 --> 00:22:38,700 She liked him. 450 00:22:40,333 --> 00:22:43,500 He was charming, his manners were impeccable. 451 00:22:45,067 --> 00:22:47,067 He suggested they meet again. 452 00:22:47,100 --> 00:22:49,167 Doris didn't hesitate to say yes. 453 00:22:50,167 --> 00:22:51,476 So, it was arranged that she should 454 00:22:51,500 --> 00:22:54,067 come down to sunningdale on her next afternoon off. 455 00:22:55,133 --> 00:22:57,200 Doris was excited and flattered. 456 00:22:58,067 --> 00:23:00,733 She had always liked older men. 457 00:23:02,133 --> 00:23:05,067 So, the following Wednesday, Doris duly arrived. 458 00:23:05,133 --> 00:23:07,133 [Peaceful music] 459 00:23:07,233 --> 00:23:08,233 She soon found it. 460 00:23:31,100 --> 00:23:33,433 [Knocking] 461 00:23:37,700 --> 00:23:38,800 But the visit turned out 462 00:23:38,900 --> 00:23:41,100 quite differently from what she'd expected. 463 00:23:44,667 --> 00:23:45,667 Hello. 464 00:23:47,300 --> 00:23:48,300 Oh, it's you. 465 00:23:51,067 --> 00:23:53,333 Weren't you expecting me? 466 00:23:54,500 --> 00:23:57,667 [Laughs] Yes, of course. 467 00:23:59,833 --> 00:24:01,067 You'd better come in. 468 00:24:20,167 --> 00:24:21,167 Are you hungry? 469 00:24:22,133 --> 00:24:23,133 Yes. 470 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:24,800 Well, let's eat. 471 00:24:29,167 --> 00:24:29,900 Is anything wrong? 472 00:24:30,067 --> 00:24:31,600 - Oh, nothing, I... - What? 473 00:24:34,667 --> 00:24:37,600 Is there somewhere I could put my coat? 474 00:24:37,700 --> 00:24:39,933 Oh. [Chuckles] 475 00:24:40,067 --> 00:24:41,100 Anywhere will do. 476 00:24:47,900 --> 00:24:49,567 [Doris] Thank you. 477 00:24:53,633 --> 00:24:55,733 Please, sit down. 478 00:25:09,100 --> 00:25:11,500 It's a bit remote here. 479 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:13,800 Yes. 480 00:25:15,067 --> 00:25:17,067 [Sessle] It's the servants' day off. 481 00:25:17,167 --> 00:25:18,667 Oh. 482 00:25:18,767 --> 00:25:21,467 So, we are quite alone. 483 00:25:26,467 --> 00:25:29,367 [Metallic rasping] 484 00:25:31,833 --> 00:25:33,800 Are you partial to ham? 485 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:36,233 Sometimes. 486 00:25:38,133 --> 00:25:39,133 Good. 487 00:25:40,933 --> 00:25:41,933 Very good. 488 00:25:46,233 --> 00:25:48,267 Must've been quite a shock for her. 489 00:25:48,367 --> 00:25:49,467 - So she said. - Not a bit 490 00:25:49,567 --> 00:25:50,900 what she'd imagined. 491 00:25:51,067 --> 00:25:52,367 Poor Doris. 492 00:25:52,467 --> 00:25:54,667 And fancy him pretending not to be married. 493 00:25:55,667 --> 00:25:56,667 Then what? 494 00:25:57,333 --> 00:25:59,433 Sessle continued to behave oddly, 495 00:25:59,533 --> 00:26:02,067 so much so that Doris began to wish she'd never come. 496 00:26:02,167 --> 00:26:03,533 Well, I'm not surprised. 497 00:26:03,633 --> 00:26:05,109 But what caused her to appear at the station 498 00:26:05,133 --> 00:26:07,067 in that terrible state? 499 00:26:07,133 --> 00:26:08,133 That came later. 500 00:26:08,233 --> 00:26:09,633 - Don't rush me. - Sorry. 501 00:26:09,733 --> 00:26:10,567 I'm trying to tell the story 502 00:26:10,667 --> 00:26:12,100 as Doris insists that it happened. 503 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:14,067 And you're doing it wonderfully. 504 00:26:16,233 --> 00:26:17,233 Thank you. 505 00:26:18,133 --> 00:26:20,100 Anyway, they finished the meal 506 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:23,433 and afterwards, sessle suggested they go for a walk. 507 00:26:23,533 --> 00:26:24,267 Tuppence? 508 00:26:24,367 --> 00:26:25,433 In here. 509 00:26:25,533 --> 00:26:26,667 What on earth are you doing? 510 00:26:26,767 --> 00:26:28,500 [Tuppence] Arranging my things. 511 00:26:29,367 --> 00:26:30,567 Need a hand? 512 00:26:30,667 --> 00:26:31,433 [Tuppence] Course not. 513 00:26:31,533 --> 00:26:33,500 Do you think I'm a baby? 514 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:34,367 Well, go on. 515 00:26:34,467 --> 00:26:36,267 Are you sure you can hear me? 516 00:26:36,367 --> 00:26:37,433 [Tuppence] What? 517 00:26:37,533 --> 00:26:39,100 Oh, look, I'm not deaf. 518 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:40,633 Look, darling- 519 00:26:40,733 --> 00:26:42,509 [tuppence] You stay where you are and keep talking, 520 00:26:42,533 --> 00:26:44,867 I'm taking in every word. 521 00:26:44,967 --> 00:26:47,733 Now then, captain sessle suggested they went for a walk. 522 00:26:47,833 --> 00:26:48,833 Hm? 523 00:26:49,767 --> 00:26:53,467 They left the cottage and took the path at the back. 524 00:26:54,567 --> 00:26:56,867 It leads directly to the golf course. 525 00:26:58,700 --> 00:27:00,900 Sessle had lapsed into silence. 526 00:27:01,067 --> 00:27:02,800 He strode ahead quickly. 527 00:27:02,900 --> 00:27:04,467 Doris found it hard to keep up. 528 00:27:06,133 --> 00:27:07,143 As they were coming down the footpath 529 00:27:07,167 --> 00:27:08,833 leading to the 17th tee. 530 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:13,367 This is it. 531 00:27:13,467 --> 00:27:14,667 We go no farther. 532 00:27:15,467 --> 00:27:16,600 I don't understand. 533 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:18,400 It's the end. 534 00:27:19,633 --> 00:27:21,533 What are you talking about? 535 00:27:21,633 --> 00:27:23,633 They'll get me. 536 00:27:23,733 --> 00:27:25,967 They're bound to get me. 537 00:27:26,067 --> 00:27:28,067 I was a fool to think otherwise. 538 00:27:28,133 --> 00:27:30,533 What's the point in trying to hide anymore? 539 00:27:30,633 --> 00:27:31,433 Stop it. 540 00:27:31,533 --> 00:27:33,167 I'm ruined, do you hear? 541 00:27:33,267 --> 00:27:34,367 I'm done for. 542 00:27:34,467 --> 00:27:35,567 No point in going on. 543 00:27:35,667 --> 00:27:36,467 - I can't go any longer. - Stop it! 544 00:27:36,567 --> 00:27:37,633 You're frightening me! 545 00:27:37,733 --> 00:27:38,467 [Doris whimpers] 546 00:27:38,567 --> 00:27:40,800 Though I shan't go alone. 547 00:27:40,900 --> 00:27:42,400 Never alone. 548 00:27:42,500 --> 00:27:44,267 You shall go with me. 549 00:27:44,367 --> 00:27:45,233 They'll get me, all right. 550 00:27:45,333 --> 00:27:46,333 Oh, yes, they'll get me. 551 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:48,700 - [Frightening music] - I've cheated them so far. 552 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:50,667 I'll cheat them last of all. 553 00:27:50,767 --> 00:27:53,067 One bullet for you, a second for me. 554 00:27:53,133 --> 00:27:54,467 [Doris screams] 555 00:27:54,567 --> 00:27:58,700 All they'll find is our bodies side by side in death. 556 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:01,533 [Doris screams] 557 00:28:02,500 --> 00:28:04,900 That is the story Doris Evans tells, 558 00:28:06,067 --> 00:28:08,333 and from which she has never once varied. 559 00:28:09,700 --> 00:28:12,067 She strenuously denies ever having struck at him 560 00:28:12,100 --> 00:28:14,467 with a hatpin in self defence. 561 00:28:14,567 --> 00:28:16,067 Although given the circumstances, 562 00:28:16,100 --> 00:28:19,433 it would have been a natural enough thing to do, I suppose. 563 00:28:20,867 --> 00:28:24,067 Anyway, there for the moment it rests. 564 00:28:24,167 --> 00:28:25,233 What about the gun? 565 00:28:28,767 --> 00:28:30,367 I beg your pardon? 566 00:28:30,467 --> 00:28:32,367 I said, what about the gun? 567 00:28:32,467 --> 00:28:35,800 According to the story, sessle waved a gun at her. 568 00:28:35,900 --> 00:28:36,967 Yes. 569 00:28:37,067 --> 00:28:39,067 Yes, a gun was found the next day 570 00:28:39,167 --> 00:28:41,067 lying in some bushes next to the body. 571 00:28:41,133 --> 00:28:42,867 It had not been fired. 572 00:28:42,967 --> 00:28:46,433 I see, so that would support Doris' story, wouldn't it? 573 00:28:46,533 --> 00:28:47,533 Possibly. 574 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:49,633 Although if we believe her, 575 00:28:49,733 --> 00:28:52,100 and you have to admit, it is a pretty big if, 576 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:54,133 who was it killed captain sessle? 577 00:28:55,233 --> 00:28:56,400 Was it the other woman, 578 00:28:56,500 --> 00:28:58,733 the woman in brown whose appearance so upset him? 579 00:28:58,833 --> 00:29:00,167 Well, so far, no one's explained 580 00:29:00,267 --> 00:29:01,833 her connection with the case. 581 00:29:01,933 --> 00:29:03,400 Quite right. 582 00:29:03,500 --> 00:29:05,067 Who was she? 583 00:29:05,167 --> 00:29:08,067 Was she a local resident, or did she come from London? 584 00:29:08,133 --> 00:29:10,200 If so, did she come by car or by train? 585 00:29:10,300 --> 00:29:11,067 Ooh. 586 00:29:11,100 --> 00:29:12,400 [Tommy] What's the matter? 587 00:29:12,500 --> 00:29:13,567 I was just thinking, 588 00:29:13,667 --> 00:29:16,300 if she came down by car, she might've stayed here. 589 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:17,643 [Tommy] Oh, that's hardly likely. 590 00:29:17,667 --> 00:29:19,948 No, I don't suppose so, but it's a horrid thought, though. 591 00:29:20,067 --> 00:29:21,200 Mm. 592 00:29:21,300 --> 00:29:22,333 One thing is certain. 593 00:29:22,433 --> 00:29:23,933 She couldn't have been Doris Evans, 594 00:29:24,067 --> 00:29:25,500 because Doris is short and fair 595 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:27,967 and was only just arriving at the station. 596 00:29:28,067 --> 00:29:29,300 The wife? 597 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:30,567 Sessle's wife? 598 00:29:30,667 --> 00:29:32,767 Mrs. Sessle's a short woman too. 599 00:29:32,867 --> 00:29:35,567 Besides, hollaby knew her well, remember? 600 00:29:35,667 --> 00:29:36,500 He'd have recognised her 601 00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:38,333 the moment she appeared on the course. 602 00:29:40,067 --> 00:29:43,833 Although, one further piece of evidence has come to light. 603 00:29:43,933 --> 00:29:45,800 The porcupine assurance company, 604 00:29:46,667 --> 00:29:48,733 hollaby and sessle's business, 605 00:29:48,833 --> 00:29:50,100 it's in liquidation. 606 00:29:51,300 --> 00:29:53,767 The accounts reveal that for years, 607 00:29:53,867 --> 00:29:56,867 there has been the most daring misappropriation of funds. 608 00:29:57,833 --> 00:29:59,300 Embezzlement? 609 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:00,667 Precisely. 610 00:30:00,767 --> 00:30:03,300 Neither hollaby nor his son had any idea what was going on. 611 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:04,533 [Tuppence] His son? 612 00:30:04,633 --> 00:30:06,967 Yes, hollaby's son is in the business too. 613 00:30:07,067 --> 00:30:09,033 Now, apparently, they're practically ruined. 614 00:30:09,133 --> 00:30:11,567 I see, so the case stands like this. 615 00:30:11,667 --> 00:30:14,767 Captain sessle was on the verge of discovery and ruined. 616 00:30:14,867 --> 00:30:18,233 Suicide would seem a natural way out. 617 00:30:18,333 --> 00:30:20,933 A man doesn't stab himself with a hatpin. 618 00:30:21,033 --> 00:30:23,867 I know, that's what's so baffling. 619 00:30:23,967 --> 00:30:26,400 I keep coming back to the woman in brown. 620 00:30:26,500 --> 00:30:27,509 Do you think she killed him? 621 00:30:27,533 --> 00:30:28,767 I don't know. 622 00:30:28,867 --> 00:30:31,167 One thing I'm certain of, she didn't do it. 623 00:30:31,267 --> 00:30:32,600 Doris Evans? 624 00:30:32,700 --> 00:30:33,800 What makes you so sure? 625 00:30:33,900 --> 00:30:36,000 Well, look at her, she's got bobbed hair. 626 00:30:36,100 --> 00:30:38,300 Only one woman in 20 uses hatpins nowadays, 627 00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:39,400 long hair or short. 628 00:30:39,500 --> 00:30:43,300 Hats fit tight, they pull on, hadn't you noticed? 629 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:44,900 Perhaps she had one by her. 630 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:46,767 My dear boy, we don't keep them as heirlooms. 631 00:30:46,867 --> 00:30:48,109 What on earth would she have brought a hatpin 632 00:30:48,133 --> 00:30:50,167 down to sunningdale for? 633 00:30:50,267 --> 00:30:52,067 [Laughing] 634 00:30:52,167 --> 00:30:53,667 No, you're right. 635 00:30:53,767 --> 00:30:54,933 It isn't logical. 636 00:30:55,767 --> 00:30:57,967 It just doesn't fit. 637 00:30:59,833 --> 00:31:02,233 Then it must have been the other one. 638 00:31:02,333 --> 00:31:03,067 The woman in brown. 639 00:31:03,167 --> 00:31:04,433 I wish she hadn't been so tall, 640 00:31:04,533 --> 00:31:06,200 then it could have been the wife. 641 00:31:06,300 --> 00:31:08,267 I always suspect wives who were away at the time 642 00:31:08,367 --> 00:31:11,067 and couldn't possibly have had anything to do with it. 643 00:31:11,133 --> 00:31:13,300 If she'd found her husband carrying on with some girl, 644 00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:14,843 it would have been quite natural for her 645 00:31:14,867 --> 00:31:16,600 to go for him with a hatpin. 646 00:31:16,700 --> 00:31:19,200 I shall have to be careful, I see. 647 00:31:19,300 --> 00:31:21,667 [Laughs] Just, just a joke. 648 00:31:21,767 --> 00:31:22,500 [Bell rings] 649 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:24,067 Good heavens. 650 00:31:24,100 --> 00:31:25,500 I've completely forgotten something. 651 00:31:25,533 --> 00:31:26,533 [Tuppence] What's that? 652 00:31:26,567 --> 00:31:28,967 Well, it's all hours and we haven't eaten yet. 653 00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:31,533 You must be starving. 654 00:31:31,633 --> 00:31:32,667 - Tommy. - Mm? 655 00:31:33,467 --> 00:31:35,200 Would you mind terribly if, 656 00:31:35,300 --> 00:31:37,900 just this once, we missed dinner tonight? 657 00:31:38,067 --> 00:31:40,367 Oh, I suppose I could try and bear it. 658 00:31:40,467 --> 00:31:42,700 Only, I don't seem to have much of an appetite. 659 00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:44,100 No. 660 00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:46,967 Now you come to mention it, neither do I. 661 00:31:47,833 --> 00:31:50,867 On the other hand, I don't feel particularly sleepy. 662 00:31:50,967 --> 00:31:52,300 I don't either. 663 00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:53,400 Tricky. 664 00:31:56,067 --> 00:31:57,600 Let's try and think of something. 665 00:31:58,900 --> 00:31:59,900 Let's. 666 00:32:01,067 --> 00:32:03,900 [Peaceful music] 667 00:32:04,067 --> 00:32:05,067 - Tommy. - Mm? 668 00:32:06,333 --> 00:32:08,900 What sort of man was captain sessle really? 669 00:32:09,067 --> 00:32:10,300 Have we any idea? 670 00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:13,333 Highly respectable, outwardly. 671 00:32:13,433 --> 00:32:15,309 Pillar of the community, all that sort of thing. 672 00:32:15,333 --> 00:32:17,633 That's what makes it so odd. 673 00:32:17,733 --> 00:32:19,233 Murder's an odd business. 674 00:32:19,333 --> 00:32:22,500 No, I don't mean the murder, anyone's capable of that. 675 00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:23,667 Even you and I. 676 00:32:24,833 --> 00:32:26,667 No, I mean the stuff with Doris Evans. 677 00:32:26,767 --> 00:32:28,900 That's what puzzles me. 678 00:32:29,067 --> 00:32:31,867 Picking her up like that, why should he do it? 679 00:32:32,633 --> 00:32:33,767 Why should she do it? 680 00:32:34,733 --> 00:32:36,633 Perhaps he led a secret life. 681 00:32:36,733 --> 00:32:38,600 The original whited sepulchre. 682 00:32:39,633 --> 00:32:41,467 No, I don't think so. 683 00:32:43,367 --> 00:32:46,600 I wonder what the sessles were really like. 684 00:32:48,367 --> 00:32:50,700 What do people say about them? 685 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:53,267 As far as I can make out, they were very popular. 686 00:32:53,367 --> 00:32:55,233 Local committees, good works. 687 00:32:55,333 --> 00:32:56,333 Were they happy? 688 00:32:56,433 --> 00:32:58,533 Supposedly devoted to each other. 689 00:32:58,633 --> 00:33:00,400 He's an ex-soldier, you know. 690 00:33:00,500 --> 00:33:01,833 Good regiment. 691 00:33:01,933 --> 00:33:04,767 Came into a fair bit of money and retired early. 692 00:33:04,867 --> 00:33:06,367 They came down here and he went into 693 00:33:06,467 --> 00:33:08,533 this insurance business with the hollabys. 694 00:33:08,633 --> 00:33:10,633 The porcupine assurance company. 695 00:33:10,733 --> 00:33:11,733 [Tommy] Mm. 696 00:33:11,767 --> 00:33:14,200 He was the last man in the world, apparently, 697 00:33:14,300 --> 00:33:17,167 whom anyone would have suspected of being an embezzler. 698 00:33:17,967 --> 00:33:20,667 Like you said, it just doesn't fit. 699 00:33:23,067 --> 00:33:24,367 Come on, Bess. 700 00:33:25,333 --> 00:33:26,367 Come on. 701 00:33:26,467 --> 00:33:28,500 [Horse whinnies] 702 00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:30,333 - Not hungry, darling? - Hm. 703 00:33:30,433 --> 00:33:31,433 Well, tuck in. 704 00:33:33,100 --> 00:33:35,967 Is it absolutely certain sessle was the crook? 705 00:33:36,067 --> 00:33:38,533 Who else could have embezzled the money? 706 00:33:38,633 --> 00:33:39,900 Why, the hollabys. 707 00:33:40,067 --> 00:33:40,767 But they say they're ruined. 708 00:33:40,867 --> 00:33:42,200 Oh, they say. 709 00:33:42,300 --> 00:33:44,067 Perhaps they've hidden it all away in a bank 710 00:33:44,167 --> 00:33:45,167 under some other name. 711 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:47,567 - Oh, tuppence, really. - Well, somewhere anyway. 712 00:33:48,633 --> 00:33:51,833 Look, suppose they've been speculating with the money 713 00:33:51,933 --> 00:33:53,767 all the time and sessle didn't know. 714 00:33:54,967 --> 00:33:56,200 Suppose they lost it all. 715 00:33:56,300 --> 00:33:58,200 - What? - Well, it happens. 716 00:33:58,300 --> 00:33:59,743 It would have been jolly convenient for them 717 00:33:59,767 --> 00:34:01,667 that sessle died when he did. 718 00:34:01,767 --> 00:34:04,233 So, you're accusing this respectable gentlemen 719 00:34:04,333 --> 00:34:06,700 of murdering his close friend and business partner? 720 00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:08,233 Why not? 721 00:34:08,333 --> 00:34:10,833 Because, my darling wife, you seem to forget 722 00:34:10,933 --> 00:34:13,833 that sessle parted from hollaby 723 00:34:13,933 --> 00:34:16,300 in full view of barnard and lecky. 724 00:34:17,767 --> 00:34:19,243 And then hollaby spent the rest of the evening 725 00:34:19,267 --> 00:34:20,733 entertaining friends at home. 726 00:34:21,967 --> 00:34:22,700 Bother. 727 00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:24,433 Hm, bother indeed. 728 00:34:24,533 --> 00:34:25,933 Anyway, there's the hatpin. 729 00:34:26,067 --> 00:34:28,100 Oh, nuts to the hatpin. 730 00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:30,367 You seem to think the hatpin points quite inevitably 731 00:34:30,467 --> 00:34:32,333 to the crime being committed by a woman. 732 00:34:32,433 --> 00:34:33,567 - Doesn't it? - No! 733 00:34:34,667 --> 00:34:37,167 You men are impossible, you are notoriously old-fashioned, 734 00:34:37,267 --> 00:34:39,100 simply no imagination. 735 00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:40,720 - Oh, I say. - It takes ages to rid you 736 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:43,400 of silly preconceived ideas. 737 00:34:43,500 --> 00:34:45,067 - For example? - For example, 738 00:34:45,100 --> 00:34:47,800 hatpins and hairpins, being associated with the female sex, 739 00:34:47,900 --> 00:34:50,233 are always called women's weapons. 740 00:34:50,333 --> 00:34:52,067 Well, it seems quite logical to me. 741 00:34:52,167 --> 00:34:54,067 But so unimaginative. 742 00:34:54,133 --> 00:34:55,767 Why, I haven't used a hatpin or a hairpin 743 00:34:55,867 --> 00:34:57,567 for the last four years. 744 00:34:59,100 --> 00:35:00,100 No. 745 00:35:01,133 --> 00:35:02,167 No, that's true. 746 00:35:04,567 --> 00:35:05,367 Then you think- 747 00:35:05,467 --> 00:35:07,200 it was a man that killed sessle. 748 00:35:08,300 --> 00:35:11,233 The hatpin was used to make it seem like a woman's crime. 749 00:35:13,067 --> 00:35:14,167 Tommy, you're a golfer. 750 00:35:14,267 --> 00:35:15,933 You know the sunningdale course. 751 00:35:16,067 --> 00:35:17,309 You've been there lots of times. 752 00:35:17,333 --> 00:35:19,600 Well, not as a detective searching for clues, 753 00:35:19,700 --> 00:35:22,067 but as an ordinary member playing a... 754 00:35:23,067 --> 00:35:24,233 Playing a... 755 00:35:24,333 --> 00:35:25,667 Round. 756 00:35:25,767 --> 00:35:27,067 Tuppence, are you saying... 757 00:35:27,167 --> 00:35:29,567 You know what's liable to put a man off his game. 758 00:35:31,933 --> 00:35:33,809 Darling, aren't you going to finish your breakfast? 759 00:35:33,833 --> 00:35:35,100 Oh. 760 00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:36,533 No, I haven't got time. 761 00:35:44,767 --> 00:35:47,100 [Whistling] 762 00:35:51,133 --> 00:35:52,400 Good morning. 763 00:35:52,500 --> 00:35:53,567 [Boy] Morning, sir. 764 00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:57,133 Would you put these in the car, please? 765 00:36:05,967 --> 00:36:07,067 Thank you, sir. 766 00:36:07,133 --> 00:36:08,133 Thank you. 767 00:36:15,467 --> 00:36:17,133 Sorry I kept you. 768 00:36:17,233 --> 00:36:18,233 Oh, don't worry. 769 00:36:20,867 --> 00:36:21,867 It was worth it. 770 00:36:22,633 --> 00:36:25,733 I suppose I ought to have a set of clubs. 771 00:36:25,833 --> 00:36:28,333 No one will notice. 772 00:36:28,433 --> 00:36:31,167 [Peaceful music] 773 00:36:53,067 --> 00:36:55,600 Let's get the sequence right. 774 00:36:55,700 --> 00:36:59,433 We're barnard and lecky playing up towards the 16th green. 775 00:36:59,533 --> 00:37:01,600 Hollaby and sessle are up there. 776 00:37:01,700 --> 00:37:04,433 Can clearly make out sessle's bright blue golf jacket. 777 00:37:05,700 --> 00:37:06,700 Now, 778 00:37:07,367 --> 00:37:09,067 what exactly do we see? 779 00:37:10,267 --> 00:37:13,233 [Mysterious music] 780 00:37:20,167 --> 00:37:23,433 Suddenly, as sessle approached the 17th tee, 781 00:37:27,267 --> 00:37:29,967 she was very tall and dressed in brown. 782 00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:39,967 Something's wrong. 783 00:37:42,367 --> 00:37:44,267 Why didn't they see her before? 784 00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:49,067 Who, barnard and lecky? 785 00:37:49,167 --> 00:37:51,007 She hadn't crossed over from the ladies course, 786 00:37:51,067 --> 00:37:52,533 they'd have noticed. 787 00:37:52,633 --> 00:37:55,667 And it's strange they didn't see her on the footpath before. 788 00:37:57,600 --> 00:37:58,633 Wait a minute. 789 00:38:01,367 --> 00:38:02,367 Come on. 790 00:38:03,100 --> 00:38:05,800 [Ominous music] 791 00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:23,800 Tommy. 792 00:38:26,100 --> 00:38:27,433 I thought so. 793 00:38:40,633 --> 00:38:41,633 Very good. 794 00:39:03,833 --> 00:39:05,333 I don't understand. 795 00:39:05,433 --> 00:39:06,833 Don't you see? 796 00:39:06,933 --> 00:39:09,067 This hut's out of sight of the course. 797 00:39:09,833 --> 00:39:12,667 Anyone could wait here until the right moment came, 798 00:39:12,767 --> 00:39:14,900 and then appear just as she did. 799 00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:17,200 Yes. 800 00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:19,833 Perfect. 801 00:39:19,933 --> 00:39:20,933 What for? 802 00:39:21,700 --> 00:39:24,067 For someone to change their appearance. 803 00:39:25,567 --> 00:39:27,533 Tell me, would it be very difficult 804 00:39:27,633 --> 00:39:29,733 for a man to look like a woman, 805 00:39:29,833 --> 00:39:32,067 and then change back to being a man again? 806 00:39:34,233 --> 00:39:35,233 Well, it depends. 807 00:39:36,700 --> 00:39:39,233 It would only need to look real from a distance. 808 00:39:41,267 --> 00:39:42,467 I can see it, tuppence. 809 00:39:43,533 --> 00:39:45,267 I think I know how it was done. 810 00:39:46,267 --> 00:39:48,067 A minute and a half of the outside. 811 00:39:52,133 --> 00:39:53,267 Quickly. 812 00:39:53,367 --> 00:39:56,333 [Fast-paced music] 813 00:40:05,533 --> 00:40:07,633 That's what hollaby saw. 814 00:40:07,733 --> 00:40:12,300 Not a woman in brown, but a man dressed as a woman. 815 00:40:13,700 --> 00:40:16,100 That's why she was so tall. 816 00:40:17,867 --> 00:40:22,533 She and sessle went off, they disappeared 817 00:40:22,633 --> 00:40:24,067 and that's when it happened. 818 00:40:25,633 --> 00:40:26,367 The murder? 819 00:40:26,467 --> 00:40:27,643 You could leave a body over there 820 00:40:27,667 --> 00:40:30,500 and it'd be pretty certain to lie hidden 'til morning. 821 00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:32,600 But surely someone would have heard? 822 00:40:33,667 --> 00:40:35,367 Heard what? 823 00:40:35,467 --> 00:40:37,367 Death must have been instantaneous. 824 00:40:39,033 --> 00:40:41,033 I've seen men like that die in the war. 825 00:40:42,100 --> 00:40:43,700 They don't cry or call out. 826 00:40:45,367 --> 00:40:46,900 Just a gurgle or a moan. 827 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:48,733 [Coughs] 828 00:40:48,833 --> 00:40:50,067 Or a funny little cough. 829 00:40:53,667 --> 00:40:55,267 [Tuppence moans] 830 00:40:55,367 --> 00:40:56,367 Imagine it. 831 00:40:58,300 --> 00:41:00,367 Sessle goes up to the 17th tee. 832 00:41:01,467 --> 00:41:03,267 The woman appears. 833 00:41:03,367 --> 00:41:06,067 [Ominous music] 834 00:41:17,067 --> 00:41:18,100 Shan't be a minute. 835 00:41:30,133 --> 00:41:31,867 Look here, just what's all this about? 836 00:41:31,967 --> 00:41:32,767 I'm not going to- 837 00:41:32,867 --> 00:41:35,567 [sessle groans] 838 00:41:46,633 --> 00:41:49,567 The murderer then takes the blue jacket off the body 839 00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:53,367 and returns to the hut to get rid of the disguise. 840 00:41:55,067 --> 00:41:57,267 From this point on, barnard and lecky 841 00:41:57,367 --> 00:41:59,100 never see sessle's face, 842 00:42:00,100 --> 00:42:02,667 only the blue jacket they know so well. 843 00:42:02,767 --> 00:42:04,500 They never doubt that it's sessle, 844 00:42:06,067 --> 00:42:08,933 but he doesn't play sessle's brand of golf. 845 00:42:10,767 --> 00:42:13,667 They all say he played like a different man. 846 00:42:13,767 --> 00:42:16,467 Well, of course he did, he was a different man. 847 00:42:16,567 --> 00:42:18,767 It wasn't sessle who picked Doris Evans up at the cinema 848 00:42:18,867 --> 00:42:20,300 and invited her down here. 849 00:42:22,067 --> 00:42:23,609 It wasn't sessle who brought her onto the course 850 00:42:23,633 --> 00:42:25,567 and scared the life out of her. 851 00:42:25,667 --> 00:42:28,333 It was a man calling himself sessle. 852 00:42:29,267 --> 00:42:32,667 Doris Evans wasn't arrested until a fortnight later. 853 00:42:34,300 --> 00:42:36,267 She never saw the body. 854 00:42:38,100 --> 00:42:39,100 If she had, she'd have 855 00:42:39,133 --> 00:42:41,400 immediately destroyed a carefully laid plot. 856 00:42:42,433 --> 00:42:44,267 It was all a blind. 857 00:42:44,367 --> 00:42:45,233 The strands of fair hair 858 00:42:45,333 --> 00:42:47,767 and the threads from her coat, remember? 859 00:42:47,867 --> 00:42:49,767 She was lured down here deliberately 860 00:42:50,700 --> 00:42:52,267 and cunningly framed. 861 00:42:54,233 --> 00:42:55,833 Of course. 862 00:42:55,933 --> 00:42:57,300 [Doris screams] 863 00:42:57,400 --> 00:43:00,133 [Ominous music] 864 00:43:06,533 --> 00:43:08,800 It must've been after Doris had ran off. 865 00:43:08,900 --> 00:43:11,067 The murderer returned to the hut, 866 00:43:11,133 --> 00:43:15,067 took off the blue jacket, retrieved the disguise, 867 00:43:17,567 --> 00:43:21,667 and went to put the blue jacket back on sessle's dead body. 868 00:44:15,667 --> 00:44:17,067 Wait a minute. 869 00:44:17,133 --> 00:44:18,767 There's something wrong. 870 00:44:18,867 --> 00:44:20,067 What's that? 871 00:44:21,100 --> 00:44:22,267 Hollaby. 872 00:44:22,367 --> 00:44:23,233 [Tommy] Hollaby? 873 00:44:23,333 --> 00:44:25,300 Now, I'll admit that barnard and lecky 874 00:44:25,400 --> 00:44:27,233 couldn't see if it was sessle or not, 875 00:44:27,333 --> 00:44:29,043 but you're not going to tell me that hollaby, 876 00:44:29,067 --> 00:44:31,633 the man playing with him, couldn't see his face. 877 00:44:31,733 --> 00:44:33,633 My dear old thing, that's the whole point. 878 00:44:33,733 --> 00:44:37,800 Hollaby knew, you guessed it yourself. 879 00:44:37,900 --> 00:44:40,100 And if we're right, 880 00:44:40,200 --> 00:44:43,067 hollaby and his son were the real embezzlers 881 00:44:43,100 --> 00:44:45,467 and they'd worked out the whole plot together. 882 00:44:47,667 --> 00:44:50,333 [Ominous music] 883 00:45:01,167 --> 00:45:03,467 The woman in brown was hollaby junior, 884 00:45:04,267 --> 00:45:07,433 who then returned to the course as captain sessle. 885 00:45:33,833 --> 00:45:35,567 Are you all right? 886 00:45:36,667 --> 00:45:37,667 Yes, of course. 887 00:45:44,100 --> 00:45:45,733 We'd best get on. 888 00:45:53,100 --> 00:45:54,200 [Sighs] 889 00:45:54,300 --> 00:45:55,300 Damn. 890 00:46:00,200 --> 00:46:02,067 So, when he left his father, 891 00:46:02,100 --> 00:46:05,067 he went straight to the cottage to lie in wait for Doris. 892 00:46:06,567 --> 00:46:09,733 So, hollaby's son was the murderer. 893 00:46:09,833 --> 00:46:10,933 Yes. 894 00:46:11,067 --> 00:46:14,233 He's about the same age as sessle, and the same height. 895 00:46:15,800 --> 00:46:17,967 He knew the cottage would be empty, 896 00:46:18,067 --> 00:46:19,227 and was in a perfect position 897 00:46:19,267 --> 00:46:21,300 to get an impression of the key. 898 00:46:21,400 --> 00:46:23,167 He never appeared at the inquest, either. 899 00:46:23,267 --> 00:46:24,600 Why should he? 900 00:46:24,700 --> 00:46:25,700 Nobody thought to inquire 901 00:46:25,767 --> 00:46:28,100 where hollaby's son was that fatal afternoon, 902 00:46:29,733 --> 00:46:31,467 or what he was up to. 903 00:46:31,567 --> 00:46:34,067 So, Doris Evans actually met 904 00:46:34,100 --> 00:46:36,400 hollaby junior pretending to be sessle. 905 00:46:38,200 --> 00:46:40,333 And if she'd seen his photograph in the newspaper, 906 00:46:40,433 --> 00:46:41,933 well, the quality's so poor, 907 00:46:42,067 --> 00:46:44,333 there's no chance of recognising him. 908 00:46:44,433 --> 00:46:45,433 Exactly. 909 00:46:46,967 --> 00:46:51,133 At last, it all fits. 910 00:46:51,233 --> 00:46:52,333 First stop, Scotland yard, 911 00:46:52,433 --> 00:46:54,500 and make sure that blunt's brilliant detectives 912 00:46:54,600 --> 00:46:56,600 get the credit they deserve. 913 00:46:56,700 --> 00:46:59,167 Then home for a meal and a quiet evening alone. 914 00:47:00,967 --> 00:47:01,700 Don't you agree? 915 00:47:01,800 --> 00:47:02,633 Yes. 916 00:47:02,733 --> 00:47:03,733 Oh, tuppence. 917 00:47:04,500 --> 00:47:06,500 Not another evening at a nightclub, 918 00:47:06,600 --> 00:47:09,067 or some boring old play. 919 00:47:09,100 --> 00:47:10,100 No. 920 00:47:10,167 --> 00:47:11,167 What, then? 921 00:47:13,067 --> 00:47:16,367 I just wondered if we might stop off, 922 00:47:16,467 --> 00:47:18,200 on our way home, that is... 923 00:47:19,067 --> 00:47:20,133 Yes? 924 00:47:20,233 --> 00:47:24,367 At that dear little place in south molton street I found. 925 00:47:24,467 --> 00:47:25,667 You don't mind, do you? 926 00:47:26,667 --> 00:47:27,667 Mind? 927 00:47:29,200 --> 00:47:30,333 You deserve it. 928 00:47:31,467 --> 00:47:32,200 [Laughing] 929 00:47:32,300 --> 00:47:37,100 Oh, darling. [Laughs] 930 00:47:37,200 --> 00:47:38,067 [Laughing] 931 00:47:38,167 --> 00:47:40,967 [Cheerful music]