1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:03,080 [Upbeat music] 2 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:11,120 [Whimsical music] 3 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,520 [Wind howling] 4 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:23,960 Did you and Mr. Hove 5 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:26,600 enjoy your walk into town this afternoon? 6 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:28,160 Have you noticed how the light drops 7 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:29,640 and then returns? 8 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:31,880 [Chuckling] I can't say that I have. 9 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:33,960 Not yet, but last night in our room, 10 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:35,960 just before the mirror shattered, 11 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:38,000 suddenly an icy cold, 12 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:39,600 and then the lights almost went out. 13 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:40,760 I expect Mrs. Hove, 14 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:42,760 that it is because you are unused to gas, 15 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:45,320 it does tend to go up and down. 16 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:46,120 Among the first, we were, 17 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:48,360 in Manchester, to be electrified. 18 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:50,280 Oh Manchester, Edmund. 19 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:53,520 Our little house, oh, our little nest. 20 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:55,320 Always a wrench, moving. 21 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:58,880 Something you'll have to face soon my dear, 22 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:00,000 when we are married. 23 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:01,600 It's quite unusual in the country 24 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:02,720 to have it at all. 25 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:05,520 The gas, I mean. 26 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:06,776 My late aunt spent a great deal 27 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:08,720 of money laying it on. 28 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:10,480 Should have waited for the electric. 29 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:11,600 Afraid, Mr. Hove, 30 00:02:11,640 --> 00:02:13,216 that had my aunt done so we might be eating 31 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:15,000 this meal by candlelight. 32 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:16,120 [Clattering] 33 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:17,000 Oh dear! 34 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:18,120 Oh, no please. 35 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:20,120 Oh, I'm so sorry, 36 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:21,360 the catch on the window 37 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:22,720 must have given way again. 38 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:25,520 I did ask the gardener to look at it for me, 39 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:26,560 but he's so deaf. 40 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:28,400 [Crashing] 41 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:29,280 Heavens! 42 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,120 I mean, something must've fallen over. 43 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:34,360 Better let me go first, Monica, just in case. 44 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:36,080 In case of what, Norman? 45 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:37,640 It's nothing, I tell you, 46 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:38,896 nothing that can't be explained. 47 00:02:38,920 --> 00:02:41,680 [Dramatic music] 48 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:47,240 Oh, Edmund. 49 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:48,560 Edmund! 50 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:51,400 [Dramatic music] 51 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:04,640 [Wind howling] 52 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:14,600 My things! 53 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:16,760 All my beautiful clothes! 54 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:18,520 [Edmund] Gone Bella, they're gone! 55 00:03:18,640 --> 00:03:19,760 [Bella] What? 56 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:22,520 He's right Mrs. Hove, the wardrobe's empty. 57 00:03:22,640 --> 00:03:23,880 Oh, there you are. 58 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:25,840 Look, they're all laid out. 59 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:29,000 [Bella sighing] 60 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:31,560 [Bella gasping] 61 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:32,680 What the heck? 62 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:35,120 Cut to shreds, Edmund! 63 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:37,320 It's a sign. 64 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:39,320 They've been to murder us. 65 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:40,200 Well, that's it. 66 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:42,120 That's it, I'm leaving. 67 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:44,240 I'm not gonna stay in this house another night. 68 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:45,480 It is haunted! 69 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:48,640 [Edmund] But Bella, we paid for the fortnight! 70 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:50,680 [Bella] You stay. 71 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:52,120 [Edmund] What about our things? 72 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:55,400 Who? 73 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:58,600 Why? 74 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:01,360 I think you may safely assume that someone 75 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:03,680 wishes you to leave the red house, my dear. 76 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:07,960 [Clattering] 77 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:09,360 Don't touch. 78 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:10,600 It's glass, Tommy. 79 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:13,120 Don't want blood 80 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:14,560 on the Christmas tree now, do we? 81 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:15,840 Well I don't know. 82 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:17,696 Might be rather suitable for a detective agency. 83 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:19,480 Blunt's bloody bureau. 84 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:20,280 [Tuppence] Tommy! 85 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:22,040 Sorry, I think I got carried away. 86 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:23,576 Yes, well perhaps you'd carry this away. 87 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:24,720 We've client due any moment 88 00:04:24,840 --> 00:04:26,720 and Albert's not back yet to show her in. 89 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:28,920 Oh, how sad. 90 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:31,760 I remember every Christmas at the vicarage 91 00:04:31,840 --> 00:04:33,560 I used to help father hang these. 92 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:34,920 There used to be 12. 93 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:37,440 Well cheer up, still got 11 left. 94 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:38,680 Nine. 95 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:39,640 Oh, you? 96 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:40,960 No, Albert. 97 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:43,480 He insisted on helping me start. 98 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:44,640 There's a Valentino season 99 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:45,640 at the Rex picture house 100 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:47,560 and you know the phase he's going through. 101 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:48,680 Tango dancing. 102 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:49,816 Do you know he's seen blood and sand 103 00:04:49,840 --> 00:04:51,240 every night this week? 104 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:52,616 He came in, he picked up an ornament, 105 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:54,120 did a violent turn, 106 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:55,920 letting it fly out of his hand, 107 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:57,400 as though it had a life of its own. 108 00:04:57,440 --> 00:04:58,160 [Both laughing] 109 00:04:58,280 --> 00:05:01,600 [Albert humming] 110 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:03,000 Oh, hello, sir. 111 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:07,520 Miss tuppence. 112 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:10,600 I got the tea and some sandwiches. 113 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:12,840 Turkey, very nice. 114 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:14,240 I gave you half a crown, I think. 115 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:17,480 - Think. - And I give you ninepence. 116 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:18,800 Senorita. 117 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:19,800 Is there going to be Mr. Valentino 118 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:21,120 all through Christmas, Albert? 119 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:23,120 If so, I don't think I can stand it! 120 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:24,800 Sorry, miss. 121 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:26,840 It's just that the films are so real. 122 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:29,360 Much more colourful than life. 123 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:31,440 Oi! 124 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:34,240 Oh, and here you are at the very centre 125 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:35,120 of one of britain's 126 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:37,600 most celebrated detective agencies. 127 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:38,760 Really, Albert? 128 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:41,240 How can you be so ungrateful? 129 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:43,000 Oh, it's not that, sir. 130 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:45,400 Well, I realise only too well 131 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:47,040 how important my work is here. 132 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:51,720 When I see Rudolph Valentino grab nita naldi 133 00:05:51,840 --> 00:05:53,680 and sweep her into that fiery tango, 134 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:56,320 well, they're so reckless. 135 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:57,720 Precisely. 136 00:05:57,840 --> 00:05:59,680 Hardly seasonal though, Albert. 137 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:01,280 Dreaming of sun and sand, 138 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:02,080 when it's more likely 139 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:04,720 to be snow and sleet outside. 140 00:06:04,840 --> 00:06:05,720 Now is the time of year 141 00:06:05,840 --> 00:06:07,720 for spirits to fill the night air. 142 00:06:07,840 --> 00:06:09,560 Tales by the chimney breast. 143 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:11,520 Ghosts of time past. 144 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:14,080 And predictions for the future. 145 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:14,960 We used to play that at the vicarage 146 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:16,080 when I was a child. 147 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:17,320 You'd write something down 148 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:19,320 you thought might happen, seal it, 149 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:20,440 and not open it again 150 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:21,720 until the following Christmas. 151 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:23,000 I say. 152 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:24,520 What a wait. 153 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:26,040 Oh, only the first year, Tommy. 154 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:27,960 Let's do one now, ma. 155 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:29,536 You write something down, and I'll hide it 156 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:30,600 until next year. 157 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:32,160 I'll do better than that. 158 00:06:32,280 --> 00:06:33,960 I'll predict something that's imminent. 159 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:35,200 [Albert] Cor! 160 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:37,320 I was always rather good at this sort of thing. 161 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:41,920 I predict that our next client will be 162 00:06:43,840 --> 00:06:45,800 a clergyman's daughter. 163 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:46,600 [Tommy chuckling] 164 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:48,520 How did you know? 165 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:50,400 [Suspenseful music] 166 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:53,280 Mr. Blunt, I've always believed myself 167 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:56,640 to be a reasonably logical, sane person. 168 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:58,840 Yet circumstances are beginning to force me 169 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:00,320 to the conclusion 170 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:03,520 that my home may be haunted. 171 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:05,136 You mean you've seen a ghost, miss deane? 172 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:08,560 Well, not seen, exactly, heard. 173 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:09,760 Terrible crashing. 174 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:11,640 Crockery flying across the room. 175 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:13,040 Pictures falling. 176 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:15,320 The lights going up and down. 177 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:16,480 [Tuppence] A poltergeist. 178 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:17,920 Excuse me? 179 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:19,200 That's what they're called. 180 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:21,720 Sort of evil spirits that play tricks. 181 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:22,600 Oh! 182 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:24,920 I think, miss deane, 183 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:27,240 if we could begin at the beginning. 184 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:29,440 Oh, well it's such a rambling story. 185 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:30,680 Let's see. 186 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:32,000 My father was rector 187 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:34,000 of little hampsley in Suffolk. 188 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:36,360 Three years ago, he died. 189 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:38,400 My mother and I were left very badly off. 190 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:39,160 [Knocking on door] 191 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:40,280 [Tommy] I'm so sorry. 192 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:41,320 Come in! 193 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:46,880 I believe a cup of tea was requested, sir? 194 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:48,520 Yes, Albert, will you kindly hand it 195 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:49,840 to miss deane? 196 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:51,560 And that will be all. 197 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:52,680 Yes, sir. 198 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:03,640 Please, continue, miss deane. 199 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:07,200 Well, at first I went out to work 200 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:08,560 as a governess. 201 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:11,600 But my mother soon became a confirmed invalid, 202 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:13,960 I had to come home to look after her. 203 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:16,480 We lived in tiny but expensive lodgings, 204 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:18,640 and were desperately poor. 205 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:22,000 Until one day, our fortune seemed to change. 206 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:23,600 We received a lawyer's letter, 207 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:25,960 telling us that an aunt of my father's had died, 208 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:28,280 and had left everything to me. 209 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:29,640 I'd often heard of this aunt, 210 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:32,560 who'd quarrelled with my father many years earlier, 211 00:08:32,680 --> 00:08:34,400 and knew that she was very well off. 212 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:37,680 So it really seemed our troubles were at an end. 213 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:39,200 But matters didn't turn out 214 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:41,120 quite as well as we hoped. 215 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:42,680 I did inherit the red house, 216 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:44,520 which was where she lived. 217 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:45,800 But after paying one or two 218 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:48,160 small legacies she'd made, 219 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:50,800 well, there was no money left to live on. 220 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:54,720 You two had believed your aunt to be rich. 221 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:57,120 Indeed I had, Mr. Blunt. 222 00:08:57,240 --> 00:08:58,936 I suppose she must've lost it during the war, 223 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:01,880 or perhaps she'd just been living on the capital. 224 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,640 Still, we had the house. 225 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:06,600 It's a large rambling place, 226 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:08,280 the town is over a mile away, 227 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:09,880 so we're quite remote, really. 228 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:12,056 I suppose it's called the red house 229 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:13,720 because of the brick. 230 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:16,760 Although the locals tell more lurid tales. 231 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:20,656 [Tommy] You don't look to me the sort of girl 232 00:09:20,680 --> 00:09:23,320 who listens to village gossip, miss deane. 233 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:26,200 No, I just feel so... 234 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:29,040 Oh. 235 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:29,880 Miss Robinson appears to have been 236 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:31,800 rather carried away by your story. 237 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:37,560 - Oh, how dreadful. - It's quite all right. 238 00:09:37,680 --> 00:09:39,160 Perhaps you could squeeze another cup 239 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:40,320 out of Albert. 240 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:43,000 You know how he listens to you, Mr. Blunt. 241 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:43,800 Oh. 242 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:45,520 Yes. 243 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:46,920 Yes, I'll certainly try. 244 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:49,600 If you'll excuse me. 245 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:57,200 [Tommy chuckling uneasily] 246 00:09:57,320 --> 00:09:59,200 Now, come on, miss deane. 247 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:01,200 Out with it. 248 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:02,960 Is it a man? 249 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:05,240 How could you know that? 250 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:07,680 Happens to everyone, happened to me. 251 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:09,120 Oh! 252 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:11,320 [Tuppence] Tell me about this man, miss deane. 253 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:13,960 Well, you see, there are two of them. 254 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:15,600 Oh, that didn't happen to me. 255 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:19,160 I suppose one rich, one poor, and the poor one's 256 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:21,040 the one you like. 257 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:23,040 [Monica] I don't know how you know these things. 258 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:25,480 Sort of law of nature. [Chuckling] 259 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:27,040 There's Norman. 260 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:28,680 Mr. Partridge. 261 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:30,680 He was with me the night the wardrobe overturned 262 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:33,720 and the hoves' clothes were shredded. 263 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:37,520 He's kind, considerate, and rich. 264 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:39,680 A good man, I'm sure, if I married him, 265 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:41,040 all our troubles would be over, 266 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:41,880 it's just that... 267 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:43,520 You don't love him. 268 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:44,440 [Whispering] No. 269 00:10:44,560 --> 00:10:46,120 [Tuppence] Tell me about the one you do. 270 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:48,120 Gerald. 271 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:50,000 He's a dear. 272 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:52,640 Desperately poor, though a clever engineer. 273 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:55,840 We came up today in his car. 274 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:57,360 He made it himself. 275 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:00,096 I expect, if you look out of the window, 276 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:01,400 you'll be able to see him. 277 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:08,520 [Car engines roaring] 278 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:15,280 I understand your preference. [Chuckling] 279 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:16,400 Here we are. 280 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:20,880 Now, then, miss deane, tell us what it is exactly 281 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:22,680 that makes you suspect foul play 282 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:25,040 of a more earthly order. 283 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:28,640 It's the offers I've had for the house. 284 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:30,280 To purchase? 285 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:31,520 Yes. 286 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:33,640 Even before we moved, I received by letter, 287 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:35,520 a most generous offer. 288 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:38,560 Then, shortly after we moved in, 289 00:11:38,680 --> 00:11:40,720 I was still varnishing the hall. 290 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:43,696 [Chuckling] We had decided that the only way 291 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:44,760 we could keep on the house 292 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:47,760 was by taking in paying guests. 293 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:49,680 It was Crockett's day off, 294 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:52,080 and I was desperately trying to finish off alone, 295 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:54,120 before the first visitors arrived, when... 296 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:58,760 [Doorbell ringing] 297 00:11:59,680 --> 00:12:02,800 [Suspenseful music] 298 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:10,680 Good afternoon. 299 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:12,720 I've called to see your mistress. 300 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:14,640 I wonder if you would inform her. 301 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:15,800 My name is smart. 302 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:18,160 Percival smart. 303 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:22,240 Oh, still decorating, I see. 304 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:25,440 Mr. Smart, I am she, the owner of the house. 305 00:12:25,560 --> 00:12:26,560 Can I help you? 306 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:28,880 Ah, miss deane? 307 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:29,800 Mm. 308 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:31,560 Oh. 309 00:12:31,680 --> 00:12:33,120 I've been told the house is for sale, 310 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:35,240 and I might be interested. 311 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:39,640 Mind you, big place, difficult to heat, I expect. 312 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:40,760 [Chuckling] Still. 313 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:42,200 I'm afraid you've been misled. 314 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:43,120 I should be prepared 315 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:45,280 to make a most generous offer, 316 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:46,920 which if invested wisely... 317 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:49,280 Mr. Smart, this house is not for sale! 318 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:52,200 I intend to run it as a business proposition. 319 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:54,320 My first guests arrive next week. 320 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:58,280 [Dramatic music] 321 00:12:59,920 --> 00:13:02,080 Our first visitors were two couples. 322 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:04,480 The busby's had seen our advertisement 323 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:06,640 in the home finder, and the young couple 324 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:08,760 by the name of cockwell, 325 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:10,840 quite recently married, I suspected, 326 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:13,200 had heard of us through friends. 327 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:14,880 They'd all retired early. 328 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:17,560 I read to mother as usual, 329 00:13:17,680 --> 00:13:19,840 and settled her down for the night. 330 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:22,040 By the time I was ready to take her tray down, 331 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:25,360 the church clock was beginning to strike 12:00. 332 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:28,040 I had some sound coming from the cockwell's room 333 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:32,120 as I passed, but nothing out of the ordinary. 334 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:34,400 I was about halfway down the stairs, when. 335 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:35,400 [Crashing] 336 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:36,320 [Woman screaming] 337 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:38,600 - Oh! - [Clattering] 338 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:39,760 [Dramatic music] 339 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:41,360 [Screaming] 340 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:42,576 [Busby] Whatever's happened, miss deane? 341 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:43,320 It's all right, Mr. Busby, 342 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:44,456 there's nothing to worry about. 343 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:47,120 [Woman screaming] 344 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:08,120 They all left early next day. 345 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:09,880 I could hardly charge them. 346 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:11,600 And now there were the repairs 347 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:13,160 to pay for as well. 348 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:17,520 [Suspenseful music] 349 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:32,800 Upon inspection, it did seem as though 350 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:35,120 the four poster had been just cut through. 351 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:41,920 It was after three more sets of guests had fled, 352 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:44,200 following similar happenings, 353 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:46,920 that I received my third offer for the house. 354 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:49,360 A Dr. O'Neill called to see me. 355 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:50,680 Told me he was a member 356 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:53,240 of the society for psychical research. 357 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:56,000 That he had heard about the curious manifestations 358 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:58,280 at the house, and was much interested by it. 359 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:00,680 So much so that he wanted to buy the house, 360 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:01,800 in order to conduct 361 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:03,360 a series of experiments there. 362 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:06,400 First I was thrilled, and said so. 363 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:12,320 He smiled broadly at me, and my blood ran cold. 364 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:14,360 [O'Neill chattering] 365 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:15,640 [Tuppence] What was it? 366 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:17,160 What did you see? 367 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:18,480 [Monica] His filling. 368 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:19,600 A gold filling. 369 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:22,680 Yes? 370 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:24,440 Well, perhaps you'll think it fanciful 371 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:25,800 of me, but... 372 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:26,960 What? 373 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:29,160 [Monica] It was the same man. 374 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:30,720 The same man what? 375 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:33,280 The same man that wanted to buy it before. 376 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:34,400 Mr. Smart! 377 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:39,600 I remember quite clearly when he smiled at me, 378 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:41,360 he had a gold filling 379 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:43,160 in exactly the same place. 380 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:46,120 Then I looked at his ears. 381 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:48,120 They were just the same as Mr. Smart's. 382 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:51,920 A peculiar shape with hardly any lobe. 383 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:55,640 Well, I'm sure I hadn't made a mistake. 384 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:57,000 It was the same man. 385 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:01,240 This Crockett that you've mentioned, 386 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:03,840 miss deane, he's your Butler? 387 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:05,160 [Chuckling] Oh, no, I'm sorry, 388 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:06,320 I didn't make it clear, 389 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:08,800 no, Crockett is a she. 390 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:11,680 She was with my aunt for about eight or 10 years. 391 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:12,880 A middle aged woman. 392 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:14,440 Not always very pleasant in manner, 393 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:16,080 but a good servant. 394 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:18,160 She is inclined to give herself airs, 395 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:21,000 because her sister married out of her station. 396 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:22,160 Crockett has a nephew 397 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:23,296 who she's always telling us 398 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:24,400 is quite the gentleman. 399 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:25,320 [Knocking on door] 400 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:26,440 Come in. 401 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:31,440 [Clearing throat] Sorry to interrupt, sir. 402 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:33,600 A Mr. Rush is inquiring on miss deane. 403 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:34,960 Gerald. 404 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:35,960 Gerald? 405 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:37,080 Gerald. 406 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:38,920 Drove her up in his car, made it himself. 407 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:41,320 I see. 408 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:43,280 Well, I think that's all, 409 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:44,520 for the moment, miss deane. 410 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:47,400 Now remember, there's no need to be afraid anymore. 411 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:50,160 Blunt's brilliant detectives are on the job now. 412 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:51,080 Oh, thank you, Mr. Blunt. 413 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:52,200 What a wait. 414 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:56,560 Oh, there is just one thing. 415 00:16:56,680 --> 00:16:57,480 - Yes? - Your fee. 416 00:16:57,600 --> 00:16:58,920 I was wondering... 417 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:01,160 Oh, strictly on results. 418 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:02,280 Stop worrying. 419 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:03,896 You've been through quite enough already. 420 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:04,920 Hadn't we better have 421 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:06,136 miss deane's full address, Mr. Blunt? 422 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:06,920 Oh, of course. 423 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:10,160 The red house, starton in the marsh. 424 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:12,280 When will you arrive? 425 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:14,120 [Tommy] Unexpectedly, miss deane. 426 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:16,720 But remember, you have never met me before. 427 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:18,200 Either of us. 428 00:17:18,320 --> 00:17:19,320 Oh! 429 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:22,840 [Birds tweeting] 430 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:27,360 [Suspenseful music] 431 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:32,600 [Car engine roaring] 432 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:40,640 [Suspenseful music] 433 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:18,040 [Car door slamming] 434 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:26,080 But miss deane made no mention to me 435 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:28,360 of a party staying over the Christmas. 436 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:29,656 That is a matter for you to take up 437 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:31,120 with your employer. 438 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:35,160 Her ladyship made the reservation personally. 439 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:36,880 Here she is. 440 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,040 And here she is likely to remain. 441 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:42,760 Thinking of buying it, see? 442 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:43,560 This house? 443 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:44,920 The same. 444 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:47,000 - But hasn't she heard about... - The poltergeist? 445 00:18:47,120 --> 00:18:48,480 Oh, yeah. 446 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:51,040 You ask me, that's the reason she's so set on it. 447 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:00,640 Funny woman. 448 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:04,520 Oh well, I'll be off to the station 449 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:06,640 to collect her husband, Mr. Beresford. 450 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:08,360 Mr. Beresford? 451 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:10,480 I thought you said she was lady grasmere. 452 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:12,880 That's right. 453 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:14,560 Born to a title she ain't letting go of 454 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:16,480 for no marriage. 455 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:17,680 Money's all his, though. 456 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:21,280 Now don't you forget, a pot of Earl grey, 457 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:22,480 and plenty of hot water. 458 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:24,760 Right away. 459 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:29,880 [Suspenseful music] 460 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:31,040 Now tell me again, Tommy, 461 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:33,160 exactly as the bank manager told you. 462 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:35,440 That on the outbreak of war, 463 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:37,440 Monica's aunt withdrew all her assets 464 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:39,800 in gold and cash, and brought them back here. 465 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:42,240 So they must be hidden on the premises. 466 00:19:42,360 --> 00:19:43,600 Yes, and someone else knows it. 467 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:46,520 Which explains all the offers for the house. 468 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:47,976 You surely don't think she would have hidden them 469 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:49,440 under the mattress in the guest room? 470 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:51,520 'Course not, goose. 471 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:53,240 [Laughing] Then what are you looking for? 472 00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:55,200 An uneventful night's sleep. 473 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:56,536 Last time this thing collapsed, 474 00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:57,720 Monica deane said it appeared 475 00:19:57,840 --> 00:19:59,040 to have been cut through. 476 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:00,600 I'm just making sure we don't suffer 477 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:02,040 a repeat performance. 478 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:03,416 I'm very much afraid the four posters 479 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:05,320 always have an effect on me. 480 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:06,320 Always? 481 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:07,600 I couldn't possibly permit 482 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:10,440 an uneventful night in a four poster. 483 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:11,720 Tuppence, start concentrating 484 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:13,160 that fertile mind of yours 485 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:15,560 on finding this beastly treasure. 486 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:16,400 Now, you are a woman. 487 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:17,400 A neglected one. 488 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:19,240 Oh, nonsense. 489 00:20:19,360 --> 00:20:21,200 Anyway, you're far more likely than I 490 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:23,360 to know where an old lady would hide things. 491 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:25,360 Same place as a young lady. 492 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:26,480 Tuppence, really? 493 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:29,960 Talking of ladies, by the way, how is it 494 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:31,800 that in our disguised form, 495 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:34,520 I remain playing Mr., whilst you assume a title. 496 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:36,320 I thought it a perfect opportunity 497 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:39,480 to see how it might've felt had I married Graham. 498 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:40,816 [Laughing] You'll find a lot more 499 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:42,560 to put up with married to Graham grasmere 500 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:43,680 than a title. 501 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:45,800 A lot less, too, if my information is correct. 502 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:47,680 Tommy, you can be very cruel. 503 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:49,040 A-ha. 504 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:51,200 The clergyman's daughter has returned. 505 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:52,200 She's in for another shock 506 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:53,536 when she finds out who's arrived. 507 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:55,560 She's 25, I'm sure she'll manage. 508 00:20:58,360 --> 00:21:00,160 Oh, look, there's Gerald. 509 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:01,280 Isn't he adorable? 510 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:03,440 [Tommy] Mm. 511 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:09,080 Engaged, you say? 512 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:10,200 [Tuppence] Not yet. 513 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:11,560 That's our job. 514 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:12,680 [Tommy] I see. 515 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:16,480 [Tuppence] Oh, Tommy, we must help them. 516 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:18,400 We'll certainly try. 517 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:19,520 We'll have to work fast. 518 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:21,296 Once Crockett and that precious nephew of hers 519 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:22,376 get their hands on this house, 520 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:23,160 they'll turn it upside down 521 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:25,400 till they find what they want. 522 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:27,000 Ah, good, tea. 523 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:29,656 Yes, but tuppence, an old lady could hardly 524 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:31,000 have dug holes in the garden, 525 00:21:31,120 --> 00:21:33,120 or pulled up floorboards on her own. 526 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:35,040 I know, and she'd never trusted anyone 527 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:36,000 enough to help her. 528 00:21:36,120 --> 00:21:37,240 Tommy, there must be a clue 529 00:21:37,360 --> 00:21:39,160 amongst her possessions. 530 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:41,920 Oh, come on, old thing, I'm starving. 531 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:44,040 Let's go and surprise our hostess. 532 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:47,800 [Tuppence] From the very moment 533 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:50,080 I entered your house, miss? 534 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:50,920 Deane. 535 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:52,760 Of course, miss deane. 536 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:55,400 I felt as though I had come to rest. 537 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:57,120 Although rest is hardly a word 538 00:21:57,240 --> 00:22:00,080 one would use to describe someone possessed, 539 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:03,440 perhaps cursed, with psychic power. 540 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:05,200 Oh. 541 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:07,520 Crockett, leave the tea, I'll pour the rest. 542 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:10,960 I mounted your staircase as though in a trance. 543 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:11,840 And without knowledge, 544 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:14,040 I was simply drawn to the room 545 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:16,320 that we will now occupy. 546 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:17,520 And all around me, 547 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:21,120 I sense the presence of an unhappy child, 548 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:24,120 wilful and full of spite, 549 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:28,760 but in reality, longing for eternal rest. 550 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:31,400 I say, old, girl. 551 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:32,696 Mrs. Patrick Campbell had better look 552 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:33,400 to her laurels. 553 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:35,240 I thought you were wonderful. 554 00:22:35,360 --> 00:22:36,360 But why... 555 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:39,000 An impression created? 556 00:22:39,120 --> 00:22:40,160 Seeds sown. 557 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:45,480 [Suspenseful music] 558 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:49,320 Oh, but surely you can't think that... 559 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:50,160 Have you ever met 560 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:52,120 your servant's nephew, miss deane? 561 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:53,240 No. 562 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:55,240 Oh! 563 00:22:55,360 --> 00:22:57,120 10 to one he has a large gold filling 564 00:22:57,240 --> 00:22:58,840 in his tooth. 565 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:01,880 [Tuppence] And possesses little ear lobe. 566 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:03,960 Oh. 567 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:04,760 [Tommy] Now then, miss deane. 568 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:05,880 Oh, Monica. 569 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:06,960 Monica. 570 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:08,160 Can you tell me what became 571 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:10,320 of your late aunt's personal belongings? 572 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:11,280 Garments? 573 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:12,760 There were only a few. 574 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:14,080 Some were given to Crockett. 575 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:16,440 The rest sent to various poor families. 576 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:18,840 Everything has been gone through and turned out. 577 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:19,840 Papers. 578 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:21,080 There must have been papers. 579 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:22,680 Yes, the desk was full, 580 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:23,816 and there was some in her drawer 581 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:25,096 in her bedroom, but there were nothing 582 00:23:25,120 --> 00:23:26,240 of importance amongst them. 583 00:23:26,360 --> 00:23:27,376 Have they been thrown away? 584 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:28,840 No. 585 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:29,640 My mother is always very loathe 586 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:30,920 to throw away any old papers, 587 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:32,680 there were some old fashioned recipes 588 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:33,560 amongst them, which she intends 589 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:34,680 to go through one day. 590 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:36,120 - Good. - Was that gardener 591 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:37,720 here in your aunt's time? 592 00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:39,360 Is it old frank mulberry? 593 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:41,440 Yes. 594 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:42,400 Poor old fellow. 595 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:44,280 He's past doing any really useful work, 596 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:45,840 we have him once a week 597 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:47,040 just to keep things tidied. 598 00:23:47,120 --> 00:23:48,480 We can't afford more. 599 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:50,280 He used to come three times. 600 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:52,680 Perhaps, Monica, if you will be good enough 601 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:55,640 to collect up all your aunt's old papers for me, 602 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:58,560 whilst we have a word with old mulberry. 603 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:02,120 [Birds tweeting] 604 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:03,560 All along there it went. 605 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:04,840 As far as you can see. 606 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:08,440 It were all cockerels and peacocks end to end. 607 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:11,320 Deepest green you ever saw. 608 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:13,280 Green cockerels? 609 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:14,640 Topiary. 610 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:16,840 Like sculpture, it were. 611 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:18,280 Well, my specialty, my lady. 612 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:21,120 Proper artist, I was with them shears. 613 00:24:22,120 --> 00:24:23,520 But now, all these old hands 614 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:26,360 is good for is holding a glass of ale. [Chuckling] 615 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:28,720 When I can afford it. 616 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:31,360 The old lady was lucky to have you, mulberry. 617 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:33,200 Ah. 618 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:34,776 Let the place go to wrack and ruin they did, 619 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:36,000 once she were cold. 620 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:39,520 And those boys from the council houses, 621 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:41,200 they set fire to it. 622 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:42,880 But I knows all their names. 623 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:44,640 Yes, but while she was alive, 624 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:46,880 she must've depended on you totally. 625 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:48,960 Ah. 626 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:50,880 Everything that went on in the garden. 627 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,400 All her little secrets shared with you. 628 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:55,160 Maybe. 629 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:57,280 Like the unusual things she got you 630 00:24:57,400 --> 00:24:58,600 to Bury for her. 631 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:01,360 The box, for instance. 632 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:02,360 Box? 633 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:04,560 Yes, the box. 634 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:06,600 Thank you very much, sir. 635 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:08,680 Well, let's see now. 636 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:09,840 Box, you said. 637 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:10,960 [Tuppence and Tommy] Yes. 638 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:14,400 'Fraid I can't help you there. 639 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:15,520 [Tommy] Why not? 640 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:17,640 'Cause I never buried no box, that's why not. 641 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:18,560 Oh, but I, I thought... 642 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:20,920 Potatoes, carrots, fine spring onions, 643 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:21,760 plenty of them. 644 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:24,400 But I never buried no boxes. 645 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:28,080 They don't come up well, do you see? [Laughing] 646 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:32,400 [Tuppence laughing] 647 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:43,000 [Suspenseful music] 648 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:51,240 Oh. 649 00:25:51,360 --> 00:25:54,240 I say, miss deane, is anything the matter? 650 00:25:54,360 --> 00:25:55,360 Partridge. 651 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:56,880 Beresford. 652 00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:59,960 My wife, lady grasmere. 653 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,480 Oh, forgive me, I should have done that. 654 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:05,920 Mr. Partridge is my financial advisor 655 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:07,600 and good friend. 656 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:10,040 Mr. Beresford and lady grasmere are house guests. 657 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:13,280 Oh, I didn't realise you'd be occupied. 658 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:15,200 You're staying for Christmas? 659 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:18,560 That is written in the ethers, Mr. Partridge. 660 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:20,200 Lady grasmere is a student 661 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:21,760 of psychic phenomena, Norman. 662 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:22,760 Gracious me. 663 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:23,960 Another one. 664 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:26,360 You'll soon be charging admission, Monica. 665 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:28,840 We shall, of course, expect to pay the going rate 666 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:30,920 for our stay, Mr. Partridge. 667 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:33,760 I shall be in touch with you shortly, 668 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:35,400 for your decision. 669 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:36,680 Good afternoon. 670 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:38,720 [Tommy] Good afternoon. 671 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:42,000 What is it, what's happened? 672 00:26:42,120 --> 00:26:44,400 Norman tells me that the bank intends 673 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:46,240 to foreclose on our loan. 674 00:26:46,360 --> 00:26:48,240 Within two weeks, our remaining funds 675 00:26:48,360 --> 00:26:49,800 will have disappeared. 676 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:50,600 Broke, eh? 677 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:51,880 And that, I take it, 678 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,680 is a financially secure alternative to Gerald. 679 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:56,160 He's awfully clever with figures. 680 00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:57,720 He must be swift to tell a girl, 681 00:26:57,840 --> 00:26:59,720 when she's none left, to be clever with. 682 00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:01,680 Wants me to marry him. 683 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:03,520 What am I to do? 684 00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:06,680 There's mother to think of, and it's Christmas. 685 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:08,360 Get a grip, Monica. 686 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:10,320 You're not alone anymore. 687 00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:11,440 No. 688 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:14,160 And we mean to get to the bottom of this case. 689 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:16,320 Now then, have you collected together 690 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:17,880 all your aunt's old papers for me? 691 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:19,720 Yes, I put them upstairs in your room. 692 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:20,560 [Crashing] 693 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:21,680 Oh! 694 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,440 If one garment is shredded! 695 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:30,040 [Dramatic music] 696 00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:43,440 The poltergeist up to its tricks again. 697 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:46,080 [Dramatic music] 698 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:52,120 Monica, fetch her quickly, please. 699 00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:53,960 Not my clothes, Tommy, not my clothes, 700 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:56,520 they're all hired and we'd never recover. 701 00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:57,400 Not unless we've taken 702 00:27:57,520 --> 00:27:59,360 to wearing a jug and basin, my sweet. 703 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:00,920 Your things are quite safe. 704 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:02,920 Come, lady grasmere. 705 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:05,400 Settle yourself in here and await the vibrations. 706 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:10,080 [Suspenseful music] 707 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:13,400 This way, Crockett please. 708 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:15,080 Shh! 709 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:16,960 [Whispering] My wife is just returning. 710 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,160 I must have it. 711 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:25,240 Tommy, we must purchase this property. 712 00:28:25,360 --> 00:28:26,400 You see? 713 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:28,120 Confirmation. 714 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:29,616 It looks as though you have definitely found 715 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:31,040 a purchaser, miss deane. 716 00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:33,960 So kind of you to bring your housekeeper in. 717 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:36,800 Now then, Crockett, as you may have gathered, 718 00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:37,960 my wife and I have decided 719 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:39,760 to purchase the red house. 720 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:41,920 We should be delighted if you would consent 721 00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:45,160 to stay on and keep house for us. 722 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:47,760 Thank you, sir. 723 00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:49,520 I should like to think it over, if I may. 724 00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:51,120 [Tommy] Certainly. 725 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:52,440 Will that be all, ma'am? 726 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:54,240 Thank you, Crockett. 727 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:55,880 I'll clear the tea things. 728 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:56,680 Of course. 729 00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:58,320 So perhaps, miss deane, 730 00:28:58,440 --> 00:28:59,520 if you would be kind enough 731 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:00,880 to inform the other bidder 732 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:02,480 that the property is now sold. 733 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:03,600 Oh, but... 734 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:04,880 Oh, forgive me, but I do know 735 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:07,200 what he is offering. [Laughing] 736 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:08,520 It's a good price, 737 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:11,360 but I propose to offer £100 more. 738 00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:12,920 Well... 739 00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:13,920 Oh, what is this talk of money? 740 00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:15,256 It must not be allowed to stand in the way 741 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:17,440 of spiritual experience. 742 00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:19,800 The forces around us compel me 743 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:22,560 to remain at all earthly costs. 744 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:24,080 Stow it, old bean, 745 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:25,856 - coast is clear. - Oh, really, Mr. Beresford, 746 00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:26,560 you have no consideration 747 00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:27,920 for an artist's finer feelings. 748 00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:29,240 [Both laughing] 749 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:30,040 No, really, I was beginning 750 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:31,600 to quite enjoy it. [Laughing] 751 00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:32,440 Yes, I noticed. 752 00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:34,520 I thought you were both first rate. 753 00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:36,960 But why did you want Crockett so sudden? 754 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:38,640 Just to make quite sure, miss deane. 755 00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:40,440 - Monica. - Monica. 756 00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:42,960 Did you notice how out of breath she was? 757 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:45,200 That proves that she's your poltergeist. 758 00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:47,400 Just had time to escape down my back staircase 759 00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:49,760 after smashing the jug and basin in our room. 760 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:51,240 But the lights dimming, 761 00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:53,840 the windows flying open, and the cold air. 762 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:55,056 Crockett's often been present 763 00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:56,080 when these things happen. 764 00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:57,360 Yes. 765 00:29:57,480 --> 00:29:59,280 Well, I haven't worked out how yet, 766 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:00,800 but the who is fairly obvious. 767 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:11,880 [Suspenseful music] 768 00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:15,760 [Owls hooting] 769 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:17,960 [Suspenseful music] 770 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:19,760 [Tommy] [Sighing] That's the third time 771 00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:21,680 you've been through that box. 772 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:22,800 I know. 773 00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:25,560 Better move away from that fire, Tommy, 774 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:27,000 you'll drop off. 775 00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:29,040 Oh, well I'm taking it slow, 776 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:31,480 because I'm testing for invisible ink. 777 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:33,160 Shows up against the heat. 778 00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:35,120 Not so far, darling. 779 00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:39,280 Anything in particular struck you yet? 780 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:42,960 Two receipted bills, three unimportant letters, 781 00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:45,120 one recipe for preserving new potatoes, 782 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:47,880 and one for lemon cheesecake. 783 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:48,680 Ugh. 784 00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:49,520 What's the matter? 785 00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:50,920 Food. 786 00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:52,760 You know I can't think on an empty stomach. 787 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:54,176 Oh, you missed lunch too, didn't you? 788 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:55,080 Mm. 789 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:56,200 Although, I must say, 790 00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:58,216 when I think back on Albert's magnificent hamper, 791 00:30:58,240 --> 00:30:59,920 well, I'm quite grateful not to... 792 00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:03,440 Still, look what it's going to prove. 793 00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:04,240 Oh yes, I know. 794 00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:05,440 Crockett's guilt. 795 00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:07,080 Appalling food and no spooks, 796 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:08,800 a winning combination to confirm it. 797 00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:10,920 I'd still rather have had a good dinner. 798 00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:13,560 Well throw yourself into your work. 799 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:14,960 Come on, read me yours. 800 00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:17,600 One bill. 801 00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:19,720 One poem on spring. 802 00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:21,040 Two newspaper articles, 803 00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:24,320 "why women buy pearls, a sound investment", 804 00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:28,120 and "man with four wives, extraordinary story." 805 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:29,720 Oh, and a recipe for jugged hare. 806 00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:31,400 Four wives? 807 00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:32,600 Mm. 808 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:33,520 Oh, and I put this aside, 809 00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:35,760 because it struck me as peculiar. 810 00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:37,336 Although I don't suppose it's got anything 811 00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:38,576 to do with what we're looking for. 812 00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:39,680 Let's have a look. 813 00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:42,296 Oh, it's one of those funny things, you know, 814 00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:44,240 what do you call them? 815 00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:46,960 Anagrams, or charades, or something. 816 00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:49,120 My first you put on glowing coal, 817 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:51,000 and into it you put my hole. 818 00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:53,760 My second really is the first, 819 00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:55,760 my third mislikes the winter blast. 820 00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:58,600 Mm, don't think much of the poet's rhyme. 821 00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:00,520 Don't see what's so peculiar about it, though. 822 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:01,520 Everyone used to collect 823 00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:03,280 that sort of thing about 50 years ago. 824 00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:05,560 Save them up for an evening round the fire. 825 00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:06,960 I wasn't referring to the verse, 826 00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:08,520 it's the words below it 827 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:10,840 that struck me as peculiar. 828 00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:15,560 Look, Luke 11, verse nine. 829 00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:17,080 It's a text. 830 00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:18,360 Yes, I know. 831 00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:20,360 But doesn't that strike you as odd? 832 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:22,360 I mean, would an old lady 833 00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:24,120 of a religious persuasion 834 00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:26,600 write a text, just under a charade? 835 00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:29,760 Yes, I suppose that is rather odd. 836 00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:31,800 I suppose that you, 837 00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:33,240 being a clergyman's daughter, 838 00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:35,160 haven't got your Bible with you. 839 00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:37,240 As a matter of fact I have. 840 00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:39,440 - Ah. - Didn't expect that, did you? 841 00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:40,360 [Tommy clearing throat] 842 00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:42,160 Now, let's see. 843 00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:45,056 [Muttering] My first you put on glowing coal. 844 00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:46,760 Luke, Luke, Luke, Luke, chapter 11. 845 00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:49,160 - And into it you put my hole. - Verse nine. 846 00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:50,960 Seven, eight and nine. 847 00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:54,360 Tommy! 848 00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:56,240 Tommy, look! 849 00:32:57,360 --> 00:33:00,080 Seek and he shall find. 850 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:01,680 That's it! 851 00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:02,840 We've got it! 852 00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:04,880 Oh, Tommy, isn't that wonderful? 853 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:07,640 Solve the cryptogram, and the treasure's ours. 854 00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:08,760 Well, Monica's. 855 00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:09,520 [Both laughing] 856 00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:10,760 [Tommy] Yes. 857 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:12,376 Well, let's get to work on this cryptogram, 858 00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:13,640 or whatever it is you call it. 859 00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:16,680 Now, my first you put on glowing coal. 860 00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:20,720 Now what does that mean, I wonder? 861 00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:22,080 And into it you put my hole. 862 00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:26,120 It's pure gibberish. 863 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:27,120 [Tuppence] It's quite simple, really. 864 00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:29,480 It's just a knack, my love, give it to me. 865 00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:31,840 My first you put on glowing coal. 866 00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:34,080 Glowing coal, glowing coal. 867 00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:37,080 "Quite simple really." 868 00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:38,360 Don't crow, it's just that 869 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:40,360 I'm the wrong generation, that's all. 870 00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:42,640 I have a good mind to take it 871 00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:43,840 up to town tomorrow. 872 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:45,440 Let some old pussy have a go. 873 00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:47,360 Probably solve it quick as a wink. 874 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:48,160 Perhaps you'd like to take it 875 00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:49,720 to Monica's mother. 876 00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:52,800 Or downstairs, to that old ragged Crockett. 877 00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:54,640 Bet she'd solve it in novel quick time. 878 00:33:57,800 --> 00:33:58,680 [Tommy] All right, come on, then. 879 00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:00,400 Let's have another try. 880 00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:02,960 Now there aren't many things 881 00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:04,440 you can put on glowing coal. 882 00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:05,880 Water to put it out. 883 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:07,240 Wood. 884 00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:08,680 Or, a kettle. 885 00:34:09,720 --> 00:34:12,040 Has to be one syllable, I suppose. 886 00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:14,200 How about wood then? 887 00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:17,280 Mm, couldn't put anything into wood, though. 888 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:19,160 Well, there's no one syllable word 889 00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:21,080 - instead of water. - [Tuppence muttering] 890 00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:23,240 But there must be one syllable things 891 00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:24,880 you can put on a fire. 892 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:26,160 In the kettle, then. 893 00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:28,520 Saucepan. 894 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:31,160 Frying pan. 895 00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:32,280 How about pan? 896 00:34:33,240 --> 00:34:34,240 Or pot. 897 00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:36,880 Think of a word beginning pan or pot 898 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:38,880 that is something you can cook. 899 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:40,640 Pottery. 900 00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:41,936 Well you can bake that on a fire, 901 00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:42,560 wouldn't that be near enough? 902 00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:43,560 No, no. 903 00:34:43,680 --> 00:34:45,000 The rest doesn't fit. 904 00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:46,120 Pancakes. 905 00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:48,840 Pancakes, that would do, 906 00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:50,440 no, no, oh, bother! 907 00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:54,880 [Suspenseful music] 908 00:35:13,720 --> 00:35:16,160 Trouble is, I'm so hungry. I can hardly think. 909 00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:17,760 You saying pancakes has rather 910 00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:19,520 brought it all back again. 911 00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:20,960 What a rotten dinner. 912 00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:22,360 Or lack of it. 913 00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:24,600 Minuscule strip of mutton and one veg. 914 00:35:24,720 --> 00:35:25,800 Swede. 915 00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:27,680 Faithfully cooked to an old school recipe. 916 00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:29,080 No potatoes, no carrots, 917 00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:30,520 not even a Brussels sprout. 918 00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:33,560 What's the matter, old bean? 919 00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:35,320 That's it! 920 00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:37,600 The word, I mean, potato! 921 00:35:37,720 --> 00:35:39,640 My first you put on glowing coal, pot. 922 00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:41,560 And into it you put my hole, 923 00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:43,640 my second really is the first, that's a. 924 00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:45,840 Pot a, the first letter of the alphabet. 925 00:35:45,960 --> 00:35:48,400 My third mislikes the winter blast. 926 00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:50,200 Cold toes! 927 00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:52,400 [Chuckling] Of course! 928 00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:53,520 Potatoes! 929 00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:55,840 Very clever. 930 00:35:55,960 --> 00:35:57,056 Only trouble is we've wasted 931 00:35:57,080 --> 00:35:58,400 an awful lot of time over nothing. 932 00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:00,200 You see, potatoes don't fit in 933 00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:01,800 at all with missing treasure. 934 00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:04,000 Wait a sec, though! 935 00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:05,880 To keep new potatoes. 936 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:07,760 Put the new potatoes in tins, 937 00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:09,920 and Bury them in the garden. 938 00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:11,136 Even in the middle of winter, 939 00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:12,920 they will taste as though freshly dug! 940 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:15,600 Tuppence, you're a miracle! 941 00:36:15,720 --> 00:36:17,240 [Both laughing] 942 00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:18,640 To think it's just out there, 943 00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:19,840 waiting for us to dig up! 944 00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:20,960 Oh, yes. 945 00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:24,400 Oh yes, but not just now. 946 00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:27,200 The morning will be soon enough. 947 00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:29,880 Oh, but I'm much too excited to sleep now. 948 00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:33,240 Oh, good. [Laughing] 949 00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:35,960 [Both laughing] 950 00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:43,320 Oh, Tommy. 951 00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:44,440 Tuppence. 952 00:36:46,240 --> 00:36:48,360 [Both laughing] 953 00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:51,320 [Suspenseful music] 954 00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:56,176 I still don't understand why that gardener 955 00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:57,920 misled us so yesterday. 956 00:36:58,040 --> 00:36:59,200 Oh, he didn't mean to, 957 00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:00,856 he just didn't answer you correctly, that's all. 958 00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:02,280 What are you talking about? 959 00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:03,240 Well haven't you noticed? 960 00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:05,120 People never really answer what you say, 961 00:37:05,240 --> 00:37:06,320 they answer what they think 962 00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:08,000 you really mean instead. 963 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:10,176 He knew he hadn't buried anything 964 00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:12,880 out of the ordinary, just potatoes! 965 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:14,040 Oh, come on. 966 00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:20,280 [Tuppence gasping] 967 00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:23,240 [Suspenseful music] 968 00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:28,040 Tommy. 969 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:29,840 [Tommy] Someone appears to have 970 00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:31,080 been here already. 971 00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:33,440 But how could they know? 972 00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:37,080 Do you think they found the treasure? 973 00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:39,160 Well, if they haven't, 974 00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:41,120 it was never here in the first place. 975 00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:45,880 [Suspenseful music] 976 00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:56,920 Oh, goodness me, what long faces. 977 00:37:57,040 --> 00:37:58,400 Was the bed in the dressing room 978 00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:00,400 so uncomfortable, Mr. Blunt? 979 00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:05,520 I bet you'll never guess what this is. 980 00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:07,240 A note from Dr. O'Neill. 981 00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:10,720 He's increasing his offer by £150. 982 00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:11,840 Is he, by jove? 983 00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:13,320 [Bell tinkling] 984 00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:14,120 Oh, goodness me. 985 00:38:14,240 --> 00:38:15,320 Mother's bell. 986 00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:16,520 Oh, look at the time, 987 00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:18,880 and I haven't taken her tray up yet. 988 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:20,360 She's got a Christmas card. 989 00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:22,160 That'll buck her up, poor darling. 990 00:38:23,240 --> 00:38:25,120 Ghost of a chance, tuppence. 991 00:38:25,240 --> 00:38:26,240 A ghost! 992 00:38:27,240 --> 00:38:28,080 The race is on again. 993 00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:29,760 And this time, I mean us to win. 994 00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:33,320 Hello! 995 00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:35,760 Here comes our second piece of good luck today. 996 00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:39,440 You know what to ask him. 997 00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:40,760 Give him the treatment. 998 00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:41,960 Off you go. 999 00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:42,960 Oh, and head him off, 1000 00:38:43,080 --> 00:38:44,296 before he sees the kitchen garden 1001 00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:45,320 and has a seizure. 1002 00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:51,960 [Tuppence gasping] 1003 00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:54,880 Oh, Mr. Mulberry, good morning! 1004 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:56,000 Oh, what a surprise, 1005 00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:57,800 I thought you only came once a week now. 1006 00:38:57,920 --> 00:39:00,760 Ah, I just came for my box, m'lady. 1007 00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:02,120 Box? 1008 00:39:02,240 --> 00:39:03,240 But I thought you said... 1009 00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:04,360 No, no, no, no. 1010 00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:07,280 Not the kinda box you was asking about yesterday. 1011 00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:08,680 My Christmas box. 1012 00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:10,800 Oh, of course. 1013 00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:12,560 Do you mind if I walk with you? 1014 00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:14,200 No, I don't mind. 1015 00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:16,120 I'm just off down to see my vegetables. 1016 00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:21,000 [Suspenseful music] 1017 00:39:23,240 --> 00:39:25,880 Nothing quite like a Christmas dinner. 1018 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:27,760 Except sometimes, I wish 1019 00:39:27,880 --> 00:39:29,520 we could have different vegetables 1020 00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:32,840 to the conventional sprouts, the roasts. 1021 00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:35,120 New potatoes, now wouldn't they be 1022 00:39:35,240 --> 00:39:37,080 delicious with Turkey? 1023 00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:41,320 Do people around here ever Bury them in tins? 1024 00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:43,440 I've heard that keeps them fresh? 1025 00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:45,600 Oh, aye, that they do, m'lady. 1026 00:39:45,720 --> 00:39:47,216 Old miss deane, she always had three tins 1027 00:39:47,240 --> 00:39:48,320 buried every summer. 1028 00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:50,336 And as often as not forgot to have 'em 1029 00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:51,400 dug up again. 1030 00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:54,960 Oh, in the large bed 1031 00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:58,040 in the kitchen garden, wasn't it? 1032 00:39:58,160 --> 00:39:59,440 Oh, no, no, no, m'lady. 1033 00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:02,680 'Twas just there, by that wall. 1034 00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:05,040 [Suspenseful music] 1035 00:40:05,160 --> 00:40:06,160 Ooh. 1036 00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:11,480 Mr. Mulberry. 1037 00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:15,720 That's the Meadow. 1038 00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:19,160 [Crockett] That's the wood. 1039 00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:24,120 I can't dig out there. 1040 00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:28,960 What's she up to? 1041 00:40:30,040 --> 00:40:32,720 Soon find out, won't we? 1042 00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:34,680 Got to tell someone, hasn't she? 1043 00:40:41,960 --> 00:40:42,960 [Panting] Tommy. 1044 00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:46,240 Tommy, Tommy, I found... 1045 00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:53,040 [dramatic music] 1046 00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:07,160 [Coughing] 1047 00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:11,520 [Both laughing] 1048 00:41:13,120 --> 00:41:14,920 Oh, Tommy, that was brilliant. 1049 00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:16,600 How did you discover it? 1050 00:41:16,720 --> 00:41:17,920 Monica said that the curtains 1051 00:41:18,040 --> 00:41:19,800 were always blown outward. 1052 00:41:19,920 --> 00:41:21,200 Normally, with an open window, 1053 00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:23,120 the cold air would blow them inward. 1054 00:41:24,200 --> 00:41:25,216 I just noticed the central heating vents, 1055 00:41:25,240 --> 00:41:26,840 and it all added up. 1056 00:41:26,960 --> 00:41:28,080 Masterly. 1057 00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:29,440 Thank you. 1058 00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:31,440 Anyway, what were you doing? 1059 00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:32,760 Getting poor old mulberry 1060 00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:33,760 pointing every which way? 1061 00:41:33,880 --> 00:41:35,120 You were watching? 1062 00:41:35,240 --> 00:41:36,040 Well so was someone else, 1063 00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:38,080 at least I'm pretty sure they were. 1064 00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:40,520 I suddenly got the most creepy feeling. 1065 00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:42,760 So when he told me where he'd hidden the tins, 1066 00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:44,600 I simply asked him where the sun Rose, 1067 00:41:44,720 --> 00:41:46,136 where it set, and whereabouts in the sky 1068 00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:47,760 you could see the plough. 1069 00:41:47,880 --> 00:41:49,080 Quick thinking, tuppence. 1070 00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:51,960 Thanks. 1071 00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:54,040 When do you think it'll safe to start digging? 1072 00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:57,440 Not until after dark. 1073 00:41:57,560 --> 00:41:59,520 I intend to invest reinforcements. 1074 00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:02,040 Monica's Gerald can stand lookout for us, 1075 00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:04,560 with the help of one other, of course. 1076 00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:07,240 [Birds tweeting] 1077 00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:12,200 [Suspenseful music] 1078 00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:24,360 [Owls hooting] 1079 00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:31,880 Surveillance, Mr. Rush. 1080 00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:33,000 That's our game. 1081 00:42:33,840 --> 00:42:36,160 Always the prelude to an exciting climax. 1082 00:42:37,560 --> 00:42:39,960 Did you see lon chaney in the blackbird? 1083 00:42:40,080 --> 00:42:41,920 He was this limehouse thief, you see. 1084 00:42:42,040 --> 00:42:43,960 He used a second identity, a cripple, 1085 00:42:44,080 --> 00:42:46,640 to spy on the houses he was gonna burgle. 1086 00:42:46,760 --> 00:42:49,200 Anyway, one night, after he killed a copper, 1087 00:42:49,320 --> 00:42:51,040 he takes up his disguise as usual. 1088 00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:55,160 Finds his joints all lock. 1089 00:42:57,040 --> 00:42:58,040 Permanent! 1090 00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:00,400 It was so dramatic. 1091 00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:02,560 I'll never forget the look on his face when... 1092 00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:05,480 [suspenseful music] 1093 00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:17,800 [Spade clattering] 1094 00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:23,760 I never knew digging could sound so loud. 1095 00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:27,360 I say, Tommy. 1096 00:43:27,480 --> 00:43:28,520 What? 1097 00:43:28,640 --> 00:43:29,816 Out here at night, one could almost start 1098 00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:32,400 to believe the stories about that house. 1099 00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:35,360 [Suspenseful music] 1100 00:43:56,280 --> 00:43:56,960 [Thudding] 1101 00:43:57,080 --> 00:43:58,640 [Gerald groaning] 1102 00:43:58,760 --> 00:44:02,200 [Suspenseful music] 1103 00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:04,920 [Twig snapping] 1104 00:44:09,880 --> 00:44:12,400 [Owls hooting] 1105 00:44:17,880 --> 00:44:20,840 [Tuppence puffing] 1106 00:44:24,440 --> 00:44:25,440 Tuppence! 1107 00:44:34,200 --> 00:44:35,360 [Tuppence gasping] 1108 00:44:35,480 --> 00:44:37,800 [Clattering] 1109 00:44:43,720 --> 00:44:45,080 [Tuppence sighing] 1110 00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:46,400 Go on digging. 1111 00:44:48,520 --> 00:44:51,160 [Man] You call out, you're a dead man. 1112 00:44:52,640 --> 00:44:54,960 [Clattering] 1113 00:45:01,360 --> 00:45:03,480 [Both sighing] 1114 00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:04,600 Damn. 1115 00:45:05,680 --> 00:45:06,800 Third time lucky. 1116 00:45:07,800 --> 00:45:10,280 I believe the whole thing's a mare's nest. 1117 00:45:14,480 --> 00:45:17,000 [Dramatic music] 1118 00:45:20,560 --> 00:45:23,680 [Panting and groaning] 1119 00:45:25,040 --> 00:45:26,760 Thank you, Houdini. 1120 00:45:36,640 --> 00:45:39,160 [Clattering] 1121 00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:44,080 [Sighing] Potatoes. 1122 00:45:45,840 --> 00:45:47,920 No, wait a minute, Tommy. 1123 00:45:48,040 --> 00:45:50,360 They're only potatoes on top. 1124 00:45:51,400 --> 00:45:53,000 Oh. 1125 00:45:53,120 --> 00:45:55,080 Don't swing it about! 1126 00:45:56,480 --> 00:45:58,920 [Clattering] 1127 00:45:59,040 --> 00:46:01,880 [Dramatic music] 1128 00:46:04,280 --> 00:46:05,280 At last. 1129 00:46:06,040 --> 00:46:08,520 Open the loot, Mrs. Beresford. 1130 00:46:16,280 --> 00:46:19,000 [Coins jangling] 1131 00:46:21,560 --> 00:46:23,240 All she could get. 1132 00:46:23,360 --> 00:46:26,000 In gold, I suppose. 1133 00:46:26,120 --> 00:46:27,240 Open the other. 1134 00:46:31,520 --> 00:46:33,520 [Both gasping] 1135 00:46:33,640 --> 00:46:37,280 It must be £20,000 at least! 1136 00:46:39,600 --> 00:46:40,600 Shall I? 1137 00:46:40,640 --> 00:46:41,640 Please do. 1138 00:46:42,600 --> 00:46:45,120 [Dramatic music] 1139 00:46:50,320 --> 00:46:52,080 [Tuppence] Oh! 1140 00:46:52,200 --> 00:46:55,120 Well I don't know much about these things. 1141 00:46:55,240 --> 00:46:58,560 They must be worth another £5,000 at least. 1142 00:46:58,680 --> 00:47:02,920 [Tuppence] Oh, and look at the size of them. 1143 00:47:03,040 --> 00:47:04,280 Now I know why that old lady 1144 00:47:04,400 --> 00:47:05,600 kept the cutting about pearls 1145 00:47:05,720 --> 00:47:07,240 being a good investment. 1146 00:47:07,360 --> 00:47:10,080 Oh, Tommy, isn't it wonderful? 1147 00:47:10,200 --> 00:47:12,400 Now Monica can marry her darling young man 1148 00:47:12,520 --> 00:47:14,480 and live happily ever after, just like me. 1149 00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:19,040 Not for much longer, lady grasmere. 1150 00:47:21,960 --> 00:47:24,160 The sound of a 12 bore going off around here 1151 00:47:24,280 --> 00:47:25,840 will bring no one running. 1152 00:47:26,920 --> 00:47:30,600 Now, I'll take the cash please. 1153 00:47:30,720 --> 00:47:32,480 And the notes at my feet. 1154 00:47:33,920 --> 00:47:35,800 [Coins jangling] 1155 00:47:35,920 --> 00:47:37,200 [Notes clattering] 1156 00:47:37,320 --> 00:47:40,040 You'd better start digging, Mr. Beresford. 1157 00:47:40,160 --> 00:47:42,160 And make it a hole big enough for two. 1158 00:47:43,520 --> 00:47:45,760 My, lady grasmere, 1159 00:47:45,880 --> 00:47:49,960 you're still holding the pearls. [Tutting] 1160 00:47:51,640 --> 00:47:53,760 Let me relieve you of them, won't you? 1161 00:47:53,880 --> 00:47:56,600 [Albert groaning] 1162 00:47:56,720 --> 00:47:59,280 [Gun blasting] 1163 00:48:00,640 --> 00:48:01,840 Well done, Albert! 1164 00:48:03,920 --> 00:48:05,040 Tarzan the ape man. 1165 00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:08,640 Douglas Fairbanks in the black pirate. 1166 00:48:10,040 --> 00:48:11,520 Jolly good. 1167 00:48:11,640 --> 00:48:13,160 Now fetch the police, will you? 1168 00:48:14,200 --> 00:48:15,520 Tuppence, the money. 1169 00:48:16,520 --> 00:48:17,520 Oh. 1170 00:48:18,440 --> 00:48:21,880 Tuppence, if you really love me, 1171 00:48:22,000 --> 00:48:23,400 will you answer me one question? 1172 00:48:23,520 --> 00:48:25,960 I hate these catches, but all right. 1173 00:48:26,080 --> 00:48:28,200 How did you know Monica deane 1174 00:48:28,320 --> 00:48:30,320 was a clergyman's daughter? 1175 00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:31,960 Oh, that was just cheating. 1176 00:48:32,080 --> 00:48:33,960 I opened her letter making an appointment. 1177 00:48:34,080 --> 00:48:35,880 A Mr. Deane was father's curate once 1178 00:48:36,000 --> 00:48:37,376 and he had a daughter called Monica, 1179 00:48:37,400 --> 00:48:38,456 so I put two and two together 1180 00:48:38,480 --> 00:48:39,800 and just hoped for the best! 1181 00:48:39,920 --> 00:48:41,000 [Both laughing] 1182 00:48:41,120 --> 00:48:42,960 You're a shameless creature. [Laughing] 1183 00:48:43,080 --> 00:48:44,840 [Clock ringing] 1184 00:48:44,960 --> 00:48:46,480 Hello? 1185 00:48:46,600 --> 00:48:47,680 12 o'clock striking. 1186 00:48:48,920 --> 00:48:50,440 Happy Christmas, tuppence. 1187 00:48:50,560 --> 00:48:52,080 Happy Christmas, Tommy. 1188 00:48:52,200 --> 00:48:53,896 And it'll be a happy Christmas for Monica too, 1189 00:48:53,920 --> 00:48:55,000 and all because... 1190 00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:58,000 Oh, Monica, happy Christmas! 1191 00:48:58,920 --> 00:49:00,320 You look... 1192 00:49:00,440 --> 00:49:02,480 Is poor Gerald all right? 1193 00:49:02,600 --> 00:49:04,840 Yes, oh yes, thank you. 1194 00:49:04,960 --> 00:49:07,040 The police doctor said he must have 1195 00:49:07,160 --> 00:49:09,360 a remarkably thick skull. 1196 00:49:09,480 --> 00:49:12,680 Your brave Albert is kindly driving him home. 1197 00:49:13,640 --> 00:49:15,520 He's just a little stunned, that's all. 1198 00:49:16,520 --> 00:49:17,880 And So am I. 1199 00:49:18,000 --> 00:49:19,640 [Tuppence] Has anything happened? 1200 00:49:20,840 --> 00:49:22,000 We're engaged. 1201 00:49:22,960 --> 00:49:25,280 Oh, Monica, that's wonderful! 1202 00:49:25,400 --> 00:49:27,280 Congratulations. 1203 00:49:27,400 --> 00:49:29,520 [Chuckling] First class. 1204 00:49:29,640 --> 00:49:30,920 Hold on, I've got just the thing 1205 00:49:31,040 --> 00:49:32,560 to celebrate this. 1206 00:49:32,680 --> 00:49:35,320 I found something in your cellar, Monica. 1207 00:49:35,440 --> 00:49:37,320 Good old Gerald. 1208 00:49:37,440 --> 00:49:38,920 Fancy popping the question 1209 00:49:39,040 --> 00:49:41,320 after a bash on the head like that. 1210 00:49:41,440 --> 00:49:42,440 It shows stamina. 1211 00:49:45,800 --> 00:49:47,000 Come on, Monica. 1212 00:49:47,120 --> 00:49:47,960 Out with it. 1213 00:49:48,080 --> 00:49:48,760 [Both laughing] 1214 00:49:48,880 --> 00:49:50,720 Oh, well, I might've known. 1215 00:49:50,840 --> 00:49:53,440 Well, it's just that Gerald 1216 00:49:53,560 --> 00:49:55,560 didn't exactly pop it. 1217 00:49:55,680 --> 00:49:57,000 Not exactly. 1218 00:49:57,120 --> 00:49:58,720 I was so worried that when he learnt 1219 00:49:58,840 --> 00:50:01,560 the full extent of my new means that... 1220 00:50:01,680 --> 00:50:02,776 [tuppence] He'd be frightened off? 1221 00:50:02,800 --> 00:50:05,760 Mm, his pride, you see, he's so very masculine. 1222 00:50:05,880 --> 00:50:07,800 Yes, I had noticed. 1223 00:50:07,920 --> 00:50:11,440 So I rather took things into my own hands and... 1224 00:50:11,560 --> 00:50:13,520 [tuppence] Popped the question yourself? 1225 00:50:13,640 --> 00:50:14,680 Well actually, yes. 1226 00:50:14,800 --> 00:50:15,680 [Both laughing] 1227 00:50:15,800 --> 00:50:16,560 Was that too dreadful of me? 1228 00:50:16,680 --> 00:50:17,920 No, of course not! 1229 00:50:18,040 --> 00:50:19,400 Very sensible. 1230 00:50:19,520 --> 00:50:21,840 Girl sees what she wants, she should have it! 1231 00:50:21,960 --> 00:50:23,080 Oh! 1232 00:50:23,200 --> 00:50:24,400 Thank you. 1233 00:50:24,520 --> 00:50:25,400 [Bells tinkling] 1234 00:50:25,520 --> 00:50:26,160 Here we are. 1235 00:50:26,280 --> 00:50:27,400 Ice cold, too. 1236 00:50:28,720 --> 00:50:30,840 Oh, your mother is ringing, Monica. 1237 00:50:30,960 --> 00:50:32,160 But I don't think Crockett 1238 00:50:32,280 --> 00:50:34,200 is going to answer for a good many years. 1239 00:50:34,320 --> 00:50:37,800 Yes, well, I'll just go and settle her down. 1240 00:50:37,920 --> 00:50:39,440 I shan't tell her my news tonight, 1241 00:50:39,560 --> 00:50:41,240 it would only overexcite her. 1242 00:50:41,360 --> 00:50:44,880 [Tommy chuckling] 1243 00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:47,240 You know, I admire that girl. 1244 00:50:47,360 --> 00:50:48,960 Hardly out from under the strain, 1245 00:50:49,080 --> 00:50:51,480 yet able to take a decision on marriage. 1246 00:50:51,600 --> 00:50:53,320 Just like that. 1247 00:50:53,440 --> 00:50:54,480 Remarkable. 1248 00:50:54,600 --> 00:50:55,600 Yes. 1249 00:50:55,720 --> 00:50:58,400 Still, you're two of a kind. 1250 00:50:58,520 --> 00:51:00,320 Daughters of clergymen. 1251 00:51:00,440 --> 00:51:02,840 I should recognise your qualities by now. 1252 00:51:02,960 --> 00:51:06,320 Unpredictable, loyal, practical. 1253 00:51:06,440 --> 00:51:08,240 Very determined. 1254 00:51:08,360 --> 00:51:10,360 And damned attractive. 1255 00:51:12,560 --> 00:51:13,280 [Cork popping] 1256 00:51:13,400 --> 00:51:14,240 Ooh! 1257 00:51:14,360 --> 00:51:16,080 [Tommy laughing] 1258 00:51:16,200 --> 00:51:19,040 [Whimsical music] 1259 00:51:24,080 --> 00:51:26,600 [Glasses clinking] 1260 00:51:26,720 --> 00:51:29,320 [Whimsical music]