1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:03,320 [Upbeat jazz music] 2 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:14,480 [Happy classical music] 3 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:17,640 [Arthur] Paper, paper! 4 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:18,960 Good grief. 5 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:20,200 Read all about it. 6 00:01:20,320 --> 00:01:22,400 How did we ever get stuck with you, Albert? 7 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:24,600 It's cause I'm always on the spot when needed. 8 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:27,520 Your daily leader, mr beresford, sir. 9 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:29,160 Thank you. 10 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:30,000 Top of the morning miss tuppence. 11 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:31,360 Morning, Albert. 12 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:32,920 Mrs beresford, sir. 13 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:35,520 You seem a bit laden, darling. 14 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:37,760 Well, I thought I'd do kedgeree when we got home 15 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:40,000 this evening followed by rhubarb and junket 16 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:42,800 and spoonfuls of lovely gooey custard. 17 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:44,800 Good lord, just like school. 18 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:46,080 Are we really that desperate? 19 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:47,336 [Tuppence] Well, we haven't had a sniff of crime 20 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:49,120 for the last three weeks. 21 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:51,720 And a detective agency is supposed to detect, 22 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:54,400 not sit around reading the daily leader. 23 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:56,720 Or making kedgeree or junket 24 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:59,360 or custard, gooey or otherwise. 25 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,400 So in the meantime, I thought we needed cheering up. 26 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:05,240 Oh, do we? What did you have in mind? 27 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:07,720 I thought it was time we went dancing again. 28 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:10,840 Tuppence, my darling wife. My little help mate. 29 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:12,120 I am getting on a bit. 30 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:14,120 [Tuppence] Oh, you poor old thing. 31 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:16,080 Your sympathy is truly touching. 32 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,840 And you have two grey hairs in your eyebrows. 33 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:22,560 Not very observant. I have two grey hairs in one eyebrow. 34 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:24,360 - My right. - Your left. 35 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:26,680 My right, when I look in the mirror. 36 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:29,840 Oh but Tommy, you do dance so divinely darling. 37 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:31,320 Gently with the butter, tuppence. 38 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:32,720 When I was a nice young girl, 39 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:34,080 what a memory. 40 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:36,120 I was brought up to believe that men, 41 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:38,920 particularly husbands were very fond of drinking and dancing 42 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:40,096 and staying out half the night. 43 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:41,256 What a strange upbringing you had. 44 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:43,400 And that it took an exceptionally beautiful 45 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:45,240 and clever wife to keep him at home. 46 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:46,480 Oh well, there you are then. 47 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:48,280 Am I? Where, exactly? 48 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:51,280 You are an exceptionally beautiful and clever wife 49 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:53,176 and I'm kept at home and go to bed at half past ten. 50 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:54,000 Perhaps you'd like a little dog 51 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:54,800 to bring you your slippers. 52 00:02:54,920 --> 00:02:56,040 Good idea. 53 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:59,120 Oh no, but Tommy to be absolutely honest, 54 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:00,840 uh-huh, I knew it, an ulterior motive. 55 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:03,240 I want to go to the three arts ball. 56 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:05,880 Oh no, not the three arts ball. 57 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:07,520 Well it's for charity, darling. 58 00:03:07,640 --> 00:03:09,640 Which my upbringing taught me began at home. 59 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:12,880 In this instance, it is a home for distressed gentlemen. 60 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:14,360 Well, in that case, book me a room. 61 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:15,480 Oh right, we go. 62 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:18,560 But tuppence, think, think. The three arts ball. 63 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:23,640 Fancy dress, tepid champagne. The battle of the bread rolls. 64 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:26,280 Well, it's not purely for pleasure that I want to go. 65 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:28,440 I'm intrigued by an advertisement. 66 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:31,200 Kindly turn to the personal column of the daily leader. 67 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:32,320 Oui, mon capitan. 68 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:38,120 Now. Eighth insert down, second column. What does it say? 69 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:40,720 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. 70 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:45,680 I should go. Three hearts, 12 tricks. 71 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:51,040 Ace of spades, necessary to finesse the king. 72 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:52,440 What do you make of it? 73 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:56,160 Rather an expensive way to learn bridge, I should think. 74 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:58,280 You know Tommy, I sometimes wonder if you 75 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,040 pretend to be dumb on purpose or are you? 76 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:04,200 Um, it's a coded message of some sort. 77 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:05,440 Well done. 78 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:10,160 My guess is that three hearts is the three arts ball. 79 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:11,480 [Tuppence] Obvious. 80 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:12,640 Thank you very much. 81 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:14,336 [Tuppence] That's tomorrow. 12 tricks is 12 o'clock. 82 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:15,040 Midnight. 83 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:16,520 Well, obviously midnight you chump. 84 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:18,760 You don't give a charity ball during the lunch hour. 85 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:21,000 [Laughs] Yes. 86 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:23,000 The ace of spades. 87 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:25,920 Oh, not that dingy basement club in 88 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:27,816 Chelsea where we went just after we were married? 89 00:04:27,840 --> 00:04:28,600 [Tuppence] That's the one. 90 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:30,056 Where the mouse ran round and round 91 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:31,840 the stool like a dirt track rider? 92 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:33,400 I couldn't bear to look. 93 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:34,776 [Tommy] With screened off booths. 94 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:36,800 You didn't seem to mind. 95 00:04:38,280 --> 00:04:39,640 Um, hmm. Yes. 96 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:43,400 But what is the ace of spades to do with a three arts ball? 97 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:45,840 It's where you revellers go at the shank end of the evening 98 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:48,440 to eat bacon and eggs, Welsh rarebit and that sort of thing. 99 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:50,360 - Or kedgeree. - Very witty. 100 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:51,800 All in fancy dress? 101 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:54,040 Of course. Masks and everything. 102 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:56,440 How frightful. 103 00:04:56,560 --> 00:05:01,240 So three hearts is the three arts ball, 104 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:04,000 12 tricks is 12 midnight 105 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:06,520 and the ace of spades is the ace of spades. 106 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:08,040 Absolutely brilliant. 107 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:10,880 Yes, but what does it mean necessary to finesse the king? 108 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:12,880 Well, that's what I thought we could find out. 109 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:14,440 I mean, as a detective agency 110 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:16,160 we could do with a bit of practise. 111 00:05:16,280 --> 00:05:17,000 Ah, but if it's tomorrow, 112 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:18,960 how do we get fancy dress this late? 113 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:21,120 Oh, I've got them already. 114 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:23,880 I was a fool to ask. What are they? 115 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:26,040 Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. 116 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:28,800 Oh, not bad. 117 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:31,360 I shall look pretty nifty in a deer stalker with 118 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:34,600 a meerschaum pipe clenched in my manly jaws carrying a 119 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,560 violin case and hypodermic thingamy around my neck. 120 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:42,080 [Cheering and party horns] 121 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:20,480 Go on, admit it. 122 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:21,440 Admit what? 123 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:24,120 You're enjoying every minute of it. 124 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:25,720 Utter rot. 125 00:06:25,840 --> 00:06:28,800 I'm a bored husband dragged out against his will. 126 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:30,480 Jolly hot in all this padding. 127 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:34,240 Oh, but you do dance, dance, dance divinely. 128 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:37,960 That's because I love you. 129 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:40,800 Oh, it's so nice being out with you. 130 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:43,000 And you do say you do. 131 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:48,160 Home, Sherlock? 132 00:06:48,280 --> 00:06:50,960 Tommy, what time is it? 133 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:52,600 Quarter to 12. 134 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:54,960 12 tricks. Ace of spades. 135 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:19,520 Woo hoo! 136 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:30,720 Yoo-hoo! 137 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:34,080 How are you? 138 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:09,000 Oh good, still a den of inequity. 139 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:16,480 Oh hello my dears, sit down. That's right. 140 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:18,520 We have bacon and egg or Welsh rarebit. 141 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:20,840 Ooh, lovely, Welsh rarebit please. 142 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:22,096 Bacon and eggs for me, please. 143 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:23,760 And coffee too, or lemonade? 144 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:25,640 - Um, coffee please. - One gin. 145 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:26,960 I beg your pardon. 146 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:28,800 Oh, coffee's gin, dear. 147 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:31,680 It's served up in cups just in case the coppers drop by. 148 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:34,640 - What is tea? - Whiskey. 149 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:35,920 And what is lemonade? 150 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:39,640 Lemonade's lemonade. That's for them what don't indulge. 151 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:41,120 Lemonade, please. 152 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:44,400 Yes, yes, I'll have lemonade too. We've indulged enough. 153 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:46,920 So that's one bacon and egg, one Welsh rarebit 154 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:48,760 and two lemonades, I shan't be a tick. 155 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:51,480 I wonder which our people are. 156 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:53,880 Columbine and pierrot? 157 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:57,880 [Tommy] The gypsy and the battleship? 158 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,000 More of a fast cruiser, I'd say. 159 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:06,760 I say, look at that. 160 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:08,640 A rather good get-up, that. 161 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:10,320 Rather. 162 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:12,800 Escorted by a gentleman dressed in a newspaper, 163 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:14,840 courtesy of Alice in wonderland. 164 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:16,520 [Tommy] I saw him at the ball. 165 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:24,440 Daily leader, I expect. 166 00:09:24,560 --> 00:09:25,560 Where? 167 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:28,480 Tommy, do brighten up a bit. 168 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:31,680 I mean his costume was made out of the daily leader. 169 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:35,400 Oh, isn't it lovely? Scandals all round us. 170 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:36,520 It's a hell of a din. 171 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:39,040 [Shrieking] 172 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:42,240 What about that nymph? 173 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:43,720 Where? 174 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:47,080 [Tommy] Just coming in with the comic frenchman. 175 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:49,160 Oh, could be. But then it could be anybody. 176 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:57,600 Where do you think he's going? 177 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:00,240 [Tommy] To hurry up the drinks, I expect. 178 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:02,880 I hope our food won't be long. I'm famished. 179 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:04,440 - Tell you what. - What? 180 00:10:04,560 --> 00:10:08,040 Let's not detect anymore, we're enjoying ourselves too much. 181 00:10:09,680 --> 00:10:12,040 [Tommy laughs] 182 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:21,400 Why so serious all of a sudden? 183 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:24,440 I don't know. I have a strange feeling. 184 00:10:24,560 --> 00:10:25,560 What about? 185 00:10:26,560 --> 00:10:29,120 All in order? There we are now. 186 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:35,760 There's one Welsh rarebit and one bacon and eggs. 187 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:38,280 And two lemonades. Enjoy, dears. 188 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:39,400 Thank you. 189 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:41,816 I have a feeling there's something 190 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:43,080 wrong in the next booth. 191 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:43,880 Oh? 192 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,360 First a cry, then a laugh. 193 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:48,056 The two things didn't seem to go together. 194 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:52,880 And then the man strolling out. Too nonchalant. 195 00:10:53,560 --> 00:10:55,920 - On his own. - Yes, why? 196 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:58,720 I don't know. Let's go and see. 197 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:01,880 [Crowd chattering] 198 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:12,840 [Gasps] 199 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:15,720 [Dramatic chord] 200 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:21,120 Oh Tommy, quick. She's still alive. 201 00:11:23,680 --> 00:11:27,040 See if there's a doctor outside and then call the police. 202 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:28,536 Don't touch the handle of that dagger, darling. 203 00:11:28,560 --> 00:11:29,880 I know. I'll be careful. 204 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:37,640 My dear, can you tell me who did this? 205 00:11:41,680 --> 00:11:42,680 It was. 206 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:46,200 Bingo. 207 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:48,440 Bingo? 208 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:51,080 Yes. He's who did it. 209 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:55,760 [Hyperventilating] 210 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:00,400 [Growling] 211 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:09,440 I, I think she's dead. 212 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:16,536 [Doctor] We'd better leave things 213 00:12:16,560 --> 00:12:18,040 as they are until the police come. 214 00:12:20,680 --> 00:12:22,800 I'm sorry we meet again in these circumstances. 215 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:24,480 I'm glad it's you, inspector. 216 00:12:25,680 --> 00:12:26,696 We still haven't been able to 217 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:28,400 find out who the poor lady is. 218 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:31,160 No identification except for her costume 219 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:33,640 and the outfitters won't be open at this time of night. 220 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:35,360 Yes, doctor. 221 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:38,480 She died of the stab wound, which penetrated the heart. 222 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:41,200 In your opinion, could it have been self-inflicted? 223 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:44,040 Possibly, yes, but not very probable. 224 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:49,040 Now, mrs beresford. 225 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:51,640 What made you go into that particular booth? 226 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:56,440 Tommy and I, well no, I'll begin at the beginning. 227 00:12:56,560 --> 00:13:00,560 We came here straight from the three arts ball and soon 228 00:13:00,680 --> 00:13:04,840 after we had settled in our booth, I heard a woman cry out. 229 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:05,976 [Inspector] What sort of cry? 230 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:07,400 Difficult to say. 231 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:09,760 It could have been a cry of surprise. 232 00:13:09,880 --> 00:13:11,720 - Or of pain? - Possibly. 233 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:14,800 Followed by laugh from a man. 234 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:16,400 Then we thought no more about it. 235 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:18,040 When suddenly I had a funny feeling 236 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:20,120 that everything wasn't according to hoyle. 237 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:26,040 This man who was outfitted as a newspaper, he wore a mask? 238 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:28,080 [Tuppence] Yes. 239 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:29,880 So I suppose you wouldn't recognise him. 240 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,600 I'm afraid not. Tommy? 241 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:35,720 No. Apart from his costume. 242 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:37,560 Yeah. And, and his laugh. 243 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:42,160 Of course, we'd seen him earlier at the ball. 244 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:43,520 Yes, sergeant halliday. 245 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:45,840 Sir, one of the women what runs this place said 246 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:47,520 the customer dressed as a newspaper 247 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:48,960 skedaddled soon after he came. 248 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:49,960 Ah, bet he did. 249 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:51,520 Without ordering nothing, sir. 250 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:53,920 So who is the lady in there? 251 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:56,160 I thought you knew? 252 00:13:57,320 --> 00:13:59,520 There was no identification. 253 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:02,920 No, but her photo appears in all the society magazines, 254 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:06,160 the tatler, the sporting and dramatic, that sort of thing. 255 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:10,280 But not in the police gazette, I don't suppose. 256 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:11,400 So who is she? 257 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:16,440 Lady vere merivale, inspector. I'd recognise her anywhere. 258 00:14:16,560 --> 00:14:18,120 - Even dead? - Yes. 259 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:21,400 Righto. 260 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:25,360 There's no reason to keep you, mr and mrs beresford. 261 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:26,240 Thank you, inspector. 262 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:28,120 I need you for a bit doctor. 263 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:30,440 Sergeant halliday, telephone headquarters 264 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:35,080 and find out where we can get hold of, who would he be? 265 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:37,120 Sir Arthur merivale. 266 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:40,840 Sir Arthur merivale. 267 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:43,680 Right, sir. 268 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:44,840 This way, doctor. 269 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:51,240 Now darling, are you sure that's what she said? 270 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:53,840 Yes. Bingo did it. 271 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:56,520 Come on, lets get out of here. 272 00:14:56,640 --> 00:14:59,000 [Sombre music] 273 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:06,360 Almost dawn. 274 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:11,400 I'm sorry, darling. 275 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:14,240 Sorry? What on earth are you sorry for? 276 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:19,240 Dragging you through the three arts ball 277 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:21,680 and the ace of spades. 278 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:26,080 You weren't to know what was to happen. 279 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:29,520 But I was intrigued. That's my weakness. 280 00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:31,680 And your strength. 281 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:36,120 What really made you suspicious about 282 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:39,040 the goings on in that next booth? 283 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:41,240 The laugh, I think. 284 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:44,520 It sort of rang hollow. 285 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:47,480 And coming after the girl's cry. 286 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:52,640 That's it. Simple, my dear Watson. 287 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:01,000 [Sombre music] 288 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:08,200 Ah, mrs beresford. 289 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:12,960 I'm sorry to get you up so early, after last night. 290 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:14,760 Not at all, inspector. 291 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:17,080 This is mrs beresford, sir Arthur. 292 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:19,120 Like I told you, she found your wife 293 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:20,880 at the ace of spades last night. 294 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:22,320 Sir Arthur merivale. 295 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:23,240 Good morning, mrs beresford. 296 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:24,720 I'm so sorry, sir Arthur. 297 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:25,920 Thank you. 298 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:29,200 I can't believe and I won't believe that 299 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:33,280 captain hale could have hurt vere in any way at all. 300 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:34,160 Least of all. 301 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:36,040 Sir Arthur was very hard to convince. 302 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:38,800 Bingo hale was one of our closest friends. 303 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:41,960 We were at eton and Cambridge together. 304 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:43,800 Hell, he practically lived with us. 305 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:46,520 You must have been mistaken. 306 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:50,360 I'm afraid not sir Arthur. Your wife said it was bingo. 307 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:54,160 I said, bingo? She said, yes. Bingo did it. 308 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:55,320 You see, sir. 309 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:57,600 That's absolutely incredible. 310 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:02,440 What possible motive could he have had? 311 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:05,320 Well, if what I heard is true, 312 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:07,920 I know what you're thinking, inspector marriott. 313 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:10,120 You think that hale was my wife's lover. 314 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:14,000 Possibly no more than a rumour. I realise that... 315 00:17:14,120 --> 00:17:16,760 The three of us had gone about together for years. 316 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:18,840 Where did he go after the ace of spades? 317 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:20,200 Well, we arrested him at 318 00:17:20,320 --> 00:17:22,920 sir Arthur's house earlier this morning. 319 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:25,440 I came home by myself last night after the ball, 320 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:27,600 my chauffeur can verify that. 321 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:28,880 He already has, sir Arthur. 322 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:29,880 Exactly. 323 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:32,120 Bingo said that he was going to 324 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:35,480 go on to that club, whatever it's called. 325 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:37,720 Well, that's what he said he was going to do. 326 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:39,760 May I ask, did anyone know 327 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:41,280 lady merivale was going to be there? 328 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:44,200 Well, I certainly didn't. And I don't understand it. 329 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:46,040 As far as I knew, she was still 330 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:47,720 at our country seat in cornwall. 331 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:52,720 It's not a very pleasant thing to say, sir Arthur. 332 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:56,800 I believe captain hale had been paying a lot of attention to 333 00:17:56,920 --> 00:17:59,120 a certain young American lady of late. 334 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:00,760 Well, it's news to me. 335 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:02,120 Anyway, gentlemen don't discuss 336 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:03,800 their paramours with each other. 337 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:07,000 If lady merivale had become jealous 338 00:18:07,120 --> 00:18:10,040 and say, threatened to stop the affair, 339 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:12,560 you're talking out of your hat, inspector. 340 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:17,080 It's no good supposing this or that. We need proof. 341 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:25,880 What exactly were you doing there, mrs beresford? 342 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:28,760 Oh, well the same as everyone else. 343 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:32,800 We went there to pick up a snack after the three arts ball. 344 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:34,360 [Inspector] No other reason? 345 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:35,480 Yes, actually. 346 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:38,000 The day before I'd come across an intriguing 347 00:18:38,120 --> 00:18:40,640 message in the personal column of the daily leader. 348 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:41,440 [Inspector] Addressed to who? 349 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:42,240 [Tuppence] It didn't say. 350 00:18:42,360 --> 00:18:43,040 From? 351 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:43,920 [Tuppence] Again, it didn't say. 352 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:44,800 Do you still have the paper? 353 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:47,080 As a matter of fact I have. 354 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:51,960 Oh no, no it's at the office, but I can remember it. 355 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:53,200 Would you tell us? 356 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:55,720 It said I should go three hearts, 12 tricks, 357 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:58,520 ace of spades necessary to finesse the king. 358 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:02,600 You're a bright young lady, mrs beresford. 359 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:03,720 What did you make of it? 360 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:06,520 Well, three hearts, the three arts ball. 361 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:08,840 12 tricks, 12 o'clock. Ace of spades, obvious. 362 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:11,760 But finessing the king stumped us. 363 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:15,000 Whoever wrote that, was obviously not a bridge player. 364 00:19:15,120 --> 00:19:17,960 Anyhow, it looks as if it was inserted 365 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:20,080 to catch lady merivale's eye. 366 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:23,240 Do you read the daily leader, sir Arthur? 367 00:19:23,360 --> 00:19:28,000 No, not very often. My wife does, did. 368 00:19:29,120 --> 00:19:31,800 For myself, I favour the morning post. 369 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:34,840 Probably lady merivale and captain hale 370 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:37,560 had already arranged to meet at the ball. 371 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:39,880 Excuse me, sir Arthur. I know it's no business of mine. 372 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:41,600 But when exactly did you decide 373 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:43,960 to go to the three arts ball? 374 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:46,040 Three art shindig? Let me think. 375 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:48,680 Um, mm. Yesterday was Thursday. 376 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:53,280 Bingo said he was going to go on Monday 377 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:56,120 and he does a lot of work for charity. 378 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:59,080 I said I would pick out the costume and go too. 379 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:01,200 Did he make any comment on your decision? 380 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:02,680 No, not that I remember. 381 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:07,360 Good show, possibly, something like that. I don't recall. 382 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:09,840 That might explain the phrase 383 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:13,080 necessary to finesse the king. 384 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:16,040 To warn lady merivale that you were 385 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:18,240 going to be at the ball, too. 386 00:20:18,360 --> 00:20:19,840 Doesn't sound like bingo at all. 387 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:21,640 And you went as? 388 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:23,040 Me? Oh, the devil. 389 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:28,160 It was the only costume that the place had left, actually. 390 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:29,040 You know the sort of thing. 391 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:31,760 Yes. Yes. I think I saw you. 392 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:35,200 Well, I don't have a very clear picture. 393 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:40,360 Oh, long red cloak, a mask, red gloves, 394 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:44,200 sort of head dress thing got up to look like flames 395 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:47,680 and a fork tail stuck in the back of the cloak. 396 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:49,480 But not a dagger? 397 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:52,040 Of course not. Please talk sense. 398 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:56,040 I'm trying to solve a murder, sir Arthur. 399 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:57,600 Yes I know, I'm sorry. 400 00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:01,080 Please forgive me. I'm very much upset. 401 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:04,520 Naturally I'm on edge, but I'm afraid I can't help you. 402 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:06,520 Well, thank you for coming 403 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:08,440 to hear what mrs beresford had to say. 404 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:11,720 Not at all. I still don't believe it. 405 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:14,240 One further point, sir Arthur. 406 00:21:14,360 --> 00:21:16,600 There was a fragment of newspaper 407 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:19,080 found in lady merivale hand. 408 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:21,800 No doubt mrs beresford noticed it. 409 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:26,480 No, I'm afraid I didn't. But then, I was quite upset. 410 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:27,440 Of course. 411 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:30,240 What does a fragment of newspaper prove? 412 00:21:30,360 --> 00:21:34,160 A man dressed as a newspaper attacks a woman, 413 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:38,040 the woman, in an effort to defend herself, 414 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:42,280 grabs at him and tears off a corner of his costume. 415 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:45,000 Yes. Yes. I see that. Yes, go on. 416 00:21:45,120 --> 00:21:47,080 My men already have orders to take 417 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:49,560 captain hale's costume away from your house. 418 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:52,520 If there is a tear in it that fits 419 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:57,120 the piece of paper found on your wife's person. 420 00:21:57,240 --> 00:21:59,160 Well, it'll be the end of the case. 421 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:02,840 Well, you won't find it. I know bingo hale. 422 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:05,400 Of course you may be right, sir Arthur. 423 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:07,760 I apologise again for disturbing you, mrs beresford, 424 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:09,280 but it was unavoidable. 425 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:10,240 Of course. 426 00:22:10,360 --> 00:22:11,600 - Good day. - Good day. 427 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:13,320 We'll see ourselves out. 428 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:22,000 Oh Tommy, you shouldn't have. 429 00:22:22,120 --> 00:22:23,280 Why not? 430 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:25,320 I was done out of my bacon and eggs last night. 431 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:26,440 [Tuppence] And lemonade. 432 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:28,960 Yes, well, I thought more coffee 433 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:30,800 would be appropriate this morning. 434 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:34,120 Did you hear everything? 435 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:39,080 Just about. I'd say bingo hale was in for it. 436 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:41,880 Oh, only if marriott's theory is correct. 437 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,480 I mean, he said, if what I've heard is true. 438 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:46,040 Oh you mean about captain hale 439 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:47,760 being lady merivale's lover. 440 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:50,240 Yes. Now, who do you think he's heard that from? 441 00:22:50,360 --> 00:22:53,480 One of the servants of the house, possibly. 442 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:55,280 Are men really so stupid as to 443 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:57,760 have affairs with their best friend's wives? 444 00:22:57,880 --> 00:22:59,000 Quite commonplace, I'd say. 445 00:22:59,120 --> 00:23:00,400 - Really? - Mmm. 446 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:03,160 And who's your best friend? 447 00:23:04,120 --> 00:23:05,120 You, my dearest. 448 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:07,560 Tommy! No, but seriously. 449 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:09,000 I am serious. 450 00:23:09,120 --> 00:23:11,200 But surely not in the best friend's house. 451 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:14,240 In situ as it were? I really wouldn't know darling. 452 00:23:14,360 --> 00:23:17,520 You see, it's never happened to me yet. 453 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:19,800 Well, marriott seemed convinced that it's captain hale, 454 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:22,080 so the case ends there, as far as we're concerned. 455 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:24,896 We better get to the office in a minute. 456 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:26,600 See what a new day has to offer. 457 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:29,640 - Right, yes. - What? 458 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:31,760 There's something wrong somewhere. 459 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:34,560 And I'm damned if I know where. 460 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:36,880 Well, you know what you're like. 461 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:40,440 St. Paul. It'll come to you in a blinding light. 462 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:43,480 Eat up. 463 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:47,440 Yes, but what did he say, Albert? 464 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:50,120 If I don't tell it me own way, mr b, I'll get it wrong. 465 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:52,720 [Tuppence] Yes, Albert, he was a small man, about 50? 466 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:54,280 On the small side, I said. 467 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:56,080 Something between a dwarf and a giant 468 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:56,880 that's it, mr b. 469 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,040 Did he give you his name? 470 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:00,640 What he gave me was a cigarette card. 471 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:01,880 Cigarette card? 472 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:03,960 I think it was, I didn't really look at it yet. 473 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:05,720 Oh Albert, that's a visiting card. 474 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:07,160 Just as you say. 475 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:08,920 Huey telling, solicitor? 476 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:11,160 Verity, bilton and hackett, Lincoln's inn fields. 477 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:12,456 And he said he'd be ever so obliged 478 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:13,536 if you'd get in touch with him. 479 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:14,960 Did he seemed genuine? 480 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:16,680 In what way, mrs b? 481 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:18,000 How did he appear to you? 482 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:21,640 Well, he was on the small side. 483 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:23,680 Yes, yes, you've told us that already. 484 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:26,040 Nicely got up, white shirt, stripe trousers, 485 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:27,800 black jacket, bowler hat, umbrella. 486 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:29,280 What about the colour of his socks? 487 00:24:29,360 --> 00:24:30,856 Black, with an arrow. Black shoes, black tie, 488 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:31,760 alright, Albert, alright. 489 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:33,320 Well, you tell me to be observant. 490 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:34,240 Yes, thank you Albert. 491 00:24:34,360 --> 00:24:36,080 We will telephone the gentleman later. 492 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:44,720 [Albert] Oh yeah, there was one other thing. 493 00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:45,960 Yes? 494 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:48,360 He said he was representing a captain hill. 495 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:49,720 Hill? 496 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:52,240 Are you sure he didn't say hale? 497 00:24:52,360 --> 00:24:54,080 That's right. Hale. 498 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:00,176 Was there a number on the visiting card? 499 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:01,880 Yes. Oh, damn. 500 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,520 Old wood. One five, nine two. 501 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:10,320 But how did you know about us? 502 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:12,480 Inspector marriott told my solicitor, 503 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:14,960 Mr. Telling, about you. 504 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:17,720 That you'd be called as witnesses when I come to trial. 505 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:19,400 We've already made a statement. 506 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:21,240 We have nothing more to add. 507 00:25:21,360 --> 00:25:24,000 The inspector also said you run a detective agency. 508 00:25:24,120 --> 00:25:25,560 He considers you very capable. 509 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:26,880 That's very kind of him. 510 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:29,280 So, I asked my solicitor if you'd 511 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:31,320 be willing to come and see me. 512 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:34,920 Yes, well I. 513 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:37,320 Naturally I'd pay you whatever the going rate is, 514 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:40,160 whatever, well, happens to me. 515 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:42,600 Oh no, no, no. It's not the money. 516 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:44,360 It's the results we care about. 517 00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:52,280 So, captain hale, what do you think we can do for you? 518 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:59,080 Well you see, everything the police say so far is true. 519 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:01,320 You don't mean that. 520 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:04,640 Except for one thing. I did not kill vere. 521 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:06,320 But you were at the three arts ball? 522 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:07,480 [Bingo] Yes. 523 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:09,080 As a gentleman dressed in a newspaper? 524 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:10,000 [Bingo] Yes. 525 00:26:10,120 --> 00:26:11,496 Made out of copies of the daily leader? 526 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:13,080 [Bingo] I don't really know. 527 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:14,576 The merivale's housekeeper ran it up for me. 528 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:15,880 Why? 529 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:17,320 What do you mean, why? 530 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:19,600 [Tuppence] Why that particular costume? 531 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:21,960 She said she was a great reader of Alice in wonderland 532 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:23,440 and would that be a good idea? 533 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:24,720 I said yes. 534 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:26,056 [Tommy] And then you went on to the ace of spades. 535 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:26,760 No. 536 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:27,760 But we saw you there. 537 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:28,440 Yes. In the booth next to ours. 538 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:29,800 No. 539 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:30,640 You knew that lady merivale was going to be there. 540 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:32,360 Yes, all that was arranged. 541 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:34,160 [Tuppence] The message in the 542 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:35,760 personal column of the daily leader? 543 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:37,560 Yes. I put that in. 544 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:39,600 So your liaison with her was a fact. 545 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:43,440 Yes, I well, worshipped her. 546 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,840 Why didn't you go as arranged to the ace of spades? 547 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:50,880 Because somebody shoved a note into my hand at the ball. 548 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:51,880 [Tommy] From? 549 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,160 - Vere, I presumed. - [Tommy] Saying? 550 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:57,960 Not to speak to her at the ball or come to 551 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:00,320 the ace of spades because Arthur suspected. 552 00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:01,480 What happened to the note? 553 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:02,720 The note? 554 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,360 The note that somebody gave you. 555 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:09,240 Well, I don't know. I must have thrown it away. 556 00:27:09,360 --> 00:27:10,920 Did you recognise the handwriting? 557 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:12,080 Well, I didn't think. 558 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:14,640 And besides we didn't write to each other, 559 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:17,400 is it true, captain hale, that you 560 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:21,360 were paying attention to another lady? 561 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:22,480 A rich American? 562 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:24,080 Not really. 563 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:27,040 Oh I knew her, and we were friends, but it was the 564 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:29,400 gossip columns in the papers that printed the rumour. 565 00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:31,200 Did that upset lady merivale? 566 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:34,720 It did a bit, but we were very much in love 567 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:37,440 and hoped one day that we would be married. 568 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:39,880 [Tommy] Did sir Arthur know of this? 569 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:44,440 No, we were very discreet, 570 00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:46,960 but we hadn't decided how to handle the situation. 571 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:49,240 But we saw lady merivale speak to you 572 00:27:49,360 --> 00:27:51,280 and then go with you into the booth next to us. 573 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:55,560 - It wasn't me. Unless. - [Tuppence] Unless? 574 00:27:57,040 --> 00:28:01,080 Unless I was so drunk or mad and 575 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:03,120 killed her without knowing what I was doing. 576 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:07,840 Did they show you the dagger? 577 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:08,680 [Bingo] Yes. 578 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:10,560 Had you seen it before? 579 00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:13,216 [Bingo] I told the inspector I hadn't. 580 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:14,600 But you had. 581 00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:15,720 Yes. 582 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:19,720 - It's mine. - Yours? 583 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:22,400 Yes. It belonged to my father who served in India. 584 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:25,080 I know this is a silly question, but how on earth 585 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:26,816 do you think it happened to be at the ace of spaces? 586 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:29,040 I honestly have no idea. 587 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:30,256 [Tommy] Where did you keep the dagger? 588 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:32,040 At my chambers in German street. 589 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:34,200 Is that where you used to meet lady merivale? 590 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:40,520 Captain hale. 591 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:43,920 We may or may not be able to help you, 592 00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:47,640 but please, be frank with us. 593 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:49,600 In the strictest confidence of course. 594 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:55,000 Oh, I'm sorry. 595 00:28:57,160 --> 00:28:59,080 Yes. We met there quite often. 596 00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:04,280 Did lady merivale ever go there by herself? 597 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:05,720 Yes. She had keys to the place. 598 00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:08,000 [Tuppence] So she could have taken the dagger? 599 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:09,240 Yes, I suppose so. 600 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:17,200 If you didn't go to the ace of spades, where did you go? 601 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:21,720 Well, to begin with, I was pretty upset 602 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:24,440 at the note from vere, so I went on dancing. 603 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:26,160 Who with? 604 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:28,960 Well, I'm sorry. 605 00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:32,440 By that time I'd had quite a bit of bubbly and was 606 00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:36,560 dancing with, well, I'm not sure. 607 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:39,560 They were all wearing masks. 608 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:41,720 [Tuppence] What time did you leave the ball? 609 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:45,040 After the last dance, about, what would it be? 610 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:47,200 [Tommy] Carriages at one, the cards say. 611 00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:48,520 Then it would be about one. 612 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:50,800 Mm. And then you went to sir Arthur's house? 613 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:52,920 - [Bingo] Yes. - Straight away? 614 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:57,880 No. I went with three other people to the corner house. 615 00:29:58,240 --> 00:29:59,800 - [Tommy] Which one? - Strand. 616 00:29:59,920 --> 00:30:01,120 [Tommy] Who were these people? 617 00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:04,520 I don't know. We just drifted there, as I said. 618 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:06,040 Were you a bit tipsy? 619 00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:10,280 - [Bingo] Yes. - More than a bit tipsy? 620 00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:11,720 - [Bingo] Yes. - Blotto? 621 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:12,840 More or less. 622 00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:16,360 I was upset at the note from vere and puzzled. 623 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:17,240 So much so that you could have 624 00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:18,760 gone to the ace of spaces after all. 625 00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:20,696 Anyhow, vere must've been dead by then, mustn't she? 626 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:22,160 Oh, when they arrested you, 627 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:23,576 did they tell you what time she died? 628 00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:26,280 No. Look, I was at the corner house. 629 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:27,920 The strand. I couldn't, 630 00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:29,400 but you have no witnesses that 631 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:30,360 you were there, captain hale? 632 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:31,480 No. 633 00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:33,696 Were you still in your fancy dress? 634 00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:34,880 [Bingo] Yes. 635 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,800 So if we advertise for anyone who'd seen a man 636 00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:39,416 dressed in a newspaper at the strand corner house. 637 00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:42,720 It's no good. I was wearing a burberry over it. 638 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:46,320 Yet an alibi is what we're looking for. 639 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:50,600 Was sir Arthur still up when you got home? 640 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:53,040 No, but he'd left a note saying he'd see me at breakfast. 641 00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:54,656 [Tuppence] And the police arrived when? 642 00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:57,080 Well, I don't know. I just dropped off to sleep. 643 00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:02,240 When you eventually got out of your fancy dress, did you 644 00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:05,120 notice that the corner of one of the sheets was missing? 645 00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:08,440 Well, to tell you the truth, old man, 646 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:12,400 I was in no fit state to get undressed or anything else. 647 00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:14,376 You know the police have taken away your costume? 648 00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:17,280 Yes. So I gather. What that'll prove, I have no idea. 649 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:20,200 Well, captain hale. 650 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:23,280 We'll go away and put on our thinking caps. 651 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:24,480 Yes. 652 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:26,360 And if we come up with anything, 653 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:27,800 we'll let your solicitor know. 654 00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:30,720 And if you think of anything, however small, 655 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:32,360 please don't hesitate to let us know. 656 00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:33,720 Yes. Thank you. 657 00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:35,960 It was very decent of you to come and see me. 658 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:40,680 - Goodbye. - Goodbye. 659 00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:44,160 Goodbye. 660 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:56,840 Don't forget. I loved her. I couldn't have killed her. 661 00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:03,120 [Sombre music] 662 00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:31,640 The order of things. 663 00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:33,416 Well, you've got that very neat little plan, 664 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:34,800 tea is served. 665 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:37,080 Did anyone call while we were out, Albert? 666 00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:40,720 One phone call, mrs b. A man. Said he'd be round directly. 667 00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:41,640 [Tommy] Didn't you ask who he was? 668 00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:43,400 - Course I did. - [Tuppence] Who was he? 669 00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:45,416 That copper what thinks you're behaving suspiciously. 670 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:47,040 Oh really, Albert, your sense of humour 671 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:48,320 will be the death of us. 672 00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:49,440 Yes, or of you. 673 00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:51,360 So when did the inspector say he'd be around. 674 00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:52,480 Now. 675 00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:56,120 Do we tell him we've seen captain hale? 676 00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:57,160 I bet he knows. 677 00:32:57,240 --> 00:32:59,440 Inspector marriott of Scotland yard. 678 00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:03,080 What's he up to now? 679 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:05,000 I think he'd like to be playing a Butler. 680 00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:06,600 The Butler did it, eh? 681 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:10,200 Yes. 682 00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:11,656 Well you can tell he's a smart lad, because knowing 683 00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:14,240 you were coming, inspector, he's put out an extra teacup. 684 00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:15,360 Good. Just what I need. 685 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:16,520 Please. 686 00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:19,920 Well, I thought you two would 687 00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:21,760 like to know the latest developments. 688 00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:23,520 We certainly would. 689 00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:27,000 By the way, how did captain hale impress you? 690 00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:30,120 Quite straight forward, we thought. 691 00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:32,680 Yes, he's a plausible rogue. 692 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:34,320 Why do you say that? 693 00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:37,720 Well, I've never known a clearer case. 694 00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:39,400 I mean, the dagger was his. 695 00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:42,880 How did you know that? 696 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:45,520 The Charlie at his chambers recognised it. 697 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:47,680 [Tommy] You've been pretty busy. 698 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:50,600 That's why we're called busies. 699 00:33:53,560 --> 00:33:55,056 Well, it's best to get these sort of things 700 00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:56,360 over with, don't you think? 701 00:33:57,440 --> 00:33:59,280 We'll have his confession by nightfall. 702 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:01,200 Oh, so I won't have to be called as a witness? 703 00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:02,320 There'll be no need. 704 00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:04,160 [Tommy] He won't confess. 705 00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:06,680 What makes you think that? 706 00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:09,120 Because he knows he didn't do it. 707 00:34:09,240 --> 00:34:11,480 Tuppence and I know a bit about that man. 708 00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:14,240 He'll confess when I present him with 709 00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:18,240 a piece of paper torn from his fancy dress. 710 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:19,960 It fits exactly. 711 00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:23,960 - Exactly? - Exactly. 712 00:34:24,080 --> 00:34:26,160 From Tuesday's daily leader. 713 00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:32,880 I brought you round some photographs of the exhibits. 714 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:34,200 I thought you'd be interested. 715 00:34:34,240 --> 00:34:36,760 [Tuppence] Oh, thank you. 716 00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:39,480 This one is of captain hale's costume. 717 00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:43,160 This is a closer one of the tear. 718 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:47,200 And this one is of the piece of paper 719 00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:50,080 we found clutched in lady merivale's hand. 720 00:34:52,240 --> 00:34:55,480 A perfectly clear case, wouldn't you say? 721 00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:58,880 Oh yes. On the surface, it certainly looks like it. 722 00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:01,760 What do you mean on the surface? 723 00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:05,560 Well, there may be a piece of the Jigsaw missing. 724 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:09,760 Then let me know when and if you find it. 725 00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:14,920 - Thanks for the cuppa. - Not at all. 726 00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:16,576 I'll let you know if anything else crops up. 727 00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:17,720 Thank you. 728 00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:19,800 Goodbye mrs beresford. 729 00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:21,600 - Oh, tuppence? - Hmm? 730 00:35:21,720 --> 00:35:22,800 [Tommy] The inspector. 731 00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:26,240 Oh, sorry. Goodbye inspector. 732 00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:27,360 Goodbye. 733 00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:30,560 Albert? 734 00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:36,280 Come here Tommy. Look at this. 735 00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:39,000 What do you make of those marks there? 736 00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:46,120 Stitch marks I'd say. Where the sheets were sewn together. 737 00:35:46,240 --> 00:35:49,640 [Tuppence] And what about these three stars here? 738 00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:51,040 Just before the tear? 739 00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:54,120 Well, some papers put special signs 740 00:35:54,240 --> 00:35:56,440 on different editions and different days. 741 00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:57,560 Why? 742 00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:01,600 Well, i'm, I'm not at Liberty to divulge 743 00:36:01,720 --> 00:36:02,736 the source of my information. 744 00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:04,760 You mean you don't know. 745 00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:05,760 There are times, tuppence, when 746 00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:07,720 I really don't think we're very compatible. 747 00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:09,560 Oh, I remember that I heard that 748 00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:11,920 an early morning edition of the times had a crown on it. 749 00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:14,000 One especially for Buckingham Palace. 750 00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:15,920 Yes, and some papers place white dots on 751 00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:18,160 certain black lettering at the top. 752 00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:20,840 Oh, you're right darling. Look, there! 753 00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:21,960 That's what I said. 754 00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:23,000 Albert! 755 00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:24,680 [Tommy] What are you up to now? 756 00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:25,800 Did I hear my name? 757 00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:27,400 We want you to collect all the copies 758 00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:29,120 of the daily leader for the past week. 759 00:36:29,240 --> 00:36:30,040 Where do I find them? 760 00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:31,760 How about a newsagent? 761 00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:33,440 They jettison old newspapers. 762 00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:34,560 They what? 763 00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:35,880 Throw them out. Jettison. 764 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:37,840 Nip over to fleet street, take a taxi. 765 00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:39,280 And bring them back here? 766 00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:41,176 [Tommy] Of course bring them back here, nitwit. 767 00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:42,200 I'm on my way. 768 00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:46,880 Am I right in thinking you're onto a hunch? 769 00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:49,120 - The wherewithal. - [Tommy] The what? 770 00:36:49,240 --> 00:36:52,800 The Luca. The brass for the taxi metre cabriolet? 771 00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:54,720 Why can't you just say money, Albert? 772 00:36:56,760 --> 00:36:57,760 Cheers, guv. 773 00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:01,560 Why do you think inspector marriott 774 00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:04,520 keeps saying it's a perfectly clear case. 775 00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:06,320 Smug satisfaction, I expect. 776 00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:08,480 I don't think so. 777 00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:10,560 I think he's trying to get us rattled. 778 00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:12,000 [Tommy] Rattled? 779 00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:12,440 Well, no, but you know, put us on the [speaks French]. 780 00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:13,560 Pourquoi? 781 00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:16,136 Well, for instance, butchers know about meat. 782 00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:17,440 Are you feeling alright, darling? 783 00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:18,816 And grocers know about vegetables. 784 00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:20,120 And fishermen about fish. 785 00:37:20,240 --> 00:37:22,000 And Scotland yard detectives must know 786 00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:24,640 all about criminals, so, in my humble opinion, 787 00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:25,920 humble? 788 00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:27,880 Inspector marriott's expert knowledge tells him 789 00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:30,080 that captain hale isn't a criminal. 790 00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:32,240 Yet all the facts are dead against him. 791 00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:36,920 So as a last resort, he's getting us irritated. 792 00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:39,520 Thereby hoping that some important detail from last night 793 00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:42,920 will come back to us and throw a different light on things. 794 00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:47,880 Exactly. I mean, why shouldn't it be suicide? 795 00:37:48,640 --> 00:37:49,656 After what she said to you? 796 00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:51,296 Ah yes, but look at it from a different way. 797 00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:52,520 Huh? 798 00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:54,216 I mean, it was bingo's doing, it was his conduct, 799 00:37:54,240 --> 00:37:56,520 his waffling, his not making a decision 800 00:37:56,640 --> 00:37:57,640 that drove her to it. 801 00:37:57,760 --> 00:37:59,000 It's just possible. 802 00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:01,456 Especially if he was messing about with that American woman. 803 00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:02,960 And so she killed herself in front 804 00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:06,400 of captain hale as a kind of gesture. 805 00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:08,440 Hell hath, no fury like a woman scorned. 806 00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:10,720 Having pinched his dagger from the hale chambers. 807 00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:12,096 So quite naturally he would deny 808 00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:13,416 ever having been at the ace of spades. 809 00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:15,480 Well, there we are then. Suicide. 810 00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:16,840 No, I don't believe it, do you? 811 00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:19,520 No. And there's another thing. 812 00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:20,280 [Tommy] What? 813 00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:21,160 Well, there was the note from 814 00:38:21,280 --> 00:38:22,616 lady merivale that somebody gave him. 815 00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:24,120 Well, he said he'd thrown it away. 816 00:38:24,240 --> 00:38:26,680 Yes, but who gave it to him? 817 00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:28,320 A commissionaire, possibly? 818 00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:31,440 But if captain hale was in fancy dress and a mask, 819 00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:34,560 how did the commissionaire know who to give the note to? 820 00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:36,080 Good point, darling. 821 00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:41,120 Well, perhaps somebody went up 822 00:38:41,240 --> 00:38:43,680 to the commissionaire and said, "give this note 823 00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:46,080 to the gentlemen dressed as a newspaper." 824 00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:50,760 And that somebody, this man or woman 825 00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:53,480 must've known who the man dressed as a newspaper was. 826 00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:54,600 Brilliant. 827 00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:55,560 I'm a fool. 828 00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:56,816 Yeah, there's no need to tell us. 829 00:38:56,840 --> 00:38:57,680 I save all the papers. 830 00:38:57,800 --> 00:38:58,920 What on earth for? 831 00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:00,200 - For me cat. - Can it read? 832 00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:03,320 Oh, don't lets get into it. Well done Albert. 833 00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:04,440 I'll be off then. 834 00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:07,120 Oh, just a minute. What about the taxi fare? 835 00:39:07,240 --> 00:39:10,240 What fare? What taxi? I never took no taxi. 836 00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:11,856 Oh, I'm sorry, Albert, but that's not honest. 837 00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:12,680 And you'll have to go. 838 00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:13,920 Oh, thanks guv. 839 00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:15,416 I'll be off then. See you tomorrow. Toodle-oo. 840 00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:17,800 Albert. Albert, just a minute. 841 00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:21,200 What a wretched boy. Now, what are you up to Sherlock? 842 00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:26,160 Not so simple, my dear Watson, but hey, look at this. 843 00:39:26,720 --> 00:39:28,560 This is Tuesday's paper. 844 00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:30,080 Tuesday. Now that was, 845 00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:32,640 Tuesday, Tuesday, two days before the three arts ball. 846 00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:33,800 Now what do you see? 847 00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:37,200 Two stars and a hieroglyphic on the left 848 00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:38,680 and two white dots on the t of the. 849 00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:40,120 No denying that. 850 00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:44,480 And this is Wednesday's paper. What do you see? 851 00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:48,640 Three stars, no hieroglyphic 852 00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:51,280 and one white dot on the t of the. 853 00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:53,200 Well, I'm sure you're right, darling. 854 00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:55,960 Well, don't you see? 855 00:39:56,080 --> 00:39:59,200 Well yes, of course I do. No. 856 00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:00,320 Oh, well then, look. 857 00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:05,280 Here's a photo of the piece torn from the newspaper. 858 00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:10,240 You see? It fits perfectly, but it's not the same paper. 859 00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:15,160 One's Tuesday's and the other's Wednesday's. 860 00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:18,120 Yes, you're right! 861 00:40:18,240 --> 00:40:21,800 So our client captain hale must have realised 862 00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:24,160 that a piece of his costume had been torn off, 863 00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:26,960 but did not realise that had been torn off by lady merivale 864 00:40:27,080 --> 00:40:28,600 and then tried to, oh no, no, no. 865 00:40:28,720 --> 00:40:29,720 That's not right. 866 00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:31,480 Tuppence. 867 00:40:33,280 --> 00:40:36,160 I think we've got to have a chat with sir Arthur. 868 00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:40,720 Oh my darling. You always have the best ideas. 869 00:40:42,720 --> 00:40:45,400 You must forgive us for asking you here, sir Arthur. 870 00:40:45,520 --> 00:40:48,760 But we've discovered something we think you ought to know. 871 00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:50,160 Yes? 872 00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:52,960 And we know how anxious you are to clear your friend. 873 00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:55,360 When I was, but even I have to give in 874 00:40:55,480 --> 00:40:57,080 to the overwhelming evidence. 875 00:40:58,040 --> 00:40:59,280 What would you say, sir Arthur, 876 00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:02,200 if we told you that we'd found a new piece of evidence, 877 00:41:02,320 --> 00:41:04,440 that would completely clear captain hale? 878 00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:06,320 I should be overjoyed. 879 00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:09,280 Supposing we told you that we'd found the girl who was 880 00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:12,040 with captain hale at the strand corner house last night. 881 00:41:12,160 --> 00:41:15,720 Marvellous. Marvellous. 882 00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:17,880 Do you know, I knew there was some mistake. 883 00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:20,160 Oh, poor vere. She must have killed herself. 884 00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:24,440 Hardly that. You forget the other man. 885 00:41:26,720 --> 00:41:27,720 What other man? 886 00:41:28,560 --> 00:41:31,160 [Tuppence] The man we saw leaving the booth next to ours. 887 00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:32,336 I'm afraid I didn't follow. 888 00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:34,120 Are you trying to say that there were two men 889 00:41:34,240 --> 00:41:36,240 at the ball dressed as a newspaper? 890 00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:38,520 No, not at the ball. 891 00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:39,976 I'm afraid I'm thoroughly confused. 892 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:41,760 I, I don't think I could spend any more time. 893 00:41:41,840 --> 00:41:44,640 May I give you my ideas on this subject? 894 00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:58,360 When this second man saw an opportunity, 895 00:41:58,480 --> 00:42:01,160 he asked the commissionaire to give captain hale a note. 896 00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:16,080 The note telling him not to speak to a certain lady. 897 00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:19,520 But the lady herself knows nothing of that note. 898 00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:23,920 The note was certainly not written by lady merivale, 899 00:42:24,040 --> 00:42:25,880 which is why she went to the ace of spades 900 00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:28,040 to meet captain hale as arranged. 901 00:42:30,480 --> 00:42:33,320 After the second man had seen lady merivale leave, 902 00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:38,200 he followed and took a taxi to the ace of spades. 903 00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:41,440 Tommy, what time is it? 904 00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:42,880 Quarter to 12. 905 00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:45,120 12 tricks. Ace of spades! 906 00:42:50,240 --> 00:42:52,280 Car's this way, darling. 907 00:43:22,320 --> 00:43:24,720 During the journey, he discards his devil's clothes 908 00:43:25,960 --> 00:43:28,000 and assumes another disguise. 909 00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:33,000 A man dressed in a newspaper. 910 00:43:37,600 --> 00:43:41,280 All very cunningly planned by this second man. 911 00:43:44,480 --> 00:43:46,320 Oh good, still a den of inequity! 912 00:43:47,640 --> 00:43:51,920 Meanwhile, at the ace of spades, lady merivale 913 00:43:52,040 --> 00:43:54,240 couldn't understand where captain hale had got to. 914 00:43:58,360 --> 00:44:00,840 The man had discovered that lady merivale was an 915 00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:03,320 unfaithful wife and had managed to get 916 00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:06,640 into captain hale's chambers to steal the dagger. 917 00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:11,360 Wait here, would you? 918 00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:29,720 Lady merivale continues into the booth, 919 00:44:30,720 --> 00:44:33,360 happily thinking her love is with her. 920 00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:35,560 She puts out her arms. 921 00:44:35,680 --> 00:44:38,960 He goes to her and embraces her. 922 00:44:39,080 --> 00:44:42,880 During the embrace he stabs her. 923 00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:44,840 She cries out. 924 00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:46,360 He laughs, 925 00:44:54,040 --> 00:44:56,120 And leaves the ace of spades. 926 00:44:59,840 --> 00:45:01,520 Where do you think he's going? 927 00:45:01,640 --> 00:45:03,400 To hurry up the drinks, I expect. 928 00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:07,000 [Tuppence] So far, it was a fairly straightforward murder. 929 00:45:09,320 --> 00:45:10,760 Albert hall, please. 930 00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:20,816 But on his way back to the Albert hall, 931 00:45:20,840 --> 00:45:24,080 he notices that a piece of paper of his getup 932 00:45:24,200 --> 00:45:26,520 has been torn off by lady merivale. 933 00:45:27,680 --> 00:45:29,880 That would present great difficulties. 934 00:45:30,960 --> 00:45:35,800 Unless the men happened to be living in the same house. 935 00:45:38,760 --> 00:45:42,520 Fortunately for him, they were. 936 00:45:45,160 --> 00:45:46,840 This made things simplicity itself. 937 00:45:51,760 --> 00:45:53,400 He makes an exact duplicate of the tear 938 00:45:53,520 --> 00:45:55,080 in captain hale's costume. 939 00:45:57,360 --> 00:46:02,480 He burns his own costume and then prepares 940 00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:05,440 to play the part of the loyal friend. 941 00:46:06,480 --> 00:46:09,000 [Dramatic music] 942 00:46:17,600 --> 00:46:20,040 What do you think, sir Arthur? 943 00:46:21,080 --> 00:46:23,160 A rather vivid imagination of a charming lady 944 00:46:23,280 --> 00:46:27,160 who probably reads too many cheap novels. 945 00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:28,960 [Tommy] You think so? 946 00:46:29,080 --> 00:46:32,640 And a husband who is guided by his wife. [Laughs] 947 00:46:32,760 --> 00:46:34,160 I don't fancy you'll find anyone 948 00:46:34,280 --> 00:46:35,600 to take this matter too seriously. 949 00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:36,696 I'd know that laugh anywhere. 950 00:46:36,720 --> 00:46:37,760 So would I. 951 00:46:37,880 --> 00:46:40,600 I heard it last at the ace of spades. 952 00:46:40,720 --> 00:46:43,600 And you're under a misapprehension about both of us. 953 00:46:46,720 --> 00:46:48,280 International detective agency. 954 00:46:50,800 --> 00:46:51,896 So that's why inspector marriott 955 00:46:51,920 --> 00:46:54,120 brought me here this morning. 956 00:46:54,240 --> 00:46:55,240 It was a trap. 957 00:46:57,080 --> 00:46:58,680 You're too clever by half, mrs beresford. 958 00:46:58,720 --> 00:47:00,296 Why should you worry about an unfaithful wife 959 00:47:00,320 --> 00:47:02,160 who gets her just desserts? 960 00:47:02,280 --> 00:47:03,280 Tuppence! 961 00:47:03,400 --> 00:47:06,240 [Suspenseful music] 962 00:47:11,160 --> 00:47:12,160 Get back. 963 00:47:17,920 --> 00:47:18,720 Stop him! 964 00:47:18,840 --> 00:47:21,080 [Gunfire] 965 00:47:34,880 --> 00:47:36,680 I'll go down and see to, um. 966 00:47:38,000 --> 00:47:41,240 Poor devil. If he was fond of his wife... 967 00:47:41,360 --> 00:47:45,040 Fond of her? That's as maybe. 968 00:47:45,160 --> 00:47:47,520 He was at his wits end, where to turn for money. 969 00:47:49,160 --> 00:47:52,240 Lady merivale had a large fortune of her own 970 00:47:52,360 --> 00:47:53,880 and it would all have gone to him. 971 00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:55,840 But if she'd bolted with young hale, 972 00:47:55,960 --> 00:47:57,296 he'd never have seen a penny of it. 973 00:47:57,320 --> 00:47:59,720 Oh, so that was it, was it? 974 00:47:59,840 --> 00:48:01,160 It was. 975 00:48:01,280 --> 00:48:02,976 Of course I sensed from the very start that sir Arthur 976 00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:06,440 was a bad lot and that young hale was all right. 977 00:48:06,560 --> 00:48:08,280 That's very smart of you inspector. 978 00:48:08,400 --> 00:48:12,200 Well we pretty well know what's what at the yard, 979 00:48:12,320 --> 00:48:15,320 but it's awkward when you're up against the fence. 980 00:48:15,440 --> 00:48:17,800 Yes, it must be. 981 00:48:18,920 --> 00:48:20,440 Well, I'll be going down now. 982 00:48:21,600 --> 00:48:23,240 I'd give your young wife a glass of Brandy 983 00:48:23,360 --> 00:48:24,800 if I were you, mr beresford, 984 00:48:24,920 --> 00:48:29,080 she looks, as the saying goes, a bit white about the gills. 985 00:48:33,200 --> 00:48:35,600 - Fishmongers. - Butchers. 986 00:48:35,720 --> 00:48:40,480 Detectives. I was right, wasn't I darling? 987 00:48:40,920 --> 00:48:41,960 As always. 988 00:48:44,840 --> 00:48:49,520 Yes, marriott was definitely putting us on our metal. 989 00:48:51,120 --> 00:48:54,080 A bold bid for game and rubber. 990 00:48:54,200 --> 00:48:58,520 He finessed the wrong way round and arrested hale. 991 00:48:59,520 --> 00:49:02,920 Even so, he lost the king. 992 00:49:11,560 --> 00:49:14,120 [Upbeat music]