1 00:00:00,533 --> 00:00:03,200 [Cheerful 20s music] 2 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:51,833 [Suspenseful music] 3 00:00:55,233 --> 00:00:57,333 [Crying] 4 00:01:06,567 --> 00:01:07,600 Hold her. 5 00:01:07,700 --> 00:01:10,067 [Crying] 6 00:01:10,167 --> 00:01:11,567 I said hold her. 7 00:01:13,167 --> 00:01:15,667 She's going to be difficult. 8 00:01:15,767 --> 00:01:17,133 They always are, to begin with. 9 00:01:17,233 --> 00:01:18,533 But not for long. 10 00:01:18,633 --> 00:01:19,367 [Crying] 11 00:01:19,467 --> 00:01:20,633 Keep her still, muldoon! 12 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:28,900 [Crying] 13 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:39,240 Well, I'm afraid Mr. Blunt 14 00:01:39,333 --> 00:01:41,500 is very busy just at present, sir. 15 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:43,467 It's Scotland yard. 16 00:01:43,567 --> 00:01:45,067 They've made a bloomer again. 17 00:01:47,167 --> 00:01:48,600 I shall wait. 18 00:01:48,700 --> 00:01:50,500 I don't hold out much hope. 19 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:53,267 If you wouldn't mind giving me your name, sir? 20 00:01:53,367 --> 00:01:55,167 Gabriel stavansson. 21 00:01:56,900 --> 00:01:58,600 Beg your pardon, sir? 22 00:01:58,700 --> 00:02:03,567 Stavansson, Gabriel stavansson. 23 00:02:03,667 --> 00:02:05,467 I'm sorry, sir, would you mind repeating that? 24 00:02:05,533 --> 00:02:07,900 [Stavansson] Stavansson! 25 00:02:08,067 --> 00:02:09,133 Stavansson? 26 00:02:11,333 --> 00:02:12,633 The explorer! 27 00:02:18,933 --> 00:02:20,300 Better fetch him in. 28 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:21,400 Right. 29 00:02:24,567 --> 00:02:26,533 I would like you to tell Mr... 30 00:02:26,633 --> 00:02:29,467 Ah, this gentleman's waiting to see you, Mr. Blunt. 31 00:02:29,567 --> 00:02:32,367 Oh, I'm due at the Duke's at 11. 32 00:02:32,467 --> 00:02:34,400 However, I think I can spare you a few moments. 33 00:02:34,500 --> 00:02:36,867 What shall I tell his grace, sir? 34 00:02:36,967 --> 00:02:38,233 His grace? 35 00:02:38,333 --> 00:02:39,067 The Duke, sir. 36 00:02:39,133 --> 00:02:40,700 He'll be getting a bit fidgety. 37 00:02:41,733 --> 00:02:43,800 Tell him the duchess's tiara 38 00:02:43,900 --> 00:02:45,367 will be found in the fish pond. 39 00:02:45,467 --> 00:02:47,967 Her pet monkey was undoubtedly the culprit. 40 00:02:48,067 --> 00:02:49,933 None of the servants is to blame. 41 00:02:50,067 --> 00:02:52,467 The monkey in the fish pond. 42 00:02:52,567 --> 00:02:53,567 Very good, Mr. Blunt. 43 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:54,600 This way. 44 00:02:57,400 --> 00:02:58,800 Thank you, Albert. 45 00:03:01,267 --> 00:03:03,933 My confidential secretary, miss Robinson. 46 00:03:06,067 --> 00:03:06,767 How do you do? 47 00:03:06,867 --> 00:03:07,867 Miss Robinson. 48 00:03:08,533 --> 00:03:11,133 Now, sir, perhaps you will state your business. 49 00:03:12,500 --> 00:03:13,576 - I have... - Beyond the fact 50 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:16,067 that it is urgent, that you came in a taxi, 51 00:03:16,167 --> 00:03:18,200 that you've recently returned from the arctic, 52 00:03:18,300 --> 00:03:21,433 or possibly the antarctic, I know nothing. 53 00:03:23,833 --> 00:03:25,200 But this is amazing. 54 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:29,067 I thought detectives only did such things in books. 55 00:03:29,167 --> 00:03:32,500 Why, your office boy did not even give you my name. 56 00:03:34,700 --> 00:03:36,133 It was nothing. 57 00:03:36,233 --> 00:03:37,267 No, the, erm, 58 00:03:37,367 --> 00:03:40,300 the rays of the midnight sun within the arctic circle 59 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:45,100 contain certain properties and they have a peculiar action 60 00:03:45,967 --> 00:03:47,600 upon the skin. 61 00:03:47,700 --> 00:03:49,820 I'm writing a little monograph on the subject shortly. 62 00:03:49,867 --> 00:03:52,633 However, this is wide of the point. 63 00:03:52,733 --> 00:03:54,093 Perhaps you will tell me what it is 64 00:03:54,133 --> 00:03:56,667 that has brought you to me in such distress of mind, 65 00:03:56,767 --> 00:03:58,267 Mr. Stavansson? 66 00:03:58,367 --> 00:04:00,067 - To begin with, Mr. Plant... - Blunt. 67 00:04:00,100 --> 00:04:02,167 My name is Gabriel stavansson. 68 00:04:02,267 --> 00:04:04,433 Ah yes of course, the well known, erm... 69 00:04:04,533 --> 00:04:05,567 Explorer. 70 00:04:05,667 --> 00:04:07,333 Quite so, miss Robinson. 71 00:04:07,433 --> 00:04:08,676 You have recently returned from the... 72 00:04:08,700 --> 00:04:11,067 The north pole, I believe. 73 00:04:11,100 --> 00:04:12,100 That is so. 74 00:04:13,700 --> 00:04:15,800 I landed in england only three days ago. 75 00:04:15,900 --> 00:04:18,200 A friend who was cruising in northern waters 76 00:04:18,300 --> 00:04:19,500 brought me back in his yacht. 77 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:22,467 Otherwise I should not have returned for another fortnight. 78 00:04:22,567 --> 00:04:23,667 I see. 79 00:04:23,767 --> 00:04:25,007 Now I must tell you, Mr. Plant, 80 00:04:25,067 --> 00:04:26,067 blunt. 81 00:04:26,100 --> 00:04:27,943 That'd before I started on this last expedition, 82 00:04:27,967 --> 00:04:29,200 two years ago, 83 00:04:29,300 --> 00:04:32,367 I had the great, good fortune to become engaged. 84 00:04:32,467 --> 00:04:33,267 Congratulations. 85 00:04:33,367 --> 00:04:36,500 To Mrs. Maurice Leigh Gordon. 86 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:39,133 Mrs. Leigh Gordon was before her marriage... 87 00:04:39,233 --> 00:04:40,376 The honourable Hermione crane, 88 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:42,600 the second daughter of lord Manchester. 89 00:04:42,700 --> 00:04:43,700 [Stavansson] My word. 90 00:04:43,733 --> 00:04:46,900 Her first husband was killed during the war. 91 00:04:47,067 --> 00:04:48,133 [Stavansson] Exactly. 92 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:51,067 -Mr. Plant, -blunt. 93 00:04:51,133 --> 00:04:53,667 I am deeply impressed. 94 00:04:53,767 --> 00:04:56,067 Miss Robinson enjoys my fullest confidence. 95 00:04:56,100 --> 00:04:58,067 I keep nothing from her, 96 00:04:58,167 --> 00:04:59,800 as you can see. 97 00:04:59,900 --> 00:05:00,900 Please go on. 98 00:05:02,167 --> 00:05:06,067 When Hermione and I became engaged, 99 00:05:06,100 --> 00:05:08,500 I offered of course to give up my expedition, 100 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:12,133 but she would not hear a word of it, bless her. 101 00:05:12,233 --> 00:05:14,333 She is the right kind of woman to be 102 00:05:14,433 --> 00:05:16,300 the wife of an explorer. 103 00:05:21,700 --> 00:05:23,167 This is Hermione. 104 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:26,067 She looks charming, Mr. Stavansson. 105 00:05:26,133 --> 00:05:27,967 Oh, she has lovely eyes. 106 00:05:28,067 --> 00:05:29,800 If anything has happened to her. 107 00:05:33,433 --> 00:05:35,800 My first thought on landing was to see her. 108 00:05:35,900 --> 00:05:36,633 Naturally. 109 00:05:36,733 --> 00:05:38,633 I sent a telegram from southampton 110 00:05:38,733 --> 00:05:41,633 and rushed up to town by the very first train. 111 00:05:41,733 --> 00:05:43,367 She has been living with an aunt of hers, 112 00:05:43,467 --> 00:05:45,867 lady Susan clonray, in pont street. 113 00:05:45,967 --> 00:05:47,800 So of course I went straight round, 114 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:53,067 but hermie was not there. 115 00:05:53,933 --> 00:05:54,967 How disappointing. 116 00:05:56,200 --> 00:06:00,733 Yes, she said that hermie was away visiting friends 117 00:06:00,833 --> 00:06:02,400 in northumberland. 118 00:06:02,500 --> 00:06:05,400 She seemed most surprised to see me. 119 00:06:06,567 --> 00:06:08,767 But I imagine that you would not expected back 120 00:06:08,867 --> 00:06:11,067 for at least another fortnight, Mr. Stavansson. 121 00:06:11,100 --> 00:06:14,467 I know, but when I asked for hermie's address, 122 00:06:14,567 --> 00:06:17,300 lady Susan hemmed and hawed, 123 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:19,967 and said that she might be in two or three different places. 124 00:06:20,067 --> 00:06:22,767 She did not know which, she did not know when. 125 00:06:22,867 --> 00:06:25,433 Well, I do not mind telling you, Mr. Plant, 126 00:06:25,533 --> 00:06:26,267 blunt. 127 00:06:26,367 --> 00:06:27,600 She made so many difficulties 128 00:06:27,700 --> 00:06:30,167 that I became distinctly annoyed. 129 00:06:30,267 --> 00:06:32,600 I take it you are not on good terms with lady Susan. 130 00:06:32,700 --> 00:06:33,433 Good terms? 131 00:06:33,533 --> 00:06:34,533 - Yes. - Hah! 132 00:06:35,900 --> 00:06:36,900 Well, no, 133 00:06:38,967 --> 00:06:41,200 she and I have never got on. 134 00:06:41,300 --> 00:06:45,867 She is one of those fat women. 135 00:06:45,967 --> 00:06:47,533 Fat women? 136 00:06:47,633 --> 00:06:51,533 Yes, you know, double chins fingers like sausages. 137 00:06:51,633 --> 00:06:55,100 Well, I loathe fat women, I always have. 138 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:57,300 Fashion agrees with you, Mr. Stavansson. 139 00:06:57,400 --> 00:06:58,167 On the other hand, i... 140 00:06:58,267 --> 00:07:00,633 Everyone has their pet aversion. 141 00:07:00,733 --> 00:07:02,367 Mine is bagpipes. 142 00:07:02,467 --> 00:07:04,467 I can't stand the things. 143 00:07:04,567 --> 00:07:06,933 Mind you, I am not saying that lady Susan 144 00:07:07,067 --> 00:07:08,700 cannot be perfectly charming, 145 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:11,367 but I have never taken to her, nor she to me. 146 00:07:12,167 --> 00:07:14,633 Well, I did not leave pont street 147 00:07:14,733 --> 00:07:16,243 until I had got the names of the friends 148 00:07:16,267 --> 00:07:18,400 she said hermie was staying with. 149 00:07:18,500 --> 00:07:20,867 And then I took the mail train north. 150 00:07:20,967 --> 00:07:23,043 I can see that you're a man of action, Mr. Stavansson. 151 00:07:23,067 --> 00:07:27,200 The thing came upon me like a bomb shell, Mr. Plant, 152 00:07:27,300 --> 00:07:28,300 blunt. 153 00:07:28,333 --> 00:07:30,367 None of these people had seen a sign of hermie. 154 00:07:30,467 --> 00:07:32,533 Of the three houses I visited, 155 00:07:32,633 --> 00:07:34,367 only one had been expecting her, 156 00:07:34,467 --> 00:07:37,233 and she put off her visit there by telegram. 157 00:07:38,367 --> 00:07:40,467 So lady Susan... 158 00:07:40,567 --> 00:07:45,600 Made a deuced odd mistake, or told me a foul pack of lies. 159 00:07:49,500 --> 00:07:51,833 Have you been back to see her? 160 00:07:51,933 --> 00:07:52,933 Not yet. 161 00:07:53,733 --> 00:07:57,567 Coming down on the train, I read your advertisement. 162 00:07:57,667 --> 00:07:59,633 I thought I would put it to you first. 163 00:08:01,433 --> 00:08:02,967 What is your opinion, Mr. Plant? 164 00:08:03,067 --> 00:08:05,233 What do you advise me to do? 165 00:08:08,067 --> 00:08:10,067 Shall we discuss that on our way to pont street? 166 00:08:10,100 --> 00:08:11,733 You intend to come with me? 167 00:08:11,833 --> 00:08:13,067 Oh, of course. 168 00:08:13,133 --> 00:08:17,500 I mean, we must see this charming, but large lady ourselves. 169 00:08:26,900 --> 00:08:29,800 Hermione not in northumberland, you say? 170 00:08:29,900 --> 00:08:30,967 How extraordinary! 171 00:08:31,067 --> 00:08:32,933 More to the point, she was not even expected. 172 00:08:33,067 --> 00:08:34,700 Dear, dear. 173 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:36,400 This really is most perplexing. 174 00:08:36,500 --> 00:08:38,633 Lady Susan, where else do you think Hermione 175 00:08:38,733 --> 00:08:39,633 might have gone? 176 00:08:39,733 --> 00:08:40,967 Well, she might, 177 00:08:43,133 --> 00:08:44,600 you say you're friends of my niece? 178 00:08:44,700 --> 00:08:45,433 Oh, absolutely. 179 00:08:45,533 --> 00:08:47,233 We've known her for ages. 180 00:08:47,333 --> 00:08:49,300 She never mentioned you. 181 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:51,400 We've been abroad a good deal. 182 00:08:51,500 --> 00:08:52,500 I see. 183 00:08:53,333 --> 00:08:56,067 Do I take it you share Mr. Stavansson's proclivities? 184 00:08:56,167 --> 00:08:57,233 [Stavansson laughs] 185 00:08:57,333 --> 00:08:58,367 Good lord, no. 186 00:08:58,467 --> 00:09:00,500 Nothing like the pluck. 187 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:03,267 Lady Susan, Hermione might've gone... 188 00:09:03,367 --> 00:09:06,467 Well, to any one of a number of places. 189 00:09:06,567 --> 00:09:08,567 She's not a child, you know? 190 00:09:08,667 --> 00:09:10,600 And she has many, many friends. 191 00:09:10,700 --> 00:09:11,867 For example? 192 00:09:11,967 --> 00:09:16,067 For example, it's very hard to say. 193 00:09:16,133 --> 00:09:18,067 Did she leave an address? 194 00:09:18,100 --> 00:09:19,300 No. 195 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:20,300 No, no, she didn't. 196 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:21,567 But you told me that... 197 00:09:21,667 --> 00:09:23,907 I really cannot remember what I told you, Mr. Stavansson. 198 00:09:24,067 --> 00:09:26,633 Turning up as you did, throwing my house into an uproar, 199 00:09:26,733 --> 00:09:27,809 - uproar? - And now you burst in again, 200 00:09:27,833 --> 00:09:31,500 and cross examine me in my very own drawing room. 201 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:32,333 Now, look here... 202 00:09:32,433 --> 00:09:33,700 Lady Susan is quite right. 203 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:35,333 I'm sure there is a perfectly simple 204 00:09:35,433 --> 00:09:37,600 and natural explanation. 205 00:09:37,700 --> 00:09:40,700 As she said, Hermione is not a silly little girl, 206 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:42,067 but an independent woman, 207 00:09:42,100 --> 00:09:45,933 who's always been in the habit of making her own plans. 208 00:09:46,067 --> 00:09:48,067 Why, I expect at this very moment, 209 00:09:48,100 --> 00:09:49,733 she's carrying out some idea of her own. 210 00:09:49,833 --> 00:09:50,867 Exactly, miss Robinson, 211 00:09:50,967 --> 00:09:52,800 just what I was about to say myself. 212 00:09:52,900 --> 00:09:53,767 I don't like it. 213 00:09:53,867 --> 00:09:55,433 And I like it less and less. 214 00:09:56,833 --> 00:10:00,033 Well, I suppose the police could always be notified. 215 00:10:00,133 --> 00:10:01,300 The police? 216 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:02,433 Oh, no, Mr. Blunt. 217 00:10:02,533 --> 00:10:04,433 That's the positivity dreadful idea. 218 00:10:04,533 --> 00:10:05,667 Ah hah. 219 00:10:05,767 --> 00:10:07,567 I merely thought... 220 00:10:07,667 --> 00:10:10,800 But the publicity, the scandal. 221 00:10:10,900 --> 00:10:13,867 Why should there be any scandal, lady Susan? 222 00:10:13,967 --> 00:10:14,700 I, i... 223 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:15,867 [knocking on door] 224 00:10:15,967 --> 00:10:18,133 Oh, yes John, what is it? 225 00:10:18,233 --> 00:10:20,633 A telegram has arrived, my lady. 226 00:10:20,733 --> 00:10:22,100 Oh, thank you. 227 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:23,400 Would you mind, my dear? 228 00:10:25,633 --> 00:10:26,633 Thank you. 229 00:10:35,333 --> 00:10:37,067 There. 230 00:10:37,167 --> 00:10:38,400 What is it? 231 00:10:38,500 --> 00:10:40,267 You are answered, Mr. Stavansson. 232 00:10:45,667 --> 00:10:50,500 "Changed my plans, just off to monte Carlo for a week." 233 00:10:52,867 --> 00:10:53,867 Hermie? 234 00:10:58,633 --> 00:10:59,800 Well, I'm damned. 235 00:10:59,900 --> 00:11:01,867 Quite possibly Mr. Stavansson, 236 00:11:01,967 --> 00:11:04,900 but Hermione, as you see, is nothing of the kind. 237 00:11:05,067 --> 00:11:06,300 Where was it sent from? 238 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:07,400 May I? 239 00:11:09,100 --> 00:11:10,333 Maldon. 240 00:11:10,433 --> 00:11:11,267 Maldon? 241 00:11:11,367 --> 00:11:13,067 Maldon, Sussex. 242 00:11:13,133 --> 00:11:14,400 First thing this morning. 243 00:11:17,700 --> 00:11:18,833 Lady Susan, 244 00:11:19,700 --> 00:11:22,967 it seems that I have made something of a fool of myself. 245 00:11:23,067 --> 00:11:25,733 We are what the lord has made us, Mr. Stavansson. 246 00:11:27,833 --> 00:11:29,233 Thank you, my dear. 247 00:11:29,333 --> 00:11:31,433 And now, John will show you out. 248 00:11:31,533 --> 00:11:33,933 Good morning, miss Robinson, Mr. Blunt. 249 00:11:34,067 --> 00:11:34,733 Good morning. 250 00:11:34,833 --> 00:11:36,400 So pleasant to have met you. 251 00:11:36,500 --> 00:11:37,900 Good morning, lady Susan. 252 00:11:40,567 --> 00:11:41,833 Go with them, John. 253 00:11:48,900 --> 00:11:50,133 Operator. 254 00:11:50,233 --> 00:11:51,233 Are you there? 255 00:11:52,667 --> 00:11:54,300 Maldon, two one nine. 256 00:11:56,400 --> 00:12:00,567 I want a personal call to Dr. Horriston, at the grange. 257 00:12:02,367 --> 00:12:04,733 She's got a divine figure. 258 00:12:06,700 --> 00:12:08,833 Oh, bit too boney, for my taste. 259 00:12:08,933 --> 00:12:10,013 What do you make of it all? 260 00:12:10,067 --> 00:12:12,267 The obvious explanation is that hermie, 261 00:12:12,367 --> 00:12:13,900 as he likes to call her, 262 00:12:14,067 --> 00:12:16,267 is afraid to see him and has done a bunk. 263 00:12:16,367 --> 00:12:19,300 Which means lady Susan may be backing her up. 264 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:20,900 I say, she seemed pretty nervous. 265 00:12:21,067 --> 00:12:22,627 The old lady had the wind up, all right. 266 00:12:22,667 --> 00:12:24,067 Yes, I thought so too. 267 00:12:25,233 --> 00:12:28,167 Could that mean hermie has another man? 268 00:12:28,267 --> 00:12:29,267 It might. 269 00:12:30,067 --> 00:12:32,233 I'd hate to suggest that to a fellow like stavansson. 270 00:12:32,333 --> 00:12:33,433 He's a powerful chap. 271 00:12:33,533 --> 00:12:34,733 And a pretty passionate one. 272 00:12:34,833 --> 00:12:37,967 Capable of all manner of things, I should think. 273 00:12:38,067 --> 00:12:39,600 You're not saying you suspect him? 274 00:12:39,700 --> 00:12:42,400 At this stage, I suspect everyone. 275 00:12:42,500 --> 00:12:45,200 Maybe we'd better cut down to maldon. 276 00:12:45,300 --> 00:12:48,600 Why should she say she's gone to northumberland, 277 00:12:48,700 --> 00:12:50,109 then that she's going to monte Carlo, 278 00:12:50,133 --> 00:12:52,400 but in fact, want to Bury herself 279 00:12:52,500 --> 00:12:54,767 in some tiny place in Sussex? 280 00:12:55,767 --> 00:12:56,867 What if she didn't want to? 281 00:12:56,967 --> 00:12:58,533 What'd you mean? 282 00:12:58,633 --> 00:13:01,267 What if she's being kept there against her will? 283 00:13:02,233 --> 00:13:07,267 - [Suspenseful music] - [Woman moaning] 284 00:13:10,667 --> 00:13:13,633 Remember, you must show no pity. 285 00:13:27,067 --> 00:13:28,133 What's the plan? 286 00:13:28,233 --> 00:13:29,967 Split up, I think. 287 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:32,800 I'll try that shop. 288 00:13:34,067 --> 00:13:38,567 Right, and I'll visit the old cock and sparrow. 289 00:13:38,667 --> 00:13:40,167 Good luck, Tommy. 290 00:13:40,267 --> 00:13:41,667 Good luck, old bean. 291 00:13:49,367 --> 00:13:52,400 [Suspenseful music] 292 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:03,933 Good morning. 293 00:14:04,067 --> 00:14:05,067 Morning. 294 00:14:08,633 --> 00:14:10,600 Do you sell picture postcards? 295 00:14:10,700 --> 00:14:11,700 There. 296 00:14:14,133 --> 00:14:15,133 Oh, yes. 297 00:14:16,700 --> 00:14:19,733 [Suspenseful music] 298 00:14:24,167 --> 00:14:26,233 Are there any big houses around here? 299 00:14:26,333 --> 00:14:28,700 No, apart from the grange, that is. 300 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:31,667 Oh, the grange, what's that? 301 00:14:31,767 --> 00:14:35,833 Sort of hospital for nerve cases, they say. 302 00:14:35,933 --> 00:14:37,067 Nerve cases? 303 00:14:37,167 --> 00:14:38,867 Spooky sort of place. 304 00:14:38,967 --> 00:14:42,900 It's full of raving loonies with foreign names. 305 00:14:43,067 --> 00:14:44,367 Foreign names. 306 00:14:44,467 --> 00:14:46,967 This telegram's got to go up there this morning. 307 00:14:47,067 --> 00:14:48,733 I can hardly make it out. 308 00:14:49,867 --> 00:14:50,867 Can I help? 309 00:14:54,367 --> 00:14:56,433 "Reservation cancelled 310 00:14:56,533 --> 00:14:58,233 "unforeseen delay" 311 00:15:00,133 --> 00:15:01,300 seems quite clear. 312 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:03,267 Look at that name. 313 00:15:03,367 --> 00:15:04,700 Mosgovskensky. 314 00:15:06,167 --> 00:15:07,167 See what I mean? 315 00:15:08,167 --> 00:15:09,800 What sort of name is that? 316 00:15:12,267 --> 00:15:14,533 Who does the grange belong to? 317 00:15:14,633 --> 00:15:17,267 Dr. Horriston, he calls himself. 318 00:15:17,367 --> 00:15:18,733 Dr. Horriston. 319 00:15:23,667 --> 00:15:25,433 Can you tell me what he looks like? 320 00:15:36,867 --> 00:15:39,233 Tommy, I believe I've got it. 321 00:15:39,333 --> 00:15:40,133 The grange... 322 00:15:40,233 --> 00:15:41,673 Yes, I've just been hearing about it. 323 00:15:41,733 --> 00:15:43,333 Do you think Mrs. Leigh Gordon's there? 324 00:15:43,433 --> 00:15:44,667 I don't know. 325 00:15:44,767 --> 00:15:46,800 Did you see that man driving off in the blue car? 326 00:15:46,900 --> 00:15:48,167 Unpleasant looking brute, yes. 327 00:15:48,267 --> 00:15:49,800 That's horriston. 328 00:15:49,900 --> 00:15:51,600 He owns the grange. 329 00:15:51,700 --> 00:15:53,500 So we'll have to check up on him. 330 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:55,833 We didn't need to, I know horriston. 331 00:15:55,933 --> 00:15:57,233 You know him? 332 00:15:57,333 --> 00:15:58,200 Yes. 333 00:15:58,300 --> 00:16:01,067 Well, I met him briefly, several years ago. 334 00:16:01,100 --> 00:16:02,833 My chum, poppy St. albans, 335 00:16:02,933 --> 00:16:06,300 had the most frightful experience at his hands. 336 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:07,640 He used to be a bonafide doctor 337 00:16:07,667 --> 00:16:09,767 and then he came a cropper of some kind, 338 00:16:09,867 --> 00:16:12,500 something to do with armadillo glands. 339 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:13,800 Armadillo glands? 340 00:16:13,900 --> 00:16:15,967 Yes, tried injecting people with them, 341 00:16:16,067 --> 00:16:17,900 or something equally ghastly. 342 00:16:18,067 --> 00:16:21,100 Anyway, he's an unscrupulous quack. 343 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:22,200 The grange? 344 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:24,733 Yes, the grange. 345 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:34,900 [Suspenseful music] 346 00:16:35,067 --> 00:16:36,609 I shall have to increase the concentration. 347 00:16:36,633 --> 00:16:37,833 That could be quite dangerous. 348 00:16:37,933 --> 00:16:39,043 What other choice do we have? 349 00:16:39,067 --> 00:16:40,433 Well, according to my analysis... 350 00:16:40,533 --> 00:16:43,067 There's someone to see you, doctor. 351 00:16:43,167 --> 00:16:45,167 A Mr. Beresford. 352 00:16:45,267 --> 00:16:46,833 Beresford? 353 00:16:46,933 --> 00:16:48,167 I don't know any beresford. 354 00:16:48,267 --> 00:16:49,400 He says it's urgent. 355 00:16:50,267 --> 00:16:51,800 - Do you want me to... - No, no. 356 00:16:53,767 --> 00:16:54,933 Very well, show him in. 357 00:17:06,067 --> 00:17:07,633 Come this way, please. 358 00:17:07,733 --> 00:17:09,233 Mr. Beresford. 359 00:17:09,333 --> 00:17:10,333 Tommy beresford. 360 00:17:11,233 --> 00:17:13,067 Dr. Horriston, I presume? 361 00:17:13,167 --> 00:17:14,667 My partner, Dr. Kleber. 362 00:17:14,767 --> 00:17:15,667 How do you do. 363 00:17:15,767 --> 00:17:16,800 Irma kleber, 364 00:17:16,900 --> 00:17:18,820 formerly at the staatengruppe institut of Geneva. 365 00:17:20,067 --> 00:17:21,333 Jolly good. 366 00:17:21,433 --> 00:17:24,100 Well, it's awfully decent of you to give me your time, 367 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:25,267 Dr. Horriston. 368 00:17:26,333 --> 00:17:28,533 Now what my readers really want to know... 369 00:17:28,633 --> 00:17:29,900 Your readers? 370 00:17:30,067 --> 00:17:31,400 Oh, didn't your man tell you? 371 00:17:31,500 --> 00:17:33,067 I'm with the daily reporter, 372 00:17:33,100 --> 00:17:35,143 we're doing an article on the cure of nervous diseases. 373 00:17:35,167 --> 00:17:37,127 I'm sorry, Mr. Beresford, I never give interviews. 374 00:17:37,167 --> 00:17:37,867 Oh, but surely... 375 00:17:37,967 --> 00:17:38,767 This is a private institution. 376 00:17:38,867 --> 00:17:39,633 You will leave at once. 377 00:17:39,733 --> 00:17:40,467 But I've come all this way. 378 00:17:40,567 --> 00:17:41,567 Muldoon! 379 00:17:42,967 --> 00:17:44,900 Show Mr. Beresford out, muldoon. 380 00:17:45,067 --> 00:17:46,176 Can't you just give me five minutes? 381 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:48,067 I mean, it's not often we get the chance to... 382 00:17:48,133 --> 00:17:51,233 You, out. 383 00:17:51,333 --> 00:17:53,500 Well, my editor's going to be very shirty. 384 00:17:57,967 --> 00:18:00,800 Ah, yes. 385 00:18:02,100 --> 00:18:04,400 Well, fair enough. 386 00:18:10,333 --> 00:18:13,533 By the way, how's my friend Mrs. Leigh Gordon? 387 00:18:13,633 --> 00:18:16,233 She's a patient here, I believe? 388 00:18:16,333 --> 00:18:18,867 There is no-one here of that name. 389 00:18:18,967 --> 00:18:20,067 - But she... - No-one. 390 00:18:21,133 --> 00:18:23,300 That's funny, because I could have sworn, 391 00:18:26,633 --> 00:18:27,633 cheerio. 392 00:18:34,533 --> 00:18:35,533 Thank you! 393 00:18:53,533 --> 00:18:54,800 Hello, darling! 394 00:19:03,300 --> 00:19:04,933 He's lying, she's there. 395 00:19:05,067 --> 00:19:06,067 I know it. 396 00:19:06,700 --> 00:19:09,967 That woman's in some awful danger, I feel it in my bones. 397 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:13,800 I wish I'd gone with you. 398 00:19:13,900 --> 00:19:15,200 I'm sorry, old girl. 399 00:19:15,300 --> 00:19:16,100 Couldn't have risked it. 400 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:18,533 Horriston might have remembered you. 401 00:19:18,633 --> 00:19:19,700 So what do we do now? 402 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:23,200 Go back to London and tell stavansson that we failed? 403 00:19:23,300 --> 00:19:25,133 That goes decidedly against the grain. 404 00:19:25,233 --> 00:19:26,367 Right. 405 00:19:26,467 --> 00:19:29,533 So somehow, we've got to get back inside that house. 406 00:19:29,633 --> 00:19:30,833 They've just seen me. 407 00:19:32,367 --> 00:19:34,200 Which leaves only one alternative. 408 00:19:36,700 --> 00:19:38,400 Tuppence, you can't. 409 00:19:38,500 --> 00:19:39,500 I forbid it. 410 00:19:39,533 --> 00:19:41,833 Tommy, I shall be perfectly safe. 411 00:19:41,933 --> 00:19:44,267 But supposing horriston recognises you? 412 00:19:44,367 --> 00:19:45,567 Not a chance. 413 00:19:45,667 --> 00:19:46,933 He met me, remember? 414 00:19:48,300 --> 00:19:52,100 Well, next time he's going to meet somebody else. 415 00:19:58,133 --> 00:20:00,800 [Pompous music] 416 00:20:25,667 --> 00:20:28,567 Madame Vera mosgovskensky. 417 00:20:35,933 --> 00:20:38,733 Madame mosgovskensky, this is truly an honour! 418 00:20:38,833 --> 00:20:40,067 Naturally. 419 00:20:40,167 --> 00:20:41,267 You are Dr. Horriston? 420 00:20:41,367 --> 00:20:42,533 I am. 421 00:20:42,633 --> 00:20:43,833 Dr. Kleber? 422 00:20:43,933 --> 00:20:45,733 Irma kleber, formally of the staatengruppe... 423 00:20:45,833 --> 00:20:47,700 She being your mistress? 424 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:50,800 No, madame mosgovskensky, Dr. Kleber is my partner. 425 00:20:52,433 --> 00:20:54,000 I am wondering. 426 00:20:55,767 --> 00:20:57,000 Please. 427 00:20:57,100 --> 00:20:58,800 Thanking you. 428 00:20:58,900 --> 00:21:01,100 Ah, why you looking astonished, doctor? 429 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:03,733 Well, the truth is, madame mosgovskensky, 430 00:21:03,833 --> 00:21:07,067 that having received your telegram yesterday, 431 00:21:07,167 --> 00:21:09,700 I understood that you had cancelled your reservation. 432 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:11,533 Well, I am changing my mind. 433 00:21:11,633 --> 00:21:13,833 It is artist's privilege, no? 434 00:21:13,933 --> 00:21:14,967 Yes, but... 435 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:18,400 Ah, my suite is not prepared. 436 00:21:18,500 --> 00:21:19,967 No, madame madame mosgovskensky, 437 00:21:20,067 --> 00:21:20,900 that is, yes. 438 00:21:21,067 --> 00:21:23,833 So, why you not understanding? 439 00:21:23,933 --> 00:21:25,433 I'm sorry. 440 00:21:25,533 --> 00:21:27,067 I will repeat. 441 00:21:27,133 --> 00:21:29,433 After the imperial ballet, I am joining 442 00:21:29,533 --> 00:21:30,867 troupe of diaghilev. 443 00:21:30,967 --> 00:21:33,600 This is seven years now, but I am leaving him. 444 00:21:33,700 --> 00:21:35,633 He is no good, he is charlatan. 445 00:21:35,733 --> 00:21:37,100 You are totally in agreeable? 446 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:38,200 Er, yes. 447 00:21:38,267 --> 00:21:40,433 So now I am forming my own company. 448 00:21:40,533 --> 00:21:43,333 The ballet mosgovskensky. 449 00:21:43,433 --> 00:21:45,600 But it is requiring much work, 450 00:21:45,700 --> 00:21:47,233 many head pains. 451 00:21:47,333 --> 00:21:48,333 Headaches. 452 00:21:48,433 --> 00:21:50,133 It is the same thing. 453 00:21:50,233 --> 00:21:52,900 So before starting my new glittering career, 454 00:21:53,067 --> 00:21:54,467 I am in need of much rest. 455 00:21:55,367 --> 00:21:56,933 Of peacefulness. 456 00:21:57,067 --> 00:21:58,067 Of calm. 457 00:22:01,767 --> 00:22:04,967 [Speaking in Russian] 458 00:22:06,067 --> 00:22:06,800 [She chokes] 459 00:22:06,900 --> 00:22:10,300 [Speaking in Russian] 460 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:12,233 I am swearing this oath. 461 00:22:12,333 --> 00:22:14,900 Never am I speaking the tongue of my beloved country 462 00:22:15,067 --> 00:22:18,133 until the bolsheviki, the accursed bolsheviki, 463 00:22:18,233 --> 00:22:22,167 are expelled from the holy soil of mother Russia. 464 00:22:22,267 --> 00:22:24,367 Quite so, madame mosgovskenky. 465 00:22:24,467 --> 00:22:26,933 You must please to be remembering this. 466 00:22:27,067 --> 00:22:29,600 Of course, excuse me, 467 00:22:29,700 --> 00:22:32,100 but have we not met before, at some time? 468 00:22:33,333 --> 00:22:34,333 Impossible. 469 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:37,067 If so, you would never forget me. 470 00:22:37,100 --> 00:22:38,967 Your face is somehow familiar. 471 00:22:39,067 --> 00:22:40,200 Familiar? 472 00:22:40,300 --> 00:22:43,367 I am familiar with thousands, tens of thousands, doctor. 473 00:22:43,467 --> 00:22:44,867 Forgive me, of course. 474 00:22:44,967 --> 00:22:48,067 So now I will visit my suite. 475 00:22:48,167 --> 00:22:50,100 There is a barre? 476 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:51,233 A bar? 477 00:22:51,333 --> 00:22:53,900 I am afraid that alcohol is not permitted. 478 00:22:54,067 --> 00:22:55,800 No, no, no, no. 479 00:22:55,900 --> 00:22:57,900 I am meaning a barre for the practise. 480 00:22:58,967 --> 00:23:00,833 For the suppleness of my limbs. 481 00:23:01,733 --> 00:23:05,067 Ah, yes, we will have one installed. 482 00:23:05,100 --> 00:23:07,300 I should jolly well be thinking so. 483 00:23:09,500 --> 00:23:11,900 Now, Dr. Kleber, would you be so kind 484 00:23:12,067 --> 00:23:16,367 as to conduct madame mosgovskensky to her suite? 485 00:23:16,467 --> 00:23:18,333 This way, madame. 486 00:23:18,433 --> 00:23:20,933 I am completely delightful. 487 00:23:22,100 --> 00:23:23,100 Madame. 488 00:23:26,067 --> 00:23:27,100 Delightful! 489 00:23:32,833 --> 00:23:35,200 Your room is this way, madame mosgovskensky. 490 00:23:36,467 --> 00:23:38,700 I'm wondering what is here? 491 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:41,400 The room of another patient. 492 00:23:41,500 --> 00:23:42,633 Oh, there are many? 493 00:23:42,733 --> 00:23:43,967 As you see. 494 00:23:44,067 --> 00:23:47,067 In Russia only peasants sleep so close. 495 00:23:47,100 --> 00:23:49,067 I hope they're not to be disturbing me. 496 00:23:49,100 --> 00:23:50,367 No-one will disturb you. 497 00:23:50,467 --> 00:23:51,643 - [Moaning] - Ah, what is that? 498 00:23:51,667 --> 00:23:52,667 Was? 499 00:23:53,467 --> 00:23:55,733 I am thinking I'm hearing some noisiness. 500 00:23:56,567 --> 00:23:58,400 Be assured, madame mosgovskensky, 501 00:23:58,500 --> 00:24:01,900 here you will sleep as sound as in the grave. 502 00:24:03,233 --> 00:24:04,733 Now, please. 503 00:24:12,233 --> 00:24:14,233 I trust you a will be comfortable. 504 00:24:14,333 --> 00:24:16,233 Is adequate. 505 00:24:16,333 --> 00:24:18,500 Supper will brought here for you later. 506 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:20,433 Ah, good, a little champagne and little caviar 507 00:24:20,533 --> 00:24:21,833 will be bearable. 508 00:24:22,967 --> 00:24:24,467 Und before going to bed, 509 00:24:24,567 --> 00:24:26,733 you will be sure to take this. 510 00:24:26,833 --> 00:24:27,833 What is, please? 511 00:24:27,900 --> 00:24:30,533 Merely a light draught to ensure you sleep well. 512 00:24:30,633 --> 00:24:34,133 Sleep well, always I sleep well. 513 00:24:34,233 --> 00:24:37,067 I remember the grand Duke Dimitri, he said to me 514 00:24:37,167 --> 00:24:40,467 "veruska, veruska, how can you be sleeping 515 00:24:40,567 --> 00:24:42,933 "at a time like this?" 516 00:24:43,067 --> 00:24:44,800 Ah, poor Dimitri. 517 00:24:44,900 --> 00:24:46,733 I remember when the bolsheviki, 518 00:24:46,833 --> 00:24:48,400 they're storming his palace, 519 00:24:48,500 --> 00:24:52,400 they are finding him, floating. 520 00:24:52,500 --> 00:24:53,800 Floating? 521 00:24:53,900 --> 00:24:55,133 In his bath. 522 00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:59,633 What they are doing to him is unrepeatable. 523 00:25:01,433 --> 00:25:04,700 Nevertheless, you will be a sure to take this. 524 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:06,500 If you require anything else? 525 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:08,933 Nothing, there is nothing. 526 00:25:10,067 --> 00:25:11,700 You are dismissed. 527 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:13,167 Good night, madame. 528 00:25:23,567 --> 00:25:25,800 It's the journalist fellow I mind most about. 529 00:25:25,900 --> 00:25:27,633 How did he find out we were here? 530 00:25:27,733 --> 00:25:30,400 Some rumours in the village, perhaps. 531 00:25:30,500 --> 00:25:33,400 Claims to be a friend of the Leigh Gordon woman. 532 00:25:33,500 --> 00:25:35,067 [Kleber] That is most serious. 533 00:25:35,133 --> 00:25:37,167 [Horriston] I shall increase the dosage. 534 00:25:37,267 --> 00:25:38,433 [Kleber] But the risk? 535 00:25:38,533 --> 00:25:40,133 [Horriston] I don't care. 536 00:25:40,233 --> 00:25:41,867 [Kleber] Your mind is made up? 537 00:25:43,067 --> 00:25:44,067 Yes. 538 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:48,433 [Suspenseful music] 539 00:25:53,467 --> 00:25:56,167 [Groans] 540 00:25:56,267 --> 00:25:57,733 What are you doing here? 541 00:25:57,833 --> 00:25:59,467 [Groans] 542 00:25:59,567 --> 00:26:01,067 What did you say? 543 00:26:01,100 --> 00:26:02,733 [Mumbles incoherently] 544 00:26:02,833 --> 00:26:04,633 What do you want with those things? 545 00:26:07,067 --> 00:26:10,367 Cause this Rose, sir, and the Jasmine. 546 00:26:10,467 --> 00:26:11,533 The Jasmine? 547 00:26:11,633 --> 00:26:16,667 Growing wild in a fearsome tangle, it be, sir. 548 00:26:17,067 --> 00:26:20,267 Threatening to choke your house with unbridled profusion. 549 00:26:21,100 --> 00:26:22,700 It's a bit late for gardening, isn't it? 550 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:27,800 Ooh, the forces of nature wait for neither man nor beast. 551 00:26:28,633 --> 00:26:30,100 You get off. 552 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:31,067 Do that in the morning. 553 00:26:31,100 --> 00:26:33,800 Be that an order, mister? 554 00:26:33,900 --> 00:26:35,267 Yes. 555 00:26:35,367 --> 00:26:36,900 Yes it is. 556 00:26:37,067 --> 00:26:40,233 Now get out of here, go home. 557 00:26:42,733 --> 00:26:44,700 Now you rest as soft and as peacable 558 00:26:45,867 --> 00:26:48,233 as a stoat in his burrow. 559 00:26:49,433 --> 00:26:51,933 Or a toad in his hole, sir! 560 00:26:57,067 --> 00:27:00,167 [Suspenseful music] 561 00:27:31,167 --> 00:27:33,467 [Groaning] 562 00:27:40,767 --> 00:27:45,233 You are out of your room, madame mosgovskensky. 563 00:27:45,333 --> 00:27:46,600 I am knowing. 564 00:27:46,700 --> 00:27:49,100 This is not your room. 565 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:51,567 I am knowing this also. 566 00:27:51,667 --> 00:27:55,167 What is the reason for this expedition in the night? 567 00:27:55,267 --> 00:27:56,333 I am troubled. 568 00:27:56,433 --> 00:27:57,433 I am restless. 569 00:27:58,067 --> 00:27:58,933 Troubled? 570 00:27:59,067 --> 00:28:02,767 I am not used to mattress made of wood. 571 00:28:02,867 --> 00:28:03,633 I see. 572 00:28:03,733 --> 00:28:05,367 My magnificent body make protest, 573 00:28:05,467 --> 00:28:07,667 and so I walk. 574 00:28:07,767 --> 00:28:09,067 Is that all? 575 00:28:09,133 --> 00:28:10,600 Is not enough? 576 00:28:11,900 --> 00:28:14,067 In the morning your mattress will be changed, madame, 577 00:28:14,100 --> 00:28:15,900 for the night you will have to endure. 578 00:28:16,067 --> 00:28:17,100 God, always I endure. 579 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:19,833 It is the fate of the artist, no? 580 00:28:19,933 --> 00:28:20,933 I could not say. 581 00:28:22,067 --> 00:28:23,833 You have taken your sleeping draught? 582 00:28:24,767 --> 00:28:25,533 Not yet. 583 00:28:25,633 --> 00:28:27,100 Then do so, 584 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:29,800 and all your troubles will disappear. 585 00:28:32,300 --> 00:28:33,300 Please. 586 00:28:39,100 --> 00:28:42,800 Tell me, Dr. Kleber, you are possessing a knout? 587 00:28:44,067 --> 00:28:44,800 A knout? 588 00:28:44,900 --> 00:28:47,400 It is a whip, like this. 589 00:28:47,500 --> 00:28:48,800 No, madame mosgovskensky, 590 00:28:48,900 --> 00:28:50,433 I do not possess a knout. 591 00:28:50,533 --> 00:28:52,067 How strange. 592 00:28:52,167 --> 00:28:55,533 You remind me of cossack I once knew. 593 00:28:55,633 --> 00:28:57,067 Good night, madame. 594 00:28:58,400 --> 00:28:59,400 Good nights. 595 00:29:07,133 --> 00:29:09,333 [Moaning] 596 00:29:16,967 --> 00:29:20,067 [Suspenseful music] 597 00:29:49,433 --> 00:29:52,600 [Sash window opening] 598 00:30:02,167 --> 00:30:03,500 Take it easy, old girl! 599 00:30:04,767 --> 00:30:06,233 Tommy, what are you... 600 00:30:06,333 --> 00:30:09,067 Oh, you didn't think I was going to leave you all alone 601 00:30:09,167 --> 00:30:10,667 in the lion's den, did you? 602 00:30:10,767 --> 00:30:11,767 Darling! 603 00:30:14,767 --> 00:30:16,267 Oh, you look frightful. 604 00:30:16,367 --> 00:30:17,100 Oh, I say. 605 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:18,433 I thought I did rather well. 606 00:30:18,533 --> 00:30:20,900 And I've got a spiffing accent, listen. 607 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:22,076 - Be that an order, mister... - Shh, shh! 608 00:30:22,100 --> 00:30:25,000 - Oh. - I had an encounter 609 00:30:25,100 --> 00:30:26,267 with that Dr. Kleber. 610 00:30:26,367 --> 00:30:28,509 She tried to get me to drink some horrid looking medicine. 611 00:30:28,533 --> 00:30:31,433 So I poured it into that plant pot. 612 00:30:31,533 --> 00:30:33,767 Oh, Tommy, this place is much worse than we thought. 613 00:30:33,867 --> 00:30:34,976 Have you managed to find out anything 614 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:36,233 about Mrs. Leigh Gordon? 615 00:30:37,367 --> 00:30:39,333 I have a feeling they've got her locked up. 616 00:30:39,433 --> 00:30:42,733 Good lord, poor creature. 617 00:30:42,833 --> 00:30:44,700 I managed to sneak out into the corridor, 618 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:46,867 and I heard a noise coming from one of the rooms, 619 00:30:46,967 --> 00:30:49,333 a sort of woman moaning or something. 620 00:30:49,433 --> 00:30:51,800 So I tried the door, but it was locked. 621 00:30:51,900 --> 00:30:54,133 Tommy, what are we going to do? 622 00:30:55,667 --> 00:30:58,433 Well, there's always the police. 623 00:30:58,533 --> 00:31:00,267 But we don't really have enough to go on. 624 00:31:00,367 --> 00:31:02,100 Chucking our hand in now would be awful. 625 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:03,533 - Yes. - Tommy? 626 00:31:04,733 --> 00:31:06,400 Oh, sorry, old girl. 627 00:31:07,533 --> 00:31:10,300 - Oh, no! - Oh! 628 00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:11,533 Thanks. 629 00:31:11,633 --> 00:31:13,233 If only we could get into that room. 630 00:31:13,333 --> 00:31:14,967 But it's locked, you say. 631 00:31:15,067 --> 00:31:17,133 Yes, no sign of the key. 632 00:31:17,233 --> 00:31:18,233 Hold on. 633 00:31:24,733 --> 00:31:26,043 Is it on this side of the corridor? 634 00:31:26,067 --> 00:31:28,067 No, on the other. 635 00:31:28,133 --> 00:31:29,300 Oh, pity. 636 00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:31,533 I could have always tried using my ladder. 637 00:31:32,433 --> 00:31:33,433 Nevermind. 638 00:31:36,867 --> 00:31:39,100 I'm afraid it means forcing that door. 639 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:40,633 - Tuppence? - Oh, sorry. 640 00:31:41,867 --> 00:31:42,967 Or breaking it down. 641 00:31:43,067 --> 00:31:44,233 Oh, you couldn't. 642 00:31:44,333 --> 00:31:46,200 I mean, there's always someone on look out. 643 00:31:46,300 --> 00:31:48,600 Dr. Kleber, or that horrid muldoon. 644 00:31:48,700 --> 00:31:49,433 Then I shall just have to think 645 00:31:49,533 --> 00:31:51,100 of something absolutely foolproof 646 00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:52,967 that'll guarantee there's no-one about, 647 00:31:53,067 --> 00:31:54,300 or it may be too late. 648 00:31:57,300 --> 00:31:58,167 Tommy. 649 00:31:58,267 --> 00:31:59,267 What is it? 650 00:32:00,167 --> 00:32:01,933 Darling, have you thought something? 651 00:32:02,067 --> 00:32:05,600 I believe, I believe I have. 652 00:32:05,700 --> 00:32:07,533 It might, it just might work. 653 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:12,967 Oh, Tommy, I shall have to be frightfully brave. 654 00:32:14,067 --> 00:32:17,067 [Suspenseful music] 655 00:32:47,367 --> 00:32:49,567 [Moaning] 656 00:33:16,367 --> 00:33:17,933 Follow me. 657 00:33:18,067 --> 00:33:19,200 I'm supposed to stay here. 658 00:33:19,300 --> 00:33:20,600 Not this morning. 659 00:33:20,700 --> 00:33:21,433 Dr. Horriston said... 660 00:33:21,533 --> 00:33:23,633 Your orders have been changed. 661 00:33:23,733 --> 00:33:25,233 You are needed elsewhere. 662 00:33:27,233 --> 00:33:29,067 She will give us no trouble. 663 00:33:31,433 --> 00:33:32,433 Come! 664 00:33:37,233 --> 00:33:39,100 I know you will be surprised 665 00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:40,967 that I have summoned you here. 666 00:33:41,067 --> 00:33:43,600 There is no cause for alarm, 667 00:33:43,700 --> 00:33:48,233 I am authorised to announce to you that among our guests 668 00:33:48,333 --> 00:33:51,067 is the distinguished Russian ballerina 669 00:33:51,133 --> 00:33:53,133 madam Vera mosgovskensky. 670 00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:57,400 [Polite applause] 671 00:33:57,500 --> 00:34:00,300 Madame mosgovskensky has informed me 672 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:05,433 that she is graciously pleased to entertain and delight us 673 00:34:05,867 --> 00:34:08,533 with a display of her art. 674 00:34:08,633 --> 00:34:11,467 Yes, she will dance for us. 675 00:34:12,467 --> 00:34:14,567 Madam mosgovskensky. 676 00:34:14,667 --> 00:34:17,167 ["Swan lake"] 677 00:34:28,533 --> 00:34:31,467 My friends, beloved friends, 678 00:34:31,567 --> 00:34:35,733 this morning, I am dancing for you some beautiful experts, 679 00:34:35,833 --> 00:34:40,267 so sorry, I mean excerpts, from the immortal ballet, 680 00:34:40,367 --> 00:34:42,500 lac De cygne. 681 00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:45,700 The lake of the swans. 682 00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:48,967 [Piano plays fanfare] 683 00:34:53,967 --> 00:34:55,533 It is being written, as you know, 684 00:34:55,633 --> 00:34:58,100 by my great countryman, the towering genius, 685 00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:00,300 Pyotr Tchaikovsky. 686 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:05,433 He was a great, great composer, but also very tragic man. 687 00:35:06,233 --> 00:35:07,967 I remember once in yakutsk, 688 00:35:08,067 --> 00:35:11,100 but I'm sworn not to be speaking of this, 689 00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:14,167 it is his music that is mattering, no? 690 00:35:15,100 --> 00:35:19,333 For now, I will begin with my first sensational solo, 691 00:35:19,433 --> 00:35:22,333 where as odette, the white swan's queen, 692 00:35:22,433 --> 00:35:26,633 I am bringing joy to the hearts of all in the theatre, 693 00:35:26,733 --> 00:35:30,267 and from the theatre, the world. 694 00:35:30,367 --> 00:35:32,233 Thanking you. 695 00:35:32,333 --> 00:35:34,433 [Polite applause] 696 00:35:34,533 --> 00:35:37,067 [Piano plays] 697 00:35:43,633 --> 00:35:46,400 But first, I must be putting you completely 698 00:35:46,500 --> 00:35:47,767 in the picture. 699 00:35:47,867 --> 00:35:49,700 Unless you are knowing story of the ballet, 700 00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:53,067 you're not appreciating my unbelievable art. 701 00:35:53,100 --> 00:35:55,067 Is true, yes. 702 00:35:55,133 --> 00:35:59,767 So you must be imagining yourself 703 00:35:59,867 --> 00:36:02,900 in a little village in the countryside. 704 00:36:03,067 --> 00:36:06,933 After beautiful overture, the curtain is rising, 705 00:36:07,067 --> 00:36:10,333 to reveal girls and boys of the village 706 00:36:10,433 --> 00:36:13,200 happily frolicking with themselves. 707 00:36:13,300 --> 00:36:16,367 Yes, they are gaily desporting. 708 00:36:16,467 --> 00:36:21,500 And why, because the handsome prince, he is come. 709 00:36:22,133 --> 00:36:27,167 And the handsome prince, his name is 710 00:36:27,300 --> 00:36:28,667 prince charming. 711 00:36:37,833 --> 00:36:41,467 And, he's riding for country sport, 712 00:36:41,567 --> 00:36:46,433 and everyone in the village is over the moons to see him, 713 00:36:46,533 --> 00:36:48,700 and his pretty companions. 714 00:36:49,567 --> 00:36:51,600 He approaches the house. 715 00:36:54,300 --> 00:36:58,167 [Piano plays in the distance] 716 00:37:12,767 --> 00:37:14,433 But what is this? 717 00:37:14,533 --> 00:37:15,767 He is shooting her! 718 00:37:15,867 --> 00:37:19,367 Yes, my friends, the beautiful white swans queen. 719 00:37:19,467 --> 00:37:22,300 She has fallen to the ground, 720 00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:26,633 a cruel arrow from the prince charming's crossbow, 721 00:37:26,733 --> 00:37:29,633 penetrating her magnificent chest. 722 00:37:31,333 --> 00:37:34,867 In terrible throes of dying agony, 723 00:37:34,967 --> 00:37:37,233 she does delicate dance. 724 00:37:38,100 --> 00:37:40,633 [Piano plays] 725 00:37:41,700 --> 00:37:42,700 However. 726 00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:48,400 You must be knowing that odette is not 727 00:37:48,500 --> 00:37:50,433 only beautiful swan's queen. 728 00:37:50,533 --> 00:37:51,567 Oh gosh, no. 729 00:37:51,667 --> 00:37:55,667 There is another, and her name is odile. 730 00:37:55,767 --> 00:37:58,200 But she is a black swans. 731 00:37:58,300 --> 00:38:00,567 And her mission is evil. 732 00:38:02,333 --> 00:38:04,067 And why is this, my friends? 733 00:38:04,167 --> 00:38:06,067 Well, I am telling you. 734 00:38:06,100 --> 00:38:09,100 It is because she is under the foul influence 735 00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:14,233 of the wicked magician, and his heart is black. 736 00:38:16,300 --> 00:38:21,300 The wicked magician, his name is abanazerov. 737 00:38:23,433 --> 00:38:28,500 And he's trying to make slave of handsome prince. 738 00:38:28,667 --> 00:38:31,700 [Suspenseful music] 739 00:38:59,767 --> 00:39:02,067 [Knocking on door] 740 00:39:02,133 --> 00:39:03,600 Mrs. Leigh Gordon? 741 00:39:07,567 --> 00:39:10,167 [Knocking on door] 742 00:39:10,267 --> 00:39:11,267 Hermie! 743 00:39:12,133 --> 00:39:13,900 But what shall the handsome prince do? 744 00:39:14,067 --> 00:39:18,233 He believe most sincerely that he is dancing with odette, 745 00:39:18,333 --> 00:39:21,133 the beautiful white swans queen. 746 00:39:21,233 --> 00:39:24,567 And, oh, she is flying so graceful. 747 00:39:25,467 --> 00:39:27,733 But in reality it is quite different. 748 00:39:27,833 --> 00:39:30,967 It is not odette, but odile, 749 00:39:31,067 --> 00:39:34,200 the black swans in disguise. 750 00:39:36,867 --> 00:39:38,133 Oh dear. 751 00:39:38,233 --> 00:39:39,600 What a mix-up! 752 00:39:39,700 --> 00:39:42,900 [Speaking in Russian] 753 00:39:44,933 --> 00:39:47,967 [Suspenseful music] 754 00:39:55,900 --> 00:39:59,533 Oh, please, to listen careful, please! 755 00:39:59,633 --> 00:40:00,733 Your attention. 756 00:40:00,833 --> 00:40:05,367 I am now coming to most important part of the story 757 00:40:05,467 --> 00:40:08,467 when the secret of the wicked magician 758 00:40:08,567 --> 00:40:10,600 is about to be revealed! 759 00:40:13,267 --> 00:40:16,233 [Distant crashing] 760 00:40:25,633 --> 00:40:26,733 Mrs. Leigh Gordon? 761 00:40:26,833 --> 00:40:29,067 [Sobbing] 762 00:40:29,167 --> 00:40:30,167 My god! 763 00:40:38,900 --> 00:40:43,667 And so they are united in heartbreaking happy endings. 764 00:40:43,767 --> 00:40:47,467 Whole theatre is weeping, joyful tears, 765 00:40:48,767 --> 00:40:52,267 the wicked magician, he marries 766 00:40:52,367 --> 00:40:55,133 the prince charming's grandmother, 767 00:40:55,233 --> 00:40:57,967 the swans, they fly away. 768 00:40:58,067 --> 00:41:01,400 And the prince and his beloved odette, 769 00:41:01,500 --> 00:41:04,700 or is it odile, or is it odette by this time? 770 00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:06,833 I don't know, it is not important. 771 00:41:06,933 --> 00:41:09,700 The prince and his beloved odette, 772 00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:14,833 they sink beneath moonlit waters on magic lake. 773 00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:19,667 And the curtain, she falls. 774 00:41:19,767 --> 00:41:22,200 [Snoring] 775 00:41:22,300 --> 00:41:23,633 It's beautiful, no? 776 00:41:33,133 --> 00:41:34,467 Madame mosgovskensky... 777 00:41:34,567 --> 00:41:36,333 Ah, you're not understanding. 778 00:41:36,433 --> 00:41:38,500 You are wishing I tell story once again? 779 00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:39,867 No, no. 780 00:41:39,967 --> 00:41:41,900 I'm sure we all found it most illuminating. 781 00:41:42,067 --> 00:41:44,733 You have some questions to ask about my childhood 782 00:41:44,833 --> 00:41:46,500 in St. Petersburg, perhaps? 783 00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:48,720 Madame mosgovskensky, we are waiting for you to dance. 784 00:41:48,767 --> 00:41:49,900 This is natural. 785 00:41:50,067 --> 00:41:52,433 Always, always they are imploring me to dance. 786 00:41:52,533 --> 00:41:54,533 Then for heaven's sake, begin. 787 00:41:54,633 --> 00:41:56,633 Please, to be sitting. 788 00:42:09,567 --> 00:42:13,133 I am ready for grand entrance. 789 00:42:13,233 --> 00:42:16,200 [Piano plays] 790 00:42:16,300 --> 00:42:17,067 Nyet! 791 00:42:17,133 --> 00:42:17,833 What is it now? 792 00:42:17,933 --> 00:42:19,500 My wings, where are my wings? 793 00:42:20,833 --> 00:42:22,100 Your wings? 794 00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:24,733 How can beautiful white swan queen be flying 795 00:42:24,833 --> 00:42:26,067 without her wings? 796 00:42:26,167 --> 00:42:27,733 Oh, I am remembering. 797 00:42:27,833 --> 00:42:29,433 They are in my room. 798 00:42:30,733 --> 00:42:31,867 [Horriston] Muldoon. 799 00:42:31,967 --> 00:42:36,600 Oh, no, not to trouble, I am goning in double quick time. 800 00:42:36,700 --> 00:42:39,333 Everyone, everyone is to be waiting 801 00:42:39,433 --> 00:42:40,433 in fever of anticipation. 802 00:42:40,500 --> 00:42:42,733 - Madame mosgovskensky... - No-one, 803 00:42:42,833 --> 00:42:46,933 and I mean no-one, is to leave this room. 804 00:42:51,700 --> 00:42:52,467 Tuppence! 805 00:42:52,567 --> 00:42:53,667 Oh, Tommy. 806 00:42:53,767 --> 00:42:54,500 Did you find her? 807 00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:55,467 Yes, come on. 808 00:42:55,567 --> 00:42:56,300 Well, where is she? 809 00:42:56,400 --> 00:42:57,133 Upstairs! 810 00:42:57,233 --> 00:42:59,100 Oh, we can't just leave her! 811 00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:01,233 No, I'll tell you later! 812 00:43:02,267 --> 00:43:03,267 Come on! 813 00:43:04,467 --> 00:43:06,733 Oi, you! 814 00:43:06,833 --> 00:43:08,267 - [Tommy] Run! - Stop! 815 00:43:08,367 --> 00:43:10,900 [Tense music] 816 00:43:11,967 --> 00:43:12,700 Tommy! 817 00:43:12,800 --> 00:43:15,100 [Shouting] 818 00:43:28,667 --> 00:43:31,067 [Screaming] 819 00:43:41,333 --> 00:43:42,333 Oh, no! 820 00:43:43,933 --> 00:43:44,933 Quickly! 821 00:43:48,100 --> 00:43:50,500 [Screaming] 822 00:44:57,400 --> 00:44:58,400 Muldoon! 823 00:45:15,833 --> 00:45:17,233 Darling, I can't! 824 00:45:17,333 --> 00:45:20,967 Come on, darling, pull yourself together! 825 00:45:25,333 --> 00:45:27,900 [Tense music] 826 00:45:30,167 --> 00:45:31,167 Quickly! 827 00:45:37,167 --> 00:45:39,833 [Engine stalls] 828 00:45:42,567 --> 00:45:45,600 [Engine turns over] 829 00:46:18,467 --> 00:46:20,067 They have failed. 830 00:46:29,967 --> 00:46:30,967 Are you all right? 831 00:46:31,067 --> 00:46:32,200 Just about. 832 00:46:32,300 --> 00:46:34,067 My ankle hurts like blazes, 833 00:46:34,133 --> 00:46:36,433 but Tommy, you were marvellous. 834 00:46:36,533 --> 00:46:39,067 You were pretty handy yourself. 835 00:46:39,133 --> 00:46:40,500 Where to, the police? 836 00:46:40,600 --> 00:46:41,867 No. 837 00:46:41,967 --> 00:46:43,467 Back to stavansson to warn him? 838 00:46:43,567 --> 00:46:44,567 No. 839 00:46:44,633 --> 00:46:46,667 Oh, but Mrs. Leigh Gordon! 840 00:46:46,767 --> 00:46:49,233 She doesn't need us, I'm afraid. 841 00:46:49,333 --> 00:46:51,700 Tommy, you don't mean she's... 842 00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:53,067 No such luck. 843 00:46:53,900 --> 00:46:56,667 No, she's getting thin. 844 00:46:57,700 --> 00:46:58,833 What? 845 00:46:58,933 --> 00:47:00,467 Thin. 846 00:47:00,567 --> 00:47:05,600 She's getting thin, you know, reduction of weight. 847 00:47:06,067 --> 00:47:07,733 Reduction of weight. 848 00:47:07,833 --> 00:47:10,633 Remember how stavansson said that he hated fat women? 849 00:47:11,600 --> 00:47:13,100 Well, in the two years he's been away, 850 00:47:13,200 --> 00:47:15,400 his hermie has been putting on weight. 851 00:47:16,700 --> 00:47:18,776 She got into a panic, which he heard he was coming back, 852 00:47:18,800 --> 00:47:21,767 and rushed off to do this new treatment of horriston's. 853 00:47:21,867 --> 00:47:23,500 It's injections of some sort. 854 00:47:23,600 --> 00:47:24,840 He makes a deadly secret of it, 855 00:47:24,900 --> 00:47:26,700 and charges through the nose. 856 00:47:26,800 --> 00:47:29,567 Stavansson came back a fortnight too soon. 857 00:47:29,667 --> 00:47:31,309 She was only just beginning of the treatment. 858 00:47:31,333 --> 00:47:32,433 I know, don't tell me. 859 00:47:32,533 --> 00:47:34,967 Lady Susan tried to protect her, 860 00:47:35,067 --> 00:47:36,600 stavansson got suspicious... 861 00:47:36,700 --> 00:47:40,567 We came down here to make blithering idiots of ourselves, 862 00:47:40,667 --> 00:47:43,567 not to mention assault and battery on members of the staff. 863 00:47:44,433 --> 00:47:49,433 And i'm, I'm guilty of the most apalling false pretences. 864 00:47:50,400 --> 00:47:54,367 And what's worse, I've ruined a perfectly good nightdress! 865 00:47:54,467 --> 00:47:58,967 [Laughing] Well, at least stavansson will be happy! 866 00:47:59,067 --> 00:48:03,467 Tommy, if you ever so much as mention a word of this 867 00:48:03,567 --> 00:48:04,800 to anyone... 868 00:48:04,900 --> 00:48:05,900 Fair enough. 869 00:48:07,600 --> 00:48:10,933 After all, we haven't exactly come well out of this case. 870 00:48:12,800 --> 00:48:15,867 Getting myself up to look like the ancient mariner. 871 00:48:15,967 --> 00:48:16,967 Tommy. 872 00:48:17,767 --> 00:48:18,633 Yes? 873 00:48:18,733 --> 00:48:20,067 You do look odd. 874 00:48:22,233 --> 00:48:23,700 [She laughs] 875 00:48:23,800 --> 00:48:24,967 Now, listen. 876 00:48:25,067 --> 00:48:26,467 I'm sorry. 877 00:48:26,567 --> 00:48:29,467 I promise I'll never, ever mention it again. 878 00:48:31,333 --> 00:48:32,233 Good. 879 00:48:32,333 --> 00:48:34,700 [Giggling] 880 00:48:34,800 --> 00:48:37,667 [They both laugh] 881 00:48:49,967 --> 00:48:52,733 [Cheerful music]