1 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:11,770 Subtitling made possible by Acorn Media 2 00:00:12,040 --> 00:00:14,884 [mysterious jazz music] 3 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:23,523 [music] 4 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:20,361 Ladies and gentlemen, 5 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:22,921 lot 222 6 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:26,170 an Edgar Brandt wrought-iron wall mirror 7 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:28,204 and console table. 8 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:33,606 I shall open the bidding at �30. 9 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:36,804 Do I see �30? 10 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:37,922 �30. 11 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:39,326 Is this what you came for, Poirot? 12 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:40,527 Yes, it is, Hastings. 13 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:42,643 I thought for the vestibule, you know, by the door. 14 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:43,842 �40. 15 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:45,121 How high will you go? 16 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:46,447 �90. 17 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:47,761 - �50. - It will be enough. 18 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:49,565 Thank you. 19 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:51,126 �60. 20 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:54,449 And �70. 21 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:57,802 Here. 22 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:00,162 �80. Thank you, madam. 23 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:03,330 �90. 24 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:06,211 At �90, then. 25 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:08,761 At �90. 26 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:10,883 Any more? 27 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:12,161 �100. 28 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:14,568 [people murmuring] 29 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:21,966 It's with you, sir. 30 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:27,565 �120. 31 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:38,170 Sir? 32 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:44,046 At �120, then. 33 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:46,209 Any more? 34 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:48,204 Sold to Mr. Chevenix. 35 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:51,091 [people murmuring] 36 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:53,328 Well, that was a bit of bad luck, Poirot. 37 00:02:53,640 --> 00:02:54,562 I thought you had it there. 38 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:55,807 So, Hastings, did I. 39 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:57,241 Mr. Poirot. 40 00:02:57,560 --> 00:02:59,642 You are Hercule Poirot, are you not, 41 00:02:59,920 --> 00:03:01,126 the detective? 42 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:02,287 Yes. 43 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:04,602 No hard feelings, I hope? 44 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:06,006 Non. 45 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:08,806 Good. My card. 46 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:12,846 Tell me, what do you know about modern art, Mr. Poirot? 47 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:13,928 I'm a collector. 48 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:16,043 Also I deal in paintings and sculptures. 49 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:17,162 That's my business. 50 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:18,930 And I have to tell you, 51 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:21,771 I'm not a man who's easily fooled. 52 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:23,610 That is self-evident, monsieur. 53 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:25,041 So it may surprise you to learn 54 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:27,049 that I believe I'm being defrauded. 55 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:29,209 I want you to look into it. 56 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:31,921 The services of Hercule Poirot are not inexpensive. 57 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:33,326 Maybe I'll give you the mirror. 58 00:03:33,640 --> 00:03:34,687 What do you say? 59 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:36,291 I've got a place, Hamborough Close, 60 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:37,647 near Whimperley. 61 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:39,285 How about tomorrow? 62 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:41,090 That is out of the question. 63 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:42,282 The day after, then. 64 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:43,681 Let me know. 65 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:47,562 Well, that was a bit of a cheek, wasn't it? 66 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:49,649 Yes, indeed, Hastings. 67 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:54,209 This Gervase Chevenix, 68 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:55,646 it does not occur to him 69 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:57,968 that Poirot is also a man of importance, 70 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:00,641 a man of affairs? 71 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:03,730 And yet he summons me like a mere nobody, an obedient dog. 72 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:05,684 Oh, I take it you'll refuse. 73 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:08,804 To refuse, yes, it is my first instinct. 74 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:10,127 But, you know, Hastings, 75 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:13,768 a man with so much arrogance as this... 76 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:18,123 Even he may be vulnerable in ways he cannot see. 77 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:21,290 And he did offer you that mirror. 78 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:22,761 That too. 79 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:23,962 [car door slams] 80 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:26,208 I'll get the tickets tomorrow. 81 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:30,648 And do you take this man 82 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:32,729 to be your lawfully wedded husband? 83 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:34,081 [ominous music] 84 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:35,885 I do. 85 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:37,685 Well, there we are, then. 86 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:41,043 Now, let me see. 87 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:42,560 Do you have a ring? 88 00:04:42,840 --> 00:04:44,285 Yes. 89 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:47,643 That's right. 90 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:52,171 John Lake, Ruth Chevenix, 91 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:56,081 I am pleased to declare you man and wife. 92 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:01,527 [rain pattering] 93 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:05,009 I wish it didn't have to be like this. 94 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:15,447 I do love you. 95 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:28,686 [train whistle blows] 96 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:36,605 Merci. 97 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:43,242 [train whistle blows] 98 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:46,760 - Mr. Poirot? - Oui? 99 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:48,530 My name's Susan Cardwell. 100 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:50,404 Do you mind if I join you? 101 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:51,801 Not at all, mademoiselle. 102 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:54,162 Asseyez-vous, s'il vous pla�t. 103 00:05:57,840 --> 00:05:59,444 This is my associate, Captain Hastings. 104 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:00,799 Both: How do you do? 105 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:02,006 May I offer you a cup of coffee? 106 00:06:02,280 --> 00:06:04,328 Oh, I won't, thank you. 107 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:07,291 My fianc�, Hugo, told me to look out for you. 108 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:09,409 Actually, he's not my fianc�, 109 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:10,846 not officially, anyway. 110 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:12,042 Hugo? 111 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:13,367 Oh, Hugo Trent, 112 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:14,567 Gervase's nephew. 113 00:06:14,840 --> 00:06:15,807 He's meeting you at the station, 114 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:18,560 so he suggested I come on the same train. 115 00:06:18,840 --> 00:06:20,763 Are you staying with Monsieur Chevenix? 116 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:23,407 Unfortunately, yes. 117 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:24,846 Well, I've only met him once, 118 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:28,727 and he was absolutely horrible to me. 119 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:30,764 He doesn't approve of you? 120 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:32,929 It's not that. It's just-- 121 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:35,931 Well, it's-- it's Hugo and me. 122 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:37,804 You see, Gervase has always had his heart set 123 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:39,764 on Hugo marrying his daughter, Ruth. 124 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:42,202 But he's not inclined to do that. 125 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:43,965 No. 126 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:45,810 But you see, Ruth was adopted. 127 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:48,526 I suppose Gervase thinks marrying her to his nephew 128 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:52,930 will-will make her more completely his. 129 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:55,089 But he can't force them to marry, can he? 130 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:56,646 He can try. 131 00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:58,524 He will try. 132 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:00,086 I think he enjoys it-- 133 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:02,681 manipulating other people. 134 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:06,765 I really hate him, you know. 135 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:08,246 I do. 136 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:11,404 And I'm not going to let him spoil my life. 137 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:14,963 [train whistle blows] 138 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:24,806 Here's Hugo. 139 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:26,286 Susan. 140 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:27,931 Darling. Mwah. 141 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:29,690 You must be Mr. Poirot. 142 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:30,768 Monsieur. 143 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:32,565 - And... - Arthur Hastings. 144 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:34,285 Hugo Trent. 145 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:37,126 Look, I'm supposed to be driving you to Hamborough Close. 146 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:39,289 But I've got to stop off at my studio. 147 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:40,522 Do you mind terribly? 148 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:41,961 - Not at all. - It's on the way. 149 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:43,321 Bon. 150 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:49,084 And these are my designs, 151 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:50,930 all of them. 152 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:54,329 What we're doing here is revolutionary, Mr. Poirot. 153 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:56,404 What do you think? 154 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:59,405 I think it is most remarkable. 155 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:01,006 Is it all metal? 156 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:02,361 Tubular steel. 157 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:04,921 You see, who needs wood, Captain Hastings? 158 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:07,601 Wood expands. It perishes. It dries out. 159 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:10,531 But metal, metal is perfect. 160 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:13,121 You see, triangulated joinery. 161 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:14,287 There's no fuss. 162 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:15,840 Oh, yes, I see. 163 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:18,122 - Hugo. - Give me a minute, Lawrence. 164 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:22,603 Look at this. 165 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:24,120 Sit down. 166 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:36,127 What do you think? 167 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:39,210 I think... 168 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:42,364 that it is perfectly conceived. 169 00:08:42,680 --> 00:08:44,648 This is the future, Mr. Poirot. 170 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:47,002 And I could sell thousands, if only- 171 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:49,203 Uncle Gervase. 172 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:51,249 He does not support this enterprise? 173 00:08:51,560 --> 00:08:54,131 Just getting this far has been a struggle. 174 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:55,731 Now the banks are closing in, 175 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:57,411 and I may have to sell my designs 176 00:08:57,720 --> 00:08:58,562 just to pay them off. 177 00:08:58,840 --> 00:08:59,682 Hugo. 178 00:08:59,960 --> 00:09:01,644 They telephoned while you were out. 179 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:03,524 They won't give you any more time. 180 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:05,564 I'll have to speak to them. 181 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:08,161 Excuse me, Mr. Poirot. 182 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:11,284 Lawrence will have to drive you. 183 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:13,841 Damn it to hell. 184 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:18,884 [eerie music] 185 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:27,523 [music] 186 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:43,125 Mm. Quite a place. 187 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:44,447 Good afternoon, gentlemen. 188 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:46,091 Mr. Chevenix is waiting for you. 189 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:47,521 Merci. 190 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:49,245 Enter! 191 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:53,731 Monsieur Poirot, sir. 192 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:55,684 Oh, Mr. Poirot. 193 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:57,769 Good of you to come. 194 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:00,725 You've brought your secretary. 195 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:04,243 This is my associate, Captain Hastings. 196 00:10:04,560 --> 00:10:05,368 Oh, yes. 197 00:10:05,680 --> 00:10:07,284 I saw him at the auction. 198 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:08,965 Well, what do you think? 199 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:10,127 Hung it this morning. 200 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:12,209 Looks good, doesn't it? 201 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:14,249 Yes, indeed. 202 00:10:14,560 --> 00:10:16,767 Shall I come back later, Mr. Chevenix? 203 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:17,927 Yes. 204 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:20,680 You can sort out that stuff on Matisse. 205 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:24,009 This is Miss Lingard, my research assistant. 206 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:25,327 How do you do? 207 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:26,562 Mademoiselle Lingard. 208 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:29,047 We're working on a study of fauvism 209 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:32,005 for the British Museum of Modern Art. 210 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:34,009 Oh, Miss Lingard, 211 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:36,521 is that architect here? 212 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:38,689 I believe so, Mr. Chevenix. 213 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:41,088 Have him come in, will you? 214 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:45,611 �10,000, Mr. Poirot-- 215 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:47,609 not a drop in the ocean. 216 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:50,770 That's how much I've paid him, John Lake. 217 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:53,202 And this is the fraud you wish me to investigate? 218 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:54,885 Yes. 219 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:57,003 For what purpose did you give him the money? 220 00:10:57,280 --> 00:10:59,203 A big development in London: 221 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:01,648 shops, offices, apartments. 222 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:04,810 He's building it, and he's gotten me to invest. 223 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:07,401 So far, he hasn't even laid a brick. 224 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:09,324 And I'm beginning to wonder if he ever will. 225 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:10,687 [knock at door] 226 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:14,611 You wanted to see me, Gervase? 227 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:16,166 Come in, Lake. 228 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:18,329 There's someone I want you to meet. 229 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:21,883 This is Hercule Poirot. 230 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:23,650 The detective. 231 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:26,207 Yes. 232 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:28,522 Why don't you take Mr. Poirot into the garden 233 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:30,450 and get him some tea? 234 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:31,761 I'll see you at dinner. 235 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:33,530 We'll eat in the hall, quarter past 8:00. 236 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:35,609 Do try not to be late. 237 00:11:35,880 --> 00:11:38,850 Snell rings the first gong at eight minutes past the hour 238 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:40,610 and the second at 8:15. 239 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:42,689 I'll see you then. 240 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:44,803 Gentlemen. 241 00:11:53,680 --> 00:11:56,763 I-- I don't suppose-- 242 00:11:57,040 --> 00:11:59,202 You're not here on business, Mr. Poirot. 243 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:01,602 That is precisely why I am here, Monsieur Lake. 244 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:03,006 Oh. 245 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:04,611 That's typical of Gervase. 246 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:07,963 He likes to spring his surprises. 247 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:11,084 [eerie music] 248 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:13,249 [music] 249 00:12:13,560 --> 00:12:15,085 Let me introduce you. 250 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:17,169 This is Mrs. Vanda Chevenix. 251 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:19,010 Hercule Poirot, Captain Hastings. 252 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:21,248 - Madame. - How do you do? 253 00:12:21,560 --> 00:12:24,131 And her daughter, Miss Chevenix. 254 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:26,209 Ruth. 255 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:28,010 - Mademoiselle. - Hello. 256 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:30,282 Hello. 257 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:33,843 Apparently, Mr. Poirot is doing some work for your father. 258 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:35,167 For Gervase? 259 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:36,327 Really? 260 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:37,607 Oui. 261 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:39,689 It is about the death. 262 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:43,409 What death, Madame Chevenix? 263 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:47,441 Safra warned me there would be a death. 264 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:49,762 She told me not to be afraid. 265 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:52,202 Who's Safra? 266 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:55,842 She was a servant of Amenhotep. 267 00:12:56,120 --> 00:12:58,202 She is my spiritual guide. 268 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:00,010 Oh, come on, Vanda. 269 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:02,886 I'm sure Mr. Poirot doesn't want to hear about all that. 270 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:05,049 Au contraire, mademoiselle. 271 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:09,120 Poirot interests himself always in matters of the occult. 272 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:13,767 You permit? 273 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:15,405 Merci. 274 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:27,611 It is very old. 275 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:32,169 It is 3,000 years old. 276 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:33,441 It was hers. 277 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:37,128 This belonged to Safra? 278 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:39,880 She is never wrong. 279 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:41,321 I... 280 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:43,404 I think I'd better be going. 281 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:45,370 I'll walk round with you. 282 00:13:45,680 --> 00:13:46,761 Excuse me. 283 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:48,087 Right. 284 00:13:49,680 --> 00:13:51,125 Tea? 285 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:55,564 [eerie music] 286 00:13:55,840 --> 00:14:01,768 [music] 287 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:04,327 [footsteps] 288 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:10,767 [clock ticking] 289 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:12,007 Evening, Hugo. 290 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:13,441 Where are you going, Ruth? 291 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:14,807 I dropped my brooch somewhere. 292 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:15,922 Outside, I think. 293 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:17,326 Oh. 294 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:18,766 Have you spoken to Gervase? 295 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:19,848 Yes. 296 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:21,849 He's impossible. 297 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:34,683 [music] 298 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:52,410 Entrez. 299 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:55,969 Oh, you're not ready yet. 300 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:58,004 Well, we have plenty of time, mon ami. 301 00:14:58,280 --> 00:14:59,167 Are you sure? 302 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:01,886 I could have sworn I heard the first gong. 303 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:04,561 Non. Let me see. 304 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:13,090 Non, it is six minutes past 8:00 only. 305 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:24,849 [clock ticking] 306 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:34,527 [gong crashes] 307 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:43,129 [music] 308 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:03,047 [distant bang] 309 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:05,209 - What was that? - I do not know. 310 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:07,409 It was a gunshot. 311 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:12,250 [door creaking] 312 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:20,530 Good evening, Miss Ruth. 313 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:23,371 Oh, good evening, Miss Lingard. 314 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:30,327 Is something the matter? 315 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:32,847 I'm not late, am I? 316 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:34,326 - Did you hear it, Susan? - What? 317 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:35,846 I thought I heard a shot. 318 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:37,007 Just now? 319 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:39,169 I thought it was a car backfiring. 320 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:40,519 Ruth. 321 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:41,521 What's going on? 322 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:43,882 We thought we heard a gun going off. 323 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:45,650 Oh, yes, I thought I heard something. 324 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:48,287 It came from upstairs. 325 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:49,522 No, it was a car. 326 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:50,608 It came from over there. 327 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:51,881 I heard it too. 328 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:53,321 Snell? 329 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:56,401 Yes, ma'am. 330 00:16:56,720 --> 00:16:58,563 It is 8:15. 331 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:00,205 Time for the second gong. 332 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:02,045 Yes, ma'am. 333 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:05,762 But where is Monsieur Chevenix? 334 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:07,963 He is never late. 335 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:10,368 He was working in the study, ma'am. 336 00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:15,087 [knocking] 337 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:19,603 [door handle rattling] 338 00:17:25,360 --> 00:17:27,249 This door must be broken open immediately. 339 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:29,164 Here, let me. 340 00:17:31,120 --> 00:17:34,249 [grunting] 341 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:56,801 Poirot. 342 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:08,167 I told you, Safra is never wrong. 343 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:42,926 Evening, Poirot. 344 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:44,531 Chief Inspector Japp. 345 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:46,006 Right, where's the body? 346 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:48,009 This way, Chief Inspector. 347 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:57,609 Chief Inspector. 348 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:16,719 Suicide. 349 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:18,085 So it would appear. 350 00:19:18,360 --> 00:19:19,646 I'd say it was obvious. 351 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:21,604 The bullet must have gone straight through his head 352 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:23,086 and hit the mirror. 353 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:27,128 So it would appear. 354 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:32,969 He left a note. 355 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:36,450 [clears throat] 356 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:39,921 "Sorry". 357 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:42,646 I suppose that says it all. 358 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:43,762 Hmm. 359 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:45,963 Look at this, Chief Inspector. 360 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:52,684 What is it? 361 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:55,725 It is a small fragment of the looking glass. 362 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:57,968 Well, there must be splinters all over the place. 363 00:19:58,240 --> 00:19:59,366 Who found the body? 364 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:00,602 We did. 365 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:02,530 We heard a shot at about ten past 8:00, 366 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:04,609 and then we broke in the door. 367 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:17,724 Let me see. 368 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:21,879 Ah. 369 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:23,291 Just as I thought. 370 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:25,090 He locked himself in. 371 00:20:25,360 --> 00:20:27,328 That more or less wraps it up. 372 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:29,369 You believe so? 373 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:31,728 Well, we've got a dead man. 374 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:33,764 You heard a shot, he's alone in the room, 375 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:35,804 the gun's in his hand, and the door was locked. 376 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:37,570 Well, what about the windows? 377 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:45,921 Fastened. 378 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:48,168 And this one. 379 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:55,045 This one too. 380 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:56,321 Right. 381 00:20:56,640 --> 00:20:57,607 Well, I'd better go and have a word 382 00:20:57,880 --> 00:20:59,211 with Mrs. Chevenix, 383 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:01,841 not that there's much to say. 384 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:06,242 [sighs] 385 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:09,325 You know, it does look like suicide, Poirot. 386 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:12,120 Oui, c'est possible, mon ami. 387 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:14,402 And yet... 388 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:17,007 there are many things I wish to know. 389 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:28,448 For example, 390 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:30,250 why was the mirror broken? 391 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:32,005 And why was there mud on the shoes 392 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:34,567 belonging to Mademoiselle Ruth Chevenix? 393 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:37,769 Voil�. 394 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:39,280 Footprints. 395 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:41,364 Yes, Hastings, they are the footprints of a lady 396 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:43,808 and directly outside the study of Monsieur Chevenix. 397 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:46,401 But the French window was locked from the inside. 398 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:47,642 But this window, Hastings, 399 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:49,206 it can be locked from the outside. 400 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:50,567 Regarde. 401 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:57,290 By raising the metal catch so 402 00:21:57,600 --> 00:21:59,364 and then, with a push... 403 00:22:02,360 --> 00:22:03,600 [metallic thunk] 404 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:06,850 Good Lord. 405 00:22:07,120 --> 00:22:09,009 [sniffing] 406 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:11,647 You know, Chief Inspector, 407 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:16,005 life is one of the great illusions. 408 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:20,649 I'm afraid I don't quite agree with that, Mrs. Chevenix. 409 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:23,685 Gervase knew that. 410 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:25,883 He and I, you see, 411 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:29,130 we met on the same plane. 412 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:31,323 On holiday? 413 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:34,883 The spiritual plane. 414 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:38,130 He was one of the great ones. 415 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:40,687 He, too, found it hard to conform 416 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:44,123 to the silly standards of the everyday world. 417 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:50,164 And he believed me 418 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:52,442 about the death. 419 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:56,161 You'd been told about his death? 420 00:22:57,400 --> 00:22:59,164 Oh, yes. 421 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:03,287 Safra told me. 422 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:05,443 She knew. 423 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:08,445 Did she, indeed? 424 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:10,728 Mrs. Chevenix, can you tell me 425 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,765 where I might be able to get hold of this Safra? 426 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:18,889 She used to live in Egypt. 427 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:21,686 But she moved? 428 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:23,200 No. 429 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:24,681 Perfectly conceived. 430 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:26,200 [laughs] 431 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:27,567 Oh, hello, Mr. Poirot. 432 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:29,285 Oh, Mr. Poirot. 433 00:23:31,360 --> 00:23:32,600 Monsieur Trent... 434 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:38,084 Did you see your uncle earlier this evening? 435 00:23:38,360 --> 00:23:39,771 Yes. 436 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:41,929 It must have been about 7:00. 437 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:43,804 He was dressed for dinner. 438 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:45,241 I-- I went to see him 439 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:46,971 to ask him to help me with my business. 440 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:49,561 But he wouldn't listen. 441 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:51,808 He wanted Hugo to marry Ruth. 442 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:54,208 No marriage to Ruth, no money for me. 443 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:56,284 That's what it boiled down to. 444 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:58,125 So, Monsieur Trent, 445 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:02,041 you had no reason, therefore, to celebrate. 446 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:03,287 None at all. 447 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:04,442 It was not you, then, 448 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:06,171 that opened this bottle of champagne? 449 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:07,965 No. 450 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:09,401 Curious. 451 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:11,290 The bottle of champagne, it is opened, 452 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:13,728 and yet the contents are not consumed. 453 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:24,082 Ah, there you are, Poirot. 454 00:24:24,360 --> 00:24:26,647 You got any idea where I can get hold of this Safra, 455 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:28,570 some sort of friend of Mrs. Chevenix? 456 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:30,808 Safra's dead. 457 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:33,367 She's Vanda's spirit guide. 458 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:36,724 Ah. 459 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:38,240 I might as well be off, then. 460 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:40,847 You believe there is nothing to investigate? 461 00:24:41,120 --> 00:24:43,168 Gervase Chevenix shot himself. 462 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:44,885 I'm sure of it. 463 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:47,162 In that event, Chief Inspector, d'accord. 464 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:49,568 We will return at once to London. 465 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:52,320 There are, perhaps, two questions 466 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:55,689 that you might be able to answer for me. 467 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:58,247 Oh, yes. 468 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:03,329 First question: 469 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:06,883 was Monsieur Chevenix right-handed or left-handed? 470 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:10,768 What's the other question? 471 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:12,451 It is more simple. 472 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:17,561 If Monsieur Chevenix shot himself, 473 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:21,640 what has happened to the bullet? 474 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:28,289 [children yelling] 475 00:25:35,120 --> 00:25:37,122 [buzzer buzzes] 476 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:40,290 [footsteps approaching] 477 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:41,886 Oh, hello, Miss Chevenix. 478 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:43,207 Could I see Mr. Poirot, please? 479 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:46,126 Yes. Follow me down this way. 480 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:48,282 Miss Chevenix is here. 481 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:49,442 Ah, mademoiselle. 482 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:51,649 Mr. Poirot, I need to see you. 483 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:54,002 Please to sit down, mademoiselle. 484 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:57,651 Is it true that Gervase hired you 485 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:00,287 to investigate John Lake? 486 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:03,086 Oui, mademoiselle. 487 00:26:03,360 --> 00:26:04,885 Monsieur Chevenix believed 488 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:06,685 that he was the object of a fraud. 489 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:09,281 Well, I've come to tell you that the case is over. 490 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:11,762 I don't know what he offered to pay you, 491 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:14,168 but I hope that will cover it. 492 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:18,124 [purse snaps shut] 493 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:19,765 Mademoiselle, 494 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:25,888 the company of Monsieur John Lake, 495 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:27,730 what is it called? 496 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:29,923 It's Northgate Development. 497 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:33,010 But I'm telling you, Mr. Poirot, there is nothing to investigate. 498 00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:35,726 May I ask, mademoiselle... 499 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:39,928 Were you close to your guardian? 500 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:41,406 [exhales sharply] 501 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:46,009 I was grateful to Gervase. 502 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:48,806 And he wasn't just my guardian. 503 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:50,684 He was actually my uncle. 504 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:52,928 But he adopted you. 505 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:58,001 I was what is quaintly called a love child. 506 00:26:58,280 --> 00:26:59,930 My father was Gervase's younger brother. 507 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:01,406 He was killed in the war. 508 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:04,326 And my mother was a typist. 509 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:06,005 Ah. 510 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:07,930 And where is she now? 511 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:09,440 I don't know. 512 00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:12,650 When my father died, she wrote to Gervase. 513 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:14,331 He couldn't have any children of his own, 514 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:15,687 so he adopted me. 515 00:27:15,688 --> 00:27:16,602 I see. 516 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:19,281 Please to sit down, mademoiselle. 517 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:27,924 Tell me, mademoiselle, 518 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:34,287 on the night of the death of Monsieur Chevenix, 519 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:36,284 where were you at 8:00? 520 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:38,682 I was in the house. 521 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:40,371 - But you went out, I think. - Did I? 522 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:41,966 Oh, yes, there was mud on your shoes. 523 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:44,004 I remarked on the fact. 524 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:46,282 You don't miss a thing, do you? 525 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:47,681 Well, yes. 526 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:49,564 I went out twice. 527 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:52,889 At about 6:00, I went to pick some daisies just by the study. 528 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:54,446 And later? 529 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:56,922 [exhales sharply] 530 00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:00,283 It must have been just after 8:00, 531 00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:01,761 I realized I'd dropped my brooch, 532 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:03,246 and I went back to get it. 533 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:05,324 It is as simple as that. 534 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:08,610 If you don't believe me, you can ask Miss Lingard. 535 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:10,120 Mademoiselle Lingard? 536 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:12,767 She was in the lounge when I came in. 537 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:14,724 [camera shutter clicks] 538 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:26,762 [camera shutter clicks] 539 00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:28,007 [gasps] 540 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:29,167 Mr. Poirot. 541 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:30,441 Mademoiselle Lingard. 542 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:32,250 - Captain Hastings. - Miss Lingard. 543 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:34,085 Ah, you quite startled me. 544 00:28:34,360 --> 00:28:36,044 Still working on the book, I see. 545 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:37,606 Well, yes. 546 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:39,291 I was paid until the end of the month, 547 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:41,204 and the book's so nearly finished, 548 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:43,090 it's a shame to stop now. 549 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:46,523 But this is not, I believe, a fauve painting. 550 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:49,326 No, it's later. 551 00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:53,122 But it's such a beautiful painting, 552 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:54,970 so sad. 553 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:56,730 Yes, indeed. 554 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:58,570 Mademoiselle Lingard, 555 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:00,683 I wonder if I might ask you some questions 556 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:03,611 concerning the death of Monsieur Gervase Chevenix. 557 00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:05,370 On the night of his death, 558 00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:07,648 as the study door was being broken open, 559 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:10,571 I noticed that you bent down to retrieve something. 560 00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:12,649 Oh, yes. 561 00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:16,169 It was this. 562 00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:17,885 Oh, looks like a bullet. 563 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:19,446 That's what I thought. 564 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:23,287 But in fact, it's a cuff link. 565 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:26,046 I believe it belongs to Mr. Trent. 566 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:28,129 I was meaning to give it back to him. 567 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:30,243 I wonder what it was doing outside the study. 568 00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:31,447 I've no idea. 569 00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:33,000 If you permit, I shall return it to him 570 00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:34,202 on your behalf. 571 00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:36,443 Oh, thank you. 572 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:39,730 One final question, Mademoiselle Lingard. 573 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:42,844 Ruth Chevenix. 574 00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:44,531 What about her? 575 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:46,040 I understand that you saw her 576 00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:48,004 just before the body was discovered. 577 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:49,327 Yes. 578 00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:52,450 It was just after we all heard the shot. 579 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:54,569 She was with me in the living room. 580 00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:56,683 Ah. 581 00:29:56,960 --> 00:29:59,930 It is as I thought. 582 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:02,282 Merci. 583 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:05,888 Well, that seems to back up Ruth's story. 584 00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:07,730 Tell me, Hastings, what was your opinion 585 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:09,001 of Mademoiselle Ruth? 586 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:10,645 Well, I don't know. 587 00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:14,049 I'd like to know why she seemed so keen to defend John Lake. 588 00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:15,606 Pr�cis�ment. 589 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:17,848 And that is also the question that exercises 590 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:20,248 the little gray cells of Poirot. 591 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:26,924 All right, Poirot, you win. 592 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:28,725 It wasn't suicide. 593 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:31,651 From what comes this change of mind, Chief Inspector? 594 00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:33,046 Well, it's like you said. 595 00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:35,288 Gervase Chevenix was right-handed. 596 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:38,001 But when we found him, the gun was in his left hand. 597 00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:39,202 Oui. 598 00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:40,567 And as for the bullet, 599 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:43,366 it's vanished into thin air. 600 00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:45,284 Isn't it in the wall? 601 00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:46,965 Nowhere. 602 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:50,802 And here's something 603 00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:52,730 that you ought to see... 604 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:58,042 The last will and testament of Gervase Chevenix, 605 00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:00,971 leaving his fortune-- and it's a tidy sum-- 606 00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:03,811 to Vanda and Ruth Chevenix. 607 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:06,162 They split it 50/50. 608 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:09,569 Oh, and there's a bequest of �2,000 609 00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:12,161 to Hugo Trent. 610 00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:14,401 Ah. 611 00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:16,529 So he received his capital after all. 612 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:17,847 Ah, yes. 613 00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:20,805 But there's something else. 614 00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:24,289 We found this in one of his desk drawers, 615 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:25,931 unlocked. 616 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:28,009 Anyone could have seen it. 617 00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:36,211 A second will. 618 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:37,407 Yes, 619 00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:39,927 but unsigned. 620 00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:46,962 What does it entail? 621 00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:49,527 It's completely barmy. 622 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:51,404 Vanda Chevenix gets everything 623 00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:54,644 if Hugo Trent and Ruth Chevenix don't marry each other. 624 00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:56,684 I say. 625 00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:58,166 That sounds like a motive for murder 626 00:31:58,440 --> 00:31:59,282 if ever I heard one. 627 00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:00,639 Right. 628 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:03,120 That's what I thought too. 629 00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:05,243 So you are suggesting that Monsieur Chevenix 630 00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:07,927 was killed to prevent him from signing this new will? 631 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:10,043 Right. 632 00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:14,644 It is possible, yes. 633 00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:17,048 But there's one thing I'd like to know, Poirot. 634 00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:18,970 What is that, Chief Inspector? 635 00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:21,402 What exactly were you doing at Hamborough Close? 636 00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:24,200 How did you get mixed up in all this? 637 00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:26,446 Fraud? 638 00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:29,525 That is what Monsieur Chevenix believed. 639 00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:41,923 Northgate Development. 640 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:44,009 Not quite what you'd expect, is it? 641 00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:46,521 Well, if this place is just a front, Captain Hastings, 642 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:49,041 it's exactly what I'd expect. 643 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,128 Yeah, the door's open. 644 00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:03,609 It's very quiet. 645 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:07,084 There doesn't seem to be anybody about. 646 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:08,885 Place is deserted. 647 00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:11,083 Must've done a buck. 648 00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:14,684 I say, Poirot. 649 00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:16,246 Come and look at this. 650 00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:22,805 Pond Street, Harrow. 651 00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:24,525 It's a scale model of the development. 652 00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:27,644 Does it not remind you of something, Hastings? 653 00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:30,048 Looks a bit like Hamborough Close. 654 00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:32,721 It is the work of the same hand. 655 00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:39,208 Hastings, do you smell smoke? 656 00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:40,282 [sniffs] 657 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:42,125 Yes. 658 00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:54,204 [moaning] 659 00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:55,601 God, there's someone in there. 660 00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:57,211 Japp! 661 00:33:57,520 --> 00:33:58,885 What is it? 662 00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:03,649 Blimey. 663 00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:09,325 It's John Lake. 664 00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:12,211 Come on, get him outside. 665 00:34:13,240 --> 00:34:14,287 Oh, sacre bleu. 666 00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:16,682 The fire, it is spreading! 667 00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:18,007 [coughing] 668 00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:19,361 Chief Inspector, 669 00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:21,728 Hastings, follow me! 670 00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:25,445 [coughing] 671 00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:27,524 Careful, Captain Hastings. 672 00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:29,325 Ugh, I can't see. 673 00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:32,405 [all coughing] 674 00:34:32,720 --> 00:34:35,610 [dramatic music] 675 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:43,526 [music] 676 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:46,804 [explosion] 677 00:34:50,160 --> 00:34:51,810 Good Lord. 678 00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:06,251 Mr. Poirot. 679 00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:08,050 I'm sorry. 680 00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:09,765 I've been foolish. 681 00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:12,122 You wish to tell me about Northgate Development, 682 00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:13,322 Monsieur Lake? 683 00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:15,085 Yes. 684 00:35:16,520 --> 00:35:18,090 [sighs] Yes. 685 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:22,002 I didn't know what I was doing. 686 00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:24,009 That's the truth of it. 687 00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:26,248 I was out of my depth. 688 00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:32,081 To start with, I was just the architect. 689 00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:35,842 Then they asked me if I'd like to be a partner. 690 00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:37,451 I didn't know anything about business, 691 00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:40,331 but I was flattered. 692 00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:42,847 And so you helped them to raise the finance? 693 00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:44,042 Yes. 694 00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:47,005 And they disappeared with it, leaving you to carry the can. 695 00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:49,044 That's right. 696 00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:53,006 When Gervase called you in, I was afraid. 697 00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:55,521 I panicked. 698 00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:58,007 I just wanted to get rid of the evidence. 699 00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:02,080 So it was you that started the blaze. 700 00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:04,442 I set a device, 701 00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:06,091 a timer. 702 00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:09,648 Which misfired. 703 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:15,124 If you-- 704 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:17,801 if you hadn't found me... 705 00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:28,767 Mr. Poirot. 706 00:36:29,040 --> 00:36:29,962 Mademoiselle. 707 00:36:30,240 --> 00:36:31,446 Chief Inspector. 708 00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:34,411 I have to go in. 709 00:36:34,720 --> 00:36:36,165 I'm sorry, miss, no visitors. 710 00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:38,329 But you don't understand. I must see him. 711 00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:39,687 It's family only. 712 00:36:39,688 --> 00:36:41,762 Those are doctor's orders. 713 00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:45,442 I am family, Chief Inspector. 714 00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:47,569 I'm his wife. 715 00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:52,364 John and I were married a week ago. 716 00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:56,329 Can I go in? 717 00:36:57,880 --> 00:37:00,724 Your husband awaits you. 718 00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:08,803 Well, well, well. 719 00:37:10,080 --> 00:37:13,163 So Ruth secretly married John. 720 00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:15,568 Well, good luck to her is all I can say. 721 00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:17,251 But you also have plans for the marriage, 722 00:37:17,560 --> 00:37:18,447 Mademoiselle Susan. 723 00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:19,921 Yes, and from now on, 724 00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:21,884 I'll be helping Hugo with his business. 725 00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:24,003 But what brings you here, Mr. Poirot? 726 00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:25,202 Do you want to place an order? 727 00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:26,931 Oh, non, non, non. Non, non, Monsieur Trent. 728 00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:28,087 It is just this. 729 00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:30,169 It belongs, I think, to you? 730 00:37:32,240 --> 00:37:33,924 Yes. 731 00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:35,929 Yes, it is mine. 732 00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:37,770 Where did you find it? 733 00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:40,725 Monsieur Trent, on the night that your uncle died, 734 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:43,128 did you see Monsieur John Lake? 735 00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:44,287 No. 736 00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:46,090 No, he was in the library. 737 00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:47,566 You heard the shot? 738 00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:48,807 Yes. 739 00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:50,241 Susan heard it too. 740 00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:51,607 Yes. 741 00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:53,211 I was dashing down the corridor. 742 00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:55,284 I thought it was a car backfiring. 743 00:37:55,600 --> 00:37:57,364 But why were you dashing, Mademoiselle? 744 00:37:57,680 --> 00:37:59,603 Well, I'd got muddled with the gongs, 745 00:37:59,880 --> 00:38:01,450 and I was terrified of being late. 746 00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:04,081 You see, I thought I'd already heard the first gong. 747 00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:05,930 Yes, I thought I heard it too. 748 00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:09,044 Exactly, Hastings. 749 00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:13,882 And yet I, Hercule Poirot, did not hear. 750 00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:21,205 The case is solved. 751 00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:22,567 Solved? How? 752 00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:23,807 Ah, Hastings. 753 00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:26,162 Did you not hear the testimony of Mademoiselle Cardwell? 754 00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:28,249 And do you not recollect the bottle of champagne? 755 00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:29,925 It's gonna take more than champagne 756 00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:31,247 to solve this case, Poirot. 757 00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:33,608 What about the bullet, for instance? 758 00:38:33,880 --> 00:38:36,167 You shall have the bullet, Chief Inspector. 759 00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:40,081 Soon you shall have everything. 760 00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:43,806 I have asked you all to come here 761 00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:45,605 so that you might learn the true facts 762 00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:48,406 concerning the death of Monsieur Gervase Chevenix. 763 00:38:48,720 --> 00:38:50,324 He is not dead. 764 00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:52,244 Madame? 765 00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:56,360 He is on a different spiritual plane, that's all. 766 00:38:56,680 --> 00:38:58,762 There, there. 767 00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:02,681 First, we must accept the fact that this was not suicide. 768 00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:07,010 Monsieur Chevenix did not kill himself, non. 769 00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:08,930 He was killed 770 00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:12,249 and by someone in this very room. 771 00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:13,891 It's not possible! 772 00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:16,401 There was no one in here when we broke in. 773 00:39:16,720 --> 00:39:18,165 And the door was locked from the inside. 774 00:39:18,440 --> 00:39:19,885 Gervase had the key. 775 00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:21,650 And the windows were fastened. 776 00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:23,922 Anyway, no one would have wanted to kill him. 777 00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:25,884 Indeed? 778 00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:27,969 And yet it was you, Mademoiselle Cardwell, 779 00:39:28,240 --> 00:39:30,447 you yourself who told to me that you hated him 780 00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:33,047 and that you would let nothing stand in between you 781 00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:34,446 and Monsieur Hugo Trent. 782 00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:36,171 That's not fair. 783 00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:37,805 And you, Monsieur Trent? 784 00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:41,163 You were desperate to see your business succeed. 785 00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:43,681 It's true. I-- I needed money. 786 00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:46,611 Money which you now have, Monsieur, 787 00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:48,530 money which you would never have received 788 00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:50,404 without the death of your uncle. 789 00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:00,007 You also, Monsieur Lake. 790 00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:01,770 Oh, yes. 791 00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:05,408 You are afraid from the moment you set eyes on Poirot. 792 00:40:05,720 --> 00:40:07,882 You have not only committed arson. 793 00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:09,969 You also persuaded Monsieur Chevenix 794 00:40:10,240 --> 00:40:12,891 to part with a sum of �10,000. 795 00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:14,810 That wasn't my fault. 796 00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:16,650 Non? 797 00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:20,720 I think Monsieur Chevenix might have disagreed. 798 00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:23,606 And you also. 799 00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:26,121 You had every good reason to wish your guardian dead, 800 00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:27,322 Madame Lake. 801 00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:29,768 I had no reason at all. 802 00:40:30,040 --> 00:40:31,007 And anyway, even if it was murder, 803 00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:32,122 it couldn't have been me. 804 00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:33,208 Non? 805 00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:34,559 I told you, Mr. Poirot. 806 00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:35,971 Miss Ruth was in the living room with me 807 00:40:36,240 --> 00:40:37,605 when Mr. Chevenix was killed. 808 00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:39,848 At what time was that, Mademoiselle Lingard? 809 00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:41,724 And at what time did Mr. Chevenix die? 810 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:43,445 We know what time he died. 811 00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:44,568 We heard the shot. 812 00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:46,763 Non, non, non. 813 00:40:47,040 --> 00:40:49,008 You were deceived. 814 00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:54,320 At 8:00, Monsieur Chevenix was indeed in his study 815 00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:56,847 working at his desk. 816 00:40:57,120 --> 00:41:00,329 But he was not alone in the room. 817 00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:02,608 He turned. 818 00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:04,450 [gasps] 819 00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:07,240 The gun was silenced. 820 00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:11,884 No one heard the shot. 821 00:41:12,160 --> 00:41:14,447 So... 822 00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:18,446 let us now consider the language of the bullet. 823 00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:23,210 Hastings, please to sit. 824 00:41:26,360 --> 00:41:27,930 The gun was discovered 825 00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:31,443 in the left hand of Monsieur Chevenix. 826 00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:34,240 Good. My card. 827 00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:35,971 And yet from our very first meeting, 828 00:41:36,240 --> 00:41:39,369 I knew that Monsieur Chevenix was right-handed. 829 00:41:39,680 --> 00:41:43,321 But if the bullet was fired from behind... 830 00:41:43,640 --> 00:41:45,563 Hastings? 831 00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:47,729 Comme �a, 832 00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:49,331 how could it possibly hit the mirror, 833 00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:51,244 which is to the side? 834 00:41:51,560 --> 00:41:52,561 It couldn't have. 835 00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:53,682 Non. 836 00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:55,007 So now let us suppose 837 00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:56,805 that the door to the study was open. 838 00:41:57,080 --> 00:41:58,650 If you please, Monsieur Snell. 839 00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:05,884 Thank you. 840 00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:08,401 And again, Hastings? 841 00:42:08,720 --> 00:42:11,291 The gun comme �a. 842 00:42:12,720 --> 00:42:15,371 It would've hit the gong. 843 00:42:15,680 --> 00:42:17,762 So that was the gong I heard. 844 00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:19,929 Well, then how did the mirror get broken? 845 00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:23,568 The murderer wanted to make an appearance of suicide. 846 00:42:23,840 --> 00:42:26,286 But what if the sound of the gong has been heard? 847 00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:28,568 Then it would be known that the door to the study 848 00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:30,649 was open and not closed. 849 00:42:30,920 --> 00:42:34,288 Quickly, the door is closed 850 00:42:34,600 --> 00:42:36,762 and locked. 851 00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:38,087 The gun is placed 852 00:42:38,088 --> 00:42:40,686 into the left hand of the dead man. 853 00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:43,247 The key goes into the pocket. 854 00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:46,848 The suicide note of one word is easily forged 855 00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:50,329 and the mirror deliberately smashed. 856 00:42:50,640 --> 00:42:52,165 [glass shatters] 857 00:42:54,240 --> 00:42:55,446 When I first came here, 858 00:42:55,760 --> 00:42:57,444 you will remember, Chief Inspector, 859 00:42:57,760 --> 00:42:59,842 that I discovered a fragment of the looking glass 860 00:43:00,120 --> 00:43:02,043 attached to this brass ornament, 861 00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:05,927 the base of which was also slightly damaged. 862 00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:09,044 It was then that I saw the light. 863 00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:11,084 So what happened then? 864 00:43:11,360 --> 00:43:13,089 How did the killer leave? 865 00:43:13,360 --> 00:43:16,330 The killer left through the window, 866 00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:19,769 cleverly closing the latch from the outside. 867 00:43:20,040 --> 00:43:20,962 [metallic thunk] 868 00:43:21,240 --> 00:43:22,287 Voil�. 869 00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:23,681 So who was it? 870 00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:26,611 Who was the murderer? 871 00:43:29,120 --> 00:43:33,011 Who entered the house that night from the garden? 872 00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:36,680 And who would have lost everything 873 00:43:36,960 --> 00:43:41,249 if Monsieur Chevenix had lived to sign his new will? 874 00:43:41,560 --> 00:43:42,925 What new will? 875 00:43:43,200 --> 00:43:45,407 The will that disinherited you completely 876 00:43:45,720 --> 00:43:48,007 if you did not marry Monsieur Hugo Trent. 877 00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:50,169 But it was too late, Madame Lake, 878 00:43:50,440 --> 00:43:52,010 for you were already married. 879 00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:53,281 " No! 880 00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:54,639 You're wrong! 881 00:43:54,640 --> 00:43:55,641 Stop him! 882 00:43:55,920 --> 00:43:57,604 Non, monsieur, Poirot is never wrong. 883 00:43:57,880 --> 00:43:58,961 The will, it was left in this room. 884 00:43:59,240 --> 00:44:00,366 You could have seen it at any time. 885 00:44:00,680 --> 00:44:02,523 But it was too late to undo what you had already done. 886 00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:03,722 Oh, yes, you were married 887 00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:05,650 but to the man your guardian most disliked. 888 00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:07,206 I was going to tell him. 889 00:44:07,520 --> 00:44:08,681 I hated lying. 890 00:44:08,960 --> 00:44:10,291 I'd planned to tell him that very night. 891 00:44:10,600 --> 00:44:12,170 Non, not to tell him, madame-- to kill him. 892 00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:13,601 You're wrong! 893 00:44:13,880 --> 00:44:15,291 There's not a word of truth in your story. 894 00:44:15,600 --> 00:44:17,807 It's a lie from start to finish. 895 00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:22,882 That is for a jury to decide. 896 00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:30,724 [door creaking] 897 00:44:33,600 --> 00:44:35,329 Are you sure you're gonna be all right, Vanda? 898 00:44:35,640 --> 00:44:36,801 Yes, yes. 899 00:44:37,080 --> 00:44:39,048 Good night, Hugo. 900 00:44:39,320 --> 00:44:41,322 Good night, Mrs. Chevenix. 901 00:44:48,440 --> 00:44:50,363 [sighs] Poor Ruth. 902 00:44:50,680 --> 00:44:51,727 I still don't believe it. 903 00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:54,241 [engine turning over] 904 00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:04,922 [bird calling] 905 00:45:05,200 --> 00:45:07,931 I hope you know what you're doing, Poirot. 906 00:45:29,360 --> 00:45:31,249 Vanda. 907 00:45:31,560 --> 00:45:33,961 Wake up. 908 00:45:40,360 --> 00:45:41,771 Who is it? 909 00:45:43,360 --> 00:45:46,682 It's Safra, Vanda. 910 00:45:47,880 --> 00:45:52,283 Come downstairs. 911 00:45:52,600 --> 00:45:55,410 [eerie music] 912 00:45:55,720 --> 00:46:04,447 [music] 913 00:46:04,760 --> 00:46:06,922 [door creaking] 914 00:46:15,320 --> 00:46:19,769 It was you, Vanda. 915 00:46:20,040 --> 00:46:21,963 You killed him. 916 00:46:22,240 --> 00:46:23,162 No. 917 00:46:23,440 --> 00:46:30,801 You know it was. You killed Gervase. 918 00:46:31,080 --> 00:46:34,527 Come down. 919 00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:37,963 Come down! 920 00:46:43,960 --> 00:46:46,201 You killed him 921 00:46:46,520 --> 00:46:48,648 because you hated him. 922 00:46:48,920 --> 00:46:52,925 Now you must make amends! 923 00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:54,565 I didn't. 924 00:46:54,840 --> 00:46:57,127 What have you hidden 925 00:46:57,400 --> 00:46:59,801 in your locket, Vanda? 926 00:47:01,200 --> 00:47:05,569 The bullet that killed your husband! 927 00:47:05,840 --> 00:47:07,888 No. 928 00:47:12,200 --> 00:47:17,889 You must write a note admitting it! 929 00:47:20,520 --> 00:47:23,922 And then... 930 00:47:24,200 --> 00:47:26,168 No. 931 00:47:32,120 --> 00:47:33,770 It is enough. 932 00:47:37,960 --> 00:47:39,200 I knew that you would try something, 933 00:47:39,520 --> 00:47:40,567 Mademoiselle Lingard. 934 00:47:40,840 --> 00:47:42,569 But this? 935 00:47:42,840 --> 00:47:44,205 It's diabolical. 936 00:47:44,520 --> 00:47:46,966 I had to save her. 937 00:47:47,240 --> 00:47:49,846 I had to save Ruth. 938 00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:52,088 Yes, I know. 939 00:47:52,360 --> 00:47:53,441 And in order to save her, 940 00:47:53,760 --> 00:47:56,286 you killed Monsieur Gervase Chevenix. 941 00:47:57,960 --> 00:47:59,121 And you are the real mother 942 00:47:59,400 --> 00:48:01,289 of Ruth Chevenix, are you not? 943 00:48:01,600 --> 00:48:03,204 The typist with whom the brother 944 00:48:03,520 --> 00:48:06,091 of Monsieur Gervase Chevenix fell in love. 945 00:48:06,360 --> 00:48:08,010 How did you know? 946 00:48:08,280 --> 00:48:11,011 There could be no other explanation. 947 00:48:11,280 --> 00:48:14,727 And in the museum, that was when I saw. 948 00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:19,085 But it's such a beautiful painting, 949 00:48:19,360 --> 00:48:21,522 so sad. 950 00:48:23,840 --> 00:48:27,811 It was a painting of a mother who loses her child. 951 00:48:28,080 --> 00:48:30,082 And it was then that I saw 952 00:48:30,360 --> 00:48:32,249 that you were also a mother 953 00:48:32,560 --> 00:48:35,006 who had lost her child. 954 00:48:35,280 --> 00:48:36,850 And you came to this house, I think, 955 00:48:37,120 --> 00:48:38,963 to check up on the daughter that you had lost, 956 00:48:39,240 --> 00:48:42,642 so you took up the position of a researcher. 957 00:48:42,920 --> 00:48:45,161 Yes. 958 00:48:45,440 --> 00:48:47,124 And while you were working, 959 00:48:47,400 --> 00:48:50,927 you stumbled across the new will. 960 00:48:51,200 --> 00:48:54,761 He was going to ruin her life with his... 961 00:48:55,040 --> 00:48:58,328 pride and his snobbery. 962 00:48:58,640 --> 00:49:03,043 And so you decided to take matters into your own hand. 963 00:49:03,320 --> 00:49:04,970 You killed Monsieur Gervase Chevenix 964 00:49:05,240 --> 00:49:07,925 exactly as I described. 965 00:49:08,200 --> 00:49:10,646 You then left the study, 966 00:49:10,920 --> 00:49:14,561 taking care to leave no footprints in the soil. 967 00:49:14,840 --> 00:49:16,080 [water burbling] 968 00:49:20,400 --> 00:49:22,129 But unknown to you, 969 00:49:22,400 --> 00:49:24,448 a few moments later, Ruth Chevenix appeared 970 00:49:24,760 --> 00:49:27,366 in search of a brooch which she had lost. 971 00:49:31,160 --> 00:49:32,571 She found it 972 00:49:32,840 --> 00:49:36,765 but, in doing so, left behind her own footprints. 973 00:49:37,040 --> 00:49:38,565 It was then necessary to continue 974 00:49:38,840 --> 00:49:40,126 the illusion of suicide 975 00:49:40,400 --> 00:49:43,051 and to establish a false time of death. 976 00:49:43,320 --> 00:49:45,846 It was very clever, that idea of yours 977 00:49:46,120 --> 00:49:47,042 to imitate a gun. 978 00:49:47,320 --> 00:49:48,970 [cork pops loudly] 979 00:49:50,400 --> 00:49:53,131 You then went into the living room 980 00:49:53,400 --> 00:49:56,324 and were there when Ruth Chevenix came in. 981 00:49:59,880 --> 00:50:02,611 Good evening, Miss Ruth. 982 00:50:02,880 --> 00:50:05,042 Oh, good evening, Miss Lingard. 983 00:50:05,320 --> 00:50:07,687 I found it most significant that you did not tell to me 984 00:50:07,960 --> 00:50:09,405 that Ruth Chevenix entered the living room 985 00:50:09,720 --> 00:50:11,006 from the garden. 986 00:50:11,280 --> 00:50:13,647 Well, how could I? 987 00:50:13,920 --> 00:50:16,287 It would have incriminated her. 988 00:50:18,280 --> 00:50:21,011 And there was now but one thing left to do: 989 00:50:21,280 --> 00:50:23,203 the bullet. 990 00:50:23,520 --> 00:50:24,806 I found it by the gong 991 00:50:25,080 --> 00:50:28,641 when you were breaking open the door. 992 00:50:28,920 --> 00:50:32,402 I wanted to drop it inside the study, 993 00:50:32,720 --> 00:50:35,451 but I didn't get the chance. 994 00:50:35,760 --> 00:50:38,650 And the cuff link of Monsieur Trent? 995 00:50:39,960 --> 00:50:42,167 I stole that from his room. 996 00:50:42,440 --> 00:50:45,967 I knew you'd seen me picking up the bullet, 997 00:50:46,240 --> 00:50:48,208 so I had to have something to show you. 998 00:50:48,520 --> 00:50:49,760 Yes. 999 00:50:50,040 --> 00:50:54,648 You almost succeeded in confusing Poirot. 1000 00:50:57,200 --> 00:50:58,361 Chief Inspector. 1001 00:51:01,000 --> 00:51:04,163 I think you'd better come along with me, Miss Lingard. 1002 00:51:07,560 --> 00:51:10,291 [whispering] Mr. Poirot. 1003 00:51:10,600 --> 00:51:13,729 I don't want Ruth to see me. 1004 00:51:14,000 --> 00:51:16,731 I don't care what happens to me, 1005 00:51:17,000 --> 00:51:19,651 but please... 1006 00:51:20,920 --> 00:51:23,048 Don't let her see me. 1007 00:51:29,400 --> 00:51:32,290 You have my word. 1008 00:51:32,600 --> 00:51:35,080 Thank you. 1009 00:51:50,760 --> 00:51:53,889 Subtitling made possible by Acorn Media