1 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:07,640 - Mummy! Mummy! - Up here. 2 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:08,840 Mummy! 3 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:10,160 Mummy! 4 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:11,520 We can't find Bella! 5 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:13,080 - Oh, where have you looked? - We've been everywhere. 6 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:15,360 We've been in the gardens and behind the hall. 7 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:17,720 - We've been to the lake. - Have you asked Mr Brent? 8 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:19,560 - He won't help us. - He doesn't like Bella. 9 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:22,640 Why don't you try Dingle Dell? She often goes there. 10 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:24,280 Yes! 11 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:31,320 Bella! 12 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:32,560 Bella! 13 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:34,320 - Bella! - Bella! 14 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:36,720 - Bella! - Bella! 15 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:38,720 Bella! 16 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:40,400 Bella! 17 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:44,920 Here, girl! 18 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:48,720 Bella! Here, girl! 19 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:01,440 There she is. 20 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:02,600 Oh, no. 21 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:05,720 How did you find me, Mr Pund? 22 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:08,000 Oh, it was the Reverend Osborne in Saxby-on-Avon. 23 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:09,920 - He gave me your address. - Oh. 24 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:12,320 You're investigating Mary's death? 25 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:13,720 No, Mr Blakiston. 26 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:17,400 I am investigating the murder of her employer, Sir Magnus Pye. 27 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:20,960 Well, you're wasting your time. I can't help you. 28 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:23,200 I'm not even sure that I'd want to. 29 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:25,360 You are no friend of Sir Magnus? 30 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:26,920 He took everything I ever loved. 31 00:02:26,920 --> 00:02:28,920 When he offered Mary the job at Pye Hall, 32 00:02:28,920 --> 00:02:30,720 he sucked her into his orbit. 33 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:33,200 She worshipped him. 34 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:35,120 He was an aristocrat, local squire. 35 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:36,880 She trusted him with everything. 36 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:39,200 And suddenly there was no more room for me. 37 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:42,080 - When did you last see her? - Ten years ago. 38 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:44,160 Oh, but still, you went to her funeral. 39 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:46,840 Of course I did. I loved her. 40 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:49,600 Before the accident, before Sam died, 41 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:51,440 we'd been happy together. 42 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:53,400 She weren't an easy woman, I'll grant you that, 43 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:57,360 but when we first got married, setting up our first home... 44 00:02:57,360 --> 00:02:59,600 oh, those were wonderful days. 45 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:01,640 And then you lost your son. 46 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:04,600 I was away with the RAF at the time. 47 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:06,920 Mary blamed me for that. 48 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:08,600 Maybe she was right. 49 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:10,600 Although I'm not sure what I could've done. 50 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:12,040 Who do you blame? 51 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:14,040 I suppose I could blame Sir Magnus. 52 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:17,080 He was the one who set up those treasure hunts. 53 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:20,840 He hid the coin that could have drawn my boy into the water. 54 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:23,040 And I suppose that might have given me a reason to kill him, 55 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:24,080 if that's what you're thinking. 56 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:26,880 Although you might wonder why I waited twelve years. 57 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:29,520 - And what of Brent? - The groundsman? Huh! 58 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:32,240 He was close by. He could've kept an eye out. 59 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,160 He was the one who found Sam. 60 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:37,920 Although by then, it was far too late. 61 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:40,840 I suppose he did what he could. 62 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:43,680 Robert saw them just as they was coming out, 63 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:45,600 and he charged into the water, too. 64 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:51,000 Sam! 65 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:54,960 Sam! 66 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:56,640 Sam! 67 00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:59,360 I'm not sure Robert ever recovered 68 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:01,200 from what he saw that day. 69 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:04,160 - In what way? - His relationship with Mary. 70 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:05,520 Turning his back on me. 71 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:07,400 You have my sympathies, Mr Blakiston, 72 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:08,600 but still, I have to ask, 73 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:11,360 is that the reason you chose not to speak to your own son 74 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:13,960 - at his mother's funeral? - What good would it have done? 75 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:17,360 I've been out of his life for far too long now. 76 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:20,680 And anyway, the two of us was never that close. 77 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:22,920 He was always a very quiet boy. 78 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:24,680 Kept himself to himself. 79 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:26,800 To be honest, I was closer to Sam. 80 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:29,080 Did the two of them get on? 81 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:31,800 Well, they fought like all young boys. 82 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:33,040 There were jealousies. 83 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:35,160 But I'd say yes. 84 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:37,040 And what of Robert and his mother? 85 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:39,000 Everything changed after the accident. 86 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:40,920 To lose a child is so terrible. 87 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,360 I suppose she became over-protective 88 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:44,600 with the one that was left. 89 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:46,600 Suddenly she was all over him. 90 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:48,440 Never let him out of her sight. 91 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:52,400 Thank you, Mr Blakiston. 92 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:58,200 Oh, um, what can you tell me about Bella? 93 00:04:58,200 --> 00:04:59,360 The dog? 94 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:00,760 Somebody poisoned her. 95 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:03,080 It was quite deliberate. Rat poison. 96 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:06,520 We always assumed it was Brent. He hated the dog. 97 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:08,240 He was always complaining about it. 98 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:09,720 Sam was devastated. 99 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:11,560 Why Sam in particular? 100 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:13,160 Well, it was his dog. 101 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:15,880 I bought her for him for his ninth birthday. 102 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:24,680 If you ask me, everything about Pye Hall is cursed. 103 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:26,840 The dog killed. The little boy drowned. 104 00:05:26,840 --> 00:05:28,600 Mary Blakiston. Sir Magnus. 105 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:29,560 If you want the truth, 106 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:30,880 I don't want to spend another minute there. 107 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:32,280 You may have your wish, James. 108 00:05:32,280 --> 00:05:34,160 We need to meet with Detective Inspector Chubb, 109 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:37,560 but after that, we will be returning at once to London. 110 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:39,520 Don't tell me. 111 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:41,400 You know who did it! 112 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:45,720 Matthew Blakiston provided the last piece of the jigsaw. 113 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,000 Well then, do tell me! I want to know. 114 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:51,160 We have a long drive. 115 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:54,040 "We have a long drive. I will explain it all." 116 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:58,600 It's so infuriating because he never did. 117 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:02,440 So you're no closer? 118 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:04,000 No. 119 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:05,600 I'm sorry, Charles, it's all gone. 120 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:06,880 All the notes. Everything. 121 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:09,120 And Claire Jenkins had a copy, but she destroyed it. 122 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:10,800 And that's the closest I got. 123 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:13,760 Well, full marks for trying. 124 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:16,360 - Hmm! - There's, uh... 125 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:18,320 something I need to tell you, Susan. 126 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:20,560 I've approached Peter Kinsale of Harper Collins 127 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:22,400 for the position of CEO. 128 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:25,920 Ah. 129 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:28,440 Cityworld couldn't wait any longer. 130 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:30,640 They've asked me to explore the field. 131 00:06:31,840 --> 00:06:34,240 You know how much I want you to take the job. 132 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:35,840 I couldn't leave the company in better hands, 133 00:06:35,840 --> 00:06:38,360 but I can't risk the investors walking away. 134 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:40,560 What did Peter say? 135 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:42,080 He had some interesting ideas. 136 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:44,280 He suggested Sophie Hannah be brought in 137 00:06:44,280 --> 00:06:46,160 to finish "Magpie Murders". 138 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:48,520 Oh, you told him about the book. 139 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:51,240 Oh, I had to. Without "Magpie Murders" there's no deal. 140 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:54,840 Yeah. Sophie's a good idea. 141 00:06:54,840 --> 00:06:56,600 She did a great job with "Poirot". 142 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:58,040 That's what I thought. 143 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:00,240 Does she know who did it? 144 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:02,960 She's reading it now. 145 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:10,160 Ah, so this... sounds like a done deal. 146 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:12,760 Nothing's been agreed. There's still time. 147 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:14,520 No, uh... 148 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:16,960 I think you've made the right decision. 149 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:21,000 I think we both have. 150 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,760 We have worked together... how many years? 151 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:28,480 Oh! 152 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:30,800 Too many. 153 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:36,280 How long will it all take? 154 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:39,240 We'll need to make an announcement soon. 155 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:42,960 Hmm! 156 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:47,000 She wants to use my title, by the way. 157 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:50,040 - I'm sorry? - Sophie. 158 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:52,880 She likes "The Magpie Murders". 159 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:56,120 Not "Magpie Murders". 160 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:01,880 I suppose we'll never know why Alan got so upset. 161 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:37,840 Not "The Magpie Murders". "Magpie Murders". 162 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:39,880 That's the bloody title. 163 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:42,240 "Cat up nudist". One word. 164 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:44,040 It's an anagram of Atticus Pund. 165 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:45,840 Alan loved anagrams. 166 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:47,880 Darnley. 167 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:50,120 It's an anagram of Ryeland. It's us! 168 00:08:51,560 --> 00:08:53,400 An... 169 00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:58,680 Anagram. 170 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:03,760 An anagram. 171 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:05,320 I'm off, Susan. Is that OK? 172 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:08,200 - Yeah. - I've got my check-up at five. 173 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:10,720 - Oh, yes. Hope it goes OK. - Oh, thanks. 174 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:13,160 Oh, by the way, Jemima said hello. 175 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:14,440 Jemima? Have you seen her? 176 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:16,280 I bumped into her at the station a couple of nights ago. 177 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:18,080 - We're gonna meet next week. - Ah. 178 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:19,840 Alice, Alice! 179 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:21,440 Have you got a number for her? 180 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:28,160 - Hey, Chris. - Hey. 181 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:30,760 - Can you do me a favour? - Sure. What is it? 182 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:34,000 My friend was sent an email, 183 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:35,520 but we don't know where it came from. 184 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:36,920 Mm-hm. 185 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:39,640 I forwarded it to myself, but I need to know the source. 186 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:41,600 Well, that's easy. Just look at the metadata. 187 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:44,000 I don't know what that means. 188 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:46,360 I'll do it. 189 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:50,040 OK, so that's your original IP. 190 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:52,720 Put it into MX Toolbox. Reverse Lookup. 191 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:55,040 And... there! 192 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:57,800 It originated from Clover Books. 193 00:09:58,720 --> 00:09:59,960 What? 194 00:09:59,960 --> 00:10:01,680 Hmm. Nice shot. 195 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:09,400 It's good of you to come out, Jemima. Thank you. 196 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:10,760 It's nice to see you, Susan. 197 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:13,040 Oh! You OK? 198 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:14,160 Yeah. Huh! 199 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:16,520 I'm starting at Channel Four. PA. 200 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:17,960 Oh, that's great. 201 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:21,080 So, I just wanted to talk to you 202 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:22,840 about the manuscript for "Magpie Murders". 203 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:25,080 I know. Charles already emailed me. 204 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:27,440 But I promise you, it wasn't my fault. 205 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:29,080 Oh, no. I'm not blaming you. 206 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:31,520 I photocopied everything Charles gave me. 207 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:33,280 I can't remember how many pages it was now. 208 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:34,840 - It was over three hundred. - Yeah. 209 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:37,520 I did a page count. I always did. 210 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:39,240 And you didn't leave it in the machine room? 211 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:41,280 No, I gave both copies to Charles. 212 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:44,480 You had just left for Frankfurt, so he said he'd look after it. 213 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:47,640 - And you didn't read it? - Only the page numbers. 214 00:10:50,680 --> 00:10:51,880 Oh, no, wait a minute. 215 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:54,360 You just said that I'd already left for Frankfurt. 216 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:56,400 Yeah. Wednesday morning. 217 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:57,800 No. No, that's not possible 218 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:00,720 because, well, Alan only gave Charles the manuscript 219 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:03,040 on Thursday night when they had dinner. 220 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:05,400 No, it came in the post on Wednesday. 221 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:09,480 I photocopied it straight away, and Charles had it before lunch. 222 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:14,120 - Are you sure? - Yeah. 223 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:17,000 - "Magpie Murders"? - Of course I'm sure. 224 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,120 It was our biggest book. 225 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:20,520 Charles told me not to tell anyone. 226 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:22,360 He wanted to surprise you. 227 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:29,000 Why did you leave so suddenly? 228 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:30,360 Cos Charles asked me to. 229 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:36,840 He told me that you were the one who wanted to leave. 230 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:39,640 That's not true. 231 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:41,320 I told him I was looking around, 232 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:43,240 that I really wanted to work in TV, 233 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:44,760 but when I came in on Friday morning, 234 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:46,160 he just said it would be better for both of us 235 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:47,920 if I left at once. 236 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:49,160 He paid me a month's wages. 237 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:51,680 That's it. 238 00:11:51,680 --> 00:11:53,200 What? 239 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:01,760 Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! 240 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:06,920 Susan? What are you doing? 241 00:13:07,680 --> 00:13:09,200 I thought everyone had gone. 242 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:11,280 I left something, so I... 243 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:14,680 Ah! 244 00:13:14,680 --> 00:13:16,000 I see you found it. 245 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:17,720 Yes. The missing chapter. 246 00:13:19,680 --> 00:13:21,440 You had it all along. 247 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:23,560 I can explain if you'll let me. 248 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:25,560 I think you should. 249 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:27,120 Would you like a whisky? 250 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:28,920 Uh! Just a small one. 251 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:30,600 Very good. 252 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:34,240 You must understand everything I've done is for the company. 253 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:35,920 I had to protect us. 254 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:37,400 See... 255 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:38,840 Oh, God. 256 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:40,720 It's not easy to explain! 257 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:42,720 Well then, why don't you let me? 258 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:45,240 Why don't we start last Wednesday 259 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:46,880 when I was in Frankfurt? 260 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:50,600 That was when the manuscript actually arrived. 261 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:52,560 It was sent to you in the post. 262 00:13:52,560 --> 00:13:55,040 You read it before your dinner with Alan on Thursday night. 263 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:56,040 That's right. 264 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:59,400 You sent Jemima away. You told her to leave 265 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:01,520 because you didn't want her to tell me 266 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:02,760 that you'd already read it. 267 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:05,000 - She was leaving anyway. - Well... 268 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:08,120 The dinner with Alan was... was horrible. 269 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:09,520 He was drunk. 270 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:11,520 Drunk and threatening. You have no idea... 271 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:13,000 I'm fed up with it all! 272 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:15,400 I'm fed up with Atticus fucking Pund. 273 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:18,520 You don't know how long I've been waiting to do him in! 274 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:19,600 Alan, please. 275 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:22,800 That same evening he wrote you a letter, 276 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:26,880 effectively apologising for his behaviour. 277 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:28,800 The letter was handwritten. 278 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:30,280 Yes, it was. 279 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:33,920 But an apology wasn't enough, was it? 280 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:37,120 On Saturday evening, you drove up to Abbey Grange. 281 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:38,440 Uh... 282 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:40,600 Incidentally, you gave yourself away about that. 283 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:42,000 I should have spotted it. 284 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:43,280 I'm sorry, what do you mean? 285 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:46,160 Well, when we drove up for the funeral, you were very helpful. 286 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:48,240 Don't worry, Charles. We will get there. 287 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:50,240 Find the pages. Save the company. 288 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:52,200 Turn right here. You want to avoid the road works. 289 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:55,880 You knew about the road works 290 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:57,720 well before we got to them. 291 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:01,600 But a few days earlier, I'd asked you a question. 292 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:03,320 That house of his, Abbey Grange - 293 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:04,600 when was the last time you saw it? 294 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:07,120 Oh, I haven't been in Suffolk for five or six months. 295 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:09,480 He changed the name. Did you know that? 296 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:13,800 Five or six months. 297 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:16,240 You were doing everything you could 298 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:18,920 to distance yourself from the scene of the crime. 299 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:20,520 But you were lying 300 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:22,320 because you knew about the roadworks. 301 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:23,880 I should've guessed. 302 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:26,680 Are you accusing me of Alan's murder? 303 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:31,400 That's... That's ridiculous. 304 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:34,120 Nobody needed him alive more than me. 305 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:36,520 Apart from anything else, I needed that last chapter. 306 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:38,040 Well, we'll get to that in a minute 307 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:39,160 if that's all right with you. 308 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:41,360 So, once you arrived, you... 309 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:43,600 you parked your car out of sight. 310 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:47,080 As it happens, Andreas had got there ahead of you, 311 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:48,840 and he was with Alan. 312 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:09,120 And that was when you took the photo. 313 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:10,520 You sent it to me 314 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:12,200 because you didn't want me to investigate. 315 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:13,680 You thought I'd give up 316 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:16,600 if I believed Andreas was involved. 317 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:21,040 We've known each other for so many years, Charles. 318 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:25,360 How could you be so cruel? 319 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:28,520 I was afraid for you, Susan. I'll admit that. 320 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:29,920 Going up there, 321 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:32,880 blundering in with no idea what was at stake. 322 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:34,720 OK. Well then, let's... 323 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:37,440 Let's talk about the stakes, shall we? 324 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:41,520 The sale to Cityworld Media. 325 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:43,880 Your beloved publishing company. 326 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:45,520 All those shares, 327 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:48,520 the millions of pounds you were going to be paid. 328 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:50,920 And he was going to destroy it all. 329 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:51,960 Yes! 330 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:55,040 Because he hated writing murder mysteries. 331 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:57,720 He hated Atticus Pund. 332 00:16:57,720 --> 00:16:59,280 He thought he was better than that. 333 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:02,840 Alan Conway wanted to be Salman Rushdie or Hilary Mantel. 334 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:04,720 It's extraordinary, really, 335 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:06,800 because the more successful he was, 336 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:08,440 the more miserable he became. 337 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:09,880 He was ludicrous. 338 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:12,400 But then he was diagnosed with a terminal disease, 339 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:14,280 and that changed everything. 340 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:17,400 He didn't need money anymore. 341 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:22,240 Fame wasn't going to help, and actually it disgusted him. 342 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:26,880 But he'd always have this idea that one day... 343 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:29,960 he'd destroy Atticus Pund. 344 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:33,280 Give him his own version of the Reichenbach Falls, 345 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:35,840 and one that the literary world would never forget. 346 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:37,440 In fact... 347 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:40,320 it was built into the books. 348 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:42,760 "Atticus Pund Investigates", 349 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:44,440 "No Rest for the Wicked", 350 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:46,400 "Atticus Pund Takes the Case"... 351 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:50,560 The first letters spell out... 352 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:52,680 an anagram. 353 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:54,960 Of course, it only works 354 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:56,960 if the last book's called "Magpie Murders", 355 00:17:56,960 --> 00:17:59,640 and not "The Magpie Murders". 356 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:02,040 Yes. Alan did tell me that. 357 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:03,560 But an anagram of what? 358 00:18:05,360 --> 00:18:08,560 You know, I only worked it out on the way here. 359 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:10,520 Go on. 360 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:11,920 Do I need to? 361 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:13,960 You already know it. 362 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:16,360 It's what he told you when he got drunk over dinner 363 00:18:16,360 --> 00:18:17,880 in that fancy restaurant. 364 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:21,760 What Alan wanted was to destroy the books, 365 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:23,000 to make them valueless, 366 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,040 because that's what he always thought they were. 367 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:27,680 And this was his torpedo. 368 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:32,640 The actual name of his detective. 369 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:35,560 - Atticus Pund. - Mm. 370 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:38,360 He knew what he was doing from the very beginning. 371 00:18:38,360 --> 00:18:40,120 Oh, yeah. He'd already jumbled up the letters 372 00:18:40,120 --> 00:18:41,760 to make "Cat Up Nudist." 373 00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:43,680 But there was a second... 374 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:46,400 much worse anagram. 375 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:49,560 - Wasn't there? - Do tell. 376 00:18:50,120 --> 00:18:51,800 Three words. 377 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:59,400 The first is "A". 378 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:02,760 The second is... 379 00:19:04,040 --> 00:19:06,440 "Stupid". 380 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:11,640 And that leaves a four letter word. 381 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:14,160 And one of the worst... 382 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:18,440 one of the most offensive in the English language. 383 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:23,960 If people had found out, 384 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:27,720 if people had realised that this was "Atticus Pund", 385 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:30,040 well, it wasn't just the last book that was at stake, 386 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:31,760 it was the entire series, 387 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:34,840 and you could forget about any deal with Cityworld Media, 388 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:38,960 and you would have lost millions. 389 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:42,840 And that, Charles... 390 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:45,880 is why you had to kill him. 391 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:48,840 Ah. 392 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:53,160 You're not going to deny it? 393 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,000 I tried to dissuade him. 394 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:00,120 We went up to the tower. 395 00:20:00,120 --> 00:20:02,200 You mean, you persuaded him to take you. 396 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:05,720 Well, he liked to show off the view. 397 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:07,120 But Alan, for God's sake, 398 00:20:07,120 --> 00:20:09,640 your books have brought pleasure to millions of people. 399 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:11,840 - Not to me. - Oh, God, I... 400 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:13,680 I can't believe that you've been planning this all along. 401 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:16,320 - I mean, it's crazy! - Actually, it kept me sane. 402 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:18,440 It reminded me of the rubbish it actually was. 403 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:23,200 But you'll destroy my company, my staff, my other authors. 404 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:24,920 What makes you think I give a damn? 405 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:26,120 Oh, you go to hell, Alan. 406 00:20:26,120 --> 00:20:27,680 Go to hell! 407 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:29,320 Argh! 408 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:40,480 Ooh. 409 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:44,120 - Do you mind if I have another? - No. Go ahead. 410 00:20:44,120 --> 00:20:45,800 You? 411 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:47,680 No, I'm all right. 412 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:53,960 But killing him wasn't enough, was it? 413 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:55,400 You needed a cover story. 414 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:56,520 You'd read the book. 415 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:58,160 You'd seen something in the final chapter 416 00:20:58,160 --> 00:20:59,640 that you could use. 417 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:02,440 But you had to make sure no one else ever read it. 418 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:04,280 So, you cleared out Alan's office, 419 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:06,680 taking all his notes and earlier drafts, 420 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:08,880 but also, the real prize - 421 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:13,120 a handwritten draft of the final chapter. 422 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:19,320 The book finishes with a suicide letter. 423 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:21,920 Not from Alan Conway. From Atticus Pund. 424 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:23,840 That's how the book ends. 425 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:25,600 He has a degenerative disease, 426 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:28,400 so he decides to take his own life. 427 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:33,080 "By the time you read this, it will all be finished. 428 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:34,520 "I have achieved great success 429 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:37,800 "in a life that has gone on long enough. 430 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:40,800 "I have left you some notes with regard... 431 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:43,920 "...to my condition and the decision I have made." 432 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:46,960 - Does that even sound like him? - Alan clearly wasn't himself. 433 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:54,040 I'm an editor, I really should have trusted my instincts. 434 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:56,840 "With regard to my condition." 435 00:21:58,240 --> 00:21:59,720 It's a little... 436 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:01,920 stilted. 437 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:04,680 Old-fashioned. 438 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:07,720 That wasn't Alan's voice. 439 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:10,080 It was Pund's. 440 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:12,400 It's Atticus Pund 441 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:17,160 writing about the fact that he has very little time left. 442 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:19,360 He's dying. 443 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:24,000 And that's what you needed. 444 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:25,920 I found this. 445 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:27,480 It's from Alan. 446 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:30,200 It's his suicide note. 447 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:32,880 The first half of the letter was the apology, 448 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:36,440 the second half was taken from the book. 449 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:41,720 Together, they told exactly the story you wanted. 450 00:22:42,360 --> 00:22:45,800 Remorse... and then resignation. 451 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:51,440 There's just one small detail you hoped nobody would notice. 452 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:53,560 - But you of course did. - Yes. 453 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:56,240 The letter was handwritten, 454 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:58,600 but you had to find an old envelope. 455 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:00,520 And the envelope was typed. 456 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:02,520 Meaning the whole thing had been faked. 457 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:04,080 Exactly. 458 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:07,040 Well... 459 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:09,840 you seem to have put it all together, Susan, 460 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:12,040 and I must congratulate you. 461 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:14,560 But it does beg one question, doesn't it? 462 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:18,760 What happens now? 463 00:23:20,120 --> 00:23:22,360 - What do you mean? - Are you going to turn me in? 464 00:23:22,360 --> 00:23:24,440 No! I don't need to be involved. 465 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:26,160 I think it would be much better all round 466 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:27,840 if you called the police yourself. 467 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:33,360 You realise they'll send me to prison. I'll get life. 468 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:35,120 I won't come out. 469 00:23:35,120 --> 00:23:37,680 Yes, Charles, that's what happens when you commit murder. 470 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:39,160 I thought you might make some allowances. 471 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:40,280 As you yourself said, 472 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:42,040 we've known each other for a long time. 473 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:45,480 It seems I didn't know you at all. 474 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:49,440 Would you allow me at least 475 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:52,440 to spend the evening at home with my family? 476 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:55,560 Before I make the call? 477 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:58,280 If you don't call them tomorrow, then I will. 478 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:01,200 But yes, you need to explain everything to Elaine. 479 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:03,160 Elaine. 480 00:24:05,360 --> 00:24:06,840 Yes. 481 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:21,000 Ah, I'm going to miss all this. 482 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:23,520 I'm sorry. 483 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:25,960 Are you? You seem more self-righteous to me. 484 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:29,120 You can think what you like. I'm leaving. 485 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:32,680 Good night, Susan. 486 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:37,360 Ah! 487 00:24:37,360 --> 00:24:38,560 Ah! 488 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:41,760 Why did you have to be so bloody obstinate? 489 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:44,800 I didn't want you looking for the missing pages. 490 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:47,000 I don't care about the missing book. 491 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,200 Jesus Christ. 492 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:50,200 All I was doing was protecting myself, 493 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:52,800 - and my family and my future. - Charles! 494 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:54,920 That's what I'm doing now. You made me! 495 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:56,600 Charles, no! 496 00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:57,720 Charles... 497 00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:01,000 Charles, what are you doing? 498 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,560 Please, Charles... Uh! 499 00:25:05,360 --> 00:25:06,600 Oh, Charles... 500 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:10,720 I'm sorry, Susan. I really am. 501 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:12,560 Charles. Charles! 502 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:14,840 Please! 503 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:16,080 I gave you a chance. 504 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:20,000 You should have taken it! 505 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:53,360 Oh! 506 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:14,160 Susan! 507 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:29,200 Susan! 508 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:30,880 - Susan! - Andreas. 509 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:34,640 It... It was Charles. 510 00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:36,440 It was Charles. 511 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:38,680 That's all right. Come on. 512 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:54,040 You're awake. 513 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:56,120 Thank God. 514 00:26:56,120 --> 00:26:57,360 Katie. 515 00:26:57,360 --> 00:27:00,400 Andreas called and told me what happened. 516 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:02,120 I came down at once. 517 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:04,600 Where is Andreas? 518 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:06,040 He won't be long. 519 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:09,040 Are you all right, Sue? Do you want me to call the doctor? 520 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:10,440 No. 521 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:14,120 Where's Charles? 522 00:27:14,120 --> 00:27:15,600 He was arrested. 523 00:27:16,120 --> 00:27:18,760 Andreas saw him coming out of the building. 524 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:22,880 He killed Alan. 525 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:24,760 It's unbelievable. 526 00:27:28,360 --> 00:27:30,680 - Am I... Oh! - No, you're all right. 527 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:32,560 The doctors have looked at you. 528 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:34,360 You're gonna be fine. 529 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:41,000 How are you, Katie? 530 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:42,560 How's Dad? 531 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:46,440 Let's not talk about that now. 532 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:48,400 No, no. I want to know. 533 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:51,280 Dad's gone. 534 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:54,320 I didn't want to tell you. 535 00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:01,680 No, it's... better that you did. 536 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:25,160 Sorry. 537 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:27,840 You don't have to say that. 538 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:32,080 I should never have got involved in all of this. 539 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:34,480 You told me not to. 540 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:36,960 Here... 541 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:43,720 Mm... It's the smoke. It... 542 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:46,440 It's done something to my lungs. 543 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:49,360 - The doctor said... - I know. I know. They told me. 544 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:51,120 Mm. 545 00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:52,360 - Thank you. - You're welcome. 546 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:53,480 Thank you. 547 00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:59,560 Why were you there... Andreas, at the office? 548 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:02,760 I was looking for you, of course. Why else? 549 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:05,040 I found out that the photograph you were sent 550 00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:07,640 came from Clover Books, and I was worried. 551 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:12,120 What I said to you... 552 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:15,440 Will you ever forgive me? 553 00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:17,440 I already have. 554 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:20,880 How could I have possibly believed 555 00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:22,320 - even for a minute...? - It doesn't matter. 556 00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:23,800 It doesn't matter. 557 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:26,360 - It's all behind us now. - Hmm. 558 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:30,040 I want to talk about Crete. 559 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:34,000 I just wish it wasn't Alan's money in the hotel, but... 560 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:35,160 I'm not going. 561 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:37,680 Oh, yes, you are. 562 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:41,640 And I'm going with you. 563 00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:44,800 - You're not feeling well. - Ah... 564 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:47,600 - You're hallucinating. - I am not. 565 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:48,840 Yes. 566 00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:51,800 OK. We'll talk about it when you're better, hmm? 567 00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:22,960 Ah! 568 00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:25,000 I was wondering when you were going to show up. 569 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:27,640 - How are you feeling? - Awful. 570 00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:29,720 I mucked everything up. 571 00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:32,840 I accused Andreas, and I nearly got myself killed. 572 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:34,800 You're being too hard on yourself. 573 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:36,520 You solved the crime. 574 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:38,800 The killer has been apprehended. 575 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:41,520 I would say you have done remarkably well. 576 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:43,120 Hmm! 577 00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:45,680 I'll take that as a compliment, coming from you. 578 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:48,400 The missing chapter? 579 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:51,880 Yes. 580 00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:53,560 You have read it? 581 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:55,720 Not yet. 582 00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:58,440 I've read the last pages with the letter, 583 00:30:58,440 --> 00:30:59,760 but not the solution. 584 00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:03,160 I'm not sure I'm quite up to it. 585 00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:04,960 "Magpie Murders". 586 00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:06,080 You solved them? 587 00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:08,320 The detective will always solve the crime 588 00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:10,880 as sure as day will follow the night. 589 00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:15,840 In the world in which I exist, this is an immutable fact. 590 00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:17,760 Ah, yes. 591 00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:19,760 The certainty. 592 00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:21,560 That's why people love you. 593 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:23,360 You wish to know the answer? 594 00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:24,640 Are you kidding? 595 00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:26,320 That's all I want to know. 596 00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:27,440 Then come with me. 597 00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:28,640 Now? 598 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:31,080 You are too busy? 599 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:48,000 Where are we going? 600 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,360 To the Queen's Arms Public House. 601 00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:51,720 And who are we meeting? 602 00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:54,400 It was Joy Sanderling who first came to me for help, 603 00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:57,280 and it is she who must hear what I have to say. 604 00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:00,840 My friends are waiting. 605 00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:09,080 Detective Inspector. James. 606 00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:10,600 Are we ready? 607 00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:12,240 We are indeed. 608 00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:17,120 You asked me to come to Saxby-on-Avon 609 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:20,000 on account of one death, Miss Sanderling. 610 00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:23,360 That was the death of Mary Blakiston 611 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:25,080 just one day after her son, Robert, 612 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:26,720 had been overheard threatening her. 613 00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:28,080 - I didn't threaten her. - Huh. 614 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:29,800 But that is how it was construed. 615 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:32,440 - I never touched her. - I know that. 616 00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:35,040 I know exactly how your mother died. 617 00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:36,840 It was an accident. 618 00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:38,960 That's not what you told me, Pund. 619 00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:40,960 You said Lady Frances killed her. 620 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:42,200 Oh, she did. 621 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:43,440 Inadvertently. 622 00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:44,880 You will recall 623 00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:47,080 that she told us that she telephoned Mrs Blakiston 624 00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:48,320 on the very day of her death. 625 00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:51,880 It was, I believe, the telephone call that was responsible, 626 00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:54,400 uh, for she also told us something else. 627 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:57,360 This is Atticus Pund. He's a well-known investigator. 628 00:32:57,360 --> 00:32:59,520 Would you take that, darling? 629 00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:01,000 The telephones don't work upstairs. 630 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:02,280 Nothing works in this house. 631 00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:03,920 It's just one thing after another. 632 00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:06,440 We know that Mary Blakiston was vacuuming 633 00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:07,560 at the top of the stairs. 634 00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:09,720 Let us imagine that the telephone rings. 635 00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:12,920 I rang her the morning she died, 636 00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:14,240 and when she didn't answer, 637 00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:16,760 I thought there must be something wrong. 638 00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:18,720 She cannot answer it in the bedroom. 639 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:20,200 She has to hurry downstairs, 640 00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:22,840 and in her haste, her foot becomes entangled in the wire. 641 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:26,080 Ooh! Oh! Oh! 642 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,040 So, Robert had nothing to do with it. 643 00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:33,040 Exactly. 644 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:35,400 I knew it. 645 00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:38,320 What about the death of Sir Magnus? 646 00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:40,680 That is indeed the question. 647 00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:43,680 The answer is that the two deaths were inextricably linked. 648 00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:45,520 One led directly to the other. 649 00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:48,920 But there is a third death also that we must consider, 650 00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:51,800 a death that took place twelve years ago. 651 00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:54,080 Sam? 652 00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:55,960 Yes. 653 00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:58,880 That is where this story begins. 654 00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:01,000 A lodge house. A room with a view. 655 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:03,760 The collar of a dog that has been killed. 656 00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:04,960 Two brothers. 657 00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:07,200 He was always a very quiet boy. 658 00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:09,080 Kept himself to himself. 659 00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:12,120 To be honest, I was closer to Sam. 660 00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:13,520 Did the two of them get on? 661 00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:15,600 Well, they fought like all young boys. 662 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:17,160 There were jealousies. 663 00:34:17,160 --> 00:34:18,600 But I'd say yes. 664 00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:21,000 - I spoke to your father. - When? 665 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:22,440 This morning. 666 00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:24,880 He gave me an image of two brothers 667 00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:27,520 who were jealous of one another and sometimes came to blows. 668 00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:30,000 The young one was given a dog, Bella. 669 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:31,720 Bella! Here, girl! 670 00:34:31,720 --> 00:34:33,320 Last one to the lake is a rotten egg. 671 00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:35,040 Keep up, Bella! 672 00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:39,560 A terrible thing happened to this dog. 673 00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:43,920 She was poisoned, it seems deliberately. 674 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:45,360 That was Brent. 675 00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:47,120 Why, then, did your mother keep the collar 676 00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:49,640 in a drawer in the room in which she worked all those years? 677 00:34:49,640 --> 00:34:51,560 What was it that she wished to be reminded of? 678 00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:53,920 I don't understand why you're asking this. 679 00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:56,920 I'm trying only to understand the character of your mother, 680 00:34:56,920 --> 00:35:00,320 for there was something else that was told me by your father. 681 00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:03,040 Everything changed after the accident. 682 00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:05,040 Suddenly she was all over him. 683 00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:07,080 Never let him out of her sight. 684 00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:08,720 What was it that changed? 685 00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:11,680 Why? Before, it would seem 686 00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:14,400 that your mother was not close to you, Robert. 687 00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:16,680 But afterwards, you became almost her prisoner. 688 00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:18,560 - I was! - Your father assumed 689 00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:21,680 that it was because she was afraid to lose you. 690 00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:23,600 But could it be... 691 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:26,600 that she knew what you had done, 692 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:29,880 and she was afraid that you might do it again? 693 00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:31,400 What are you talking about? 694 00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:33,240 I'm talking about the fact that as a child, 695 00:35:33,240 --> 00:35:36,000 Robert Blakiston was disturbed to the extent 696 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:38,320 that he killed a dog that had been given to his brother 697 00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:40,640 and later, in a fit of jealousy or anger, 698 00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:43,240 he drowned that brother in the lake at Pye Hall, 699 00:35:43,240 --> 00:35:45,040 an act seen by his mother 700 00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:46,800 from the window in the room in which she worked, 701 00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:49,520 the one room in the house that had a view of the water. 702 00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:50,800 No. That's wrong. 703 00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:53,400 - That's ridiculous. - You believe so? 704 00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:56,040 Then I will ask you two questions. 705 00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:02,880 Why was there a need for Robert to throw himself into the water 706 00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:04,520 when Brent, carrying his brother, 707 00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:06,040 had almost reached dry land? 708 00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:07,840 Well, I was fourteen years old. 709 00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:09,200 I didn't know what I was doing. 710 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:11,320 I think you knew exactly what you were doing. 711 00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:13,960 You were disguising the fact 712 00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:15,800 that you were already soaking wet. 713 00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:27,360 And my second question. 714 00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:29,800 Why was Mr Blakiston so opposed to the idea 715 00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:32,800 - of you marrying her son? - I told you. 716 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:34,240 You told me, Miss Sanderling, 717 00:36:34,240 --> 00:36:35,960 what you believed to be the case, 718 00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:38,080 but perhaps you were mistaken. 719 00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:40,400 - No. - I'm sorry? 720 00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:42,160 You are not gonna marry my son. 721 00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:43,120 Mum! 722 00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:44,600 I'm thinking about future generations. 723 00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:46,560 Can't be tainted. 724 00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:47,880 I won't have it. 725 00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:49,720 You're not being serious. 726 00:36:49,720 --> 00:36:52,280 - You can't think that. - I won't even discuss it. 727 00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:55,360 Now, I'm warning you, Robert. 728 00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:57,360 This marriage will not go ahead. 729 00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:04,400 "So future generations cannot be tainted." 730 00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:08,720 You believed that Mrs Blakiston was referring to you 731 00:37:08,720 --> 00:37:11,640 in a way that was truly reprehensible. 732 00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:14,920 But suppose her words were in fact 733 00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:16,720 addressed to her son, Robert? 734 00:37:16,720 --> 00:37:18,440 Suppose that she was afraid 735 00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:21,280 that he might poison you and your future family 736 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:24,640 with the same madness that had led him to kill his own brother? 737 00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:26,440 No, this is all just words. 738 00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:28,720 You're just making stuff up! You can't prove a word of it! 739 00:37:28,720 --> 00:37:31,240 When there is only one explanation that makes sense, 740 00:37:31,240 --> 00:37:33,640 then that is all the proof that you require. 741 00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:37,000 - No, I've had enough of this. - Oh! No, no, you're staying. 742 00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:39,040 - Go on, Mr Pund. - Yes, go on. 743 00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:41,440 Let us now enter the mind of Mary Blakiston. 744 00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:44,560 She has a son whom she knows to be dangerous. 745 00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:46,720 She watches him, never lets him out of her sight, 746 00:37:46,720 --> 00:37:49,880 but... she also fears for her own safety. 747 00:37:49,880 --> 00:37:53,160 What will she do should he ever turn on her? 748 00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:55,440 What can she do to protect herself? 749 00:37:56,240 --> 00:37:57,760 She writes a letter. 750 00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:02,040 She writes a letter, explaining how Sam was killed. 751 00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:03,760 Also, what happened to Bella. 752 00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:07,120 She reveals that her older son is dangerously disturbed, 753 00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:09,160 and she gives it to the one man she trusts, 754 00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:10,640 indeed, whom she reveres. 755 00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:12,720 Sir Magnus Pye. 756 00:38:12,720 --> 00:38:14,680 It is a letter to be kept secure 757 00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:18,880 only to be opened should anything untoward happen to her. 758 00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:20,760 She tells her son what she has done, 759 00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:23,600 and now she has no need to fear him. 760 00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:26,360 Sir Magnus places it in the safe, and there it remains... 761 00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:28,000 Until her death. 762 00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:29,560 ...until the accident occurs. 763 00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:32,240 Mary Blakiston dies 764 00:38:32,240 --> 00:38:34,680 just one day after her son has threatened her. 765 00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:38,240 And it is at her funeral, Robert realises he's in danger. 766 00:38:38,240 --> 00:38:41,800 You remember, James, what the reverend Osborne told us. 767 00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:44,880 He said that Robert became very upset. 768 00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:46,760 No, no, no, no. It was more than that. 769 00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:50,880 So, although we are here today to mourn her departure, 770 00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:53,680 we must also remember what she left behind... 771 00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:58,640 No... No! 772 00:38:58,640 --> 00:39:03,560 "We must also remember what she left behind." 773 00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:05,600 What she had left behind was a letter 774 00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:08,400 which identified Robert as the killer of his brother 775 00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:10,280 all those years before. 776 00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:12,040 It would have destroyed his life in the village. 777 00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:13,280 It would have ended, Miss Sanderling, 778 00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:16,280 his relationship with you. 779 00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:18,960 - So, he tried to steal it. - Exactly. 780 00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:21,040 He broke into Pye Hall the same night 781 00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:22,720 in an attempt to find the letter 782 00:39:22,720 --> 00:39:25,320 before Sir Magnus returned from his holiday. 783 00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:28,200 But he couldn't open the safe. 784 00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:30,360 That's why he faked the burglary! 785 00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:33,280 He stole the silver, he got rid of it in the lake, 786 00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:35,680 dropping the two pieces that Brent later found. 787 00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:38,520 Then, Sir Magnus came home. 788 00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:40,000 Robert arranged to meet him, 789 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:42,640 and we can imagine what occurred. 790 00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:45,760 But she was wrong, sir. You've got to believe me. 791 00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:47,320 But you threatened her. 792 00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:49,280 Half the village heard it. 793 00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:50,920 And the very next day... 794 00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:52,560 That wasn't me! 795 00:39:53,280 --> 00:39:56,280 You wanted her dead. You said so. 796 00:39:56,280 --> 00:39:58,000 And everyone heard you. 797 00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:00,920 I have to say, Robert, I am sickened. 798 00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:02,720 I think you ought to leave. 799 00:40:02,720 --> 00:40:04,760 I believed in you, tried to help you. 800 00:40:12,040 --> 00:40:15,560 After that, there was but one thing to do. 801 00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:25,680 He returned to the study, 802 00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:27,680 burned the incriminating letter, 803 00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:29,240 at the same time transferring 804 00:40:29,240 --> 00:40:31,360 some of Sir Magnus's blood onto the page. 805 00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:33,520 But in his haste, he made an error. 806 00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:35,560 On the desk, I saw it at once. 807 00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:39,720 A typed letter 808 00:40:39,720 --> 00:40:41,960 in a handwritten envelope. 809 00:40:41,960 --> 00:40:44,400 He burned the letter that his mother had handwritten, 810 00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:46,960 but he also burned the typed envelope 811 00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:48,440 containing the threatening letter 812 00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:49,880 that Clarissa Pye had delivered, 813 00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:52,000 leaving behind the envelope 814 00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:55,400 with the handwriting I later recognised as Mary Blakiston's. 815 00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:57,000 Does this not tell you a great deal 816 00:40:57,000 --> 00:40:58,800 about the murder of Sir Magnus? 817 00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:02,920 It's not what is written. It is how it is written. 818 00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:05,240 That is where the solution can be found. 819 00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:07,080 The same handwriting. 820 00:41:09,120 --> 00:41:11,920 It told me almost everything I needed to know. 821 00:41:16,920 --> 00:41:19,560 Is this true, Robert? 822 00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:26,120 It is, isn't it? 823 00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:28,120 Oh, my God. 824 00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:33,080 I did it for you. 825 00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:36,600 For us. 826 00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:38,760 What else could I do? I love you. 827 00:41:40,760 --> 00:41:42,560 I just wanted to be with you. 828 00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:49,280 Better come with me. 829 00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:08,880 I have to say, you were on top form back there. 830 00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:10,520 Ah, you're too kind. 831 00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:12,040 No. Seriously. 832 00:42:12,040 --> 00:42:14,520 It'll make for a bestseller. I'm sure of it. 833 00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:16,280 Is that what matters to you? 834 00:42:17,560 --> 00:42:20,000 Not so much anymore. 835 00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:23,560 I'm leaving publishing. 836 00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:26,080 - I'm going to Crete. - Oh. 837 00:42:26,840 --> 00:42:28,720 I think you'll be happy there. 838 00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:31,160 I hope so. 839 00:42:37,520 --> 00:42:40,800 Do you know what happens to you at the end of the book? 840 00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:42,480 I knew it from the start. 841 00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:44,200 I'm sorry. 842 00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:46,520 Oh, there's no need to be. There are eight books. 843 00:42:46,520 --> 00:42:48,520 Nine now. 844 00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:50,880 I'll not be forgotten. At least for a time. 845 00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:53,560 No, I mean, I'm sorry because... 846 00:42:54,640 --> 00:42:57,320 Well, I suppose it means I won't see you again. 847 00:42:58,080 --> 00:43:00,720 We have separate paths to follow, Miss Ryeland. 848 00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:04,040 I've asked you not to call me that. 849 00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:07,360 It's been a pleasure. 850 00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:10,280 For me, too. 851 00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:14,000 Goodbye, Atticus. 852 00:43:15,120 --> 00:43:16,800 Goodbye, Susan.