1 00:00:31,790 --> 00:00:33,630 Oh, good evening. 2 00:00:33,660 --> 00:00:35,930 I'm so glad you've found me. 3 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:38,030 As you can see, 4 00:00:38,070 --> 00:00:40,940 our new quarters are rather modest, 5 00:00:40,970 --> 00:00:43,000 but we like the location 6 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:45,840 and thought the change might do us good, also. 7 00:00:45,870 --> 00:00:48,540 And now, if you don't mind, 8 00:00:48,580 --> 00:00:52,910 I would like to indulge in an old American custom. 9 00:00:52,950 --> 00:00:54,950 No matter how busy they are 10 00:00:54,980 --> 00:00:58,150 or what the surroundings may be, 11 00:00:58,190 --> 00:01:02,060 Americans never omit this quaint ritual. 12 00:01:02,060 --> 00:01:04,060 If you don't care to join me, 13 00:01:04,090 --> 00:01:07,060 I think you'll find our play is about to begin 14 00:01:07,060 --> 00:01:09,060 on one of the lower shelves. 15 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:29,450 Be quiet. 16 00:01:32,950 --> 00:01:35,420 They'd send her to an institution or they'd hang her. 17 00:01:35,460 --> 00:01:38,230 We should have to move away from here. It would be impossible. 18 00:01:38,260 --> 00:01:39,630 (SOBBING) I'd kill myself! 19 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:43,770 Oh, dear. Oh, what shall we do? 20 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:44,800 Poor Millicent. 21 00:01:45,670 --> 00:01:47,800 Oh, Millicent, how could you? 22 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:48,800 (MILLICENT SOBBING) 23 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:50,440 George, come here. 24 00:01:54,780 --> 00:01:56,480 Over here, you idiot! 25 00:01:56,510 --> 00:01:58,380 You want me to shout across the room at you? 26 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:05,220 Now, 27 00:02:06,550 --> 00:02:08,920 how far did you get with your medical studies 28 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:11,260 before they threw you out as hopeless? 29 00:02:11,290 --> 00:02:13,160 You know as well as I do. 30 00:02:13,190 --> 00:02:15,460 Yes, but do you know enough? 31 00:02:15,500 --> 00:02:17,370 Did they drive enough into your head, 32 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:20,070 so that you can guess what any competent doctor would be able to tell you 33 00:02:20,070 --> 00:02:21,200 about such a wound? 34 00:02:22,070 --> 00:02:23,970 Well, it's a... 35 00:02:24,070 --> 00:02:26,680 It's a knock or a blow. 36 00:02:26,710 --> 00:02:28,380 His head was battered in. 37 00:02:28,410 --> 00:02:31,110 (SOBBING) 38 00:02:31,150 --> 00:02:35,820 Now, could it be caused by a tile falling off the roof or a piece of the coping? 39 00:02:35,850 --> 00:02:37,750 Well, governor, you see, it's like this... 40 00:02:37,790 --> 00:02:39,520 Is it possible? 41 00:02:40,290 --> 00:02:41,620 No. 42 00:02:41,660 --> 00:02:43,390 Why not? 43 00:02:43,430 --> 00:02:45,830 Because she hit him several times. 44 00:02:45,860 --> 00:02:48,100 I can't stand it. 45 00:02:48,100 --> 00:02:50,330 Oh, why should such a terrible thing have to happen to us? 46 00:02:50,370 --> 00:02:52,400 You must stand it, my dear. 47 00:02:52,430 --> 00:02:54,270 MR. PRINCEY: Millicent, we must go over this again. 48 00:02:56,940 --> 00:02:58,310 No, no! 49 00:02:58,340 --> 00:03:01,640 We must go over it again. 50 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:04,750 Perhaps you've forgotten something. One tiny, irrelevant detail 51 00:03:04,780 --> 00:03:06,410 may save or ruin us, particularly you. 52 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:08,350 Now... 53 00:03:09,050 --> 00:03:11,690 I can't, sir. I can't. 54 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:13,150 Stop it, child. Stop it! 55 00:03:15,260 --> 00:03:18,530 Now, answer me. You were in the stable? 56 00:03:21,330 --> 00:03:22,760 Yes. 57 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:24,070 One moment, though. 58 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:28,140 Who knew that you were in love with this wretched schoolmaster? 59 00:03:28,170 --> 00:03:31,240 No one! I never said a word about it! 60 00:03:31,270 --> 00:03:33,880 Don't worry, the whole darn village knows. 61 00:03:33,910 --> 00:03:36,340 They've been sniggering about it in the Plough for three years past. 62 00:03:37,610 --> 00:03:38,580 MR. PRINCEY: Yes. 63 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:42,280 Very likely. Very likely. 64 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:44,220 Nevertheless, somehow, it must be covered up. 65 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:49,660 Our family has held a position of respect in this community for generations. 66 00:03:49,690 --> 00:03:52,460 I do not intend to have that position destroyed 67 00:03:52,490 --> 00:03:55,000 by the stupidity of one foolish female. 68 00:03:55,630 --> 00:03:58,130 Now, once more. 69 00:03:59,100 --> 00:04:01,070 You were in the old stable. 70 00:04:04,210 --> 00:04:06,680 You were putting the croquet set back in the box. 71 00:04:07,380 --> 00:04:09,410 Yes. 72 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:11,280 You heard someone crossing the yard. 73 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:15,080 Yes. It was Withers. 74 00:04:17,620 --> 00:04:18,690 You call to him. 75 00:04:20,060 --> 00:04:21,820 (SNIFFLING) 76 00:04:21,860 --> 00:04:23,560 Yes. Loudly? 77 00:04:26,730 --> 00:04:30,130 Did you call loudly? Could anyone have heard you? 78 00:04:30,170 --> 00:04:32,070 I didn't exactly call him, Father. 79 00:04:33,130 --> 00:04:34,870 What did you do, exactly? 80 00:04:34,900 --> 00:04:36,140 Well, I... 81 00:04:38,070 --> 00:04:42,080 No, he saw me as I came to the door, 82 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:44,510 and he just waved and came over. 83 00:04:44,550 --> 00:04:48,080 How can I get out of you if anyone was about? 84 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:50,350 Could he have been seen? 85 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:52,520 No, 86 00:04:52,550 --> 00:04:55,460 because anyone could see that it was just about to rain. 87 00:04:58,660 --> 00:05:00,360 I suppose everybody was inside. 88 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:02,400 Just then, it began to pour, 89 00:05:03,670 --> 00:05:06,030 and he came running to the stable door. 90 00:05:06,030 --> 00:05:07,440 And you both stayed in the stables? 91 00:05:09,100 --> 00:05:10,870 It was raining hard. 92 00:05:10,910 --> 00:05:11,770 What did he say? 93 00:05:12,540 --> 00:05:13,310 He said, 94 00:05:16,910 --> 00:05:18,850 "Hello, Millie." 95 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:21,180 And to excuse him for coming in by the back way, 96 00:05:23,650 --> 00:05:25,620 but he'd set out to walk over Bass Hill, 97 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:28,520 hunting butterflies, 98 00:05:30,530 --> 00:05:33,400 and he thought he would get in from the rain, 99 00:05:36,530 --> 00:05:38,130 if I didn't mind. 100 00:05:39,070 --> 00:05:40,340 Go on. 101 00:05:40,370 --> 00:05:43,340 He said, passing the park, he'd seen the house 102 00:05:43,870 --> 00:05:45,210 and thought of me, 103 00:05:50,580 --> 00:05:53,850 because he had something special to tell me. 104 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:55,720 (SOBBING) 105 00:05:55,750 --> 00:05:57,290 MR. PRINCEY: Millicent! 106 00:05:57,320 --> 00:05:58,790 Don't cry! 107 00:06:00,490 --> 00:06:03,430 He said he'd been definitely offered the post 108 00:06:03,460 --> 00:06:06,130 of Science Master at St. John's. 109 00:06:09,030 --> 00:06:11,130 And now, he could marry. 110 00:06:13,030 --> 00:06:15,040 And I thought he meant me. 111 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:17,840 Don't tell me what you thought. 112 00:06:17,870 --> 00:06:20,040 Exactly what he said, no more. 113 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:23,040 (SOBBING) He said... Oh, dear. 114 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:26,080 Don't cry. It's a luxury you cannot afford. Now, answer me. 115 00:06:26,110 --> 00:06:27,420 He said it wasn't me, 116 00:06:29,580 --> 00:06:32,650 it's Ella Brangwyn-Davies, 117 00:06:32,690 --> 00:06:35,920 and he was sorry and all that. And then, he went to go. 118 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:37,190 And then? 119 00:06:37,230 --> 00:06:40,200 I couldn't stand it! 120 00:06:40,230 --> 00:06:42,700 He turned round, and I had the croquet mallet in my hand and I... 121 00:06:42,730 --> 00:06:44,070 (EXCLAIMING) 122 00:06:44,070 --> 00:06:45,670 Oh, dear! 123 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:50,140 Did you scream or cry? I mean, when you hit him. 124 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:57,810 I just threw it down. 125 00:06:58,510 --> 00:07:00,120 Did he? 126 00:07:00,150 --> 00:07:02,080 No, I just threw it down. 127 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:08,720 I came into the house. 128 00:07:11,390 --> 00:07:14,600 That's all. I wish I was dead. 129 00:07:14,630 --> 00:07:17,200 Yes, unfortunately, that wouldn't help matters, now. 130 00:07:22,540 --> 00:07:24,140 You met none of the servants? 131 00:07:26,470 --> 00:07:29,540 No one would go into the stables. 132 00:07:29,580 --> 00:07:33,050 You see, George, he probably told people that he was going to Bass Hill. 133 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:34,850 Certainly, no one will ever know that he came here. 134 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:39,090 Could have been attacked in the woods. 135 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:41,920 We must consider every detail. 136 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:44,330 A schoolmaster with his head battered in. 137 00:07:45,060 --> 00:07:47,060 Don't, Father. 138 00:07:47,060 --> 00:07:50,070 A schoolmaster with his head battered in is found in the woods. 139 00:07:50,070 --> 00:07:51,670 (MILLICENT SOBBING) 140 00:07:51,700 --> 00:07:54,100 Now, who would want to kill Withers? 141 00:07:54,140 --> 00:07:55,740 (DOOR OPENING) CAPTAIN SMOLLET: Who'd kill Withers? 142 00:07:55,770 --> 00:07:56,910 (CHUCKLING) 143 00:07:56,940 --> 00:07:58,670 I would, with pleasure. 144 00:07:58,710 --> 00:08:00,640 I say, I'm so sorry. I walked right in. 145 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:02,910 How do you do, Captain Smollet? 146 00:08:03,010 --> 00:08:04,280 He heard you, Father, he heard you! 147 00:08:04,310 --> 00:08:05,580 (CHUCKLING) Well, 148 00:08:05,610 --> 00:08:08,620 we all have our little jokes, you know. 149 00:08:08,650 --> 00:08:11,150 Now, come, Millicent, don't pretend to be shocked. 150 00:08:11,190 --> 00:08:12,320 A cigarette, Smollet? 151 00:08:12,350 --> 00:08:13,790 Oh, no, thanks. 152 00:08:13,820 --> 00:08:16,830 Just a theoretical little murder, you know. 153 00:08:16,860 --> 00:08:19,030 We talk nothing but thrillers in these days. 154 00:08:19,030 --> 00:08:22,330 Oh, yeah. It would be justifiable homicide, I should say. 155 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:24,570 Have you heard about Ella Brangwyn-Davies? 156 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:25,630 (SCOFFING) I shall be laughed at. 157 00:08:26,300 --> 00:08:27,270 Why? 158 00:08:28,070 --> 00:08:30,210 Why should you be laughed at? 159 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:31,740 Had a shot in that direction myself. 160 00:08:31,770 --> 00:08:35,280 She half said yes, too. Didn't you hear? 161 00:08:35,310 --> 00:08:38,080 She's been telling people that we were practically engaged. 162 00:08:38,110 --> 00:08:41,050 And now, it'll look as if I've got turned down for a knobby-kneed clown 163 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:42,550 with a butterfly net. 164 00:08:46,050 --> 00:08:46,920 Yes. 165 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:49,420 Yes. 166 00:08:53,900 --> 00:08:56,530 I can quite see that that would make you 167 00:08:57,400 --> 00:08:59,430 feel rather bitter. 168 00:08:59,470 --> 00:09:01,270 Oh, well. Fortune of war, you know. 169 00:09:03,670 --> 00:09:05,270 Sit down, Smollet. Have a drink. 170 00:09:05,310 --> 00:09:07,010 Thank you. 171 00:09:07,010 --> 00:09:08,440 MR. PRINCEY: Will you excuse us for a moment? 172 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:09,640 I've just remembered something. 173 00:09:09,680 --> 00:09:10,810 George and I have something to see to. 174 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:14,280 Mother, Millicent, 175 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:17,690 take care of Captain Smollet until we get back, will you? 176 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:19,790 We won't be a moment. Come along, George. 177 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:32,800 Uh, 178 00:09:32,830 --> 00:09:34,670 are you wet, Captain Smollet? 179 00:09:34,700 --> 00:09:36,710 Oh, just a bit. Nothing to bother about. 180 00:09:36,740 --> 00:09:38,310 But you'll catch cold. You must have something to drink. 181 00:09:40,380 --> 00:09:41,510 (DOOR OPENING) 182 00:09:45,610 --> 00:09:47,950 Good. Put it down there, behind the door. 183 00:09:50,850 --> 00:09:52,520 Now, we... 184 00:09:52,550 --> 00:09:54,690 We'd better get this out of sight, in case anybody comes in. 185 00:09:56,260 --> 00:09:57,590 Put it in there. 186 00:10:48,010 --> 00:10:48,940 A rat. 187 00:10:50,610 --> 00:10:53,310 Yes, that's it. We came to shoot a rat. 188 00:10:53,350 --> 00:10:54,480 What are we doing, governor? 189 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:56,620 I'm saving the family name. 190 00:10:56,650 --> 00:10:58,590 Now, so far, you've done as you've been told. 191 00:10:58,620 --> 00:11:00,460 Please continue to do so. 192 00:11:02,060 --> 00:11:03,890 Well, I... I think that's everything. 193 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:18,110 Another drink, Captain Smollet? 194 00:11:18,140 --> 00:11:19,370 No, thank you. I think I... 195 00:11:19,410 --> 00:11:21,280 Are you sure you wouldn't like another? You always have two. 196 00:11:21,310 --> 00:11:22,480 Millicent. 197 00:11:22,510 --> 00:11:23,480 Well, do you want one or not? 198 00:11:23,510 --> 00:11:24,550 Now, Millie. 199 00:11:25,750 --> 00:11:27,720 She's overwrought, Captain Smollet. 200 00:11:27,750 --> 00:11:30,250 Yes, of course. I really think I'd better leave. 201 00:11:30,290 --> 00:11:32,520 Why, excuse me, my dear. 202 00:11:32,550 --> 00:11:34,260 Smollet, would you care to see something rather interesting? 203 00:11:34,290 --> 00:11:35,490 Why, yes, to be sure. 204 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:36,860 MR. PRINCEY: Good. Come along, then. 205 00:11:36,890 --> 00:11:40,230 (STUTTERING) Oh, uh... Thank you very much, Millicent. 206 00:11:40,260 --> 00:11:42,760 Oh, there's no hurry. Finish your drink. 207 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:44,600 It's all right, I'll finish it later. 208 00:11:44,630 --> 00:11:45,500 Oh. 209 00:12:02,820 --> 00:12:04,590 What the... 210 00:12:04,620 --> 00:12:07,120 George and I came out here to shoot a rat. 211 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:10,330 It frightened Millicent earlier this afternoon. 212 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:14,530 Of course, you may be shot by accident, if you don't listen very carefully. 213 00:12:15,530 --> 00:12:17,470 I mean that. 214 00:12:17,500 --> 00:12:18,970 What's the matter with you, Princey? 215 00:12:19,070 --> 00:12:21,400 A very tragic thing occurred today. 216 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:23,770 It will be even more tragic, if things can't be smoothed over. 217 00:12:23,810 --> 00:12:25,140 Oh? 218 00:12:25,170 --> 00:12:28,840 You heard me say, "Who'd kill Withers?" 219 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:31,250 You also heard Millicent make a comment, 220 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:33,280 an unguarded comment. 221 00:12:33,310 --> 00:12:35,080 Well, what of it? Very little. 222 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:37,150 Unless you happened to hear that Withers 223 00:12:37,190 --> 00:12:40,320 met a very violent end earlier this afternoon. 224 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:43,990 That, my dear Smollet, is exactly what you're going to hear. 225 00:12:44,090 --> 00:12:47,260 What? You... You've killed him? 226 00:12:47,300 --> 00:12:48,530 Millicent. 227 00:12:49,560 --> 00:12:50,870 Good heavens. 228 00:12:50,900 --> 00:12:51,670 Precisely. 229 00:12:52,870 --> 00:12:55,770 You would have remembered and guessed. 230 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:58,970 (STUTTERING) Well, maybe. Yes, I suppose I would. 231 00:12:59,010 --> 00:13:02,040 And so, my dear Smollet, you've become somewhat of a problem. 232 00:13:03,310 --> 00:13:04,650 Why did she kill him? 233 00:13:04,680 --> 00:13:05,950 Oh, it's one of those disgusting things. 234 00:13:06,050 --> 00:13:08,480 Rather pitiful, as a matter of fact. 235 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:11,050 She deluded herself into thinking that he was in love with her. 236 00:13:11,090 --> 00:13:12,320 Oh, of course. 237 00:13:12,350 --> 00:13:14,490 And then he told her about the Brangwyn-Davies girl. 238 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:16,060 I see. 239 00:13:16,060 --> 00:13:18,190 Now, I have no wish that she should be proved 240 00:13:18,230 --> 00:13:20,560 insane or a murderess. 241 00:13:22,330 --> 00:13:24,230 I could hardly live here after that, could I? 242 00:13:24,270 --> 00:13:26,470 No, I suppose not. 243 00:13:26,500 --> 00:13:28,140 On the other hand, 244 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:30,970 you know about it. 245 00:13:31,070 --> 00:13:32,140 Ah, I see. 246 00:13:33,780 --> 00:13:35,780 You're wondering if I can keep my mouth shut. 247 00:13:35,810 --> 00:13:37,980 (STUTTERING) But I promise... 248 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:39,810 I'm wondering if I could believe you. 249 00:13:39,850 --> 00:13:41,450 (STUTTERING) No, but, I mean, if I promised... 250 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:43,180 If things went smoothly, yes. 251 00:13:43,220 --> 00:13:46,690 But if there were any sort of suspicion, any questioning, 252 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:48,860 you would be afraid of becoming an accessory. 253 00:13:48,890 --> 00:13:49,920 Oh, I don't know. 254 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:50,790 I do. 255 00:13:53,530 --> 00:13:55,000 What are we going to do about it, Smollet? 256 00:13:55,100 --> 00:13:57,800 (STUTTERING) I can't think of anything else. 257 00:13:57,830 --> 00:14:00,770 You'd never be such a fool as to do me in. 258 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:04,040 I mean, you can't get rid of two corpses. 259 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:06,170 I regard it as a better risk than the other. 260 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:09,680 Could be an accident. 261 00:14:09,710 --> 00:14:11,610 Or you and Withers might both disappear. 262 00:14:11,650 --> 00:14:13,350 There are possibilities in that. 263 00:14:13,380 --> 00:14:15,050 Now, look here. You can't... 264 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:17,820 As a matter of fact, there is a way out. 265 00:14:17,850 --> 00:14:19,750 You suggested it yourself. 266 00:14:19,790 --> 00:14:21,660 (STUTTERING) Oh, did I? Well, what was it? 267 00:14:21,690 --> 00:14:23,290 You said that you'd kill Withers. 268 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:24,660 You had a motive. 269 00:14:24,690 --> 00:14:26,700 (CHUCKLING) I was joking. 270 00:14:26,730 --> 00:14:30,770 You're always joking. People think there's something behind it. 271 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:32,700 Now, look here, Smollet, 272 00:14:32,730 --> 00:14:36,170 I can't trust you, therefore you must trust me. 273 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:37,440 Go on. 274 00:14:37,470 --> 00:14:39,110 There's a sewer, there. 275 00:14:39,140 --> 00:14:42,080 We're gonna put Withers' body into it. 276 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:46,080 Now, remember, no outsider knows that he came here this afternoon. 277 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:50,090 Nobody will ever dream of looking there for it, unless you tell them. 278 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:53,490 But you're going to give me evidence that you murdered Withers. 279 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:55,190 What? Why should I? 280 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:02,030 So that I may be dead sure that you will never open your lips on the matter. 281 00:15:02,060 --> 00:15:04,170 If you don't, I shall shoot you now, this next minute. 282 00:15:05,700 --> 00:15:08,040 Now, you can choose between living or dying. 283 00:15:11,210 --> 00:15:12,340 What evidence? 284 00:15:12,370 --> 00:15:13,140 George, 285 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:15,680 hit him hard in the face. 286 00:15:17,110 --> 00:15:19,050 Hold on... Here now, wait! I... 287 00:15:23,890 --> 00:15:25,250 MR. PRINCEY: Again. Don't bruise your knuckles. 288 00:15:29,460 --> 00:15:31,430 I'm sorry, Smollet. 289 00:15:31,460 --> 00:15:35,060 There must be traces of a struggle between you and Withers, 290 00:15:35,060 --> 00:15:38,600 then it will hardly be safe for you to go to the police. 291 00:15:38,630 --> 00:15:40,200 Why won't you take my word? 292 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:41,870 I will when I'm finished. 293 00:15:41,900 --> 00:15:43,270 George, pick up that croquet mallet. 294 00:15:43,300 --> 00:15:44,540 Use your handkerchief. 295 00:15:48,810 --> 00:15:51,750 Now, grasp the handle firmly, Smollet. 296 00:15:51,780 --> 00:15:53,420 I'll shoot you if you don't. 297 00:15:53,450 --> 00:15:54,620 Oh, blast you. 298 00:15:57,120 --> 00:15:58,120 Now, George, 299 00:15:59,850 --> 00:16:02,020 pull two hairs out of his head. 300 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:11,330 Now, attach them firmly round the buttons 301 00:16:11,370 --> 00:16:12,800 on Withers' coat sleeve. 302 00:16:17,110 --> 00:16:18,270 Now, Smollet, 303 00:16:19,810 --> 00:16:21,210 pick up that grating over there. 304 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:23,680 Go on. 305 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:40,730 Now, Withers' body is in there. 306 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:43,060 Get hold of it by the boots, 307 00:16:43,060 --> 00:16:44,630 drag it through, and dump it in the sewer. 308 00:16:44,670 --> 00:16:45,800 I shan't touch him. 309 00:16:45,830 --> 00:16:46,740 Stand back, George. 310 00:16:47,870 --> 00:16:49,970 Look... Now, wait. Wait a moment. 311 00:17:09,790 --> 00:17:11,130 Oh, no. I... 312 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:20,040 (THUDDING) 313 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:21,070 MR. PRINCEY: Put back the grating. 314 00:17:36,050 --> 00:17:38,150 Now, you see, my dear fellow, 315 00:17:38,190 --> 00:17:40,120 everything is perfectly safe. 316 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:42,590 No one knows that Withers came here. 317 00:17:42,620 --> 00:17:45,160 Everyone thinks he went walking on Bass Hill. 318 00:17:45,190 --> 00:17:47,100 There's five miles of country to inspect. 319 00:17:47,130 --> 00:17:50,100 Nobody will ever think of looking for him in our sewer. 320 00:17:50,130 --> 00:17:52,670 So, you see, don't you, how perfectly safe it is? 321 00:17:52,700 --> 00:17:55,200 Oh, absolutely. As I'm sure I shall never give it another thought. 322 00:17:57,810 --> 00:17:59,410 Shall I call Mr. Princey, ma'am? 323 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:01,040 Oh, no, no. 324 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:03,140 That is... He'll be here in a moment, Jane. Don't worry. 325 00:18:05,410 --> 00:18:07,320 Oh, look, my dear, 326 00:18:07,350 --> 00:18:10,650 we went to the stable to shoot a rat and found Captain Smollet. 327 00:18:10,690 --> 00:18:13,050 Oh, don't be offended, old fellow. 328 00:18:13,090 --> 00:18:15,620 Oh, do sit down, all of you, and have your tea. 329 00:18:15,660 --> 00:18:18,760 Millicent, come closer to me so that George can sit. 330 00:18:18,790 --> 00:18:20,400 Captain Smollet, do sit down. 331 00:18:20,430 --> 00:18:22,030 You've bruised your lip. 332 00:18:22,030 --> 00:18:23,770 You... MRS. PRINCEY: Oh. 333 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:26,200 I just knocked it. 334 00:18:26,230 --> 00:18:29,240 MRS. PRINCEY: Oh, too bad. How did you do it? 335 00:18:29,270 --> 00:18:32,210 Would you like me to have Jane bring you something for it? 336 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:36,080 Now, look here... I mean, please don't trouble. It's all right. 337 00:18:36,110 --> 00:18:38,180 Very well, Jane. That's all. 338 00:18:40,050 --> 00:18:42,380 MR. PRINCEY: Smollet's been very kind, my dear. 339 00:18:42,420 --> 00:18:44,520 He knows all about our trouble. 340 00:18:44,550 --> 00:18:46,450 We can rely upon him. 341 00:18:46,490 --> 00:18:48,090 We have his word. 342 00:18:48,120 --> 00:18:50,390 MRS. PRINCEY: Oh, have you, Captain Smollet? 343 00:18:50,430 --> 00:18:52,660 You are good. 344 00:18:52,690 --> 00:18:55,500 He'll tell. I know he'll tell, Father! 345 00:18:55,530 --> 00:18:56,930 Millicent, go to your room and stay there. 346 00:18:56,970 --> 00:18:58,330 I can't stand the sight of you anymore. 347 00:18:58,370 --> 00:18:59,830 But, Father, 348 00:19:00,770 --> 00:19:02,370 I haven't had my tea yet. 349 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:04,870 Well, go without your blasted tea. 350 00:19:04,910 --> 00:19:06,780 I think I'll go along now. It's stopped raining. 351 00:19:06,810 --> 00:19:08,280 MRS. PRINCEY: Oh, must you? 352 00:19:08,310 --> 00:19:10,610 MR. PRINCEY: Now, look here, my dear fellow, there's nothing to worry about. 353 00:19:10,650 --> 00:19:12,180 They'll never find anything here. 354 00:19:12,210 --> 00:19:15,020 All we have to do from now on is to keep our heads, 355 00:19:15,020 --> 00:19:17,420 and our problems are solved. 356 00:19:17,450 --> 00:19:21,220 MRS. PRINCEY: Oh, Captain Smollet, you are a nobleman. 357 00:19:21,260 --> 00:19:22,420 A noble man. 358 00:19:24,790 --> 00:19:27,130 Yes, all we have to do is to keep calm. Perfectly calm. 359 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:29,630 Just forget the whole thing. 360 00:19:29,660 --> 00:19:31,170 Why not stay and have another drink, Smollet, won't you? 361 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:33,440 No, thank you. No, I think I'll get along. 362 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:36,070 Oh, well, if you really must. 363 00:19:38,210 --> 00:19:39,210 Good evening. 364 00:19:51,850 --> 00:19:53,290 Now, pay attention, please. 365 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:57,430 I have a word or two to say. 366 00:19:57,460 --> 00:19:59,160 We shall have to have Millicent down again, I'm afraid. 367 00:19:59,190 --> 00:20:00,830 George, go and get your sister. 368 00:20:05,700 --> 00:20:08,940 Dear, do you really think... Is it really all right? 369 00:20:08,970 --> 00:20:10,870 Certainly, it is. 370 00:20:10,910 --> 00:20:13,270 There are a few things that I have to go over with the three of you. 371 00:20:14,510 --> 00:20:15,610 MR. PRINCEY: Well? 372 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:16,780 GEORGE: I told her. 373 00:20:16,810 --> 00:20:18,550 Come and sit down, Millicent. 374 00:20:18,580 --> 00:20:20,050 Please sit quietly. 375 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:24,220 And try and control your appetite until I have finished. 376 00:20:24,250 --> 00:20:26,520 I do not want to compete for your attention with a sandwich. 377 00:20:28,790 --> 00:20:31,030 Now, listen to me. 378 00:20:31,060 --> 00:20:33,290 We can't be certain, of course, that our connection 379 00:20:33,330 --> 00:20:35,660 with the disappearance of Mr. Withers 380 00:20:35,700 --> 00:20:37,800 will never come to the attention of the police. 381 00:20:37,830 --> 00:20:40,070 We must be prepared for any such contingency. 382 00:20:40,100 --> 00:20:43,970 So, in case we're ever questioned in the matter, 383 00:20:44,010 --> 00:20:46,470 this is what has happened. 384 00:20:46,510 --> 00:20:49,540 George and I went down to the stables to shoot a rat. 385 00:20:49,580 --> 00:20:52,480 It was a nuisance in the rain, but Millicent insisted. 386 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:55,150 You know I'm not afraid of rats. 387 00:20:55,180 --> 00:20:57,020 Hmm. Well, you are now. 388 00:20:58,620 --> 00:21:01,690 Now, we were surprised to find our friend, Captain Smollet, 389 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:03,430 waiting in the stables. 390 00:21:03,460 --> 00:21:07,400 Now, you recall that the first time he was here was before Jane served tea, 391 00:21:07,430 --> 00:21:10,370 so she doesn't know that he was here at that time. 392 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:12,730 That's right. She didn't see him. 393 00:21:12,770 --> 00:21:15,540 Now, Smollet explained that he was in the stables because he ducked in 394 00:21:15,570 --> 00:21:18,410 to avoid a particularly heavy shower. 395 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:20,410 So, naturally, we brought him to the house for tea. 396 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:22,080 You understand? 397 00:21:22,110 --> 00:21:23,610 Oh, yes, of course, dear. 398 00:21:23,650 --> 00:21:25,350 (SHUDDERING) Oh, I know they'll come. I know they will! 399 00:21:25,380 --> 00:21:26,880 They'll find him! MR. PRINCEY: Millicent! 400 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:28,620 If you can't control yourself until I have finished, 401 00:21:28,650 --> 00:21:30,550 I shan't allow you to have any more tea. 402 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:36,890 I say, you certainly have taken care of things neatly. 403 00:21:36,930 --> 00:21:38,160 Airtight, what. 404 00:21:38,190 --> 00:21:40,100 Yes, he is thorough, isn't he? 405 00:21:40,100 --> 00:21:41,230 He hasn't overlooked a thing. 406 00:21:41,260 --> 00:21:42,400 MR. PRINCEY: You think so? 407 00:21:44,530 --> 00:21:48,940 It's fortunate we don't have to depend upon you for our security, I must say. 408 00:21:48,970 --> 00:21:51,840 But I don't see how it could be any neater. 409 00:21:51,870 --> 00:21:55,840 I mean, Smollet will never tell himself, that's certain enough. 410 00:21:55,880 --> 00:22:00,050 But even if they do find the... The cadaver is discovered some time... 411 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:03,050 MR. PRINCEY: If it is discovered. You see? 412 00:22:03,050 --> 00:22:05,220 Leaving things to chance, pure chance. 413 00:22:05,250 --> 00:22:08,790 The same sloppy approach that you've always had, George. 414 00:22:08,820 --> 00:22:12,290 Supposing Smollet were away when it were discovered. 415 00:22:12,330 --> 00:22:13,660 Supposing he had skipped the country. 416 00:22:15,530 --> 00:22:17,130 Well, I don't think he'd do a thing like that. 417 00:22:17,170 --> 00:22:18,730 Probably not. 418 00:22:18,770 --> 00:22:21,240 Not enough imagination, I dare say. 419 00:22:21,270 --> 00:22:23,570 But I don't intend to take a chance on any such thing. 420 00:22:24,610 --> 00:22:26,740 That is a careless, 421 00:22:26,780 --> 00:22:29,240 slovenly way of doing things, for which I have no patience. 422 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:30,950 But, dear, what else can you do? 423 00:22:30,980 --> 00:22:32,350 Now, listen closely 424 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:34,280 and remember. 425 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:38,090 Just a moment ago, after Captain Smollet left, 426 00:22:38,090 --> 00:22:40,260 we went back to the stable to shoot the rat. 427 00:22:40,790 --> 00:22:42,320 We noticed 428 00:22:42,360 --> 00:22:45,630 the cover to the sewer was somewhat ajar. 429 00:22:45,660 --> 00:22:48,460 And as you, George, lifted it into place, 430 00:22:48,500 --> 00:22:49,500 I glanced in 431 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:53,740 and made a ghastly discovery. 432 00:22:53,770 --> 00:22:55,100 Now, is that perfectly clear? 433 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:57,010 Yes. 434 00:22:57,110 --> 00:22:58,240 But I don't understand. 435 00:23:02,340 --> 00:23:03,850 Get me the police station in Bass Hill, please. Quickly. 436 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:05,150 (SOBBING) 437 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:10,250 Hello, is that the police station? 438 00:23:10,290 --> 00:23:14,060 Oh, this is Mr. Princey of Abbott's Laxton. 439 00:23:14,090 --> 00:23:16,520 I'm afraid something rather terrible has happened. 440 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:18,290 Do send somebody up here at once, please. 441 00:23:22,900 --> 00:23:25,500 Well, I... 442 00:23:25,530 --> 00:23:27,600 I believe that should cover everything. 443 00:23:28,870 --> 00:23:31,710 I hope you let this be an example to you, my boy. 444 00:23:31,740 --> 00:23:35,340 It's a rare problem that won't yield to a little thought and patience. 445 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:41,120 But we must be very careful never to leave any loose ends dangling. 446 00:23:41,150 --> 00:23:43,080 You see, that's the thing. 447 00:23:43,120 --> 00:23:44,390 A little tea, Mother, please. 448 00:23:56,230 --> 00:23:58,930 I presume that story was intended to illustrate 449 00:23:58,970 --> 00:24:02,040 that blood is thicker than water. 450 00:24:02,070 --> 00:24:06,240 I always find it heartwarming to see a family standing shoulder to shoulder 451 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:09,540 in the face of adversity. 452 00:24:09,580 --> 00:24:13,310 Unfortunately, the authorities were not thrilled by this sight, 453 00:24:13,350 --> 00:24:16,380 and were seen tossing about such phrases as, 454 00:24:16,420 --> 00:24:18,550 "Obstructing justice," 455 00:24:18,590 --> 00:24:20,960 "Accessory after the fact," 456 00:24:21,060 --> 00:24:24,060 "Murder in the first degree." Very nasty. 457 00:24:24,060 --> 00:24:27,700 The Princeys received substantial sentences. 458 00:24:27,730 --> 00:24:32,670 You see, unfortunately, Captain Smollet didn't play the game. 459 00:24:32,700 --> 00:24:35,640 When the police arrived, he insisted on his innocence, 460 00:24:37,170 --> 00:24:40,310 thus confusing poor Millicent to such an extent 461 00:24:40,340 --> 00:24:43,180 that she re-enacted the crime with her father as the victim. 462 00:24:44,110 --> 00:24:45,850 Broke the croquet mallet, too. 463 00:24:46,820 --> 00:24:48,220 I believe I'll have another. 464 00:24:57,930 --> 00:24:59,660 There's no more vermouth. Oh, well. 465 00:25:04,630 --> 00:25:07,140 Fortunately, I still have plenty of olives. 466 00:25:15,540 --> 00:25:18,310 That was exceedingly dry. 467 00:25:18,350 --> 00:25:21,420 Next week, we shall be back at the same old stand. 468 00:25:22,780 --> 00:25:25,950 Please drop in again. Good night.