1 00:00:35,980 --> 00:00:40,580 The late Elizabeth Taylor was an English writer who lived not more than six 2 00:00:40,580 --> 00:00:44,700 miles from me and a fine short story writer she was too. 3 00:00:45,700 --> 00:00:50,280 This one of hers that you're going to see in a moment is so neat and nice and 4 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:53,080 spooky, I only wish I'd thought of it myself. 5 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:59,940 A plot like this, though it looks so simple, is very hard to come by and 6 00:00:59,940 --> 00:01:04,700 still to set down in precisely the right manner, giving nothing away until the 7 00:01:04,700 --> 00:01:05,700 very end. 8 00:01:06,310 --> 00:01:07,530 Watch it carefully. 9 00:01:19,390 --> 00:01:26,350 The hunt for Elaine Phillips, age 12, 10 00:01:26,450 --> 00:01:30,390 continues. Elaine has been missing from her home for five days now, and police 11 00:01:30,390 --> 00:01:34,130 today issued another appeal for any information that might help in the 12 00:01:34,130 --> 00:01:35,430 for the Northwood schoolgirl. 13 00:01:35,930 --> 00:01:40,170 Elaine Phillips, five feet tall, slender with short blonde hair, was wearing a 14 00:01:40,170 --> 00:01:44,330 school uniform of grey skirt, white blouse and maroon blazer when she was 15 00:01:44,330 --> 00:01:45,690 seen by two of her classmates. 16 00:01:51,570 --> 00:01:52,570 Rotten piano. 17 00:01:53,690 --> 00:01:54,690 Rotten music. 18 00:01:56,270 --> 00:01:57,270 Rotten Beethoven. 19 00:01:59,250 --> 00:02:00,990 I hate it. I hate it. 20 00:02:02,110 --> 00:02:04,610 Really, Sylvia, you're even worse than last week. 21 00:02:05,500 --> 00:02:06,960 Didn't you practice at all? 22 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:09,740 A bit. 23 00:02:10,940 --> 00:02:12,120 Rotten, Miss Harrison. 24 00:02:12,860 --> 00:02:15,200 Never make any progress if you don't practice. 25 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:19,000 It's a waste of time and money. 26 00:02:20,300 --> 00:02:23,780 Do believe I shall have to tell your grandmother that she's wasting her 27 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:25,980 And my precious time. 28 00:02:29,020 --> 00:02:30,740 Ah, there's Louise. 29 00:02:31,220 --> 00:02:33,880 Now, she's not only dedicated, but gifted. 30 00:02:34,750 --> 00:02:35,750 Proper pupil. 31 00:02:40,630 --> 00:02:41,630 Rotten Louise. 32 00:02:43,350 --> 00:02:44,730 So I crossed the road. 33 00:02:45,030 --> 00:02:46,030 He didn't follow. 34 00:02:46,210 --> 00:02:47,210 I should hope not. 35 00:02:48,190 --> 00:02:49,450 What did he look like? 36 00:02:49,750 --> 00:02:51,270 Oh, dumb and hopeless. 37 00:02:51,570 --> 00:02:52,570 And sort of eager. 38 00:02:53,010 --> 00:02:55,450 Should we tell the police? Do you think they have seen him? 39 00:02:55,690 --> 00:02:56,649 I don't think so. 40 00:02:56,650 --> 00:02:57,910 He might not be the same one. 41 00:02:58,110 --> 00:03:00,190 The poor man looked pathetic. He just stared. 42 00:03:02,510 --> 00:03:03,830 Hello, Sylvia. Hello. 43 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:06,640 Sylvia is just going. Are you doing fair relief? 44 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:08,660 I am. It's great, don't you think? 45 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:11,920 Sylvia will let herself out. We must start, Louise. 46 00:03:12,940 --> 00:03:15,600 And this week, Sylvia, for heaven's sake, do practice. 47 00:03:36,430 --> 00:03:37,430 Rotten Louise. 48 00:03:38,550 --> 00:03:39,570 Rotten Miss Harrison. 49 00:03:40,990 --> 00:03:41,990 Rotten music. 50 00:03:42,070 --> 00:03:43,730 I hate it. I hate it. 51 00:04:46,190 --> 00:04:47,250 She's stuck up. 52 00:04:48,070 --> 00:04:51,350 She's so sarcastic. She sucks up to Mr. Brent. 53 00:06:11,950 --> 00:06:14,990 I do hope you don't think that I've been sounding neurotic, Vicar. 54 00:06:16,970 --> 00:06:23,150 But my granddaughter, well, she does seem to me to be always such a victim, 55 00:06:23,150 --> 00:06:26,450 know. The poor child's had a tough time, Mrs. Wilkinson. 56 00:06:26,950 --> 00:06:29,490 The death of her parents. Two years ago. 57 00:06:30,250 --> 00:06:32,070 Oh, it was a shock, I agree. 58 00:06:32,410 --> 00:06:36,330 But it wasn't as if she was there with them at the time of the crash. 59 00:06:36,710 --> 00:06:37,710 Thank God. 60 00:06:37,950 --> 00:06:40,470 Pat her on me, you know, so that they could go to Greece. 61 00:06:40,910 --> 00:06:42,650 Well, she's very lucky to have had you. 62 00:06:42,850 --> 00:06:46,750 Oh. But after what she went through, it's not surprising that she feels 63 00:06:46,790 --> 00:06:50,370 What was a son of mine could have fathered so unattractive a child? 64 00:06:50,730 --> 00:06:56,510 Mind you, my daughter -in -law was not quite... Well, as you know, vicar, I 65 00:06:56,510 --> 00:06:58,210 never really approved of her. 66 00:06:58,510 --> 00:06:59,610 Thank you for the sherry. 67 00:07:00,150 --> 00:07:02,950 So deliciously dry, as always. 68 00:07:03,310 --> 00:07:04,310 Must you go? 69 00:07:04,550 --> 00:07:05,329 Afraid so. 70 00:07:05,330 --> 00:07:06,330 Parish council. 71 00:07:06,750 --> 00:07:08,720 Oh. Sylvia, darling. 72 00:07:09,340 --> 00:07:10,580 The vicar dropped in. 73 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:15,760 Say, good evening. 74 00:07:16,500 --> 00:07:17,500 Good evening. 75 00:07:18,460 --> 00:07:19,980 They've been talking about me. 76 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:24,180 Grandma's so bright and glittery. Did you have a good piano lesson? 77 00:07:24,620 --> 00:07:27,060 Your grandmother was telling me how much you enjoy your music. 78 00:07:28,060 --> 00:07:29,060 It was all right. 79 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:32,100 She can't have. She knows I hate music. 80 00:07:32,700 --> 00:07:34,500 He's lying. A vicar's lying. 81 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:36,460 Well, I'm afraid I must be off. 82 00:07:36,940 --> 00:07:37,940 I'll come with you. 83 00:07:37,980 --> 00:07:40,200 I insist that you admire my roses. 84 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:48,040 Say good evening. 85 00:07:48,460 --> 00:07:53,300 The body of Elaine Phillips, age 12, has been found in Northwood Marshes. Police 86 00:07:53,300 --> 00:07:55,740 and frogmen have been searching the area since Friday. 87 00:07:56,020 --> 00:07:59,720 It is five days since Elaine... Is that all you can ever think about? 88 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:01,000 Television? 89 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:04,220 She's back soon. He didn't admire her roses. 90 00:08:04,540 --> 00:08:05,640 I'm sorry, Granny. 91 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:07,780 Grandma, please, dear. 92 00:08:08,060 --> 00:08:09,820 Granny sounds so old. 93 00:08:10,300 --> 00:08:11,940 How was your music lesson? 94 00:08:12,260 --> 00:08:13,260 She knows. 95 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:14,740 Miss Scraggin phoned her. 96 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:16,680 Is this all right? 97 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:19,240 Miss Harrison didn't think so. 98 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:21,040 Hello, dear. 99 00:08:22,500 --> 00:08:25,820 Coats are always better if they're put on a hanger, aren't they? 100 00:08:27,780 --> 00:08:29,720 Miss Harrison telephoned me. 101 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:33,080 Well? 102 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:41,659 Sylvia, a man followed me. 103 00:08:41,860 --> 00:08:43,900 I'm only asking you about your piano lesson. 104 00:08:44,380 --> 00:08:45,380 I'm sorry. 105 00:08:45,460 --> 00:08:48,540 One makes great efforts to help you, Sylvia. 106 00:08:48,820 --> 00:08:50,100 I ran and ran. 107 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:53,660 What are you talking about? What man? 108 00:08:54,980 --> 00:08:56,040 I don't know. 109 00:08:56,900 --> 00:08:58,900 I do. I'm sure it was him. 110 00:08:59,660 --> 00:09:02,080 Well, clearly you made the right decision for once. 111 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:06,480 Never talk to strangers. That's a basic rule for girls of your age. 112 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:08,200 Your supper's in the kitchen. 113 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:10,000 Say goodnight. 114 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:06,480 pretend they're not there. 115 00:10:07,680 --> 00:10:08,840 Pretend nobody's there. 116 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:11,800 I'm not there. 117 00:10:36,110 --> 00:10:37,110 Nearly missed it. 118 00:10:37,270 --> 00:10:38,270 Him. 119 00:10:39,570 --> 00:10:40,570 Definitely him. 120 00:10:42,830 --> 00:10:43,830 Don't matter. 121 00:10:44,330 --> 00:10:45,970 Oh, don't worry. I'm not going to smoke it. 122 00:10:46,690 --> 00:10:47,690 I know the rules. 123 00:10:48,770 --> 00:10:53,130 It's just to hold... He's talking to me just like that. As if he knows me. 124 00:10:53,670 --> 00:10:54,930 Give us your hand. Something to do. 125 00:10:56,210 --> 00:10:57,210 Don't answer. 126 00:10:58,310 --> 00:10:59,490 He's not here either. 127 00:11:00,170 --> 00:11:01,170 Like me. 128 00:11:01,430 --> 00:11:03,730 Gee, I used to do that when I was a child. 129 00:11:04,439 --> 00:11:05,680 Make myself invisible. 130 00:11:06,780 --> 00:11:08,160 Goodbye, nasty world. 131 00:11:10,500 --> 00:11:12,280 I believe I've seen you before, haven't I? 132 00:11:13,460 --> 00:11:16,660 Wending your way either to or from a music lesson, I imagine? 133 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:34,540 Don't they wear two? Wear two, miss? 134 00:11:35,140 --> 00:11:36,140 Uh, 135 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:38,080 the stop before Hamilton End. 136 00:11:38,380 --> 00:11:40,080 Where? Speak up, my darling. 137 00:11:40,460 --> 00:11:45,960 The stop before Hamilton End. It's not just there. Oh, I must be getting there. 138 00:11:48,740 --> 00:11:50,820 Full fare, same destination, please. 139 00:11:51,820 --> 00:11:53,660 That's 30 pence, please, sir. 140 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:57,520 Thank you. 141 00:11:58,060 --> 00:11:59,440 Any more fares, please? 142 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:02,340 Great minds think alike. 143 00:12:03,940 --> 00:12:04,940 And what's your name? 144 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:07,860 We shall have to commit it to memory, shan't we? 145 00:12:08,100 --> 00:12:09,200 A future reference. 146 00:12:09,620 --> 00:12:11,120 When you're a famous musician. 147 00:12:11,680 --> 00:12:12,680 Don't tell him. 148 00:12:13,260 --> 00:12:14,260 Lie. 149 00:12:14,980 --> 00:12:16,080 Like a grown -up. 150 00:12:17,100 --> 00:12:18,100 Lie. 151 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:20,440 How am I to bear? 152 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:22,280 Oh. 153 00:12:22,780 --> 00:12:25,220 Oh, then the music case is not your own. 154 00:12:26,180 --> 00:12:28,440 It bears the initials SW. 155 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:30,360 I observe. 156 00:12:33,490 --> 00:12:38,170 Primitive people often refuse to give their real names. Did you know that? 157 00:12:39,250 --> 00:12:40,690 No. Oh, yes. 158 00:12:41,270 --> 00:12:47,970 To give one's real name to another person is to deliver yourself into 159 00:12:47,970 --> 00:12:48,970 their hands. 160 00:12:49,430 --> 00:12:50,430 They believe. 161 00:12:51,590 --> 00:12:54,630 But we've progressed far beyond that state, haven't we? 162 00:12:55,030 --> 00:12:56,690 Sylvia Wilkinson. 163 00:12:57,550 --> 00:12:58,770 Do you know my name? 164 00:12:59,010 --> 00:13:00,010 It's on your scarf. 165 00:13:01,740 --> 00:13:03,040 So, you see, all is revealed. 166 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:09,740 One day, no doubt, I shall be able to boast that I once met Sylvia Wilkinson, 167 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:14,720 the great concert pianist, on a bus one afternoon. 168 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:17,260 Name -dropping, you know. 169 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:19,940 Harmless foible of the humble. 170 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:22,660 Can't someone stop him talking to me? 171 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:25,020 Who is Sylvia? 172 00:13:25,930 --> 00:13:31,210 What is she that all our swains come and are? 173 00:13:32,750 --> 00:13:34,890 Sure you sing that at school, don't you? 174 00:13:35,690 --> 00:13:40,970 Is she kind as she is fair? 175 00:13:41,290 --> 00:13:44,350 For beauty lives with kindness. 176 00:13:45,690 --> 00:13:52,650 Love doth to her eyes repair. I take it, madam, you do 177 00:13:52,650 --> 00:13:54,470 not appreciate my singing. 178 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:56,820 No, I don't. 179 00:13:57,100 --> 00:13:58,760 It's hardly the place, is it? 180 00:13:59,140 --> 00:14:00,140 Hardly the place? 181 00:14:00,500 --> 00:14:02,020 What, bowling merrily along? 182 00:14:02,460 --> 00:14:03,900 All going home to our teas? 183 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:07,660 Hardly the place to express one's joy in living? 184 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:09,480 I am sorry. 185 00:14:11,220 --> 00:14:14,300 To listen to that person, one would think we were going to a funeral. 186 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:19,880 Oh, why are we English? Such a miserable race, I wonder. 187 00:14:21,460 --> 00:14:22,460 Wasn't talk. 188 00:14:22,980 --> 00:14:23,980 Wasn't laugh. 189 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:25,000 Wasn't hang. 190 00:14:25,810 --> 00:14:27,430 You don't mind my talking to you, do you? 191 00:14:33,790 --> 00:14:39,230 Yeah. You and I will present a united front against the killjoys of this 192 00:14:39,470 --> 00:14:40,470 Hmm? 193 00:14:43,430 --> 00:14:45,010 I'm very fond of children, you know. 194 00:14:45,630 --> 00:14:47,910 But, of course, that's not allowed. 195 00:14:49,490 --> 00:14:50,670 I'm good with children, too. 196 00:14:51,670 --> 00:14:53,190 But that suspects, naturally. 197 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:57,220 I treat children on my own level. 198 00:14:58,700 --> 00:14:59,700 Sylvia. 199 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:11,440 But we're not there yet, you know. It's one more stop to go. 200 00:15:12,220 --> 00:15:13,220 Ring the police. 201 00:15:15,060 --> 00:15:17,400 I can describe him. 202 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:18,960 I know your sort. 203 00:15:19,340 --> 00:15:23,900 Tall, sort of bald, like streaky bacon. 204 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:25,720 Big eyes. 205 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:27,560 Yes. 206 00:16:18,890 --> 00:16:19,890 Looking for a 2P? 207 00:16:20,490 --> 00:16:21,490 Go away. 208 00:16:22,090 --> 00:16:24,290 Perhaps I've got one. Let's have a look, shall we? 209 00:16:24,570 --> 00:16:25,610 It's broken. 210 00:16:27,010 --> 00:16:29,810 Oh, no. How unfortunate. 211 00:16:30,050 --> 00:16:31,830 Makes one feel so cut off, doesn't it? 212 00:16:32,130 --> 00:16:33,089 Go away. 213 00:16:33,090 --> 00:16:34,090 I'll scream. 214 00:16:34,310 --> 00:16:36,210 My dear Sylvia, what is the matter? 215 00:16:36,570 --> 00:16:37,429 You! 216 00:16:37,430 --> 00:16:39,370 Be off with you. My dear madam. 217 00:16:39,690 --> 00:16:42,570 Now, you be careful or I'll have to go and find a policeman. Can you possibly 218 00:16:42,570 --> 00:16:46,450 mean I was simply trying to find a 2P for the dear child? Go on, do as I say 219 00:16:46,450 --> 00:16:47,590 be off with you. Go on. 220 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:49,920 Innocent gesture of friendship. 221 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:59,020 And as for you, hasn't anyone ever told you not to talk to strangers? 222 00:16:59,220 --> 00:17:01,740 I wasn't speaking to him. Where are you going? 223 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:03,039 Down there. 224 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:04,040 Right. 225 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:05,660 Best foot forward. Come on. 226 00:17:14,460 --> 00:17:17,300 There's a lot of very funny people about these days. 227 00:17:18,089 --> 00:17:21,109 If your mother ever warned you, you're dead. 228 00:17:21,930 --> 00:17:22,930 Oh, dear. 229 00:17:23,490 --> 00:17:25,390 Oh, I am sorry about that. 230 00:17:27,329 --> 00:17:29,230 Well, who looks after you, then? 231 00:17:29,670 --> 00:17:30,670 My granny. 232 00:17:31,150 --> 00:17:34,950 Grandma. Oh, she should know, just like any mother. 233 00:17:35,150 --> 00:17:36,150 Now, don't look behind. 234 00:17:37,910 --> 00:17:40,810 I think we ought to phone the police, don't you? 235 00:17:41,050 --> 00:17:42,050 I was going to. 236 00:17:42,210 --> 00:17:46,390 I think the police will be very interested in what happened on the bus 237 00:17:47,959 --> 00:17:50,420 Oh, you won't get far. You've got my words. 238 00:17:52,340 --> 00:17:54,160 I think we ought to telephone quickly. 239 00:18:10,780 --> 00:18:11,940 This is where I live. 240 00:18:12,980 --> 00:18:14,820 I think we ought to telephone immediately. 241 00:18:15,460 --> 00:18:16,640 But he didn't do anything. 242 00:18:17,350 --> 00:18:20,450 I mean... The police said any information. 243 00:18:24,150 --> 00:18:25,390 In you come. 244 00:18:27,930 --> 00:18:29,570 Shut the door behind you. 245 00:18:29,790 --> 00:18:32,990 Oh, the walk. 246 00:18:33,270 --> 00:18:35,030 And that bus. 247 00:18:36,730 --> 00:18:42,970 Oh. Put the kettle on. And while it's boiling, your telephone. 248 00:18:43,430 --> 00:18:44,750 I suppose so. 249 00:18:45,610 --> 00:18:46,610 What's the matter? 250 00:18:47,290 --> 00:18:48,850 Don't you want to talk to the police? 251 00:18:49,890 --> 00:18:51,030 Don't be shy. 252 00:18:52,730 --> 00:18:53,910 I'll do the talking. 253 00:18:57,350 --> 00:18:58,810 Oh, that's my Joey. 254 00:18:59,170 --> 00:19:01,830 That's my baby boy. Hello, Joey. 255 00:19:05,050 --> 00:19:06,650 You'll feel better after that. 256 00:19:07,570 --> 00:19:08,670 You're very kind. 257 00:19:08,970 --> 00:19:11,250 Any woman would do the same. 258 00:19:12,410 --> 00:19:14,390 And there's some biscuits in my basket. 259 00:19:14,860 --> 00:19:16,840 If you'd like to get them out, you put them on a plate. 260 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:19,760 And you'll find the plate in this cupboard down here. 261 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:27,420 My dear, they're clean and bright. 262 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:30,080 Oh, I must have everything sweet and fresh. 263 00:19:37,060 --> 00:19:39,140 Now, a tailbone. 264 00:19:39,460 --> 00:19:42,940 Oh, there's a bucket of tea in the bottom of my basket. 265 00:19:51,150 --> 00:19:56,150 We can dial 999 while we're waiting, can't we? 266 00:19:59,270 --> 00:20:04,290 Do you think it would be better to phone the local police and ask for the duty 267 00:20:04,290 --> 00:20:05,390 sergeant? 268 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:21,280 to phone the local police after all. 269 00:20:22,460 --> 00:20:27,300 999 is for emergencies, isn't it? And this isn't really an emergency, is it? 270 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:29,900 Why don't you put the cups and saucers out? 271 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:31,200 Oh, you have. 272 00:20:31,700 --> 00:20:32,700 Thank you. 273 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:34,000 Oh, 274 00:20:35,980 --> 00:20:36,980 funny, 275 00:20:42,120 --> 00:20:43,120 the phone's gone dead. 276 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:44,880 Really? 277 00:20:53,870 --> 00:20:56,470 You never know where you are, do you? On, off, off, on. 278 00:20:56,770 --> 00:20:57,990 No, then, where was I? 279 00:20:58,770 --> 00:21:00,170 Oh, here. 280 00:21:01,690 --> 00:21:04,010 Ah, here we are. 281 00:21:06,590 --> 00:21:12,210 Five, oh, seven, seven, 282 00:21:12,270 --> 00:21:13,810 one. 283 00:21:17,350 --> 00:21:18,690 Hello, is that the police? 284 00:21:19,030 --> 00:21:20,710 What? Wrong number? 285 00:21:21,370 --> 00:21:23,580 I'm sorry, I can't have dialed. properly. 286 00:21:26,940 --> 00:21:28,420 Hello, Herbert. 287 00:21:31,140 --> 00:21:32,460 You're just in time. 288 00:21:32,700 --> 00:21:34,780 The tea's all ready. Oh, good. 289 00:21:52,140 --> 00:21:53,140 Caught another one. 290 00:21:56,500 --> 00:21:58,560 Do sit, child. 291 00:21:59,700 --> 00:22:02,300 It's the sweetness that attracts them, you see. 292 00:22:02,580 --> 00:22:05,740 And then the stickiness prevents them from getting away. 293 00:22:16,780 --> 00:22:18,200 You haven't had your tea.