1 00:01:17,334 --> 00:01:18,542 [ Laughter ] 2 00:01:20,084 --> 00:01:23,292 [ Indistinct conversations ] 3 00:01:25,001 --> 00:01:26,292 Isn't it a big bonfire? 4 00:01:26,834 --> 00:01:28,084 Yes. 5 00:01:38,542 --> 00:01:40,709 POIROT: Hastings, my friend, tell me, 6 00:01:41,542 --> 00:01:43,584 to blow up the English Parliament -- 7 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:45,375 was it a sin or a noble deed? 8 00:01:46,876 --> 00:01:49,125 HASTINGS: Oh, it's no good asking me, old son. 9 00:01:49,292 --> 00:01:51,250 I was never much of a one for politics. 10 00:01:51,417 --> 00:01:52,292 [ Chuckles ] 11 00:01:52,459 --> 00:01:54,209 Where's Mrs. Japp tonight, then? 12 00:01:54,376 --> 00:01:55,834 She can't abide fireworks. 13 00:01:56,001 --> 00:01:57,209 Ah, the noise disturbs 14 00:01:57,376 --> 00:01:59,875 the delicate sensibilities of many ladies. 15 00:02:00,042 --> 00:02:01,000 Maybe, maybe. 16 00:02:01,167 --> 00:02:02,375 I think it's more 17 00:02:02,542 --> 00:02:06,625 that she doesn't like to see people enjoying themselves. 18 00:02:15,251 --> 00:02:17,875 Tell you what, though, what a good night for a murder, eh? 19 00:02:18,042 --> 00:02:20,042 I mean, if somebody wanted to kill anybody, 20 00:02:20,209 --> 00:02:22,000 nobody would know if it was a gunshot or a firework. 21 00:02:22,167 --> 00:02:23,042 POIROT: Mm. 22 00:02:23,209 --> 00:02:24,417 But not so good, my friend, 23 00:02:24,584 --> 00:02:26,500 if your chosen method is strangulation. 24 00:02:26,667 --> 00:02:27,917 No, that's true. No. 25 00:02:28,209 --> 00:02:29,834 Or poisoning, come to that. 26 00:02:30,209 --> 00:02:31,625 � [ Chuckles ] � Yes. 27 00:02:31,876 --> 00:02:33,084 You're pulling my leg. 28 00:02:33,251 --> 00:02:35,792 Yes, Hastings, we pull ever so gently the leg. 29 00:02:36,751 --> 00:02:38,584 Well, I still think it's a jolly good night for a murder. 30 00:02:38,751 --> 00:02:39,959 [ Chuckles ] 31 00:02:40,126 --> 00:02:42,167 Anyway, I'm going to leave you here. 32 00:02:43,167 --> 00:02:44,250 � This is where I garaged my car. � Ah. 33 00:02:44,417 --> 00:02:47,125 Good night, Chief Inspector. Good night, Poirot. 34 00:02:47,292 --> 00:02:48,209 Good night, Captain Hastings. 35 00:02:48,376 --> 00:02:49,292 A demain. 36 00:02:49,459 --> 00:02:50,667 Good night! 37 00:02:52,126 --> 00:02:53,334 [ Laughter ] 38 00:02:53,584 --> 00:02:54,792 Steady on, lads. 39 00:02:55,417 --> 00:02:56,625 [ Both chuckle ] 40 00:02:57,209 --> 00:02:58,625 [ Firework popping ] 41 00:02:59,459 --> 00:03:01,042 [ Chuckles nervously ] 42 00:03:01,709 --> 00:03:04,042 [ Dog barking ] 43 00:03:27,792 --> 00:03:30,500 You won't forget your dental appointment at 11:00, 44 00:03:30,667 --> 00:03:31,750 will you, Mr. Poirot? 45 00:03:31,917 --> 00:03:35,334 Hercule Poirot does not need to go to the dentist, Miss Lemon. 46 00:03:35,501 --> 00:03:37,167 You've put it off once already. 47 00:03:37,334 --> 00:03:38,834 My teeth are perfection. 48 00:03:39,001 --> 00:03:41,042 It is sacrilege to tamper with them. 49 00:03:41,667 --> 00:03:44,250 But why do we not do something constructive about my collars, 50 00:03:44,417 --> 00:03:45,292 Miss Lemon, hmm? 51 00:03:45,459 --> 00:03:47,417 That laundry is in the pay of my enemies. 52 00:03:47,584 --> 00:03:48,959 [ Telephone rings ] 53 00:03:51,042 --> 00:03:52,500 Hercule Poirot's residence. 54 00:03:52,667 --> 00:03:54,292 � JAPP: Poirot, please. � Oh. 55 00:03:54,459 --> 00:03:55,917 � JAPP: Japp here. � Yes. 56 00:03:56,084 --> 00:03:57,542 Chief Inspector Japp. 57 00:03:57,834 --> 00:03:59,084 He's here. 58 00:04:08,959 --> 00:04:10,875 Good morning, Chief Inspector Japp. 59 00:04:11,042 --> 00:04:13,084 JAPP: Here's a strange thing, Poirot. 60 00:04:13,251 --> 00:04:14,875 You remember how we stopped 61 00:04:15,126 --> 00:04:17,667 at the end of Bardsley Garden Mews last night, 62 00:04:18,376 --> 00:04:20,750 where your friend Hastings keeps his car, 63 00:04:21,334 --> 00:04:23,709 and Hastings was saying about how the sound of a shot 64 00:04:23,876 --> 00:04:25,709 could be covered by the noise of a firework? 65 00:04:25,876 --> 00:04:26,750 POIROT: Yes. 66 00:04:26,917 --> 00:04:28,250 Well, someone did it. 67 00:04:28,417 --> 00:04:29,375 Really? 68 00:04:29,542 --> 00:04:31,292 JAPP: Not murder. It looks like suicide. 69 00:04:31,459 --> 00:04:33,750 But they're not entirely happy about it. 70 00:04:34,167 --> 00:04:35,084 Hmm. 71 00:04:35,251 --> 00:04:36,625 JAPP: I'll meet you there in one hour. 72 00:04:36,792 --> 00:04:39,250 [ Click, dial tone ] 73 00:04:41,001 --> 00:04:44,625 Cancel all my appointments for this morning, Miss Lemon. 74 00:04:47,626 --> 00:04:48,792 But I've -- 75 00:04:50,376 --> 00:04:51,959 Good of you to spare the time, Poirot. 76 00:04:52,126 --> 00:04:53,792 POIROT: No, no, no, no, no, not at all. 77 00:04:53,959 --> 00:04:55,542 But I hope you appreciate, my friend, 78 00:04:55,709 --> 00:04:58,375 the urgent business I have had to cancel to be here. 79 00:04:58,542 --> 00:04:59,917 � Oh, really? � Oh, yes. 80 00:05:05,126 --> 00:05:06,750 The dead woman is a Mrs. Allen. 81 00:05:07,542 --> 00:05:09,417 She shared the house with a friend, 82 00:05:09,584 --> 00:05:12,750 Miss Plenderleith, who is a professional photographer 83 00:05:14,584 --> 00:05:16,834 or something along those lines. 84 00:05:19,417 --> 00:05:21,542 Miss Plenderleith was away in the country. 85 00:05:21,709 --> 00:05:23,584 But when she came home this morning, 86 00:05:23,751 --> 00:05:25,792 she finds her friend's door locked. 87 00:05:27,167 --> 00:05:29,709 She knocks and calls but can't get any answer. 88 00:05:30,501 --> 00:05:33,667 In the end, she gets really alarmed and calls the police. 89 00:05:34,001 --> 00:05:36,042 10: 45, our lads break the door down, 90 00:05:36,459 --> 00:05:39,292 and there's Mrs. Allen lying in a heap on the floor, 91 00:05:39,792 --> 00:05:41,250 shot through the head. 92 00:05:44,251 --> 00:05:46,334 Right, Brett. What's the trouble? 93 00:05:46,584 --> 00:05:48,375 Well, the position's all right. 94 00:05:48,542 --> 00:05:49,459 If she'd shot herself, 95 00:05:49,626 --> 00:05:51,459 she'd probably have slipped from the chair 96 00:05:51,626 --> 00:05:52,625 into just that position. 97 00:05:52,792 --> 00:05:53,667 But? 98 00:05:53,834 --> 00:05:56,709 JAMESON: The prints on the gun, sir -- they're the problem. 99 00:05:56,876 --> 00:05:58,542 Bit of a thumbprint and a forefinger, 100 00:05:58,709 --> 00:05:59,584 and that's all. 101 00:05:59,751 --> 00:06:00,667 Just what you'd get 102 00:06:00,834 --> 00:06:03,959 from someone trying to press the dead woman's fingers on the gun 103 00:06:04,126 --> 00:06:05,417 and not doing it very well. 104 00:06:05,584 --> 00:06:07,459 � Mm. � [ Sniffing ] 105 00:06:10,959 --> 00:06:13,167 Gun in left hand, wound on the left side. 106 00:06:14,792 --> 00:06:16,875 Presumably she was left-handed. 107 00:06:18,792 --> 00:06:21,084 It looks as though she's holding the gun, 108 00:06:21,667 --> 00:06:23,042 but, in fact, she isn't. 109 00:06:23,292 --> 00:06:25,250 It's just sort of lying in her hand. 110 00:06:26,501 --> 00:06:27,667 Anything else? 111 00:06:27,834 --> 00:06:29,334 JAMESON: The window was closed and bolted, 112 00:06:29,501 --> 00:06:30,459 and the door was locked. 113 00:06:30,626 --> 00:06:32,292 We haven't been able to find the key. 114 00:06:37,042 --> 00:06:39,459 What's this, then? 115 00:06:43,292 --> 00:06:44,834 It might mean something. 116 00:06:46,251 --> 00:06:47,667 Anything strike you? 117 00:06:48,459 --> 00:06:50,417 I was looking at her watch. 118 00:06:56,084 --> 00:06:56,959 Hmm. 119 00:06:57,126 --> 00:06:58,667 Expensive, by the look of it. 120 00:07:00,626 --> 00:07:04,959 POIROT: Tuesday, November 5th. 121 00:07:07,917 --> 00:07:09,209 How long she been dead? 122 00:07:09,792 --> 00:07:13,042 She died at about 11:30 last night. 123 00:07:19,376 --> 00:07:21,584 No sign of any note having been written. 124 00:07:21,959 --> 00:07:22,834 No. 125 00:07:23,001 --> 00:07:24,792 Seems to me all we've got to go on at the moment 126 00:07:24,959 --> 00:07:26,167 is the missing key. 127 00:07:27,167 --> 00:07:29,542 If the key was here, we wouldn't hesitate. 128 00:07:30,501 --> 00:07:32,625 Suicide, we'd say. 129 00:07:43,709 --> 00:07:46,875 This must be a terrible shock to you, Miss Plenderleith. 130 00:07:48,001 --> 00:07:49,459 I still can't believe it. 131 00:07:50,001 --> 00:07:51,625 We'll be as brief as possible. 132 00:07:53,542 --> 00:07:55,750 Now, you've already told Inspector Jameson 133 00:07:55,917 --> 00:07:58,584 how you found the body when you came in this morning. 134 00:07:58,751 --> 00:08:00,959 You were away for the weekend, I take it. 135 00:08:01,917 --> 00:08:03,375 Yes, since Friday noon. 136 00:08:03,709 --> 00:08:05,500 Uh, pardon, mademoiselle. 137 00:08:06,084 --> 00:08:09,125 When you found the door locked, you called the police. 138 00:08:11,126 --> 00:08:13,167 Did it not occur to you that she might have gone away 139 00:08:13,334 --> 00:08:14,792 and locked the door before leaving? 140 00:08:14,959 --> 00:08:16,250 Why should she lock it? 141 00:08:17,917 --> 00:08:20,209 In any case, she would have left a note for me. 142 00:08:20,376 --> 00:08:21,875 And she did not leave any note? 143 00:08:22,042 --> 00:08:23,000 Of course she didn't. 144 00:08:23,167 --> 00:08:24,042 Ah. 145 00:08:24,209 --> 00:08:27,084 JAPP: Tell me about Mrs. Allen, Miss Plenderleith. 146 00:08:27,376 --> 00:08:28,875 PLENDERLEITH: I met her abroad. 147 00:08:29,042 --> 00:08:30,667 She was on her way back from India. 148 00:08:30,834 --> 00:08:33,542 I was looking for someone to share a flat with me. 149 00:08:33,959 --> 00:08:35,667 We decided we liked each other. 150 00:08:35,834 --> 00:08:37,292 What about the husband? 151 00:08:37,501 --> 00:08:39,875 Nothing to write home about, apparently. 152 00:08:41,292 --> 00:08:42,500 He drank, I think. 153 00:08:43,126 --> 00:08:45,209 Died a year or two after the marriage. 154 00:08:46,251 --> 00:08:47,875 [ Lighter clicking ] 155 00:08:52,042 --> 00:08:55,417 Do you know if Mrs. Allen was in any financial difficulties? 156 00:08:56,084 --> 00:08:57,459 No, I'm sure she wasn't. 157 00:08:57,792 --> 00:09:00,834 Did she have any particular man friend or men friends? 158 00:09:02,751 --> 00:09:04,584 She was engaged to be married again, 159 00:09:04,751 --> 00:09:06,125 if that answers your question. 160 00:09:06,292 --> 00:09:08,084 What's the name of the man she was engaged to? 161 00:09:09,584 --> 00:09:11,542 Oh, my God. I haven't told Charles. 162 00:09:12,584 --> 00:09:13,917 Who is Charles, miss? 163 00:09:14,292 --> 00:09:16,125 The man Barbara was engaged to -- 164 00:09:16,542 --> 00:09:17,834 Charles Laverton West. 165 00:09:18,001 --> 00:09:20,167 He's M.P. for someplace in Hampshire. 166 00:09:20,501 --> 00:09:21,959 I should have phoned him. 167 00:09:22,126 --> 00:09:23,875 JAPP: We'll go 'round and see him. 168 00:09:24,042 --> 00:09:25,375 But there would be no quarrel between them, 169 00:09:25,542 --> 00:09:26,417 as far as you know? 170 00:09:26,584 --> 00:09:27,959 I'd be very surprised. 171 00:09:29,459 --> 00:09:31,709 Barbara wasn't the quarreling kind. 172 00:09:32,167 --> 00:09:33,834 POIROT: What is your own opinion 173 00:09:34,001 --> 00:09:35,584 of M. Laverton West, mademoiselle? 174 00:09:37,126 --> 00:09:39,750 He's young, ambitious, a good public speaker, 175 00:09:41,334 --> 00:09:42,834 means to get on in the world. 176 00:09:43,626 --> 00:09:45,375 And on the debit side? 177 00:09:47,417 --> 00:09:50,709 Well, in my opinion, he's commonplace and rather pompous. 178 00:09:51,834 --> 00:09:53,792 Those are not very serious faults, mademoiselle. 179 00:09:53,959 --> 00:09:55,334 Oh. You don't think so? 180 00:09:56,667 --> 00:10:04,167 Well, they might be to you, but to Mrs. Allen... no. 181 00:10:05,501 --> 00:10:08,709 She would not notice them. 182 00:10:10,959 --> 00:10:13,792 You were fond of your friend? 183 00:10:16,167 --> 00:10:17,375 Yes, very. 184 00:10:18,751 --> 00:10:21,750 [ Indistinct conversation ] 185 00:10:24,792 --> 00:10:26,167 JAPP: I know this must be upsetting for you, 186 00:10:26,334 --> 00:10:27,209 Miss Plenderleith, 187 00:10:27,376 --> 00:10:29,000 but there are just one or two more questions 188 00:10:29,167 --> 00:10:30,375 I'd like to ask you. 189 00:10:31,584 --> 00:10:33,875 Mrs. Allen was left-handed, wasn't she? 190 00:10:35,501 --> 00:10:37,209 PLENDERLEITH: Left-handed? 191 00:10:37,376 --> 00:10:38,584 No, I don't think so. 192 00:10:39,834 --> 00:10:41,209 No, I'm sure she wasn't. 193 00:10:41,417 --> 00:10:42,375 Really? 194 00:10:42,542 --> 00:10:44,917 You see, Mrs. Allen was shot in the left temple, 195 00:10:45,084 --> 00:10:46,834 and the gun was in her left hand. 196 00:10:47,084 --> 00:10:49,625 Didn't you notice that when you found the body? 197 00:10:49,792 --> 00:10:51,000 No, I didn't. 198 00:10:52,459 --> 00:10:53,500 It was so horrible. 199 00:10:53,667 --> 00:10:55,000 I didn't notice anything. 200 00:10:55,167 --> 00:10:58,292 That's understandable, miss, but it seems highly unlikely 201 00:10:58,459 --> 00:11:00,459 that a normally right-handed person 202 00:11:00,626 --> 00:11:03,084 would shoot themselves left-handed. 203 00:11:06,751 --> 00:11:08,459 Have you ever seen this before? 204 00:11:09,417 --> 00:11:10,584 No. 205 00:11:10,751 --> 00:11:12,625 It's not yours, nor Mrs. Allen's? 206 00:11:14,376 --> 00:11:16,792 It's not the kind of thing normally worn by our sex, is it? 207 00:11:16,959 --> 00:11:18,417 Oh, so, you recognize it. 208 00:11:18,959 --> 00:11:21,917 I don't recognize it. I recognize what it is, though. 209 00:11:23,001 --> 00:11:24,625 It's half of a man's cuff link. 210 00:11:26,750 --> 00:11:27,832 POIROT: Hastings! 211 00:11:28,001 --> 00:11:30,875 HASTINGS: Once we've got this filter screwed down good... 212 00:11:31,042 --> 00:11:31,959 POIROT: Hastings? 213 00:11:32,126 --> 00:11:33,167 HASTINGS: ...and tight, 214 00:11:33,334 --> 00:11:34,625 we can put the new oil in, 215 00:11:35,501 --> 00:11:37,792 and she will run like a well-oiled clock. 216 00:11:38,001 --> 00:11:39,209 Hastings? 217 00:11:40,001 --> 00:11:41,459 Hello? 218 00:11:47,209 --> 00:11:48,584 What are you doing, Hastings? 219 00:11:48,751 --> 00:11:51,250 Well, I thought I'd just do some work on the car. 220 00:11:51,417 --> 00:11:53,459 But you were to ask questions, Hastings, 221 00:11:53,626 --> 00:11:55,250 to sound out local opinion. 222 00:11:55,417 --> 00:11:57,459 Oh, I've done that. Freddie? 223 00:11:59,167 --> 00:12:01,334 Freddie's helping with the oil filter. 224 00:12:01,501 --> 00:12:03,875 That'll hold her. Should be tight for now. 225 00:12:04,042 --> 00:12:06,709 We'll put the spanner to it, then put in a new gasket. 226 00:12:06,876 --> 00:12:08,375 Right. This is Mr. Poirot. 227 00:12:08,542 --> 00:12:09,625 How are you, gov? 228 00:12:09,792 --> 00:12:11,959 I'm Fred Hogg. You can call me Freddie. 229 00:12:12,459 --> 00:12:13,667 [ Bell dings ] 230 00:12:14,084 --> 00:12:15,292 Hello, Freddie. 231 00:12:15,834 --> 00:12:17,375 Freddie's got the goods. 232 00:12:17,876 --> 00:12:19,750 Did you see something last night? 233 00:12:20,834 --> 00:12:23,875 Well, Mrs. Allen -- she went to the post box about 6:00. 234 00:12:24,167 --> 00:12:26,542 About half-9:00, though, a car pulled up. 235 00:12:26,876 --> 00:12:28,250 Standard Swallow Saloon. 236 00:12:28,417 --> 00:12:30,584 Rubbish, really, but it looked smart. 237 00:12:30,876 --> 00:12:32,042 A man got out. 238 00:12:32,209 --> 00:12:34,250 He was about -- about 45, well set up. 239 00:12:35,334 --> 00:12:36,625 Military-looking gent. 240 00:12:36,792 --> 00:12:38,167 You've seen him before? 241 00:12:38,334 --> 00:12:39,709 Yeah, a couple of times. 242 00:12:39,876 --> 00:12:42,375 Dark blue overcoat, toothbrush mustache. 243 00:12:42,542 --> 00:12:44,250 He was in there for about an hour. 244 00:12:44,417 --> 00:12:45,750 I saw them come out together. 245 00:12:45,917 --> 00:12:46,917 So you saw him leave? 246 00:12:47,084 --> 00:12:48,042 I don't miss much, gov. 247 00:12:48,209 --> 00:12:50,292 JAPP: Then you heard what they said, of course. 248 00:12:50,459 --> 00:12:53,000 Yeah, he said, "Think it over and let me know, " 249 00:12:53,501 --> 00:12:56,334 and she said something and then he said, "So long." 250 00:12:57,042 --> 00:12:59,875 And the way they talked -- they were friendly, yes? 251 00:13:00,084 --> 00:13:01,625 Can't always tell with toffs, can you, 252 00:13:01,792 --> 00:13:02,750 but they seemed all right. 253 00:13:02,917 --> 00:13:04,417 You didn't hear what Mrs. Allen said? 254 00:13:04,584 --> 00:13:07,000 Nah, she was sort of 'round behind the door. 255 00:13:07,751 --> 00:13:09,042 Now, look here, my boy, 256 00:13:09,501 --> 00:13:12,459 I want you to answer my next question very carefully. 257 00:13:13,334 --> 00:13:16,042 If you don't know the answer or can't remember, you just say so. 258 00:13:16,209 --> 00:13:17,292 That clear? 259 00:13:17,459 --> 00:13:18,334 Ask the question. 260 00:13:18,501 --> 00:13:21,709 Which of them shut the door -- Mrs. Allen or the gentleman? 261 00:13:23,792 --> 00:13:25,000 I think the lady did. 262 00:13:25,959 --> 00:13:27,375 No, she never. It was him. 263 00:13:27,542 --> 00:13:29,084 He pulled it to with a big bang 264 00:13:29,584 --> 00:13:31,542 and then got into the car really quick. 265 00:13:31,709 --> 00:13:32,584 Ah. 266 00:13:32,751 --> 00:13:33,959 Here you are, my boy. 267 00:13:34,126 --> 00:13:35,959 You seem a bright kind of shaver. 268 00:13:36,209 --> 00:13:37,500 Here's sixpence for you. 269 00:13:37,667 --> 00:13:38,917 Oh, that's very kind of you, sir, 270 00:13:39,084 --> 00:13:40,584 but you couldn't see a way to making it a shilling, 271 00:13:40,751 --> 00:13:41,625 could you? 272 00:13:41,792 --> 00:13:43,000 Go on. Clear off. 273 00:13:44,542 --> 00:13:46,750 [ Chuckles ] 274 00:14:15,251 --> 00:14:16,417 [ Knock on door ] 275 00:14:19,709 --> 00:14:22,084 Chief Inspector Japp and Mr. Poirot, sir. 276 00:14:22,959 --> 00:14:24,250 Good day, gentlemen. 277 00:14:24,417 --> 00:14:26,500 To what do I owe this pleasure? 278 00:14:28,126 --> 00:14:30,167 No great pleasure, sir, I'm afraid. 279 00:14:30,667 --> 00:14:31,584 Oh? 280 00:14:31,751 --> 00:14:33,375 We've brought some bad news. 281 00:14:33,542 --> 00:14:34,750 Go on. 282 00:14:34,917 --> 00:14:37,667 JAPP: It's about Mrs. Allen, Mrs. Barbara Allen. 283 00:14:38,751 --> 00:14:39,959 What about her? 284 00:14:40,959 --> 00:14:42,167 Get on with it, man. 285 00:14:42,501 --> 00:14:43,709 She's dead, sir. 286 00:14:45,126 --> 00:14:46,334 Dead? 287 00:14:48,459 --> 00:14:49,667 I don't believe it. 288 00:14:50,251 --> 00:14:51,500 What's happened? 289 00:14:51,834 --> 00:14:53,542 Apparently suicide, sir. 290 00:14:54,001 --> 00:14:56,959 Was there anything worrying Mrs. Allen, do you know? 291 00:14:57,292 --> 00:14:59,834 No, not a thing. We were engaged to be married. 292 00:15:00,251 --> 00:15:01,459 Yes, quite so. 293 00:15:02,792 --> 00:15:04,000 I can't believe it. 294 00:15:05,834 --> 00:15:07,459 Dead? 295 00:15:08,626 --> 00:15:09,834 How? 296 00:15:10,542 --> 00:15:11,750 Shot, sir. 297 00:15:13,334 --> 00:15:14,542 Shot? 298 00:15:16,084 --> 00:15:18,584 Good God, I hope the newspapers haven't got ahold of this. 299 00:15:18,751 --> 00:15:20,000 I couldn't say, sir. 300 00:15:22,126 --> 00:15:23,375 I wonder if I could just ask -- 301 00:15:23,542 --> 00:15:24,917 [ Telephone rings ] 302 00:15:26,334 --> 00:15:27,542 Hello? 303 00:15:27,876 --> 00:15:29,334 Ah, yes. Yes, thank you. 304 00:15:29,667 --> 00:15:31,834 I'll hold on. It's the prime minister. 305 00:15:32,209 --> 00:15:33,750 I will have some questions, sir. 306 00:15:33,917 --> 00:15:36,750 Just make an appointment with my secretary at the house. 307 00:15:36,917 --> 00:15:37,959 Yes, I'm still here. 308 00:15:38,126 --> 00:15:39,834 Very good, sir. We'll do that. 309 00:15:40,001 --> 00:15:43,417 I'm sorry to be the bearer of such bad news. 310 00:15:47,709 --> 00:15:48,875 Pardon, monsieur. 311 00:15:49,042 --> 00:15:52,000 Allow me to express my deepest sympathy at your loss. 312 00:15:52,917 --> 00:15:54,292 Yes, right, thank you. 313 00:15:54,792 --> 00:15:57,834 Um, stiff upper lip, you know. That's the British way. 314 00:15:59,251 --> 00:16:01,625 Magnifique. 315 00:16:03,126 --> 00:16:05,625 By the way, sir, was Mrs. Allen left-handed? 316 00:16:06,584 --> 00:16:07,542 Left-handed? 317 00:16:07,709 --> 00:16:08,917 No, I don't think so. 318 00:16:10,209 --> 00:16:11,417 Can't say I ever -- 319 00:16:12,584 --> 00:16:14,625 No, she was right-handed, I'm sure. 320 00:16:15,001 --> 00:16:16,292 Ah, Prime Minister. 321 00:16:18,334 --> 00:16:20,042 No, not at all, Prime Minister. 322 00:16:21,542 --> 00:16:22,750 Yes. 323 00:16:23,709 --> 00:16:27,042 Yes, everything's ready for you. 324 00:16:30,792 --> 00:16:32,042 What a stuffed fish. 325 00:16:32,501 --> 00:16:34,542 No, not a stuffed fish. A boiled owl. 326 00:16:35,626 --> 00:16:36,542 As you say, Japp. 327 00:16:36,709 --> 00:16:38,750 More concerned about the newspapers 328 00:16:38,917 --> 00:16:40,417 than his fiancee being dead. 329 00:16:40,584 --> 00:16:43,292 The Plenderleith girl was quite right about him. 330 00:16:43,459 --> 00:16:45,417 Mind you, he's a good-looking chap. 331 00:16:45,584 --> 00:16:47,542 Might go down well with some women. 332 00:16:47,709 --> 00:16:49,792 Perhaps, but it would not do, I think, 333 00:16:50,001 --> 00:16:51,625 for them to have a sense of humor. 334 00:16:51,792 --> 00:16:52,667 [ Chuckles ] 335 00:16:52,834 --> 00:16:54,167 The important thing is, 336 00:16:54,334 --> 00:16:56,959 everyone seems agreed that Mrs. Allen was right-handed. 337 00:16:57,126 --> 00:16:58,000 Yes. 338 00:16:58,167 --> 00:17:01,125 Of course, one must not jump to conclusions, mon ami. 339 00:17:01,834 --> 00:17:04,667 Never mind about jumping to conclusions, Poirot. 340 00:17:05,209 --> 00:17:07,792 This is a murder we're dealing with. 341 00:17:20,584 --> 00:17:22,792 POIROT: To the Bulldog Breed Laundry -- 342 00:17:25,209 --> 00:17:26,417 Dear sirs... 343 00:17:29,751 --> 00:17:30,959 once again... 344 00:17:32,709 --> 00:17:33,917 I am obliged... 345 00:17:36,751 --> 00:17:38,292 to communicate to you... 346 00:17:41,501 --> 00:17:43,417 the dissatisfaction I have... 347 00:17:44,167 --> 00:17:45,709 [ Pencil scratching ] 348 00:17:46,084 --> 00:17:47,792 ...for your starching... 349 00:17:49,042 --> 00:17:50,250 of my collars. 350 00:17:53,084 --> 00:17:54,292 I refer... 351 00:17:54,959 --> 00:17:56,417 to my instructions... 352 00:17:58,167 --> 00:17:59,542 of the 2nd of March, 1935, 353 00:18:02,084 --> 00:18:04,875 and subsequent letters. 354 00:18:07,251 --> 00:18:09,250 And you look them up in the file, Miss Lemon, 355 00:18:09,417 --> 00:18:10,292 and enumerate them. 356 00:18:10,459 --> 00:18:11,500 All of them, Mr. Poirot? 357 00:18:11,667 --> 00:18:13,042 All of them, Miss Lemon. 358 00:18:13,667 --> 00:18:15,042 It has become serious. 359 00:18:15,501 --> 00:18:17,000 The trouble is, Mr. Poirot, 360 00:18:17,167 --> 00:18:19,459 they just don't understand the letters. 361 00:18:19,709 --> 00:18:20,875 POIROT: Why not? 362 00:18:21,042 --> 00:18:22,959 They're Chinese, Mr. Poirot. 363 00:18:24,167 --> 00:18:26,334 The Bulldog Breed Laundry is Chinese? 364 00:18:27,376 --> 00:18:28,584 Yes, Mr. Poirot. 365 00:18:28,834 --> 00:18:31,042 What is the world coming to, Miss Lemon? 366 00:18:31,251 --> 00:18:32,417 I'm sure I couldn't say, sir, 367 00:18:32,584 --> 00:18:34,417 but when the boy brings your laundry back, 368 00:18:34,584 --> 00:18:37,125 he brings the letters back, too, for me to explain to him. 369 00:18:37,292 --> 00:18:38,167 And you do? 370 00:18:38,334 --> 00:18:39,542 No. 371 00:18:39,709 --> 00:18:40,917 Why not? 372 00:18:41,251 --> 00:18:42,625 I don't speak Chinese. 373 00:18:43,667 --> 00:18:45,042 So, what do you say to him? 374 00:18:46,917 --> 00:18:49,875 Well, I -- I say, "Him collar no velly good, starchy." 375 00:18:53,334 --> 00:18:57,125 I show him the collars and say it. 376 00:19:00,042 --> 00:19:01,375 Hastings, my friend, 377 00:19:01,542 --> 00:19:03,917 you spent some years in China, did you not? 378 00:19:04,667 --> 00:19:07,209 Oh, absolutely. Fine fellows, fine fellows. 379 00:19:07,751 --> 00:19:10,334 Did you ever have any trouble with your laundry? 380 00:19:10,501 --> 00:19:12,125 Yes, I did, as a matter of fact. 381 00:19:12,542 --> 00:19:14,042 And what did you say to them? 382 00:19:14,667 --> 00:19:17,500 Well, I said, "Him collar no velly good, starchy. " 383 00:19:18,709 --> 00:19:20,334 That's where I got it from, sir. 384 00:19:20,501 --> 00:19:22,334 I asked the captain, knowing he'd been in the East. 385 00:19:22,501 --> 00:19:25,375 But, Hastings, my collars, they do not get any better. 386 00:19:25,542 --> 00:19:28,500 No, mine didn't, either, now I come to think about it. 387 00:19:28,959 --> 00:19:30,167 [ Buzzing ] 388 00:19:30,792 --> 00:19:32,875 Miss Lemon. 389 00:19:38,959 --> 00:19:41,750 Why don't you get yourself some turned-down collars, Poirot? 390 00:19:41,917 --> 00:19:43,792 They're much more the thing, you know. 391 00:19:43,959 --> 00:19:45,500 "The thing, " Hastings? 392 00:19:45,792 --> 00:19:48,834 Do you think Poirot concerns himself with mere "thingness"? 393 00:19:49,001 --> 00:19:50,209 � Uh, no, no. � No. 394 00:19:50,667 --> 00:19:52,292 No, l-l-l see that, Poirot. 395 00:19:52,751 --> 00:19:53,625 The turned-down collar 396 00:19:53,792 --> 00:19:55,667 is the first symptom of decay of the gray cells. 397 00:19:55,834 --> 00:19:58,000 It's Chief Inspector Japp, Mr. Poirot. 398 00:19:58,167 --> 00:19:59,792 Well, she's out of it. 399 00:20:03,001 --> 00:20:04,709 POIROT: Good morning, Chief Inspector Japp. 400 00:20:04,876 --> 00:20:06,417 Yes, well, good morning. 401 00:20:07,084 --> 00:20:08,292 Now, who is out of it? 402 00:20:11,042 --> 00:20:11,959 Plenderleith. 403 00:20:12,126 --> 00:20:14,709 She was playing bridge in Essex up till midnight. 404 00:20:14,876 --> 00:20:16,250 We've got to give up any idea 405 00:20:16,417 --> 00:20:18,375 of her being concerned in the business. 406 00:20:18,542 --> 00:20:21,375 A disappointment, Japp? 407 00:20:24,376 --> 00:20:27,584 You are still convinced we are dealing here with a murder? 408 00:20:28,917 --> 00:20:30,125 No doubts about it. 409 00:20:31,459 --> 00:20:32,667 [ Horn honking ] 410 00:20:33,376 --> 00:20:36,084 Something I've been meaning to ask you, Poirot. 411 00:20:36,459 --> 00:20:37,334 Hmm? 412 00:20:37,501 --> 00:20:39,209 What was that you were sniffing at in the room 413 00:20:39,376 --> 00:20:40,875 when we first examined the body? 414 00:20:41,042 --> 00:20:42,209 Sniff, sniff, sniff. 415 00:20:42,376 --> 00:20:44,084 � You got a cold, have you? � No. 416 00:20:44,542 --> 00:20:45,417 JAPP: I always thought 417 00:20:45,584 --> 00:20:47,250 the little gray cells were in your brain. 418 00:20:47,417 --> 00:20:48,959 Don't tell me your nose cells 419 00:20:49,167 --> 00:20:51,334 are superior to everyone else's, too. 420 00:20:51,542 --> 00:20:52,542 By no means. 421 00:20:52,709 --> 00:20:54,542 It was merely cigarette smoke. 422 00:20:55,209 --> 00:20:57,084 I didn't smell cigarette smoke. 423 00:20:57,417 --> 00:20:59,875 No more did I, my friend. 424 00:21:01,417 --> 00:21:03,792 There were nine cigarette ends in the ashtray, 425 00:21:03,959 --> 00:21:05,250 six of them gaspers, three Turkish. 426 00:21:05,417 --> 00:21:06,417 Exactly. 427 00:21:06,584 --> 00:21:07,625 JAPP: [ Chuckles ] 428 00:21:07,792 --> 00:21:10,959 Your wonderful nose cells knew that without looking, I suppose. 429 00:21:11,126 --> 00:21:13,584 I assure you my nose does not enter into the matter. 430 00:21:13,751 --> 00:21:15,500 My nose registered nothing. 431 00:21:15,917 --> 00:21:18,000 But the brain cells registered a lot? 432 00:21:19,042 --> 00:21:21,417 Well, there were certain indications. 433 00:21:21,792 --> 00:21:23,292 Did you not think so? 434 00:21:25,626 --> 00:21:26,834 Now, am I wrong, 435 00:21:29,667 --> 00:21:31,292 or are we going to talk further 436 00:21:31,751 --> 00:21:34,125 with the beautiful Miss Plenderleith? 437 00:21:34,376 --> 00:21:35,334 Yes. 438 00:21:35,501 --> 00:21:38,542 You know, there was something missing from that room, 439 00:21:40,709 --> 00:21:42,125 Chief Inspector... 440 00:21:42,667 --> 00:21:44,625 but also something added, I think. 441 00:21:47,001 --> 00:21:49,417 JAPP: You know what's worrying me, Poirot? 442 00:21:50,167 --> 00:21:51,375 POIROT: Yes. 443 00:21:51,626 --> 00:21:53,209 JAPP: "Yes"? What do you mean, "yes"? 444 00:21:53,376 --> 00:21:54,334 I saw you looking 445 00:21:54,501 --> 00:21:56,667 at Mrs. Allen's checkbook stubs yesterday. 446 00:21:56,834 --> 00:21:59,250 You're too clever for your own good, you are, Poirot. 447 00:21:59,417 --> 00:22:00,584 And you noticed, as I did, 448 00:22:00,751 --> 00:22:03,250 that Mrs. Allen drew out �200 in cash from her bank 449 00:22:03,417 --> 00:22:04,292 on Monday morning. 450 00:22:04,459 --> 00:22:07,250 And three months ago, on the 6th of August, another �200. 451 00:22:07,417 --> 00:22:08,667 � Truly? � Truly. 452 00:22:09,001 --> 00:22:12,125 And there's no �200 in this house that my lads could find. 453 00:22:12,292 --> 00:22:14,292 [ Doorbell rings ] 454 00:22:16,584 --> 00:22:18,209 I'm afraid, Miss Plenderleith, 455 00:22:18,376 --> 00:22:21,459 that we are no longer treating this as a case of suicide. 456 00:22:21,751 --> 00:22:22,959 Not suicide? 457 00:22:23,751 --> 00:22:25,334 JAPP: You see, being as how your friend 458 00:22:25,501 --> 00:22:26,834 was in no way, shape, or form 459 00:22:27,001 --> 00:22:28,459 likely to commit suicide, 460 00:22:28,626 --> 00:22:31,250 we have to consider the alternative -- murder. 461 00:22:32,251 --> 00:22:33,459 Murder? 462 00:22:34,501 --> 00:22:35,709 Are you sure? 463 00:22:37,001 --> 00:22:38,209 How horrible. 464 00:22:39,667 --> 00:22:42,834 Horrible, perhaps, mademoiselle, but impossible? 465 00:22:44,709 --> 00:22:48,417 I suppose it's possible. 466 00:22:49,209 --> 00:22:52,375 And if there was a murder, there would have to be a motive. 467 00:22:53,501 --> 00:22:55,125 Ask me any questions you like. 468 00:22:55,709 --> 00:22:59,542 But I don't see how I can help you. 469 00:23:02,126 --> 00:23:04,500 On Monday night, Mrs. Allen had a visitor. 470 00:23:05,251 --> 00:23:07,959 He's described as a man of 45, military bearing, 471 00:23:08,751 --> 00:23:10,875 toothbrush mustache, smartly dressed, 472 00:23:11,042 --> 00:23:13,459 and driving a Standard Swallow Saloon car. 473 00:23:13,626 --> 00:23:14,834 Do you know who that is? 474 00:23:15,417 --> 00:23:17,167 It sounds like Major Eustace. 475 00:23:17,501 --> 00:23:18,625 Who's Major Eustace? 476 00:23:18,792 --> 00:23:21,834 PLENDERLEITH: He was a man Barbara had known in India. 477 00:23:22,084 --> 00:23:23,625 He turned up about a year ago, 478 00:23:23,876 --> 00:23:25,334 and we've seen him on and off since. 479 00:23:25,501 --> 00:23:27,209 He was a friend of Mrs. Allen's? 480 00:23:28,126 --> 00:23:29,375 He behaved like one. 481 00:23:29,876 --> 00:23:32,250 JAPP: Would it surprise you, Miss Plenderleith, 482 00:23:32,417 --> 00:23:35,625 if I suggested that this man was blackmailing Mrs. Allen? 483 00:23:37,626 --> 00:23:38,834 Of course! 484 00:23:40,209 --> 00:23:41,417 So that was it. 485 00:23:42,001 --> 00:23:43,167 Of course! 486 00:23:43,334 --> 00:23:45,542 You find the suggestion feasible, mademoiselle? 487 00:23:45,709 --> 00:23:47,250 I was a fool not to think of it. 488 00:23:49,292 --> 00:23:50,584 Oh, I wish she'd told me. 489 00:23:52,209 --> 00:23:54,167 I'd have told him to go to the devil. 490 00:23:54,584 --> 00:23:55,875 But he might have gone, 491 00:23:56,376 --> 00:23:58,250 might he not, to M. Laverton West? 492 00:23:59,584 --> 00:24:00,792 Yes. 493 00:24:01,917 --> 00:24:04,542 Yes, that's true. 494 00:24:06,626 --> 00:24:07,792 Which room do you think 495 00:24:07,959 --> 00:24:10,459 Mrs. Allen would have received her visitor in? 496 00:24:10,626 --> 00:24:11,959 Oh, probably in here. 497 00:24:12,626 --> 00:24:13,834 On the other hand, 498 00:24:14,376 --> 00:24:16,000 if she wanted to write a check or anything of that kind, 499 00:24:16,167 --> 00:24:17,167 she'd probably take him upstairs. 500 00:24:17,334 --> 00:24:18,750 JAPP: There's no question of a check. 501 00:24:18,917 --> 00:24:21,292 Mrs. Allen drew out �200 in cash on Monday. 502 00:24:22,126 --> 00:24:24,000 So far, we've not been able to find any trace of it 503 00:24:24,167 --> 00:24:25,250 in the house. 504 00:24:25,417 --> 00:24:28,459 But I'd like to have just one more look 'round, if I may. 505 00:24:28,917 --> 00:24:30,375 Look anywhere you like. 506 00:24:31,251 --> 00:24:33,250 JAPP: Thank you. 507 00:24:39,251 --> 00:24:40,667 Would you like to sit down? 508 00:24:41,334 --> 00:24:42,334 Thank you. 509 00:25:03,126 --> 00:25:04,334 Cigarette? 510 00:25:05,376 --> 00:25:07,750 You are most kind. 511 00:25:11,251 --> 00:25:12,250 [ Sniffs ] 512 00:25:19,084 --> 00:25:22,042 This cupboard under the stairs, Miss Plenderleith. 513 00:25:22,376 --> 00:25:23,584 It's locked. 514 00:25:25,084 --> 00:25:26,959 Yes, I've already found that out. 515 00:25:28,376 --> 00:25:29,917 Could I have the key, please? 516 00:25:31,042 --> 00:25:32,667 Um... l don't know where it is. 517 00:25:35,626 --> 00:25:36,834 Oh. That's too bad. 518 00:25:38,334 --> 00:25:40,667 Don't want to have to break the lock. 519 00:25:42,501 --> 00:25:43,709 No. 520 00:25:44,584 --> 00:25:48,500 Um... it might be upstairs. 521 00:26:11,459 --> 00:26:12,667 I managed to find it. 522 00:26:13,501 --> 00:26:15,584 Good. 523 00:26:19,084 --> 00:26:20,292 We keep it locked. 524 00:26:21,042 --> 00:26:22,250 Otherwise, one's umbrellas and things 525 00:26:22,417 --> 00:26:24,167 have a habit of getting pinched. 526 00:26:24,792 --> 00:26:28,042 Very sensible. Right. 527 00:26:38,084 --> 00:26:40,292 PLENDERLEITH: That's mine. 528 00:26:44,584 --> 00:26:46,084 It came back with me yesterday morning, 529 00:26:46,251 --> 00:26:48,125 so there can't be anything there. 530 00:26:48,751 --> 00:26:51,417 Just as well to be on the safe side. 531 00:26:55,626 --> 00:26:56,792 Nothing much there. 532 00:26:56,959 --> 00:27:00,750 No, well, there couldn't have been, could there? 533 00:27:12,001 --> 00:27:14,209 Sorry to bother you again, Mr. Laverton West. 534 00:27:14,376 --> 00:27:15,500 Couldn't it have waited? 535 00:27:15,667 --> 00:27:18,375 This sort of inquiry is often inconvenient, sir. 536 00:27:18,542 --> 00:27:21,417 I don't mind the inconvenience if I see the results. 537 00:27:21,584 --> 00:27:23,167 Have you any idea yet, Chief Inspector, 538 00:27:23,334 --> 00:27:25,167 what caused Mrs. Allen to take her own life? 539 00:27:25,334 --> 00:27:27,334 Well, perhaps it will be more understandable, sir, 540 00:27:27,501 --> 00:27:31,375 if I tell you that it was not suicide, but murder. 541 00:27:33,376 --> 00:27:35,000 What are you talking about? 542 00:27:35,792 --> 00:27:37,375 Have you any idea, Mr. Laverton West, 543 00:27:37,542 --> 00:27:39,209 who might have any conceivable motive? 544 00:27:39,376 --> 00:27:40,584 No. It's bizarre. 545 00:27:42,959 --> 00:27:44,792 The mere idea is unimaginable. 546 00:27:45,001 --> 00:27:46,959 She never mentioned any enemies, 547 00:27:47,126 --> 00:27:50,084 anyone who might bear a grudge against her? 548 00:27:51,251 --> 00:27:52,459 Never. 549 00:27:53,126 --> 00:27:54,625 Do you know a Major Eustace? 550 00:27:55,626 --> 00:27:57,750 Eustace? 551 00:27:57,917 --> 00:27:59,125 Eustace? 552 00:28:00,251 --> 00:28:01,500 Oh, yes, I remember. 553 00:28:02,084 --> 00:28:03,584 I met him once at Barbara's. 554 00:28:04,542 --> 00:28:05,750 Mrs. Allen's. 555 00:28:06,626 --> 00:28:08,292 Rather a doubtful type, in my opinion. 556 00:28:08,459 --> 00:28:09,959 I said as much to Mrs. Allen. 557 00:28:11,376 --> 00:28:14,042 He wasn't the sort of man I should have encouraged 558 00:28:14,209 --> 00:28:16,500 to come to the house after we were married. 559 00:28:16,667 --> 00:28:17,709 [ Water splashes ] 560 00:28:17,876 --> 00:28:19,500 Look, I've got to get dressed. 561 00:28:20,126 --> 00:28:21,834 What did Mrs. Allen say to that? 562 00:28:22,501 --> 00:28:23,709 She quite agreed. 563 00:28:25,417 --> 00:28:27,667 She trusted my judgment implicitly. 564 00:28:27,959 --> 00:28:29,292 And naturally, as my wife, 565 00:28:29,459 --> 00:28:32,334 she would have found a good many of her old associates, 566 00:28:32,501 --> 00:28:34,375 well, unsuitable, shall we say? 567 00:28:35,876 --> 00:28:37,084 Quite. 568 00:28:39,209 --> 00:28:41,292 What can you tell me about your own movements 569 00:28:41,459 --> 00:28:43,334 on the night of November 5th, sir? 570 00:28:43,667 --> 00:28:46,167 My movements? 571 00:28:46,334 --> 00:28:47,542 My movements? 572 00:28:47,709 --> 00:28:49,584 JAPP: Purely a matter of routine, sir. 573 00:28:49,751 --> 00:28:51,125 We have to ask everybody. 574 00:28:51,292 --> 00:28:53,084 I should have thought a man in my position 575 00:28:53,251 --> 00:28:54,167 might have been exempt. 576 00:28:54,334 --> 00:28:58,209 It doesn't work quite like that, sir. 577 00:29:00,251 --> 00:29:01,459 Very well. 578 00:29:02,292 --> 00:29:03,500 Let me see. 579 00:29:04,501 --> 00:29:06,042 I was at the House of Commons, 580 00:29:06,584 --> 00:29:08,209 left about half past 10:00, 581 00:29:08,501 --> 00:29:10,584 went for a walk along the embankment, 582 00:29:11,292 --> 00:29:13,125 watched some of the fireworks. 583 00:29:14,126 --> 00:29:17,875 Lucky there aren't any plots like that nowadays. 584 00:29:19,876 --> 00:29:21,084 Then I walked home. 585 00:29:21,709 --> 00:29:23,459 JAPP: What time did you arrive? 586 00:29:24,792 --> 00:29:26,709 Somewhere about 11:15, 11:30. 587 00:29:27,917 --> 00:29:29,542 Perhaps someone let you in. 588 00:29:30,292 --> 00:29:31,834 No. 589 00:29:33,126 --> 00:29:35,167 Did you meet anyone whilst walking? 590 00:29:35,542 --> 00:29:37,959 No. 591 00:29:45,084 --> 00:29:46,167 What an alibi. 592 00:29:46,334 --> 00:29:48,292 It's so feeble, it must be genuine. 593 00:29:49,209 --> 00:29:50,917 No, I'm not bothered about him. 594 00:29:51,459 --> 00:29:53,959 It's the Plenderleith girl that worries me. 595 00:29:54,709 --> 00:29:55,959 I'd still like to know 596 00:29:56,417 --> 00:29:59,375 why she got so hot and bothered about that briefcase. 597 00:30:00,251 --> 00:30:02,375 That's something in your line, Poirot. 598 00:30:02,542 --> 00:30:03,667 You like chasing about 599 00:30:03,834 --> 00:30:06,542 after the kind of triviality that leads nowhere -- 600 00:30:06,709 --> 00:30:09,250 the mystery of the perambulating briefcase. 601 00:30:09,667 --> 00:30:10,542 [ Chuckles ] 602 00:30:10,709 --> 00:30:12,292 Sounds quite promising. 603 00:30:17,417 --> 00:30:18,624 [ Gong crashes ] 604 00:30:19,584 --> 00:30:23,125 [ "Hindustan" plays ] 605 00:30:29,917 --> 00:30:32,000 a tantalizing ditty 606 00:30:33,417 --> 00:30:35,917 and the words are witty 607 00:30:36,959 --> 00:30:38,834 or a city 608 00:30:40,459 --> 00:30:41,459 609 00:30:41,626 --> 00:30:43,500 No, you got to work south a little. 610 00:30:43,959 --> 00:30:45,167 611 00:30:45,417 --> 00:30:47,292 No, you got to work east now, boys. 612 00:30:47,501 --> 00:30:49,375 it's Oriental 613 00:30:50,834 --> 00:30:53,042 that's fundamental 614 00:30:54,334 --> 00:30:56,542 the continental 615 00:30:57,792 --> 00:30:59,000 616 00:30:59,751 --> 00:31:00,959 Never, never. 617 00:31:01,334 --> 00:31:02,542 618 00:31:02,959 --> 00:31:05,709 'cause it's Hindustan 619 00:31:10,376 --> 00:31:12,875 our tired caravan 620 00:31:18,126 --> 00:31:19,334 621 00:31:24,126 --> 00:31:27,000 proudly spread his fan 622 00:31:28,959 --> 00:31:30,459 Major Eustace in the club? 623 00:31:31,334 --> 00:31:32,542 624 00:31:35,251 --> 00:31:36,459 Major Eustace? 625 00:31:36,626 --> 00:31:37,417 Yes. 626 00:31:37,584 --> 00:31:39,625 Chief Inspector Japp, Scotland Yard. 627 00:31:39,792 --> 00:31:41,000 Oh, yes? 628 00:31:42,917 --> 00:31:43,959 Drink? 629 00:31:44,126 --> 00:31:46,667 No, thank you, sir. Might we have a word? 630 00:31:47,626 --> 00:31:48,834 Uh, yes. 631 00:31:50,334 --> 00:31:51,584 Shall we go over here? 632 00:31:52,876 --> 00:31:57,959 633 00:32:00,626 --> 00:32:01,834 Well, well, well. 634 00:32:02,876 --> 00:32:05,167 Take a pew. 635 00:32:06,792 --> 00:32:08,292 It's not often I get honored 636 00:32:08,584 --> 00:32:10,542 by a big gun like a chief inspector. 637 00:32:11,042 --> 00:32:12,250 No, thank you. 638 00:32:13,042 --> 00:32:14,084 [ Glasses clink ] 639 00:32:14,251 --> 00:32:15,459 Ah. 640 00:32:15,917 --> 00:32:16,792 [ Sniffs ] 641 00:32:16,959 --> 00:32:18,417 You smoke Turkish, I see. 642 00:32:19,001 --> 00:32:20,209 Yes. 643 00:32:21,292 --> 00:32:22,792 Would you prefer a gasper? 644 00:32:23,584 --> 00:32:24,792 I've got some. 645 00:32:25,792 --> 00:32:27,000 Somewhere. 646 00:32:27,251 --> 00:32:29,000 No, no, this'll do fine, thanks. 647 00:32:30,459 --> 00:32:33,334 I think you knew Mrs. Barbara Allen, Major Eustace. 648 00:32:34,334 --> 00:32:35,542 Ah, yes. 649 00:32:36,792 --> 00:32:38,042 Very sad business. 650 00:32:39,334 --> 00:32:40,459 Saw it in the paper last night. 651 00:32:40,626 --> 00:32:42,084 You met her out in India, I believe. 652 00:32:42,251 --> 00:32:43,125 EUSTACE: Yes. 653 00:32:43,292 --> 00:32:44,792 That's some years ago now. 654 00:32:45,667 --> 00:32:47,292 Did you also know her husband? 655 00:32:48,334 --> 00:32:49,959 No, as a matter of fact, I never came across Allen. 656 00:32:50,126 --> 00:32:52,125 But you know something about him. 657 00:32:54,417 --> 00:32:56,500 I heard he was by way of being a bad hat. 658 00:32:57,001 --> 00:32:59,000 Of course, that was, uh, only hearsay. 659 00:32:59,167 --> 00:33:00,875 Mrs. Allen never spoke about him? 660 00:33:01,042 --> 00:33:01,917 Never. 661 00:33:02,084 --> 00:33:03,792 [ Gong crashes, applause ] 662 00:33:04,126 --> 00:33:05,334 What I want to know is 663 00:33:05,709 --> 00:33:08,125 did you see Mrs. Allen on the night of November the 5th? 664 00:33:08,292 --> 00:33:09,167 Indeed I did. 665 00:33:09,334 --> 00:33:11,500 JAPP: You called at her house, I think. 666 00:33:11,959 --> 00:33:12,834 That's right. 667 00:33:13,001 --> 00:33:15,834 She asked me to advise her about some investments. 668 00:33:16,126 --> 00:33:18,750 She gave no hint about contemplating suicide? 669 00:33:19,084 --> 00:33:20,250 Not the least in the world. 670 00:33:20,417 --> 00:33:22,500 As a matter of fact, when we said goodbye, 671 00:33:22,667 --> 00:33:25,250 I said I'd ring her up soon and we'd do a show together. 672 00:33:25,417 --> 00:33:27,042 JAPP: You said you'd ring her up? 673 00:33:27,209 --> 00:33:28,375 Those were your last words? 674 00:33:28,542 --> 00:33:29,625 Yes. 675 00:33:29,792 --> 00:33:30,959 Curious. 676 00:33:31,126 --> 00:33:34,542 I have information that you said something quite different. 677 00:33:35,209 --> 00:33:37,750 My information is that what you actually said was, 678 00:33:37,917 --> 00:33:40,000 "Well, think it over and let me know. " 679 00:33:40,917 --> 00:33:42,625 Not quite the same thing, is it? 680 00:33:43,042 --> 00:33:44,667 Well, I -- l-l think what I said 681 00:33:45,167 --> 00:33:47,875 was that she should let me know when she was free. 682 00:33:48,542 --> 00:33:51,625 I mean, you can't expect a man to remember word for word. 683 00:33:52,334 --> 00:33:54,042 TREVOR: Excuse me, Major. 684 00:33:54,376 --> 00:33:56,417 Deirdre says we need some more gin from the cupboard. 685 00:33:56,584 --> 00:33:58,334 Ah. 686 00:34:00,209 --> 00:34:01,334 Get a couple of bottles out, will you, Trevor? 687 00:34:01,501 --> 00:34:02,500 TREVOR: Right. 688 00:34:04,917 --> 00:34:06,459 You own this place, do you, Major Eustace? 689 00:34:06,626 --> 00:34:07,500 Wish I did. 690 00:34:07,667 --> 00:34:09,125 Little gold mine, this. 691 00:34:09,334 --> 00:34:10,542 692 00:34:13,584 --> 00:34:14,792 693 00:34:17,042 --> 00:34:19,125 JAPP: You say that Mrs. Allen asked you to advise her 694 00:34:19,292 --> 00:34:20,709 about investments. 695 00:34:21,042 --> 00:34:24,000 Did she, by any chance, entrust you with a sum of �200? 696 00:34:25,042 --> 00:34:26,917 What the devil do you mean by that? 697 00:34:27,501 --> 00:34:30,125 Well, Mrs. Allen drew out the sum of �200 in cash 698 00:34:30,709 --> 00:34:31,584 from her bank. 699 00:34:31,751 --> 00:34:33,584 Some of the money was in �5 notes. 700 00:34:33,959 --> 00:34:36,125 They can be traced by their numbers, of course. 701 00:34:36,292 --> 00:34:38,792 Well, trace them, then, and be damned to you! 702 00:34:38,959 --> 00:34:40,459 [ Music stops ] 703 00:34:44,959 --> 00:34:45,917 Trace them. 704 00:34:46,084 --> 00:34:47,209 I don't care. 705 00:34:47,376 --> 00:34:49,500 Was the money for investment, Major Eustace, 706 00:34:49,667 --> 00:34:50,584 or was it blackmail? 707 00:34:50,751 --> 00:34:53,084 That's a preposterous suggestion. 708 00:34:53,376 --> 00:34:54,500 How dare you? 709 00:34:55,834 --> 00:34:58,042 Look -- Look -- what happened was this -- 710 00:34:59,001 --> 00:35:00,417 I went 'round to the house. 711 00:35:01,667 --> 00:35:03,167 I mean, l-l telephoned first -- 712 00:35:03,334 --> 00:35:04,750 What time did you get there? 713 00:35:04,917 --> 00:35:06,625 Um... about half past 9:00. 714 00:35:08,084 --> 00:35:09,292 We sat and talked. 715 00:35:09,709 --> 00:35:10,917 And smoked. 716 00:35:11,251 --> 00:35:12,125 Yes, and smoked. 717 00:35:12,292 --> 00:35:13,584 Anything wrong with that? 718 00:35:13,751 --> 00:35:15,459 Where did this talk take place? 719 00:35:15,834 --> 00:35:16,875 EUSTACE: In the sitting room. 720 00:35:17,042 --> 00:35:19,459 As I said, we sat and talked quite amicably. 721 00:35:21,584 --> 00:35:24,625 And then I left, uh, just before about half past 10:00. 722 00:35:24,792 --> 00:35:27,292 You stayed in the sitting room throughout your visit? 723 00:35:27,459 --> 00:35:28,667 Yes. 724 00:35:28,959 --> 00:35:30,459 You didn't go upstairs to Mrs. Allen's own room? 725 00:35:30,626 --> 00:35:31,625 No. 726 00:35:33,251 --> 00:35:36,125 Could I just look at your cuff links, Major Eustace? 727 00:35:36,376 --> 00:35:37,417 Cuff links? 728 00:35:37,584 --> 00:35:39,667 You can refuse if you wish, of course. 729 00:35:40,417 --> 00:35:43,250 I've got nothing to hide. 730 00:35:47,501 --> 00:35:48,834 When did that happen? 731 00:35:49,001 --> 00:35:50,834 � What? � One of them's broken. 732 00:35:51,209 --> 00:35:52,084 Oh, I know. 733 00:35:52,251 --> 00:35:54,125 I, uh -- I noticed it this morning. 734 00:35:55,167 --> 00:35:57,459 It doesn't show if I put that end on the inside. 735 00:35:57,626 --> 00:35:58,667 Would it surprise you to learn 736 00:35:58,834 --> 00:36:00,792 that it happened when you were visiting Mrs. Allen? 737 00:36:00,959 --> 00:36:02,834 Well, I've not denied I was there. 738 00:36:03,084 --> 00:36:04,709 Yes, but that piece of cuff link 739 00:36:04,876 --> 00:36:07,334 was found not downstairs in the sitting room, 740 00:36:07,501 --> 00:36:09,209 but upstairs in Mrs. Allen's own room, 741 00:36:09,376 --> 00:36:11,917 there in the same room where she was murdered. 742 00:36:12,584 --> 00:36:13,792 Murdered? 743 00:36:14,876 --> 00:36:16,584 Yes, and where a man sat smoking 744 00:36:16,876 --> 00:36:19,292 the same kind of cigarettes that you smoke. 745 00:36:19,584 --> 00:36:21,000 Are you trying to frame me? 746 00:36:23,292 --> 00:36:25,792 I never went near the house again that night. 747 00:36:26,042 --> 00:36:28,000 You didn't need to. She was dead when you left. 748 00:36:28,167 --> 00:36:29,125 EUSTACE: No. 749 00:36:29,292 --> 00:36:30,584 No, now, wait a minute. 750 00:36:30,834 --> 00:36:31,709 Wait a minute. 751 00:36:31,876 --> 00:36:33,459 You've got someone who heard me talking to Barbara 752 00:36:33,626 --> 00:36:34,500 on the doorstep. 753 00:36:34,667 --> 00:36:35,667 You said -- 754 00:36:35,834 --> 00:36:37,250 They heard you talk to her, 755 00:36:37,667 --> 00:36:40,417 then pretend to wait for her to answer, and then talk again. 756 00:36:40,584 --> 00:36:41,584 That's an old trick. 757 00:36:43,417 --> 00:36:44,792 Oh, my God, it isn't true. 758 00:36:45,167 --> 00:36:46,584 Robert Erskine Eustace, 759 00:36:46,751 --> 00:36:49,625 I must ask you to accompany me to the police station. 760 00:36:50,251 --> 00:36:53,042 Oh, my God. 761 00:37:03,167 --> 00:37:04,417 [ Doorbell rings ] 762 00:37:06,042 --> 00:37:07,417 [ Lock disengages ] 763 00:37:09,459 --> 00:37:10,667 Oh, hello. 764 00:37:10,917 --> 00:37:12,125 Yes, dear? 765 00:37:12,417 --> 00:37:14,834 Could I please speak to Miss Plenderleith? 766 00:37:15,501 --> 00:37:17,667 Well, you could, dear, if she was here. 767 00:37:17,959 --> 00:37:19,834 She's gone off playing that golf. 768 00:37:20,167 --> 00:37:21,042 Golf? 769 00:37:21,209 --> 00:37:22,167 PIERCE: If you please. 770 00:37:22,334 --> 00:37:25,834 And that poor Mrs. Allen still lying cold down at the mortuary. 771 00:37:26,501 --> 00:37:27,709 Indeed. 772 00:37:28,917 --> 00:37:30,375 This is most difficult. 773 00:37:31,417 --> 00:37:32,625 I'm sorry. Missus... 774 00:37:32,792 --> 00:37:33,917 Pierce, dear. 775 00:37:34,084 --> 00:37:34,959 Ah. 776 00:37:35,126 --> 00:37:37,000 My name is Hercule Poirot, Mrs. Pierce. 777 00:37:37,167 --> 00:37:38,042 Ooh! 778 00:37:38,209 --> 00:37:40,000 I've heard of you, dear. 779 00:37:41,792 --> 00:37:44,834 Well, I am most flattered. 780 00:37:45,542 --> 00:37:48,167 Mrs. Pierce, I am in something of a difficulty. 781 00:37:48,834 --> 00:37:49,750 Oh. 782 00:37:49,917 --> 00:37:51,959 I came here yesterday with a Chief Inspector Japp, 783 00:37:52,126 --> 00:37:54,000 and we omitted to search for clues 784 00:37:55,126 --> 00:37:57,209 in one particular place in the house. 785 00:37:58,292 --> 00:37:59,667 So, I was wondering if -- 786 00:38:00,084 --> 00:38:01,292 Oh, come on in, dear. 787 00:38:02,167 --> 00:38:03,375 Help yourself. 788 00:38:03,667 --> 00:38:04,875 You are most kind. 789 00:38:05,126 --> 00:38:07,167 Thank you. 790 00:38:08,126 --> 00:38:09,959 My old man will be ever so tickled 791 00:38:10,251 --> 00:38:12,125 when I tell him you was here, dear. 792 00:38:12,417 --> 00:38:14,917 Always reading your exploits in the paper, he is. 793 00:38:15,084 --> 00:38:17,042 That's very nice, Mrs. Pierce. May I? 794 00:38:17,209 --> 00:38:18,417 Yes, go on. 795 00:38:19,042 --> 00:38:20,500 Drive you to drink, he would, 796 00:38:20,667 --> 00:38:24,875 reading all that rubbish in the newspapers. 797 00:38:29,792 --> 00:38:31,000 Mrs. Pierce, 798 00:38:31,459 --> 00:38:36,000 where does Miss Plenderleith go to play the golf? 799 00:38:46,042 --> 00:38:48,667 Are you sure he's all right, Captain Hastings? 800 00:38:49,542 --> 00:38:51,042 The name of Poirot is feared 801 00:38:51,417 --> 00:38:53,625 on golf courses all over the continent. 802 00:38:54,126 --> 00:38:55,500 You don't happen to have a handicap certificate on you, 803 00:38:55,667 --> 00:38:56,584 do you, sir? 804 00:38:56,751 --> 00:38:57,959 No, no, I'm fine. 805 00:38:59,001 --> 00:39:01,542 Now, there should be a little hole somewhere, 806 00:39:01,959 --> 00:39:03,834 and I have to push the ball into it. 807 00:39:04,417 --> 00:39:07,250 You see that flag there? 808 00:39:09,251 --> 00:39:10,125 No. 809 00:39:10,292 --> 00:39:12,834 In front of the big tree, a little patch of red. 810 00:39:13,417 --> 00:39:14,292 Ah, yes, good. 811 00:39:14,459 --> 00:39:16,209 That's where the little hole is. 812 00:39:16,417 --> 00:39:17,417 No. 813 00:39:17,584 --> 00:39:18,875 [ Man clears throat ] 814 00:39:19,459 --> 00:39:21,417 HASTINGS: Won't keep you a moment. 815 00:39:22,417 --> 00:39:26,625 Now, all you have to do is hit it with that. 816 00:39:37,126 --> 00:39:39,584 [ Clears throat ] 817 00:39:41,834 --> 00:39:43,250 HASTINGS: Go ahead. 818 00:39:43,876 --> 00:39:45,084 Easy does it. 819 00:39:46,126 --> 00:39:47,625 Am I allowed to hit the flag? 820 00:39:48,251 --> 00:39:50,792 Oh, yes, yes, that'll be fine. 821 00:40:03,667 --> 00:40:05,709 No, it will not hit the flag, I think. 822 00:40:07,709 --> 00:40:11,417 Oh. Bad luck. 823 00:40:13,626 --> 00:40:16,709 Hastings, how will we ever catch up with Miss Plenderleith 824 00:40:16,876 --> 00:40:18,750 if you take so many hits each time? 825 00:40:18,959 --> 00:40:19,834 Well, we can't. 826 00:40:20,001 --> 00:40:22,084 She started out an hour and a half ago. 827 00:40:22,334 --> 00:40:26,375 We might see her coming back on one of the parallel holes. 828 00:40:27,917 --> 00:40:30,959 I do wish you'd stop rummaging around in the dustbins. 829 00:40:31,917 --> 00:40:33,584 [ Metal clanking ] 830 00:40:35,501 --> 00:40:36,375 Ha. 831 00:40:36,542 --> 00:40:37,750 Not another one. 832 00:40:39,459 --> 00:40:40,834 Number three, Hastings. 833 00:40:41,001 --> 00:40:42,584 Someone's having a bad day. 834 00:40:42,751 --> 00:40:44,292 People do break clubs, you know. 835 00:40:44,459 --> 00:40:46,167 But three clubs in three holes? 836 00:40:46,626 --> 00:40:47,834 Well, what, then? 837 00:40:48,459 --> 00:40:50,959 Our Miss Plenderleith is getting rid of some golf clubs 838 00:40:51,126 --> 00:40:55,042 in a place where she thought they would never be noticed. 839 00:40:59,876 --> 00:41:04,542 Major Eustace is not guilty of murder, Hastings. 840 00:41:16,292 --> 00:41:18,042 Lost your ball again, Poirot? 841 00:41:18,209 --> 00:41:20,709 Shh! Keep out of sight. 842 00:41:30,376 --> 00:41:31,917 Look. 843 00:42:27,834 --> 00:42:29,709 Have you seen enough, Hastings? 844 00:42:30,626 --> 00:42:33,250 I must regretfully abandon our most interesting game 845 00:42:33,417 --> 00:42:36,042 and go and telephone the Chief Inspector Japp. 846 00:42:36,459 --> 00:42:38,542 Come on. 847 00:43:01,042 --> 00:43:02,250 JAPP: Why? 848 00:43:03,167 --> 00:43:05,209 Why would a presumably sane young woman 849 00:43:05,376 --> 00:43:07,542 want to throw an expensive case into a lake 850 00:43:07,709 --> 00:43:09,125 with just two magazines in it 851 00:43:09,292 --> 00:43:11,500 and a couple of stones to make sure it sank? 852 00:43:11,667 --> 00:43:13,125 You need worry no longer. 853 00:43:13,959 --> 00:43:15,292 The answer is coming. 854 00:43:15,959 --> 00:43:18,417 And why break up a perfectly good set of golf clubs? 855 00:43:18,584 --> 00:43:20,875 I don't mind telling you I lay awake last night 856 00:43:21,042 --> 00:43:21,917 worrying about it. 857 00:43:22,084 --> 00:43:23,292 Mon pauvre Japp. 858 00:43:23,459 --> 00:43:25,459 Miss Plenderleith, Mr. Poirot. 859 00:43:26,001 --> 00:43:27,875 POIROT: Thank you, Miss Lemon. 860 00:43:28,792 --> 00:43:29,834 I'm sorry I'm late. 861 00:43:30,001 --> 00:43:32,209 I've just come from Barbara's funeral. 862 00:43:32,417 --> 00:43:33,917 It was so good of you to come. 863 00:43:35,792 --> 00:43:38,167 Please sit down, mademoiselle. 864 00:43:42,792 --> 00:43:44,500 I have certain news to give you. 865 00:43:45,751 --> 00:43:46,959 I read it in the papers. 866 00:43:47,792 --> 00:43:49,750 Major Eustace has been arrested. 867 00:43:50,417 --> 00:43:51,667 It was murder, then? 868 00:43:52,167 --> 00:43:55,042 Oh, yes, the willful destruction of one human being 869 00:43:57,542 --> 00:44:00,042 by another human being. 870 00:44:01,501 --> 00:44:04,000 And now, mademoiselle, I am going to tell you 871 00:44:04,584 --> 00:44:07,125 just how I arrived at the truth in this matter. 872 00:44:07,792 --> 00:44:09,000 He has his methods. 873 00:44:09,167 --> 00:44:10,417 I humor him, you know. 874 00:44:11,459 --> 00:44:12,667 [ Chuckles ] 875 00:44:12,834 --> 00:44:16,042 To begin with, there was the smell of the cigarette smoke. 876 00:44:17,084 --> 00:44:18,125 Which I didn't smell. 877 00:44:18,292 --> 00:44:19,417 POIROT: Precisely. 878 00:44:19,584 --> 00:44:21,084 And yet the ashtray had in it 879 00:44:21,334 --> 00:44:23,750 no fewer than the stubs of nine cigarettes. 880 00:44:24,001 --> 00:44:25,584 So it was very odd, eh, very odd 881 00:44:25,751 --> 00:44:28,625 that the room should smell as it did -- perfectly fresh. 882 00:44:28,792 --> 00:44:31,167 JAPP: Oh, so that's what you were getting at. 883 00:44:31,334 --> 00:44:32,250 POIROT: Hmm? 884 00:44:32,417 --> 00:44:34,750 The next thing that attracted my attention 885 00:44:34,917 --> 00:44:37,292 was the wristwatch worn by the dead woman. 886 00:44:37,709 --> 00:44:38,917 What about it? 887 00:44:39,251 --> 00:44:40,875 It was worn on the right wrist. 888 00:44:42,459 --> 00:44:44,334 In my experience, it is more usual 889 00:44:45,001 --> 00:44:47,625 for the wristwatch to be worn on the left wrist. 890 00:44:48,417 --> 00:44:51,167 But now, my friends, I come to the writing bureau. 891 00:44:52,542 --> 00:44:54,375 Yes, I thought we'd come to that. 892 00:44:55,459 --> 00:44:57,417 You know the blotting pad had on top 893 00:44:57,751 --> 00:45:00,250 a clean, untouched piece of blotting paper? 894 00:45:00,417 --> 00:45:01,375 The sheet was clean 895 00:45:01,542 --> 00:45:04,250 because Barbara hadn't written any letters that day. 896 00:45:04,417 --> 00:45:05,750 HASTINGS: Yes, she had. 897 00:45:05,917 --> 00:45:08,292 Freddie saw her post some letters at 6: 00. 898 00:45:08,667 --> 00:45:09,834 Well done, Hastings. 899 00:45:10,001 --> 00:45:12,334 So, what, then, happened to the piece of paper 900 00:45:12,501 --> 00:45:14,500 on which she had blotted her letters? 901 00:45:16,376 --> 00:45:19,792 But there was a second curious detail about the writing desk. 902 00:45:20,834 --> 00:45:24,875 Perhaps you, Japp, can remember the arrangement of it. 903 00:45:26,792 --> 00:45:28,542 Allow me. 904 00:45:32,751 --> 00:45:35,042 Ink stand and blotting pad in the center, 905 00:45:36,042 --> 00:45:37,334 the pen tray to the left, 906 00:45:38,667 --> 00:45:41,084 the calendar and the quill pen to the right. 907 00:45:43,334 --> 00:45:44,292 Eh bien? 908 00:45:44,459 --> 00:45:45,667 Yes. 909 00:45:46,459 --> 00:45:47,667 Ah, you do not see? 910 00:45:48,751 --> 00:45:51,375 The pens for use were in the pen tray on the left. 911 00:45:53,334 --> 00:45:56,167 Is it not more usual to find the pen tray on the right 912 00:45:57,084 --> 00:45:59,125 more convenient for the right hand? 913 00:45:59,751 --> 00:46:05,709 So I made myself a picture, Japp. 914 00:46:07,917 --> 00:46:10,459 A picture of Miss Plenderleith arriving home 915 00:46:12,167 --> 00:46:13,959 after the weekend. 916 00:46:15,459 --> 00:46:17,875 A picture of Miss Plenderleith opening the door 917 00:46:18,042 --> 00:46:19,834 and finding her friend lying dead, 918 00:46:20,001 --> 00:46:22,042 with the pistol clasped in her hand. 919 00:46:24,959 --> 00:46:26,417 PLENDERLEITH: Barbara? 920 00:46:26,584 --> 00:46:27,584 [ Knock on door ] 921 00:46:27,751 --> 00:46:29,417 POIROT: Her left hand, naturally, 922 00:46:29,584 --> 00:46:31,250 since her friend was left-handed, 923 00:46:31,417 --> 00:46:33,750 in spite of everything Miss Plenderleith has done 924 00:46:33,917 --> 00:46:36,667 to convince us that her friend was right-handed. 925 00:46:38,959 --> 00:46:41,917 There is also a note addressed to you, mademoiselle. 926 00:46:43,126 --> 00:46:45,167 It was, I fancy, a very moving letter 927 00:46:46,667 --> 00:46:48,959 about a young, gentle, unhappy woman... 928 00:46:50,251 --> 00:46:54,917 driven by blackmail to take her own life. 929 00:46:56,292 --> 00:46:59,375 I think almost at once the idea flashed into your head -- 930 00:47:00,626 --> 00:47:02,459 "Let him be punished. " 931 00:47:04,667 --> 00:47:07,834 You take up the note, and the top sheet of blotting paper. 932 00:47:08,376 --> 00:47:11,334 Then you go downstairs and light the fire... 933 00:47:12,917 --> 00:47:16,334 ... and drop both into the flames. 934 00:47:22,292 --> 00:47:25,334 You take the ashtray upstairs to further the illusion 935 00:47:25,876 --> 00:47:29,125 that there were two people sat up there talking. 936 00:47:31,584 --> 00:47:33,084 You also have a lucky break. 937 00:47:34,376 --> 00:47:35,667 You discover a fragment 938 00:47:35,834 --> 00:47:38,584 of Major Eustace's cuff link in the sitting room. 939 00:47:38,917 --> 00:47:40,584 You take that upstairs, too. 940 00:47:41,792 --> 00:47:45,167 You expect that to clinch the matter. 941 00:47:58,042 --> 00:48:00,209 You take the pistol from her left hand. 942 00:48:01,167 --> 00:48:03,875 You wipe it clean and put it back in her left hand. 943 00:48:07,251 --> 00:48:11,667 You bolt the window and lock the door. 944 00:48:12,876 --> 00:48:18,625 There must be no suspicion that you have tampered with the room. 945 00:48:24,626 --> 00:48:25,834 And so it goes on. 946 00:48:27,501 --> 00:48:29,667 Oh, yes, mademoiselle, it was clever, 947 00:48:30,501 --> 00:48:31,834 a very clever murder. 948 00:48:33,751 --> 00:48:36,875 For that is what it was. 949 00:48:38,292 --> 00:48:42,709 The attempted murder of Major Eustace. 950 00:48:44,959 --> 00:48:46,167 It wasn't murder. 951 00:48:46,917 --> 00:48:48,125 It was justice. 952 00:48:48,709 --> 00:48:51,542 That man hounded Barbara to her death -- poor kid -- 953 00:48:54,542 --> 00:48:57,750 just because she got involved with some married man in India 954 00:48:57,917 --> 00:48:59,125 and had a baby. 955 00:49:00,751 --> 00:49:03,292 When the child died, she came back to England. 956 00:49:03,501 --> 00:49:05,792 She met Charles and fell in love with him. 957 00:49:06,042 --> 00:49:06,917 [ Scoffs ] 958 00:49:07,084 --> 00:49:10,250 God knows why, the pompous little tick. 959 00:49:11,667 --> 00:49:14,417 And then that devil Eustace turned up from India. 960 00:49:16,042 --> 00:49:17,959 If you'd read that letter she left me, 961 00:49:18,126 --> 00:49:20,042 you'd understand why I did what I did. 962 00:49:20,209 --> 00:49:21,875 She loved Charles, she said. 963 00:49:22,501 --> 00:49:24,334 She couldn't live without him, 964 00:49:24,626 --> 00:49:27,042 but for his own sake, she mustn't marry him. 965 00:49:27,917 --> 00:49:29,625 She was taking the best way out. 966 00:49:30,209 --> 00:49:31,834 I wish you'd seen that letter. 967 00:49:33,167 --> 00:49:34,459 And you call it murder! 968 00:49:35,209 --> 00:49:36,542 Because it is murder. 969 00:49:37,834 --> 00:49:41,542 The man you wish to trap is already in prison. 970 00:49:42,417 --> 00:49:44,292 Do you really wish to destroy him? 971 00:49:47,126 --> 00:49:49,292 Do you really wish to destroy the life, 972 00:49:49,792 --> 00:49:54,125 the mind of any human being? 973 00:49:58,584 --> 00:49:59,792 No. 974 00:50:00,501 --> 00:50:01,709 No, I don't. 975 00:50:02,709 --> 00:50:03,917 I wish I did. 976 00:50:06,667 --> 00:50:08,917 But I don't. 977 00:50:22,084 --> 00:50:23,375 Well, I'm jiggered. 978 00:50:24,126 --> 00:50:25,334 [ Door closes ] 979 00:50:27,626 --> 00:50:29,584 Not murder disguised as suicide, 980 00:50:30,876 --> 00:50:32,959 but suicide made to look like murder. 981 00:50:35,001 --> 00:50:36,459 And cleverly done, too. 982 00:50:37,334 --> 00:50:39,209 Nothing overemphasized. 983 00:50:40,542 --> 00:50:41,834 [ Gasps ] Wait a minute. 984 00:50:42,001 --> 00:50:43,625 What about the briefcase? 985 00:50:44,209 --> 00:50:45,834 And what about the golf clubs? 986 00:50:46,251 --> 00:50:47,459 Ah. 987 00:50:47,626 --> 00:50:49,375 Well, they were Mrs. Allen's. 988 00:50:50,709 --> 00:50:51,917 You see, Jane Plenderleith 989 00:50:52,084 --> 00:50:54,542 had to convince us that her friend was right-handed 990 00:50:54,709 --> 00:50:57,125 if we were to believe she had been murdered. 991 00:50:57,917 --> 00:51:00,625 But the golf clubs -- they were the left-handed. 992 00:51:02,292 --> 00:51:03,250 Of course! 993 00:51:03,417 --> 00:51:05,500 POIROT: And when she opened the cupboard, 994 00:51:05,667 --> 00:51:08,625 she tried to focus our attention on the wrong object. 995 00:51:08,917 --> 00:51:10,667 So she used the briefcase as a -- 996 00:51:11,459 --> 00:51:13,167 What is it, a bloater? Kipper? 997 00:51:13,876 --> 00:51:14,750 Red herring. 998 00:51:14,917 --> 00:51:16,125 Absolutely. 999 00:51:17,167 --> 00:51:18,417 And now, my friends, 1000 00:51:19,001 --> 00:51:22,459 it is time for me to take you to lunch.