1 00:01:21,084 --> 00:01:22,042 Come on. 2 00:01:22,209 --> 00:01:23,917 You have a go. 3 00:01:42,126 --> 00:01:44,584 �50,000? 4 00:01:44,751 --> 00:01:45,959 �50, 000. 5 00:01:46,334 --> 00:01:48,084 The last letter said �30, 000. 6 00:01:48,667 --> 00:01:50,542 And the one before that, �25,000. 7 00:01:51,542 --> 00:01:53,834 You didn't tell me there was another one. 8 00:01:54,876 --> 00:01:56,500 I didn't take it seriously. 9 00:01:57,001 --> 00:01:58,500 Damn it all, Ada, this is England. 10 00:01:58,667 --> 00:02:00,709 People don't go around kidnapping children! 11 00:02:10,501 --> 00:02:11,709 [ Door slams ] 12 00:02:12,459 --> 00:02:14,584 [ Toy cranking ] 13 00:02:29,251 --> 00:02:31,459 JOHNNIE: Come on, car. Try harder, car. 14 00:02:32,209 --> 00:02:34,417 [ Toy whirring ] 15 00:02:36,542 --> 00:02:37,750 Up. 16 00:02:38,376 --> 00:02:39,584 Oh. 17 00:02:40,209 --> 00:02:43,084 Careful, Mommy. Mind the car. 18 00:02:44,667 --> 00:02:46,709 [ Chuckles ] 19 00:03:14,459 --> 00:03:16,667 � POIROT: Miss Lemon? � Yes, Mr. Poirot? 20 00:03:17,167 --> 00:03:18,375 It is nearly 11:00. 21 00:03:18,959 --> 00:03:21,709 It is important that I have my tisane punctually. 22 00:03:23,167 --> 00:03:24,542 Of course, Mr. Poirot. 23 00:03:25,126 --> 00:03:27,542 It's nearly complete, you see -- my system. 24 00:03:28,542 --> 00:03:29,542 Ah. 25 00:03:29,709 --> 00:03:31,084 Every one of your cases, 26 00:03:31,542 --> 00:03:34,709 classified and cross-referenced five different ways. 27 00:03:35,459 --> 00:03:36,334 Five? 28 00:03:36,501 --> 00:03:37,709 Oh, yes. 29 00:03:37,876 --> 00:03:39,959 In this cabinet, names of witnesses, 30 00:03:42,251 --> 00:03:44,459 in this, name of perpetrator, if known, 31 00:03:44,709 --> 00:03:47,250 victim's trade or profession, type of case -- 32 00:03:48,292 --> 00:03:50,000 abduction, addiction, 33 00:03:50,459 --> 00:03:52,792 adultery, see also under "marriage, " 34 00:03:53,667 --> 00:03:56,084 bigamy, see also under "marriage, " bombs. 35 00:03:56,667 --> 00:03:58,334 See also under "marriage"? 36 00:04:29,167 --> 00:04:32,500 Mr. Waverly to see you, Mr. Poirot. 37 00:04:36,251 --> 00:04:37,875 M. Waverly, good morning. 38 00:04:39,126 --> 00:04:40,334 How do you do? 39 00:04:40,917 --> 00:04:42,292 Thank you, Miss Lemon. 40 00:04:43,292 --> 00:04:45,167 You may now go back to your filing. 41 00:04:47,251 --> 00:04:49,875 Miss Lemon dreams of the perfect filing system 42 00:04:50,667 --> 00:04:54,292 besides which all other filing systems will sink into oblivion. 43 00:04:55,292 --> 00:04:58,542 This morning she is close to the breakthrough. 44 00:05:02,917 --> 00:05:07,292 Now, what brings you to consult Hercule Poirot? 45 00:05:16,292 --> 00:05:17,375 They've accepted me. 46 00:05:17,542 --> 00:05:18,875 � Accepted? � Le Mans. 47 00:05:19,042 --> 00:05:21,625 You remember I was trying to enter the Lagonda. 48 00:05:21,792 --> 00:05:23,667 I got the entry form this morning. 49 00:05:23,917 --> 00:05:25,959 Not that I can make head or tail of it. 50 00:05:26,667 --> 00:05:27,542 How exciting. 51 00:05:27,709 --> 00:05:30,292 There's another Lagonda entered by Tommy Branston. 52 00:05:30,459 --> 00:05:32,125 Have you done racing before? 53 00:05:32,917 --> 00:05:34,292 No. Well, not really. 54 00:05:35,126 --> 00:05:36,459 Who's in with Poirot? 55 00:05:37,334 --> 00:05:38,375 LEMON: A Mr. Waverly. 56 00:05:38,542 --> 00:05:39,750 It's a case. 57 00:05:40,709 --> 00:05:44,667 This morning I received this. 58 00:05:47,334 --> 00:05:49,000 POIROT: "You have not paid. 59 00:05:49,459 --> 00:05:52,750 Your son will be taken from you at 12:00 tomorrow, the 29th. 60 00:05:53,209 --> 00:05:55,500 It will cost you �50, 000 to recover him. " 61 00:05:58,042 --> 00:05:59,875 �50,000? 62 00:06:01,084 --> 00:06:02,584 Damned impertinence. 63 00:06:02,751 --> 00:06:04,792 Well, do you have �50, 000, M. Waverly? 64 00:06:04,959 --> 00:06:07,334 Well, I daresay I might be able to raise it. 65 00:06:08,584 --> 00:06:09,792 I see. 66 00:06:10,917 --> 00:06:13,417 You don't really think they'll do anything, do you? 67 00:06:13,584 --> 00:06:16,334 POIROT: Mais certainement. I see no reason to doubt it. 68 00:06:16,501 --> 00:06:17,500 Good God. 69 00:06:17,667 --> 00:06:19,750 Please allow me to introduce you to Captain Hastings, 70 00:06:19,917 --> 00:06:20,917 an associate of mine. 71 00:06:21,084 --> 00:06:22,125 M. Waverly, a client. 72 00:06:22,292 --> 00:06:23,917 � How do you do? � How do you do? 73 00:06:24,209 --> 00:06:27,750 M. Waverly has received letters threatening to kidnap his son. 74 00:06:28,792 --> 00:06:30,000 Really? 75 00:06:30,751 --> 00:06:31,625 In England? 76 00:06:31,792 --> 00:06:34,834 Could be some band of foreigners, you know, some gang. 77 00:06:36,417 --> 00:06:41,084 These letters give no indication that the writer is a foreigner. 78 00:06:43,334 --> 00:06:45,459 Is there anyone you suspect, M. Waverly? 79 00:06:45,626 --> 00:06:46,834 MARCUS: Good God, no. 80 00:06:47,001 --> 00:06:49,042 No one who might bear you the grudge? 81 00:06:49,459 --> 00:06:50,709 Don't think so. No. 82 00:06:51,667 --> 00:06:52,959 POIROT: Very well. 83 00:06:53,751 --> 00:06:55,750 Poirot must himself intercede. 84 00:06:56,709 --> 00:06:59,500 Have you shown to Scotland Yard this latest letter? 85 00:06:59,667 --> 00:07:01,084 No, I came straight to you. 86 00:07:01,292 --> 00:07:02,667 Didn't see much point. 87 00:07:02,876 --> 00:07:05,084 They didn't seem interested the first time. 88 00:07:05,251 --> 00:07:06,334 POIROT: Oh, I understand your feelings, monsieur, 89 00:07:06,501 --> 00:07:07,875 but now we have once again 90 00:07:08,292 --> 00:07:11,042 to interview the intrepid Chief Inspector Japp. 91 00:07:11,542 --> 00:07:13,834 I don't want to be away from home too long. 92 00:07:15,459 --> 00:07:17,417 Five minutes, no more, M. Waverly, 93 00:07:18,417 --> 00:07:19,625 for me to pack a bag. 94 00:07:20,292 --> 00:07:22,417 And then we shall board the next train, 95 00:07:22,584 --> 00:07:24,667 having seen the inspector on the way. 96 00:07:24,834 --> 00:07:25,792 Oh, I can drive you down. 97 00:07:25,959 --> 00:07:28,750 No, no, mon ami, I would not dream of imposing on you. 98 00:07:28,917 --> 00:07:30,667 Oh, she could do with a bit of a run. 99 00:07:30,834 --> 00:07:32,209 It is not a dog, Hastings. 100 00:07:32,917 --> 00:07:35,834 We'll meet you there this afternoon. 101 00:07:37,792 --> 00:07:40,250 [ Knock on door ] 102 00:07:41,334 --> 00:07:44,875 Miss Lemon, Captain Hastings and I will be away until tomorrow. 103 00:07:45,334 --> 00:07:46,459 Hold the castle. 104 00:07:54,626 --> 00:07:55,834 [ Bells chiming ] 105 00:07:58,167 --> 00:07:59,834 MAN: Chief Inspector Japp can see you now, gentlemen. 106 00:08:00,001 --> 00:08:01,084 POIROT: Ah. 107 00:08:01,251 --> 00:08:03,417 Thank you. 108 00:08:07,251 --> 00:08:08,292 Well, well, well. 109 00:08:08,459 --> 00:08:10,250 Good morning, Chief Inspector. 110 00:08:10,417 --> 00:08:12,292 This is an unexpected pleasure, Mr. Poirot. 111 00:08:12,459 --> 00:08:13,667 Mr. Waverly. 112 00:08:14,584 --> 00:08:16,709 M. Waverly has received another letter. 113 00:08:16,876 --> 00:08:17,750 JAPP: Oh? 114 00:08:17,917 --> 00:08:21,042 POIROT: M. Waverly felt that Scotland Yard was not convinced 115 00:08:21,209 --> 00:08:23,167 about the seriousness of the case. 116 00:08:23,626 --> 00:08:25,459 So he came to you, eh, Mr. Poirot? 117 00:08:26,042 --> 00:08:29,084 M. Waverly is a man of fine judgment and intelligence. 118 00:08:30,584 --> 00:08:32,459 Perhaps this is a serious matter. 119 00:08:33,126 --> 00:08:34,250 You think so, eh? 120 00:08:34,417 --> 00:08:37,917 I think better the safeness than the sorrow, Chief Inspector. 121 00:08:38,834 --> 00:08:40,709 Very true, Mr. Poirot, very true, 122 00:08:41,501 --> 00:08:43,584 if you've got unlimited manpower. 123 00:08:44,167 --> 00:08:46,667 We see a hundred of these every day, Mr. Waverly. 124 00:08:46,834 --> 00:08:49,250 If we was to go chasing about after every one -- 125 00:08:49,417 --> 00:08:51,167 A hundred, Chief Inspector? 126 00:08:52,334 --> 00:08:54,000 Well, perhaps not a hundred. 127 00:08:54,417 --> 00:08:56,417 Mustn't be too literal, Mr. Poirot. 128 00:08:56,584 --> 00:08:57,459 Ah. 129 00:08:57,626 --> 00:08:58,834 Every day? 130 00:09:00,042 --> 00:09:01,334 Every week, anyway. 131 00:09:02,626 --> 00:09:05,959 This is some disaffected employee, some envious neighbor. 132 00:09:06,126 --> 00:09:07,750 We're wasting our time, Mr. Poirot. 133 00:09:07,917 --> 00:09:09,584 No call to take umbrage, Mr. Waverly. 134 00:09:09,751 --> 00:09:11,334 I'm a simple country squire. 135 00:09:11,501 --> 00:09:14,334 I pay my taxes, and I'm used to something in return. 136 00:09:14,917 --> 00:09:16,042 Now I know better. 137 00:09:16,209 --> 00:09:18,375 There are a lot of taxpayers, Mr. Waverly. 138 00:09:18,542 --> 00:09:20,917 There are even quite a lot of country squires. 139 00:09:21,084 --> 00:09:21,959 If we was to -- 140 00:09:22,126 --> 00:09:24,334 You're not only uncooperative, sir. 141 00:09:24,501 --> 00:09:26,209 You're damned offensive. 142 00:09:26,626 --> 00:09:28,125 As you so rightly point out, 143 00:09:29,459 --> 00:09:32,292 you are paying me to exercise my judgment and discretion 144 00:09:32,459 --> 00:09:34,625 as to what is a serious threat to public order and what is not, 145 00:09:34,792 --> 00:09:36,375 and this is not. 146 00:09:39,667 --> 00:09:41,542 Your superior shall hear of this. 147 00:09:42,209 --> 00:09:45,959 I hope he enjoys it as much as I have. 148 00:09:51,001 --> 00:09:52,792 MARCUS: That policeman's a fool. 149 00:09:52,959 --> 00:09:54,042 Ah, no. 150 00:09:54,209 --> 00:09:55,667 Japp is a good policeman. 151 00:09:57,501 --> 00:10:00,542 Prevention of crime is not what policemen are best at. 152 00:10:00,834 --> 00:10:03,917 They would need to have one constable for every citizen 153 00:10:04,209 --> 00:10:05,709 and go everywhere with him. 154 00:10:05,876 --> 00:10:07,917 But fortunately for the human race, 155 00:10:09,209 --> 00:10:13,542 most of us have our own little policeman up here. 156 00:10:14,792 --> 00:10:20,834 But this kidnapper has, perhaps, no little policeman. 157 00:10:52,251 --> 00:10:54,167 Thank you. 158 00:10:55,292 --> 00:10:56,667 C'est magnifique. 159 00:10:57,501 --> 00:10:58,750 This is the new house, 160 00:10:59,251 --> 00:11:01,292 built by an ancestor of mine in 1760, 161 00:11:02,251 --> 00:11:04,500 when the old manor was destroyed by fire. 162 00:11:04,667 --> 00:11:07,292 And you are adding to your kinsman's great work? 163 00:11:07,459 --> 00:11:09,875 No, we embarked on a program of restoration 164 00:11:10,292 --> 00:11:11,542 about five years ago. 165 00:11:11,709 --> 00:11:13,125 We've had to stop for a bit, 166 00:11:13,959 --> 00:11:17,084 but I hope we can get going again soon. 167 00:11:18,209 --> 00:11:21,250 There have been Waverlys in these parts for 400 years. 168 00:11:21,501 --> 00:11:22,375 400? 169 00:11:22,542 --> 00:11:24,709 And this land around here is all yours? 170 00:11:25,459 --> 00:11:27,167 [ Chuckles ] Not anymore. 171 00:11:27,542 --> 00:11:30,292 Used to be, as far as you could see from the roof... 172 00:11:32,001 --> 00:11:35,875 but not anymore. 173 00:11:39,751 --> 00:11:43,042 [ Footsteps approaching ] 174 00:11:47,917 --> 00:11:49,625 ADA: Marcus, you're back. 175 00:11:50,667 --> 00:11:54,084 Ada, this is Mr. Hercules Poirot. 176 00:11:54,834 --> 00:11:56,209 Enchant�, madame. 177 00:11:56,959 --> 00:11:58,334 � Hercule. � What? 178 00:11:59,042 --> 00:12:00,750 Not Hercules, but Hercule. 179 00:12:02,417 --> 00:12:04,334 Oh, quite. Famous detective. 180 00:12:04,959 --> 00:12:06,167 I know. 181 00:12:06,584 --> 00:12:08,625 I'm so glad you're here, Mr. Poirot. 182 00:12:09,376 --> 00:12:10,917 We didn't know where to turn. 183 00:12:11,292 --> 00:12:13,500 The police will apparently do nothing. 184 00:12:14,001 --> 00:12:17,375 One is forced to pay for peace of mind out of one's own pocket. 185 00:12:17,959 --> 00:12:19,709 But Captain Hastings has told me 186 00:12:20,042 --> 00:12:22,209 your charges are quite reasonable. 187 00:12:22,376 --> 00:12:23,542 Indeed? 188 00:12:23,709 --> 00:12:25,584 Oh, well, I didn't specify, of course -- 189 00:12:25,751 --> 00:12:26,750 just in general terms. 190 00:12:26,917 --> 00:12:27,792 Ah. 191 00:12:27,959 --> 00:12:29,750 You have got here with alacrity, my friend. 192 00:12:29,917 --> 00:12:33,000 75 minutes, door to door. Touched 80 on the hog's-back. 193 00:12:33,584 --> 00:12:34,584 [ Chuckles ] 194 00:12:34,751 --> 00:12:36,917 Captain Hastings is besotted by cars. 195 00:12:37,917 --> 00:12:39,417 He was kind enough to tell me 196 00:12:39,834 --> 00:12:42,125 about the 24-hour race he's going in for. 197 00:12:42,626 --> 00:12:45,000 We have serious business here, Hastings. 198 00:12:45,751 --> 00:12:47,292 Let us not lose sight of this. 199 00:12:47,959 --> 00:12:50,042 Oh. Oh, the kidnapping business, you mean. 200 00:12:50,209 --> 00:12:52,250 Yes, I had a word with Mrs. Waverly about that. 201 00:12:52,417 --> 00:12:54,459 I don't think there's too much to worry about. 202 00:12:54,626 --> 00:12:56,750 Work of a crank, those letters, I'd say. 203 00:12:56,917 --> 00:12:59,250 That's very reassuring, Hastings. Thank you. 204 00:12:59,417 --> 00:13:02,125 But we must not try to walk before we can jump, eh? 205 00:13:03,751 --> 00:13:05,584 I will see the house now, M. Waverly. 206 00:13:05,751 --> 00:13:06,625 Oh, by all means. 207 00:13:06,792 --> 00:13:08,500 Well, this is the sitting room -- 208 00:13:08,667 --> 00:13:09,917 opens out onto the terrace, 209 00:13:10,084 --> 00:13:11,792 through the French windows there. 210 00:13:11,959 --> 00:13:12,834 Bon. 211 00:13:13,001 --> 00:13:15,167 And this is the south side of the house, yes? 212 00:13:15,334 --> 00:13:16,209 Exactly. 213 00:13:16,376 --> 00:13:18,459 And this room is communicating... 214 00:13:18,959 --> 00:13:20,667 MARCUS: With the library. 215 00:13:21,001 --> 00:13:22,209 Ah. 216 00:13:22,501 --> 00:13:24,125 Bon. 217 00:13:26,084 --> 00:13:27,459 Thank you, Mr. Poirot. 218 00:13:28,584 --> 00:13:29,459 Thank you. 219 00:13:29,626 --> 00:13:32,917 All will be well, madame. 220 00:13:37,459 --> 00:13:38,667 [ Bell tolling ] 221 00:13:39,084 --> 00:13:41,042 Kidnapping is an easy job, mon ami. 222 00:13:42,542 --> 00:13:44,500 � Easy? � Mais certainement. 223 00:13:45,292 --> 00:13:47,917 That child could have been abducted at any time 224 00:13:49,417 --> 00:13:51,250 since his birth, oh, 4 years ago? 225 00:13:52,459 --> 00:13:54,959 Well, I don't see that that advances us much. 226 00:13:55,126 --> 00:13:56,250 Au contraire. 227 00:13:56,417 --> 00:13:58,917 It advances us enormously, but enormously. 228 00:14:00,667 --> 00:14:03,625 We must ask ourselves why they make things difficult 229 00:14:05,501 --> 00:14:09,625 by warning the Waverlys. 230 00:14:19,292 --> 00:14:22,375 Oh, some cases are simple, and some are tr�s compliqu�. 231 00:14:24,084 --> 00:14:25,584 But all are of interest, eh, 232 00:14:26,917 --> 00:14:28,750 because all, you understand, 233 00:14:29,042 --> 00:14:31,875 rest solely on the character of the participants. 234 00:14:33,376 --> 00:14:34,584 Certainly. 235 00:14:35,876 --> 00:14:37,084 Forgive me. 236 00:14:37,876 --> 00:14:40,084 It's difficult to make casual conversation 237 00:14:40,251 --> 00:14:42,459 � when tomorrow we may... � [ Door opens ] 238 00:14:43,126 --> 00:14:45,209 He's ready for bed now, Mrs. Waverly. 239 00:14:45,751 --> 00:14:46,834 Say good night, Johnnie. 240 00:14:47,001 --> 00:14:49,959 HASTINGS: Ah, so this is the famous Johnnie Waverly. 241 00:14:50,584 --> 00:14:51,917 Good night, old chap. 242 00:14:52,126 --> 00:14:53,000 My car. 243 00:14:53,167 --> 00:14:54,792 I say. That's rather fine. 244 00:14:56,042 --> 00:14:57,125 You see, Hastings? 245 00:14:57,292 --> 00:14:58,500 A fellow enthusiast. 246 00:14:58,667 --> 00:15:00,167 [ Chuckles ] 247 00:15:02,209 --> 00:15:03,625 Come and tuck me up, Mommy. 248 00:15:04,167 --> 00:15:06,042 I'll come up in a minute, darling. 249 00:15:06,751 --> 00:15:08,292 Thank you, Mrs. Withers. 250 00:15:08,542 --> 00:15:09,875 Good night. 251 00:15:10,042 --> 00:15:12,084 Good night. 252 00:15:17,792 --> 00:15:19,709 [ Cries ] 253 00:15:21,209 --> 00:15:22,209 Darling. 254 00:15:26,292 --> 00:15:27,500 Come on, darling. 255 00:15:27,834 --> 00:15:29,042 It'll be all right. 256 00:15:29,459 --> 00:15:31,750 Certainly, it will be all right, madame. 257 00:15:32,834 --> 00:15:36,209 At noon tomorrow, Johnnie will be surrounded by his friend, 258 00:15:36,709 --> 00:15:38,209 by his mother, his father, 259 00:15:39,417 --> 00:15:40,625 Hastings... 260 00:15:41,542 --> 00:15:42,750 by Poirot. 261 00:15:44,667 --> 00:15:48,750 No one will kidnap Johnnie Waverly. 262 00:15:57,167 --> 00:15:59,500 [ Rapid footsteps ] 263 00:16:18,459 --> 00:16:20,750 [ Door closes ] 264 00:16:36,376 --> 00:16:37,750 MARCUS: It's Mrs. Waverly. 265 00:16:37,917 --> 00:16:38,875 She's been taken ill. 266 00:16:39,042 --> 00:16:41,250 Suddenly woke up with dreadful cramps. 267 00:16:41,501 --> 00:16:43,292 � Doctor's with her now. � Cramps? 268 00:16:43,459 --> 00:16:45,292 MARCUS: It must be something she's eaten. 269 00:16:45,459 --> 00:16:46,542 I'm sorry. 270 00:16:46,709 --> 00:16:49,167 I'm sorry if we woke you. 271 00:17:26,501 --> 00:17:27,709 Ah. 272 00:17:28,834 --> 00:17:30,042 Bonjour, mon ami. 273 00:17:30,667 --> 00:17:31,875 You slept well? 274 00:17:32,292 --> 00:17:33,417 Fine. 275 00:17:33,584 --> 00:17:34,792 Excellent. 276 00:17:35,626 --> 00:17:38,250 And now we enjoy the famous English breakfast. 277 00:17:39,251 --> 00:17:41,167 HASTINGS: Well, you may. 278 00:17:42,917 --> 00:17:44,667 What are you having, Hastings? 279 00:17:44,834 --> 00:17:46,417 Well, I think it's kedgeree. 280 00:17:46,584 --> 00:17:47,459 Certainly rice. 281 00:17:47,626 --> 00:17:51,000 I can't find anything else in it. 282 00:17:54,209 --> 00:17:57,334 But, Hastings, where is this famous English breakfast? 283 00:17:57,501 --> 00:18:00,042 Well, didn't you notice at dinner last night? 284 00:18:00,251 --> 00:18:03,000 Just one potato each -- not a big one -- one cutlet. 285 00:18:03,626 --> 00:18:05,917 Ah, mais oui, but from an English dinner, 286 00:18:06,417 --> 00:18:07,625 one expects no more. 287 00:18:07,792 --> 00:18:09,000 But breakfast? 288 00:18:09,542 --> 00:18:12,000 I wonder if they're not short of money, you know? 289 00:18:12,167 --> 00:18:14,292 The fire wasn't lit in my room last night. 290 00:18:14,459 --> 00:18:15,667 [ Gasps lightly ] 291 00:18:15,876 --> 00:18:18,500 MARCUS: Well, get them here now, this instant, 292 00:18:19,417 --> 00:18:21,292 every man jack of them, Tredwell! 293 00:18:21,501 --> 00:18:23,042 TREDWELL: Very good, sir. 294 00:18:23,209 --> 00:18:24,417 Oh, good morning. 295 00:18:26,251 --> 00:18:27,167 Bonjour, M. Waverly. 296 00:18:27,334 --> 00:18:29,250 And how is Mme. Waverly this morning? 297 00:18:29,417 --> 00:18:30,709 MARCUS: She's still weak. 298 00:18:30,876 --> 00:18:32,625 She won't be able to get up today. 299 00:18:32,792 --> 00:18:34,875 But there's worse. 300 00:18:36,459 --> 00:18:38,000 Look at this. 301 00:18:39,667 --> 00:18:40,875 In my own bedroom. 302 00:18:41,876 --> 00:18:42,750 I went for my bath. 303 00:18:42,917 --> 00:18:44,292 I wasn't more than 10 minutes. 304 00:18:44,459 --> 00:18:47,000 When I got back, there it was, pinned to my pillow. 305 00:18:47,167 --> 00:18:49,250 Just three words -- "At twelve o'clock." 306 00:18:49,417 --> 00:18:50,542 The nerve of the fellow. 307 00:18:50,709 --> 00:18:51,917 Precisely! 308 00:18:52,459 --> 00:18:54,292 There's a traitor somewhere. 309 00:18:54,709 --> 00:18:55,959 Someone on my staff. 310 00:18:57,334 --> 00:18:59,250 Well, I know a trick worth two of that. 311 00:18:59,417 --> 00:19:00,667 What are you going to do? 312 00:19:00,834 --> 00:19:01,834 Sack them. 313 00:19:02,001 --> 00:19:03,209 Sack the lot of them. 314 00:19:04,001 --> 00:19:06,084 Unless one of them owns up, of course. 315 00:19:06,417 --> 00:19:08,042 Tredwell will stay, of course. 316 00:19:08,209 --> 00:19:09,959 He's been here since I was a boy. 317 00:19:10,459 --> 00:19:11,417 And Miss Collins. 318 00:19:11,584 --> 00:19:13,042 I'm sorry. Miss Collins? 319 00:19:13,209 --> 00:19:16,250 MARCUS: My wife's secretary. Nothing wrong with her. 320 00:19:16,626 --> 00:19:17,834 My God. 321 00:19:18,834 --> 00:19:20,209 I can't abide a traitor! 322 00:19:20,876 --> 00:19:22,084 [ Knock on door ] 323 00:19:22,417 --> 00:19:24,584 The staff are assembled, Mr. Waverly. 324 00:19:25,084 --> 00:19:26,375 Thank you, Tredwell. 325 00:19:26,542 --> 00:19:28,584 M. Waverly, I ask you to reconsider. 326 00:19:30,251 --> 00:19:31,542 The emptier a house is, 327 00:19:31,834 --> 00:19:35,042 the easier it will be for a miscreant to move about unseen. 328 00:19:35,376 --> 00:19:36,542 MARCUS: Nonsense. 329 00:19:36,709 --> 00:19:40,000 Mr. Poirot, you stick to your job, and I shall stick to mine. 330 00:19:40,376 --> 00:19:41,750 Then we shan't fall out. 331 00:19:41,917 --> 00:19:43,167 But to empty your house 332 00:19:43,334 --> 00:19:45,792 a few hours before the threatened abduction 333 00:19:45,959 --> 00:19:48,000 seems to me to be the height of folly. 334 00:19:48,376 --> 00:19:49,584 How dare you, sir? 335 00:19:50,292 --> 00:19:51,500 You call me a fool? 336 00:19:52,292 --> 00:19:54,917 I'm doing what I consider best for the defense of my son. 337 00:19:55,084 --> 00:19:56,750 Allow me to be the judge of that. 338 00:19:56,917 --> 00:19:58,792 I cannot prevent you, monsieur. 339 00:19:59,417 --> 00:20:02,000 Quite. 340 00:20:09,459 --> 00:20:13,167 He is stubborn, that one, Hastings. 341 00:20:33,834 --> 00:20:35,792 Mon Dieu, wonders will never stop. 342 00:20:37,792 --> 00:20:39,417 The Chief Inspector Japp. 343 00:20:40,876 --> 00:20:42,292 Line up in a straight line. 344 00:20:44,042 --> 00:20:46,084 A change of heart, Chief Inspector? 345 00:20:46,542 --> 00:20:48,584 Yes, you might say that, Mr. Poirot. 346 00:20:49,126 --> 00:20:51,250 Or you might say I don't want to see some poor amateur 347 00:20:51,417 --> 00:20:52,292 get himself in a fix. 348 00:20:52,459 --> 00:20:54,875 Ah, you are too kind, Chief Inspector Japp. 349 00:20:55,459 --> 00:20:57,667 Your great heart will be your downfall. 350 00:20:58,209 --> 00:20:59,375 True, true. 351 00:20:59,542 --> 00:21:02,167 Now, then, where's the simple country squire? 352 00:21:04,001 --> 00:21:06,875 You will find him in the hall, sacking all his staff. 353 00:21:08,376 --> 00:21:09,459 Oh, dear. 354 00:21:09,626 --> 00:21:11,250 Got out of bed the wrong side, did he? 355 00:21:11,417 --> 00:21:12,625 Perhaps. 356 00:21:13,251 --> 00:21:15,042 Bonne chance. 357 00:21:21,501 --> 00:21:25,209 MARCUS: One of you is responsible. 358 00:21:26,167 --> 00:21:28,542 I expect an answer. 359 00:21:31,084 --> 00:21:33,875 [ Clock chimes ] 360 00:21:35,292 --> 00:21:36,500 Well? 361 00:21:37,959 --> 00:21:40,000 I'm waiting. 362 00:21:42,042 --> 00:21:43,250 Not too fast, mind. 363 00:21:43,751 --> 00:21:45,500 Don't worry. I won't go over 80. 364 00:21:46,626 --> 00:21:47,834 Kilometers? 365 00:21:48,834 --> 00:21:50,334 Miles. 366 00:21:51,001 --> 00:21:54,292 Whatever happens, Hastings, we must be back before 12: 00. 367 00:21:55,167 --> 00:21:57,042 I will not be treated in this manner. 368 00:21:57,209 --> 00:21:58,750 There is nothing more to be said, Mrs. Withers. 369 00:21:58,917 --> 00:22:00,709 There is a great deal more to be said, Mr. Waverly. 370 00:22:00,876 --> 00:22:01,959 I will not -- 371 00:22:02,126 --> 00:22:03,209 You may pack your bag 372 00:22:03,376 --> 00:22:05,834 and collect a week's wages from Miss Collins. 373 00:22:06,001 --> 00:22:08,167 And what am I supposed to tell Johnnie? 374 00:22:09,001 --> 00:22:10,500 You will say nothing to him. 375 00:22:11,376 --> 00:22:13,750 He is in Miss Collins' care for the moment. 376 00:22:14,709 --> 00:22:16,459 You may go, Mrs. Withers. 377 00:22:23,042 --> 00:22:24,042 What are you doing here? 378 00:22:24,209 --> 00:22:25,250 Morning, Mr. Waverly. 379 00:22:25,417 --> 00:22:27,209 I've brought some men down with me. 380 00:22:27,376 --> 00:22:29,250 I'll disperse them around the house, 381 00:22:29,417 --> 00:22:30,917 if that's agreeable to you, sir. 382 00:22:31,084 --> 00:22:34,250 You were doing the building work up at Waverly, were you? 383 00:22:34,501 --> 00:22:35,584 Will be again soon. 384 00:22:35,751 --> 00:22:37,709 [ Chuckles ] So he keeps telling me. 385 00:22:38,126 --> 00:22:40,000 Ted. I'll believe it when I see it. 386 00:22:40,417 --> 00:22:43,792 I don't reckon she cares about the house, that sort of thing. 387 00:22:44,626 --> 00:22:45,750 � Really? � No. 388 00:22:45,917 --> 00:22:49,209 The whole place could fall down, as far as she's concerned. 389 00:22:50,126 --> 00:22:51,667 She's the one with the money, 390 00:22:52,751 --> 00:22:55,584 though you'd never know it, the way she carries on. 391 00:22:55,834 --> 00:22:57,042 Ted. 392 00:22:59,126 --> 00:23:00,834 Right, one man at the head of the path 393 00:23:01,001 --> 00:23:02,334 that leads to the stables there. 394 00:23:02,501 --> 00:23:03,750 Right. Beacham, at the head of the stables. 395 00:23:03,917 --> 00:23:04,792 Sir. 396 00:23:04,959 --> 00:23:06,875 One man by the main door, of course. 397 00:23:07,042 --> 00:23:09,250 � Osborne, by the front door. � Yes, Sergeant. 398 00:23:09,417 --> 00:23:10,750 Two on the perimeter. 399 00:23:11,709 --> 00:23:13,459 � George, Smith. � Yes, sir. 400 00:23:13,626 --> 00:23:15,042 And a couple here by the... 401 00:23:15,251 --> 00:23:17,625 � Servants' quarters? � JAPP: That's it. 402 00:23:22,542 --> 00:23:24,500 WOMAN: And scrambled eggs, was it? 403 00:23:24,751 --> 00:23:27,292 Mais certainement, and the little sausages? 404 00:23:27,542 --> 00:23:29,542 � Oh, yes, sir. � Deviled kidneys? 405 00:23:29,709 --> 00:23:31,667 Kidneys, yes. What about bacon? 406 00:23:31,876 --> 00:23:33,292 � Crisp. � Of course. 407 00:23:34,251 --> 00:23:36,209 And tea? Or a nice pint of home brew? 408 00:23:37,376 --> 00:23:38,667 Beer for breakfast? 409 00:23:39,709 --> 00:23:40,959 Two pints, please. 410 00:23:41,334 --> 00:23:43,750 But, Hastings, we've got to be back before 12:00. 411 00:23:43,917 --> 00:23:45,834 Plenty of time. 412 00:23:47,709 --> 00:23:50,500 Right you are, gentlemen. 413 00:23:51,542 --> 00:23:53,375 What an admirable young woman. 414 00:23:54,126 --> 00:23:57,667 So, Hastings, the renovations at Waverly Court will continue. 415 00:23:59,542 --> 00:24:02,167 I didn't trust that builder, you know, Poirot. 416 00:24:02,334 --> 00:24:04,375 Seems to me he resents the Waverlys. 417 00:24:04,584 --> 00:24:06,834 Perhaps. 418 00:24:14,584 --> 00:24:19,459 HASTINGS: went to mow a meadow 419 00:24:19,626 --> 00:24:22,375 POIROT: went to mow a meadow 420 00:24:24,209 --> 00:24:28,417 HASTINGS: 421 00:24:28,584 --> 00:24:32,750 went to mow a meadow 422 00:24:32,917 --> 00:24:35,334 went to mow a meadow 423 00:24:37,001 --> 00:24:40,417 424 00:24:41,251 --> 00:24:42,375 [ Laughing ] Good! 425 00:24:42,542 --> 00:24:44,917 went to mow a meadow 426 00:24:46,834 --> 00:24:47,709 427 00:24:47,876 --> 00:24:49,250 [ Engine sputters ] 428 00:24:49,626 --> 00:24:50,917 429 00:24:51,834 --> 00:24:53,375 [ Engine sputtering ] 430 00:24:55,042 --> 00:24:57,709 [ Rattling ] 431 00:25:04,834 --> 00:25:06,542 Johnnie will be in here with me, 432 00:25:07,126 --> 00:25:09,167 with perhaps you here by the windows 433 00:25:09,959 --> 00:25:12,375 and Poirot guarding the door into the hall. 434 00:25:12,542 --> 00:25:13,709 I don't know about that, sir. 435 00:25:13,876 --> 00:25:15,375 If there was to be any rough stuff, 436 00:25:15,542 --> 00:25:16,584 I don't know as Mr. Poirot 437 00:25:16,751 --> 00:25:18,417 would be the first person I'd think of. 438 00:25:18,584 --> 00:25:19,792 Brain work -- yes. 439 00:25:20,042 --> 00:25:21,584 Rough stuff -- dubious. 440 00:25:21,834 --> 00:25:24,000 What about his colleague -- Hastings? 441 00:25:24,167 --> 00:25:26,000 That would be more like it, sir. 442 00:25:29,792 --> 00:25:31,084 Do you know what I think? 443 00:25:31,292 --> 00:25:33,417 I think someone's tampered with this. 444 00:25:33,584 --> 00:25:36,792 Someone's tampered with this to keep us out of the way. 445 00:25:38,626 --> 00:25:41,584 How would they have known we were going to use the car? 446 00:25:41,751 --> 00:25:43,250 Ah. 447 00:25:45,417 --> 00:25:46,625 [ Ticking ] 448 00:25:48,626 --> 00:25:50,750 � AVA: Carefully. � [ Cat purring ] 449 00:25:51,167 --> 00:25:52,584 Gently now, Johnnie. 450 00:25:52,751 --> 00:25:54,000 Stroke her gently. 451 00:25:55,001 --> 00:25:56,209 She likes it. 452 00:25:56,751 --> 00:25:58,459 [ Chuckles ] She likes you. 453 00:26:00,251 --> 00:26:02,084 [ Door opens ] 454 00:26:05,709 --> 00:26:07,792 And how are you feeling now, darling? 455 00:26:08,001 --> 00:26:09,292 Oh, I feel heaps better. 456 00:26:09,459 --> 00:26:11,125 Must have been something I ate. 457 00:26:11,292 --> 00:26:13,250 Well, you just stay in bed and rest. 458 00:26:13,709 --> 00:26:16,084 I'm going to take Johnnie down with me now. 459 00:26:16,501 --> 00:26:17,709 Why can't he stay? 460 00:26:18,751 --> 00:26:20,959 Well, he'll be happier downstairs. 461 00:26:22,126 --> 00:26:25,667 Miss Collins can stay with you. 462 00:26:30,251 --> 00:26:32,000 � Bye-bye, darling. � Bye-bye. 463 00:26:32,167 --> 00:26:33,417 Come on. Up you come. 464 00:26:34,334 --> 00:26:35,334 Sure you don't need me? 465 00:26:35,501 --> 00:26:36,375 MARCUS: No, no. 466 00:26:36,542 --> 00:26:39,417 You keep Mrs. Waverly company just for half an hour. 467 00:26:39,834 --> 00:26:40,709 Bye, Mommy. 468 00:26:40,876 --> 00:26:41,750 Bye. 469 00:26:41,917 --> 00:26:43,875 [ Door closes ] 470 00:26:46,334 --> 00:26:48,542 Well, it's not the carburetor, anyway. 471 00:26:48,834 --> 00:26:50,750 POIROT: This is not what I long to hear, Hastings. 472 00:26:50,917 --> 00:26:51,792 Eh? 473 00:26:51,959 --> 00:26:54,459 I want to hear what it was, not what it was not. 474 00:26:58,542 --> 00:27:01,584 Better still, I want to hear the motor! 475 00:27:05,959 --> 00:27:08,417 And two blasts on the whistle if anyone's apprehended. 476 00:27:08,584 --> 00:27:09,459 Right, sir. 477 00:27:09,626 --> 00:27:11,209 � The men all in position? � Yes, sir. 478 00:27:11,376 --> 00:27:12,500 Where the hell is Poirot? 479 00:27:12,667 --> 00:27:15,542 They went out in the car, sir, just as I was arriving. 480 00:27:15,876 --> 00:27:17,834 Right, Sergeant. Keep the men on their toes. 481 00:27:18,001 --> 00:27:19,167 In the car? 482 00:27:19,334 --> 00:27:21,209 Do you know where they were going? 483 00:27:21,501 --> 00:27:23,917 They didn't confide in me, sir, I'm afraid. 484 00:27:24,792 --> 00:27:25,834 Huh. 485 00:27:46,584 --> 00:27:48,542 [ Toy cranking ] 486 00:28:05,334 --> 00:28:07,709 [ Horn honks ] 487 00:28:11,209 --> 00:28:13,834 [ Rattling ] 488 00:28:18,001 --> 00:28:19,209 Vroom vroom! 489 00:28:19,709 --> 00:28:20,917 Beep beep beep! 490 00:28:21,709 --> 00:28:22,792 Vroom vroom! 491 00:28:22,959 --> 00:28:27,250 Vroom! Beep beep! 492 00:28:38,167 --> 00:28:39,917 [ Chuckles ] 493 00:29:57,292 --> 00:29:59,542 [ Clock chiming ] 494 00:30:14,834 --> 00:30:16,209 [ Whistle blowing ] 495 00:30:16,917 --> 00:30:18,584 MAN: He's right over there! 496 00:30:18,751 --> 00:30:19,792 Right! Come on! 497 00:30:19,959 --> 00:30:22,042 � [ Knock on door ] � We've got him, sir! 498 00:30:22,376 --> 00:30:24,917 We've got him -- sneaking through the bushes. 499 00:30:25,167 --> 00:30:26,875 [ Indistinct shouting ] 500 00:30:28,959 --> 00:30:32,792 He's got the whole dope outfit on him. 501 00:30:37,292 --> 00:30:40,375 Look at this, sir. 502 00:30:42,209 --> 00:30:43,584 Do you know this man, sir? 503 00:30:43,959 --> 00:30:45,209 Never set eyes on him. 504 00:30:45,459 --> 00:30:47,042 Here's a pretty parcel, if you like -- 505 00:30:47,209 --> 00:30:49,625 bottle of chloroform, cotton-wool pad, 506 00:30:49,792 --> 00:30:51,500 and a letter addressed to you, Mr. Waverly. 507 00:30:51,667 --> 00:30:53,459 I don't know anything about this. 508 00:30:53,626 --> 00:30:54,959 I was given that to deliver. 509 00:30:55,126 --> 00:30:56,000 JAPP: Who by? 510 00:30:56,167 --> 00:30:58,667 By a gentleman, a gentleman I met on the road. 511 00:31:00,667 --> 00:31:02,125 "You should have paid up. 512 00:31:03,042 --> 00:31:05,542 To ransom your son will now cost you �70, 000. 513 00:31:07,709 --> 00:31:09,584 In spite of all your precautions, 514 00:31:10,584 --> 00:31:13,459 he has been abducted at 12:00 on the 29th, as I said." 515 00:31:14,834 --> 00:31:15,709 [ Scoffs ] 516 00:31:15,876 --> 00:31:17,542 I should have paid up, should I? 517 00:31:17,709 --> 00:31:19,125 [ Vehicle approaching ] 518 00:31:19,292 --> 00:31:21,625 � You think you could -- � [ Horn honking ] 519 00:31:27,501 --> 00:31:28,709 Johnnie. 520 00:31:30,251 --> 00:31:32,209 [ Clock chiming ] 521 00:31:39,709 --> 00:31:40,917 12: 00. 522 00:31:42,834 --> 00:31:44,042 [ Whistle blows ] 523 00:31:44,209 --> 00:31:45,084 Come on. 524 00:31:45,251 --> 00:31:46,334 Come on, you. 525 00:31:46,501 --> 00:31:48,667 [ Indistinct shouting ] 526 00:32:16,292 --> 00:32:17,500 [ Sighs ] 527 00:32:17,876 --> 00:32:19,125 Mon Dieu, the agony. 528 00:32:21,501 --> 00:32:24,459 MARCUS: Are you going to do something, or are you not? 529 00:32:25,626 --> 00:32:28,042 When the time comes to act, Poirot will act. 530 00:32:31,001 --> 00:32:32,042 [ Sighs ] 531 00:32:32,209 --> 00:32:35,292 A pleasing little problem, huh, obscure and charming. 532 00:32:37,501 --> 00:32:38,750 Someone fools us all 533 00:32:39,167 --> 00:32:41,875 simply by putting the clock forward 10 minutes. 534 00:32:42,917 --> 00:32:44,125 "Pleasing"? 535 00:32:45,209 --> 00:32:46,417 "Charming"? 536 00:32:47,209 --> 00:32:48,875 My child has been kidnapped. 537 00:32:49,501 --> 00:32:51,209 Ah, oui, madame, but he is safe. 538 00:32:54,292 --> 00:32:55,834 Rest assured, those miscreants 539 00:32:56,001 --> 00:32:57,959 will take the greatest care of him. 540 00:32:58,126 --> 00:33:00,625 Is he not to them the goose that lays the golden egg? 541 00:33:00,792 --> 00:33:02,084 [ Knock on door, door opens ] 542 00:33:02,251 --> 00:33:06,042 Nobody's seen hide nor hair of that car. 543 00:33:07,959 --> 00:33:10,250 I've given the Surrey police a full description, 544 00:33:10,417 --> 00:33:12,750 but he'll probably switch cars as soon as he can 545 00:33:12,917 --> 00:33:14,375 or go to earth somewhere. 546 00:33:14,542 --> 00:33:16,709 And what about the ruffian you caught? 547 00:33:17,084 --> 00:33:18,792 Name's Joe Rogers -- so he says. 548 00:33:19,167 --> 00:33:21,209 He's sticking to his story, anyhow. 549 00:33:21,709 --> 00:33:23,375 Perhaps Poirot can move him. 550 00:33:25,001 --> 00:33:27,084 Ah, with all due respect, Mr. Poirot, 551 00:33:28,042 --> 00:33:30,250 if my lads can't shift him... 552 00:33:37,834 --> 00:33:39,042 Poirot shall act. 553 00:33:40,751 --> 00:33:42,209 Ah, Captain Hastings. 554 00:33:44,876 --> 00:33:46,667 The voiture -- it is recovered? 555 00:33:46,834 --> 00:33:50,042 Damn thing was out of petrol. The gauge is stuck at "full. " 556 00:33:50,542 --> 00:33:52,750 Come. We have work to do. The boy is gone. 557 00:33:53,001 --> 00:33:55,917 I know. One of the bobbies told me. 558 00:34:02,917 --> 00:34:04,209 Bonjour, M. Rogers. 559 00:34:04,542 --> 00:34:05,417 Yeah. 560 00:34:05,584 --> 00:34:07,542 He's saying "good day, " you ignorant man. 561 00:34:07,709 --> 00:34:08,917 Mm. 562 00:34:10,834 --> 00:34:12,292 I would like you, please, 563 00:34:12,626 --> 00:34:14,834 to tell me your story again, monsieur -- 564 00:34:15,917 --> 00:34:18,417 how you came into possession of the package. 565 00:34:20,417 --> 00:34:22,167 ROGERS: Oh, I told him all that. 566 00:34:22,626 --> 00:34:23,834 Tell me. 567 00:34:24,459 --> 00:34:26,250 Well, this geezer give it to me, didn't he? 568 00:34:26,417 --> 00:34:27,334 Did he? 569 00:34:27,501 --> 00:34:28,584 Well, I just told you. 570 00:34:28,751 --> 00:34:30,584 And what did he say, this geezer? 571 00:34:33,042 --> 00:34:34,792 He said I was to take the package 572 00:34:35,042 --> 00:34:37,000 and to deliver it to the big house -- 573 00:34:37,251 --> 00:34:38,709 "at the side door, " he said. 574 00:34:38,876 --> 00:34:40,959 Well, he gave me a 10-bob note, he did. 575 00:34:41,251 --> 00:34:43,959 He said I was to deliver it at 10 to 12:00, spot on. 576 00:34:44,709 --> 00:34:47,084 And what time did you meet him? Do you know? 577 00:34:47,709 --> 00:34:49,084 Yeah, I do, as it happens. 578 00:34:49,584 --> 00:34:51,625 It was a quarter past 10:00. 579 00:34:53,584 --> 00:34:55,042 And can you describe him? 580 00:34:57,001 --> 00:34:59,417 Well, there was something queer about him. 581 00:35:00,501 --> 00:35:02,792 He wasn't tall -- well, no taller nor me -- 582 00:35:03,042 --> 00:35:04,250 and he wore a 'tache. 583 00:35:04,792 --> 00:35:06,834 � POIROT: 'Tache? � Mustache. 584 00:35:07,209 --> 00:35:08,084 Ah. 585 00:35:08,251 --> 00:35:11,000 And he was all dressed up in a sort of gray uniform, 586 00:35:11,626 --> 00:35:13,000 with leggings and a cap. 587 00:35:13,501 --> 00:35:15,375 � Like a chauffeur, you mean? � Ah. 588 00:35:16,084 --> 00:35:17,292 How old a man was he? 589 00:35:17,876 --> 00:35:19,084 Oh, I don't know. 590 00:35:19,501 --> 00:35:20,792 It's funny, though. 591 00:35:21,292 --> 00:35:22,750 His voice was queer, too. 592 00:35:24,042 --> 00:35:24,959 You know what? 593 00:35:25,126 --> 00:35:27,959 You know that fellow running around here in a monkey suit, 594 00:35:28,126 --> 00:35:29,000 the toffee-nosed one? 595 00:35:29,167 --> 00:35:30,792 The toffee-nosed -- monkey suit? 596 00:35:30,959 --> 00:35:33,167 ROGERS: You know, is he the butler or something? 597 00:35:33,334 --> 00:35:34,834 Anyway, if he was to have a son, 598 00:35:35,001 --> 00:35:37,834 that's just what this geezer would have looked like. 599 00:35:39,917 --> 00:35:41,167 Like M. Tredwell's son? 600 00:35:41,334 --> 00:35:43,417 JAPP: Don't get excited, Mr. Poirot. 601 00:35:43,626 --> 00:35:46,167 M. Tredwell was with Mr. Waverly every minute 602 00:35:46,376 --> 00:35:47,875 between 10:00 and half-past. 603 00:35:48,042 --> 00:35:50,000 I got that from Mr. Waverly already. 604 00:35:50,167 --> 00:35:52,667 But has M. Tredwell got a son? 605 00:35:57,209 --> 00:36:00,084 Well, some other explanation will present itself. 606 00:36:01,001 --> 00:36:02,209 Thank you, M. Japp. 607 00:36:02,501 --> 00:36:04,125 You have been most helpful. 608 00:36:04,584 --> 00:36:05,792 And you, M. Rogers. 609 00:36:07,126 --> 00:36:08,750 Oh, well, thanks very much. 610 00:36:09,376 --> 00:36:11,250 Never you mind about that, my lad. 611 00:36:11,417 --> 00:36:13,417 I'm taking you down the local lockup. 612 00:36:13,584 --> 00:36:15,250 � What's the charge? � Vagrancy. 613 00:36:15,417 --> 00:36:16,542 But you can't do that. 614 00:36:16,709 --> 00:36:18,167 I've got 10 bob in my pocket. 615 00:36:18,334 --> 00:36:20,209 Tell the magistrate all about it. 616 00:36:20,626 --> 00:36:22,042 Come on, lads. 617 00:36:25,917 --> 00:36:28,667 I'm going back to London to organize a search there. 618 00:36:28,834 --> 00:36:31,334 The answer is here, my friend, not in London. 619 00:36:32,292 --> 00:36:35,250 That's as may be, Mr. Poirot, but the boy's in London. 620 00:36:36,167 --> 00:36:37,417 I'll lay odds on that. 621 00:36:37,792 --> 00:36:38,792 Good day to you. 622 00:37:00,792 --> 00:37:02,250 Ah, M. Tredwell, come in. 623 00:37:03,751 --> 00:37:04,959 Come in and sit down. 624 00:37:06,542 --> 00:37:09,625 I would prefer to stand, sir, if it's all the same to you. 625 00:37:10,126 --> 00:37:12,500 By all means. 626 00:37:13,751 --> 00:37:16,042 You have worked here for many years, huh? 627 00:37:16,917 --> 00:37:17,959 30 years, sir. 628 00:37:18,126 --> 00:37:19,667 I came as an under-footman. 629 00:37:19,834 --> 00:37:22,542 Of course, there was a much larger staff in those days. 630 00:37:22,709 --> 00:37:23,584 I see. 631 00:37:23,751 --> 00:37:25,959 So, if anyone knows the family secrets, 632 00:37:26,292 --> 00:37:27,459 it would be you, n'est-ce pas? 633 00:37:28,542 --> 00:37:31,709 I am sure, sir, there are no secrets in the Waverly family. 634 00:37:31,876 --> 00:37:33,209 POIROT: Of course not. 635 00:37:33,376 --> 00:37:35,542 Mr. Waverly is the most upright of men, 636 00:37:36,251 --> 00:37:37,792 he and his father before him. 637 00:37:38,126 --> 00:37:39,417 POIROT: Of course. 638 00:37:39,626 --> 00:37:40,834 And Mme. Waverly? 639 00:37:41,626 --> 00:37:43,000 A happy marriage, huh? 640 00:37:43,751 --> 00:37:46,167 I'm sure, sir. Mrs. Waverly is a fine woman. 641 00:37:47,959 --> 00:37:49,709 Of course, she has made changes. 642 00:37:51,042 --> 00:37:52,875 This is not the sort of establishment 643 00:37:53,042 --> 00:37:55,250 that she was brought up to, for all her money. 644 00:37:55,417 --> 00:37:56,625 Quite. 645 00:37:57,459 --> 00:37:58,709 But -- [ Chuckles ] 646 00:37:59,126 --> 00:38:02,542 Well, I think she's beginning to appreciate the Waverly way. 647 00:38:03,751 --> 00:38:06,500 Miss Collins, can I ask you about the boy's nurse? 648 00:38:06,667 --> 00:38:09,042 She'd only been here for about six months. 649 00:38:09,209 --> 00:38:10,250 Was she trustworthy? 650 00:38:10,417 --> 00:38:12,334 Eminently, I should have thought. 651 00:38:12,501 --> 00:38:16,000 And she'd left the house by the time of the kidnapping, anyway. 652 00:38:17,292 --> 00:38:18,875 Quite so, quite so. 653 00:38:19,626 --> 00:38:22,459 But she may have had accomplices inside the house. 654 00:38:23,001 --> 00:38:25,500 Was there anyone she was particularly friendly with, 655 00:38:25,667 --> 00:38:26,584 anyone on the staff? 656 00:38:26,751 --> 00:38:28,459 COLLINS: I'm sure I couldn't say. 657 00:38:28,626 --> 00:38:31,584 I don't listen to tittle-tattle from belowstairs, I'm afraid. 658 00:38:31,751 --> 00:38:34,584 HASTINGS: Oh, no, no, quite. I didn't mean to suggest -- 659 00:38:34,751 --> 00:38:35,625 Oh, excuse me. 660 00:38:35,792 --> 00:38:37,709 I did not know you were still in here. 661 00:38:37,876 --> 00:38:39,917 No, no, that's fine. We were just about finished. 662 00:38:40,084 --> 00:38:41,500 � Eh, Miss Collins? � You're sure? 663 00:38:41,667 --> 00:38:43,750 Oh, yes, thank you. 664 00:38:46,459 --> 00:38:47,625 Merci, mademoiselle. 665 00:38:47,792 --> 00:38:48,792 Mm-hmm. 666 00:38:55,042 --> 00:38:55,917 Anything? 667 00:38:56,084 --> 00:38:57,292 What about you? 668 00:38:58,376 --> 00:39:00,417 Oh, I learned a lot from M. Tredwell. 669 00:39:01,334 --> 00:39:02,542 HASTINGS: And? 670 00:39:02,834 --> 00:39:05,000 There is one thing I do not understand. 671 00:39:05,917 --> 00:39:07,459 I don't understand any of it. 672 00:39:08,126 --> 00:39:10,209 No, no, no, mon ami, it is simple, hmm, 673 00:39:11,459 --> 00:39:12,709 but for the one thing. 674 00:39:13,376 --> 00:39:15,542 Here is a child, huh, here in this room, 675 00:39:17,126 --> 00:39:19,667 guarded by his father and the Inspector Japp. 676 00:39:21,501 --> 00:39:23,209 Now, the false alarm is raised, 677 00:39:24,376 --> 00:39:27,209 and the inspector and Waverly foolishly rush out, 678 00:39:27,542 --> 00:39:29,750 leaving the child undefended, yes? 679 00:39:30,542 --> 00:39:32,084 � HASTINGS: Yes. � Bon. 680 00:39:32,626 --> 00:39:35,584 Now, the kidnapper comes in and takes away the child? 681 00:39:36,917 --> 00:39:38,125 Where? 682 00:39:39,542 --> 00:39:41,042 What do you mean, "where"? 683 00:39:41,376 --> 00:39:43,250 Well, they cannot go out this way. 684 00:39:43,584 --> 00:39:45,959 Waverly and the inspector have just gone, 685 00:39:46,209 --> 00:39:48,084 and there are still the policemen 686 00:39:48,376 --> 00:39:50,042 standing not 20 meters away. 687 00:39:51,751 --> 00:39:52,959 This way, yes. 688 00:39:55,209 --> 00:39:57,459 But to what end? 689 00:40:00,126 --> 00:40:03,209 The front of the house has a policeman outside the door. 690 00:40:04,292 --> 00:40:05,834 The back door, likewise. 691 00:40:07,501 --> 00:40:10,792 Now, that side of the house is where Rogers has been caught, 692 00:40:11,292 --> 00:40:12,625 and excitement reigns. 693 00:40:12,792 --> 00:40:13,875 [ Door closes ] 694 00:40:14,042 --> 00:40:15,584 Mm-hmm. A problem, huh? 695 00:40:16,042 --> 00:40:17,250 I see what you mean. 696 00:40:17,667 --> 00:40:18,542 The tunnel. 697 00:40:18,709 --> 00:40:19,834 Comment? 698 00:40:20,001 --> 00:40:21,209 The tunnel. 699 00:40:21,542 --> 00:40:22,459 What tunnel? 700 00:40:22,626 --> 00:40:25,459 A lot of Catholic houses used to have priest holes, 701 00:40:26,376 --> 00:40:28,125 places where the priests used to escape to 702 00:40:28,292 --> 00:40:29,959 if the king's men came looking for them. 703 00:40:31,709 --> 00:40:33,542 Where is it, this tunnel? 704 00:40:39,167 --> 00:40:41,042 Sacr�. 705 00:40:44,209 --> 00:40:45,542 Where does this lead? 706 00:40:45,792 --> 00:40:48,750 It comes out at the mausoleum, about half a mile away. 707 00:40:49,084 --> 00:40:50,292 Uh-huh. 708 00:40:51,459 --> 00:40:52,959 I need a...lampe de poche. 709 00:40:53,917 --> 00:40:55,542 What is that, a lamp of the pocket? 710 00:40:55,709 --> 00:40:56,959 � A torch? � Torch! 711 00:40:57,126 --> 00:40:58,542 Oh, I've got one in the car. 712 00:40:59,126 --> 00:41:00,167 Bon. 713 00:41:00,334 --> 00:41:03,167 Who would know of the existence of this, M. Waverly? 714 00:41:03,334 --> 00:41:04,209 Not easy to say. 715 00:41:04,376 --> 00:41:07,125 A few people who've visited the house, I suppose, 716 00:41:08,501 --> 00:41:09,959 but mainly just family. 717 00:41:10,709 --> 00:41:11,917 I see. Servants? 718 00:41:12,709 --> 00:41:14,125 One or two of them, I suppose. 719 00:41:14,292 --> 00:41:15,292 Miss Collins? 720 00:41:15,459 --> 00:41:16,667 Oh, no, I'm sure not. 721 00:41:17,709 --> 00:41:18,792 Tredwell? 722 00:41:18,959 --> 00:41:20,500 MARCUS: Oh, he's bound to, I suppose. 723 00:41:20,667 --> 00:41:21,709 He's been with us so long. 724 00:41:21,876 --> 00:41:22,750 Ah. 725 00:41:22,917 --> 00:41:25,084 And the child's nurse -- Mrs. Withers? 726 00:41:25,917 --> 00:41:27,625 I wouldn't have thought so, no. 727 00:41:28,209 --> 00:41:29,500 Here we are -- one each. 728 00:41:30,084 --> 00:41:31,125 Good. 729 00:41:31,292 --> 00:41:32,542 Come, Captain Hastings. 730 00:41:32,709 --> 00:41:35,750 We embark on a voyage into darkness. 731 00:41:40,001 --> 00:41:41,125 I'll come with you. 732 00:41:41,292 --> 00:41:44,375 No, no, no, no, no, Captain Hastings and I must go alone. 733 00:41:44,834 --> 00:41:47,875 HASTINGS: There's some steps going down. 734 00:41:48,542 --> 00:41:51,250 [ Water dripping ] 735 00:41:58,584 --> 00:42:00,959 Forward. 736 00:42:03,626 --> 00:42:05,709 Tell me, what do you make of this case? 737 00:42:06,042 --> 00:42:09,209 HASTINGS: You don't expect me to think in the dark, do you? 738 00:42:09,376 --> 00:42:11,084 POIROT: Ah, Hastings, the little gray cells -- 739 00:42:11,251 --> 00:42:13,084 sometimes they work even better in the dark. 740 00:42:14,417 --> 00:42:16,959 But always we come back to the same question -- 741 00:42:17,709 --> 00:42:19,667 why would anyone warn the Waverlys 742 00:42:20,209 --> 00:42:21,834 before they kidnap a child? 743 00:42:22,042 --> 00:42:23,667 I suppose they hoped to get the money 744 00:42:23,834 --> 00:42:25,542 without actually being forced to do it. 745 00:42:25,709 --> 00:42:27,459 POIROT: But this does not alter the fact 746 00:42:27,626 --> 00:42:29,292 that they were making a thing difficult 747 00:42:29,459 --> 00:42:30,459 that was perfectly easy. 748 00:42:30,626 --> 00:42:32,667 If they do not specify a time or date, 749 00:42:32,876 --> 00:42:35,667 nothing would be easier for them to wait their chance, 750 00:42:35,834 --> 00:42:37,875 carry off the child in a motor one day 751 00:42:38,126 --> 00:42:39,625 when he is out with his nurse. 752 00:42:39,792 --> 00:42:41,000 I suppose so. 753 00:42:41,376 --> 00:42:42,875 [ Rattling ] 754 00:42:43,959 --> 00:42:45,334 I can see a light up ahead. 755 00:42:46,626 --> 00:42:47,500 Good. 756 00:42:47,667 --> 00:42:50,292 I am bored with this tunnel! 757 00:43:12,876 --> 00:43:15,959 Very sweet, very nice. 758 00:43:21,792 --> 00:43:23,000 Ah. 759 00:43:23,417 --> 00:43:26,792 See, the car could be waiting here, well away from the house. 760 00:43:27,501 --> 00:43:30,667 The child could be brought through the tunnel to the car. 761 00:43:32,209 --> 00:43:33,959 The driver makes the getaway, 762 00:43:34,834 --> 00:43:38,542 hooting as he passes in sight of there. 763 00:43:39,709 --> 00:43:44,292 It is a farce, nothing more. 764 00:43:50,376 --> 00:43:51,834 Everything goes to show 765 00:43:52,042 --> 00:43:54,750 that there was an accomplice inside the house -- 766 00:43:55,459 --> 00:43:57,792 the mysterious poisoning of Mme. Waverly -- 767 00:43:57,959 --> 00:43:59,167 Poisoning? 768 00:43:59,376 --> 00:44:01,417 Ah, my poor Hastings -- so innocent. 769 00:44:01,959 --> 00:44:03,500 No, no, no, no, no, it is nice. 770 00:44:04,834 --> 00:44:07,542 But surely you cannot imagine it was by accident 771 00:44:08,167 --> 00:44:11,209 that Mme. Waverly was conveniently kept out of the way 772 00:44:11,834 --> 00:44:13,125 on the day of the kidnapping. 773 00:44:13,292 --> 00:44:14,417 Good God. 774 00:44:14,584 --> 00:44:15,834 Point number two -- 775 00:44:16,709 --> 00:44:19,584 someone in the house must have pinned the final note 776 00:44:19,792 --> 00:44:21,000 to M. Waverly's pillow. 777 00:44:21,167 --> 00:44:22,375 Yes, I see that. 778 00:44:22,542 --> 00:44:23,959 Point number three -- 779 00:44:24,251 --> 00:44:26,667 the putting on of the clock 10 minutes, huh? 780 00:44:28,084 --> 00:44:29,292 All inside jobs. 781 00:44:29,584 --> 00:44:31,959 Now, we have four people inside the house. 782 00:44:33,334 --> 00:44:35,875 Mme. Waverly and Miss Collins we can exclude. 783 00:44:37,126 --> 00:44:39,209 The one is -- How you say "au lit," huh? 784 00:44:40,584 --> 00:44:41,459 Bedridden, yes? 785 00:44:41,626 --> 00:44:43,917 And the other, Miss Collins, is with her. 786 00:44:44,251 --> 00:44:47,000 Well, that only leaves Mr. Waverly and Tredwell. 787 00:44:47,292 --> 00:44:48,375 So it does. 788 00:44:51,292 --> 00:44:52,500 [ Sighs ] 789 00:44:52,792 --> 00:44:57,084 Hastings, I've had enough of this case. 790 00:44:58,751 --> 00:45:00,959 There is a train to London in 40 minutes. 791 00:45:01,417 --> 00:45:03,125 Well, I'll drive you to London. 792 00:45:03,501 --> 00:45:05,667 No, no, no, Hastings, I take the train. 793 00:45:06,251 --> 00:45:07,459 [ Knock on door ] 794 00:45:08,626 --> 00:45:09,834 [ Door opens ] 795 00:45:10,751 --> 00:45:13,125 HASTINGS: Ah. 796 00:45:16,501 --> 00:45:17,750 Where are you going? 797 00:45:18,917 --> 00:45:20,875 Oh, Captain Hastings is being kind enough 798 00:45:21,042 --> 00:45:21,917 to drive me to the station. 799 00:45:22,084 --> 00:45:24,042 Thence, I shall proceed to London. 800 00:45:24,417 --> 00:45:25,667 But the case -- my son. 801 00:45:27,542 --> 00:45:28,875 You haven't done anything. 802 00:45:29,042 --> 00:45:31,125 But I have done everything, monsieur. 803 00:45:31,292 --> 00:45:32,500 Then where is he? 804 00:45:33,376 --> 00:45:34,292 Ah. 805 00:45:34,459 --> 00:45:38,042 I will give you the address. 806 00:45:42,251 --> 00:45:43,459 It's a blank sheet. 807 00:45:43,876 --> 00:45:47,125 Because I am waiting for you to write it down for me. 808 00:45:49,542 --> 00:45:52,417 You will take Captain Hastings and me to the boy now. 809 00:45:55,792 --> 00:45:58,209 If you do not, Mme. Waverly will be informed 810 00:45:59,501 --> 00:46:01,209 of the exact sequence of events 811 00:46:02,001 --> 00:46:05,542 that made up this dastardly crime. 812 00:46:16,292 --> 00:46:17,500 He's all right. 813 00:46:18,917 --> 00:46:20,167 He's well cared for. 814 00:46:22,001 --> 00:46:24,042 Of that I have no doubt. 815 00:47:00,792 --> 00:47:02,667 Jessie? 816 00:47:04,501 --> 00:47:06,250 [ Footsteps approaching ] 817 00:47:07,501 --> 00:47:09,375 Daddy? 818 00:47:11,751 --> 00:47:12,959 Daddy! 819 00:47:13,917 --> 00:47:15,834 POIROT: Ah. Johnnie's nurse. 820 00:47:16,084 --> 00:47:17,417 Of course, of course. 821 00:47:19,417 --> 00:47:21,209 You are Mr. Tredwell's daughter. 822 00:47:21,376 --> 00:47:22,584 Niece. 823 00:47:23,084 --> 00:47:24,250 Ah. 824 00:47:42,417 --> 00:47:45,125 I am sure your ingenuity will be equal to the task 825 00:47:46,084 --> 00:47:48,459 of explaining the boy's reappearance. 826 00:47:49,001 --> 00:47:51,834 If I did not believe you to be a good father at heart, 827 00:47:52,667 --> 00:47:55,542 I would not be so willing to give you another chance. 828 00:47:56,334 --> 00:47:59,459 I'll do anything to avoid a scandal. 829 00:48:00,959 --> 00:48:02,167 Precisely. 830 00:48:03,501 --> 00:48:05,292 Appearances are what matter, huh? 831 00:48:05,459 --> 00:48:07,167 That was why it was intolerable 832 00:48:07,376 --> 00:48:10,292 that your wife should call a halt to the restoration work 833 00:48:10,459 --> 00:48:11,667 on the house. 834 00:48:11,959 --> 00:48:13,667 Having a rich wife is not the same 835 00:48:13,834 --> 00:48:16,667 as being rich oneself, monsieur. 836 00:48:17,542 --> 00:48:18,750 Don't worry. 837 00:48:20,417 --> 00:48:21,792 I've learnt my lesson. 838 00:48:22,417 --> 00:48:23,625 Good. 839 00:48:24,334 --> 00:48:26,292 Your name is an old and honored one. 840 00:48:27,542 --> 00:48:31,209 Do not jeopardize it again. 841 00:48:33,751 --> 00:48:36,500 I shall be sending you my bill. 842 00:48:47,626 --> 00:48:50,542 Drive, Captain Hastings. 843 00:49:24,251 --> 00:49:26,084 Won't you let me in to the secret? 844 00:49:26,876 --> 00:49:28,084 How did you know? 845 00:49:28,792 --> 00:49:29,917 It was obvious. 846 00:49:30,084 --> 00:49:32,834 Who sends away the servants, can write the notes? 847 00:49:33,959 --> 00:49:35,167 Who can drug his wife? 848 00:49:35,334 --> 00:49:37,709 Who can put the hands of the clock forward? 849 00:49:37,876 --> 00:49:41,292 Who can establish an alibi for his faithful retainer Tredwell? 850 00:49:43,917 --> 00:49:46,875 Tredwell has never liked his mistress Mrs. Waverly, 851 00:49:49,209 --> 00:49:53,084 but he is devoted to his master. 852 00:49:55,834 --> 00:49:57,375 There were three of them in it -- 853 00:49:57,542 --> 00:50:00,417 Waverly, Tredwell, and his niece, Jessie Withers, 854 00:50:01,542 --> 00:50:04,084 who gets herself sacked as noisily as possible 855 00:50:04,251 --> 00:50:06,542 so that she can arrange the decoy Rogers, 856 00:50:06,709 --> 00:50:08,667 pick up the boy from the mausoleum, 857 00:50:09,667 --> 00:50:13,959 and drive him away to the little cottage in the woods. 858 00:50:14,834 --> 00:50:18,542 It was apparent, Hastings. 859 00:50:19,792 --> 00:50:21,500 I shall see you in London. 860 00:50:25,417 --> 00:50:27,584 Why won't you let me drive you? 861 00:50:29,209 --> 00:50:32,084 Hastings, the train has one advantage over the car. 862 00:50:34,417 --> 00:50:38,084 He does not often run out of coal.