1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 Advertise your product or brand here contact www.SubtitleDB.org today 2 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:16,941 [Footsteps] 3 00:01:16,942 --> 00:01:18,210 Who are you? 4 00:02:18,937 --> 00:02:20,938 WOMAN: "Welcome to the club." 5 00:02:20,939 --> 00:02:23,107 Violets and a poodle. 6 00:02:23,108 --> 00:02:25,109 What am I meant to be joining? 7 00:02:25,110 --> 00:02:26,611 Crafts? 8 00:02:26,612 --> 00:02:30,615 "From one seasoned senior citizen 9 00:02:30,616 --> 00:02:31,783 "to a new arrival. 10 00:02:31,784 --> 00:02:32,950 Esther Chadwick." 11 00:02:32,951 --> 00:02:34,051 I'll kill her. 12 00:02:34,052 --> 00:02:36,053 You've still one left. 13 00:02:36,054 --> 00:02:37,455 Oh. 14 00:02:37,456 --> 00:02:39,891 [Chuckles] 15 00:02:43,128 --> 00:02:44,729 Can I read it to you? 16 00:02:48,967 --> 00:02:51,969 "We've been together, my dear wife, 17 00:02:51,970 --> 00:02:54,839 "through all the pains and strains of life. 18 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:58,410 "And still together, we will ride 19 00:02:58,411 --> 00:03:01,012 serene into the eventide." 20 00:03:02,581 --> 00:03:04,482 "With love from Robert." 21 00:03:09,054 --> 00:03:10,087 [Sniffles] 22 00:03:10,088 --> 00:03:11,790 Hang on. 23 00:03:11,791 --> 00:03:13,090 I knew it was soppy, 24 00:03:13,091 --> 00:03:15,860 but I didn't expect the full waterworks. 25 00:03:15,861 --> 00:03:17,862 I can't bear all this. 26 00:03:20,599 --> 00:03:23,267 I'm not a 60, and I never will be. 27 00:03:23,268 --> 00:03:25,770 I'm not a senior citizen, 28 00:03:25,771 --> 00:03:28,039 and I'm not joining any club. 29 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:29,941 No. 30 00:03:29,942 --> 00:03:31,743 No, you're right. Never. 31 00:03:31,744 --> 00:03:34,111 If I'm an old-age pensioner, 32 00:03:34,112 --> 00:03:35,413 where's my pension? 33 00:03:35,414 --> 00:03:36,948 Married women don't get one. 34 00:03:36,949 --> 00:03:39,617 I get one for us both when I'm 65. 35 00:03:39,618 --> 00:03:42,053 I worked before we were married. 36 00:03:42,054 --> 00:03:45,757 8 years I paid National Insurance stamps. 37 00:03:45,758 --> 00:03:48,793 It doesn't count. 8 years isn't enough. 38 00:03:48,794 --> 00:03:51,128 You have to do 10 for a pension of your own. 39 00:03:51,129 --> 00:03:52,630 If I'd known that then, 40 00:03:52,631 --> 00:03:54,399 I'd have kept you waiting two more. 41 00:03:57,269 --> 00:04:00,405 So...it doesn't count. 42 00:04:00,406 --> 00:04:03,408 Well, let me tell you, Robert, 43 00:04:03,409 --> 00:04:07,579 from this day forth, it is going to count. 44 00:04:07,580 --> 00:04:13,385 I, Hetty Wainthropp, am going to count. 45 00:04:13,386 --> 00:04:16,821 If you like. 46 00:04:16,822 --> 00:04:19,624 I may start by getting a job. 47 00:04:21,260 --> 00:04:22,427 10p change. 48 00:04:22,428 --> 00:04:23,528 Thank you. 49 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:49,320 MAN: You're ignorant! 50 00:04:49,321 --> 00:04:51,188 SECOND MAN: Please, politeness costs nothing! 51 00:04:51,189 --> 00:04:52,457 Do you think you can get away with it? 52 00:04:52,458 --> 00:04:53,658 I gave you bloody money for 20. 53 00:04:53,659 --> 00:04:56,761 You gave me a packet of 10! Understand? Savvy? 54 00:04:56,762 --> 00:04:57,962 Please! Please! 55 00:04:57,963 --> 00:04:59,330 Speak the bloody English? 56 00:04:59,331 --> 00:05:00,965 My wife is in delicate condition! 57 00:05:00,966 --> 00:05:03,735 Just a minute. Just a minute. 58 00:05:03,736 --> 00:05:07,672 Here. They don't take pesetas in this shop. 59 00:05:09,241 --> 00:05:11,008 Now, out. 60 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:16,815 [Door opens, then closes] 61 00:05:16,816 --> 00:05:20,117 I rang earlier. You need help. 62 00:05:20,118 --> 00:05:21,185 Oh, yes, of course. 63 00:05:21,186 --> 00:05:24,422 I can do 3 afternoons a week to start with. 64 00:05:24,423 --> 00:05:25,523 [Woman groans] 65 00:05:29,928 --> 00:05:31,229 [Man speaking softly] 66 00:05:52,617 --> 00:05:55,452 I'm not too happy about this signature. 67 00:05:55,453 --> 00:05:56,654 She's an old lady. 68 00:05:56,655 --> 00:05:58,055 She's ill, ain't she? Problem with her legs. 69 00:05:58,056 --> 00:05:59,556 She lives above us. 70 00:05:59,557 --> 00:06:02,827 We collect her pension. Then we do her shopping. 71 00:06:02,828 --> 00:06:04,395 HETTY: She ought to get out more. 72 00:06:04,396 --> 00:06:06,931 She'll lose the use of those legs. 73 00:06:06,932 --> 00:06:08,199 She can't get out. 74 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:10,101 We're in every week. We've never had any trouble. 75 00:06:10,102 --> 00:06:11,568 I'll be with you in a moment. 76 00:06:11,569 --> 00:06:12,736 No hurry. 77 00:06:12,737 --> 00:06:15,072 Have you any identification? 78 00:06:15,073 --> 00:06:17,108 You're not living in the modern world. 79 00:06:17,109 --> 00:06:20,611 Folk like us don't have identification. 80 00:06:20,612 --> 00:06:22,079 Driving license? 81 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:23,547 MAN: I must have left it 82 00:06:23,548 --> 00:06:26,717 in the glove compartment of the Mercedes. 83 00:06:26,718 --> 00:06:28,585 Birth certificate? 84 00:06:28,586 --> 00:06:30,487 You were both born, I take it. 85 00:06:30,488 --> 00:06:32,023 Hey, you! 86 00:06:32,024 --> 00:06:33,858 I'll come back when you're less busy. 87 00:06:33,859 --> 00:06:35,193 Back in a minute. 88 00:06:37,095 --> 00:06:38,262 Gotcha! 89 00:06:38,263 --> 00:06:39,430 What are you doing? 90 00:06:39,431 --> 00:06:42,099 Making a citizen's arrest. 91 00:06:42,100 --> 00:06:44,936 Look at that. 92 00:06:44,937 --> 00:06:46,603 Children in need. 93 00:06:46,604 --> 00:06:48,039 How could you? 94 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:49,440 I'm a child. I'm in need. 95 00:06:49,441 --> 00:06:50,942 I was just speeding up the procedure. 96 00:06:50,943 --> 00:06:51,976 What's your name? 97 00:06:51,977 --> 00:06:53,211 Mickey Mouse. 98 00:06:53,212 --> 00:06:54,345 Don't be cheeky. 99 00:06:54,346 --> 00:06:55,612 Where do you live? Oh! 100 00:06:55,613 --> 00:06:56,914 10 Downing Street! 101 00:06:56,915 --> 00:06:57,949 Come back here! 102 00:06:57,950 --> 00:06:59,183 [Indistinct] 103 00:07:04,056 --> 00:07:05,990 [Scanner beeping] 104 00:07:14,066 --> 00:07:15,599 Pen, please. 105 00:07:17,669 --> 00:07:18,836 And paper. 106 00:07:21,907 --> 00:07:26,443 "Checkout number 2... 107 00:07:26,444 --> 00:07:32,250 3:30 p.m., Thursday." 108 00:07:32,251 --> 00:07:34,752 I'm on my way home at the moment. 109 00:07:34,753 --> 00:07:37,421 I'll talk to the police in the morning. 110 00:07:37,422 --> 00:07:42,994 Now, put those through, and I'll pay for them. 111 00:07:52,404 --> 00:07:54,505 I need this job. 112 00:08:03,181 --> 00:08:05,682 Sorry. Something's come up. 113 00:08:26,238 --> 00:08:29,006 Excuse me, Father. I'll bring it back. 114 00:08:49,861 --> 00:08:51,429 Hello. 115 00:08:51,430 --> 00:08:53,097 All right now, is he? 116 00:08:53,098 --> 00:08:54,198 [Indistinct] 117 00:09:05,877 --> 00:09:09,046 ROBERT: There's a lad outside hovering. 118 00:09:09,047 --> 00:09:11,048 Hovering? 119 00:09:11,049 --> 00:09:13,250 Is he up to no good, do you reckon? 120 00:09:13,251 --> 00:09:14,385 Should I call the police-- 121 00:09:14,386 --> 00:09:16,553 neighborhood watch kind of thing? 122 00:09:16,554 --> 00:09:19,556 The twitchy velour curtains across the road 123 00:09:19,557 --> 00:09:21,558 have probably done that already. 124 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:23,094 He's come by bike. 125 00:09:23,095 --> 00:09:26,730 Could be for charity-- 126 00:09:26,731 --> 00:09:28,799 sponsored hovering. 127 00:09:30,735 --> 00:09:33,437 Just let him hover, Robert. 128 00:09:45,884 --> 00:09:47,485 He's still there. 129 00:09:47,486 --> 00:09:48,752 Hmm? 130 00:09:48,753 --> 00:09:50,921 He's just a lad--waiflike. 131 00:09:52,590 --> 00:09:54,358 I'd better have a word with him. 132 00:09:57,829 --> 00:09:59,263 [Door opens] 133 00:09:59,264 --> 00:10:01,798 Hey! Come here. 134 00:10:09,107 --> 00:10:10,641 Now, what are you up to? 135 00:10:10,642 --> 00:10:12,776 I just want to know why, 136 00:10:12,777 --> 00:10:14,445 for something as daft as what I did, 137 00:10:14,446 --> 00:10:15,946 you'd get me a police record 138 00:10:15,947 --> 00:10:18,015 and add me to the millions of unemployed. 139 00:10:18,016 --> 00:10:20,451 Stealing is wrong. 140 00:10:20,452 --> 00:10:21,618 What would happen 141 00:10:21,619 --> 00:10:24,121 if everybody went around grabbing what they wanted? 142 00:10:24,122 --> 00:10:25,956 Some don't need to, do they? 143 00:10:25,957 --> 00:10:28,625 Not when they're retired and on a pension. 144 00:10:28,626 --> 00:10:29,793 Sorry. 145 00:10:29,794 --> 00:10:33,464 I am not on a pension. 146 00:10:33,465 --> 00:10:35,399 You're comfortable, though, aren't you? 147 00:10:38,470 --> 00:10:40,804 Not at this minute, I'm not. 148 00:10:40,805 --> 00:10:42,906 Come on in. 149 00:10:52,650 --> 00:10:54,051 Parents? 150 00:10:54,052 --> 00:10:56,320 Divorced. I live on my own. 151 00:10:56,321 --> 00:10:59,156 ROBERT: YMCA sort of thing? Church army? 152 00:10:59,157 --> 00:11:00,891 Bed-sit, and lucky to get it. 153 00:11:00,892 --> 00:11:03,094 Communal toilet and a dodgy electric kettle. 154 00:11:03,095 --> 00:11:05,829 It's a bit of a dump, but I don't grumble. 155 00:11:05,830 --> 00:11:07,064 Your mother threw you out? 156 00:11:07,065 --> 00:11:09,733 I left. My choice, OK? 157 00:11:09,734 --> 00:11:12,970 You'd better sleep in the spare room tonight. 158 00:11:12,971 --> 00:11:14,171 Eh? 159 00:11:14,172 --> 00:11:15,439 I've got something 160 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:19,310 I want to talk to him about in the morning. 161 00:11:19,311 --> 00:11:21,278 Are we sure? 162 00:11:22,947 --> 00:11:24,781 I better get back, thank you. 163 00:11:24,782 --> 00:11:26,783 I might run off in the middle of the night 164 00:11:26,784 --> 00:11:27,884 with all your savings. 165 00:11:30,288 --> 00:11:31,722 What's that, then, Mrs. Wainthropp? 166 00:11:33,791 --> 00:11:37,128 I think there's a fraud going on at our post office. 167 00:11:37,129 --> 00:11:39,463 Unemployed couple-- man and wife. 168 00:11:39,464 --> 00:11:42,633 They cash their Social Security checks with us, 169 00:11:42,634 --> 00:11:44,135 but lately they've come in 170 00:11:44,136 --> 00:11:45,636 with an old lady's pension book, 171 00:11:45,637 --> 00:11:47,971 and they've been cashing that as well. 172 00:11:47,972 --> 00:11:49,773 Who's the old lady? Someone local? 173 00:11:49,774 --> 00:11:50,807 Never seen her. 174 00:11:50,808 --> 00:11:51,975 Has your boss seen her? 175 00:11:51,976 --> 00:11:53,977 He says we all look alike to him. 176 00:11:53,978 --> 00:11:55,146 He's not bothered. 177 00:11:55,147 --> 00:11:57,481 But I'm bothered. I don't like mysteries. 178 00:11:57,482 --> 00:11:58,649 I think you do. 179 00:11:58,650 --> 00:12:00,417 Cheeky monkey. 180 00:12:00,418 --> 00:12:04,588 They say the old lady lives above them. 181 00:12:04,589 --> 00:12:06,590 Now, I want to know where that is. 182 00:12:06,591 --> 00:12:08,091 What do you want me to do? 183 00:12:08,092 --> 00:12:10,093 You followed me. You can follow them. 184 00:12:10,094 --> 00:12:12,429 They're in again next Tuesday afternoon. 185 00:12:12,430 --> 00:12:13,764 Can you get time off? 186 00:12:13,765 --> 00:12:15,766 What option have I got? 187 00:12:15,767 --> 00:12:18,435 I'm not blackmailing you, Geoffrey. 188 00:12:18,436 --> 00:12:21,038 Do it for the interest. 189 00:12:23,107 --> 00:12:24,375 Next Tuesday, then? 190 00:12:32,450 --> 00:12:33,617 And, Geoffrey, 191 00:12:33,618 --> 00:12:36,287 that cycle's to go back where it came from. 192 00:12:36,288 --> 00:12:38,289 There's not so many churches in town 193 00:12:38,290 --> 00:12:40,957 you can't find a vicar that's lost his transport. 194 00:12:40,958 --> 00:12:42,459 He'll not be pleased. 195 00:12:42,460 --> 00:12:45,128 Makes no odds. He's bound to forgive. 196 00:12:45,129 --> 00:12:47,398 It's in the job description. 197 00:13:27,772 --> 00:13:30,641 They left something behind. 198 00:14:03,575 --> 00:14:04,675 [Door closes] 199 00:14:16,754 --> 00:14:18,155 [Crunching sound] 200 00:14:41,946 --> 00:14:43,047 [Door closes] 201 00:15:18,583 --> 00:15:20,084 [Grunting] 202 00:15:20,085 --> 00:15:22,219 There's no need to be frightened. 203 00:15:22,220 --> 00:15:24,755 No, no. I wouldn't bother with parcel post. 204 00:15:24,756 --> 00:15:27,058 Send it first class and hang the expense. 205 00:15:27,059 --> 00:15:29,060 4 pounds 70. 206 00:15:29,061 --> 00:15:32,363 You get what you pay for in this world. 207 00:15:32,364 --> 00:15:36,033 Thank you, Geoffrey. See you at 6:30. 208 00:15:47,412 --> 00:15:50,681 She put that on herself, did she? 209 00:15:50,682 --> 00:15:53,284 From the inside? 210 00:16:08,066 --> 00:16:09,400 Open the door. 211 00:16:09,401 --> 00:16:12,203 WOMAN: You're not going any further. 212 00:16:12,204 --> 00:16:13,804 That smell's unhealthy. 213 00:16:40,765 --> 00:16:42,166 Did you kill her? 214 00:16:42,167 --> 00:16:44,135 Don't be stupid. 215 00:16:44,136 --> 00:16:45,669 I asked a question. 216 00:16:45,670 --> 00:16:46,703 We did not. 217 00:16:46,704 --> 00:16:49,106 We found the old woman dead on the steps. 218 00:16:49,107 --> 00:16:51,108 We put her inside where she lived 219 00:16:51,109 --> 00:16:53,544 and used her pension book. 220 00:16:53,545 --> 00:16:55,246 Well, what's the harm in that? 221 00:16:55,247 --> 00:16:57,781 People like us have to do what we can 222 00:16:57,782 --> 00:16:59,116 to make a living. 223 00:16:59,117 --> 00:17:00,984 [Siren] 224 00:17:08,059 --> 00:17:10,060 You didn't have to call the police. 225 00:17:10,061 --> 00:17:12,296 I didn't. 226 00:17:12,297 --> 00:17:14,231 They've just arrived. 227 00:17:14,232 --> 00:17:17,334 There's nothing for them to find but the body. 228 00:17:18,903 --> 00:17:19,936 Yeah. 229 00:17:19,937 --> 00:17:21,905 I'll watch and brief, sir. 230 00:17:21,906 --> 00:17:23,006 Wilco. 231 00:17:29,414 --> 00:17:30,914 Must have been that man 232 00:17:30,915 --> 00:17:32,416 that stopped me in the alley. 233 00:17:32,417 --> 00:17:33,584 Who called the police? 234 00:17:33,585 --> 00:17:34,751 Right. 235 00:17:34,752 --> 00:17:36,420 Are you sure that all you told him 236 00:17:36,421 --> 00:17:38,088 was that you were working for the lady in the post office? 237 00:17:38,089 --> 00:17:39,256 And that you were suspicious 238 00:17:39,257 --> 00:17:40,424 of a pension fraud, 239 00:17:40,425 --> 00:17:41,592 and I was just checking out 240 00:17:41,593 --> 00:17:42,759 where they lived. 241 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:45,196 He must have come and looked for himself. 242 00:17:46,764 --> 00:17:50,434 I find that interesting, Geoffrey, don't you? 243 00:17:50,435 --> 00:17:53,204 I do if you do, Mrs. Wainthropp. 244 00:17:55,607 --> 00:17:57,040 That poor woman. 245 00:17:58,776 --> 00:18:00,977 She wasn't much older than me. 246 00:18:08,052 --> 00:18:10,721 HETTY: I'm disappointed in the photo. 247 00:18:10,722 --> 00:18:12,523 It's not my best angle. 248 00:18:12,524 --> 00:18:16,894 You'd think they'd take more trouble. 249 00:18:16,895 --> 00:18:19,229 Though it's made a very favorable impression around us. 250 00:18:19,230 --> 00:18:20,397 ROBERT: Aye. 251 00:18:20,398 --> 00:18:22,065 A man came from Dorset to shake her hand. 252 00:18:22,066 --> 00:18:23,567 Brought his own video camera. 253 00:18:23,568 --> 00:18:25,235 Nobody took my photo. 254 00:18:25,236 --> 00:18:26,570 You weren't there. 255 00:18:26,571 --> 00:18:28,572 You should have asked for time off. 256 00:18:28,573 --> 00:18:29,740 We'll take this. 257 00:18:29,741 --> 00:18:31,408 You've got 4 at home already. 258 00:18:31,409 --> 00:18:33,076 We'll send them to Australia 259 00:18:33,077 --> 00:18:34,411 to Derek and the children. 260 00:18:34,412 --> 00:18:36,079 Let that wife of his see 261 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:38,348 what kind of mettle her mother-in-law's made of. 262 00:18:42,086 --> 00:18:44,254 Oh, I'll have some of those bananas. 263 00:18:44,255 --> 00:18:46,857 They'll be fresher than the ones on display. 264 00:18:54,098 --> 00:18:56,600 You know, there were aspects of that inquest 265 00:18:56,601 --> 00:18:58,268 I didn't care for at all. 266 00:18:58,269 --> 00:19:00,370 Oh, you mean the coroner cut you off a bit short? 267 00:19:00,371 --> 00:19:02,372 There was no interest shown 268 00:19:02,373 --> 00:19:04,875 in how that old lady died. 269 00:19:04,876 --> 00:19:07,377 Doctor gave evidence. Cranial something. 270 00:19:07,378 --> 00:19:10,046 She fell on the stairs and died of her injuries. 271 00:19:10,047 --> 00:19:14,885 But did she fall, or was she pushed? 272 00:19:14,886 --> 00:19:16,386 Oh, kiwifruit. 273 00:19:16,387 --> 00:19:18,555 There was a recipe on TV. 274 00:19:18,556 --> 00:19:19,990 [Sigh] 275 00:19:25,763 --> 00:19:28,532 What about that man that grabbed Geoffrey? 276 00:19:28,533 --> 00:19:31,067 If it was him phoned the police, 277 00:19:31,068 --> 00:19:33,537 why wasn't he called to give evidence? 278 00:19:33,538 --> 00:19:37,307 There's something here that doesn't add up. 279 00:19:37,308 --> 00:19:39,510 Hetty likes things to add up. 280 00:19:41,245 --> 00:19:42,746 I better get on. 281 00:19:44,582 --> 00:19:46,583 I really enjoyed working with you. 282 00:19:46,584 --> 00:19:48,251 If anything similar comes up, 283 00:19:48,252 --> 00:19:49,486 I'd like to help. 284 00:19:49,487 --> 00:19:52,022 Could be sooner than you think. 285 00:19:58,095 --> 00:19:59,429 Would you mind? 286 00:19:59,430 --> 00:20:00,531 Oh! 287 00:20:13,945 --> 00:20:15,111 [Sigh] 288 00:20:15,112 --> 00:20:16,212 Robert. 289 00:20:17,782 --> 00:20:19,282 Robert. 290 00:20:19,283 --> 00:20:21,384 Huh? Uh... 291 00:20:23,287 --> 00:20:25,556 I've been lying here thinking. 292 00:20:27,124 --> 00:20:30,894 It's all been going round and round in my head. 293 00:20:33,464 --> 00:20:35,131 It's not 6:00 yet. 294 00:20:35,132 --> 00:20:38,569 Listen, and you may learn something. 295 00:20:40,638 --> 00:20:43,740 I have natural aptitudes, Robert. 296 00:20:45,977 --> 00:20:48,645 Can we go back to sleep now for a bit? 297 00:20:48,646 --> 00:20:51,147 I'm wasted in that post office. 298 00:20:51,148 --> 00:20:53,483 Oh, you're giving it up? 299 00:20:53,484 --> 00:20:55,151 I'm glad. You're right. 300 00:20:55,152 --> 00:20:56,486 You're... 301 00:20:56,487 --> 00:20:57,654 you're totally wasted 302 00:20:57,655 --> 00:21:00,924 in such a trivial occupation. 303 00:21:00,925 --> 00:21:03,594 A woman's place is in the home. 304 00:21:03,595 --> 00:21:07,598 You said yourself I like making things add up; 305 00:21:07,599 --> 00:21:11,602 never satisfied until I reach the truth. 306 00:21:11,603 --> 00:21:13,369 Those were your very words. 307 00:21:15,773 --> 00:21:17,774 I'm not always right, 308 00:21:17,775 --> 00:21:19,109 by no means. 309 00:21:19,110 --> 00:21:22,045 I mean, what does that coroner know? 310 00:21:25,116 --> 00:21:27,550 I was the one who discovered the fraud. 311 00:21:29,621 --> 00:21:32,723 I'm a natural detective, Robert. 312 00:21:34,291 --> 00:21:37,961 Meant to be, just as you said. 313 00:21:37,962 --> 00:21:40,296 I did not. I did not. 314 00:21:40,297 --> 00:21:41,464 You must do 315 00:21:41,465 --> 00:21:43,967 what you're called to do in this life. 316 00:21:43,968 --> 00:21:45,636 If you don't follow your star, 317 00:21:45,637 --> 00:21:47,738 you'll never hit the jackpot. 318 00:21:49,306 --> 00:21:54,410 Post office work does not extend me. 319 00:21:55,980 --> 00:21:58,148 You're a valued member of staff. 320 00:21:58,149 --> 00:21:59,482 They rely on you. 321 00:21:59,483 --> 00:22:01,184 I was meant for better. 322 00:22:02,754 --> 00:22:06,757 I've found my calling, Robert... 323 00:22:06,758 --> 00:22:11,361 Hetty Wainthropp, private eye. 324 00:22:14,932 --> 00:22:16,767 There's 50% off 325 00:22:16,768 --> 00:22:19,435 on the small ads in the Record this week. 326 00:22:19,436 --> 00:22:21,104 I could put one in 327 00:22:21,105 --> 00:22:23,774 while they still remember who I am. 328 00:22:23,775 --> 00:22:27,044 My wife. That's your calling. 329 00:22:28,612 --> 00:22:32,115 I shall rely on you for advice and encouragement. 330 00:22:32,116 --> 00:22:33,516 Hmm. 331 00:22:37,121 --> 00:22:38,454 And I'd better get 332 00:22:38,455 --> 00:22:41,124 one of those books out of the library, 333 00:22:41,125 --> 00:22:43,393 see how the professionals do it. 334 00:22:44,962 --> 00:22:47,630 And I shall need a devoted sidekick. 335 00:22:47,631 --> 00:22:49,066 They all have them. 336 00:22:57,641 --> 00:23:00,543 He'll have to do. I've nobody else. 337 00:23:00,544 --> 00:23:01,878 Geoffrey? 338 00:23:05,750 --> 00:23:07,417 I need an assistant. 339 00:23:07,418 --> 00:23:09,419 Sexton Blake had his Tinker Bell, 340 00:23:09,420 --> 00:23:11,088 and so shall I. 341 00:23:11,089 --> 00:23:12,589 Tinker Bell was a fairy. 342 00:23:12,590 --> 00:23:14,591 Be that as it may, you're elected. 343 00:23:14,592 --> 00:23:16,259 How do I get paid? 344 00:23:16,260 --> 00:23:18,595 Same way as me: out of the profits. 345 00:23:18,596 --> 00:23:19,763 What profits? 346 00:23:19,764 --> 00:23:21,098 There'll be plenty of pickings 347 00:23:21,099 --> 00:23:22,933 when we get our first clients. 348 00:23:22,934 --> 00:23:25,936 I'm having cards printed. 349 00:23:25,937 --> 00:23:27,104 In the meantime, 350 00:23:27,105 --> 00:23:28,605 we'd best get our hand in 351 00:23:28,606 --> 00:23:30,774 by clearing up this bag lady business. 352 00:23:30,775 --> 00:23:32,109 Dinnertime, 353 00:23:32,110 --> 00:23:34,044 we'll start in the market. 354 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:38,949 Of course I knew her. We all knew her. 355 00:23:38,950 --> 00:23:41,118 How long had she been coming here? 356 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:43,453 6 weeks; longer. 357 00:23:43,454 --> 00:23:45,622 She'd bring her little bits and pieces 358 00:23:45,623 --> 00:23:48,625 and sit in that doorway and watch the people. 359 00:23:48,626 --> 00:23:52,262 Kids used to mock her, shout after her, like. 360 00:23:52,263 --> 00:23:53,663 Why? 361 00:23:53,664 --> 00:23:55,132 She was a bit hairy-- 362 00:23:55,133 --> 00:23:57,167 no more than some I've seen. 363 00:23:57,168 --> 00:23:58,534 And you didn't know her name? 364 00:23:58,535 --> 00:24:00,237 Nobody knew her name. 365 00:24:00,238 --> 00:24:02,005 I did. 366 00:24:02,006 --> 00:24:03,907 Mary Nabley. 367 00:24:03,908 --> 00:24:06,609 Does that mean anything to you? 368 00:24:06,610 --> 00:24:07,778 Nothing. 369 00:24:07,779 --> 00:24:10,647 And these bits and pieces-- what were they? 370 00:24:10,648 --> 00:24:12,249 Carrier bags. 371 00:24:12,250 --> 00:24:13,583 All her worldly goods. 372 00:24:13,584 --> 00:24:15,285 Like a snail, she carried them with her. 373 00:24:15,286 --> 00:24:18,822 So why should anyone want to kill her? 374 00:24:18,823 --> 00:24:21,057 From what I've heard, she fell. 375 00:24:26,764 --> 00:24:28,098 It's more than we need, 376 00:24:28,099 --> 00:24:29,766 but if you want information, 377 00:24:29,767 --> 00:24:31,935 you must expect to pay. 378 00:24:31,936 --> 00:24:33,436 What have you found out? 379 00:24:33,437 --> 00:24:34,604 Not a lot. 380 00:24:34,605 --> 00:24:36,606 They all remember her. They know nowt about her. 381 00:24:36,607 --> 00:24:39,109 Same with me. Interesting. 382 00:24:39,110 --> 00:24:40,443 Glad you think so. 383 00:24:40,444 --> 00:24:42,045 Was it worth the price of the fish? 384 00:24:43,614 --> 00:24:46,950 To know that others do not know, Geoffrey, 385 00:24:46,951 --> 00:24:50,887 is already to know more than they know. 386 00:24:52,456 --> 00:24:55,892 Just a minute. I've had an idea. 387 00:24:59,463 --> 00:25:02,132 Where do you folks sleep at night? 388 00:25:02,133 --> 00:25:04,234 Doesn't Mr. Wainthropp's bike 389 00:25:04,235 --> 00:25:05,735 have a lock and chain of its own? 390 00:25:05,736 --> 00:25:07,070 There's no occasion. 391 00:25:07,071 --> 00:25:08,738 These days, with his hemorrhoids, 392 00:25:08,739 --> 00:25:10,240 he hardly uses it. 393 00:25:10,241 --> 00:25:12,075 The detectives I've heard of 394 00:25:12,076 --> 00:25:14,410 drive powerful cars up and down the freeway. 395 00:25:14,411 --> 00:25:18,081 When we're in profit, I'll take lessons. 396 00:25:18,082 --> 00:25:19,349 Now... 397 00:25:21,919 --> 00:25:23,019 Here. 398 00:25:38,202 --> 00:25:40,703 [Snoring] 399 00:25:40,704 --> 00:25:42,638 [Coughing] 400 00:25:54,785 --> 00:25:57,720 I'm sorry to disturb you. 401 00:26:01,725 --> 00:26:04,160 Haven't you done enough? 402 00:26:04,161 --> 00:26:07,530 You knew you'd be found out. 403 00:26:07,531 --> 00:26:11,167 Why? Nobody ever came there. 404 00:26:11,168 --> 00:26:12,602 That old lady's pension 405 00:26:12,603 --> 00:26:13,904 made the world of difference 406 00:26:13,905 --> 00:26:15,071 to Wayne and me. 407 00:26:15,072 --> 00:26:16,406 We'd never have robbed her, 408 00:26:16,407 --> 00:26:18,508 but we couldn't let it go to waste. 409 00:26:18,509 --> 00:26:20,743 What was in her carrier bags? 410 00:26:20,744 --> 00:26:22,745 Nothing. Anything. 411 00:26:22,746 --> 00:26:24,580 Just stuff she'd collected. 412 00:26:24,581 --> 00:26:26,249 There's people like that. 413 00:26:26,250 --> 00:26:27,750 Crazy people. 414 00:26:27,751 --> 00:26:29,986 They get attached to things. 415 00:26:29,987 --> 00:26:31,922 Was she crazy? 416 00:26:31,923 --> 00:26:33,189 I don't know. 417 00:26:33,190 --> 00:26:35,591 We hardly spoke. 418 00:26:35,592 --> 00:26:38,094 She was a bit... 419 00:26:38,095 --> 00:26:39,429 superior. 420 00:26:39,430 --> 00:26:41,431 One of them posh voices. 421 00:26:41,432 --> 00:26:43,433 Quite nice, though. 422 00:26:43,434 --> 00:26:45,101 Wayne used to see her 423 00:26:45,102 --> 00:26:47,103 down at the reference library. 424 00:26:47,104 --> 00:26:48,604 She wasn't there just to get out of the cold 425 00:26:48,605 --> 00:26:49,940 like some of them-- not her. 426 00:26:49,941 --> 00:26:52,542 She was actually studying. 427 00:26:52,543 --> 00:26:56,246 What else did you find in the bags? 428 00:26:58,115 --> 00:27:00,516 Nothing valuable. 429 00:27:00,517 --> 00:27:02,218 I don't believe that. 430 00:27:02,219 --> 00:27:07,457 There must have been letters, photos, mementos. 431 00:27:09,226 --> 00:27:11,494 There was a photo... 432 00:27:11,495 --> 00:27:14,697 of a young lad in a silver frame. 433 00:27:14,698 --> 00:27:17,767 We threw the photo away and sold the frame. 434 00:27:20,571 --> 00:27:21,671 HETTY: Oh. 435 00:27:23,241 --> 00:27:24,341 One more. 436 00:27:25,910 --> 00:27:27,077 Thank you. 437 00:27:27,078 --> 00:27:28,245 Oh, yes. 438 00:27:28,246 --> 00:27:30,914 "Of no fixed abode," they said. 439 00:27:30,915 --> 00:27:33,250 She had an accommodation address, 440 00:27:33,251 --> 00:27:35,585 but where did she really come from? 441 00:27:35,586 --> 00:27:38,255 She may have had children, grandchildren. 442 00:27:38,256 --> 00:27:40,257 They'd want to know what happened to her. 443 00:27:40,258 --> 00:27:41,758 I have a public duty-- 444 00:27:41,759 --> 00:27:42,926 ROBERT: Coffee's up. 445 00:27:42,927 --> 00:27:44,427 Thank you, Robert. 446 00:27:44,428 --> 00:27:47,097 Maybe some of your readers 447 00:27:47,098 --> 00:27:50,033 can assist me with my inquiries. 448 00:27:55,439 --> 00:27:56,773 MAN: We can't have this. 449 00:27:56,774 --> 00:27:58,108 No, sir. 450 00:27:58,109 --> 00:28:00,543 What exactly do you want me to do, sir? 451 00:28:00,544 --> 00:28:04,547 Use your initiative, Brown. Play it by ear. 452 00:28:04,548 --> 00:28:06,649 Yes, sir. 453 00:28:12,556 --> 00:28:15,525 All I'm asking for is information. 454 00:28:15,526 --> 00:28:17,794 We do the asking, Mrs. Wainthropp. 455 00:28:27,738 --> 00:28:29,739 I need information. 456 00:28:29,740 --> 00:28:32,008 That's my speciality. 457 00:28:34,912 --> 00:28:36,079 Sign here, please. 458 00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:37,247 What is it? 459 00:28:37,248 --> 00:28:39,349 Business cards. Bill's in the box. 460 00:28:44,121 --> 00:28:45,588 You were at the inquest, Mrs. Wainthropp. 461 00:28:45,589 --> 00:28:47,257 She slipped on the stone stairs 462 00:28:47,258 --> 00:28:48,425 and hit her head. 463 00:28:48,426 --> 00:28:49,592 Who was she? 464 00:28:49,593 --> 00:28:50,760 A bag lady. 465 00:28:50,761 --> 00:28:52,262 That's not an answer. 466 00:28:52,263 --> 00:28:54,597 Mary Nabley of number 19, High-- 467 00:28:54,598 --> 00:28:55,898 I've been there. 468 00:28:55,899 --> 00:28:57,067 It's a mucky magazine shop, 469 00:28:57,068 --> 00:28:58,101 not a home. 470 00:28:58,102 --> 00:28:59,769 Of course it is. 471 00:28:59,770 --> 00:29:03,006 If she'd had a home, she'd have been living in it. 472 00:29:03,007 --> 00:29:05,208 Can homeless people usually afford 473 00:29:05,209 --> 00:29:07,710 to pay for accommodation addresses? 474 00:29:07,711 --> 00:29:09,079 She was a homeless person 475 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:11,381 in receipt of a pension, Mrs. Wainthropp, 476 00:29:11,382 --> 00:29:13,816 to draw which she required an address. 477 00:29:13,817 --> 00:29:15,218 A shop like that 478 00:29:15,219 --> 00:29:17,387 would charge her about a pound a week-- 479 00:29:17,388 --> 00:29:18,721 well worth the expense 480 00:29:18,722 --> 00:29:21,824 for the old lady to draw 60-odd pound in pension. 481 00:29:21,825 --> 00:29:26,562 Have you an idea how our society works? 482 00:29:26,563 --> 00:29:29,899 Mollusks. There's nothing specialized here-- 483 00:29:29,900 --> 00:29:31,567 just the Encyclopaedia Britannica 484 00:29:31,568 --> 00:29:32,902 and a field guide or two. 485 00:29:32,903 --> 00:29:34,570 She soon got through those, 486 00:29:34,571 --> 00:29:37,640 so we used to get her books from the city library, 487 00:29:37,641 --> 00:29:39,742 let her take them into the reading room. 488 00:29:39,743 --> 00:29:42,212 She could have taken them back to her place. 489 00:29:42,213 --> 00:29:44,580 She said she had too much respect for books 490 00:29:44,581 --> 00:29:47,250 to take them to the dump where she lived. 491 00:29:47,251 --> 00:29:49,252 What are mollusks, exactly? 492 00:29:49,253 --> 00:29:54,924 Mollusks? Oh, whelks, cockles, mussels. 493 00:29:54,925 --> 00:29:56,659 There's lots. 494 00:29:56,660 --> 00:29:57,994 I'd like to see 495 00:29:57,995 --> 00:30:00,130 the officer in charge of the case. 496 00:30:00,131 --> 00:30:02,598 There is no case, Mrs. Wainthropp, 497 00:30:02,599 --> 00:30:04,534 because no crime has been committed 498 00:30:04,535 --> 00:30:06,602 except the crime of pension fraud, 499 00:30:06,603 --> 00:30:09,605 which is being dealt with through the usual channels. 500 00:30:09,606 --> 00:30:12,275 I'll see you out. 501 00:30:14,412 --> 00:30:16,112 ROBERT: How many? 502 00:30:16,113 --> 00:30:17,447 HETTY: 500. 503 00:30:17,448 --> 00:30:18,948 500? 504 00:30:18,949 --> 00:30:21,384 It was cheaper if you had a lot done at once. 505 00:30:21,385 --> 00:30:23,119 But who's to pay for them? 506 00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:24,787 And then there's Geoffrey. 507 00:30:24,788 --> 00:30:27,957 He's deferring his wages until we're in profit. 508 00:30:27,958 --> 00:30:29,259 Oh, and they'll defer 509 00:30:29,260 --> 00:30:31,461 the rent on his room, will they? 510 00:30:31,462 --> 00:30:32,795 They'll defer payment 511 00:30:32,796 --> 00:30:34,464 where he buys his groceries, will they? 512 00:30:34,465 --> 00:30:37,133 Or have you sent him off thieving chocolates again? 513 00:30:37,134 --> 00:30:39,702 Let the dead past bury the dead, Robert. 514 00:30:39,703 --> 00:30:41,571 How much have you been giving him? 515 00:30:43,140 --> 00:30:45,141 A little. 516 00:30:45,142 --> 00:30:46,809 Nowt to speak of. 517 00:30:46,810 --> 00:30:48,644 Expenses. 518 00:30:48,645 --> 00:30:50,313 And where did you get it? 519 00:30:52,983 --> 00:30:54,650 My God, you've been dipping into 520 00:30:54,651 --> 00:30:56,319 the building society money. 521 00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:58,654 It is a joint account, Robert. 522 00:30:58,655 --> 00:31:00,590 Only so as you wouldn't be stranded 523 00:31:00,591 --> 00:31:02,592 if I dropped down dead. 524 00:31:02,593 --> 00:31:04,094 We'll be paupers! 525 00:31:04,095 --> 00:31:05,962 We'll be living off of Social Security, 526 00:31:05,963 --> 00:31:07,263 and everyone will know! 527 00:31:07,264 --> 00:31:09,732 Don't you raise your voice to me! 528 00:31:09,733 --> 00:31:12,102 It's my redundancy money, is that, Hetty, 529 00:31:12,103 --> 00:31:13,436 and you know it. 530 00:31:13,437 --> 00:31:15,438 We swore we'd never touch it, 531 00:31:15,439 --> 00:31:17,440 that we'd live on the interest 532 00:31:17,441 --> 00:31:20,110 till the old-age pension came due. 533 00:31:20,111 --> 00:31:22,445 Now no holidays, we sold the car, 534 00:31:22,446 --> 00:31:24,447 yet the interest got less and less. 535 00:31:24,448 --> 00:31:25,781 Now you'll squander that money 536 00:31:25,782 --> 00:31:28,084 on some teenage assistant! 537 00:31:29,953 --> 00:31:31,954 I stood in that supermarket, 538 00:31:31,955 --> 00:31:35,291 and I watched him shelf-stacking, 539 00:31:35,292 --> 00:31:37,660 and I thought, "You're better than this." 540 00:31:37,661 --> 00:31:42,132 And since we've begun asking questions, 541 00:31:42,133 --> 00:31:45,635 investigating... 542 00:31:45,636 --> 00:31:47,237 it's like a flower opening. 543 00:31:48,972 --> 00:31:51,073 He takes your meaning so quick. 544 00:31:53,644 --> 00:31:55,678 Wh-what are you saying? 545 00:31:57,648 --> 00:32:00,583 There's the spare room, not used. 546 00:32:00,584 --> 00:32:02,084 If he moved in with us, 547 00:32:02,085 --> 00:32:04,621 he'd save on his rent and his food. 548 00:32:04,622 --> 00:32:06,756 We know nowt about him! 549 00:32:06,757 --> 00:32:08,090 You don't take strangers 550 00:32:08,091 --> 00:32:09,759 into your house these days, 551 00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:11,093 and certainly not kids. 552 00:32:11,094 --> 00:32:12,762 He could be on drugs! 553 00:32:12,763 --> 00:32:15,431 [Telephone ringing] 554 00:32:15,432 --> 00:32:16,932 I won't have it! 555 00:32:16,933 --> 00:32:18,601 I live here, too, you know! 556 00:32:18,602 --> 00:32:20,537 [Telephone ringing] 557 00:32:22,105 --> 00:32:23,873 Oh. Oh, yes! 558 00:32:25,442 --> 00:32:29,212 This is the Wainthropp Detective Agency. 559 00:32:30,781 --> 00:32:33,783 Please describe the nature of your problem 560 00:32:33,784 --> 00:32:35,718 in your own words. 561 00:32:38,121 --> 00:32:41,724 Now, take your time and speak slowly. 562 00:32:48,131 --> 00:32:50,966 Our first client. 563 00:32:50,967 --> 00:32:55,137 I knew that piece in the paper would attract attention. 564 00:32:55,138 --> 00:32:57,973 Someone going to pay you for detection? 565 00:32:57,974 --> 00:33:00,243 A Mr. Harkness. 566 00:33:00,244 --> 00:33:02,078 I'm to meet him tomorrow morning 567 00:33:02,079 --> 00:33:03,213 in Jubilee Park. 568 00:33:03,214 --> 00:33:05,215 He'll wear a white carnation. 569 00:33:05,216 --> 00:33:08,585 "Delicate and personal," he said. 570 00:33:08,586 --> 00:33:10,253 I told him we didn't do divorce, 571 00:33:10,254 --> 00:33:12,255 but it's nothing of that nature. 572 00:33:12,256 --> 00:33:14,224 I'm on my way. 573 00:33:15,926 --> 00:33:18,294 Not in that cardigan, you're not. 574 00:33:18,295 --> 00:33:19,595 HETTY: Mr. Harkness? 575 00:33:19,596 --> 00:33:22,265 Yes. Are you sure you weren't followed? 576 00:33:22,266 --> 00:33:23,599 Who'd be following? 577 00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:24,934 Well, nobody, I hope. 578 00:33:24,935 --> 00:33:26,602 I've taken every precaution. 579 00:33:26,603 --> 00:33:30,440 Look, I'm sorry, but I'm extremely upset. 580 00:33:30,441 --> 00:33:33,443 They threatened to kill her if I go to the police. 581 00:33:33,444 --> 00:33:35,445 You're sure you've told nobody? 582 00:33:35,446 --> 00:33:36,612 There's nobody to tell. 583 00:33:36,613 --> 00:33:38,614 Who have they threatened to kill? 584 00:33:38,615 --> 00:33:41,617 It's my daughter Tracy. 585 00:33:41,618 --> 00:33:44,287 And who are "they"? 586 00:33:44,288 --> 00:33:45,788 I don't know. 587 00:33:45,789 --> 00:33:47,457 I mean, they could be anyone. 588 00:33:47,458 --> 00:33:50,393 We'd better keep on the move to avoid notice. 589 00:33:56,700 --> 00:33:58,301 They won't talk on the phone. 590 00:33:58,302 --> 00:34:00,570 They expect phone taps. 591 00:34:00,571 --> 00:34:02,238 They insist on a meeting. 592 00:34:02,239 --> 00:34:04,240 Do you want me to go with you? 593 00:34:04,241 --> 00:34:06,742 No. You'll have to go alone, I'm afraid. 594 00:34:06,743 --> 00:34:09,912 I can't go myself. I have a heart condition. 595 00:34:09,913 --> 00:34:13,083 You find out what they want and come back and tell me. 596 00:34:13,084 --> 00:34:14,584 What about your wife? 597 00:34:14,585 --> 00:34:17,253 Oh, she doesn't know. 598 00:34:17,254 --> 00:34:19,255 No, they phoned me at the office. 599 00:34:19,256 --> 00:34:20,590 I was at my wit's end, 600 00:34:20,591 --> 00:34:22,592 and then I looked at your photo in the paper, 601 00:34:22,593 --> 00:34:24,094 and I thought, "She's the one." 602 00:34:24,095 --> 00:34:26,096 Where does your wife think Tracy is? 603 00:34:26,097 --> 00:34:28,098 Uh, staying with friends. 604 00:34:28,099 --> 00:34:31,434 She was at this party, you see--a rave-up. 605 00:34:31,435 --> 00:34:33,603 That's when they grabbed her. 606 00:34:33,604 --> 00:34:36,272 Look, you've got to explain to them, Mrs. Wainthropp, 607 00:34:36,273 --> 00:34:37,607 they've made a mistake. 608 00:34:37,608 --> 00:34:39,275 I mean, I'm not a rich man. 609 00:34:39,276 --> 00:34:40,776 They must have got me confused 610 00:34:40,777 --> 00:34:43,446 with someone else of the same name. 611 00:34:43,447 --> 00:34:45,615 I think we're being watched. 612 00:34:45,616 --> 00:34:47,883 Pretend to admire the fountain. 613 00:34:54,691 --> 00:34:57,460 Are you sure it's a real kidnap, Mr. Harkness? 614 00:34:57,461 --> 00:35:00,062 Couldn't it just be Tracy and her friends 615 00:35:00,063 --> 00:35:01,731 making the whole thing up 616 00:35:01,732 --> 00:35:03,733 to get money out of you? 617 00:35:03,734 --> 00:35:06,169 That is a despicable suggestion. 618 00:35:08,739 --> 00:35:10,406 Of course, I'm not sure. 619 00:35:10,407 --> 00:35:14,244 That's one of the things I want you to find out. 620 00:35:16,079 --> 00:35:17,413 150 in notes, 621 00:35:17,414 --> 00:35:19,415 with the directions how to get there. 622 00:35:19,416 --> 00:35:21,917 There'll be another 150 when you come back. 623 00:35:21,918 --> 00:35:23,919 How do I get in touch with you? 624 00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:25,087 You don't. 625 00:35:25,088 --> 00:35:27,089 I'll phone you from a public box. 626 00:35:27,090 --> 00:35:28,258 Safer. 627 00:35:28,259 --> 00:35:30,593 Now, remember, they'll be expecting you, 628 00:35:30,594 --> 00:35:32,529 and there'll be nobody else there. 629 00:35:32,530 --> 00:35:35,265 You'll be in no danger if you don't start anything. 630 00:35:35,266 --> 00:35:37,600 I shan't start anything. 631 00:35:37,601 --> 00:35:39,602 How are you going to get there? 632 00:35:39,603 --> 00:35:41,037 It's a long way out. 633 00:35:42,773 --> 00:35:45,107 Please don't concern yourself, Mr. Harkness. 634 00:35:45,108 --> 00:35:48,178 I have my own transport. 635 00:35:48,179 --> 00:35:52,615 [Engine sputtering] 636 00:35:52,616 --> 00:35:54,584 What about the old bag lady? 637 00:35:54,585 --> 00:35:56,452 First things first. 638 00:35:56,453 --> 00:35:59,455 What we're doing tonight, there's real money involved. 639 00:35:59,456 --> 00:36:01,391 We'll have to put Mary Nabley 640 00:36:01,392 --> 00:36:03,059 on a back burner for a bit. 641 00:36:03,060 --> 00:36:05,395 Geoffrey, can you assure me 642 00:36:05,396 --> 00:36:08,398 that you have not stolen this vehicle? 643 00:36:08,399 --> 00:36:10,400 Borrowed it from a friend. 644 00:36:10,401 --> 00:36:12,068 And you're licensed to drive? 645 00:36:12,069 --> 00:36:14,737 You keep forgetting, Mrs. Wainthropp, I'm 17. 646 00:36:14,738 --> 00:36:17,073 I used to deliver pizzas for a chain, 647 00:36:17,074 --> 00:36:18,408 but it broke. 648 00:36:18,409 --> 00:36:20,176 Ha ha! 649 00:36:47,104 --> 00:36:48,338 Dead end. 650 00:36:48,339 --> 00:36:50,440 This'll be it. 651 00:37:10,060 --> 00:37:12,595 I think we'd better walk from here. 652 00:37:16,066 --> 00:37:17,400 GEOFFREY: There's a light. 653 00:37:17,401 --> 00:37:20,403 I'm expected. 654 00:37:20,404 --> 00:37:22,004 I'll go on in. 655 00:37:24,074 --> 00:37:25,908 Hide our transport in the bushes, 656 00:37:25,909 --> 00:37:27,243 then follow me. 657 00:37:27,244 --> 00:37:28,745 I want you to keep me 658 00:37:28,746 --> 00:37:30,413 under constant observation. 659 00:37:30,414 --> 00:37:32,915 What happens if they kidnap you as well? 660 00:37:32,916 --> 00:37:35,017 Start a diversion. 661 00:37:45,929 --> 00:37:48,931 [Knocking on door] 662 00:37:48,932 --> 00:37:50,366 HETTY: Anybody home? 663 00:37:55,439 --> 00:37:57,273 It's Mrs. Wainthropp. 664 00:37:57,274 --> 00:38:01,877 I've come on behalf of my client Mr. Harkness. 665 00:38:07,050 --> 00:38:08,584 [Soft crying] 666 00:38:23,066 --> 00:38:25,067 Hello? 667 00:38:25,068 --> 00:38:26,569 Hello! 668 00:38:26,570 --> 00:38:29,339 Is there anybody up there? 669 00:38:45,088 --> 00:38:47,757 Tracy, is that you? 670 00:38:47,758 --> 00:38:49,425 [Soft crying] 671 00:38:49,426 --> 00:38:53,028 Don't be worried. I'm a friend. 672 00:39:06,710 --> 00:39:08,277 [Creaking] 673 00:39:08,278 --> 00:39:10,847 Aah! 674 00:39:10,848 --> 00:39:12,482 Geoffrey! 675 00:39:14,050 --> 00:39:15,551 Geoffrey! 676 00:39:15,552 --> 00:39:16,652 Mrs. Wainthropp! 677 00:39:16,653 --> 00:39:18,788 Mrs. Wainthropp, where are you? 678 00:39:18,789 --> 00:39:23,426 I'm up here! Help! 679 00:39:23,427 --> 00:39:25,060 Mrs. Wainthropp! 680 00:39:25,061 --> 00:39:27,397 I'll drop the torch. 681 00:39:27,398 --> 00:39:29,064 Hang on. 682 00:39:29,065 --> 00:39:31,066 All right. 683 00:39:31,067 --> 00:39:33,068 I'm coming up. 684 00:39:33,069 --> 00:39:34,404 Mind how you go. 685 00:39:34,405 --> 00:39:35,838 This place is booby-trapped. 686 00:39:39,743 --> 00:39:41,411 Stay still, Mrs. Wainthropp. 687 00:39:41,412 --> 00:39:42,745 It's not safe. 688 00:39:42,746 --> 00:39:44,747 Who's that crying? 689 00:39:44,748 --> 00:39:46,582 Tape recorder. 690 00:39:46,583 --> 00:39:50,586 The bleating of the goat excites the tiger. 691 00:39:50,587 --> 00:39:51,754 Oh, aye? 692 00:39:51,755 --> 00:39:54,424 Come on, Geoffrey, do something. 693 00:39:54,425 --> 00:39:56,426 Wouldn't it be better if you just dropped? 694 00:39:56,427 --> 00:39:59,462 If I drop, you're fired. 695 00:40:04,267 --> 00:40:05,435 [Gunshot on TV] 696 00:40:05,436 --> 00:40:06,869 Huh? 697 00:40:14,144 --> 00:40:15,945 There'll be somebody along soon. 698 00:40:15,946 --> 00:40:17,613 They won't leave this tape recorder 699 00:40:17,614 --> 00:40:19,114 for the police to find. 700 00:40:19,115 --> 00:40:20,783 Blow the candle out, Geoffrey. 701 00:40:20,784 --> 00:40:21,751 That'll confuse them. 702 00:40:23,620 --> 00:40:24,821 There's somebody along now. 703 00:40:24,822 --> 00:40:27,056 Quick, out the back way. 704 00:40:29,793 --> 00:40:31,060 The candle's gone out. 705 00:40:39,970 --> 00:40:41,070 Right. 706 00:40:48,144 --> 00:40:49,244 [Tape stops] 707 00:40:57,153 --> 00:41:00,089 That was the man who grabbed me at the mill. 708 00:41:00,090 --> 00:41:02,091 That's interesting. 709 00:41:02,092 --> 00:41:04,760 He was also Mr. Harkness. 710 00:41:04,761 --> 00:41:06,762 Now, where's that scooter? 711 00:41:06,763 --> 00:41:08,965 Over there. 712 00:41:08,966 --> 00:41:10,265 Well, I don't know where she is. 713 00:41:10,266 --> 00:41:11,433 She didn't say. 714 00:41:11,434 --> 00:41:12,768 She'll be home sometime, I suppose. 715 00:41:12,769 --> 00:41:14,103 Who shall I say called? 716 00:41:14,104 --> 00:41:15,371 [Caller hangs up] 717 00:41:20,276 --> 00:41:22,545 Cheers. Lovely. 718 00:41:24,648 --> 00:41:28,217 We may be out of our depth, Geoffrey. 719 00:41:28,218 --> 00:41:30,786 Made 150 quid out of it, though, didn't we? 720 00:41:30,787 --> 00:41:32,688 There's more to life than money. 721 00:41:32,689 --> 00:41:35,758 Like staying alive. 722 00:41:35,759 --> 00:41:39,829 We've got to get out of this bag lady case-- 723 00:41:39,830 --> 00:41:43,298 drop it and find a way of letting them know, 724 00:41:43,299 --> 00:41:45,267 whoever "they" are. 725 00:41:45,268 --> 00:41:46,802 We're not quitters, Mrs. Wainthropp. 726 00:41:46,803 --> 00:41:48,137 Yes, we are. 727 00:41:48,138 --> 00:41:49,805 I have a responsibility to your mother. 728 00:41:49,806 --> 00:41:52,808 Oh, she's not too bothered anyway. 729 00:41:52,809 --> 00:41:54,376 There'll be other cases. 730 00:41:54,377 --> 00:41:56,278 "Never close a file," you said. 731 00:41:56,279 --> 00:41:58,648 I'm closing this one. 732 00:41:58,649 --> 00:42:00,349 We have to, Geoffrey. 733 00:42:01,985 --> 00:42:03,419 We've blundered into something. 734 00:42:03,420 --> 00:42:07,757 I don't know what, but whatever it is... 735 00:42:07,758 --> 00:42:09,759 they tried to kill me tonight. 736 00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:11,093 If you hadn't been there-- 737 00:42:11,094 --> 00:42:12,161 But I was. 738 00:42:13,931 --> 00:42:15,865 We'll speak to the police. 739 00:42:17,935 --> 00:42:19,869 Attempted murder. 740 00:42:22,105 --> 00:42:24,040 They'll have to investigate. 741 00:42:25,943 --> 00:42:28,878 This is as far as I am prepared to go. 742 00:42:31,081 --> 00:42:32,814 She's been in before, sir. 743 00:42:32,815 --> 00:42:33,949 Eccentric. 744 00:42:33,950 --> 00:42:35,951 There was a piece in the Record. 745 00:42:35,952 --> 00:42:38,220 Hmm. Did you look at her arms? 746 00:42:38,221 --> 00:42:40,489 Sir? 747 00:42:40,490 --> 00:42:42,124 If she fell through the ceiling, 748 00:42:42,125 --> 00:42:43,458 she'd be marked. 749 00:42:43,459 --> 00:42:46,661 I could have been killed! 750 00:42:46,662 --> 00:42:48,163 Oh, I don't think so. 751 00:42:48,164 --> 00:42:50,933 A broken ankle would have been more likely. 752 00:42:50,934 --> 00:42:52,634 Allow me to introduce myself-- 753 00:42:52,635 --> 00:42:55,470 Detective Chief Inspector Adams. 754 00:42:55,471 --> 00:42:56,805 ADAMS: And this Mr. Harkness 755 00:42:56,806 --> 00:42:59,808 gave you 150 pounds in used notes 756 00:42:59,809 --> 00:43:01,743 and a bit of torn wrapping paper 757 00:43:01,744 --> 00:43:03,245 with directions written out 758 00:43:03,246 --> 00:43:04,413 in capital letters? 759 00:43:04,414 --> 00:43:05,580 HETTY: That's right. 760 00:43:05,581 --> 00:43:07,449 We were there. It happened to us. We're witnesses. 761 00:43:07,450 --> 00:43:09,919 A teenager and a pensioner? 762 00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:12,054 Excuse me. 763 00:43:12,055 --> 00:43:14,089 They'd make mincemeat of both of you in court. 764 00:43:14,090 --> 00:43:16,091 Not that it could ever come to that, 765 00:43:16,092 --> 00:43:18,928 with no suspects and no proof of crime. 766 00:43:18,929 --> 00:43:20,595 There's proof of one thing. 767 00:43:20,596 --> 00:43:22,097 Somebody's trying to get me 768 00:43:22,098 --> 00:43:23,933 to back away from the bag lady case. 769 00:43:23,934 --> 00:43:26,101 If you don't believe us, why did you come? 770 00:43:26,102 --> 00:43:28,837 Old buildings interest me. 771 00:43:28,838 --> 00:43:30,772 Oh, aye? 772 00:43:30,773 --> 00:43:32,707 Did you suffer any bruising? 773 00:43:32,708 --> 00:43:35,110 Bruising? Here. 774 00:43:35,111 --> 00:43:37,612 Thank you, Mrs. Wainthropp. 775 00:43:37,613 --> 00:43:39,381 Shall we go? 776 00:43:42,452 --> 00:43:44,954 People think the police can investigate anything. 777 00:43:44,955 --> 00:43:47,957 We're a public service, chronically short of cash. 778 00:43:47,958 --> 00:43:49,291 Broadly speaking, 779 00:43:49,292 --> 00:43:51,126 we investigate only two sorts of crime: 780 00:43:51,127 --> 00:43:52,461 what we can't avoid 781 00:43:52,462 --> 00:43:54,463 and what we think we can clear up. 782 00:43:54,464 --> 00:43:55,797 Are you with me? 783 00:43:55,798 --> 00:43:57,132 I'm ahead of you. 784 00:43:57,133 --> 00:43:59,134 You tell me people are trying to kill you 785 00:43:59,135 --> 00:44:01,403 because you've been poking your nose into 786 00:44:01,404 --> 00:44:02,737 the old lady's death. 787 00:44:02,738 --> 00:44:05,240 It's unprovable, a waste of public money 788 00:44:05,241 --> 00:44:07,742 to give you more than a few soothing words. 789 00:44:07,743 --> 00:44:10,912 But suppose you suffered an unfortunate accident 790 00:44:10,913 --> 00:44:12,414 after making this complaint? 791 00:44:12,415 --> 00:44:14,249 We'd have to take it seriously. 792 00:44:14,250 --> 00:44:15,917 Are you still ahead of me? 793 00:44:15,918 --> 00:44:17,252 Catching up. 794 00:44:17,253 --> 00:44:19,254 I don't think you'll be bothered again 795 00:44:19,255 --> 00:44:21,923 unless you turn up something really important-- 796 00:44:21,924 --> 00:44:24,426 in which case, I want to know. 797 00:44:24,427 --> 00:44:26,362 Agreed. 798 00:44:37,773 --> 00:44:40,775 If it was me dabbling in such an unlikely affair, 799 00:44:40,776 --> 00:44:42,777 I'd start by trying to find out 800 00:44:42,778 --> 00:44:45,447 who Mary Nabley was and where she came from. 801 00:44:45,448 --> 00:44:48,384 She must have a family somewhere. 802 00:44:48,385 --> 00:44:50,619 I hope you're insured and licensed 803 00:44:50,620 --> 00:44:52,287 to drive that vehicle, young man. 804 00:44:52,288 --> 00:44:54,289 WOMAN: There was a photo of a young lad 805 00:44:54,290 --> 00:44:55,624 in a silver frame. 806 00:44:55,625 --> 00:44:58,560 We threw the photo away and sold the frame. 807 00:45:14,411 --> 00:45:16,178 [Knock on door] 808 00:45:22,919 --> 00:45:24,353 Oh, hello, Geoffrey. 809 00:45:27,257 --> 00:45:29,758 I wish she wouldn't call these breakfast meetings. 810 00:45:29,759 --> 00:45:32,261 If David Frost can do it, Hetty can do it. 811 00:45:32,262 --> 00:45:34,763 Now, we have to know where we are 812 00:45:34,764 --> 00:45:37,732 before we can go where we're going, right? 813 00:45:37,733 --> 00:45:40,402 If you say so, Mrs. Wainthropp. 814 00:45:40,403 --> 00:45:43,605 First, we know there's a cover-up. 815 00:45:43,606 --> 00:45:48,410 It's in high places, and it goes deep. 816 00:45:48,411 --> 00:45:52,747 Can it do both of those simultaneously, like? 817 00:45:52,748 --> 00:45:55,117 They tried to kill me, Robert. 818 00:45:55,118 --> 00:45:58,653 Just remember that. It'll keep you serious. 819 00:45:58,654 --> 00:46:02,224 Second, we've two clues. 820 00:46:02,225 --> 00:46:06,128 One is mollusks. 821 00:46:06,129 --> 00:46:07,229 You what? 822 00:46:07,230 --> 00:46:09,398 Cockles, uh, whelks, and such. 823 00:46:09,399 --> 00:46:11,233 There's all sorts. 824 00:46:11,234 --> 00:46:13,402 What was it about whelks... 825 00:46:13,403 --> 00:46:15,737 that made Mary Nabley take off like that 826 00:46:15,738 --> 00:46:18,073 and leave her home? 827 00:46:18,074 --> 00:46:20,409 She found something out, 828 00:46:20,410 --> 00:46:24,146 and that information was dangerous. 829 00:46:24,147 --> 00:46:26,415 People don't care about whelks. 830 00:46:26,416 --> 00:46:29,418 Not all that keen on them myself. 831 00:46:29,419 --> 00:46:30,586 Whatever it was, 832 00:46:30,587 --> 00:46:34,289 my theory is that she lived where they abound. 833 00:46:34,290 --> 00:46:37,759 So first, the mollusk connection. 834 00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:40,262 And second... 835 00:46:40,263 --> 00:46:41,530 this photo, 836 00:46:41,531 --> 00:46:45,367 found in Mary Nabley's belongings. 837 00:46:45,368 --> 00:46:50,739 And what does the trained eye immediately notice? 838 00:46:54,110 --> 00:46:56,278 Can you be going to tell us? 839 00:46:56,279 --> 00:46:58,280 Study the suit, Robert. 840 00:46:58,281 --> 00:47:00,549 Your brother Frank had a suit like that. 841 00:47:00,550 --> 00:47:02,050 Right. He did. 842 00:47:02,051 --> 00:47:03,485 Demob suit. 843 00:47:03,486 --> 00:47:04,719 Good cloth is that. 844 00:47:04,720 --> 00:47:06,054 He wore it to funerals. 845 00:47:06,055 --> 00:47:07,389 Late 1940s, then. 846 00:47:07,390 --> 00:47:09,057 I never got one. 847 00:47:09,058 --> 00:47:10,559 Did my national service, 848 00:47:10,560 --> 00:47:12,561 but you had to be in the war. 849 00:47:12,562 --> 00:47:15,230 Somebody in his early 20s in the late forties, 850 00:47:15,231 --> 00:47:17,332 now in his 60s--her age. 851 00:47:19,669 --> 00:47:22,237 I wonder what that bit of fur means. 852 00:47:22,238 --> 00:47:25,240 You miss a lot by not being educated. 853 00:47:25,241 --> 00:47:28,177 Robert and me never had the chance. 854 00:47:28,178 --> 00:47:30,078 And you haven't taken advantage of 855 00:47:30,079 --> 00:47:31,380 your opportunities, Geoffrey. 856 00:47:31,381 --> 00:47:32,881 What opportunities? 857 00:47:32,882 --> 00:47:35,750 But as my Auntie Bea used to say, 858 00:47:35,751 --> 00:47:40,689 "If you don't know, there's others do." 859 00:48:04,547 --> 00:48:05,880 Excuse me. 860 00:48:05,881 --> 00:48:08,217 Do you mind telling me where the shellfish come from? 861 00:48:08,218 --> 00:48:09,384 A wholesaler. 862 00:48:09,385 --> 00:48:10,552 No, before that. 863 00:48:10,553 --> 00:48:12,221 Oh, I get your drift. 864 00:48:12,222 --> 00:48:15,390 The sea. And rocks and sand. 865 00:48:15,391 --> 00:48:17,726 They hide in sand until harvested. 866 00:48:17,727 --> 00:48:19,328 No. What I mean... 867 00:48:25,735 --> 00:48:27,736 B.A., Oxford. 868 00:48:27,737 --> 00:48:29,070 Good. 869 00:48:29,071 --> 00:48:31,406 Are we gonna eat all these? 870 00:48:31,407 --> 00:48:33,408 Not the ones from Taiwan. 871 00:48:33,409 --> 00:48:35,677 Wayne's done a runner. I've just seen Sandy. 872 00:48:37,247 --> 00:48:39,181 Here. Pay for these, Robert. 873 00:48:41,751 --> 00:48:43,752 I told you, she had nothing-- 874 00:48:43,753 --> 00:48:45,587 no clue to who she was. 875 00:48:45,588 --> 00:48:47,756 Did you never talk to her? 876 00:48:47,757 --> 00:48:49,525 Hardly. 877 00:48:49,526 --> 00:48:50,925 You said she had a posh voice. 878 00:48:50,926 --> 00:48:52,427 You must have spoken sometimes. 879 00:48:52,428 --> 00:48:55,096 SANDY: Well, her and me, we'd meet in the-- 880 00:48:55,097 --> 00:48:57,098 There was a toilet in the mill. 881 00:48:57,099 --> 00:48:59,734 No running water, but it was somewhere to sit. 882 00:48:59,735 --> 00:49:03,238 We'd meet there sometimes, pass the time of day. 883 00:49:03,239 --> 00:49:06,208 She kept a little pile of newspapers cut into squares, 884 00:49:06,209 --> 00:49:09,411 and we'd collect water from the canal to flush the bowl. 885 00:49:09,412 --> 00:49:11,079 Show me this toilet. 886 00:49:11,080 --> 00:49:12,648 You what? 887 00:49:12,649 --> 00:49:14,216 Some of those bits of newspaper 888 00:49:14,217 --> 00:49:15,717 could have been local... 889 00:49:15,718 --> 00:49:17,653 where she came from. 890 00:49:47,250 --> 00:49:49,751 Nothing local. 891 00:49:49,752 --> 00:49:52,221 "Times" and "Telegraph," mostly. 892 00:49:52,222 --> 00:49:54,723 Are we done in here now? 893 00:49:54,724 --> 00:49:57,426 Educated, posh voice, 894 00:49:57,427 --> 00:50:00,095 laid down the law in the reference library, 895 00:50:00,096 --> 00:50:02,331 had class. 896 00:50:02,332 --> 00:50:03,565 Must have had valuables. 897 00:50:03,566 --> 00:50:04,600 No. 898 00:50:04,601 --> 00:50:05,767 I don't mean 899 00:50:05,768 --> 00:50:07,769 that bit of unspent money from her pension. 900 00:50:07,770 --> 00:50:09,238 You'd have taken that. 901 00:50:09,239 --> 00:50:11,506 But the things middle-class folk can't live without-- 902 00:50:11,507 --> 00:50:14,610 checkbook, credit cards. 903 00:50:14,611 --> 00:50:17,045 Must have brought those. 904 00:50:17,046 --> 00:50:18,947 I told you, she had nothing. 905 00:50:18,948 --> 00:50:20,449 Do you think Wayne and me 906 00:50:20,450 --> 00:50:22,117 would have wasted a credit card? 907 00:50:22,118 --> 00:50:24,453 She'd nowhere to hide it, 908 00:50:24,454 --> 00:50:26,788 but she must have hidden it anyway. 909 00:50:26,789 --> 00:50:28,390 Where? 910 00:50:29,959 --> 00:50:33,662 No running water, you said? 911 00:50:33,663 --> 00:50:36,398 Geoffrey, look in the cistern. 912 00:50:45,975 --> 00:50:47,242 Bingo! 913 00:50:54,150 --> 00:50:56,151 We'll look at it later. 914 00:50:56,152 --> 00:50:57,986 No offense intended. 915 00:50:57,987 --> 00:50:59,154 [Clacking sound] 916 00:50:59,155 --> 00:51:00,722 What's that? 917 00:51:03,760 --> 00:51:05,761 Starting at shadows. 918 00:51:05,762 --> 00:51:08,029 Gets to you, this job. 919 00:51:11,100 --> 00:51:12,601 Keswick. 920 00:51:12,602 --> 00:51:14,603 Nowhere near the sea. 921 00:51:14,604 --> 00:51:16,938 What's in that packet? 922 00:51:16,939 --> 00:51:19,274 A computer disk. Not much good to us. 923 00:51:19,275 --> 00:51:20,942 We haven't got a computer. 924 00:51:20,943 --> 00:51:22,611 We wouldn't know how to use it if we had. 925 00:51:22,612 --> 00:51:23,779 Don't be daft. 926 00:51:23,780 --> 00:51:26,114 They have them in primary schools these days. 927 00:51:26,115 --> 00:51:27,616 Little children play with them. 928 00:51:27,617 --> 00:51:29,284 Not where I went to school. 929 00:51:29,285 --> 00:51:31,787 Nobody was computer-literate or in any way. 930 00:51:31,788 --> 00:51:33,789 The spelling of 4-letter words gave us trouble. 931 00:51:33,790 --> 00:51:35,290 That'll do. 932 00:51:35,291 --> 00:51:36,792 Better keep it safe 933 00:51:36,793 --> 00:51:39,294 till we find someone who knows how to use it. 934 00:51:39,295 --> 00:51:42,631 Well, at least we know where she had her bank account. 935 00:51:42,632 --> 00:51:45,066 That's somewhere to start. 936 00:51:49,138 --> 00:51:51,206 MAN: I want a word with you. 937 00:52:07,089 --> 00:52:09,090 Right. They let me look in the phone book. 938 00:52:09,091 --> 00:52:10,759 Mary Nabley lived in a village 939 00:52:10,760 --> 00:52:12,093 at the end of the dale. 940 00:52:12,094 --> 00:52:13,928 Bus service only runs twice a week. 941 00:52:13,929 --> 00:52:15,430 Ah. 942 00:52:15,431 --> 00:52:18,032 How's your thumb, Geoffrey? 943 00:52:20,270 --> 00:52:21,903 Seems all right to me. 944 00:52:42,958 --> 00:52:44,626 Are you sure this is the right one? 945 00:52:44,627 --> 00:52:46,127 Lilac Cottage. 946 00:52:46,128 --> 00:52:47,796 It's that other one looks 947 00:52:47,797 --> 00:52:50,064 as though the owner's done a runner. 948 00:52:52,802 --> 00:52:54,135 HETTY: Oh. 949 00:52:54,136 --> 00:52:58,139 Is Mary Nabley at home? 950 00:52:58,140 --> 00:53:00,575 No, she's out. Who wants her? 951 00:53:00,576 --> 00:53:02,243 Mrs. Wainthropp... 952 00:53:02,244 --> 00:53:03,745 and associate. 953 00:53:03,746 --> 00:53:05,414 When will she be back? 954 00:53:05,415 --> 00:53:07,081 I'm not quite sure. 955 00:53:07,082 --> 00:53:09,083 Who am I speaking to? 956 00:53:09,084 --> 00:53:10,819 And what business is that of yours? 957 00:53:10,820 --> 00:53:12,754 I'll ask the questions. 958 00:53:12,755 --> 00:53:14,289 Who am I speaking to? 959 00:53:16,091 --> 00:53:17,426 I'm her nephew. 960 00:53:17,427 --> 00:53:19,761 I'm looking after her cottage while she's away. 961 00:53:19,762 --> 00:53:21,763 If you have any information about where she is, 962 00:53:21,764 --> 00:53:23,097 I'd be glad to know it. 963 00:53:23,098 --> 00:53:28,637 Mary Nabley died in suspicious circumstances 964 00:53:28,638 --> 00:53:29,938 a month ago. 965 00:53:29,939 --> 00:53:33,542 My colleague and I are detectives 966 00:53:33,543 --> 00:53:36,110 investigating the case. 967 00:53:37,947 --> 00:53:39,715 Well, you'd better come in. 968 00:53:41,584 --> 00:53:44,619 Who used to live in that house over there? 969 00:53:44,620 --> 00:53:46,788 MAN: Piddock Holme? 970 00:53:46,789 --> 00:53:50,792 The, um, whole building went up in flames, 971 00:53:50,793 --> 00:53:55,630 and somehow Professor Fisher was trapped inside. 972 00:53:55,631 --> 00:53:56,965 It was at night. 973 00:53:56,966 --> 00:53:58,967 He was burned to death 974 00:53:58,968 --> 00:54:00,969 without anyone realizing what was happening. 975 00:54:00,970 --> 00:54:02,237 Somehow? 976 00:54:02,238 --> 00:54:03,338 Sorry? 977 00:54:04,907 --> 00:54:07,342 Could somebody have locked him in? 978 00:54:10,580 --> 00:54:13,415 I--I don't see why anyone should. 979 00:54:13,416 --> 00:54:14,916 There was an open verdict 980 00:54:14,917 --> 00:54:16,017 at the inquest. 981 00:54:16,018 --> 00:54:17,719 What do the neighbors say? 982 00:54:17,720 --> 00:54:20,455 My aunt was his nearest neighbor. 983 00:54:20,456 --> 00:54:22,758 And she's dead, too. 984 00:54:22,759 --> 00:54:24,092 In suspicious circumstances, 985 00:54:24,093 --> 00:54:25,427 you said? 986 00:54:25,428 --> 00:54:27,362 She fell and hit her head. 987 00:54:28,931 --> 00:54:31,332 Well, that's hardly suspicious. 988 00:54:31,333 --> 00:54:34,603 It is when you don't know how it happened. 989 00:54:34,604 --> 00:54:37,439 This open verdict on the professor-- 990 00:54:37,440 --> 00:54:39,775 could have been an accident, 991 00:54:39,776 --> 00:54:43,378 might have been suicide, even murder. 992 00:54:43,379 --> 00:54:45,614 There's no reason why anyone 993 00:54:45,615 --> 00:54:47,616 should want to murder Professor Fisher 994 00:54:47,617 --> 00:54:50,118 and none why he should take his own life. 995 00:54:50,119 --> 00:54:51,520 You know that, do you? 996 00:54:51,521 --> 00:54:54,088 Well... 997 00:54:54,089 --> 00:54:57,125 Your aunt must have had something to say 998 00:54:57,126 --> 00:54:58,226 at that inquest. 999 00:54:59,962 --> 00:55:01,897 She must have heard something, 1000 00:55:01,898 --> 00:55:04,232 seen something, a fire like that. 1001 00:55:04,233 --> 00:55:05,901 She wasn't at the inquest. 1002 00:55:05,902 --> 00:55:07,903 She went away. It... 1003 00:55:07,904 --> 00:55:10,772 The police were rather annoyed. 1004 00:55:10,773 --> 00:55:14,409 We thought it was because... 1005 00:55:14,410 --> 00:55:19,347 well, she was rather fond of him, you see. 1006 00:55:19,348 --> 00:55:21,082 Then why didn't she stay 1007 00:55:21,083 --> 00:55:23,618 and help the coroner find out how he died? 1008 00:55:23,619 --> 00:55:26,421 Well, surely that's not hard to understand. 1009 00:55:26,422 --> 00:55:28,423 If one's emotionally involved, 1010 00:55:28,424 --> 00:55:30,258 standing up there in public, 1011 00:55:30,259 --> 00:55:31,426 answering questions-- 1012 00:55:31,427 --> 00:55:34,028 she was a shy, sensitive woman. 1013 00:55:34,029 --> 00:55:35,931 So shy and sensitive that she ran away, 1014 00:55:35,932 --> 00:55:37,933 lived rough, and got herself killed 1015 00:55:37,934 --> 00:55:39,768 just to avoid an inquest? 1016 00:55:39,769 --> 00:55:42,604 I find that very hard to believe. 1017 00:55:42,605 --> 00:55:43,772 Mrs. Wainthropp, 1018 00:55:43,773 --> 00:55:45,774 I was totally unaware of my aunt's death 1019 00:55:45,775 --> 00:55:47,776 until you told me just now. 1020 00:55:47,777 --> 00:55:50,078 Now, I'm extremely grateful to you 1021 00:55:50,079 --> 00:55:51,446 for letting the family know, 1022 00:55:51,447 --> 00:55:52,781 but it's hardly my business 1023 00:55:52,782 --> 00:55:54,983 or yours to investigate. 1024 00:55:54,984 --> 00:55:58,252 What was Mr. Fisher a professor of? 1025 00:55:58,253 --> 00:56:03,492 He was retired-- a retired professor. 1026 00:56:03,493 --> 00:56:05,026 And before he retired? 1027 00:56:07,730 --> 00:56:11,733 Some sort of biologist, I think. 1028 00:56:11,734 --> 00:56:13,969 Good-bye, Mrs. Wainthropp. 1029 00:56:22,912 --> 00:56:25,179 Well, we know where to find you. 1030 00:56:41,430 --> 00:56:44,766 It's obvious she knows nothing. 1031 00:56:44,767 --> 00:56:47,435 We'll still have to keep her under observation, though. 1032 00:56:47,436 --> 00:56:48,603 What's to observe? 1033 00:56:54,777 --> 00:56:58,079 I hate these messy cases. 1034 00:56:58,080 --> 00:56:59,781 "Piddock Holme." 1035 00:56:59,782 --> 00:57:02,050 There's 3 kinds of piddock altogether. 1036 00:57:02,051 --> 00:57:03,552 They burrow into rock. 1037 00:57:03,553 --> 00:57:04,886 Mollusks? 1038 00:57:04,887 --> 00:57:07,321 What she was studying in the reference library. 1039 00:57:08,891 --> 00:57:11,225 Burned to death in his own shed? 1040 00:57:11,226 --> 00:57:13,227 That was never an accident, Geoffrey. 1041 00:57:13,228 --> 00:57:15,730 And then she ran off soon after 1042 00:57:15,731 --> 00:57:17,899 and took that computer thing with her. 1043 00:57:17,900 --> 00:57:19,568 Bit fishy, eh, Mrs. Wainthropp? 1044 00:57:19,569 --> 00:57:20,902 Now, then. 1045 00:57:20,903 --> 00:57:22,236 We'd better ask about. 1046 00:57:22,237 --> 00:57:23,738 There's a pub on the main street. 1047 00:57:23,739 --> 00:57:25,073 There's better sources 1048 00:57:25,074 --> 00:57:27,075 of reliable information in a village 1049 00:57:27,076 --> 00:57:29,911 than a lot of old men sipping beer in a pub. 1050 00:57:29,912 --> 00:57:33,582 Anyway, we have to find somewhere to spend the night. 1051 00:57:33,583 --> 00:57:35,684 WOMAN: Well, he was a funny man, the professor. 1052 00:57:35,685 --> 00:57:38,920 He took against that biochemicals place 1053 00:57:38,921 --> 00:57:41,089 that they built on Melon Hill 1054 00:57:41,090 --> 00:57:43,091 and whipped up the village people. 1055 00:57:43,092 --> 00:57:45,093 Did they go along with him? 1056 00:57:45,094 --> 00:57:48,262 Not the old families, no. We need the jobs. 1057 00:57:48,263 --> 00:57:50,264 It was newcomers, mostly. 1058 00:57:50,265 --> 00:57:53,602 "Doomsday scenario," he said-- 1059 00:57:53,603 --> 00:57:54,936 pollution of the water, 1060 00:57:54,937 --> 00:57:56,605 no telling where it would lead. 1061 00:57:56,606 --> 00:57:59,440 There was talk of going to the law, 1062 00:57:59,441 --> 00:58:01,542 but it came to nothing. 1063 00:58:01,543 --> 00:58:03,444 He went a bit funny after. 1064 00:58:03,445 --> 00:58:05,379 How funny? 1065 00:58:05,380 --> 00:58:08,149 Well, there's a place just below Melon Hill 1066 00:58:08,150 --> 00:58:11,052 where the outflow from the factory comes into the lake. 1067 00:58:11,053 --> 00:58:13,888 He'd go there every day come rain or shine, 1068 00:58:13,889 --> 00:58:15,890 and he'd bring back freshwater shrimps 1069 00:58:15,891 --> 00:58:17,726 and mussels and such. 1070 00:58:17,727 --> 00:58:18,927 Mollusks? 1071 00:58:18,928 --> 00:58:21,262 Like a child with [indistinct]. 1072 00:58:21,263 --> 00:58:24,232 He wanted them for his experiments, I suppose, 1073 00:58:24,233 --> 00:58:25,900 but it looked odd. 1074 00:58:25,901 --> 00:58:29,738 And then, I mean, he wasn't a man for pets, 1075 00:58:29,739 --> 00:58:31,906 but he got himself a couple of dogs-- 1076 00:58:31,907 --> 00:58:34,242 couple of beagles, a dog and a bitch. 1077 00:58:34,243 --> 00:58:36,210 Don't know if he was going to breed them. 1078 00:58:36,211 --> 00:58:40,749 Ducks--although he'd no experience with poultry-- 1079 00:58:40,750 --> 00:58:43,317 and a couple of goats to keep the grass down. 1080 00:58:43,318 --> 00:58:45,586 Mary Nabley. 1081 00:58:45,587 --> 00:58:46,921 Oh, she helped him. 1082 00:58:46,922 --> 00:58:49,423 What happened to the dogs? 1083 00:58:49,424 --> 00:58:52,426 Couple of RSPCA took them away in a van 1084 00:58:52,427 --> 00:58:53,862 after the accident. 1085 00:58:53,863 --> 00:58:55,229 If it was an accident. 1086 00:58:55,230 --> 00:58:56,597 You don't think it was? 1087 00:58:56,598 --> 00:58:58,599 Animal Liberation Front. 1088 00:58:58,600 --> 00:58:59,768 Everybody knew that, 1089 00:58:59,769 --> 00:59:02,203 but nobody could prove it. 1090 00:59:02,204 --> 00:59:05,840 How do you know they were the RSPCA? 1091 00:59:05,841 --> 00:59:07,876 Well, they said they were. 1092 00:59:07,877 --> 00:59:09,878 A funny thing: 1093 00:59:09,879 --> 00:59:12,547 Lily Pirrin down the road wanted to take the goats, 1094 00:59:12,548 --> 00:59:14,215 and they wouldn't allow it. 1095 00:59:14,216 --> 00:59:17,719 This place he used to go to, where the outflow is-- 1096 00:59:17,720 --> 00:59:20,722 can you tell us how to get there? 1097 00:59:20,723 --> 00:59:21,823 Oh, I'll show you. 1098 00:59:21,824 --> 00:59:23,391 Gerry, get the map. 1099 00:59:23,392 --> 00:59:25,393 You can borrow a couple of bikes, 1100 00:59:25,394 --> 00:59:27,395 and I'll put you up a nice packed lunch. 1101 00:59:27,396 --> 00:59:29,064 What happened to the ducks? 1102 00:59:29,065 --> 00:59:30,999 Oh, better not to ask. 1103 00:59:45,915 --> 00:59:48,249 He'd come out here with his net, 1104 00:59:48,250 --> 00:59:50,251 pick up a load of freshwater shrimps, 1105 00:59:50,252 --> 00:59:52,253 and take them back to his laboratory. 1106 00:59:52,254 --> 00:59:53,421 Suddenly, one night, 1107 00:59:53,422 --> 00:59:55,090 they all go up in flames. Why? 1108 00:59:55,091 --> 00:59:56,257 You heard Gerry. 1109 00:59:56,258 --> 00:59:57,425 The village thinks 1110 00:59:57,426 --> 00:59:58,927 it was Animal Liberation Front. 1111 00:59:58,928 --> 01:00:03,098 Someone has been feeding the village false information. 1112 01:00:03,099 --> 01:00:06,434 This biochemicals place is up the hill, she said. 1113 01:00:20,783 --> 01:00:22,050 Oh! 1114 01:00:23,786 --> 01:00:25,453 It's not what you could call welcoming. 1115 01:00:25,454 --> 01:00:27,455 Yeah. We'd better go back. 1116 01:00:27,456 --> 01:00:29,457 I've not climbed all this way 1117 01:00:29,458 --> 01:00:32,460 to give up the moment I get to the top. 1118 01:00:32,461 --> 01:00:34,295 Hello? 1119 01:00:34,296 --> 01:00:36,264 Excuse me! 1120 01:00:36,265 --> 01:00:39,667 Can I have a word? Do you mind? 1121 01:00:39,668 --> 01:00:42,170 What goes on in here, exactly? 1122 01:00:42,171 --> 01:00:44,172 If you were an authorized person, madam, 1123 01:00:44,173 --> 01:00:45,640 you wouldn't need to ask. 1124 01:00:45,641 --> 01:00:47,642 Now, on your way, both of you. 1125 01:00:47,643 --> 01:00:49,978 Politeness costs nothing. We're not doing any harm. 1126 01:00:49,979 --> 01:00:51,146 Tell me, 1127 01:00:51,147 --> 01:00:56,151 was Professor Fisher an authorized person? 1128 01:00:56,152 --> 01:00:58,719 Security gate to base. 1129 01:00:58,720 --> 01:01:00,588 I think we'd best be off now, 1130 01:01:00,589 --> 01:01:01,722 Mrs. Wainthropp. 1131 01:01:15,104 --> 01:01:17,438 Animal Liberation Front. 1132 01:01:17,439 --> 01:01:19,373 Some folk would believe anything. 1133 01:01:20,943 --> 01:01:23,111 Why should animal liberators bother with 1134 01:01:23,112 --> 01:01:25,847 a few shrimps in a shed at the bottom of a garden? 1135 01:01:25,848 --> 01:01:27,115 You can never tell. 1136 01:01:27,116 --> 01:01:28,616 There was a girl at our school joined them, 1137 01:01:28,617 --> 01:01:29,784 and she went round 1138 01:01:29,785 --> 01:01:32,653 releasing bait from fishing tackle shops. 1139 01:01:32,654 --> 01:01:37,458 Something from that place was affecting those mollusks. 1140 01:01:37,459 --> 01:01:39,961 That's what the professor was studying, 1141 01:01:39,962 --> 01:01:41,729 and that's what's on the computer disk. 1142 01:01:41,730 --> 01:01:42,964 Something in the water? 1143 01:01:42,965 --> 01:01:44,732 Has to be. 1144 01:01:44,733 --> 01:01:47,802 There's things you read about in the papers-- 1145 01:01:47,803 --> 01:01:52,473 kiddies born with no eyes, leukemia and such. 1146 01:01:52,474 --> 01:01:53,808 I don't read them bits. 1147 01:01:53,809 --> 01:01:55,743 You have to sometimes, Geoffrey. 1148 01:01:55,744 --> 01:01:59,647 We'll have to look at what's on that disk. 1149 01:01:59,648 --> 01:02:02,583 Robert could ask at the school again. 1150 01:02:02,584 --> 01:02:04,585 We can look at it in the village. 1151 01:02:04,586 --> 01:02:06,955 Gerry at the B and B-- she'll know someone. 1152 01:02:16,765 --> 01:02:17,999 We can't read it. 1153 01:02:18,000 --> 01:02:19,767 Why not? It's a computer. 1154 01:02:19,768 --> 01:02:21,769 I haven't got the software. 1155 01:02:21,770 --> 01:02:23,604 Frogspawn--I've never even heard of it. 1156 01:02:23,605 --> 01:02:26,607 You see, a computer's just a machine, Mrs. Wainthropp. 1157 01:02:26,608 --> 01:02:28,109 You have to give it instructions 1158 01:02:28,110 --> 01:02:29,277 before it'll work. 1159 01:02:29,278 --> 01:02:30,611 That's called the software. 1160 01:02:30,612 --> 01:02:32,280 Comes on a disk like this one. 1161 01:02:32,281 --> 01:02:33,948 The professor was a marine biologist. 1162 01:02:33,949 --> 01:02:35,616 He'd have had specialist software. 1163 01:02:35,617 --> 01:02:37,285 Could the police find it? 1164 01:02:37,286 --> 01:02:38,452 Probably, 1165 01:02:38,453 --> 01:02:40,288 but if he didn't want anyone to read the file, 1166 01:02:40,289 --> 01:02:41,455 he'd have encrypted it. 1167 01:02:41,456 --> 01:02:43,457 You still couldn't get in without a password. 1168 01:02:43,458 --> 01:02:44,625 Scientists. 1169 01:02:44,626 --> 01:02:46,227 They've no consideration. 1170 01:02:47,796 --> 01:02:49,797 There isn't a "For Sale" sign 1171 01:02:49,798 --> 01:02:51,632 outside Piddock Holme, 1172 01:02:51,633 --> 01:02:53,801 and yet nobody lives there. 1173 01:02:53,802 --> 01:02:55,803 Oh, some company from London bought it. 1174 01:02:55,804 --> 01:02:57,805 I wonder how they knew. 1175 01:02:57,806 --> 01:03:00,741 What, about him dying? It was in the papers. 1176 01:03:00,742 --> 01:03:03,077 Well, if I'd read in the paper 1177 01:03:03,078 --> 01:03:04,913 about a professor burning to death, 1178 01:03:04,914 --> 01:03:06,247 I wouldn't put in an offer 1179 01:03:06,248 --> 01:03:07,748 for his house straight off. 1180 01:03:07,749 --> 01:03:09,417 Had he any family? 1181 01:03:09,418 --> 01:03:10,751 Oh, yeah. Down south somewhere. 1182 01:03:10,752 --> 01:03:12,253 So have they moved all his things 1183 01:03:12,254 --> 01:03:13,587 out of the house, then? 1184 01:03:13,588 --> 01:03:15,089 No. 1185 01:03:15,090 --> 01:03:16,357 How do you know? 1186 01:03:20,095 --> 01:03:21,362 GERRY: It's this way. 1187 01:03:31,440 --> 01:03:33,707 That's interesting. 1188 01:03:33,708 --> 01:03:35,776 GEOFFREY: Must be that nephew. 1189 01:03:35,777 --> 01:03:37,245 GERRY: He's gone back to town. 1190 01:03:37,246 --> 01:03:39,280 There's nobody in the house. 1191 01:03:39,281 --> 01:03:40,949 You could have fooled me. 1192 01:03:40,950 --> 01:03:43,217 OK, it's open. Quick as you can. 1193 01:03:54,129 --> 01:03:56,397 I wish I knew what I was looking for. 1194 01:03:57,967 --> 01:03:59,133 Gerry? 1195 01:03:59,134 --> 01:04:01,069 Just 3 10-pound notes so far. 1196 01:04:01,070 --> 01:04:02,403 He's used them to mark his place 1197 01:04:02,404 --> 01:04:03,804 and then forgot. 1198 01:04:03,805 --> 01:04:05,406 I found the study, 1199 01:04:05,407 --> 01:04:08,409 but all the computer disks are gone and all the papers. 1200 01:04:08,410 --> 01:04:10,411 There's summat funny here. 1201 01:04:10,412 --> 01:04:13,381 All his music-- tapes and CDs-- 1202 01:04:13,382 --> 01:04:15,984 it's classical, Beethoven and stuff, 1203 01:04:15,985 --> 01:04:17,251 apart from this one-- 1204 01:04:17,252 --> 01:04:19,087 "The Very Best Of the Bee Gees." 1205 01:04:19,088 --> 01:04:20,921 Ugh. 1206 01:04:20,922 --> 01:04:22,190 Let's hear it. 1207 01:04:30,265 --> 01:04:37,338 � I'm going back to Massachusetts � 1208 01:04:37,339 --> 01:04:38,606 You have to admit 1209 01:04:38,607 --> 01:04:40,608 it's got a certain old-fashioned charm. 1210 01:04:40,609 --> 01:04:44,012 That's music. That's real music. 1211 01:04:44,013 --> 01:04:45,446 [Music stops] 1212 01:04:45,447 --> 01:04:47,781 MAN: You've asked me, "What is the safety level 1213 01:04:47,782 --> 01:04:50,284 on the presence of these hormones in the food chain?" 1214 01:04:50,285 --> 01:04:53,988 and I must tell you that there is no safety level, 1215 01:04:53,989 --> 01:04:55,956 no matter what the experts say, 1216 01:04:55,957 --> 01:04:57,892 because we simply do not know. 1217 01:04:57,893 --> 01:04:59,460 Rehearsing a speech. 1218 01:04:59,461 --> 01:05:00,728 And we cannot know 1219 01:05:00,729 --> 01:05:02,763 until the damage has already been done, 1220 01:05:02,764 --> 01:05:04,399 unless we begin now 1221 01:05:04,400 --> 01:05:06,401 to conduct the most stringent tests 1222 01:05:06,402 --> 01:05:09,003 on a wide variety of animal species, 1223 01:05:09,004 --> 01:05:10,738 including our own. 1224 01:05:10,739 --> 01:05:12,740 [Music resumes] 1225 01:05:12,741 --> 01:05:14,075 [Tape stops] 1226 01:05:14,076 --> 01:05:16,077 Then he did find something then, 1227 01:05:16,078 --> 01:05:17,245 with those experiments. 1228 01:05:17,246 --> 01:05:18,612 And then someone found him. 1229 01:05:18,613 --> 01:05:20,748 I've been thinking, Geoffrey, 1230 01:05:20,749 --> 01:05:25,319 about that light we saw on the way in. 1231 01:05:25,320 --> 01:05:27,088 Remember what I said to you 1232 01:05:27,089 --> 01:05:28,589 when they set that trap for me-- 1233 01:05:28,590 --> 01:05:31,092 the kidnapped girl in the cottage? 1234 01:05:31,093 --> 01:05:33,494 The bleating of the goat... 1235 01:05:33,495 --> 01:05:36,330 Excites the tiger. 1236 01:05:36,331 --> 01:05:37,532 Right. 1237 01:05:46,775 --> 01:05:50,778 And the flicker of the candle flame 1238 01:05:50,779 --> 01:05:53,181 attracts the moth. 1239 01:05:53,182 --> 01:05:55,116 What do we do? 1240 01:05:55,117 --> 01:05:56,784 Wait for moths. 1241 01:05:56,785 --> 01:05:58,386 Come on. You'll see. 1242 01:06:56,077 --> 01:06:58,779 Hey! Get off me! 1243 01:06:58,780 --> 01:06:59,947 [Indistinct shouting] 1244 01:06:59,948 --> 01:07:02,350 Now, let's take a good look at you. 1245 01:07:02,351 --> 01:07:03,984 Geoffrey? 1246 01:07:08,624 --> 01:07:10,358 That'll teach you. 1247 01:07:10,359 --> 01:07:13,628 You stupid woman. 1248 01:07:13,629 --> 01:07:17,665 You've got some explaining to do. 1249 01:07:19,568 --> 01:07:21,502 "Use your initiative." 1250 01:07:24,072 --> 01:07:26,741 They never say what they really mean. 1251 01:07:26,742 --> 01:07:29,744 You have to work it out for yourself. 1252 01:07:29,745 --> 01:07:32,747 "Take care of her." 1253 01:07:32,748 --> 01:07:34,081 How? 1254 01:07:34,082 --> 01:07:38,085 Oh, it's up to me, the man on the ground. 1255 01:07:38,086 --> 01:07:40,087 That's what they pay for. 1256 01:07:40,088 --> 01:07:42,423 They don't want to be bothered. 1257 01:07:42,424 --> 01:07:44,925 Don't want to know my troubles. 1258 01:07:44,926 --> 01:07:46,427 And now? 1259 01:07:46,428 --> 01:07:48,896 He won't be pleased. 1260 01:07:48,897 --> 01:07:51,098 You're not working for the government, then? 1261 01:07:51,099 --> 01:07:53,768 I have worked for the security services. 1262 01:07:53,769 --> 01:07:55,436 There's so much privatization 1263 01:07:55,437 --> 01:07:56,937 these days, 1264 01:07:56,938 --> 01:07:59,307 you'd be surprised what I get asked to do. 1265 01:07:59,308 --> 01:08:01,309 But not this time? 1266 01:08:01,310 --> 01:08:03,678 No, not as far as I know. 1267 01:08:03,679 --> 01:08:06,714 I think I'd better make an appointment 1268 01:08:06,715 --> 01:08:08,649 to see this boss of yours. 1269 01:08:12,887 --> 01:08:15,656 Mrs. Wainthropp, Mr. Shawcross, 1270 01:08:15,657 --> 01:08:18,592 how very good of you to come. 1271 01:08:21,830 --> 01:08:24,064 Sir Peter will see you at once, Mrs. Wainthropp. 1272 01:08:24,065 --> 01:08:27,067 I'll try to make Mr. Shawcross comfortable in here. 1273 01:08:27,068 --> 01:08:29,570 Mrs. Wainthropp has arrived, Sir Peter. 1274 01:08:29,571 --> 01:08:30,904 SIR PETER: Thank you, Caroline. 1275 01:08:30,905 --> 01:08:32,172 Do come with me. 1276 01:08:44,753 --> 01:08:46,587 SIR PETER: Well, Mrs. Wainthropp, 1277 01:08:46,588 --> 01:08:50,224 you've been putting the cat among the pigeons, I hear. 1278 01:08:53,094 --> 01:08:55,095 Do sit down, Mr. Shawcross. 1279 01:08:55,096 --> 01:08:56,196 Thanks. 1280 01:08:59,934 --> 01:09:01,702 There was nothing in the water-- 1281 01:09:01,703 --> 01:09:03,537 nothing to worry anyone. 1282 01:09:03,538 --> 01:09:05,539 It worried the professor. 1283 01:09:05,540 --> 01:09:06,874 He was a crank. 1284 01:09:06,875 --> 01:09:09,710 Before any wastewater leaves our plant, 1285 01:09:09,711 --> 01:09:12,045 it's tested for everything you can think of. 1286 01:09:12,046 --> 01:09:15,048 It's always well below EEC safety levels. 1287 01:09:15,049 --> 01:09:17,050 So there wasn't a cover-up 1288 01:09:17,051 --> 01:09:18,386 about the water. 1289 01:09:18,387 --> 01:09:20,654 There wasn't a cover-up about anything. 1290 01:09:20,655 --> 01:09:22,656 Oh, yes, there was. 1291 01:09:22,657 --> 01:09:23,724 Mrs. Wainthropp, 1292 01:09:23,725 --> 01:09:25,559 I don't know where your vivid imagination 1293 01:09:25,560 --> 01:09:26,727 has been leading you. 1294 01:09:26,728 --> 01:09:30,063 Did you really believe that sinister secret agents 1295 01:09:30,064 --> 01:09:32,266 set fire to the professor's laboratory 1296 01:09:32,267 --> 01:09:35,068 and murdered an old lady who knew too much? 1297 01:09:35,069 --> 01:09:36,637 It's a possibility. 1298 01:09:36,638 --> 01:09:38,572 Well, it didn't happen in this case. 1299 01:09:38,573 --> 01:09:41,575 What did happen... 1300 01:09:41,576 --> 01:09:43,210 to Mary Nabley? 1301 01:09:43,211 --> 01:09:45,780 She fell on the steps and hit her head. 1302 01:09:45,781 --> 01:09:47,615 They got it right at the inquest. 1303 01:09:47,616 --> 01:09:50,751 She wasn't pushed. She fell. 1304 01:09:50,752 --> 01:09:53,387 Shall we make ourselves more comfortable? 1305 01:10:01,930 --> 01:10:04,264 Tell me if I'm right, Sir Peter. 1306 01:10:04,265 --> 01:10:05,966 The professor believed 1307 01:10:05,967 --> 01:10:09,102 that nobody can say for sure what's safe 1308 01:10:09,103 --> 01:10:11,271 until the damage has been done. 1309 01:10:11,272 --> 01:10:13,941 He collected shrimps and such 1310 01:10:13,942 --> 01:10:16,109 from the outflow to your plant 1311 01:10:16,110 --> 01:10:19,212 and ground them up into a sort of paste. 1312 01:10:19,213 --> 01:10:21,281 He bought a couple of beagles-- 1313 01:10:21,282 --> 01:10:23,818 a dog and a bitch-- and fed it to them. 1314 01:10:23,819 --> 01:10:26,454 Two goats, a billy and a nanny-- 1315 01:10:26,455 --> 01:10:28,121 goats will eat anything-- 1316 01:10:28,122 --> 01:10:31,291 and ducks, and he took some himself. 1317 01:10:31,292 --> 01:10:35,062 And he gave some to Mary Nabley. 1318 01:10:35,063 --> 01:10:37,631 Probably told her they were vitamins. 1319 01:10:37,632 --> 01:10:42,536 Mr. Brown seems to have been remarkably indiscreet. 1320 01:10:42,537 --> 01:10:44,638 Oh, I didn't get all this from Mr. Brown. 1321 01:10:44,639 --> 01:10:47,475 I worked some of it out for myself. 1322 01:10:47,476 --> 01:10:49,142 Mollusks. 1323 01:10:49,143 --> 01:10:52,312 They change sex if they're interfered with. 1324 01:10:52,313 --> 01:10:55,649 We got all that from the encyclopedia. 1325 01:10:55,650 --> 01:10:57,651 They say in the market 1326 01:10:57,652 --> 01:11:00,320 that Mary Nabley had facial hair. 1327 01:11:00,321 --> 01:11:02,590 Old women often do. 1328 01:11:02,591 --> 01:11:06,426 When she found out what he was doing to her, 1329 01:11:06,427 --> 01:11:08,261 she killed him. 1330 01:11:08,262 --> 01:11:12,099 She locked him in that shed with his shrimps 1331 01:11:12,100 --> 01:11:13,667 and set fire to it. 1332 01:11:13,668 --> 01:11:15,669 She may not have known that he was in there. 1333 01:11:15,670 --> 01:11:18,438 She may have just wanted to burn the shed. 1334 01:11:18,439 --> 01:11:20,107 And then she ran away, 1335 01:11:20,108 --> 01:11:24,344 taking a few personal belongings with her-- 1336 01:11:24,345 --> 01:11:26,046 including this. 1337 01:11:31,285 --> 01:11:32,386 May I? 1338 01:11:45,534 --> 01:11:47,234 She was my sister. 1339 01:11:50,138 --> 01:11:51,471 Mary Nabley? 1340 01:11:51,472 --> 01:11:52,439 Yes. 1341 01:11:55,410 --> 01:11:57,912 So that was the cover-up. 1342 01:11:59,648 --> 01:12:01,048 Protecting yourself 1343 01:12:01,049 --> 01:12:03,250 from what your sister had done. 1344 01:12:03,251 --> 01:12:04,585 Might have done. 1345 01:12:04,586 --> 01:12:07,521 But the press would have had a field day. 1346 01:12:07,522 --> 01:12:09,757 It could have ruined this company, 1347 01:12:09,758 --> 01:12:12,259 done quite a bit of harm to the country generally-- 1348 01:12:12,260 --> 01:12:13,961 jobs lost, exports lost. 1349 01:12:13,962 --> 01:12:15,262 Just a minute. 1350 01:12:15,263 --> 01:12:17,565 You tried to have me killed. 1351 01:12:17,566 --> 01:12:20,601 Are you saying that was to save jobs? 1352 01:12:20,602 --> 01:12:23,537 I fear Mr. Brown exceeded his instructions. 1353 01:12:23,538 --> 01:12:25,606 He certainly did. 1354 01:12:25,607 --> 01:12:27,608 The inconvenience will be reflected 1355 01:12:27,609 --> 01:12:30,644 in the size of your fee. 1356 01:12:32,981 --> 01:12:34,682 Excuse me. 1357 01:12:36,785 --> 01:12:38,719 Caroline? 1358 01:12:41,623 --> 01:12:43,457 His sister. 1359 01:12:43,458 --> 01:12:45,125 Well, there you are, Geoffrey-- 1360 01:12:45,126 --> 01:12:46,560 families. 1361 01:12:47,305 --> 01:12:53,419 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from SubtitleDB.org