1 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:39,917 HASTINGS: The whole art of clay-pigeon shooting 2 00:01:40,084 --> 00:01:41,292 lies in the timing. 3 00:01:41,709 --> 00:01:43,459 The trick is when I say "pull" -- 4 00:01:43,792 --> 00:01:44,875 No! 5 00:01:45,042 --> 00:01:46,250 [ Gunshots ] 6 00:01:47,626 --> 00:01:48,500 Sorry. 7 00:01:48,667 --> 00:01:50,250 My fault. Should have warned you there. 8 00:01:50,417 --> 00:01:51,334 Weren't you ready? 9 00:01:51,501 --> 00:01:52,709 Oh, no, it's all right. 10 00:01:52,876 --> 00:01:54,792 I say, they go out jolly quickly, don't they? 11 00:01:54,959 --> 00:01:56,000 CREGAN: Do you want a go? 12 00:01:56,167 --> 00:01:58,000 No, I think I'll learn the shooting bit first. 13 00:01:58,167 --> 00:01:59,834 Can you reload that, Pamela? 14 00:02:00,626 --> 00:02:01,834 Oh, I don't know. 15 00:02:02,209 --> 00:02:03,459 They go in here, don't they? 16 00:02:03,626 --> 00:02:04,500 Shall I, miss? 17 00:02:04,667 --> 00:02:07,167 I'm perfectly capable, thank you very much. 18 00:02:09,834 --> 00:02:13,000 HASTINGS: Well, we'll leave the reloading for a minute. 19 00:02:13,959 --> 00:02:15,459 You see, when I say "pull" -- 20 00:02:16,292 --> 00:02:18,375 Morning, Hastings! Lovely day! 21 00:02:19,001 --> 00:02:20,084 Morning, General! 22 00:02:20,251 --> 00:02:21,500 Morning, ladies! 23 00:02:21,792 --> 00:02:23,250 � Morning! � Morning! 24 00:02:23,417 --> 00:02:26,375 HASTINGS: Well, now, Kitty, why don't you have a try? 25 00:02:26,626 --> 00:02:29,500 If you don't practice, you won't be ready for the championship. 26 00:02:29,667 --> 00:02:31,875 It's all set for the 14th. 27 00:02:39,167 --> 00:02:41,334 Ah, morning, Mr. Russell. Racing, eh? 28 00:02:42,626 --> 00:02:44,209 [ Chuckles ] 29 00:03:05,084 --> 00:03:07,125 MORGAN: ? Pale hands, pink-tipped ? 30 00:03:08,792 --> 00:03:10,334 31 00:03:13,626 --> 00:03:14,834 32 00:03:16,917 --> 00:03:18,542 Good morning, Mr. Poirot. 33 00:03:18,834 --> 00:03:20,667 Hello, Captain Fowler. 34 00:03:22,876 --> 00:03:25,959 MORGAN: ? I would have rather felt them round my throat ? 35 00:03:31,042 --> 00:03:33,584 than waving you farewell 36 00:03:38,334 --> 00:03:39,750 37 00:03:41,501 --> 00:03:43,250 Oh! Good morning, M. Poirot. 38 00:03:44,167 --> 00:03:45,709 Hello, Miss. Morgan. 39 00:03:46,501 --> 00:03:47,709 You're in good voice, eh? 40 00:03:47,876 --> 00:03:50,417 Thanks to your Captain Hastings, Mr. Poirot. 41 00:03:51,042 --> 00:03:52,542 He's got us all organized. 42 00:03:52,917 --> 00:03:55,084 Captain Hastings is very good at that. 43 00:03:55,667 --> 00:03:57,542 I thought the general was awfully good last night, 44 00:03:57,709 --> 00:03:59,084 with his recitations from Swinburne. 45 00:03:59,251 --> 00:04:02,750 Oh, yes, the general recites poetry with true military vigor. 46 00:04:05,292 --> 00:04:08,334 Perhaps your niece can also be persuaded to entertain us 47 00:04:08,501 --> 00:04:09,625 one evening. 48 00:04:09,792 --> 00:04:12,500 Perhaps she will, Mr. Poirot, perhaps she will. 49 00:04:13,209 --> 00:04:14,417 [ Chuckles ] 50 00:04:15,459 --> 00:04:17,375 Excuse me. 51 00:04:21,667 --> 00:04:22,792 [ Piano plays ] 52 00:04:22,959 --> 00:04:24,167 53 00:04:26,126 --> 00:04:27,417 54 00:04:31,334 --> 00:04:32,542 55 00:04:33,084 --> 00:04:36,125 ADELINE: ? Don't ever lose all the charms you possess ? 56 00:04:36,292 --> 00:04:37,500 57 00:04:38,792 --> 00:04:40,625 the way you say "yes" 58 00:04:43,542 --> 00:04:44,917 59 00:04:47,167 --> 00:04:48,375 60 00:04:49,501 --> 00:04:50,792 61 00:04:52,417 --> 00:04:54,792 John? 62 00:05:00,042 --> 00:05:01,250 John? 63 00:05:01,501 --> 00:05:04,542 [ Woman laughing ] 64 00:05:06,959 --> 00:05:10,084 Of course, the actual wound I got was ludicrously minor. 65 00:05:10,251 --> 00:05:11,542 I felt a complete fraud. 66 00:05:11,709 --> 00:05:13,167 I'm sure it wasn't minor. 67 00:05:13,376 --> 00:05:14,584 Oh, I assure you it was. 68 00:05:15,209 --> 00:05:17,625 Mind you, I was convinced I was going to die. 69 00:05:18,417 --> 00:05:20,375 But that's only because I'm a coward. 70 00:05:20,542 --> 00:05:22,000 [ Laughing ] Oh, John. 71 00:05:22,376 --> 00:05:23,334 Oh, good morning, General. 72 00:05:23,501 --> 00:05:24,500 FORBES: Morning, Reverend. 73 00:05:24,667 --> 00:05:26,167 HENDERSON: Good morning, General Forbes. 74 00:05:26,334 --> 00:05:27,584 FORBES: Morning, Miss Henderson. 75 00:05:27,751 --> 00:05:28,625 Fine day -- little breezy. 76 00:05:28,792 --> 00:05:30,000 [ Laughter ] 77 00:05:32,751 --> 00:05:34,917 � [ Footsteps approaching ] � ADELINE: John? 78 00:05:35,084 --> 00:05:36,750 Oh, good morning, M. Poirot. 79 00:05:37,459 --> 00:05:38,417 Mme. Clapperton. 80 00:05:38,584 --> 00:05:39,709 Have you seen John? 81 00:05:39,876 --> 00:05:42,042 Ah, yes, he is on the foredeck, madame. 82 00:05:43,334 --> 00:05:44,542 Oh, shall I? 83 00:05:44,834 --> 00:05:46,084 Sit down, M. Poirot. 84 00:05:47,042 --> 00:05:49,125 I didn't see you at dinner last night. 85 00:05:49,626 --> 00:05:50,500 No, no, no. 86 00:05:50,667 --> 00:05:52,750 It was just a shade choppy, of course. 87 00:05:53,334 --> 00:05:54,375 Well, no, I was -- 88 00:05:54,542 --> 00:05:56,750 Fortunately, I am an excellent sailor. 89 00:05:57,042 --> 00:05:59,584 The one thing I must not do is overtire myself. 90 00:06:00,001 --> 00:06:02,709 I live so intensely, if you know what I mean, M. Poirot. 91 00:06:02,876 --> 00:06:03,750 Oh, yes. 92 00:06:03,917 --> 00:06:05,125 As a matter of fact, 93 00:06:05,667 --> 00:06:08,084 I nearly wore myself out as a girl in the war. 94 00:06:09,417 --> 00:06:10,459 My hospital. 95 00:06:10,626 --> 00:06:12,500 You've heard about my hospital. 96 00:06:12,751 --> 00:06:15,959 Of course, I had nurses and matrons and that sort of thing, 97 00:06:16,917 --> 00:06:18,167 but I actually ran it. 98 00:06:19,917 --> 00:06:22,209 Your vitality is formidable, dear lady. 99 00:06:23,501 --> 00:06:24,375 [ Chuckles ] 100 00:06:24,542 --> 00:06:26,959 "You're so alive, Adeline, " they say to me, 101 00:06:27,751 --> 00:06:29,125 but really, M. Poirot, 102 00:06:29,376 --> 00:06:32,209 what would one be if one wasn't alive? 103 00:06:35,251 --> 00:06:37,625 Dead, madame. 104 00:06:41,542 --> 00:06:44,917 I must find my husband. 105 00:06:48,251 --> 00:06:51,459 [ Miss Henderson laughing ] 106 00:06:54,334 --> 00:06:57,167 JOHN: You won't find sharks in the Mediterranean. 107 00:06:57,542 --> 00:06:58,417 [ Chuckles ] 108 00:06:58,584 --> 00:06:59,834 ADELINE: Oh, there you are. 109 00:07:00,001 --> 00:07:01,959 Oh, hello, my dear. I did find you a chair. 110 00:07:02,126 --> 00:07:03,917 Would you like it in or out of the sun? 111 00:07:04,084 --> 00:07:05,292 Not in the sun, if possible. 112 00:07:05,459 --> 00:07:06,500 Ah, right, there you are. 113 00:07:06,667 --> 00:07:08,292 Are you -- Are you going to be warm enough? 114 00:07:08,459 --> 00:07:09,334 I'm freezing. 115 00:07:09,501 --> 00:07:10,459 Oh, well, I'll find... 116 00:07:10,626 --> 00:07:13,417 I'd take a hatchet to that woman if I were her husband. 117 00:07:13,584 --> 00:07:14,709 Bonjour, monsieur. 118 00:07:14,876 --> 00:07:16,250 JOHN: Ah. How's that? 119 00:07:16,542 --> 00:07:18,917 I knew a woman like that once in Hyderabad. 120 00:07:19,459 --> 00:07:21,167 Absolutely poisonous. 121 00:07:22,709 --> 00:07:23,917 In '87, that was. 122 00:07:25,376 --> 00:07:27,417 And did anyone take a hatchet to her? 123 00:07:28,834 --> 00:07:30,042 No. 124 00:07:30,626 --> 00:07:32,792 Last time I saw her, she was on her third husband. 125 00:07:32,959 --> 00:07:34,875 Oh. 126 00:07:37,959 --> 00:07:39,375 HASTINGS: Position is everything. 127 00:07:39,542 --> 00:07:40,500 If you lose your balance, 128 00:07:40,667 --> 00:07:43,000 you could swing round and shoot a hole in the mast -- or worse. 129 00:07:43,167 --> 00:07:44,167 [ Woman chuckles ] 130 00:07:47,167 --> 00:07:48,959 FORBES: Colonel Clapperton? 131 00:07:49,126 --> 00:07:50,000 Colonel? 132 00:07:50,167 --> 00:07:51,917 Such a soldierly looking man. 133 00:07:52,917 --> 00:07:54,042 Soldierly? 134 00:07:54,209 --> 00:07:56,584 HENDERSON: He was in the Guards, wasn't he, General Forbes? 135 00:07:56,751 --> 00:07:57,959 Guards? 136 00:07:59,209 --> 00:08:02,375 Before the war, that fellow was on the music-hall stage. 137 00:08:03,376 --> 00:08:04,250 No. 138 00:08:04,417 --> 00:08:06,125 Fact -- music-hall stage. 139 00:08:07,959 --> 00:08:10,459 War comes along, they start letting anyone in. 140 00:08:10,626 --> 00:08:12,917 Hun drops a stray bomb -- pure good luck -- 141 00:08:13,709 --> 00:08:15,834 he goes home with a flesh wound in the arm. 142 00:08:16,001 --> 00:08:17,750 How did he meet Mrs. Clapperton? 143 00:08:18,584 --> 00:08:19,750 Mrs. Clapperton? 144 00:08:19,917 --> 00:08:21,417 Lady Pardot, she was then. 145 00:08:21,917 --> 00:08:22,792 Really? 146 00:08:22,959 --> 00:08:24,834 He got into her hospital somehow. 147 00:08:26,626 --> 00:08:29,542 Did it have anything to do with him being wounded, do you think? 148 00:08:31,292 --> 00:08:32,834 Oh, yes, he had to be wounded. 149 00:08:35,334 --> 00:08:38,084 You should get a bit of exercise, Miss Henderson. 150 00:08:38,251 --> 00:08:41,125 Does you no good sitting around thinking, you know. 151 00:08:41,501 --> 00:08:42,709 No, I know. 152 00:08:43,584 --> 00:08:46,959 Unfortunately, my religion forbids it at this time of year. 153 00:08:47,667 --> 00:08:50,209 Oh. 154 00:08:50,376 --> 00:08:51,625 Oh. 155 00:08:56,667 --> 00:08:57,792 Right. 156 00:08:57,959 --> 00:09:02,084 I mean, um -- Well. 157 00:09:14,792 --> 00:09:16,000 [ Lock clicking ] 158 00:09:16,417 --> 00:09:17,667 Adeline. 159 00:09:19,459 --> 00:09:20,709 Oh, hello, Dermot. 160 00:09:22,459 --> 00:09:23,792 I've been trying to talk to you 161 00:09:23,959 --> 00:09:25,500 ever since you both came on board. 162 00:09:25,667 --> 00:09:28,542 I don't see that we've a lot to say to each other, have we? 163 00:09:28,709 --> 00:09:30,375 Oh, surely, after all the... 164 00:09:30,876 --> 00:09:32,584 [ Footsteps approaching ] 165 00:09:34,417 --> 00:09:35,625 What do you want? 166 00:09:36,084 --> 00:09:37,292 I was just -- 167 00:09:38,792 --> 00:09:40,042 Were you spying on us? 168 00:09:40,417 --> 00:09:42,459 I wanted to clear your trays, ma'am. 169 00:09:44,209 --> 00:09:46,584 Well, get on and do it, then. 170 00:09:54,001 --> 00:09:59,375 I am a happily married woman, General Forbes. 171 00:10:04,792 --> 00:10:06,959 MORGAN: ? I saw the army wasn't strong ? 172 00:10:08,459 --> 00:10:11,167 till the day I came along 173 00:10:11,626 --> 00:10:12,834 174 00:10:13,876 --> 00:10:15,084 175 00:10:15,459 --> 00:10:18,084 said Kitchener with delight 176 00:10:19,209 --> 00:10:20,834 177 00:10:22,417 --> 00:10:24,292 all right 178 00:10:25,209 --> 00:10:27,042 It's her family I feel sorry for. 179 00:10:28,167 --> 00:10:30,917 MORGAN: ? Boys, take my tip and join the army right away ? 180 00:10:31,084 --> 00:10:32,292 181 00:10:32,584 --> 00:10:33,792 182 00:10:35,334 --> 00:10:38,084 a general someday 183 00:10:38,501 --> 00:10:39,709 184 00:10:42,501 --> 00:10:44,250 of you 185 00:10:46,042 --> 00:10:49,959 will do in the... 186 00:10:51,376 --> 00:10:54,334 "No soldier songs," I said, "no Indian love lyrics." 187 00:10:54,792 --> 00:10:55,917 What does she sing? 188 00:10:56,084 --> 00:10:59,500 "The Army of Today's All Right" and the "Kashmiri Love Song." 189 00:11:00,042 --> 00:11:00,917 [ Sighs ] 190 00:11:01,084 --> 00:11:03,792 You can't expect no better from civilians, sir. 191 00:11:04,834 --> 00:11:06,709 We're all civilians now, Bates. 192 00:11:08,084 --> 00:11:10,459 MORGAN: ? So the army of today's all right ? 193 00:11:12,209 --> 00:11:13,834 ADELINE: The trouble with a cruise like this 194 00:11:14,001 --> 00:11:16,209 is you're forced to suffer amateur entertainment 195 00:11:16,376 --> 00:11:17,500 night after night. 196 00:11:17,667 --> 00:11:20,417 Oh, well, we rather enjoyed it, didn't we, Molly? 197 00:11:20,876 --> 00:11:23,167 What did you think, Colonel Clapperton? 198 00:11:23,584 --> 00:11:24,875 ADELINE: John would have been quite happy 199 00:11:25,042 --> 00:11:27,292 to sit and listen to that dreadful woman for hours. 200 00:11:27,459 --> 00:11:30,417 He has no taste at all as far as anything artistic goes. 201 00:11:30,584 --> 00:11:31,792 It's true. 202 00:11:32,542 --> 00:11:34,209 Mrs. Tolliver's artistic. 203 00:11:34,376 --> 00:11:36,459 That must be a great solace to you. 204 00:11:39,001 --> 00:11:40,709 We're really looking forward 205 00:11:40,876 --> 00:11:43,417 to seeing the museum in Alexandria tomorrow. 206 00:11:43,917 --> 00:11:45,750 John and I won't be going ashore. 207 00:11:46,376 --> 00:11:48,459 We never bother with antiquities. 208 00:11:48,792 --> 00:11:52,500 One must live in the present, don't you find? 209 00:11:55,417 --> 00:11:58,167 My house has nothing in it older than three years. 210 00:11:58,542 --> 00:12:01,625 I'll have to be selling my car next year, then, darling. 211 00:12:01,959 --> 00:12:05,459 My car...I think, John. 212 00:12:10,459 --> 00:12:13,459 Certainly, my dear. Your car. 213 00:12:22,834 --> 00:12:25,125 Voil� ce qu'on appelle la "pukka sahib." 214 00:12:26,292 --> 00:12:27,292 [ Chuckles ] 215 00:12:27,459 --> 00:12:28,709 Twenty past 10:00. 216 00:12:29,042 --> 00:12:30,250 Ah, indeed. 217 00:12:32,126 --> 00:12:33,667 Well, what about bridge? 218 00:12:33,959 --> 00:12:34,959 Bridge? 219 00:12:36,709 --> 00:12:37,917 Bridge? 220 00:12:38,584 --> 00:12:40,292 [ Laughing ] Yes, bridge. 221 00:12:40,917 --> 00:12:42,959 Come on. We can use the dining table. 222 00:12:44,084 --> 00:12:45,292 Oh, may we join you? 223 00:12:45,626 --> 00:12:47,375 What about you, Clapperton? 224 00:12:47,584 --> 00:12:50,000 Oh, John won't play -- most tiresome of him. 225 00:12:50,876 --> 00:12:51,750 Sorry. 226 00:12:51,917 --> 00:12:53,334 You can join us if you like. 227 00:12:54,209 --> 00:12:55,667 What was your name again? 228 00:12:55,917 --> 00:12:57,375 Tolliver, Mrs. Tolliver. 229 00:12:57,542 --> 00:12:59,584 And I'm her husband -- Mr. Tolliver. 230 00:13:00,126 --> 00:13:03,375 What a clever arrangement. 231 00:13:07,334 --> 00:13:10,000 � A kidnapping! A kidnapping! � Kidnapping! 232 00:13:10,251 --> 00:13:12,375 You're coming with us. It's a kidnapping. 233 00:13:12,542 --> 00:13:14,834 A Clapperton-napping! To the boat deck! 234 00:13:15,001 --> 00:13:16,375 � Oh. � [ Laughter ] 235 00:13:18,042 --> 00:13:19,709 ADELINE: Don't be foolish, John. 236 00:13:19,876 --> 00:13:21,209 You'll catch a chill. 237 00:13:21,501 --> 00:13:22,750 Not with us, he won't. 238 00:13:23,334 --> 00:13:24,542 We're hot stuff. 239 00:13:24,751 --> 00:13:26,750 [ Laughing ] Anyway, there's a moon. 240 00:13:26,917 --> 00:13:28,917 [ Laughter ] 241 00:13:32,334 --> 00:13:33,375 Bonsoir. 242 00:13:33,542 --> 00:13:34,667 Bonsoir. 243 00:13:34,834 --> 00:13:36,375 [ Chuckles ] 244 00:13:40,292 --> 00:13:41,875 Do you ever go down on your knees 245 00:13:42,042 --> 00:13:44,042 and thank God you didn't have any children? 246 00:13:44,209 --> 00:13:46,042 Well, as a matter of fact, we did. 247 00:13:47,126 --> 00:13:50,292 Two -- a little boy and a little girl. 248 00:13:52,001 --> 00:13:55,417 Oh, for heaven's sake, get on and deal. 249 00:14:15,001 --> 00:14:17,417 I know it's the most awful romantic clich�, 250 00:14:17,876 --> 00:14:19,917 but the moon is beautiful, isn't it? 251 00:14:20,334 --> 00:14:21,834 POIROT: Certainement. 252 00:14:22,001 --> 00:14:23,875 It is like a giant oeuf en cocotte. 253 00:14:24,417 --> 00:14:25,834 [ Laughs ] M. Poirot. 254 00:14:27,167 --> 00:14:29,667 ADELINE: Honestly, I thought you said you were going to play. 255 00:14:29,834 --> 00:14:31,459 Mademoiselle, I want to ask your advice 256 00:14:31,626 --> 00:14:33,667 on a matter of the English language. 257 00:14:34,292 --> 00:14:35,834 I'm sure you don't need that. 258 00:14:36,376 --> 00:14:38,459 Ah, mademoiselle is too amiable, eh? 259 00:14:38,709 --> 00:14:39,584 [ Chuckles ] 260 00:14:39,751 --> 00:14:40,834 But, no, just now, 261 00:14:41,001 --> 00:14:43,834 Mme. Clapperton said that John won't play bridge. 262 00:14:46,501 --> 00:14:48,459 Is not "can't play" the usual term? 263 00:14:49,626 --> 00:14:51,459 She takes it as a personal insult 264 00:14:52,459 --> 00:14:54,209 that he doesn't play, I suppose. 265 00:14:54,417 --> 00:14:56,334 The man was a fool ever to have married her. 266 00:14:56,501 --> 00:14:59,250 Oh, many odious women have devoted husbands, eh? 267 00:15:00,376 --> 00:15:02,459 It is an enigma of nature. 268 00:15:04,001 --> 00:15:06,709 Which is perhaps why the estimable Captain Hastings 269 00:15:06,876 --> 00:15:09,334 has not yet taken the plunge into matrimony. 270 00:15:09,501 --> 00:15:10,709 Matrimony? 271 00:15:11,834 --> 00:15:14,334 You're not entered for the clay-pigeon championship yet, 272 00:15:14,501 --> 00:15:15,542 are you, Miss Henderson? 273 00:15:15,709 --> 00:15:17,875 Uh, no, I don't think I really mean to -- 274 00:15:18,792 --> 00:15:21,417 Hastings, can't you talk of something else for once? 275 00:15:21,584 --> 00:15:22,459 No. 276 00:15:22,626 --> 00:15:26,042 No, no, I'd love to talk about the clay-pigeon championship, 277 00:15:26,542 --> 00:15:27,792 but tomorrow, perhaps? 278 00:15:27,959 --> 00:15:29,500 I have some letters to finish 279 00:15:29,667 --> 00:15:31,542 that I want to post in Alexandria. 280 00:15:31,834 --> 00:15:33,667 Good night, Mlle. Henderson. 281 00:15:34,042 --> 00:15:34,917 Good night. 282 00:15:35,084 --> 00:15:36,834 Good night, Miss Henderson. 283 00:15:37,126 --> 00:15:38,125 Good night. 284 00:15:39,459 --> 00:15:40,959 Oh, Hastings, Hastings. 285 00:15:41,126 --> 00:15:42,000 What? 286 00:15:42,167 --> 00:15:43,042 POIROT: Whatever is the use 287 00:15:43,209 --> 00:15:44,750 of me introducing you to nice young ladies 288 00:15:44,917 --> 00:15:47,875 if all you do is talk about the shooting of the clay pigeons? 289 00:15:48,042 --> 00:15:48,917 But they like it. 290 00:15:49,084 --> 00:15:50,500 You heard what Miss Henderson said -- 291 00:15:50,667 --> 00:15:52,209 she'd love to talk about it tomorrow. 292 00:15:52,376 --> 00:15:55,375 Oh, Hastings, Hastings, Hastings. 293 00:16:05,917 --> 00:16:08,959 Now pick a card. 294 00:16:12,084 --> 00:16:13,292 No, don't show me. 295 00:16:13,917 --> 00:16:17,209 Now, remember what the card is and put it back into the pack. 296 00:16:17,959 --> 00:16:19,084 That's good. 297 00:16:19,251 --> 00:16:20,292 [ Giggles ] 298 00:16:20,459 --> 00:16:22,834 Now, just a little shuffle. 299 00:16:27,751 --> 00:16:28,709 Your card. 300 00:16:28,876 --> 00:16:30,500 Geez! Isn't that clever? 301 00:16:31,334 --> 00:16:33,209 I see you enjoy playing cards, monsieur, 302 00:16:33,376 --> 00:16:35,084 even though you do not play bridge. 303 00:16:35,251 --> 00:16:37,542 I have my reasons for not playing bridge. 304 00:16:38,709 --> 00:16:39,875 I'll show you. 305 00:16:40,042 --> 00:16:41,750 Sit down. We'll play one hand. 306 00:16:42,792 --> 00:16:46,209 You can shuffle the cards, Mr. Poirot. 307 00:16:57,667 --> 00:16:59,709 Voil�. 308 00:17:10,042 --> 00:17:13,209 You see, any man who can deal his partner and adversaries 309 00:17:13,709 --> 00:17:14,875 any hand he pleases 310 00:17:15,042 --> 00:17:17,250 had better stand aloof from a friendly game of cards. 311 00:17:17,417 --> 00:17:18,792 MOONEY: But how did you do it? 312 00:17:18,959 --> 00:17:21,000 I mean, it all looked perfectly ordinary. 313 00:17:21,167 --> 00:17:23,792 Ah, the quickness of the hand deceives the eye. 314 00:17:24,834 --> 00:17:25,709 [ Women giggle ] 315 00:17:25,876 --> 00:17:29,042 You could go on the stage with that, Colonel Clapperton. 316 00:17:29,209 --> 00:17:30,417 Yes. Quite. 317 00:17:32,542 --> 00:17:36,042 Well, I hope I haven't bored you with my little demonstration. 318 00:17:36,917 --> 00:17:41,250 Goodnight, ladies, gentlemen. 319 00:17:44,584 --> 00:17:46,625 Did I say something wrong? 320 00:17:49,001 --> 00:17:50,459 I don't know, Hastings. 321 00:17:52,084 --> 00:17:55,625 I really don't know. 322 00:18:15,709 --> 00:18:17,125 Oh, we ought to get off now. 323 00:18:17,292 --> 00:18:18,792 You'll come with us, won't you? 324 00:18:18,959 --> 00:18:21,250 You wouldn't let us go ashore by ourselves? 325 00:18:21,417 --> 00:18:22,334 [ Bells clanging ] 326 00:18:22,501 --> 00:18:23,625 Hey, miss, miss, miss. 327 00:18:23,792 --> 00:18:24,709 Oh! Please go away. 328 00:18:24,876 --> 00:18:27,209 Genuine bits from the tombs of the pharaohs. 329 00:18:27,376 --> 00:18:29,125 I don't want any pharaohs' bits. 330 00:18:29,417 --> 00:18:30,500 [ Speaking Arabic ] 331 00:18:30,667 --> 00:18:32,959 You see? Awful things might happen to us. 332 00:18:33,209 --> 00:18:35,584 Well, I certainly don't think you should go alone. 333 00:18:35,751 --> 00:18:36,750 Hooray! 334 00:18:36,917 --> 00:18:39,125 But I'm not sure if my wife feels up to it. 335 00:18:39,459 --> 00:18:40,959 Hooray! I mean, uh -- boo. 336 00:18:41,167 --> 00:18:42,792 She can have a nice, long rest. 337 00:18:42,959 --> 00:18:43,834 Yes. 338 00:18:44,001 --> 00:18:46,125 Well, I'll go and have a word with Adeline. 339 00:18:46,292 --> 00:18:47,209 We'll come with you. 340 00:18:47,376 --> 00:18:48,834 Yes, perhaps we can persuade her to come. 341 00:18:49,001 --> 00:18:50,167 [ Giggles ] 342 00:19:06,209 --> 00:19:07,209 [ Knock on door ] 343 00:19:07,376 --> 00:19:08,750 ADELINE: Who's that? 344 00:19:08,917 --> 00:19:10,375 Adeline, my dear, it's John. 345 00:19:10,542 --> 00:19:12,375 ADELINE: The door's locked. 346 00:19:12,626 --> 00:19:15,125 I don't want to be disturbed by the stewards. 347 00:19:15,751 --> 00:19:17,000 Bonjour, ladies. 348 00:19:17,792 --> 00:19:20,500 We're trying to get him to ourselves for the day. 349 00:19:20,876 --> 00:19:22,125 Lure him into the suq. 350 00:19:22,292 --> 00:19:24,500 [ Chuckles ] Cajole him into the casbah. 351 00:19:25,251 --> 00:19:26,417 [ Both laugh ] 352 00:19:28,501 --> 00:19:30,000 What about coming ashore? 353 00:19:30,167 --> 00:19:33,000 ADELINE: Certainly not. I've had a very bad night. 354 00:19:33,292 --> 00:19:34,167 [ Laughs ] 355 00:19:34,334 --> 00:19:37,125 ADELINE: I'll stay in bed most of the day. 356 00:19:39,792 --> 00:19:41,667 Well, I think I might go, Adeline. 357 00:19:42,834 --> 00:19:47,250 ADELINE: Oh, do as you like, John, for heaven's sake. 358 00:19:48,959 --> 00:19:51,792 Uh, do you mind if I just come in and get my Baedeker? 359 00:19:52,751 --> 00:19:55,584 ADELINE: Yes, I do mind. I'm not getting out of bed. 360 00:19:56,376 --> 00:20:00,250 Do go away, John, and let me have a little peace. 361 00:20:04,084 --> 00:20:05,292 We can go now. 362 00:20:05,751 --> 00:20:07,375 What about your passport? 363 00:20:08,792 --> 00:20:10,000 In my pocket. 364 00:20:10,334 --> 00:20:11,375 Glory be! 365 00:20:11,542 --> 00:20:13,250 [ Both giggle ] 366 00:20:28,501 --> 00:20:29,709 Hey, miss, miss. 367 00:20:32,042 --> 00:20:34,542 No, no, no, please, please, I really must go. 368 00:20:35,001 --> 00:20:36,292 Real amber bits, miss. 369 00:20:36,459 --> 00:20:37,709 Pharaoh's gold, miss. 370 00:20:37,876 --> 00:20:39,375 How much are those amber ones? 371 00:20:39,542 --> 00:20:40,459 300. 372 00:20:40,626 --> 00:20:42,000 No, that's far too much. 373 00:20:42,417 --> 00:20:43,375 Mine's 100, miss. 374 00:20:43,542 --> 00:20:44,792 100 -- give the missus. 375 00:20:44,959 --> 00:20:47,459 Oh, very well. Look, I'll take the amber one. 376 00:20:47,751 --> 00:20:51,459 But after that I really must go. 377 00:21:10,167 --> 00:21:13,292 Here -- clear off, you. 378 00:21:14,626 --> 00:21:17,084 You're not allowed down here. 379 00:21:18,292 --> 00:21:21,000 Cheeky blighter. 380 00:21:27,751 --> 00:21:29,625 Ah, Hastings, are you ready to go? 381 00:21:29,917 --> 00:21:32,125 All set. 382 00:21:33,834 --> 00:21:35,542 Going ashore, General Forbes? 383 00:21:35,709 --> 00:21:37,209 Well, yes, very probably. 384 00:21:37,376 --> 00:21:38,292 I'll see. 385 00:21:38,459 --> 00:21:39,667 See you later. 386 00:21:39,959 --> 00:21:42,584 I think we ought to avoid the usual sort of tourist thing 387 00:21:42,751 --> 00:21:43,875 as much as we can, Poirot. 388 00:21:44,042 --> 00:21:46,625 Good, good. I am absolutely in your hands, Hastings. 389 00:21:46,792 --> 00:21:49,084 [ Indistinct conversations ] 390 00:21:54,917 --> 00:21:57,459 [ Chanting in Arabic ] 391 00:22:31,667 --> 00:22:33,125 [ Man speaking Arabic ] 392 00:22:33,751 --> 00:22:38,417 Be looking fiercer, savage. 393 00:22:39,292 --> 00:22:41,125 No, no, no, no, no, no, Hastings. 394 00:22:42,751 --> 00:22:44,167 Now you look merely constipated. 395 00:22:44,334 --> 00:22:45,542 It's all very well for you. 396 00:22:45,709 --> 00:22:48,042 This camel's jolly uncomfortable for sitting on. 397 00:22:48,209 --> 00:22:49,417 It's sharp. 398 00:22:50,084 --> 00:22:51,625 Good morning, M. Poirot. 399 00:22:52,417 --> 00:22:53,417 Ah, bonjour, Mlle. Henderson. 400 00:22:53,584 --> 00:22:54,625 Good morning, Captain Hastings. 401 00:22:54,792 --> 00:22:55,959 Oh, good morning. 402 00:22:56,126 --> 00:22:57,334 MAN: Like that. 403 00:22:57,542 --> 00:22:58,750 Harder. Ready. 404 00:23:00,167 --> 00:23:02,417 HENDERSON: Doesn't he look dashing? 405 00:23:02,751 --> 00:23:03,834 Oh, yes, indeed. 406 00:23:04,001 --> 00:23:06,959 You know, he looks as if he is summoning up the courage 407 00:23:07,751 --> 00:23:09,292 to order the second tea cake. 408 00:23:09,626 --> 00:23:10,625 [ Both laugh ] 409 00:23:11,834 --> 00:23:14,334 HENDERSON: M. Poirot, have you seen the Clappertons ashore 410 00:23:14,501 --> 00:23:15,375 this morning? 411 00:23:15,542 --> 00:23:18,209 I believe Mme. Clapperton was spending the day in her cabin. 412 00:23:18,376 --> 00:23:20,584 Ah, and what about Colonel Clapperton? 413 00:23:21,501 --> 00:23:22,709 Ah, let me think. 414 00:23:23,709 --> 00:23:26,667 He came ashore -- yes, no, certainly, he came ashore. 415 00:23:27,126 --> 00:23:29,042 It's just that there was some talk last night 416 00:23:29,209 --> 00:23:30,625 of us all coming ashore together. 417 00:23:30,792 --> 00:23:31,792 Ah. 418 00:23:34,917 --> 00:23:35,959 M. Poirot? 419 00:23:36,126 --> 00:23:37,542 Yes, mademoiselle? 420 00:23:38,001 --> 00:23:40,709 Was Colonel Clapperton alone when he came ashore? 421 00:23:40,876 --> 00:23:42,084 Was he alone? 422 00:23:42,959 --> 00:23:44,167 Let me think. 423 00:23:45,001 --> 00:23:46,625 Maybe someone was with him. 424 00:23:47,959 --> 00:23:49,959 Miss Mooney and Miss Cregan perhaps? 425 00:23:50,126 --> 00:23:52,334 Ah, yes, yes, the two little girls, yes. 426 00:23:53,251 --> 00:23:55,209 They're not children, M. Poirot. 427 00:23:55,709 --> 00:23:57,625 Oh, no. [ Chuckles ] 428 00:23:59,792 --> 00:24:00,917 Nor am I. 429 00:24:01,084 --> 00:24:03,125 No. 430 00:24:11,334 --> 00:24:12,625 Ah. 431 00:24:14,751 --> 00:24:17,375 Very good... 432 00:24:32,001 --> 00:24:34,334 I say, Poirot -- look at these pomegranates. 433 00:24:34,501 --> 00:24:35,500 [ Speaking Arabic ] 434 00:24:35,667 --> 00:24:37,625 � Sorry? � [ Speaking Arabic ] 435 00:24:37,792 --> 00:24:40,167 I don't think they like you to touch the fruit, 436 00:24:40,334 --> 00:24:41,209 Captain Hastings. 437 00:24:41,376 --> 00:24:43,042 [ Chuckling ] Oh. Sorry. 438 00:24:43,209 --> 00:24:45,917 M. and Mme. Tolliver, what a pleasant surprise. 439 00:24:47,584 --> 00:24:48,459 Are you alone? 440 00:24:48,626 --> 00:24:49,667 Oh, quite alone, yes. 441 00:24:49,834 --> 00:24:52,625 Oh, that nice General Forbes joined us for a while, 442 00:24:52,792 --> 00:24:54,000 but he had to rush back. 443 00:24:54,334 --> 00:24:56,292 He wasn't feeling at all the thick. 444 00:24:56,709 --> 00:24:58,792 � Gyppy tummy, I daresay. � Oliver. 445 00:24:59,001 --> 00:25:01,375 Now, we were just about to take some lunch. 446 00:25:01,626 --> 00:25:03,000 Would you care to join us? 447 00:25:03,167 --> 00:25:04,292 Lunch? 448 00:25:04,459 --> 00:25:05,959 In a native place, you mean? 449 00:25:06,292 --> 00:25:07,459 I say. 450 00:25:07,626 --> 00:25:09,500 Why not, Molly? Let's give it a go. 451 00:25:10,542 --> 00:25:11,917 [ Exhales sharply ] 452 00:25:12,376 --> 00:25:13,250 Count me out, Poirot. 453 00:25:13,417 --> 00:25:15,459 I think I'd better be getting back to the ship. 454 00:25:15,626 --> 00:25:17,084 Ah, must you desert us, Hastings? 455 00:25:17,251 --> 00:25:19,750 Ah, one or two things to catch up on, you know. 456 00:25:20,667 --> 00:25:21,542 Very well. 457 00:25:21,709 --> 00:25:24,792 M. and Mme. Tolliver and I will see you back on board ship 458 00:25:25,334 --> 00:25:26,459 late afternoon. 459 00:25:27,626 --> 00:25:30,209 Please. 460 00:25:35,376 --> 00:25:37,750 HASTINGS: We'll let the two girls go first 461 00:25:37,917 --> 00:25:40,084 because they're the least experienced. 462 00:25:40,251 --> 00:25:41,959 Then it better be General Forbes. 463 00:25:42,126 --> 00:25:44,459 He's an old hand at this sort of competition. 464 00:25:44,626 --> 00:25:47,375 We can't do it in the middle of Alexandria harbor, sir. 465 00:25:47,542 --> 00:25:48,792 Oh, I don't see why not, Bates. 466 00:25:48,959 --> 00:25:51,209 If we shoot in the general direction of the open sea, 467 00:25:51,376 --> 00:25:53,125 there's nothing much parked out there. 468 00:25:53,292 --> 00:25:54,417 Moored, sir. 469 00:25:54,584 --> 00:25:55,459 Moored? 470 00:25:55,626 --> 00:25:56,875 Well, I'm sure the harbor master 471 00:25:57,042 --> 00:25:58,834 will have something to say about it, sir. 472 00:25:59,001 --> 00:26:00,417 RUSSELL: Started in India, you know. 473 00:26:00,584 --> 00:26:01,792 Beg your pardon? 474 00:26:02,292 --> 00:26:04,584 Had its origins in India -- clay pigeons. 475 00:26:06,959 --> 00:26:08,167 Oh, really? 476 00:26:08,417 --> 00:26:10,250 RUSSELL: In the 13th century. 477 00:26:11,542 --> 00:26:13,417 Gosh, it was bows and arrows then. 478 00:26:14,251 --> 00:26:15,167 [ Chuckles ] 479 00:26:15,334 --> 00:26:17,709 And they didn't have that catapult thing. 480 00:26:18,459 --> 00:26:23,000 Just had these fellows with tremendously strong arms. 481 00:26:42,667 --> 00:26:46,500 Oh, best to leave her to it, I think. 482 00:26:48,167 --> 00:26:49,625 Yes, she probably will. 483 00:26:50,834 --> 00:26:51,959 Come along, Pamela! 484 00:26:52,126 --> 00:26:54,667 Ah, Mlle. Mooney and the Colonel Clapperton, 485 00:26:55,042 --> 00:26:56,959 you had an enjoyable day ashore, I trust? 486 00:26:57,126 --> 00:26:58,709 � Absolutely. � Good. 487 00:26:59,334 --> 00:27:00,417 Come on, Pammy! 488 00:27:12,126 --> 00:27:13,875 I'll see you at dinner, perhaps. 489 00:27:14,376 --> 00:27:16,667 I hope so. 490 00:27:21,042 --> 00:27:22,250 JOHN: Adeline? 491 00:27:22,751 --> 00:27:23,959 [ Knock on door ] 492 00:27:24,334 --> 00:27:25,542 Adeline? 493 00:27:27,917 --> 00:27:30,417 Adeline, my dear? 494 00:27:33,792 --> 00:27:36,167 Adeline? 495 00:27:38,251 --> 00:27:39,417 Huh. It's locked. 496 00:27:39,584 --> 00:27:40,875 You do not have your key? 497 00:27:41,376 --> 00:27:42,584 No. I'll find a steward. 498 00:27:42,751 --> 00:27:43,959 Ah. 499 00:27:44,209 --> 00:27:45,959 � Ah, Poirot. � Uh, steward! 500 00:27:46,334 --> 00:27:47,584 We seem to be having some trouble 501 00:27:47,751 --> 00:27:49,000 with the clay-pigeon championship. 502 00:27:49,167 --> 00:27:50,042 Really? 503 00:27:50,209 --> 00:27:52,875 It was originally planned, you see, to take place on the 14th, 504 00:27:53,042 --> 00:27:55,542 but it seems that we dock at Haifa on the 13th. 505 00:27:56,376 --> 00:27:58,000 And that's one of those places 506 00:27:58,501 --> 00:28:00,917 where we more or less have to go ashore and look at the ruins 507 00:28:01,084 --> 00:28:02,459 while they revictual the ship. 508 00:28:02,626 --> 00:28:05,375 Now, that leaves the 15th, the 16th, and the 18th. 509 00:28:06,667 --> 00:28:07,584 The 17th is no good 510 00:28:07,751 --> 00:28:09,875 because that's the night of the captain's party. 511 00:28:10,042 --> 00:28:10,917 Oh, my God! 512 00:28:11,084 --> 00:28:12,292 My God! 513 00:28:13,084 --> 00:28:16,834 She -- She's dead. 514 00:28:25,751 --> 00:28:27,375 Fetch the captain, mon ami. 515 00:28:28,584 --> 00:28:30,750 [ Footsteps departing ] 516 00:28:43,209 --> 00:28:44,542 Look at this, Poirot. 517 00:28:45,792 --> 00:28:47,750 One of the souvenir sellers must have dropped it. 518 00:28:47,917 --> 00:28:49,125 The devils. 519 00:28:55,917 --> 00:28:58,167 Colonel Clapperton, what a tragedy. 520 00:28:59,209 --> 00:29:01,500 Can you help us with this, Mr. Poirot? 521 00:29:02,876 --> 00:29:08,000 I want to avoid involving the Egyptian police, if possible. 522 00:29:11,209 --> 00:29:14,417 Yes, Captain, perhaps I can. 523 00:29:27,709 --> 00:29:29,042 Is anything missing, 524 00:29:29,209 --> 00:29:31,625 as far as you can tell, Colonel Clapperton? 525 00:29:32,334 --> 00:29:34,084 My wife always keeps -- kept -- 526 00:29:36,167 --> 00:29:37,375 always kept some cash 527 00:29:37,542 --> 00:29:39,959 in the second drawer of the dressing table. 528 00:29:40,209 --> 00:29:41,459 It seems to have gone. 529 00:29:42,542 --> 00:29:43,750 How much was that? 530 00:29:44,292 --> 00:29:46,125 Between �20 and �30. 531 00:29:48,709 --> 00:29:49,917 Anything else? 532 00:29:50,251 --> 00:29:51,125 Her jewels. 533 00:29:51,292 --> 00:29:52,834 There weren't very many. 534 00:29:53,209 --> 00:29:55,417 Most of them were in the captain's safe. 535 00:29:56,417 --> 00:29:59,625 Well, perhaps you could let us have a description of them? 536 00:29:59,917 --> 00:30:00,834 Well, I'll try. 537 00:30:01,001 --> 00:30:03,709 I don't know if I can remember them very exactly. 538 00:30:04,001 --> 00:30:04,917 No, no, no, no. 539 00:30:05,084 --> 00:30:08,750 I know the headband thing she was wearing last night has gone. 540 00:30:13,376 --> 00:30:15,084 What can you tell me about this? 541 00:30:16,751 --> 00:30:18,084 That's not my wife's. 542 00:30:18,751 --> 00:30:20,000 You're quite sure? 543 00:30:20,667 --> 00:30:23,042 Quite. She'd never wear a thing like that. 544 00:30:23,376 --> 00:30:26,000 It was found on the floor, between the two beds. 545 00:30:27,251 --> 00:30:30,459 Then someone must have dropped it there. 546 00:30:34,251 --> 00:30:36,584 Would you say that your wife had any enemies? 547 00:30:38,167 --> 00:30:41,250 Certainly not. 548 00:30:44,251 --> 00:30:47,000 Colonel Clapperton, you have been most helpful. 549 00:30:47,167 --> 00:30:48,459 Thank you very much. 550 00:30:52,751 --> 00:30:54,959 FOWLER: May I offer you my condolences. 551 00:30:55,459 --> 00:30:57,709 If there's anything we can do, Colonel... 552 00:30:57,876 --> 00:30:59,167 Thank you, Captain. 553 00:31:00,334 --> 00:31:01,584 There's nothing. 554 00:31:02,501 --> 00:31:06,042 Nothing can bring Adeline back again. 555 00:31:12,167 --> 00:31:13,375 Good God. 556 00:31:13,584 --> 00:31:15,917 POIROT: Murdered, General Forbes. 557 00:31:17,917 --> 00:31:20,750 Good God above. 558 00:31:28,292 --> 00:31:31,792 You were acquainted with Mme. Clapperton before this voyage, 559 00:31:33,584 --> 00:31:35,417 I think? 560 00:31:37,334 --> 00:31:39,542 I knew Adeline when she was Lady Pardot. 561 00:31:40,459 --> 00:31:43,334 I knew her before that, when she was Adeline French. 562 00:31:44,584 --> 00:31:47,792 I was ADC to her father back in '92, when she was 7 years old. 563 00:31:49,334 --> 00:31:53,292 Good God, I can hardly believe it. 564 00:31:56,501 --> 00:31:58,250 I was in love with her for years. 565 00:31:59,709 --> 00:32:02,709 She was not always the silly woman she became. 566 00:32:04,417 --> 00:32:06,750 You must not incriminate yourself, monsieur. 567 00:32:06,917 --> 00:32:08,917 Incriminate myself? How could I? 568 00:32:09,917 --> 00:32:11,334 M. and Mme. Tolliver tell me 569 00:32:11,501 --> 00:32:13,917 that you came back to the ship before lunch. 570 00:32:14,126 --> 00:32:15,334 What of it? 571 00:32:16,376 --> 00:32:18,334 Saying that you were ill? 572 00:32:27,542 --> 00:32:28,750 No. 573 00:32:29,709 --> 00:32:30,584 All right, no. 574 00:32:30,751 --> 00:32:32,542 I came back to talk to Adeline. 575 00:32:34,584 --> 00:32:36,209 I hadn't seen her for 17 years, 576 00:32:36,626 --> 00:32:40,750 not since the war, just after Pardot died. 577 00:32:42,334 --> 00:32:44,750 I thought there might be a chance for me yet. 578 00:32:46,084 --> 00:32:47,292 But I didn't, uh... 579 00:32:48,792 --> 00:32:50,292 I mean, she was in mourning. 580 00:32:51,167 --> 00:32:54,542 Of course, that didn't deter a man like Clapperton. 581 00:32:56,084 --> 00:33:00,417 You came back to the ship to talk to Mme. Clapperton? 582 00:33:01,792 --> 00:33:02,917 Yes. 583 00:33:04,084 --> 00:33:06,417 Tell me what happened when you got back to the ship. 584 00:33:06,584 --> 00:33:08,250 Well, nothing happened. 585 00:33:09,209 --> 00:33:12,500 I went to her cabin and knocked, but she didn't reply. 586 00:33:16,501 --> 00:33:17,792 So I went back to mine... 587 00:33:19,626 --> 00:33:24,334 and had a nap. 588 00:33:31,334 --> 00:33:35,625 Well, what do you say, Mr. Poirot? 589 00:33:37,334 --> 00:33:40,084 One cannot hurry the little gray cells, Captain. 590 00:33:42,459 --> 00:33:44,167 You rounded up the souvenir wallas yet? 591 00:33:44,334 --> 00:33:45,292 Yes. 592 00:33:45,459 --> 00:33:47,667 Actually, one of them identified Miss Henderson 593 00:33:47,834 --> 00:33:49,542 as having bought an amber necklace. 594 00:33:49,709 --> 00:33:50,917 Really? 595 00:33:51,167 --> 00:33:52,375 [ Knock on door ] 596 00:33:52,792 --> 00:33:53,792 Come in. 597 00:33:56,459 --> 00:33:57,667 Yes, Bates? 598 00:33:58,376 --> 00:34:01,125 I've carried out my examination of the body, sir. 599 00:34:01,876 --> 00:34:03,084 And? 600 00:34:03,792 --> 00:34:05,209 Oh. [ Clears throat ] 601 00:34:05,542 --> 00:34:08,625 The deceased died from a knife wound to the upper thorax, sir. 602 00:34:08,792 --> 00:34:11,209 Good God, Bates, we can all see that for ourselves. 603 00:34:11,376 --> 00:34:14,250 I'm sorry, sir, but I've only got me first-aid book, 604 00:34:16,501 --> 00:34:17,584 haven't I? 605 00:34:17,751 --> 00:34:19,625 At what time did she die, M. Bates? 606 00:34:20,709 --> 00:34:22,417 Oh, it's difficult to say, sir, 607 00:34:24,126 --> 00:34:26,417 what with the weather being so warm and -- 608 00:34:26,626 --> 00:34:27,792 Never mind about that, Bates. 609 00:34:27,959 --> 00:34:31,459 What we want to know is -- what time was Mrs. Clapperton killed? 610 00:34:32,709 --> 00:34:34,542 About 10: 00 this morning, sir. 611 00:34:35,459 --> 00:34:36,667 10:00, eh? 612 00:34:37,709 --> 00:34:39,459 Give or take an hour or two, sir. 613 00:34:41,542 --> 00:34:42,750 Oh, dear God. 614 00:34:45,251 --> 00:34:46,625 MOONEY: [ Crying ] 615 00:34:48,126 --> 00:34:49,500 It's all right, Kitty. 616 00:34:50,209 --> 00:34:51,917 You weren't to know, old thing. 617 00:34:53,001 --> 00:34:54,125 [ Knock on door ] 618 00:34:54,292 --> 00:34:55,167 Who is it? 619 00:34:55,334 --> 00:34:57,167 POIROT: It is I, Hercule Poirot. 620 00:34:57,959 --> 00:35:00,834 All right, Kitty. 621 00:35:03,167 --> 00:35:04,500 Oh, hello, M. Poirot. 622 00:35:05,667 --> 00:35:06,709 Bonsoir, Mlle. Cregan. 623 00:35:06,876 --> 00:35:08,667 May I come in for a minute, please? 624 00:35:08,834 --> 00:35:09,875 Well... 625 00:35:10,042 --> 00:35:11,459 I-I only have one question. 626 00:35:11,626 --> 00:35:12,834 [ Sighs ] 627 00:35:13,001 --> 00:35:16,167 No, it's just that Kitty's making such a blessed racket. 628 00:35:16,626 --> 00:35:17,709 Oh, dear, dear. 629 00:35:17,876 --> 00:35:19,292 [ Crying continues ] 630 00:35:20,334 --> 00:35:22,000 She blames herself, you see. 631 00:35:23,959 --> 00:35:25,167 Well, and me. 632 00:35:27,584 --> 00:35:29,209 But how can she blame herself? 633 00:35:29,709 --> 00:35:32,792 Well, we did say some pretty dreadful things about her. 634 00:35:33,584 --> 00:35:34,667 [ Chuckles ] 635 00:35:34,834 --> 00:35:36,167 My dear Mlle. Cregan, 636 00:35:36,709 --> 00:35:37,625 if everyone on board 637 00:35:37,792 --> 00:35:40,375 who had said unpleasant things about Mme. Clapperton 638 00:35:40,542 --> 00:35:42,667 were to make as much noise as your friend, 639 00:35:42,834 --> 00:35:44,917 this vessel would become a danger to shipping. 640 00:35:45,084 --> 00:35:46,000 There! 641 00:35:46,167 --> 00:35:47,542 You hear that, old girl? 642 00:35:48,584 --> 00:35:51,042 [ Crying continues ] 643 00:35:53,167 --> 00:35:54,667 What was the one question? 644 00:35:55,292 --> 00:35:57,000 Oh, it is quite simple, really. 645 00:35:57,792 --> 00:36:00,167 You both left the ship this morning at 9: 30 646 00:36:01,417 --> 00:36:03,042 with the Colonel Clapperton, yes? 647 00:36:03,209 --> 00:36:04,167 You know we did. You saw us. 648 00:36:04,334 --> 00:36:05,209 Pr�cis�ment. 649 00:36:05,376 --> 00:36:06,250 So, please tell me -- 650 00:36:06,417 --> 00:36:09,084 was Colonel Clapperton with you for the whole day, 651 00:36:09,251 --> 00:36:12,209 until you got back to the ship at 4: 00 this afternoon? 652 00:36:12,751 --> 00:36:15,125 Yes, absolutely, every minute of the day. 653 00:36:15,501 --> 00:36:16,750 He doesn't think -- 654 00:36:17,917 --> 00:36:19,042 [ Crying ] Oh, no! 655 00:36:19,209 --> 00:36:20,209 Ohh. 656 00:36:22,126 --> 00:36:23,959 Every minute of the day, you say? 657 00:36:24,917 --> 00:36:26,125 Absolutely. 658 00:36:26,792 --> 00:36:28,000 Well... 659 00:36:28,792 --> 00:36:30,000 Yes? 660 00:36:30,251 --> 00:36:33,000 Well, we went to a caf� for some tea at about 12: 00. 661 00:36:35,126 --> 00:36:36,000 Uh-huh. 662 00:36:36,167 --> 00:36:37,959 CREGAN: And he -- Colonel Clapperton, that is -- 663 00:36:38,126 --> 00:36:41,167 Well, he went to the, you know, for a couple of minutes. 664 00:36:43,542 --> 00:36:44,750 Ah, I understand. 665 00:36:45,209 --> 00:36:47,500 But just for a couple of minutes, you say. 666 00:36:49,001 --> 00:36:50,500 Well, one doesn't time it. 667 00:36:51,376 --> 00:36:53,000 [ Crying continues ] 668 00:37:02,126 --> 00:37:04,250 [ Footsteps approaching ] 669 00:37:30,084 --> 00:37:32,625 [ Indistinct conversations ] 670 00:38:13,459 --> 00:38:14,667 Oh, no, you don't! 671 00:38:15,459 --> 00:38:18,209 You've got one or two questions to answer, my lad, 672 00:38:18,417 --> 00:38:21,417 unless I'm very much mistaken. 673 00:38:36,459 --> 00:38:38,875 [ Speaking Arabic ] 674 00:38:40,417 --> 00:38:41,500 SKINNER: I didn't kill her. 675 00:38:41,667 --> 00:38:42,875 HASTINGS: You had her jewelry. 676 00:38:43,042 --> 00:38:44,000 Jewelry? 677 00:38:44,167 --> 00:38:45,375 She was rich. 678 00:38:45,709 --> 00:38:47,084 What did it matter to her? 679 00:38:48,501 --> 00:38:49,709 Come, M. Skinner! 680 00:38:50,251 --> 00:38:51,792 Mme. Clapperton is dead! 681 00:38:52,667 --> 00:38:55,667 You are caught red-handed by my colleague, Captain Hastings, 682 00:38:55,834 --> 00:38:58,167 trying to sell the jewelry of Mme. Clapperton! 683 00:38:58,334 --> 00:38:59,750 You admit that you let yourself into her cabin -- 684 00:38:59,917 --> 00:39:01,250 She was dead already. 685 00:39:02,834 --> 00:39:05,709 I shouldn't have took it, not when I saw she was dead. 686 00:39:08,584 --> 00:39:10,542 If I'd known there'd be trouble... 687 00:39:10,751 --> 00:39:12,625 [ Scoffs ] 688 00:39:24,084 --> 00:39:25,292 Do you believe him? 689 00:39:26,042 --> 00:39:27,250 Yes, I think I do. 690 00:39:27,917 --> 00:39:29,125 Me too. 691 00:39:30,667 --> 00:39:32,875 So, we're back to the souvenir hawkers. 692 00:39:35,417 --> 00:39:38,542 Why do you not consider one of the passengers, Hastings? 693 00:39:38,709 --> 00:39:39,584 The passengers? 694 00:39:39,751 --> 00:39:40,959 Well, who? 695 00:39:41,501 --> 00:39:43,000 Colonel Clapperton? 696 00:39:43,167 --> 00:39:44,625 Got a watertight alibi. 697 00:39:45,251 --> 00:39:46,459 General Forbes? 698 00:39:47,209 --> 00:39:48,959 What about Mlle. Henderson? 699 00:39:49,292 --> 00:39:50,500 Really? No. 700 00:39:51,292 --> 00:39:53,792 Well, I think perhaps she has the motive, no? 701 00:39:54,001 --> 00:39:55,084 She's a lady, Poirot. 702 00:39:55,251 --> 00:39:58,417 And you think, mon ami, that ladies do not commit murder? 703 00:39:58,751 --> 00:40:00,375 Ladies don't get found out. 704 00:40:01,084 --> 00:40:03,584 [ Man shouting in Arabic ] 705 00:40:06,126 --> 00:40:09,000 POIROT: Mme. Clapperton had been dead for at least five hours 706 00:40:09,167 --> 00:40:10,125 when she was found. 707 00:40:10,292 --> 00:40:13,375 A small amount of money and some jewelry had been taken. 708 00:40:13,792 --> 00:40:16,542 A string of beads was on the floor, near to her bed. 709 00:40:16,834 --> 00:40:19,042 The door was locked and the key missing. 710 00:40:19,626 --> 00:40:23,959 And the hatch which gives onto the deck was open. 711 00:40:24,667 --> 00:40:26,417 What are you driving at, Poirot? 712 00:40:27,084 --> 00:40:30,042 Mme. Clapperton had locked the door from the inside. 713 00:40:30,417 --> 00:40:32,500 We actually heard her say so herself. 714 00:40:32,917 --> 00:40:35,125 If Mrs. Clapperton could lock the door, 715 00:40:35,542 --> 00:40:37,584 she could unlock it, too, I suppose. 716 00:40:37,876 --> 00:40:39,250 Pr�cis�ment, precisely, 717 00:40:39,417 --> 00:40:41,792 which leads us to the inescapable conclusion 718 00:40:41,959 --> 00:40:44,084 that Mme. Clapperton unlocked the door 719 00:40:44,251 --> 00:40:47,459 and let in the murderer. 720 00:40:53,792 --> 00:40:56,167 Miss Henderson, I hope you don't mind me asking, 721 00:40:56,334 --> 00:40:59,084 but you bought an amber necklace yesterday, didn't you? 722 00:40:59,251 --> 00:41:00,459 Yes, I did. 723 00:41:00,667 --> 00:41:01,917 How did you know that? 724 00:41:02,626 --> 00:41:04,250 The captain mentioned it. 725 00:41:04,667 --> 00:41:06,375 He just happened to mention it. 726 00:41:07,126 --> 00:41:09,000 Would you mind if I had a look at it? 727 00:41:09,584 --> 00:41:10,959 I'm afraid I've lost it. 728 00:41:11,584 --> 00:41:14,125 I must have dropped it somewhere, put it down. 729 00:41:15,376 --> 00:41:16,459 I don't know. 730 00:41:16,626 --> 00:41:17,834 Yes. Right. 731 00:41:19,042 --> 00:41:21,292 Of course. 732 00:41:22,834 --> 00:41:24,667 HENDERSON: I thought Mrs. Clapperton 733 00:41:24,834 --> 00:41:25,959 a very unpleasant woman. 734 00:41:26,126 --> 00:41:29,500 In fact, I don't think anyone on board ship really liked her, 735 00:41:30,042 --> 00:41:32,667 but, surely, who would have reason to kill her? 736 00:41:33,126 --> 00:41:34,875 Mademoiselle, it is the opinion 737 00:41:35,042 --> 00:41:36,875 of every person on board the ship 738 00:41:37,251 --> 00:41:39,375 that the Colonel Clapperton would have been quite justified 739 00:41:39,542 --> 00:41:40,959 in taking a hatchet to her. 740 00:41:41,292 --> 00:41:44,375 Now, that was an expression I actually heard used. 741 00:41:46,292 --> 00:41:47,500 But he had an alibi. 742 00:41:48,584 --> 00:41:50,875 He was onshore all day with the two girls, 743 00:41:51,959 --> 00:41:55,250 and he did not return to the ship until 4: 00 that afternoon, 744 00:41:56,084 --> 00:41:59,375 by which time Mme. Clapperton had been dead for many hours. 745 00:42:02,417 --> 00:42:04,584 Seems to me we're back to General Forbes 746 00:42:04,751 --> 00:42:05,875 as our only suspect. 747 00:42:36,167 --> 00:42:37,875 Ah, bonsoir, Mlle. Morgan. 748 00:42:38,751 --> 00:42:41,167 I want, please, to ask a favor of your niece. 749 00:42:43,251 --> 00:42:44,417 Our niece? 750 00:42:44,584 --> 00:42:45,792 Very well. 751 00:42:46,959 --> 00:42:48,875 Ismene? 752 00:42:50,542 --> 00:42:52,000 Good evening, Ismene. 753 00:42:52,542 --> 00:42:54,959 I want to borrow somebody from you, if I may. 754 00:42:57,417 --> 00:43:00,250 [ Applause ] 755 00:43:04,834 --> 00:43:06,875 Uh... ladies and gentlemen... 756 00:43:10,542 --> 00:43:12,500 tonight I shall offer you a garland 757 00:43:13,501 --> 00:43:16,042 from our national poet, Mr. Rudyard Kipling, 758 00:43:17,084 --> 00:43:18,834 starting with "The Ladies. " 759 00:43:20,292 --> 00:43:21,500 [ Laughter ] 760 00:43:22,251 --> 00:43:24,417 "I've taken my fun where I've found it, 761 00:43:24,834 --> 00:43:27,000 I've rogued an' I've ranged in my time. 762 00:43:28,001 --> 00:43:29,417 I've 'ad my pickin' o' sweet'earts. 763 00:43:29,584 --> 00:43:31,125 An' four o' the lot was prime. 764 00:43:32,584 --> 00:43:34,250 One was an 'arf-caste widow. 765 00:43:35,917 --> 00:43:37,334 One was a woman from Prome. 766 00:43:38,792 --> 00:43:40,542 One was the wife of a jemadar-sais. 767 00:43:40,709 --> 00:43:41,792 [ Chuckles ] 768 00:43:41,959 --> 00:43:43,459 RUSSELL: An' one is a girl at 'ome. 769 00:43:43,626 --> 00:43:44,959 � [ Laughter ] � "Now --" 770 00:43:45,126 --> 00:43:46,334 Pardon me, Mr. Russell. 771 00:43:46,501 --> 00:43:47,459 Oh, that's all right. 772 00:43:47,626 --> 00:43:49,875 Uh -- "Now I aren't no 'and with the ladies. 773 00:43:50,042 --> 00:43:51,167 � For, takin' 'em all --" � I'm sorry. 774 00:43:51,334 --> 00:43:53,209 I-I have to make an announcement. 775 00:43:53,376 --> 00:43:55,667 If you'll be good enough to sit down, sir. 776 00:43:56,251 --> 00:43:58,625 You come and join us, Mr. Russell. 777 00:43:59,459 --> 00:44:01,417 FOWLER: Ladies and gentlemen, 778 00:44:01,584 --> 00:44:04,625 you all know what a tragedy occurred yesterday. 779 00:44:15,876 --> 00:44:17,084 [ Clears throat ] 780 00:44:18,542 --> 00:44:20,917 And I am sure you will all want to cooperate 781 00:44:21,084 --> 00:44:23,917 in bringing the perpetrator of the foul crime to book. 782 00:44:24,084 --> 00:44:27,375 As you know, we are fortunate enough to have on board with us 783 00:44:27,584 --> 00:44:28,750 Mr. Hercule Poirot, 784 00:44:28,917 --> 00:44:30,625 who is probably known to you all 785 00:44:31,001 --> 00:44:33,709 as a man who has wide experience in such matters. 786 00:44:34,292 --> 00:44:37,167 I hope you'll listen carefully to what he has to say. 787 00:44:37,751 --> 00:44:38,959 Mr. Poirot. 788 00:44:41,126 --> 00:44:44,209 Thank you, Captain Fowler. 789 00:44:48,334 --> 00:44:50,750 [ Exhales sharply ] 790 00:44:53,459 --> 00:44:55,000 Mesdames et messieurs, 791 00:44:56,417 --> 00:44:58,959 what I am about to do may surprise you a little. 792 00:45:00,001 --> 00:45:02,875 It may occur to you that I am eccentric, perhaps mad. 793 00:45:04,709 --> 00:45:05,917 Ah, you may say, 794 00:45:07,167 --> 00:45:10,875 "The little Belgian detective is taking leave of his rocker, " eh? 795 00:45:11,501 --> 00:45:12,709 [ Laughter ] 796 00:45:13,959 --> 00:45:16,334 But I can assure you, behind my madness is, 797 00:45:20,459 --> 00:45:21,792 as you English say... 798 00:45:24,167 --> 00:45:25,375 method. 799 00:45:26,376 --> 00:45:27,584 [ Chuckles ] 800 00:45:28,292 --> 00:45:30,709 So... 801 00:45:33,167 --> 00:45:35,625 Voil�. 802 00:45:36,959 --> 00:45:39,792 A suitcase. 803 00:45:41,334 --> 00:45:42,750 How uninteresting. 804 00:45:44,001 --> 00:45:44,875 [ Laughter ] 805 00:45:45,042 --> 00:45:47,875 Nothing is less interesting than a suitcase, yes? 806 00:45:48,167 --> 00:45:49,042 [ Chuckles ] 807 00:45:49,209 --> 00:45:50,875 And you are right, except... 808 00:45:52,667 --> 00:45:57,417 suitcases have contents. 809 00:46:06,042 --> 00:46:08,834 [ Gasps ] 810 00:46:16,167 --> 00:46:17,709 [ Chuckles ] It's a doll. 811 00:46:18,001 --> 00:46:19,209 Yes, a doll. 812 00:46:21,126 --> 00:46:22,417 Except this doll... 813 00:46:26,584 --> 00:46:28,292 is an important witness... 814 00:46:29,959 --> 00:46:31,500 to the truth of who killed... 815 00:46:35,667 --> 00:46:38,375 Mme. Clapperton. 816 00:46:42,459 --> 00:46:45,334 But how is it this doll can tell us what it knows, huh? 817 00:46:46,209 --> 00:46:52,209 But this is a doll... that can speak. 818 00:46:57,167 --> 00:46:58,834 You have not heard of dolls that can speak? 819 00:46:59,001 --> 00:47:00,375 Yes, of course you have. 820 00:47:01,584 --> 00:47:04,625 All we have to do is put this doll back in the suitcase -- 821 00:47:07,542 --> 00:47:12,334 ah [chuckles] -- where we cannot see her. 822 00:47:17,251 --> 00:47:19,792 She does not like to be seen, this little lady. 823 00:47:21,709 --> 00:47:22,917 Do you, ma petite? 824 00:47:24,459 --> 00:47:26,375 � GIRL: No! � Ah. 825 00:47:31,084 --> 00:47:32,625 Now, can you tell us anything 826 00:47:35,959 --> 00:47:38,000 about the death of Mme. Clapperton? 827 00:47:41,417 --> 00:47:42,792 GIRL: What is it, John? 828 00:47:44,167 --> 00:47:45,375 Door's locked. 829 00:47:45,792 --> 00:47:47,459 ADELINE: The door's locked. 830 00:47:48,542 --> 00:47:50,584 GIRL: Don't want to be disturbed by the stewards. 831 00:47:50,751 --> 00:47:54,792 ADELINE: I don't want to be disturbed by the stewards. 832 00:48:06,292 --> 00:48:07,500 Y-You -- 833 00:48:08,167 --> 00:48:11,250 [ Gasping ] 834 00:48:17,334 --> 00:48:18,542 [ Grunts ] 835 00:48:18,834 --> 00:48:21,375 Stop him, somebody. 836 00:48:25,876 --> 00:48:27,084 Yes. 837 00:48:28,126 --> 00:48:31,042 Take him to my quarters. 838 00:48:35,501 --> 00:48:38,334 Ladies and gentlemen, if you would clear the room. 839 00:48:39,209 --> 00:48:41,500 Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. 840 00:48:46,501 --> 00:48:48,042 Did I do it right, Mr. Poirot? 841 00:48:49,459 --> 00:48:50,667 [ Chuckles ] 842 00:48:50,876 --> 00:48:56,417 Oh, yes...ma petite. 843 00:49:01,292 --> 00:49:03,917 It was you, General, who gave me a valuable hint 844 00:49:04,751 --> 00:49:07,167 with your mention of the music-hall stage. 845 00:49:07,834 --> 00:49:09,042 I puzzle, eh? 846 00:49:10,501 --> 00:49:11,709 I think. 847 00:49:12,417 --> 00:49:14,625 And then, the evening before the crime, 848 00:49:16,709 --> 00:49:19,667 Colonel Clapperton pretended to give himself away. 849 00:49:20,667 --> 00:49:21,667 [ Chuckles ] 850 00:49:21,834 --> 00:49:24,334 He wanted us to believe that he was a conjurer 851 00:49:25,501 --> 00:49:27,667 because then it would never occur to us 852 00:49:28,542 --> 00:49:30,709 that he was, in fact, a ventriloquist. 853 00:49:31,501 --> 00:49:32,459 And that's what he did 854 00:49:32,626 --> 00:49:34,667 when you heard him talking to Mrs. Clapperton 855 00:49:34,834 --> 00:49:35,792 through her cabin door. 856 00:49:35,959 --> 00:49:37,167 Pr�cis�ment. 857 00:49:38,376 --> 00:49:40,250 And by then, she was already dead. 858 00:49:42,959 --> 00:49:45,417 Excuse me. 859 00:49:52,126 --> 00:49:54,209 What about the necklace on the floor? 860 00:49:54,542 --> 00:49:56,084 Was it Miss Henderson's? 861 00:49:56,709 --> 00:49:58,667 No, it was put there to make us think 862 00:49:59,417 --> 00:50:01,584 that some native thief was the killer. 863 00:50:02,167 --> 00:50:05,584 But that it cast suspicion on someone who really cared for him 864 00:50:06,459 --> 00:50:07,709 was the cruel irony. 865 00:50:09,667 --> 00:50:10,625 Pardon. 866 00:50:27,584 --> 00:50:29,209 I am sorry, mademoiselle. 867 00:50:31,709 --> 00:50:32,917 He didn't do it for me. 868 00:50:34,876 --> 00:50:36,375 It was those girls' youth. 869 00:50:37,542 --> 00:50:39,084 It made him feel his slavery. 870 00:50:41,501 --> 00:50:43,875 He wanted to be free before it was too late. 871 00:50:44,917 --> 00:50:46,292 We all have such dreams. 872 00:50:48,834 --> 00:50:50,375 When did you guess it was him? 873 00:50:52,459 --> 00:50:54,542 His self-control was too perfect. 874 00:50:56,292 --> 00:50:59,042 No matter how galling was the conduct of his wife, 875 00:50:59,376 --> 00:51:00,917 it never seemed to touch him. 876 00:51:02,584 --> 00:51:04,875 That either meant that he was so used to it 877 00:51:05,542 --> 00:51:06,917 that it no longer stung, 878 00:51:07,084 --> 00:51:12,750 or else he knew his bondage would soon be over. 879 00:51:15,667 --> 00:51:20,542 It was a cruel, dirty trick you played, M. Poirot. 880 00:51:23,542 --> 00:51:26,209 I do not approve of murder. 881 00:51:28,126 --> 00:51:30,542 Mademoiselle.