1 00:01:15,917 --> 00:01:17,584 [ Birds chirping ] 2 00:01:42,709 --> 00:01:45,375 [ Vehicle approaches ] 3 00:01:56,126 --> 00:01:57,334 Mayfield. 4 00:01:57,584 --> 00:01:58,792 Sir George. 5 00:01:59,126 --> 00:02:00,459 Show me. 6 00:02:11,709 --> 00:02:12,917 Better be good. 7 00:02:13,292 --> 00:02:14,500 Damn sight too good 8 00:02:14,917 --> 00:02:17,000 for His Majesty's government, if you ask me. 9 00:02:17,167 --> 00:02:20,084 You expect too much of the Defence Committee, Mayfield. 10 00:02:40,917 --> 00:02:43,625 So, this is it at last, is it? 11 00:02:44,542 --> 00:02:45,834 A Mayfield Kestrel. 12 00:02:47,167 --> 00:02:49,834 Until we can think of a better name. 13 00:03:00,001 --> 00:03:03,084 [ Engine turns over ] 14 00:03:17,542 --> 00:03:20,042 POIROT: Petroleum jelly, Hastings. 15 00:03:21,126 --> 00:03:24,375 That is the secret. 16 00:03:25,209 --> 00:03:28,375 You rub it well in, and it will prevent the cracking, yes? 17 00:03:30,126 --> 00:03:32,542 How would you work out cubic what-you-call-'ems? 18 00:03:32,709 --> 00:03:33,667 Come? 19 00:03:33,834 --> 00:03:35,917 Cubic thingummies. How do you work them out? 20 00:03:36,084 --> 00:03:38,625 I mean, this ceiling's, what, 10 feet up, yes? 21 00:03:40,334 --> 00:03:41,709 So, do you multiply 10 -- 22 00:03:41,917 --> 00:03:44,000 Hastings, I am trying to instruct you 23 00:03:45,084 --> 00:03:46,709 in the care of patent leather, 24 00:03:47,042 --> 00:03:49,792 something that will be of use to you in later life. 25 00:03:50,126 --> 00:03:51,792 Well, so will cubic whatsits. 26 00:03:51,959 --> 00:03:54,084 Suppose I had to survey something or something. 27 00:03:54,251 --> 00:03:56,000 You do not deceive me, Hastings. 28 00:03:56,292 --> 00:03:58,042 You are having these eccentric thoughts 29 00:03:58,209 --> 00:04:00,167 because of this girl of yours, huh? 30 00:04:00,417 --> 00:04:02,334 This student of architecture. 31 00:04:03,292 --> 00:04:06,125 Well, we never seem to have anything to talk about. 32 00:04:06,834 --> 00:04:08,917 I tried reading a book about Bernini. 33 00:04:09,334 --> 00:04:10,959 She's very keen on Bernini. 34 00:04:11,751 --> 00:04:13,167 I couldn't make head or tail of it. 35 00:04:13,334 --> 00:04:15,084 No, no, no, no, no, no, Hastings. 36 00:04:15,251 --> 00:04:18,750 Women do not wish to talk about Bernini and cubic thingummies. 37 00:04:19,167 --> 00:04:21,667 I don't know that she wants to talk about anything. 38 00:04:21,834 --> 00:04:24,000 She's never in when I call 'round to see her. 39 00:04:24,167 --> 00:04:27,417 I end up having tea with her mother every day. 40 00:04:30,334 --> 00:04:33,000 [ Plane engine roaring ] 41 00:04:40,792 --> 00:04:43,292 How does it compare with the Messerschmitt 109? 42 00:04:43,459 --> 00:04:44,875 More maneuverable. 43 00:04:45,709 --> 00:04:47,542 Got a turning circle of 800 feet. 44 00:04:47,959 --> 00:04:49,667 Visibility is better, too. 45 00:04:50,001 --> 00:04:51,334 SIR GEORGE: Fuel injection? 46 00:04:51,501 --> 00:04:52,417 No. 47 00:04:52,584 --> 00:04:53,375 Pity. 48 00:04:53,542 --> 00:04:55,209 P.M.'s very keen on fuel injection. 49 00:04:55,376 --> 00:04:56,042 Yes, he's right. 50 00:04:56,209 --> 00:04:59,042 But we just haven't got a reliable system yet. 51 00:05:13,709 --> 00:05:16,417 [ Laughs ] 52 00:05:30,667 --> 00:05:33,292 There's a lady keeps telephoning, Mr. Poirot. 53 00:05:34,876 --> 00:05:36,084 Sacre! 54 00:05:36,626 --> 00:05:38,417 What a terrible circumstance. 55 00:05:38,584 --> 00:05:41,084 There's no need to be sarcastic, Mr. Poirot. 56 00:05:42,042 --> 00:05:44,500 I was going on to say that I didn't put her through to you 57 00:05:44,667 --> 00:05:45,959 because she wouldn't give her name. 58 00:05:46,126 --> 00:05:46,875 Oh. 59 00:05:47,042 --> 00:05:49,750 I told her you don't take anonymous phone calls. 60 00:05:50,292 --> 00:05:51,500 But I do, Miss Lemon. 61 00:05:52,126 --> 00:05:53,917 Sometimes I think anonymous telephone calls 62 00:05:54,084 --> 00:05:55,542 are the only ones worth taking. 63 00:05:55,709 --> 00:05:57,667 But how will I know where to file her 64 00:05:58,292 --> 00:05:59,500 if I haven't got a name? 65 00:06:00,292 --> 00:06:01,750 Life first, Miss Lemon. 66 00:06:02,501 --> 00:06:03,917 Filing second. 67 00:06:04,834 --> 00:06:05,917 Very well, then. 68 00:06:06,626 --> 00:06:09,792 Next time she calls, I'll let her talk to you. 69 00:06:11,876 --> 00:06:14,375 And on your own head be it. 70 00:06:15,292 --> 00:06:17,084 [ Door closes ] 71 00:06:17,751 --> 00:06:20,250 You shouldn't tease her, Poirot. 72 00:06:22,001 --> 00:06:24,542 She makes it irresistible. 73 00:06:29,501 --> 00:06:32,584 [ Plane engine roaring ] 74 00:06:40,084 --> 00:06:42,459 [ Gunfire ] 75 00:06:57,126 --> 00:07:00,084 MAYFIELD: It's like a solid wall of lead 2 feet square 76 00:07:01,001 --> 00:07:02,542 coming straight at you. 77 00:07:03,334 --> 00:07:04,334 [ Bang ] 78 00:07:05,042 --> 00:07:07,125 The main spire must be tremendously strong 79 00:07:07,292 --> 00:07:09,084 to withstand the g-force of that turning circle. 80 00:07:09,251 --> 00:07:11,709 And the recoil from the guns. 81 00:07:15,376 --> 00:07:16,750 It's built up in layers, 82 00:07:17,001 --> 00:07:19,709 so the whole thing acts like a giant leaf spring. 83 00:07:19,917 --> 00:07:22,000 And we're still improving on it, too. 84 00:07:22,459 --> 00:07:25,959 But I can't go on pouring my own money into the Kestrel forever. 85 00:07:26,876 --> 00:07:28,959 You seem not to understand the position 86 00:07:29,126 --> 00:07:31,209 that the Defence Committee is in, Mayfield. 87 00:07:31,376 --> 00:07:32,167 They like you. 88 00:07:32,334 --> 00:07:33,917 Most of them are 100% behind you. 89 00:07:34,084 --> 00:07:36,917 But that Japanese business only brought the government down. 90 00:07:37,084 --> 00:07:38,209 One more scandal like that -- 91 00:07:38,376 --> 00:07:40,459 There are no more scandals like that. 92 00:07:41,126 --> 00:07:42,292 You're saying they don't trust me. 93 00:07:42,459 --> 00:07:44,292 � It's not a question of trust. � Yes, it is! 94 00:07:45,209 --> 00:07:46,417 Very well, then. 95 00:07:46,959 --> 00:07:49,917 If they want me to prove to them that they can trust me, 96 00:07:50,751 --> 00:07:52,000 that's what I'll do. 97 00:07:52,417 --> 00:07:54,459 How do you mean? How will you do that? 98 00:07:55,084 --> 00:07:57,917 I've invited Mrs. Vanderlyn down for the weekend. 99 00:07:58,459 --> 00:08:00,084 Mrs. Vanderlyn? You mad? 100 00:08:00,834 --> 00:08:02,959 � [ Tires screech ] � You've invited her down here? 101 00:08:03,126 --> 00:08:05,625 And before the weekend is out, I promise you, 102 00:08:06,126 --> 00:08:09,667 I'll have hooked Mrs. Vanderlyn, reeled her in, and gaffed her. 103 00:08:11,001 --> 00:08:12,209 How? 104 00:08:12,709 --> 00:08:16,417 By using the plans of the Kestrel as a bait. 105 00:08:17,167 --> 00:08:18,250 SIR GEORGE: You idiot. 106 00:08:18,417 --> 00:08:20,834 You can't go using top secret papers like that. 107 00:08:21,001 --> 00:08:22,625 This is madness. 108 00:08:32,084 --> 00:08:33,209 [ Typewriter clacking ] 109 00:08:33,376 --> 00:08:34,750 [ Telephone rings ] 110 00:08:36,542 --> 00:08:39,000 Hercule Poirot's residence. 111 00:08:40,251 --> 00:08:41,875 Yes. 112 00:08:44,209 --> 00:08:46,500 What name is it, please? 113 00:08:47,876 --> 00:08:49,875 Hold on one moment, please. 114 00:08:56,126 --> 00:08:58,917 It's your anonymous telephone caller again. 115 00:08:59,667 --> 00:09:02,875 She's calling herself Miss Smith this time, but it's her. 116 00:09:04,251 --> 00:09:05,459 Put her through, Miss Lemon. 117 00:09:05,626 --> 00:09:07,292 Yes, Mr. Poirot. 118 00:09:08,209 --> 00:09:09,417 Are you there? 119 00:09:10,167 --> 00:09:11,959 Mr. Poirot will speak to you now. 120 00:09:12,126 --> 00:09:13,500 [ Telephone rings ] 121 00:09:15,001 --> 00:09:15,917 Hello? 122 00:09:16,084 --> 00:09:18,459 � MISS SMITH: M. Poirot? � Yes, Miss Smith. 123 00:09:18,751 --> 00:09:22,875 I need to meet you, M. Poirot. This is a national emergency. 124 00:09:23,834 --> 00:09:25,500 No, no, no. I can't come there. 125 00:09:25,667 --> 00:09:28,000 Somewhere where nobody will know us. 126 00:09:28,626 --> 00:09:31,167 I'm sure that can be arranged, mademoiselle. 127 00:09:31,709 --> 00:09:33,542 Where do you suggest? 128 00:09:34,626 --> 00:09:38,209 [ Penguins chattering ] 129 00:09:48,376 --> 00:09:50,125 MISS SMITH: [ Clears throat ] 130 00:09:53,792 --> 00:09:56,084 [ Water splashes ] 131 00:10:06,917 --> 00:10:08,875 M. Poirot. 132 00:10:11,209 --> 00:10:12,500 You are not Miss Smith. 133 00:10:13,251 --> 00:10:14,459 Yes, I am. 134 00:10:14,751 --> 00:10:17,000 Where is your green carnation? 135 00:10:18,209 --> 00:10:19,625 I wanted time to study you. 136 00:10:19,959 --> 00:10:21,834 Besides, green doesn't suit me. 137 00:10:22,251 --> 00:10:23,625 I was carrying my Times. 138 00:10:24,834 --> 00:10:26,542 These arrangements, once made, 139 00:10:26,709 --> 00:10:28,709 should be adhered to, Miss Smith. 140 00:10:30,584 --> 00:10:33,292 [ Bird squawking ] 141 00:10:35,876 --> 00:10:37,125 [ Birds chirping ] 142 00:10:38,542 --> 00:10:41,125 [ Sighs ] This is so difficult. 143 00:10:44,417 --> 00:10:45,625 My husband -- 144 00:10:45,834 --> 00:10:47,084 Yes? 145 00:10:48,917 --> 00:10:50,542 My husband has invited a woman 146 00:10:51,626 --> 00:10:53,500 to stay this weekend at our house. 147 00:10:53,709 --> 00:10:55,417 No, Miss Smith. Go no further. 148 00:10:56,667 --> 00:10:58,959 Poirot does not handle this type of work. 149 00:10:59,417 --> 00:11:02,500 No, no. You don't understand. This is a dangerous woman. 150 00:11:02,667 --> 00:11:03,875 I know that a man 151 00:11:04,126 --> 00:11:05,709 as distinguished in his field as you are 152 00:11:05,876 --> 00:11:08,500 wouldn't handle sordid domestic cases. 153 00:11:09,126 --> 00:11:11,417 There's more at stake here. 154 00:11:12,334 --> 00:11:13,334 I see. 155 00:11:17,751 --> 00:11:19,584 My name is not really Miss Smith. 156 00:11:20,001 --> 00:11:21,209 I am astounded. 157 00:11:22,042 --> 00:11:24,667 My name is Mayfield -- Lady Margaret Mayfield. 158 00:11:25,334 --> 00:11:26,792 And who is Lord Mayfield? 159 00:11:27,542 --> 00:11:30,209 There isn't one. I'm only Mrs. Mayfield, really. 160 00:11:30,376 --> 00:11:31,750 But my father was an earl. 161 00:11:32,542 --> 00:11:36,250 And who is this dangerous woman you talk about? 162 00:11:38,751 --> 00:11:41,500 Mrs. Joanna Vanderlyn. 163 00:11:44,334 --> 00:11:47,875 Mrs. Vanderlyn is rumored to have pro-German sympathies. 164 00:11:48,792 --> 00:11:50,209 There was a scandal two years ago 165 00:11:50,376 --> 00:11:52,292 with a young marquess of Lowestoft. 166 00:11:52,459 --> 00:11:53,834 He shot himself. 167 00:11:54,584 --> 00:11:55,792 Yes, I remember. 168 00:11:56,376 --> 00:11:57,917 Mrs. Vanderlyn was involved? 169 00:11:58,084 --> 00:11:59,292 Yes. It was thought 170 00:12:00,042 --> 00:12:03,000 that he passed on to her certain secret information. 171 00:12:03,292 --> 00:12:04,500 I did not know that. 172 00:12:04,959 --> 00:12:07,250 It was kept hushed up as much as possible. 173 00:12:08,459 --> 00:12:11,834 His regiment had been involved in testing the Galahad tank. 174 00:12:12,084 --> 00:12:13,000 And you think -- 175 00:12:13,167 --> 00:12:15,459 My husband is engaged in a lot of projects 176 00:12:16,667 --> 00:12:18,334 that are crucial to the future of this country. 177 00:12:18,501 --> 00:12:20,334 If an enemy should gain access -- 178 00:12:20,876 --> 00:12:23,042 Surely, you do not suspect your husband of treachery? 179 00:12:23,209 --> 00:12:24,417 No, of course not. 180 00:12:25,584 --> 00:12:28,125 But the government has treated him very badly 181 00:12:29,084 --> 00:12:31,292 ever since that Japanese business. 182 00:12:32,042 --> 00:12:33,542 You must have read about it. 183 00:12:33,834 --> 00:12:35,542 Even though his name was cleared, 184 00:12:35,709 --> 00:12:38,500 they still don't give him the backing he needs. 185 00:12:40,292 --> 00:12:44,500 Bitterness may make him less careful than he should be. 186 00:12:45,417 --> 00:12:46,917 Please help me, M. Poirot. 187 00:12:48,126 --> 00:12:51,625 There is so much at stake for England. 188 00:13:10,417 --> 00:13:12,167 Good evening, Lady Carrington. 189 00:13:12,334 --> 00:13:14,542 Hello, Dawson. Where is everybody? 190 00:13:15,251 --> 00:13:18,167 On the lower terrace, Lady Carrington. 191 00:13:19,126 --> 00:13:22,250 MAYFIELD: We can only put our trust in the League of Nations, 192 00:13:22,417 --> 00:13:23,375 pray for peace. 193 00:13:23,542 --> 00:13:25,417 REGGIE: Isn't that a rather peculiar thing 194 00:13:25,584 --> 00:13:27,500 for an arms manufacturer to do, sir? 195 00:13:27,667 --> 00:13:29,667 What is it Beverley Nichols calls you? 196 00:13:29,834 --> 00:13:31,125 Merchants of death. 197 00:13:31,626 --> 00:13:34,459 Mr. Mayfield is an armaments manufacturer, Reggie, 198 00:13:34,626 --> 00:13:37,292 because this particular game can only be played from strength. 199 00:13:37,459 --> 00:13:39,334 � Oh. � Quite right, Sir George. 200 00:13:39,667 --> 00:13:40,792 REGGIE: Oh, sorry, Dad. 201 00:13:40,959 --> 00:13:43,417 Didn't realize it was all a game. 202 00:13:45,126 --> 00:13:48,084 Where has the fabled Mrs. Vanderlyn got to, I wonder? 203 00:13:48,334 --> 00:13:50,959 I haven't the foggiest. She arrived hours ago. 204 00:13:51,834 --> 00:13:53,209 You have met her before? 205 00:13:53,501 --> 00:13:55,417 Not since I was a child. 206 00:13:56,209 --> 00:13:57,125 Please. 207 00:13:57,292 --> 00:13:59,709 Yes, she's the daughter of H.K. Griffin. 208 00:14:00,459 --> 00:14:03,042 Man used to be American ambassador over here. 209 00:14:04,542 --> 00:14:06,084 Apparently, we all have to be very nice 210 00:14:06,251 --> 00:14:07,500 to the Americans these days. 211 00:14:07,667 --> 00:14:09,917 Ready for when the war starts. 212 00:14:11,376 --> 00:14:12,584 Oh. 213 00:14:12,834 --> 00:14:14,625 Mother's finally arrived. 214 00:14:15,376 --> 00:14:16,459 [ Laughter in distance ] 215 00:14:16,626 --> 00:14:18,334 All these exciting people. 216 00:14:18,501 --> 00:14:20,209 I wasn't warned it was going to be a rout. 217 00:14:20,376 --> 00:14:22,459 Isabelle, I'm so glad you could come. 218 00:14:23,751 --> 00:14:25,750 I'm just sorry I'm so unforgivably late. 219 00:14:25,917 --> 00:14:28,584 Will I be completely deterred if I don't change? 220 00:14:28,751 --> 00:14:30,000 You'll be the talk of Steeple Bumpstead. 221 00:14:30,167 --> 00:14:31,250 Oh, God, I wouldn't want that. 222 00:14:31,417 --> 00:14:33,000 � Good journey, darling? � Lovely, George. 223 00:14:33,167 --> 00:14:34,959 The A11 is particularly enthralling 224 00:14:35,126 --> 00:14:37,084 at this time of year. Hello, Tommy. 225 00:14:37,542 --> 00:14:39,500 May I introduce M. Hercule Poirot? 226 00:14:40,251 --> 00:14:42,042 � How nice to meet you. � Mademoiselle. 227 00:14:42,209 --> 00:14:43,584 � Foreign, yes? � Uh -- 228 00:14:43,751 --> 00:14:45,792 You'll soon pick up our little ways. 229 00:14:46,417 --> 00:14:47,709 Talking of which... 230 00:14:48,334 --> 00:14:49,542 Oh, how English. 231 00:14:54,334 --> 00:14:57,959 How very, very English. 232 00:14:59,292 --> 00:15:01,959 We've got some very American dry martinis mixed, 233 00:15:02,126 --> 00:15:03,209 if you'd like one. 234 00:15:03,376 --> 00:15:06,125 Oh, that would be wonderful. 235 00:15:38,751 --> 00:15:40,167 SIR GEORGE: Trouble with the Foreign Office is, 236 00:15:40,334 --> 00:15:41,834 it's very long on protocol 237 00:15:42,834 --> 00:15:45,000 on whether the prime minister of Timbuktu 238 00:15:45,167 --> 00:15:47,542 should take precedence over the king of Ongo-Bongo. 239 00:15:47,709 --> 00:15:48,667 [ Laughter ] 240 00:15:48,834 --> 00:15:51,042 I'm very short on what Winnie describes 241 00:15:51,501 --> 00:15:53,209 as intestinal fortitude. 242 00:15:53,751 --> 00:15:56,625 I'm sure that's not true of your foreign secretary. 243 00:15:57,876 --> 00:16:00,959 I must bow to your superior knowledge, Mrs. Vanderlyn. 244 00:16:01,709 --> 00:16:04,209 I'm sure you know Mr. Eden a great deal better 245 00:16:04,834 --> 00:16:06,292 than us humble souls, eh? 246 00:16:06,501 --> 00:16:08,084 VANDERLYN: Oh, I wouldn't say that. 247 00:16:08,251 --> 00:16:09,959 But when I had lunch with him yesterday, 248 00:16:10,126 --> 00:16:11,625 he was saying more or less the same as you 249 00:16:11,792 --> 00:16:14,625 about the Foreign Office's passion for protocol. 250 00:16:14,876 --> 00:16:15,917 [ Chuckles ] 251 00:16:16,084 --> 00:16:17,959 No, thank you. 252 00:16:23,709 --> 00:16:26,459 I refuse to let men waste their time drinking port 253 00:16:26,917 --> 00:16:28,334 when there's bridge to be played. 254 00:16:28,501 --> 00:16:29,709 [ Laughter ] 255 00:16:30,084 --> 00:16:31,375 � Sir George. � Yes. 256 00:16:32,667 --> 00:16:34,792 [ Indistinct conversations ] 257 00:16:36,001 --> 00:16:37,875 You see what sort of a woman she is. 258 00:16:39,042 --> 00:16:41,000 The sort of woman Mrs. Vanderlyn is 259 00:16:41,251 --> 00:16:43,875 does not make a matter of national importance. 260 00:16:47,167 --> 00:16:48,459 I do hope you're right. 261 00:16:49,292 --> 00:16:51,542 M. Poirot. 262 00:16:55,917 --> 00:16:58,084 MAYFIELD: Actually, the whole European situation's 263 00:16:58,251 --> 00:17:00,459 rather like a bridge game at the moment. 264 00:17:01,417 --> 00:17:03,959 On the one hand, we have the diminutive fhrer, 265 00:17:04,126 --> 00:17:06,209 on the other hand, Signor Mussolini, 266 00:17:06,376 --> 00:17:08,459 the bullfrog of the Pontine Marshes. 267 00:17:09,542 --> 00:17:12,500 In the end, they'll both need taking down a peg or two. 268 00:17:12,667 --> 00:17:15,042 And what about the Emperor Hirohito, sir? 269 00:17:15,584 --> 00:17:18,042 Will he need taking down a peg? 270 00:17:18,709 --> 00:17:21,000 ISABELLE: What did he say? 271 00:17:21,626 --> 00:17:23,500 Has he said something nasty again? 272 00:17:23,667 --> 00:17:26,042 He's such a little snot, aren't you, darling? 273 00:17:26,209 --> 00:17:27,417 MAN: [ Laughs ] 274 00:17:28,292 --> 00:17:29,917 Tommy's working too hard. 275 00:17:30,626 --> 00:17:32,459 He believes we're on the brink of war. 276 00:17:32,626 --> 00:17:34,584 That he can stop it single-handed? 277 00:17:34,959 --> 00:17:36,792 Something like that. 278 00:17:37,709 --> 00:17:40,709 The truth is, of course, he can do more than most people. 279 00:17:40,876 --> 00:17:42,042 MAN: [ Laughs ] 280 00:17:42,209 --> 00:17:43,500 A little slam, I think. 281 00:17:44,751 --> 00:17:46,875 MAYFIELD: Congratulations, partner. 282 00:17:47,042 --> 00:17:48,542 Aren't you going to give us our revenge? 283 00:17:48,709 --> 00:17:50,750 George and I have work to do, I'm afraid. 284 00:17:50,917 --> 00:17:52,209 The plans are ready for you, sir. 285 00:17:52,376 --> 00:17:54,542 We'll join you in a minute. Come along, George. 286 00:17:54,709 --> 00:17:55,792 If you'll excuse us. 287 00:17:59,501 --> 00:18:03,542 I will take a promenade in the garden before turning in. 288 00:18:06,001 --> 00:18:07,167 [ Sighs ] 289 00:18:07,334 --> 00:18:09,417 It will clear my brain. 290 00:18:10,292 --> 00:18:13,000 You might've done that before we played cards. 291 00:18:14,501 --> 00:18:15,959 Madam is too agreeable. 292 00:18:17,626 --> 00:18:19,292 Good night. 293 00:18:58,417 --> 00:19:00,542 There you are, my friend. 294 00:19:02,876 --> 00:19:05,959 Why can't I stay at the house? That's what I want to know. 295 00:19:06,126 --> 00:19:08,584 Number one, Hastings, you were not invited. 296 00:19:08,751 --> 00:19:09,959 A pure oversight. 297 00:19:10,584 --> 00:19:14,084 Number two, I need you at this stage incognito and very nearby. 298 00:19:15,792 --> 00:19:17,667 My incognito's gone, for a start. 299 00:19:18,584 --> 00:19:19,792 Why? Why is this? 300 00:19:19,959 --> 00:19:22,500 Well, the pub's so crowded, I'm having to share a room. 301 00:19:22,667 --> 00:19:24,417 And you'll never guess who with. 302 00:19:24,667 --> 00:19:26,125 No, Hastings, I will not. 303 00:19:26,459 --> 00:19:27,667 Japp. 304 00:19:28,417 --> 00:19:30,250 With the Chief Inspector Japp? 305 00:19:30,834 --> 00:19:32,667 And the room has only got one bed. 306 00:19:34,084 --> 00:19:36,625 I wonder why the Chief Inspector Japp is here. 307 00:19:36,792 --> 00:19:38,625 You're not very sympathetic. 308 00:19:38,834 --> 00:19:40,875 We all have our troubles, Hastings. 309 00:19:41,542 --> 00:19:42,875 I would rather share a bed 310 00:19:43,042 --> 00:19:45,167 with the Chief Inspector Japp and three of his sergeants 311 00:19:45,334 --> 00:19:48,125 than to be partnered at bridge with the Lady Carrington. 312 00:19:48,292 --> 00:19:50,667 Yes, I've been hearing about her from the chauffeur. 313 00:19:50,834 --> 00:19:52,209 Apparently, Sir George is trying to get her 314 00:19:52,376 --> 00:19:53,584 to give up cards altogether. 315 00:19:53,751 --> 00:19:55,667 Yes, well, I'm very pleased to hear it, mon ami. 316 00:19:55,834 --> 00:19:57,292 She plays abominably. 317 00:19:57,876 --> 00:19:59,917 No, but she loses a lot of money at it. 318 00:20:00,209 --> 00:20:02,042 She's heavily in hock to money lenders. 319 00:20:02,209 --> 00:20:03,625 Really? 320 00:20:04,792 --> 00:20:07,417 Hastings, try to find out for me, if you please, 321 00:20:10,209 --> 00:20:12,500 who asked the chief inspector to be here. 322 00:20:13,126 --> 00:20:15,250 That is most interesting. 323 00:20:33,292 --> 00:20:35,792 � Good night, Mumsy. � ISABELLE: Goodnight, darling. 324 00:20:38,084 --> 00:20:39,625 [ Door closes ] 325 00:20:56,667 --> 00:20:58,167 What do you think of this idea 326 00:20:58,334 --> 00:21:00,542 of detecting aircraft by radio echoes? 327 00:21:01,417 --> 00:21:02,625 RDF? Feasible. 328 00:21:03,542 --> 00:21:05,500 We've put a certain amount of money into research. 329 00:21:05,667 --> 00:21:06,875 How much money? 330 00:21:07,084 --> 00:21:09,167 [ Laughs ] I'm not gonna tell you that. 331 00:21:10,251 --> 00:21:11,459 Oh, hello. 332 00:21:11,834 --> 00:21:13,375 I just came in to fetch my bag. 333 00:21:13,876 --> 00:21:15,084 MAYFIELD: Don't mind us. 334 00:21:15,251 --> 00:21:16,417 Good night again. 335 00:21:16,584 --> 00:21:18,250 MAYFIELD: Good night. 336 00:21:19,792 --> 00:21:22,334 Having that woman here is a mistake, Mayfield. 337 00:21:22,501 --> 00:21:25,667 No matter what your intentions are, it'll do you no good. 338 00:21:25,834 --> 00:21:27,542 It will do me a great deal of good 339 00:21:27,709 --> 00:21:29,584 when I get her put into Holloway Prison. 340 00:21:29,751 --> 00:21:32,000 Ah, it's all nonsense, all this talk of trapping her. 341 00:21:32,167 --> 00:21:33,917 � [ Dog barks ] � What was that? 342 00:21:34,376 --> 00:21:35,042 What? 343 00:21:35,209 --> 00:21:37,375 Someone ran across the terrace there. 344 00:21:37,667 --> 00:21:39,042 I didn't see anything. 345 00:21:39,542 --> 00:21:41,334 Anyway, how do you intend to trap her? 346 00:21:41,501 --> 00:21:43,750 I'm sure I saw something. 347 00:21:44,959 --> 00:21:47,917 Why do politicians treat everyone else like idiots? 348 00:21:49,167 --> 00:21:50,000 Hmph. 349 00:21:50,167 --> 00:21:52,542 Probably because they voted for us in the first place. 350 00:21:52,709 --> 00:21:54,542 [ Both laugh ] 351 00:21:58,917 --> 00:22:00,125 [ Door closes ] 352 00:22:00,417 --> 00:22:02,334 I've laid everything out on the desk, sir. 353 00:22:02,501 --> 00:22:03,709 [ Clears throat ] 354 00:22:04,209 --> 00:22:05,875 Will you want me anymore tonight? 355 00:22:06,042 --> 00:22:07,792 Uh, no. We'll probably be late. 356 00:22:08,001 --> 00:22:09,375 You might as well turn in. 357 00:22:09,542 --> 00:22:12,250 � I'll lock these away myself. � Right. 358 00:22:14,042 --> 00:22:16,000 Goodnight, Mr. Mayfield. Sir George. 359 00:22:16,167 --> 00:22:17,334 Just a minute. 360 00:22:17,501 --> 00:22:20,000 You've forgotten the most important paper. 361 00:22:20,292 --> 00:22:21,834 I don't think so, sir. 362 00:22:22,584 --> 00:22:23,792 Sheet number three, 363 00:22:23,959 --> 00:22:26,000 the mathematics for the aluminium stressing. 364 00:22:26,876 --> 00:22:28,084 I put it on the top. 365 00:22:28,959 --> 00:22:31,959 [ Scoffs ] It isn't here. 366 00:22:41,667 --> 00:22:42,959 I don't understand. 367 00:22:43,126 --> 00:22:44,542 I put it here. I know I did. 368 00:22:45,334 --> 00:22:46,625 No, you must have made a mistake. 369 00:22:46,792 --> 00:22:49,125 It must still be in the safe. 370 00:22:50,209 --> 00:22:51,417 No. I put it there. 371 00:22:52,751 --> 00:22:55,500 I looked for it particularly and put it on the top. 372 00:22:56,167 --> 00:22:58,334 Do you mean to tell me it's gone? 373 00:22:59,834 --> 00:23:01,209 Who's been in this room? 374 00:23:01,542 --> 00:23:02,750 No one at all. 375 00:23:03,167 --> 00:23:05,125 Well, it can't just have vanished into thin air. 376 00:23:05,292 --> 00:23:06,917 Someone must have taken it. 377 00:23:07,084 --> 00:23:09,834 Can Poirot be of assistance? 378 00:23:13,001 --> 00:23:14,625 Finding the lost property 379 00:23:15,417 --> 00:23:18,917 is something of a profession of mine. 380 00:23:19,751 --> 00:23:20,834 What is missing? 381 00:23:21,001 --> 00:23:23,167 This is a matter of national security. 382 00:23:23,542 --> 00:23:25,417 I think we should alert Inspector Japp. 383 00:23:25,584 --> 00:23:27,709 Telephone him at The Three Crowns, would you, Mr. Carlile? 384 00:23:32,501 --> 00:23:34,750 Where does that door lead? 385 00:23:40,959 --> 00:23:42,709 [ Clears throat ] Well done. 386 00:23:43,167 --> 00:23:44,834 This wasn't meant to happen. 387 00:23:46,376 --> 00:23:47,667 But it was. You said -- 388 00:23:47,834 --> 00:23:49,042 Not like this. 389 00:23:49,709 --> 00:23:52,500 She's turned the tables on us. 390 00:23:53,542 --> 00:23:55,875 Oh, my God. I knew it. 391 00:23:57,917 --> 00:23:59,125 I knew it. 392 00:24:00,584 --> 00:24:02,334 I told you not to play with fire. 393 00:24:03,334 --> 00:24:04,917 What am I going to tell the P.M.? 394 00:24:05,084 --> 00:24:06,292 MAYFIELD: Nothing for the moment. 395 00:24:06,459 --> 00:24:07,584 You mustn't panic. 396 00:24:07,751 --> 00:24:10,584 SIR GEORGE: I'm damned if that woman's gonna get away with it. 397 00:24:20,001 --> 00:24:21,542 M. Mayfield, forgive me. 398 00:24:22,792 --> 00:24:24,959 I do not wish to delve into the secrets. 399 00:24:25,376 --> 00:24:28,959 But, please, can you give me some idea what is on the paper? 400 00:24:30,251 --> 00:24:31,625 I don't know how closely 401 00:24:31,834 --> 00:24:33,750 you follow international events, Mr. Poirot, 402 00:24:33,917 --> 00:24:35,750 but Germany has just announced 403 00:24:37,126 --> 00:24:39,625 that she has parity with this country in the air. 404 00:24:39,792 --> 00:24:40,959 And so I understand. 405 00:24:41,126 --> 00:24:44,167 Yeah, well, what that means is that that piece of paper 406 00:24:44,334 --> 00:24:47,834 is perhaps our only chance of keeping our civilian population 407 00:24:48,334 --> 00:24:49,834 safe from aerial attack. 408 00:24:50,001 --> 00:24:51,250 Am I exaggerating? 409 00:24:51,417 --> 00:24:52,625 Not a jot. 410 00:24:53,084 --> 00:24:55,709 POIROT: So, the technical breakthrough, huh? 411 00:24:56,001 --> 00:24:58,375 And worth a considerable amount of money. 412 00:24:58,834 --> 00:25:00,584 Oh, money doesn't enter into it. 413 00:25:00,834 --> 00:25:04,542 Well, it might with some people and in certain quarters. 414 00:25:05,917 --> 00:25:06,917 Traitors, you mean. 415 00:25:07,084 --> 00:25:08,500 Indeed. 416 00:25:09,292 --> 00:25:10,834 But anyone, me included, 417 00:25:13,542 --> 00:25:15,209 could knock on the door of the German Embassy, 418 00:25:15,376 --> 00:25:17,292 and when I come out, I could be a rich man 419 00:25:17,459 --> 00:25:18,709 if I had these papers? 420 00:25:19,209 --> 00:25:20,417 Certainly. 421 00:25:20,584 --> 00:25:21,792 Hmm. 422 00:25:22,584 --> 00:25:25,750 M. Carlile, before I went for my promenade in the garden, 423 00:25:27,376 --> 00:25:30,084 you volunteered to get the papers ready in here? 424 00:25:30,792 --> 00:25:31,417 Yes. 425 00:25:31,584 --> 00:25:32,750 And shortly after that, 426 00:25:32,917 --> 00:25:35,417 everyone else went upstairs to prepare for the bed? 427 00:25:35,584 --> 00:25:37,084 I presume so. I don't know. 428 00:25:37,292 --> 00:25:38,584 Yes, they did. 429 00:25:39,751 --> 00:25:42,500 [ Clears throat ] Mrs. Vanderlyn came down again. 430 00:25:43,709 --> 00:25:44,584 Indeed? 431 00:25:44,751 --> 00:25:46,959 That's right. She'd forgotten her bag. 432 00:25:47,792 --> 00:25:49,084 Ah. The old gasp, huh? 433 00:25:50,376 --> 00:25:51,334 Uh, no. Pardon. 434 00:25:51,501 --> 00:25:52,667 The old wheeze -- 435 00:25:52,834 --> 00:25:55,667 to return for something you say you had forgotten. 436 00:25:56,751 --> 00:25:58,042 Quite. 437 00:25:58,834 --> 00:26:00,042 M. Carlile, 438 00:26:00,917 --> 00:26:03,792 after you had opened the safe and got out the papers, 439 00:26:06,792 --> 00:26:09,500 did you leave the study again, even for a moment? 440 00:26:10,626 --> 00:26:11,959 No, not for a second. 441 00:26:13,042 --> 00:26:16,084 So, everyone else was upstairs preparing for the bed, 442 00:26:17,209 --> 00:26:19,959 except Mrs. Vanderlyn, who came down for her bag. 443 00:26:20,376 --> 00:26:24,000 And yet the plans are stolen. 444 00:26:26,417 --> 00:26:27,625 M. Carlile, 445 00:26:28,501 --> 00:26:31,334 do you still want to say you did not leave the study? 446 00:26:32,667 --> 00:26:35,375 MAYFIELD: I don't know what all this is about, Poirot. 447 00:26:36,209 --> 00:26:38,709 Carlile has been my confidential secretary 448 00:26:38,959 --> 00:26:40,042 for nine years. 449 00:26:40,209 --> 00:26:42,375 He has access to all my private papers. 450 00:26:42,709 --> 00:26:45,750 He could have made a copy of that sheet anytime he liked 451 00:26:46,042 --> 00:26:47,750 with no one being any the wiser. 452 00:26:48,126 --> 00:26:50,959 Why would he need to stage a rather clumsy robbery? 453 00:26:52,251 --> 00:26:53,792 Thank you, Mr. Mayfield. 454 00:26:54,126 --> 00:26:55,875 If M. Poirot has any suspicions, 455 00:26:56,542 --> 00:26:58,375 I should like all my belongings searched. 456 00:26:58,542 --> 00:26:59,750 No, no, no, no, no. 457 00:26:59,959 --> 00:27:02,125 M. Carlile, I cast not the aspersions. 458 00:27:03,251 --> 00:27:04,875 It is a small problem, merely, 459 00:27:06,501 --> 00:27:09,459 but a problem that will agitate the little gray cells 460 00:27:12,626 --> 00:27:14,917 most adequately. 461 00:27:18,709 --> 00:27:20,917 MAYFIELD: With Carlile on guard all the time, 462 00:27:21,084 --> 00:27:23,250 I don't see how anyone could get into that room. 463 00:27:23,417 --> 00:27:24,459 POIROT: Yes, well, it is no use 464 00:27:24,626 --> 00:27:26,584 running to conclusions, M. Mayfield. 465 00:27:26,751 --> 00:27:29,625 It is from there that you saw Mrs. Vanderlyn in here. 466 00:27:30,584 --> 00:27:33,125 MAYFIELD: A little further back, I think. 467 00:27:35,209 --> 00:27:36,792 POIROT: From where I was in the garden, 468 00:27:36,959 --> 00:27:39,584 I could see that the dining room was in darkness. 469 00:27:42,667 --> 00:27:44,750 But it would have been quite possible 470 00:27:44,959 --> 00:27:48,125 for someone to use those doors to get out onto the terrace 471 00:27:48,417 --> 00:27:50,167 and, from there, into the study. 472 00:27:52,251 --> 00:27:54,292 I told you I thought I saw something! 473 00:27:55,209 --> 00:27:56,959 � By George, you did. � There! 474 00:27:57,251 --> 00:27:59,084 Across the lawn to a waiting car. 475 00:27:59,501 --> 00:28:00,917 He'll be miles away by now. 476 00:28:01,292 --> 00:28:02,250 No, no, no, no, no. 477 00:28:02,417 --> 00:28:03,709 The one way through the garden 478 00:28:03,876 --> 00:28:06,042 would have taken him directly past me. 479 00:28:06,501 --> 00:28:07,750 Uh, what's going on? 480 00:28:09,251 --> 00:28:10,750 Get back to bed, Reggie. 481 00:28:14,417 --> 00:28:15,417 Hmm. 482 00:28:15,584 --> 00:28:17,500 So, an interesting situation. 483 00:28:18,084 --> 00:28:20,584 The only person who could possibly have stolen 484 00:28:20,751 --> 00:28:23,042 those most important papers is one of us. 485 00:28:24,376 --> 00:28:27,042 � Or Mrs. Vanderlyn. � [ Vehicle approaches ] 486 00:28:36,751 --> 00:28:39,250 Evening, Mr. Mayfield. Sir George. Poirot. 487 00:28:40,417 --> 00:28:41,792 What's all this, then, about a theft? 488 00:28:41,959 --> 00:28:43,709 A very important secret paper 489 00:28:43,959 --> 00:28:46,459 has been stolen from my study, Chief Inspector. 490 00:28:46,626 --> 00:28:47,709 Right, lads, fan out. 491 00:28:47,876 --> 00:28:49,625 Whittaker, take the north end of the house, 492 00:28:49,792 --> 00:28:52,625 Dobson, the upstairs landing, Biels, the servants' quarters. 493 00:28:54,626 --> 00:28:57,167 It is not, perhaps, as simple as that, mon ami. 494 00:28:57,876 --> 00:28:59,084 Whoever stole this paper 495 00:28:59,251 --> 00:29:01,042 will not leave it lying around where we will find it. 496 00:29:01,209 --> 00:29:03,042 Leave this to the professionals, Poirot. 497 00:29:03,209 --> 00:29:06,042 Missing documents are an everyday occurrence to my lads. 498 00:29:06,209 --> 00:29:08,125 REGGIE: [ Chuckles ] I'll bet. 499 00:29:08,626 --> 00:29:09,834 And who might you be? 500 00:29:10,626 --> 00:29:11,834 His son. 501 00:29:12,251 --> 00:29:14,000 I thought I told you to go to bed! 502 00:29:14,251 --> 00:29:15,542 Sorry, Chief Inspector. 503 00:29:15,709 --> 00:29:17,459 It's all perfectly simple, really. 504 00:29:17,626 --> 00:29:19,834 You see, we know who stole those papers. 505 00:29:21,042 --> 00:29:21,917 Indeed? 506 00:29:22,084 --> 00:29:23,209 MAYFIELD: Uh, George, I do wish -- 507 00:29:23,376 --> 00:29:25,667 A guest in this house -- a Mrs. Vanderlyn. 508 00:29:27,001 --> 00:29:28,417 � Really? � Well... 509 00:29:28,959 --> 00:29:30,625 So, I suggest we get straight up there and -- 510 00:29:30,792 --> 00:29:31,917 Pardon me for asking, sir, 511 00:29:32,084 --> 00:29:34,709 but how, precisely, do we know this Mrs., uh... 512 00:29:35,084 --> 00:29:36,834 Vanderlyn. 513 00:29:37,459 --> 00:29:40,334 Can't go into details now. Matter of national security. 514 00:29:40,501 --> 00:29:42,417 � All you've got to do -- � MAYFIELD: George. 515 00:29:42,584 --> 00:29:44,375 I don't know that this is the right idea. 516 00:29:44,542 --> 00:29:45,709 SIR GEORGE: Sorry, Mayfield. 517 00:29:45,876 --> 00:29:47,167 I know it's your house and all that sort of thing, 518 00:29:47,334 --> 00:29:48,584 but it's my pigeon now. 519 00:29:48,751 --> 00:29:50,167 Come on, Japp. 520 00:30:01,459 --> 00:30:03,084 [ Knock on door ] 521 00:30:08,334 --> 00:30:09,542 Mrs. Vanderlyn? 522 00:30:09,917 --> 00:30:10,875 VANDERLYN: What is it? 523 00:30:11,042 --> 00:30:14,334 This is Sir George Carrington. I have the police with me. 524 00:30:21,959 --> 00:30:23,459 What do you want? 525 00:30:26,459 --> 00:30:28,375 I'd like you to get dressed, Mrs. Vanderlyn, 526 00:30:28,542 --> 00:30:30,750 and accompany me to the local police station. 527 00:30:30,917 --> 00:30:32,542 What are you talking about? 528 00:30:32,917 --> 00:30:34,834 JAPP: If you'd just get dressed, ma'am. 529 00:30:35,001 --> 00:30:36,500 Damned if I will. What for? 530 00:30:37,417 --> 00:30:39,084 Some papers have been stolen 531 00:30:39,292 --> 00:30:40,875 from Mr. Mayfield's study, Mrs. Vanderlyn. 532 00:30:41,042 --> 00:30:42,125 And? 533 00:30:42,292 --> 00:30:45,292 If you could just get dressed, Mrs. Vanderlyn. 534 00:30:48,626 --> 00:30:51,375 Did you plan this, Mr. Mayfield? 535 00:30:57,251 --> 00:30:59,334 I'll get dressed. 536 00:31:32,751 --> 00:31:35,584 JAPP: You'll join us at the station, Mr. Mayfield? 537 00:31:52,667 --> 00:31:55,292 SIR GEORGE: It must be here. It must be. 538 00:31:56,459 --> 00:31:57,459 Where's she hidden it, Poirot? 539 00:31:57,626 --> 00:31:58,750 You're used to this sort of thing. 540 00:32:04,084 --> 00:32:05,792 She's got it with her. That's what it is. 541 00:32:05,959 --> 00:32:07,917 They'll find it when they search her. 542 00:32:31,917 --> 00:32:34,084 Let's imagine you're a woman, Poirot. 543 00:32:34,626 --> 00:32:36,625 By all means, Sir George, if it will help you. 544 00:32:36,792 --> 00:32:38,250 Right. You're a woman. 545 00:32:38,542 --> 00:32:40,917 You're in a strange household. You steal some papers. 546 00:32:41,084 --> 00:32:42,459 Where do you hide them? 547 00:32:43,334 --> 00:32:45,625 Sir George, there is one thing in all this 548 00:32:45,834 --> 00:32:46,834 that I do not understand. 549 00:32:47,001 --> 00:32:48,167 Keep going. 550 00:32:48,334 --> 00:32:50,709 I demonstrated, quite cogently, I think, 551 00:32:51,834 --> 00:32:53,792 that of all the people in the house, 552 00:32:54,209 --> 00:32:56,750 only you, M. Mayfield, M. Carlile, and myself 553 00:32:58,042 --> 00:33:00,334 could possibly have stolen those papers, yes? 554 00:33:00,501 --> 00:33:01,292 Aye. 555 00:33:01,459 --> 00:33:03,750 And yet you go on talking as if Mrs. Vanderlyn 556 00:33:03,917 --> 00:33:05,625 was, without doubt, the miscreant. 557 00:33:05,792 --> 00:33:07,000 Hmm. Huh? 558 00:33:08,334 --> 00:33:09,750 Oh, yes. [ Chuckles ] 559 00:33:11,001 --> 00:33:12,667 Well, that sort of thing is all very well, I'm sure. 560 00:33:12,834 --> 00:33:14,542 But it's only theory, isn't it? 561 00:33:15,834 --> 00:33:18,292 We're practical folk here, Poirot. 562 00:33:21,001 --> 00:33:22,667 Yes. 563 00:33:38,251 --> 00:33:40,042 Nothing, sir. 564 00:34:18,626 --> 00:34:19,834 It's not in her room. 565 00:34:20,126 --> 00:34:21,959 She hasn't got it on her, either. 566 00:34:22,417 --> 00:34:23,292 [ Sighs ] 567 00:34:23,459 --> 00:34:25,209 This is a disaster, Mayfield. 568 00:34:25,501 --> 00:34:28,542 She must have hidden it somewhere to collect it later. 569 00:34:28,792 --> 00:34:31,084 Froggy thinks she didn't do it. 570 00:34:34,334 --> 00:34:37,709 Froggy knows she didn't do it. 571 00:34:42,751 --> 00:34:44,792 [ Birds chirping ] 572 00:34:55,334 --> 00:34:57,167 [ Thumping ] 573 00:35:09,042 --> 00:35:12,167 Anywhere you see the dust's been disturbed, let me know. 574 00:35:12,334 --> 00:35:14,917 It's just one sheet of paper we're looking for, remember. 575 00:35:15,084 --> 00:35:16,834 It could be anywhere. 576 00:35:36,209 --> 00:35:38,250 That's got rid of that. 577 00:35:56,709 --> 00:35:58,000 HASTINGS: Poirot, my dear fellow, 578 00:35:58,167 --> 00:36:00,084 I promise you, you've never heard anything like it. 579 00:36:00,251 --> 00:36:01,709 You know those boots he wears? 580 00:36:01,876 --> 00:36:03,084 Bang. 581 00:36:03,334 --> 00:36:04,709 The other one -- crash. 582 00:36:05,751 --> 00:36:07,750 When he finally gets into bed, it's worse. 583 00:36:07,917 --> 00:36:09,667 � Worse? � He talks in his sleep. 584 00:36:10,042 --> 00:36:11,667 "Now I've got you, young fellow, me lad. 585 00:36:11,834 --> 00:36:13,375 Japp of the Yard strikes again. " 586 00:36:13,542 --> 00:36:14,750 I thought I'd go mad. 587 00:36:15,667 --> 00:36:17,959 Every time I managed to drop off, he'd start shouting. 588 00:36:18,126 --> 00:36:20,542 "Stand back, lads. He's got a blancmange." 589 00:36:21,459 --> 00:36:23,792 Some of the things he was saying were enough to make a cat laugh. 590 00:36:23,959 --> 00:36:25,667 I can't take much more of it, Poirot. 591 00:36:25,834 --> 00:36:28,542 I've been through three days of a jerry barrage. 592 00:36:28,959 --> 00:36:30,042 Where is he now? 593 00:36:31,459 --> 00:36:33,125 Gone back up to the house. 594 00:36:34,417 --> 00:36:36,459 By the way, I found out who asked him down. 595 00:36:36,626 --> 00:36:38,250 It was Sir George. 596 00:36:39,292 --> 00:36:40,500 Not M. Mayfield. 597 00:36:41,042 --> 00:36:42,250 Apparently not. 598 00:36:42,417 --> 00:36:45,334 Bon. Just as I thought. 599 00:36:46,459 --> 00:36:48,542 What happened about Mrs. Vanderlyn? 600 00:36:48,709 --> 00:36:51,875 Oh, she's leaving this morning in a great, um, huff, yes? 601 00:36:52,542 --> 00:36:54,834 In fact, the whole house is quite deserted. 602 00:36:55,001 --> 00:36:57,750 Lady Carrington and Reggie left after breakfast. 603 00:36:57,917 --> 00:37:00,084 Hastings, I want to ask you something. 604 00:37:00,917 --> 00:37:02,125 Ask away. 605 00:37:02,292 --> 00:37:04,459 Last night at dinner, one of the guests 606 00:37:05,001 --> 00:37:07,417 said something to M. Mayfield about Japan. 607 00:37:08,459 --> 00:37:10,334 What is it about Japan, Hastings? 608 00:37:11,001 --> 00:37:12,625 Well, this is a few years back, 609 00:37:13,667 --> 00:37:16,417 when the Japs took it into their head to invade Manchuria. 610 00:37:16,584 --> 00:37:19,000 The press got hold of something about Mayfield's company 611 00:37:19,167 --> 00:37:20,542 supplying them with the howitzers 612 00:37:20,709 --> 00:37:22,750 they were bombarding Shanghai with. 613 00:37:22,917 --> 00:37:24,792 It turns out, eventually, that the press had got hold 614 00:37:24,959 --> 00:37:27,125 of the wrong end of the stick, as per usual. 615 00:37:27,292 --> 00:37:29,500 But by that time, there had been questions in Parliament, 616 00:37:29,667 --> 00:37:30,875 God knows what. 617 00:37:31,167 --> 00:37:33,625 And a lot of the mud stuck. 618 00:37:36,376 --> 00:37:38,042 Hastings, I must go back to the house. 619 00:37:38,209 --> 00:37:40,209 Well, give me half a sec, and I'll drive you. 620 00:37:40,376 --> 00:37:42,125 I want to change the plugs this morning, anyway. 621 00:37:42,292 --> 00:37:43,584 I thought I'd do it up there. 622 00:37:43,751 --> 00:37:44,959 No, no, no. 623 00:37:45,292 --> 00:37:46,500 I need to walk. 624 00:37:47,917 --> 00:37:49,959 And to think. 625 00:38:30,792 --> 00:38:32,667 CARLILE: Mrs. Vanderlyn. 626 00:38:33,917 --> 00:38:36,417 � You left this bag. � Thank you. 627 00:38:44,126 --> 00:38:45,459 Dickson. 628 00:38:55,167 --> 00:38:57,459 DICKSON: Post this for her, will you? 629 00:38:58,126 --> 00:38:59,667 She'll only forget. 630 00:39:15,417 --> 00:39:17,959 [ Engine turns over ] 631 00:39:37,417 --> 00:39:39,375 Yeah, she's definitely running rich. 632 00:39:39,542 --> 00:39:40,667 Here, let's have a look at the carb. 633 00:39:40,834 --> 00:39:42,500 POIROT: Hastings! Hastings! 634 00:39:42,667 --> 00:39:43,875 [ Panting ] 635 00:39:44,501 --> 00:39:46,292 Hastings, no more of the tinkering. 636 00:39:46,459 --> 00:39:47,917 We have to follow Mrs. Vanderlyn. 637 00:39:48,084 --> 00:39:48,959 But I've got the plugs out. 638 00:39:49,126 --> 00:39:50,209 It'll take me an hour to get them back. 639 00:39:50,376 --> 00:39:51,834 Oh, no! Mon Dieu! 640 00:39:54,334 --> 00:39:56,625 Here, Hastings. Allons-y! 641 00:40:02,376 --> 00:40:03,709 � Hey! � [ Engine turns over ] 642 00:40:03,876 --> 00:40:06,459 [ Car doors close, vehicle departs ] 643 00:40:11,459 --> 00:40:14,292 I'm assuming they're heading for the London road. 644 00:40:14,584 --> 00:40:16,625 [ Tires screech ] 645 00:40:44,917 --> 00:40:47,667 [ Horn honking ] 646 00:41:03,959 --> 00:41:07,834 [ Tires screeching ] 647 00:41:11,709 --> 00:41:12,917 There. Look! 648 00:41:13,667 --> 00:41:15,375 We must not let them see us, Hastings. 649 00:41:21,126 --> 00:41:23,459 � Can we get a move on, John? � JOHN: Yes, ma'am. 650 00:41:23,626 --> 00:41:24,750 [ Horn honking ] 651 00:41:24,917 --> 00:41:27,000 [ Tires screech ] 652 00:41:36,251 --> 00:41:37,500 � Damn! � What is it? 653 00:41:38,751 --> 00:41:40,334 They should have turned left on the A11. 654 00:41:40,501 --> 00:41:41,500 Why is that, Hastings? 655 00:41:41,667 --> 00:41:43,584 Because that's the road to London. 656 00:41:43,751 --> 00:41:46,167 Where are they going, then? 657 00:41:58,042 --> 00:41:59,709 [ Tires screech ] 658 00:42:00,334 --> 00:42:02,667 Get the map out of the pocket there. 659 00:42:22,292 --> 00:42:23,292 Hold tight. 660 00:42:23,459 --> 00:42:26,750 [ Tires screeching ] 661 00:42:40,459 --> 00:42:42,334 They're on that road there. 662 00:42:44,334 --> 00:42:45,542 Wicken Bonhunt. 663 00:42:45,917 --> 00:42:47,125 Clavering. 664 00:42:47,292 --> 00:42:48,500 Brent Pelham. 665 00:42:48,667 --> 00:42:49,417 No. 666 00:42:49,584 --> 00:42:51,250 � Mean anything to you? � No. 667 00:42:52,209 --> 00:42:54,459 Perhaps where they're going isn't on the main road. 668 00:42:54,626 --> 00:42:57,042 Look at the villages on either side of the road. 669 00:43:02,417 --> 00:43:03,625 Hare Street. 670 00:43:03,876 --> 00:43:05,084 Buntingford. 671 00:43:06,001 --> 00:43:07,000 Rickling. 672 00:43:07,167 --> 00:43:08,417 Stocking Pelham. 673 00:43:09,834 --> 00:43:11,042 Throcking. 674 00:43:11,501 --> 00:43:12,834 No. 675 00:43:14,334 --> 00:43:17,167 Fellow I knew at the front had a place in Throcking. 676 00:43:17,667 --> 00:43:20,459 Right next door to the German ambassador's country house. 677 00:43:20,626 --> 00:43:21,375 [ Chuckles ] 678 00:43:22,417 --> 00:43:23,625 Hastings. 679 00:43:24,292 --> 00:43:25,500 Oh, my God! 680 00:43:26,292 --> 00:43:27,750 Can we get there before them? 681 00:43:27,917 --> 00:43:29,417 HASTINGS: We can have a damn good try. 682 00:43:29,584 --> 00:43:30,959 [ Tires screech ] 683 00:43:36,709 --> 00:43:37,917 Where is it? 684 00:43:38,084 --> 00:43:39,209 I don't know. 685 00:43:39,376 --> 00:43:41,125 It was on the salver in the hall! 686 00:43:42,126 --> 00:43:43,084 Dawson put it there! 687 00:43:43,251 --> 00:43:45,209 It seems just to have disappeared. 688 00:43:45,542 --> 00:43:46,750 Oh, God! 689 00:43:47,459 --> 00:43:49,625 Can nothing go right?! 690 00:44:11,584 --> 00:44:13,459 [ Doorbell rings ] 691 00:44:23,209 --> 00:44:25,750 [ Dog barking ] 692 00:44:43,542 --> 00:44:45,375 HASTINGS: Good God, Poirot. 693 00:44:46,626 --> 00:44:47,834 Yes, Hastings. 694 00:44:48,209 --> 00:44:49,459 We have seen enough. 695 00:44:50,417 --> 00:44:51,625 Come, my friend. 696 00:44:52,292 --> 00:44:54,500 [ Barking continues ] 697 00:44:58,042 --> 00:45:00,167 [ Shovel digging ] 698 00:45:02,834 --> 00:45:04,792 I wouldn't have thought she'd have hidden them there, sir. 699 00:45:04,959 --> 00:45:06,834 Have you got any better suggestions, Constable? 700 00:45:07,001 --> 00:45:08,292 No, sir. 701 00:45:10,084 --> 00:45:11,667 Poirot! 702 00:45:13,626 --> 00:45:17,042 You have to trust me, Margaret. 703 00:45:17,959 --> 00:45:20,167 I do trust you, Tommy. 704 00:45:22,251 --> 00:45:24,500 Everything you've worked for is at stake, though. 705 00:45:24,667 --> 00:45:25,875 It'll be all right. 706 00:45:26,209 --> 00:45:27,417 [ Knock on door ] 707 00:45:28,334 --> 00:45:29,750 Who is it? 708 00:45:32,334 --> 00:45:34,084 Bonjour. 709 00:45:35,501 --> 00:45:37,000 What do you want, Mr. Poirot? 710 00:45:37,167 --> 00:45:38,625 POIROT: I have come back to tell you 711 00:45:38,792 --> 00:45:41,000 that the plans have been safely delivered. 712 00:45:41,167 --> 00:45:42,125 Delivered? 713 00:45:42,292 --> 00:45:43,584 To the German ambassador. 714 00:45:43,751 --> 00:45:46,375 I am sure Herr Von Eckersdorf was very pleased. 715 00:45:47,501 --> 00:45:48,834 Tommy, what are we going to do? 716 00:45:49,001 --> 00:45:52,167 Also, Lady Margaret, I found this from one of your guests. 717 00:45:52,334 --> 00:45:53,500 It needed to be posted. 718 00:45:53,667 --> 00:45:56,084 � Give me that! � I don't want to read it. 719 00:45:57,501 --> 00:46:00,209 The address is probably a little cigarette shop 720 00:46:02,334 --> 00:46:04,209 or a news agent, M. Mayfield, huh? 721 00:46:04,667 --> 00:46:07,042 From which you can collect it at your leisure? 722 00:46:07,209 --> 00:46:08,792 No need to go into that, Mr. Poirot. 723 00:46:08,959 --> 00:46:09,917 Let sleeping dogs lie. 724 00:46:10,084 --> 00:46:11,167 No, no, no, no, M. Mayfield. 725 00:46:11,334 --> 00:46:12,375 Between the husband and the wife, 726 00:46:12,542 --> 00:46:14,584 there should be not the sleepy dogs. 727 00:46:15,209 --> 00:46:18,292 I have no wish to read a letter belonging to one of my guests. 728 00:46:18,459 --> 00:46:19,667 Really? 729 00:46:20,209 --> 00:46:23,417 Suppose I tell you that this was written by Mrs. Vanderlyn 730 00:46:24,501 --> 00:46:26,000 and that I could guarantee 731 00:46:26,209 --> 00:46:30,000 that you would not understand one word of it. 732 00:46:38,376 --> 00:46:40,334 [ Envelope opens ] 733 00:46:41,751 --> 00:46:43,500 [ Paper rustling ] 734 00:46:47,209 --> 00:46:48,500 They're in Chinese. 735 00:46:48,792 --> 00:46:50,500 Japanese. 736 00:46:52,292 --> 00:46:54,709 But Tom's signature's at the bottom. 737 00:46:55,542 --> 00:46:58,084 This is the one piece of evidence that links your husband 738 00:46:58,251 --> 00:47:00,292 to the sales of arms to the Japanese. 739 00:47:01,626 --> 00:47:04,709 Somehow, they had fallen into the hands of the Germans. 740 00:47:05,376 --> 00:47:06,875 It was these two pieces of paper 741 00:47:07,042 --> 00:47:09,459 that Mrs. Vanderlyn used to blackmail him. 742 00:47:10,626 --> 00:47:13,042 She said, however, she would exchange them 743 00:47:13,251 --> 00:47:14,792 for the plans of the Kestrel. 744 00:47:15,417 --> 00:47:16,625 Oh, Tom. 745 00:47:17,209 --> 00:47:18,834 POIROT: If he were seen to hand over those plans 746 00:47:19,001 --> 00:47:21,292 to Mrs. Vanderlyn, he would be ruined anyway. 747 00:47:21,459 --> 00:47:24,084 So it had to look as if somebody had stolen them. 748 00:47:24,876 --> 00:47:26,917 And although he tried to persuade us 749 00:47:27,792 --> 00:47:30,625 that he saw this mysterious figure on the terrace, 750 00:47:31,126 --> 00:47:33,875 it was M. Mayfield himself who stole those plans. 751 00:47:34,167 --> 00:47:36,084 It was the safest way. 752 00:47:37,292 --> 00:47:39,334 And they were securely in his pocket 753 00:47:39,667 --> 00:47:42,584 throughout the whole farce of Mrs. Vanderlyn's arrest. 754 00:47:42,751 --> 00:47:45,542 And you keep saying everything's going to be all right. 755 00:47:45,709 --> 00:47:48,084 � It will, darling. You -- � SIR GEORGE: Let me pass! 756 00:47:48,251 --> 00:47:49,417 � Let me pass! � CARLILE: Please, Sir George. 757 00:47:49,584 --> 00:47:50,667 I've had enough of this, Mayfield! 758 00:47:50,834 --> 00:47:51,875 What's going on? 759 00:47:52,042 --> 00:47:53,667 I've been kept totally in the dark! 760 00:47:53,834 --> 00:47:55,459 No, no, no, no, no, Sir George. 761 00:47:55,834 --> 00:47:58,125 The Germans have got the missing papers. 762 00:47:58,584 --> 00:47:59,667 What? 763 00:47:59,834 --> 00:48:05,000 And you, M. Carlile, I imagine you know this as well as anyone. 764 00:48:07,917 --> 00:48:08,667 [ Sighs ] 765 00:48:08,834 --> 00:48:12,000 The German high command now has plans of our new fighter, 766 00:48:13,334 --> 00:48:14,667 on which they'll have to waste 767 00:48:14,834 --> 00:48:16,500 six months of concentrated effort 768 00:48:16,667 --> 00:48:18,959 before they realize they've been sold a pup. 769 00:48:19,126 --> 00:48:22,625 What? Pup? What's a pup? 770 00:48:23,792 --> 00:48:26,042 A little dog, Sir George. 771 00:48:26,876 --> 00:48:28,084 Little dog? 772 00:48:29,417 --> 00:48:30,875 Oh, pup. 773 00:48:32,084 --> 00:48:33,084 Sold a pup? 774 00:48:33,251 --> 00:48:34,625 The plans were doctored. 775 00:48:34,792 --> 00:48:36,500 The maths doesn't make any sense. 776 00:48:36,667 --> 00:48:39,167 But it'll take them a lot of work to find that out. 777 00:48:39,334 --> 00:48:41,000 SIR GEORGE: [ Chuckles ] 778 00:48:41,751 --> 00:48:42,959 Good God. 779 00:48:43,667 --> 00:48:46,667 You cunning old devil. [ Chuckles ] 780 00:48:52,084 --> 00:48:53,834 Tommy. 781 00:48:55,209 --> 00:48:57,292 Tommy, darling. 782 00:49:06,834 --> 00:49:09,209 [ Birds chirping ] 783 00:49:11,459 --> 00:49:12,584 It goes against the grain 784 00:49:12,751 --> 00:49:14,709 letting that Vanderlyn woman go scot-free. 785 00:49:14,876 --> 00:49:16,959 Ah, she will pay eventually, mon ami. 786 00:49:17,792 --> 00:49:21,167 For the moment, let her enjoy what she thinks is her triumph. 787 00:49:21,334 --> 00:49:23,292 If you ask me, it just shows the dangers 788 00:49:23,459 --> 00:49:25,375 of meeting anonymous women at the zoo. 789 00:49:25,542 --> 00:49:26,542 In you go, chap. 790 00:49:26,709 --> 00:49:29,209 Well, Lady Margaret got what she wanted, anyway. 791 00:49:29,376 --> 00:49:32,417 Her and Mayfield are all lovey-dovey again. 792 00:49:34,167 --> 00:49:35,709 It must be depressing for you 793 00:49:35,959 --> 00:49:38,084 when that sort of thing happens, eh, Poirot? 794 00:49:38,251 --> 00:49:39,459 What sort of thing? 795 00:49:39,792 --> 00:49:41,875 Oh, everything working out for the best. 796 00:49:42,042 --> 00:49:44,875 Some married couple ready for a second honeymoon. 797 00:49:45,167 --> 00:49:47,917 Orphaned children reunited with their parents. 798 00:49:48,376 --> 00:49:49,584 Yes, it is hard. Mm. 799 00:49:50,834 --> 00:49:53,459 But we must put on it a brave face, huh? 800 00:49:54,417 --> 00:49:57,834 And not allow cheerfulness to keep breaking through. 801 00:50:00,417 --> 00:50:01,709 Drive on, Hastings. 802 00:50:02,126 --> 00:50:03,375 [ Engine roaring ]