1 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:09,480 HE SIGHS 2 00:00:12,120 --> 00:00:13,560 Dad? 3 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:38,600 PHONE RINGS 4 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:00,320 Lady Margaret speaking. 5 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:02,560 LABOURED BREATHING 6 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:05,400 Hello? 7 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:06,480 'He's dead.' 8 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:09,720 'I said, "He's dead!"' 9 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:10,760 I'm sorry. 10 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:15,440 Well, you will be. You and your snivelling husband. 11 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:19,640 Daniel Walsh. 12 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:21,400 Hang up. 13 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:23,480 You're going to pay for what you did! 14 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:25,320 Hm? 15 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:38,520 Daniel? 16 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:40,840 What's happened? 17 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:44,080 I can't afford the rent. 18 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:46,480 Not without Dad. 19 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:53,320 Let's have a brew instead, shall we? 20 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:58,960 HORN HONKING 21 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:11,080 'Clarence!' 22 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:17,560 Patrick. I got your message, what's the problem? 23 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:21,560 It's this Daniel Walsh business. Margaret just won't see sense. 24 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:24,040 Well, you're the man of the house. You need to take charge. 25 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:26,200 I know, but, you know, I think she might listen 26 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:27,600 if it came from someone else. 27 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:30,320 Bit of back-up, eh? Lead the way. 28 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:31,440 Thanks, Clarence. 29 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:41,760 Margaret? 30 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:46,240 I hear this Walsh chap's been making threats. 31 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:48,240 It's nothing. 32 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:49,720 He's just upset. 33 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:52,840 I still think we should call the police. 34 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:54,080 Absolutely not. 35 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:57,600 I have no intention of raking up the past... 36 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:00,000 and I refuse to be intimidated by someone like him. 37 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:01,920 But he's dangerous - we need to do something. 38 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:05,040 Don't be such a coward, Patrick. He's a pathetic drunk! 39 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:08,800 Now go and tell Thomas to take the car out. 40 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:17,640 I agree with Patrick. 41 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:19,960 You're putting yourself at risk... 42 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:22,840 ..playing with fire. 43 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:27,480 Sorry it's been a while. 44 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:30,680 You've obviously been busy. 45 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:34,680 I'll make it up to you. 46 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:40,360 Perhaps you could come for another photo session? 47 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:43,320 Something a little different this time. Some... 48 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:46,880 ..French lingerie shots, perhaps? 49 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:51,600 With all those models, I don't know why you bother with someone like me. 50 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:54,120 Well, you've got a lot to offer. 51 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:55,160 Not here. 52 00:04:56,280 --> 00:04:58,360 I have to organise the charity hunt. 53 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:04,400 Well, if I can't change your mind. Well...I might call in later. 54 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:07,480 I have to take your measurements... 55 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:09,920 ..for your costume. 56 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:21,160 Finally got his wish. 57 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:22,280 He wanted to die? 58 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:25,600 He was delirious, Father - 59 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:27,640 in agony for weeks. 60 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:30,040 He didn't know what he was saying. 61 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:33,040 There's no sin in wanting to end your suffering. 62 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:38,120 Is that his sabre? 63 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:42,320 He left it me. 64 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:46,760 He fought in two wars. 65 00:05:51,840 --> 00:05:53,760 And then to be killed like that. 66 00:05:56,840 --> 00:05:57,880 Why? 67 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:07,320 Until we know what Walsh is up to, 68 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:10,840 maybe you should think about that summer school we talked. 69 00:06:10,840 --> 00:06:12,680 You're just using that as an excuse. 70 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:16,720 No, of course not! I just want you to be safe. 71 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:20,400 Either way, I think it might be good for you. 72 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:23,360 I've got more important things to do. Really? 73 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,880 At your age I was reading Rousseau and Derrida. 74 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:30,960 Yes, we all know what a genius you are(!) 75 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:32,560 That's not what I'm saying, 76 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:35,920 but if this is how you spend your time it's no wonder you end up... 77 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:40,000 Go on...say it! 78 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,120 Lucia, that's not what I meant. 79 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:45,120 Look, I wasn't thinking straight. 80 00:06:50,840 --> 00:06:54,240 You were the best sacristan we ever had. 81 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:55,680 Even when I drank all the wine? 82 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:58,120 Yeah, well, we all have our weakness. 83 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:00,480 Daniel, promise me you will not go and see them. 84 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:03,080 If you make a scene, they will have you arrested. 85 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:05,880 I need to know why she did it, Father. 86 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:07,840 I owe Dad that much. 87 00:07:07,840 --> 00:07:10,040 You still think it wasn't an accident? 88 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:14,120 Her husband said your father stepped into the road. 89 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:17,520 Spineless runt lied - he's as bad as her! 90 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:19,440 Why would she want to kill him? 91 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:26,240 I don't know. But Dad was adamant - she saw him, and ACCELERATED! 92 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:29,480 Oh! 93 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:30,880 Well, really. 94 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:35,600 Father, did you get your tickets for tomorrow's hunt? 95 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:39,680 I did but the Bishop's enrolled me on a course - 96 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:41,400 The Directa Decretal. 97 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:46,440 The relevance of clerical celibacy - riveting stuff. 98 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:48,840 Never mind. 99 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:51,840 It's just a pity Inspector Valentine won't have any real competition. 100 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:54,960 The Inspector's going? No-one else will stand a chance. 101 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:57,680 Oh, well. Must dash. On second thoughts... 102 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:01,440 I could give celibacy a miss. 103 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:04,760 The course! 104 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:07,120 Naturally. See you tomorrow. 105 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:19,920 JAZZ MUSIC PLAYS 106 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:28,440 Thomas, love the mask. 107 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:30,160 Thirsty? Parched. 108 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:32,240 Sorry, Sid, not when you're driving. 109 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:34,520 Great! 110 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:38,920 On behalf of the Kembleford Ornithological Society, 111 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:42,520 I'd like to thank you for all your generous donations. 112 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:45,080 CROWD APPLAUDS 113 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:49,520 In a short while, we shall begin the charity nest hunt. 114 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:53,560 Each team has to gather as many coloured feathers as they can find. 115 00:08:53,560 --> 00:08:56,480 For every feather found, you will receive a clue 116 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:59,000 to the whereabouts of the peacock's nest 117 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,120 from one of my feathered helpers. 118 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:03,240 SID: Professor Egghead and Captain Birdbrain! 119 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:04,520 SID LAUGHS 120 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:06,920 Is he going to be like this all day? 121 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:09,280 Perhaps you should go and look after the car, Sid? 122 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:11,440 Take a mask if you haven't got one. 123 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:23,600 Will you relax? He's not even here. 124 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:26,960 Probably lying drunk in some gutter. 125 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:37,160 MEN WOLF WHISTLE 126 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:40,960 Would you look at that? Shameless! 127 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:51,040 Lucia, what do you think you're doing? 128 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:52,880 Parading around like some shop girl! 129 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:55,680 Scared I'll steal your thunder? 130 00:09:55,680 --> 00:09:58,760 You're supposed to be studying, you have a class later. 131 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:00,240 I'm not going. 132 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:02,600 I don't learn anything, so what's the point?! 133 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:03,720 Not again. 134 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:07,080 Mummy, please. It's too difficult. 135 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:10,240 Look, you're going, that's final! Now, go back inside. 136 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:27,520 Thank you, my son. 137 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:34,960 Thomas! 138 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:52,560 Thought any more about modelling for me, hmm? Let me go. 139 00:10:52,560 --> 00:10:54,840 You might want to reconsider 140 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:57,120 or I might tell Mummy about lover-boy. 141 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:15,360 Hello. 142 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:21,760 JAZZ MUSIC PLAYS 143 00:11:23,680 --> 00:11:25,360 Everything all right? 144 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:30,640 Fine, thank you, Father. 145 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:32,720 I just don't like big crowds. 146 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:44,360 I never realised you were so talented. 147 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:47,120 Most people just think they're weird. Weird... 148 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:49,400 ..and wonderful. 149 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:56,680 You like jazz? I'm learning to. 150 00:11:56,680 --> 00:11:58,080 I like all music... 151 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:02,680 ..except when it's being murdered on the church organ. 152 00:12:02,680 --> 00:12:04,320 SHE LAUGHS 153 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:05,400 That's better. 154 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:09,960 You should be more careful who you employ. 155 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:11,880 He was all over her. 156 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:14,720 I hope you're going to do something. 157 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:15,920 I saw you. 158 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:20,760 The way you looked at her - my own daughter. 159 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:24,760 You not suggesting...? 160 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:27,560 She is a child, for pity's sake. 161 00:12:27,560 --> 00:12:30,400 Margaret... If you EVER go near her...! 162 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:38,680 Oh, at last! 163 00:12:38,680 --> 00:12:41,240 Some civilised company. 164 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:43,360 Looks like you've found a friend. 165 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:46,560 His name is Mr Gillespie - he's a jazz fan. 166 00:12:46,560 --> 00:12:48,520 That's a silly name for a dog. 167 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:52,360 Inspector, come to join the winning team? 168 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:54,600 As a respected member of the community, 169 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:57,800 it's important to show support for charitable events. 170 00:12:57,800 --> 00:12:59,520 The hunt is secondary. 171 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:02,360 I agree, it's the fundraising that counts. 172 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:05,120 Absolutely. I probably won't even enter. 173 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:06,480 Me neither. 174 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:09,720 Give someone else a chance. It's the Christian thing to do. 175 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:11,960 Well... 176 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:14,200 ..anyway. 177 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:19,440 What? 178 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:25,280 I can't see in this thing. 179 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:27,680 Put it back on, we'll be starting shortly. 180 00:13:29,680 --> 00:13:31,840 Oh, Thomas, a word. 181 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:34,960 As from today, your services will no longer be required. 182 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:36,520 What? No! 183 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:39,440 See me later, I'll pay you what you're owed. 184 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:41,920 Lady Margaret... Get your hand off me! 185 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:45,120 I'm sorry... 186 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:46,760 but I really need this job. 187 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:48,280 My decision has been made. 188 00:13:56,800 --> 00:13:58,880 Five minutes to start, everyone! 189 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:10,960 Child's play. 190 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:16,640 Not another one! 191 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:19,200 Father, I know you said this was about fundraising 192 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:22,000 but I didn't think you actually meant it. 193 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:24,560 Just giving the other teams a sporting chance. 194 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:26,800 But we haven't got any feathers yet? 195 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:30,200 Well, maybe if you put down your wine glass for a minute! Hmm! 196 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:35,040 Who's a clever boy, then? 197 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:41,520 Thank you. 198 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:44,600 Oh! 199 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:45,640 Oh, sorry. 200 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:03,200 Father Brown, you are up to something. 201 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:06,840 Come on, then, here we go! And where have you been? 202 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:08,440 What are you doing, Father? 203 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:11,280 (Right.) 204 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:13,560 Here we go! 205 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:15,280 Ooh! And off we go! 206 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:48,280 Congratulations! 207 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:51,240 I was starting to think no-one would ever find me. 208 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:52,920 Enjoy! 209 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:55,440 Oh, Father, you're a genius. 210 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:56,920 Oh, ye of little faith. 211 00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:59,600 Oh, I never doubted you for one moment, Father. 212 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:06,680 Of course, we will share the prize with the other team. 213 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:16,560 Patrick? 214 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:20,800 Patrick, is that you? 215 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:23,880 What are you doing? You're supposed to be helping the guests. 216 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:25,960 Patrick? 217 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:27,000 Pat..? 218 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:30,560 SHE SCREAMS 219 00:16:39,520 --> 00:16:41,160 The captain! 220 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:46,880 Don't let anyone leave the premises - get them all inside. 221 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:49,640 Poor Clarence. 222 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:51,760 Why would anyone want to kill him? 223 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:57,640 Inspector... 224 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:01,480 I think that I was the intended victim. 225 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:03,560 We were wearing the same mask. 226 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:06,640 Walsh must have thought that the Captain was me. 227 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:07,840 Daniel Walsh? 228 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:10,200 Erm, he threatened us yesterday. 229 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:15,120 We want a police guard until that maniac is caught. Professor... 230 00:17:15,120 --> 00:17:19,160 No. No! I won't be a prisoner in my own house. Margaret... 231 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:22,320 Patrick, please! Just show some backbone! 232 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:33,160 Killed by an axe...or a sword, or something. 233 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:44,200 Lady Felicia? I think I saw the murderer. 234 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:50,240 He was wearing a horrid raven mask - 235 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:51,280 like death. 236 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:54,560 That sounds more like one of the helpers to me. 237 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:58,440 No, no, he had an old black overcoat on and a hat. 238 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:03,000 Daniel. That godless drunkard - I knew it. 239 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,120 What do you think, Mr Gillespie? 240 00:18:05,120 --> 00:18:06,560 No! 241 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:08,360 No, not on the Antirrhinums! 242 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:12,720 If Danny was going to kill anybody it would have been Lady Margaret, 243 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:13,880 he was most angry with her. 244 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:15,360 Well, I hope he's got a good alibi. 245 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:28,800 Inspector...about Daniel. 246 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:31,520 I've known him for years, he wouldn't hurt a fly. 247 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:34,160 Look, you may have found a few sweeties in the treasure hunt, 248 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:36,800 but this is real detective work. 249 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:39,960 Sergeant, notify all units that Daniel Walsh is to be arrested 250 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:41,360 on suspicion of murder. 251 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:48,680 JAZZ MUSIC PLAYS 252 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:51,840 I thought I heard jazz. 253 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:54,520 Shh, I'm hiding. Hiding? 254 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:56,880 I told you, I don't like crowds. Ah. 255 00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:59,040 So, how are you feeling? 256 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:01,240 Well, I'm not upset, if that's what you mean. 257 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:03,000 I thought the Captain was a relative? 258 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:07,080 We were the only family he had. Daddy's cousin, or something. 259 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:09,760 Not your favourite person, then, I take it? 260 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:11,280 I couldn't stand the man. 261 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:16,520 Father? The Inspector would like the guests to congregate 262 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:17,880 in the drawing room. 263 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:19,800 I'm sorry, I got a little bit lost. 264 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:22,480 Down the corridor, turn right. I mean left. 265 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:31,960 Have you no shame?! 266 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:38,200 I'm not going to pretend, just because he's dead. 267 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:41,120 Lucia... He made my skin crawl. 268 00:19:41,120 --> 00:19:42,160 That's enough! 269 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:46,000 I'm sorry. 270 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:52,520 We're as bad as each other. 271 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:54,040 I'm nothing like you. 272 00:20:01,360 --> 00:20:02,840 Are you sure you'll be all right? 273 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:05,440 Yes. After a stiff Martini or two. 274 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:09,280 I, on the other hand, will go and light a candle for the Captain. 275 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:11,880 I'll see you at Mass in the morning, Father. 276 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:14,840 I still can't believe I came face to face with the killer. 277 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:17,120 I mean, it could have been ME. 278 00:20:17,120 --> 00:20:22,280 I doubt it. The killer seemed to want to bag himself a magpie. 279 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:24,800 But which one, I'm not sure. 280 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:28,400 Identical masks - very odd. 281 00:20:32,120 --> 00:20:34,200 Let's go home, Sid. 282 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:46,080 I've been looking for you all morning. 283 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:50,480 I'm really sorry. 284 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:58,600 I didn't know. Nobody tells me anything! 285 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:00,160 Mummy let you out, did she? 286 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:03,440 I'm supposed to be at my class. Well, don't let me keep you. 287 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:06,120 Thomas, please! It wasn't my fault. 288 00:21:06,120 --> 00:21:07,720 Wasn't it?! 289 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:10,560 If you hadn't acted like such a tart, no-one would have noticed. 290 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:12,520 You don't mean that. 291 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:15,200 You know, your mother's right about you - 292 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:16,760 you really are stupid. 293 00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:50,400 SHE PANTS 294 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:06,360 Been everywhere you said, no-one's seen Daniel. 295 00:22:06,360 --> 00:22:07,880 Looks like he's done a runner. 296 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:10,320 Well, we need to find him before THEY do. 297 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:11,880 Mm. Anything? 298 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:13,360 Lady Margaret bought the masks. 299 00:22:13,360 --> 00:22:16,720 Insisted on identical ones for the Professor and the Captain. 300 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:19,480 Well, they were the main helpers. She wanted them to look the same. 301 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:20,600 Possibly. 302 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:24,720 Or she wanted her husband to look like HE was the intended victim. 303 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:28,320 To put the finger on Daniel, you mean? 304 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:30,360 You think that... Ssssh! 305 00:22:30,360 --> 00:22:32,520 You think Lady Margaret's the killer? 306 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:34,160 I don't think anything...yet. 307 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:36,400 Hmm. Well, my money's still on Daniel. 308 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:41,120 Yes. But you've never backed a winner in your life. 309 00:22:41,120 --> 00:22:42,600 HE LAUGHS 310 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:53,560 Are you all right? Yes, I'm fine. I just have a lot to organise. 311 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:55,600 Father Brown's coming to discuss the funeral 312 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:57,840 and, of course, there's the servant situation. 313 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:00,280 Margaret... Cook's walked out - too frightened to stay. 314 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:01,760 Margaret, please... 315 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:03,800 Look, why don't you go and lie down somewhere? 316 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:05,400 No, I'm fine. I just have... 317 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:09,040 (Oh, Patrick...) It's Walsh! 318 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:12,040 Do something! 319 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:17,680 It's dead. You'll have to confront him. 320 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:20,280 I can't. Patrick, he'll kill us. 321 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:24,360 Go and lock yourself in your room. Quickly! 322 00:23:24,360 --> 00:23:25,800 Careful! 323 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:42,480 Leave us alone! 324 00:23:45,360 --> 00:23:46,840 Professor? 325 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:48,800 It's Walsh - he was here! 326 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:51,680 Well, he ain't here now, so he must have scarpered. 327 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:55,800 And he dropped this. 328 00:24:03,120 --> 00:24:04,360 Margaret! 329 00:24:04,360 --> 00:24:05,800 Margaret, it's me! 330 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:08,800 It's safe to come down. Father Brown's here. Oh, Father! 331 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:11,440 Where's Lucia? 332 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:13,080 At a class of hers. 333 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:14,960 What happened? Did he get away? 334 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:16,800 Yes. Did you call the police? 335 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:20,120 He cut the wire. You'll have to go to the station. 336 00:24:20,120 --> 00:24:22,120 Yes, I suppose I'll have to. 337 00:24:22,120 --> 00:24:24,080 Would you stay and watch my wife? 338 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:25,640 Course. 339 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:27,400 I'll take a look around the garden. 340 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:30,360 But Walsh might still be outside. I won't go far. 341 00:24:30,360 --> 00:24:33,800 Father, you... Father, you can't, it's too dangerous. Father! 342 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:38,920 I think I'll lie down. I feel a migraine coming on. Yes. 343 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:42,680 Where are YOU going? 344 00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:44,320 Well, I thought you... 345 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:45,920 You can watch the front door. 346 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:47,960 It's all right, all the other doors are locked. 347 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:49,560 I'll be as quick as I can. 348 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:17,800 HE SIGHS 349 00:25:23,120 --> 00:25:26,400 I was beginning to get worried. Find anything? 350 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:30,040 Just a whisky bottle. 351 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:31,640 Daniel's brand. 352 00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:34,720 Coming in? 353 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:36,840 Nah, she thinks I'll nick the silver. 354 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:44,080 Lady Margaret? 355 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:50,120 Lady Margaret?! 356 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:16,440 PHONE RINGS Present at two murders in as many days? 357 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:18,640 Lucky for you we know who the REAL culprit is. 358 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:20,080 I wouldn't be too sure. 359 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:23,120 Father, all the evidence points to Walsh. 360 00:26:23,120 --> 00:26:26,800 So you've worked out what the number nine on the pillow means? 361 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:29,320 We're working on it. 362 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:32,040 You! You were supposed to be watching her! 363 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:34,320 Enough! Professor, please! 364 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:40,760 I'm sorry. 365 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:44,960 I really am. 366 00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:49,040 I know you're upset, but you need to calm down. 367 00:26:56,560 --> 00:27:00,320 I really didn't think Daniel would come back, not with us there. 368 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:03,560 It's a pity we didn't have more time to look around. 369 00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:06,240 Mm. I think I'll go back. 370 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:09,120 They'll still be searching the area. 371 00:27:09,120 --> 00:27:10,600 Tomorrow morning, then. 372 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:14,160 Yeah, well, for what's it worth, I'm coming with you this time. 373 00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:17,520 Do you really think Daniel is innocent? 374 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:18,960 I don't know any more. 375 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:21,960 Too many unanswered questions. Like the number nine? 376 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:24,880 How did the killer get through the locked back door? 377 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:26,600 Thomas. Thomas? 378 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:30,120 Yeah, Thomas. He's got keys from every place he's ever worked at. 379 00:27:30,120 --> 00:27:32,680 Sells them to any tea leaf who'll buy 'em. 380 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:35,480 Where will I find him? Red Lion, probably. 381 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:38,520 All right, I'll give you a knock in the morning, yeah? 382 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:40,400 Sid... Yeah? 383 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:43,480 It REALLY wasn't your fault. 384 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:57,800 FOOTSTEPS APPROACH 385 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:06,480 Heard about your mother. 386 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:08,960 Can't say I'm sorry. You're sick. 387 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:13,000 She killed Daniel's dad - everyone knows! 388 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:14,920 You know it was an accident. 389 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:17,040 She drove straight at him! 390 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:26,320 Sorry, Father... 391 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:29,720 ..but that family deserve all they get. 392 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:33,200 You have quite a few run-ins with them. 393 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:35,800 I heard they sacked you without notice. 394 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:39,560 The Captain's doing. Dirty swine was jealous. 395 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:43,240 Of you and Lucia? Obsessed. 396 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:49,240 Couldn't stand the thought of anyone else... 397 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:51,920 Well, you know. 398 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:55,360 Did she tell her mother? 399 00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:57,680 I doubt it. She hated her guts. 400 00:28:57,680 --> 00:28:59,160 Really? 401 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:01,720 Her mother treated her like a prisoner. 402 00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:03,600 Kept her inside most days. Hm. 403 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:07,440 Right... 404 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:14,320 Rather a lot of keys. 405 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:17,160 Yeah. 406 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:20,720 I'd just be careful. If any of those are from the manor... 407 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:23,920 ..people might get the wrong idea. 408 00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:25,360 About what? 409 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:27,280 Haven't you heard? 410 00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:29,720 The killer had a key to the back door. 411 00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:33,800 Well, I was here. I've got an alibi. 412 00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:37,160 Well, I wasn't suggesting... And anyway, I never had a key. 413 00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:39,000 Course, you know who did. 414 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:43,720 She used to sneak out at night to see me, 415 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:45,320 through the back door. 416 00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:56,240 You must think I'm evil. 417 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:01,000 And I suppose I am. 418 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:07,720 (Forgive me.) 419 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:17,960 Lucia. 420 00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:19,600 Father. 421 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:29,040 I need to confess. 422 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:37,520 I-I can't say it. 423 00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:41,960 God will hate me. 424 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:44,000 No. God will forgive you. 425 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:49,160 My mother's death... 426 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:54,480 I don't feel anything. 427 00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:56,760 No sadness, no upset. 428 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:00,880 Just a kind of relief. 429 00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:02,720 Is THAT what you wanted to confess? 430 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:06,160 Yes. 431 00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:13,720 And why do you think you feel this way? 432 00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:15,560 If I'm honest... 433 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:19,080 I don't think she ever loved me. 434 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:20,960 She was ashamed of me. 435 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:26,640 But I still should feel something. It's not normal. 436 00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:33,160 There's something wrong with me... something missing. 437 00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:34,840 Not at all. 438 00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:36,720 You don't understand, Father... 439 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:40,400 My brain doesn't work properly. 440 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:44,240 Maybe I'm just not clever enough to realise how serious it is. 441 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:45,960 Do you really believe that? 442 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,760 Ever since I was little, people have said how... 443 00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:53,680 how...slow I am. 444 00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:55,640 In what way? 445 00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:00,400 I've never been able to read properly. 446 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:03,960 Letters...numbers... 447 00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:07,080 I get them all jumbled up and back to front. 448 00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:09,760 I can't even tell my left from my right! 449 00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:19,040 Lucia, just because you think differently from other people, 450 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:22,600 because you're drawn to the visual beauty of the world, 451 00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:26,600 doesn't make you any less intelligent - far from it. 452 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:29,520 Look at your designs. That's not intelligence. 453 00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:32,400 But it is! It is! 454 00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:36,680 They're clever, insightful... 455 00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:43,240 Anyone who can do what you do is a very BRIGHT individual indeed. 456 00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:53,160 KNOCK AT DOOR Father, are you there? 457 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:54,720 I've just heard! 458 00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:57,040 Poor Lady Margaret! 459 00:32:57,040 --> 00:32:59,280 Have you any idea who did it? 460 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:01,000 Afraid not. 461 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:03,840 Everyone knows it was that Daniel Walsh. 462 00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:08,000 Well, if it is, I can't help feeling partly responsible. 463 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:09,160 You?! 464 00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:12,840 I knew he was going to visit the Galloways 465 00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:14,520 and I did little to stop him. 466 00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:16,520 Oh, you mustn't blame yourself! 467 00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:22,000 If I could only work out what the number nine means. 468 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,880 Father, I'm sure if we put our heads together... 469 00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:28,720 Right! Let's see what we can come up with. 470 00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:30,960 Think of anything with a nine in it. 471 00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:34,120 Nine lives... 472 00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:36,720 Er, cloud nine. 473 00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:39,280 Er...nine ladies dancing. 474 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:41,440 Cat o' nine tails. A stitch in time. 475 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:43,800 The whole nine yards. Dressed to the nines. 476 00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:45,480 Nine, nine, nine! Ladies... 477 00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:50,920 I always think that solitude and thinking are the best bedfellows. 478 00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:53,960 Of course. How silly of me, Father. 479 00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:56,840 I will leave you to it. 480 00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:59,840 Yes. Me too. Sorry, Father. 481 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:02,920 Disturbing the Father like that! 482 00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:06,280 I was giving him moral support! Unlike some! 483 00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:11,520 Ninth symphony... 484 00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:13,680 Ninth commandment... 485 00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:16,840 The ninth circle of Hell... 486 00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:28,040 CHURCH BELL PEALS 487 00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:51,200 Of course! 488 00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:09,440 BICYCLE SQUEAKS 489 00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:14,280 HE WHISTLES 490 00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:16,680 DOG BARKS 491 00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:23,160 DOG WHINES 492 00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:30,880 Father! 493 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:33,840 Professor. 494 00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:35,680 Is it Walsh? 495 00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:40,720 What happened? Did you see anyone? 496 00:36:40,720 --> 00:36:42,520 He's been dead for days. 497 00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:47,920 But this doesn't make any sense. I was sure that he... 498 00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:49,680 Have you contacted the police? 499 00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:51,240 No. 500 00:36:56,760 --> 00:36:59,800 I really thought that he was the killer... 501 00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:04,000 That's what everybody was supposed to think. He was framed. 502 00:37:07,240 --> 00:37:08,280 Why?! 503 00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:14,040 He came here looking for answers... 504 00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:16,040 and met his death. 505 00:37:17,240 --> 00:37:18,280 Ahh! 506 00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:23,480 With him dead and hidden, he had no alibi. 507 00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:25,520 Poor soul. 508 00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:30,840 His soul will be saved. 509 00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:34,640 As for the murderer's... 510 00:37:38,680 --> 00:37:41,080 You don't thi...? 511 00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:43,720 Have you taken leave of your senses?! 512 00:37:43,720 --> 00:37:47,080 I came here to bring you to yours. 513 00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:50,440 Father, you're not thinking straight. 514 00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:52,240 Professor, please. 515 00:37:52,240 --> 00:37:54,880 I was on my way to the police station when my wife was killed. 516 00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:56,720 You know that! 517 00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:01,360 You had time to pull up, double back through the woods. 518 00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:03,640 You knew that I was searching the gardens, 519 00:38:03,640 --> 00:38:05,840 that Sid was watching the front gate. 520 00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:10,000 This is absurd! And you knew your wife was sleeping in her bedroom. 521 00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:12,400 Yeah, and then I just let myself in and murdered her?! 522 00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:14,680 Do you think I'm actually capable of such a thing? 523 00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:17,480 Professor... you don't need to pretend any more. 524 00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:20,880 Oh, Patrick! It's Walsh! 525 00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:24,000 'I should've seen it before.' 526 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:27,040 BIRD CAWS 527 00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:35,400 Lock yourself in your room - quickly! 528 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:38,240 'And while Lady Margaret locked herself in her room, 529 00:38:38,240 --> 00:38:41,480 'you disposed of Lucia's mannequin in the back of your car.' 530 00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:47,560 So is this all merely intuition? Guesswork? 531 00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:49,880 The number on my ticket, 532 00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:51,920 the wrong way round. 533 00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:56,280 Like the "P" written in blood on her pillow. 534 00:38:56,280 --> 00:38:57,680 "P"... 535 00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:02,120 Patrick. 536 00:39:03,760 --> 00:39:06,520 She never could tell her left from her right... 537 00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:08,040 Like Lucia. 538 00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:13,240 Yes. She inherited it from her. She deserved everything she got. 539 00:39:13,240 --> 00:39:15,840 Her and the Captain! 540 00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:19,560 In the name of God, have you no remorse? 541 00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:23,880 They humiliated me! Hotels...weekends away. 542 00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:25,640 Even in our own bed. 543 00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:27,800 Daniel - what was his crime? 544 00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:32,560 He was a scapegoat. 545 00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:36,440 Is life worth so little? 546 00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:38,960 Look at him... Look at him! 547 00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:45,120 You can't undo what you've done, 548 00:39:45,120 --> 00:39:48,800 but you could still save yourself. 549 00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:52,640 Are you ready to repent? 550 00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:04,480 I'm waiting, Father. 551 00:40:10,640 --> 00:40:14,920 I can't just absolve you of all your sins. 552 00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:19,120 You need truly be sorry for what you've done. 553 00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:22,720 No... What I need... 554 00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:25,920 is for you to remain kneeling. 555 00:40:31,040 --> 00:40:34,280 Do you really think you have the right to take a life? 556 00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:38,400 People are divided into the primitive and the superhuman. 557 00:40:39,920 --> 00:40:43,120 Now, my intellect clearly puts me in the latter category. 558 00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:48,760 No, you've been misguided. 559 00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:53,120 It's compassion... 560 00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:55,920 humanity that sets us apart. 561 00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:57,760 Now, please... 562 00:40:57,760 --> 00:40:59,600 let me help you. 563 00:41:01,120 --> 00:41:03,400 You're a clever fellow, Father, 564 00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:06,680 but you seriously underestimated me. 565 00:41:06,680 --> 00:41:11,360 And for that flaw, you will have to pay the price. 566 00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:16,960 What price you will pay... when you kneel before God? 567 00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:22,760 In the words of Nietzsche - "God is dead". 568 00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:26,680 THUD 569 00:41:40,840 --> 00:41:43,840 GROANING 570 00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:53,480 Oh... 571 00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:59,000 No, no, no, no, no... 572 00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:03,400 I heard Mr Gillespie whining. 573 00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:05,200 Thank you. 574 00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:11,440 What you were saying about Mummy... 575 00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:13,480 If we were the same... 576 00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:15,400 Why was she so hard on you? 577 00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:21,480 Maybe she wanted you to overcome something she couldn't. 578 00:42:23,120 --> 00:42:26,960 Not feel the shame that she'd always felt. 579 00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:28,600 So she did care... 580 00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:30,840 she really did. 581 00:42:30,840 --> 00:42:33,560 HE GROANS 582 00:42:33,560 --> 00:42:35,680 Lucia, no! 583 00:42:38,040 --> 00:42:40,920 He doesn't deserve saving. 584 00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:44,680 But you most definitely do. 585 00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:10,480 Unbelievable. 586 00:43:10,480 --> 00:43:13,480 Wherever you go, you seem to leave a trail of corpses. 587 00:43:13,480 --> 00:43:15,680 Talk about the face of death! 588 00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:18,600 Well, at least you got your man. 589 00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:21,840 Yes. 590 00:43:25,120 --> 00:43:27,840 Do you think Mummy was a murderer too? 591 00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:29,840 You mean Daniel's father? 592 00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:34,320 It's what people think - that she drove straight at him. 593 00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:38,800 Like you, your mother didn't just have problems with her reading and writing - 594 00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:41,200 she couldn't tell her left from her right. 595 00:43:45,160 --> 00:43:47,840 You think she hit the accelerator instead of the brake. 596 00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:06,720 Well, she certainly didn't have any reason to murder him. 597 00:44:06,720 --> 00:44:10,120 She wasn't like your father. 598 00:44:20,320 --> 00:44:23,640 Father, I heard what happened. 599 00:44:23,640 --> 00:44:26,440 I'm... Well, I'm very glad you're all right... 600 00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:28,480 Me too. 601 00:44:44,560 --> 00:44:46,320 Daniel.