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I want to find my way to Barfield Cove.

Barfield Cove? No hotels there, you know.

There's a house called the White Cottage, isn't there?

The White Cottage? I didn't know anyone was living there.

Can I get a taxi?

Taxi? Not this time of night.

You can walk. Take you twenty minutes.

Turn to the left when you leave the station, go through the gateway ..

And take the path over the top of the cliff.

Alright. Thanks very much. Goodnight.

Want to kill yourself, mister?

What?

Coming down this path like that.

Look here.

At the pace you was going.

You'd have been right over there.

Yeah .. it's a long way down.

I comes down here every night of my life but then I takes it slow.

Are you in a hurry?

Yes. I'm looking for the White Cottage. ─ Ah ..

Well, this is the path, isn't it?

Yes. This is the path right enough.

I works down there beyond them rocks. Lobsters.

I'm just going down to lift my pots.

Here, you'd better let me show you the way down.

Alright. Thanks.

No walk for a stranger, this.

No, not at night time.

You are a stranger, aren't you?

Yes, I'm a stranger.

You're sure there is someone at the cottage?

Yes.

There is not always, you know.

I see a woman round about there sometimes.

Mostly, weekends.

Still, if you're expected, that's alright.

There you are.

It used to be a smuggler's place.

It's alright if you don't want to be disturbed.

Why, there is a light on.

There is a welcome waiting for you.

I thought you was in a hurry?

Thanks. Goodnight.

Goodnight, sir.

Or good morning.

[ Loud screams! ]

Come along, ladies. Along the promenade.

Ladies of the choir, please let's keep together.

Mr Durham not in yet?

No, sir. We haven't seen him this morning, sir.

By the way, where is the local newspaper office?

The Examiner, sir? Just round the corner. Second on the left.

Who runs it now? ─ Still old man Boscombe you know, sir.

Thank you.

By the way, this is my father's appointment pad.

You didn't have an appointment with him, did you.

No.

Well, now that we've cleared that up, where do we go?

I suppose I've got a nerve coming to you at all.

That's quite alright. I wasn't doing anything

I came on the spur of the moment. I thought perhaps ..

Looking for a job?

Well I've just got back to England. I haven't fixed anything.

I've always wanted to be a journalist.

Uhuh.

Oh sorry. Cigarette? ─ Thank you.

Any experience?

I've tried my hand at freelance work.

Well I tried my hand at boiling an egg, but I'd never apply for a job as a chef.

I'm afraid you've come to the wrong office.

That long-legged man draped over the counter in the office ..

Is our star reporter.

You saw how busy he was.

It doesn't matter.

Sorry I troubled you.

No, no. I'd like to help you.

Listen.

There's a chap who is beginning to put Seagate on the map.

Opening a chain of smart restaurants. Rebuilding the amusement park.

You're talking of Charlie Durham.

You don't know him, do you?

I knew him before the war. ─ Why didn't you go to him right away?

He's not the kind of man I'd be inclined to go to right away.

Well, some like him and some don't.

I'm one who doesn't.

He gets loyalty from the people who work for him.

Do you know his man, Paynter? ─ No.

A drunk he fished out of the river years ago.

Follows him like a dog.

I may have seen him.

Chalk it up in Durham's favour. He saved the man's life.

He's a good family man, too. ─ Is he?

Got two boys.

He's always showing their photographs around that fancy pub of his.

The Primrose Bar.

Do you know it? ─ I'm going to have lunch there.

Oh.

Nice of you to patronise a place owned by someone you dislike so much.

I'm sorry about the journalism. ─ That's alright.

I probably shouldn't have been much good at reporting local flower shows anyway.

We do get other things.

Such as?

Occasionally someone dies.

This morning for instance. Two deaths on the cliffs.

Two deaths?

Well, how many did you expect?

Were they well-known inhabitants?

Not particularly. Notorious in a small way.

One of them was a fellow named Carston.

He fell off a cliff. Nothing surprising in that. ─ No?

He was generally tight. Should have stayed on level ground.

Who was the other one? ─ A woman found dead in an old cottage.

A natural death?

I wish I knew.

Do they have a name?

A Miss Watson.

Can't find anything out about her.

She only uses the place, the White Cottage, for weekends.

And nobody knows anything about her?

Not so far.

Did ..

Did she own the White Cottage?

No.

Maybe there's the makings of a journalist in you after all.

You ask plenty of questions.

Well.

Thank you for giving me so much of your time.

Not at all. Did you get what you wanted?

Yes, I got what I wanted.

No. You don't hold it that way. Look, let me show you.

Hold it that way, and then stand ready.

That's the idea. No. No, the other way round.

Left hand on top. ─ I see. ─ That's it.

Got it?

She's ready George. ─ Look out, Kate.

Here it comes.

Oh.

Oh, I'm sorry. I wasn't looking what I was doing.

Did I hurt you? ─ Well, I ..

You'd better sit down for a moment, hadn't you.

Do you always get to know people like this?

Cigarette? ─ Thank you.

Your last?

No, I've got another one here somewhere. Oh yes.

The beach is pretty crowded today.

You shouldn't come to Seagate if you want to be alone.

I don't want to be alone.

Have you just come down?

No. I came last night.

I only came down today.

A day by the sea.

What is it?

I've seen you before somewhere.

I've never been here before. ─ No. I mean this morning.

I saw you getting off the coach.

Yeah, I remember thinking.

Tell me, was something wrong? ─ Wrong?

Yes. I thought you looked a bit upset.

Oh yes, I was upset.

Anything I can do to help?

Oh no .. no. Thank you very much.

I thought perhaps you expected someone and he hadn't turned up.

I didn't expect anyone.

I am by myself.

That's how I wanted it today.

Well, how is the leg?

Oh, that's fine.

Don't go, please.

I'd .. like to help you.

We're strangers.

Yes, of course.

Then I'd better introduce myself: Jim Medway.

Ann Corday. ─ Go on ..

That's all.

Married or single?

No, I'm not married. You?

I was married. My wife is .. dead.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I have to make a telephone call.

I shan't be long. I will bring back some cigarettes.

Good morning, Mr Durham.

Oh no. Uhuh. Uhuh.

Come on, Queenie, come on. Give it to me, give it to me.

Turn me on.

Queenie, you're gorgeous.

What's the matter?

What's the matter, Charlie? That's Queenie.

Oh.

Here.

You look awful, Charlie.

You know, you could stand a little shave yourself.

Ah, pretty.

That's the real old stuff, huh.

Of course, I didn't have a drink myself in 3 months.

Aren't you proud of me?

Alright, I had one, but I didn't even get into a fight.

Here, he wrote you again.

But Charlie ..

There won't be any more of those.

[ Telephone ]

Yes? ─ "Hello."

Yes.

This is Charlie Durham .. who?

"I want you to know .."

"I saw you come out of the White Cottage at 4 o'clock this morning, Charlie."

Trouble?

I you can call blackmail trouble.

I do.

Somebody saw me with Lorna last night.

He told me what time I left the cottage. How in the blazes could they know that?

That's simple. Him.

Oh, he's got nothing to do with it.

Look, Charlie.

Don't mind it, but ..

Why don't you finish with that woman, huh?

I finished with her last night. ─ You did?

Did she make any fuss?

She threatened to. ─ Ha!

Stupid dames, they're always the same.

Always. I wish ..

I wish I'd know what they want from ..

But she wasn't a ..? ─ No.

I've got more than that on my plate.

Look, Charlie.

You know I am no cheap stooge, but ..

Why ..

Look at your name out there in those beautiful 8-foot letters.

What does it mean? It means you.

You're more than a king in this town.

Everybody loves you.

If not, they respect you. But everybody knows you.

I bet you there aren't any ten people that ..

That don't know what the name "Charlie Durham" spells.

Not any ten in the whole town.

Or ninety miles either way.

That's what I mean, Charlie.

You're right.

Oh Queenie, please. Please forgive me.

I .. I didn't mean to be rude, but ..

You know.

Charlie comes first. What's is the matter?

Ah no ..

Yeah, just like the rest of those creeps.

You should pack it tighter than that.

Can you show me how, please?

That's a very good one.

It's perfect.

Excuse me but I've got to go now. Goodbye.

Goodbye.

Did you make your call?

Yes .. yes, I made it.

And I remembered the cigarettes. ─ No thanks.

Now you were going to tell me what was worrying you when you got off the bus.

Was I? ─ Hmm.

Well it's nothing to be mysterious about. I'd just discovered I'd lost my handbag.

Oh well. It's a simple problem after all.

I suppose all your money was in your handbag?

There is nowhere else I could keep it in.

I'll lend you some money.

You can't go around all day without any.

Alright.

Well, thank heaven for a woman with sense.

It was obvious wasn't it. That as soon as I told you, you'd want to lend me some.

And I decided I wouldn't mind borrowing from you.

You can give me your address and I'll send it back.

Of course. How much did you lose?

All I need is .. a pound.

Here, you'd better take five. ─ Oh no. ─ Go on.

I'll borrow three.

You sure that's enough? ─ Yes, really.

You see .. I didn't come down here to spend.

Amusements and all that. I came ..

Oh, just to sit by the sea and think.

About anything in particular?

Yes .. about something in particular.

Oh, sorry.

I'm afraid I'm being inquisitive.

Shall we move along a bit? ─ Yes.

You'd think we'd got nothing better to do than listen to them.

Give me the Police Station, please. ─ "Yes, sir."

Police Station? ─ Yes, sir.

Hilary Boscombe speaking. Seagate Examiner

Is Inspector Tenby there? ─ No, he's gone to Barfield sir.

What? He's gone to Barfield?

Oh. No message. Thanks. Goodbye.

The boat is just coming in, sir. ─ Oh good.

He was hurrying down this path as if he devil was after him.

And when we got to the cottage he just stood and looked at it.

There was a light in the window.

"I'm expected" he says, looking at the light. "I'm expected".

Four o'clock in the morning, that was. ─ Can you be sure of that?

I heard the clock striking in the cottage just after I left him.

One .. two ..

three .. four .. like that.

Hmm.

Miller. Get me the time on Carston's watch.

What's the time on the watch?

You didn't actually see this man go into the cottage?

Well he wouldn't come down that time of night just to look at it, would he.

Carston's watch had stopped at six minutes past four, sir.

Oh, thanks.

So you heard this scream a few minutes after leaving the man?

And it was the most horrible scream ever screamed anywhere.

4 o'clock in the morning is a terrible time to hear a scream like that.

Of course.

I'll go down to the cottage. Miller, you'd better stay here.

I'll send somebody to relieve you.

Goodbye, Mr Church.

Now I'll tell you how I found him.

As soon as I hears this scream ..

I run like the wind and there he's lying with his head crushed like an eggshell.

Alright. Thank you very much, Mr Church.

Very much indeed. ─ Like an eggshell.

Yes. You'll be wanted at the inquest.

I'll let you know when, later. ─ Yes.

Careful now.

That's right.

Now then Hilary, be a good chap and see me at the station.

I say, have you any more news about either of the two deaths?

No.

Well there's one crumb of information you can give me.

The lady who lived here. Miss Watson.

Did she die in her sleep or was she bumped off?

You can tell me that without getting reduced to the ranks, couldn't you?

I could, but I don't think I'm going to at the moment.

Yes. On the seafront, they call you trap-mouth Tenby.

Oh, go away.

I come all the way out here to give you information and you're busy to listen.

Alright. Better come in.

Alright, Hilary.

You're not on a sightseeing tour.

You've seen the cigarette butts? ─ No. Tell me about them.

Well, some with lipstick and some without.

That means there was a man with her, doesn't it.

If your father ever throws you off The Examiner, you'll get a job in the force.

You could make the tea for the office staff.

You think you can solve things without help. That's your trouble.

Now listen, Hilary. I put up with you because I like your father.

Now what have you got to tell me? ─ A chap's just seen me at the office.

What do you want me to do about it? Congratulate you?

He had no appointment. He just came in on the impulse, he said.

He said he was looking for a job.

What makes you think he was pretending? ─ Oh, just a hunch.

He didn't know a thing about newspaper work.

Why do you think he came to see you, then?

Simply to find out what he could about these two deaths.

We've just found this identity card, sir.

Did you give him the information he wanted?

Well, there wasn't much to give.

Was he interested in both deaths?

No. He was surprised when I said there were two.

Which in particular did he want information about?

The woman's.

Get his name?

Yes. Medway.

Jim Medway.

Was he only looking for information or did he give you any?

He seemed to have some grudge against Durham.

He wanted to establish the fact that Durham owned the cottage.

He knew that much, did he? ─ Well, he suspected it.

Did he know Durham then? ─ Hadn't seen him years.

He is lunching at the Primrose Bar.

He told you everything, didn't he.

Could you identify him? ─ Of course, I've just seen him.

Well we may want you to. And thanks for coming to see me.

Thank you. Maybe you'll tell me something one day.

Maybe .. in fact I can tell you something now.

This woman .. Miss Watson.

We've got her identity card.

Her name is no more "Watson" than mine. ─ Who was she?

A Mrs "Lorna Medway". ─ What?

Will you have lunch with me? ─ It's much too early to have lunch.

You'll be doing me a great favour.

I'll meet you here in half an hour.

Couldn't we eat somewhere a little quieter than this?

Alright.

I want to buy something to put these in. Then I'll come back and find you inside.

I don't know exactly where I'll be, but ..

I'll be there somewhere.

You won't fail me, will you?

I won't fail you.

They are nice kids you've got here.

Hello, Charlie.

Jim.

Jim Medway.

Of all people.

I'd never have recognised you. ─ No?

Thank you, Charlie.

Thank you, Jeff. Excuse me.

All that sunburn. You look good. You look terrific.

Do I, Charlie?

What are you going to have?

I'm going to have beer.

A beer? Alright, one out of the sink.

You down for the day?

I might stay longer. It all depends.

Your hand is shaking a bit, Charlie.

Yes, I work too hard.

You don't look as if you got much sleep.

To tell you the truth Jim, I don't.

Too much on your conscience?

Oh, I have a lot of responsibilities.

So they tell me.

Restaurants, amusement parks.

Small properties about the place.

I have other responsibilities, too.

I've had a couple of boys since you last met me.

Perhaps you'd like to see a photograph?

Are they very proud of you, Charlie?

Well, I'm proud of them.

Yes, I can understand how you feel.

About your boys, I mean.

I've got a little daughter.

I didn't see her until the other day.

She's a sweet kid, but ..

We are strangers.

I suppose Lorna and I would have been strangers, too.

A large whiskey, please.

Give him one out of that.

How are the kids, Charlie? ─ Fine, Len. Thanks.

See you later.

You're a popular man, Charlie.

Your whiskey, sir.

It's nice and lonely over here.

Yes, people can always be pushed around to suit you, can't they, Charlie.

Everyone except me.

What?

I said .. except me.

I don't understand what you're getting at.

I think you do, Charlie.

You see .. I know.

You know? You know what?

I know you've been having an affair with my wife while I've been away.

That's a lie.

I assure you Jim, it's a lie.

Just a lot of gossip.

No-one can prove anything against me.

I can, Charlie.

Well, who told you all this? I've a right to know who's accusing me.

I am.

Well, I'm not going to sit here and listen to all that rubbish.

Don't go away, Charlie. I'm waiting for a girl.

We're having lunch here.

Are you trying to blackmail me?

No, Charlie.

I just want you to admit it.

You see, I know about the White Cottage.

I know Lorna came there as Miss Watson.

I know you visited her last night.

And I know that you left at 4 o'clock this morning.

I was there, Charlie. Waiting outside.

When you left, I could have .. touched you.

I wouldn't have liked that.

Suppose I do admit it.

Suppose I do admit that Lorna and I were friendly?

Very friendly. ─ Yes. Nothing more. She promised ..

Don't you take any notice of promises, Charlie.

She made a promise to me too, you know. A long time ago.

Listen Jim, there is no reason for you and I to quarrel over Lorna.

She's not worth it. ─ Don't talk like that, Charlie.

Not about the dead.

The dead? Who is dead?

Lorna is.

Are you trying to put the wind up me? ─ Shush.

Charlie, Charlie.

Somebody will hear you.

Is this a joke?

Well, I'd hardly call it a joke.

When did she die? ─ Last night.

How do you know all this?

Because I killed her.

I don't believe it.

Take your time.

Is this some sort of game?

I'd hardly call it a game, Charlie.

If it's true, then why ..? ─ Why am I telling you?

I'm telling because when I talk to the police ..

I'm going to say that you murdered her.

You won't get away with it.

Of course I won't. They'll find out who is the culprit in the end.

But think what it'll do to you, Charlie. Think of all the fuss and the publicity.

The beautiful publicity.

Think how your family will love it.

Think how your boys will enjoy reading about it in the morning papers.

Oh yes, it will all come out.

You see, I can tell them about your relationship with my wife.

I can tell them you were with her until 4 o'clock this morning.

There was a fisherman with me, showing me the way.

I can tell them she was dead when I found her.

And I can show them this letter.

Recognise it, Charlie?

It's a letter from you to Lorna.

I found it at the White Cottage.

There is nothing in that. ─ Wait a minute. I'll read what it says.

It says that if she attempts to tell your wife ..

You won't be answerable for the consequences.

And she always expressed herself charmingly.

Silly of you to write like that, though.

But of course you weren't to know that she was going to be killed.

You know Charlie, I think the police will have quite a case against you.

Have you been to the police?

No. I thought I'd wait until they came to me.

I've made quite sure they know I'm in Seagate.

Besides, it's a lovely day.

Why waste it in a police stations.

I'm having lunch with a girl.

Ann.

Ann, I want you to meet the important Mr Charlie Durham.

Miss Anne Corday.

How do you do.

How do you do.

I can't have lunch with you. ─ Oh.

I thought I would just have it alone on the beach. I'm sorry.

That's alright. I understand. ─ I've got to work out something.

And I can't help? ─ I don't think anyone can.

Thanks for lending me the money.

If you give me your address, I'll send it on.

Of course.

Send it to me care of the Primrose Bar.

Alright.

Forgive me?

I forgive you.

Goodbye, Mr Durham.

It's a pity I didn't meet her before I met Lorna.

Well Charlie, it looks as though I shall be lunching alone after all.

You will let me have your best table, won't you.

With pleasure.

Mario.

Monsieur?

A special table for my friend.

Mary .. we haven't come down here for you to look at people.

Look at the sea.

Sorry, sir. ─ I'm back early, Sawnton.

Sorry to disturb your lunch. ─ Just finished, sir.

Anything come up about Carston?

Dr Allen phoned. There's no marks on the body that couldn't be caused by the fall.

That's all, sir.

Well, if you go over a cliff that high, you do get a few marks on the body.

Yes you do, sir.

There is no reason to think that this wasn't an accident.

I just wish she'd chose some other time, that's all

Two deaths in one night?

We haven't had a doubtful one in a year.

I suppose he was drunk.

What did Allen say?

No, sir. There was no alcohol in the stomach.

Hmm.

He must have gone over because he felt dizzy without it.

Oh well. He's no loss to the town.

Anything from the White Cottage?

Analyst's report on the cigarette ends, sir.

They were smoked last night.

Well, that doesn't tell us much, does it.

What about that clock in the hall?

Could he hear it strike from where the fisherman said he did?

You could hear it if the door was open.

Well, someone must have opened the door at 4 o'clock.

To go in I suppose, sir.

Or to come out.

I suppose they didn't find the other bit of this note we found under the desk?

No word, sir.

"All day I've been thinking what to do about us."

"Perhaps if I go, it will only make you glad."

"I don't know."

"But I do know it will simplify things."

"For you .. and for me, too."

"We've had a good time."

"And I would remember some of it with so much pleasure if .."

There must be another page somewhere.

Unless someone interrupted her and she was never able to finish it.

She was going to leave someone.

I wonder who it was.

Any news of the husband, sir? ─ Yes, I think so.

If my information is good, he'll be lunching at the Primrose Bar.

I'd like you to go there. ─ Do you want me to bring him in?

No, just keep an eye on him so we can get him when we want him.

Very good, sir.

That's him.

Aright, Mario.

Disgusting.

I don't know how .. how a man can sit down there and eat.

And only last night he killed his wife.

No.

That is not nice.

Perhaps he doesn't think he has anything to worry about?

He hasn't anything to worry about but ..

Can't we give him something to worry about?

Listen. There is more evidence against me than there is against him.

He's no fool. He's got all this worked out.

He wants to smash my life.

But Charlie .. smash your life?

I .. I won't let him.

There is nothing you can do about it. ─ Why?

I can do a lot of things.

I can say that ..

That I was here with you last night and then ..

We had a lot of business to talk over, didn't we.

To get Mario to swear to it ..

Doesn't cost much .. does it?

No good. ─ No?

Well.

Couldn't we offer him some money? ─ That's not what he wants.

Well, what does he want?

I'm sorry.

He wants to ruin me. It's as simple as that.

Yes.

What a creep.

I still be you Charlie there isn't a jury in the country that ..

That would put you away on what he's got on you.

The damage will be done. It will come out. Everything.

What you think will happen to my boys?

Please, Charlie. Nothing is going to happen to David.

And nothing is going to happen to little Johnny. We'll see to that.

Tell me ..

How long do you think it will be until he goes to the police?

I don't know .. all day maybe.

Well.

Unless they questioned him before.

I have an idea.

What about if we go to the police first?

Are you crazy? ─ Why?

Do you think I want the police here? ─ No .. no, that's no good.

Well ..

Then there is only one thing left.

We still have all day.

An accident has to happen.

What are you talking about? ─ I'm talking about an accident.

A lot of things can happen to him before he goes to the police.

A lot of things.

[ Buzzer ]

Want it?

Yes.

Yes? ─ "Mr Durham?"

Yes? ─ "Mr Boscombe, sir."

Who? ─ "Hillary Boscombe."

Alright. Show him up.

Young Boscombe from The Examiner.

Huh?

Want me to talk to him?

Do you want me to leave or what?

If you want to .. but no accidents.

Huh .. accidents?

No, no, Charlie.

You don't understand anything about accidents. You see ..

A man can be very careful. Very careful. And still a lot of things can happen.

You don't know about that.

Remember, if you get into any trouble .. ─ I don't get into trouble.

I can't help you. ─ I don't want you to help me.

You see, this time ..

I'm going to help you.

You see?

[ Door knocks ]

Come on, Charlie. Stop falling apart, will you.

Come in.

Hello, Paynter.

Good afternoon, sir.

Hello, Charlie.

Well, what can I do for the press?

You can tell it what you know about Jim Medway.

Medway? Why should I know him at all?

He knows all about you.

Well, what does he know about me?

Something to make him dislike you quite a lot.

A successful man, always has a lot enemies ..

Among the unsuccessful.

I knew Jim Medway years ago.

And you haven't seen him lately, then?

No.

Well, he's eating in your restaurant downstairs.

A lot of people eat in my restaurant downstairs.

But I don't get a list of their names.

He said he was coming here to see you.

You spoke to him? ─ He was in the office this morning.

Did he say anything about me?

Well, he seemed to think you owned the White Cottage.

I do, but it is in Paynter's name. ─ Oh, I see.

Then, perhaps you haven't heard the ..?

A woman died there last night. ─ I know.

A Miss Watson.

No, as a matter of fact, a Mrs Lorna Medway.

You mean Medway's wife? ─ That's right. Did you know her?

Yes.

She was a typist in my office.

Before she married Medway.

Not for publication. ─ Very well. I'll respect it.

That's clever isn't it.

I don't want to get mixed up in .. any of that sort of thing.

I wish I could give you a story, but I'm sorry, I can't.

Have a drink.

Thanks.

Cigarette?

No, I only smoke a pipe.

Medway didn't send you here, did he?

No, no. I was just following my nose.

Well, follow your nose into that.

Well, thanks.

And if the police try to see you ..

I wouldn't offer them American cigarettes if I were you.

You see, somebody was smoking them at the cottage last night.

And the police are apt to jump to conclusions.

Have you had a great sorrow recently?

I suppose so.

I suppose everyone has.

This is your heart line.

You are excessively warm-hearted.

This has brought you unhappiness, but it will bring you happiness, too.

Someone will enter your life.

But because you've been hurt before, you will try to run away.

Oh, sorry to keep you, dearie.

That's alright. ─ Won't take long.

Well, I .. ─ Now come along.

You will have two children.

The first will be a girl.

You will be asked to make a great sacrifice for her.

There is .. there is violence in your hand.

Your heart will make you possessive because you love deeply ..

And you give love up .. reluctantly.

You must learn not to be possessive.

You must learn to give things up when .. ─ I don't want to hear any more.

Please.

You are impetuous.

Miss .. come back, Miss.

Sorry, excuse me.

Impetuous.

Sometimes I'm nearer the mark than I think.

Oh, sorry.

Hello.

You usually kick people on the shins first.

Why did you run away from the fortune-teller?

Oh, it was nothing. Stupid of me to go in at all.

Was it something she said?

Most of the time she was talking nonsense, but then ..

I don't want to talk about it.

Alright.

How did you know I was there?

I was next door.

I didn't think I would see you again.

Well I thought, maybe, sometime ..

I'm going for a swim. ─ Is it alright if I come with you?

Yes, it's alright.

We'll have to get some costumes, though.

Oh, Mr Hammet.

Bring your boat over here.

This is far enough for us, thank you, Miss drake.

Oh dear.

Look what you've been and done.

We've outdistanced everything.

Except the gulls. ─ And the speedboat.

That chap can certainly handle it.

Hey!

I thought he hit you. He went right over you.

What do you think he's playing at?

Let's swim back to the shore.

It's alright. He won't come back.

Look, he's coming back again.

Go on, swim for it! Quickly, swim!

No. I daren't. ─ Go on! Swim quickly! Swim!

Will you take us in?

I'd say that speedboat got in a bit too close.

He oughtn't be allowed to practice there.

Funny, he couldn't see you in the water.

Haven't I seen you before somewhere?

Maybe.

Was it on the pier? ─ I was there.

Are you down for the day? ─ No, Miss. I live here.

It's usually the visitors who take the boats out isn't it?

Oh, I like to get a row in a boat occasionally.

I'm glad you do.

What a nice yacht. I wish I had a boat like this.

I'll send it back.

[ Telephone ]

Yes? Who?

"Inspector Tenby." ─ Inspector Tenby?

"Charlie, I want a word with you." ─ What can I do for you, Inspector?

"The Seagull is your boat, isn't it?" ─ Yes, the Seagull is one of my boats.

"When did you hire it out?"

I didn't know we had it out. ─ "Speed trials in front of the beach."

Absolutely insane. ─ "Quite dangerous."

Yes, of course. Very dangerous.

Yes, I'll tell him right away.

Oh yes, I'll make it perfectly clear to him.

If anyone can handle him, you know I can.

Yes, Yes, Inspector.

I am extremely sorry.

Oh, it's pretty out there today.

A little breezy .. but very beautiful.

Do you know who that was? ─ How should I know?

A "he" or a "she"? ─ Tenby.

Tenby?

Charlie, you should have more important things to do than talk to the police.

Are you completely insane?

How many time have I told you, you stupid clot?

This is the one time that I don't want the police cluttering up the place.

Are you touched? What's the matter with you?

With me? Nothing is the matter with me.

What is the matter with you?

What's your problem? You've always been able to deal with the police.

But not about murder.

But it won't be murder. It will be an accident.

But I told you I don't want any more accidents.

[ Buzzer ]

Who's that?

Yes?

"The same man, Mr Durham." ─ Who?

"Mr Jim Medway." ─ Alright.

Medway?

On his way up.

Oh, but that's beautiful.

Charlie, don't you want to go to a bar for a little while?

I would so much like to be alone with him.

Just for a few minutes.

I promise you it won't be long.

Please, won't you even do me a little favour?

I know you don't need me, but it hurts me.

A man like you, you shouldn't even talk to him.

Alright, if you want to be mean.

Weak eyes, Mr Paynter?

No. Good ones.

I have perfect eyes.

You see this one, sees everything I am supposed to see.

And this one doesn't see at all what I don't want to see.

Hmm .. Zeiss. Good.

I suppose you could see quite a of that window with these, Charlie.

I have more to do than to look through the windows all day long.

Hmm.

Even when your Mr Paynter is trying to murder me?

Look sir, in this part of the world we don't go around murdering people.

Sometimes I wish I could.

Yes, I suppose it would be very convenient for you ..

If something happened to me before the police get me, right?

Listen, if you've anything to say, get it off your chest and get out.

Alright, Charlie.

You've left it too late, Charlie.

What do you mean? ─ The police have caught up with me.

Don't give me that. If you'd been to the police, you wouldn't be here.

Go and look.

It's Sawnton.

And he's a policeman, isn't he?

Well, what else could he be?

Then now you see why you left it too late.

If anything happens to me, he'll know who caused it.

I expect they've already got a report about the speedboat incident.

No, you're in it up to the neck.

They've got you taped now Charlie, as they know you tried to get rid of me.

And why.

Because I know you killed Lorna.

Ellen .. someone is throwing pennies at us.

Oh, you saucy thing.

Want to go to Paris tonight, girls?

Well, we were thinking of going.

Okay, get your duds on and we'll have a bit of the old promenade first.

Shall we sit down.

What time does your bus go?

There are plenty of buses. I have nothing to hurry back for.

Good.

I can let you have two of these pounds back.

I haven't needed them. I've been with you all day.

You are independent, aren't you. ─ Please take them.

Alright.

Don't blame me if they chuck you off the bus because you can't pay your fare.

I've allowed for that.

Is that a photograph of your wife?

Yes.

May I see it? ─ Yes, of course.

You loved her once.

What a strange thing for you to say.

Oh, is it? I didn't mean anything.

Yes, I loved her.

It was a long time ago.

I must have loved her.

You see, we were only together a short time, and ..

Then I was away for three years.

I kept this picture with me.

As the months went by, it sort of ..

Got like something I'd cut out of a magazine, you know.

I stayed faithful to her because I thought ..

When I got back ..

Everything would be alright. I should fall in love again.

When I did back, I ..

She ..

She had died.

I didn't know her very well.

I suppose if you're away from someone for a long time you become strangers.

Look Jim, I'm so afraid.

Afraid?

Afraid it will happen in my life.

What is your life, Ann?

Oh .. I've been so good about not telling you my troubles.

Tell me now.

It's quite simple.

I've got a little girl.

She's two years old.

And the father?

He went away.

And he promised to marry you?

I just took it for granted we'd get married.

Are you in love with him?

Yes.

Poor Ann.

My father is a lawyer.

We're very respectable. That made it worse.

But you said you .. you had nothing to hurry back for.

Where is your baby?

With my cousin, Marian.

Did you give her up?

It's a decision I have to make.

That's why I'm here. To be away from them. To think about it by myself.

What do they want you to do?

Marian and her husband want to adopt her.

They're going to live in New Zealand.

If I let her go, I shall never see Jill again.

And what do your parents think?

They say I must think of Jill's future. As if I ever did anything else.

I can see their point of view.

So can I. I can see mine, too.

It would break your heart to give her up, wouldn't it?

She's my baby. I love her.

What are you thinking?

I just realised why you ran away from the Fortune Teller.

Why?

Because she was giving you advice you didn't want to hear.

Yes.

Yes, I suppose so.

Good evening.

Wonderful weather. ─ Wonderful.

Are you down for the day? ─ Yes.

Having a nice time?

Yes, thank you.

I like to think of young people enjoying themselves.

Have a good time while you're young, what.

Oh.

How sad to read of people dying on a day like this.

You know, I was on the cliff at that very spot only the other day.

And that White Cottage.

No place for a woman alone.

Jim, he's right.

We should be having a good time.

Let's enjoy ourselves before everything closes down on us.

Restless.

Hello, Mr Paynter.

Give me a double. ─ Double?

Hello, Charlie.

You don't have to call them in, do you? ─ Not yet.

Nothing like some deaths to attract the customers away.

They're all up on the cliffs.

What do you want? ─ That one.

This is my lucky day.

Who wants the rest of these prizes?

The more you win, the less I have to rack up.

You wicked girl!

Now you go back and put it where you found it.

Oh, I must go on this. Coming?

Enjoy yourself, dear.

Have a good time.

What are you looking for? ─ We lost him. We're by ourselves now.

Is this what you call being by ourselves?

Anyway, we've lost that man who's been following us all day.

Has he been worrying you?

He was following us, wasn't he? ─ Well, he isn't now.

Come on, let's make the most of our freedom.

A nasty place to fall.

I've been here all day.

Don't go too near.

He must have hit those rocks.

I wouldn't miss this for the world.

Isn't it lucky we came today.

You'll like this, ducks. ─ Oh, you don't have to hug me.

I know I don't have to. I'm doing it for pleasure. Here, what are you doing?

You have to win them, not smash them.

The most valuable gift on the stall, that was.

I'm going to miss you this time.

How is that? ─ That's better. Thank you.

Now look, I'll show you. Go easy on the trigger. Just a nice, gentle squeeze.

Practising what you preach, aren't you.

Look, if you .. ─ Give it here!

Here, what are you playing at?

Get back, Ann.

Someone tried to kill you. That wasn't an accident.

No, it wouldn't be an a accident. Come on, let's get out of here.

Hello, Selby.

That necktie that was found on Carston's body. Have we got it here?

Yes, sir.

Fetch it, will you. ─ Yes, sir.

Hmm.

Get me the White Cottage, will you.

Sergeant Larkin?

Have you made a search of the garden?

No trace of the second page of that note we found?

No, I didn't expect you to find it.

This is the tie Carston was wearing, sir.

Practically brand-new, isn't it.

It's badly creased, sir. ─ I can see that.

Selby, you were there.

What does he mean by: "I had great difficulty in removing the necktie"?

It was very tightly knotted, sir. ─ You mean it was choking him?

No, sir. It was quite loose about the neck.

It was just in a very tight knot, sir.

A strange way to treat a new tie. ─ Yes, sir.

What were the rest of his clothes like? Were they new, too?

As far as I could judge, sir.

Carston seems to have come into money before he died.

That should tell me something.

Alright, Selby. Leave it here.

[ Telephone ]

Hello?

Oh, Sergeant Sawnton.

So you let yourself be fooled by that old trick, did you.

Where did they go before you lost them?

Fairground?

Anything happen?

Shooting gallery?

Who fired the shot?

Paynter, eh?

Oh, that's interesting.

Where do you suggest looking for Medway now?

Alright, I'll meet you there.

Yes, yes. The Primrose Bar.

I've an idea that's where all the threads tie up.

To think we let a little thing like that keep us apart all this time.

But I shall still want to sail it, you know.

Sail it?

In the bath.

Well, that's the first time I've seen Charlie Durham drinking alone.

How are you, Charlie?

Expecting someone, sir?

It's been quite a day, hasn't it. ─ Yes.

Well, this is the right way to finish a day by the sea.

At a Pierrot show? ─ Hmm.

The day isn't over yet.

You sound afraid again.

I am afraid.

About us? ─ Yes.

Well, we'll meet next week, won't we.

No, Jim.

Oh, why do we go on pretending.

Pretending?

Pretending there is future.

You know there isn't for us.

You know we won't meet again next week.

You know we'll never meet again.

No .. I don't know.

Let's be honest before we part.

Let's.

Jim, I know.

I know about you.

What do you know about me?

I know you killed your wife.

Pierrots, please?

Hmm.

Who told you that?

I overheard.

In that place.

The Primrose Bar. This morning.

It's the truth, isn't it?

I'm sorry, Jim.

Oh, I'm sorry.

You're amazing.

Amazing? ─ Hmm.

You stayed with me all day.

I liked you.

You were a man who'd been kind to me.

But after you overheard what I said to Durham .. you ran away.

When I heard you say that, I couldn't. I had to go away.

I couldn't just sit down and have lunch with you.

No.

When we met again, I wanted to stay with you no matter what you'd done.

I knew.

At least I thought I knew what you must be feeling and thinking today.

I knew how terrible it would be if you were left alone without friends.

I wanted to help.

If it had to be your last day of freedom.

I wanted to make it a day you could remember ..

Without too much bitterness.

Like the last day of the holidays? ─ Yes.

You're a wonderful girl, Ann.

They don't turn out your sort in bundles of dozens.

Don't cry, Ann.

I didn't know.

If you hadn't met me today you wouldn't have anything to cry about, would you.

We could have been happy.

No.

Not with that sign boring into my mind.

You are very bitter about him.

I have reason to be.

You're going to say he killed your wife. ─ Morally, he did kill her.

Jim, you mustn't .. ─ I'm going to make him suffer too.

You can't let someone else be blamed for something you've done.

Oh, don't worry.

I can break the case against him when the time comes.

When the time comes?

Yes.

When I think he's had enough.

Oh, Jim.

Don't take revenge like this.

Please don't.

You're destroying yourself.

That doesn't matter anymore.

Doesn't it, Jim?

With the sunshine in their shoes.

Come on, it's time we went back. ─ Where?

To the Primrose Bar.

Why must you go back there again?

Because I want to see what the day has done to Charlie Durham.

Is that how we must finish it?

Yes, Ann.

I don't want to come.

We can say goodbye here.

Very well.

Come with me, Ann.

If there has been anything between us today ..

Come with me.

Evening, Charlie.

Hello, Inspector. Sit down.

Have one on the house. ─ Thanks.

Presently.

Not on the warpath, I hope.

Never off it.

You don't want to see me, do you?

I'm hoping to see quite a number of people here tonight.

You're one of them.

Can we have a talk?

Why not? Come up to the office, it's quieter.

Right, Just as well.

If you can spare the time.

Don't worry. This place runs itself.

Send up a bottle of special. ─ Okay, sir.

See.

Oh, that awful moonshine.

Ooh,

I know because the clock was striking.

I've got to go.

Good evening, Mr Paynter.

Charlie needs me.

Don't you dare to say a word.

After tonight.

Charlie and I ..

Will be square.

I've been praying for this day.

Praying.

Give them another round.

Everybody.

Take a seat, Inspector. ─ Paynter, out?

He's been out all evening. ─ So I hear.

I'm having some special Scotch sent up. I'd like you to try it.

In the meantime, have a cigarette.

Thanks.

Who are the people you expect to see here tonight, Inspector?

Paynter.

What's he been doing? ─ Trying to shoot someone.

Nonsense. ─ Might have been an accident.

Has he been drinking? ─ I believe so.

Well, that explains everything, doesn't it.

You know all about him, of course?

Yes, I know about him.

Well, I hope your boys run him in before he does any damage.

[ Door knocks ]

Come in.

Alright, sir? ─ Thanks.

Tell me what you think of that.

Like milk.

Who else are you expecting to see tonight, Inspector?

A chap called Jim Medway.

You know him?

Yes I do. As a matter of fact ..

He was here this morning.

Do you know his wife?

I knew her before they were married.

Let me see .. what was her name?

Lorna? ─ That's right.

Why did you ask?

She died last night.

Here in Seagate?

In the White Cottage, to be exact.

According to the papers, that was a woman named Watson.

It was Lorna Medway.

You own the White Cottage, don't you?

Well, Paynter does.

Have you anything in writing about it?

Receipts or anything?

Right here, under my hand.

She didn't make any of the payments herself, did she?

No.

Was there anything wrong with that?

I just wanted a specimen of her handwriting.

I see.

Does .. Medway know about his wife's death?

I think he does.

How did he strike you when you saw him today?

He seemed .. a little on edge, but ..

Of course, I haven't seen him for some time.

Did he ask after his wife?

No.

No, I .. don't think he did.

Did me mention her at all?

No. As I was being rather selfish.

I spent most of the time showing him the photographs of my two boys.

Strange, isn't it, that he didn't mention his wife?

Yes, I suppose it is.

We kept a tag on him during most of the day.

He did one or two strange things.

Was he alone when you saw him?

He was meeting a girl. He said something about her.

Oh yes, he said "I wish I'd met her before I'd met Lorna".

Then he did mention his wife?

Yes .. I had forgotten that.

Come to think of it, it's a strange thing for him to say if he knew of her death.

You think the shock affected him in some way?

[ Buzzer ]

Yes?

"Mr Medway and a lady, sir." ─ Alright. Show them both up."

"Alright, sir."

Medway and the girl have just arrived. ─ Oh, good.

Have another drink, Inspector. ─ Thanks. Excellent whiskey.

Yes.

It makes you appear as though you .. weren't on duty.

I always drink when I'm on duty.

I suppose you'd like to talk to Medway alone?

If you don't mind my talking to him here?

No. The place is yours, Inspector.

Hello, Charlie.

Hello.

This is Inspector Tenby.

Inspector .. Mr Medway.

Good evening.

This is Miss Corday. ─ Good evening.

I'd like a few words with you in private, Mr Medway.

Certainly, Inspector.

But I should like Miss Corday to hear your few words.

I should like Charlie to hear them, too.

I suggest they stay.

As you wish.

Well take a seat, Jim. ─ Thank you,

And perhaps Miss Corday would sit over there?

A drink, anybody? ─ No thank you.

Do you mind answering one or two questions, Mr Medway?

Suppose I give you the answers to that question by question.

Very well.

When did you come down here? ─ Last night.

By what train? ─ The mail.

Why?

The railway company made no objection.

The mail gets in about 3:30. ─ Hmm.

Why did you come to Seagate? ─ I came to see my wife.

Where was your wife?

I had reason to believe that she stayed at a place called the White Cottage.

For what reason?

I had found a letter.

If you left the train at 3:30 ..

You'd get to the White Cottage about 4 o'clock.

Correct.

After you reached the cottage, what did you do?

I walked. Back to Seagate.

Without going into the cottage? ─ Yes.

Why?

Because I saw a man leaving the cottage.

Did you recognise him?

No.

Thanks.

I'm sorry to have to ask you this, Mr Medway.

But seeing a man coming away from wife's house at that time of the morning ..

You naturally put a certain construction on the situation.

Naturally.

Then you went back the way you'd come?

Yes. ─ Why?

Why?

I suppose I wanted to think.

I didn't imagine there would be much of a welcome waiting for me.

I think you're lying, Mr Medway.

I can't help what you think.

In fact I'm prepared to put it more strongly.

I know you're lying.

I'm looking for ..

For Inspector Tenby.

No.

What are you doing to me now?

Forgive me, Charlie. Did I ..

Did I cause you so much trouble?

I've come here Inspector, because ..

Because I want to make a statement.

Well, what is it?

Inspector ..

I confess I killed Lorna Medway.

Back to your old tricks.

You've been drinking.

I know I'm drunk, Charlie.

But I have never been so sober.

Your life wasn't worth saving.

Easy, Mr Durham. I know him.

Now then, Paynter.

What is this story of yours about Mrs Lorna Medway?

Well.

I went over to see her last night, to the White Cottage.

What time did you leave?

I left at exactly.

Four o'clock.

I remember because the clock was striking when I opened the door.

Alright, Mr Durham.

Tell me, Paynter. What did you do with the knife?

What knife?

Oh .. I threw it into the sea.

You threw it into the sea? ─ Yes.

You know why?

Because I didn't want to make it too easy for you coppers.

I don't like coppers.

I see.

Now look here, Paynter.

I don't know what you hope to gain by this absurd confession of yours.

What I told you is true!

You understand?

I did go to the White Cottage last night.

Yes, you might have been at the White Cottage last night.

But you did not stab Lorna Medway.

She wasn't stabbed.

She committed suicide.

Isn't that the case, Mr Medway?

Suicide?

Why are you asking me?

Because you were lying when you said you didn't go into the cottage.

You did.

Sometime during the night and you found your wife dead.

She'd taken a very large overdose of sleeping tablets.

We found half of a suicide note that had blown under the desk.

Can I have the other half?

Yes, this makes it clear enough.

You know you should have brought this to us at once, don't you?

Yes.

You were making trouble for yourself.

Lorna Medway's death has been no mystery to us.

We shadowed you today Mr Medway, for another reason.

But now it seems my question should be to Paynter.

When you left the White Cottage, which way did you come back?

I asked you Paynter, which way did you come back?

See, I came back ..

By the cliff path.

Are you sure?

Yes.

Did you meet anybody?

No.

You must have met someone, Paynter.

If you left the Cottage at 4 o'clock, you'd get to the cliff top at five past.

Carston was killed at six minutes past.

Carston wasn't killed.

He fell over the cliff.

He was thrown over.

Pushed, if you like. And the murderer held on to his tie.

Well, the papers said ..

Never mind what the papers said.

Paynter admits to having been there. I'm going to take you into custody, Paynter.

Huh?

On suspicion of having murdered Arthur Carston.

By throwing him over the cliff.

What does he want, Charles?

Carston was getting money from somewhere.

And as you were the man, Paynter, who was visiting Lorna Medway ..

I suggest he was blackmailing you.

Possibly sending you letters.

I didn't get any letters.

Why don't you leave him alone? Can't you see the state he's in.

Look Inspector, may I ..

May I ask you a question?

You can ask your questions later. ─ No. Now.

Now! Right now!

I want to ask my questions now!

And I want to have my answers now!

You hear?

What are you trying to pin on me, huh?

What are you trying to do?

All I know is that I come here and I tell you that I killed her.

I told you because I had a reason.

Charlie knows.

I don't mean it that way.

I mean .. I mean Charlie can explain.

Explain it, Charlie!

I warn you, Inspector. If anybody ..

If anybody tries to crowd in on me, I ..

I am not too easy to deal with.

Not too easy.

Not too easy at all.

Do you mind phoning the station, Charlie?

Go on.

Hello.

Police?

Paynter! Paynter, are you mad? Paynter!

No, Jim.

Yes, you were right, Ann.

Durham's got it coming to him without my help.

Paynter.

What are you doing?

You don't understand.

Listen to me. I saved your life once, didn't I?

Didn't I? Trust me.

You ..

No!

No!

Please, Paynter. You don't understand.

Listen to me.

Please forgive me. Forgive me.

No .. no ..

And the murderer held on to his tie.

A pity you didn't go over as well, Charlie.

You've been terribly sweet.

Ann, I've been thinking about you and Jill.

Don't give her up. You'll be sorry for the rest of your life if you do.

Jim, I just wanted someoñe to say that.

Come on, hop in.

Ann, I must see you again. ─ Yes, yes. I want to.

But where do you live? I don't know your address.

Oh, you'll forget. I'll send it. ─ Why didn't I äsk you before?

Goodbye,

What am I waiting here for. Why don't I come with you?

Yes, why don't you?

T-G