1 00:00:05,205 --> 00:00:07,367 HYMNAL SINGING 2 00:00:20,954 --> 00:00:25,892 ♪ ..nor shall my sword ♪ sleep in my hand 3 00:00:25,926 --> 00:00:29,385 ♪ Till we have built 4 00:00:29,429 --> 00:00:32,092 ♪ Jerusalem 5 00:00:32,132 --> 00:00:40,132 ♪ In England's green and pleasant land. ♪ 6 00:00:47,314 --> 00:00:48,907 Good evening. 7 00:00:48,949 --> 00:00:51,851 And a rousing Institute welcome to tonight's guests, 8 00:00:51,885 --> 00:00:56,448 Lady Felicia, Father Roland, filling as Locum Curate 9 00:00:56,490 --> 00:00:59,551 during Father Brown's unfortunate indisposition. 10 00:00:59,593 --> 00:01:03,086 And last but certainly not least, Mrs Cholmondeley-Carter, 11 00:01:03,130 --> 00:01:05,656 from the National Executive Committee 12 00:01:05,699 --> 00:01:09,397 who has heroically agreed to act as head judge at tomorrow's fair. 13 00:01:14,007 --> 00:01:17,774 There was nothing "fair" about last year's judgement. 14 00:01:17,811 --> 00:01:20,781 The best jam won and everyone here knows it! 15 00:01:20,814 --> 00:01:23,283 We have a packed evening, 16 00:01:23,317 --> 00:01:26,014 including a cookery talk from Mrs Hunnisett - 17 00:01:26,053 --> 00:01:28,716 Going Gay Without Meat. 18 00:01:28,755 --> 00:01:33,386 And to kick off, Father Roland's film, Educating The African Orphan 19 00:01:33,427 --> 00:01:37,057 made during his recent missionary trip to Swaziland. 20 00:01:37,097 --> 00:01:40,033 So, without further ado, Andrea, lights please. 21 00:01:47,774 --> 00:01:50,300 Is there a Virginia in the story? 22 00:01:59,486 --> 00:02:01,546 - Oooh! - Holy Mother of God! 23 00:02:01,588 --> 00:02:05,457 - Father Roland, what is happening?! - No, God. No! Avert your eyes! 24 00:02:05,492 --> 00:02:08,621 This is not a film about African orphans. 25 00:02:08,662 --> 00:02:10,221 No, it isn't! It is not mine! 26 00:02:10,263 --> 00:02:12,562 SHOUTS AND GASPS 27 00:02:12,599 --> 00:02:14,363 Avert your eyes, ladies! 28 00:02:17,137 --> 00:02:19,663 This is not happening! This is not happening! 29 00:02:21,341 --> 00:02:24,402 Well. This is certainly educational. 30 00:02:55,742 --> 00:02:59,702 And finally a cursory inspection of the church roof account reveals 31 00:02:59,746 --> 00:03:04,377 that fundraising has been, shall we say, erratic, to say the least. 32 00:03:04,418 --> 00:03:06,478 My Parishioners give what they can. 33 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:10,150 I'm sure that with the appropriate nudge, 34 00:03:10,190 --> 00:03:13,683 they can be persuaded to dig a little deeper. 35 00:03:17,297 --> 00:03:18,663 Raise the roof! 36 00:03:20,300 --> 00:03:21,768 Very pithy. 37 00:03:21,802 --> 00:03:23,880 One to every household in the village. Half 38 00:03:23,904 --> 00:03:26,103 a crown each and we have ourselves a steeple. 39 00:03:26,139 --> 00:03:28,506 And here's mine to start to you off. 40 00:03:28,542 --> 00:03:30,443 Sterling, Mrs McCarthy. 41 00:03:30,477 --> 00:03:32,912 I knew I could count on you to lead by example. 42 00:03:32,946 --> 00:03:33,946 Am I interrupting? 43 00:03:33,980 --> 00:03:34,948 - Yes. - No. 44 00:03:34,981 --> 00:03:39,009 Her Ladyship thought this might help with the boredom. 45 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:43,615 You could do a spot of bird watching? Feathered variety. 46 00:03:43,657 --> 00:03:47,992 And talking of bird watching, last night's WI meeting...? 47 00:03:48,028 --> 00:03:49,291 Trust you to bring that up. 48 00:03:49,329 --> 00:03:52,128 I can assure you, the film I gave to Mrs Fortescue comprised 49 00:03:52,165 --> 00:03:55,397 only of rainless African skies and smiling black children. 50 00:03:55,435 --> 00:03:56,733 If you say so. 51 00:03:56,770 --> 00:04:00,070 No one doubts that. But a mystery none the less. 52 00:04:00,107 --> 00:04:03,566 There'll be no more mysteries for you until that leg is mended. 53 00:04:07,247 --> 00:04:09,216 Really? 54 00:04:21,328 --> 00:04:22,956 Hywel! 55 00:04:24,030 --> 00:04:25,862 On your way to the Post Office? 56 00:04:25,899 --> 00:04:27,959 No flies on you, Father. 57 00:04:28,001 --> 00:04:33,463 Mrs Clam is a comely widow and your posy tells its own story. 58 00:04:34,741 --> 00:04:38,906 Wild rosemary for warm emotion and freesias for lasting friendship. 59 00:04:38,945 --> 00:04:41,847 And featherhead for allurement. 60 00:04:41,882 --> 00:04:46,582 Talking of which, I hear the WI meeting last night took an unexpected turn. 61 00:04:46,620 --> 00:04:50,057 Turns out their VIP was only the Chief Superintendent's sister-in-law. 62 00:04:50,090 --> 00:04:52,218 Taken to her bed with the shock of it. 63 00:04:52,259 --> 00:04:53,921 Inspector Sullivan wants answers. 64 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,397 Father Roland gave the film to Mrs Fortescue. 65 00:04:57,430 --> 00:05:01,128 And she left it at the village hall for the ladies coming in to set up the meeting. 66 00:05:01,168 --> 00:05:03,637 If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times. 67 00:05:03,670 --> 00:05:06,162 You can't go round leaving doors unlocked these days. 68 00:05:06,206 --> 00:05:09,973 It seems a peculiarly unladylike crime. 69 00:05:10,010 --> 00:05:14,277 Try telling that to the WI ladies and on the day of the fair to boot. 70 00:05:14,314 --> 00:05:16,977 Tensions already at boiling point. 71 00:05:17,017 --> 00:05:19,577 Sparks will fly, you mind my words. 72 00:05:26,259 --> 00:05:28,251 I can't stop! 73 00:05:31,498 --> 00:05:32,966 Stay, Jeffrey! 74 00:05:32,999 --> 00:05:34,490 It's always the quiet ones. 75 00:05:34,534 --> 00:05:36,867 Maybe he left one of his films lying around 76 00:05:36,903 --> 00:05:39,202 and she got it mixed up with the orphans. 77 00:05:39,239 --> 00:05:42,801 If you've something to say, Judith, perhaps you'd have the grace 78 00:05:42,843 --> 00:05:44,835 and good manners to say it to my face. 79 00:05:46,847 --> 00:05:48,076 I'm waiting. 80 00:05:49,516 --> 00:05:52,850 No? Then if you're done spreading malicious slander 81 00:05:52,886 --> 00:05:55,515 then perhaps you could fetch more bunting! 82 00:05:55,555 --> 00:05:56,784 Chop chop! 83 00:05:59,292 --> 00:06:01,420 Come, Jeffery! 84 00:06:01,461 --> 00:06:03,327 That woman will be the death of me. 85 00:06:06,066 --> 00:06:09,366 Oi. Father, give that to Father Brown when you see him, will ya? 86 00:06:09,402 --> 00:06:10,802 This being...? 87 00:06:10,837 --> 00:06:14,638 Donation to the steeple fund from Mrs Plumpton. 88 00:06:14,674 --> 00:06:16,666 Do I look like a complete greenhorn? 89 00:06:18,278 --> 00:06:19,678 Yep. 90 00:06:19,713 --> 00:06:22,205 I want nothing to do with this ill-gotten money. 91 00:06:22,249 --> 00:06:23,979 Keep your cassock on. It was a dead cert 92 00:06:24,017 --> 00:06:26,350 and the church roof's got a dirty great hole in it. 93 00:06:26,386 --> 00:06:30,016 Father Brown should live by example, instead of falling so publicly to vice. 94 00:06:31,291 --> 00:06:34,227 I was warned he surrounded himself with undesirables. 95 00:06:34,261 --> 00:06:36,787 But even I couldn't have predicted the full extent. 96 00:06:36,830 --> 00:06:38,594 Warned were you? By who? The Bishop? 97 00:06:38,632 --> 00:06:41,363 Bishop Talbot has been gracious enough to take me under his wing. 98 00:06:41,401 --> 00:06:42,425 I bet has! 99 00:06:44,037 --> 00:06:46,097 Planted you here as his little spy. 100 00:06:46,139 --> 00:06:49,303 Recognises qualities in me lacking in... others. 101 00:06:49,342 --> 00:06:50,970 Even priests can live a little. 102 00:06:51,011 --> 00:06:52,843 All right, ladies! 103 00:06:52,879 --> 00:06:55,007 Looking lovely. 104 00:06:55,048 --> 00:06:57,017 She's taken a shine to you. 105 00:06:57,050 --> 00:06:59,281 Don't be puerile. 106 00:06:59,319 --> 00:07:02,778 Listen, Father, don't take this the wrong way but... 107 00:07:02,822 --> 00:07:05,223 you're a handsome bloke, all right? 108 00:07:05,258 --> 00:07:07,454 You can have any girl you wanted. 109 00:07:07,494 --> 00:07:11,192 Why hide your knackers under a skirt for the rest of your... 110 00:07:11,231 --> 00:07:13,166 HE CHUCKLES 111 00:07:13,199 --> 00:07:15,794 Maybe there is a man under that dress after all. 112 00:07:27,113 --> 00:07:30,675 I wouldn't put it past that one. Not normal is it? 113 00:07:30,717 --> 00:07:33,983 All that celibacy does funny things to a man. 114 00:07:34,020 --> 00:07:37,218 Jolly good of you to step in for Mrs Cholmondeley-Carter. 115 00:07:37,257 --> 00:07:38,691 Eleventh hour and all that. 116 00:07:38,725 --> 00:07:42,821 Oh, here's Father Roland. Righto. Cakes! 117 00:07:42,862 --> 00:07:48,597 One to six are standard fruits, seven to eleven - Victoria sponge, 118 00:07:48,635 --> 00:07:51,230 12 to 15 are marmalade loaves, 16 to 19 are lemon drizzle. 119 00:07:51,271 --> 00:07:54,901 And here we have our home-baked bread. 120 00:08:06,987 --> 00:08:09,149 - Afternoon, Mrs Bunyon. - George! 121 00:08:09,189 --> 00:08:11,590 For me?! Oh! 122 00:08:37,317 --> 00:08:39,013 Hello, hello. 123 00:08:41,054 --> 00:08:45,685 The prize for My Favourite Room In A Shoebox, 124 00:08:45,725 --> 00:08:49,787 goes to Mrs Sibree for her "imaginative use of materials" 125 00:08:49,829 --> 00:08:52,822 and "witty" holiday cottage bathroom. 126 00:08:52,866 --> 00:08:55,028 APPLAUSE 127 00:09:00,273 --> 00:09:02,538 Congratulations. Very well deserved. 128 00:09:02,575 --> 00:09:09,038 Best cake goes to Judith Bunyon for her Victoria sponge. 129 00:09:11,418 --> 00:09:13,512 That sponge is mine. 130 00:09:13,553 --> 00:09:15,988 I'd recognise it anywhere. 131 00:09:16,022 --> 00:09:18,218 Oh, here we go again. 132 00:09:18,258 --> 00:09:22,218 Hers had sunk in the middle. She switched the numbers. 133 00:09:22,262 --> 00:09:23,958 I'm sure that's not the case. 134 00:09:23,997 --> 00:09:25,829 This belongs to me. 135 00:09:25,865 --> 00:09:28,596 Now, ladies! 136 00:09:28,635 --> 00:09:30,365 A bitter and twisted fantasist. 137 00:09:30,403 --> 00:09:34,568 No one would put it past you after the gooseberry jam of 1948. 138 00:09:34,607 --> 00:09:36,599 Was that letter something to do with you? 139 00:09:36,643 --> 00:09:38,874 Now then, ladies, that's enough of that. 140 00:09:43,817 --> 00:09:47,151 Why don't you come with me and have a little cool down? 141 00:09:47,187 --> 00:09:49,179 I'll get you for this, Judith Bunyon! 142 00:09:52,092 --> 00:09:54,288 Congratulations. Very well deserved. 143 00:09:59,999 --> 00:10:05,199 And the prize for best scones goes to... 144 00:10:06,873 --> 00:10:08,808 ..Gladys Clam. 145 00:10:26,426 --> 00:10:29,487 Before you say anything, it was a blind tasting. 146 00:10:29,529 --> 00:10:35,469 14 years unblemished record... These scones are an award-winning 147 00:10:35,502 --> 00:10:40,202 secret recipe handed down from my mother and her mother before that. 148 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:44,075 This recipe was baked for His Majesty King George IV 149 00:10:44,110 --> 00:10:48,047 on his visit to Kilkenny Castle in 1826. 150 00:10:48,081 --> 00:10:49,709 Taste one. Go on. 151 00:10:49,749 --> 00:10:55,450 Taste one and then tell me they only merit a highly commended! 152 00:10:55,488 --> 00:10:58,617 SHE GASPS 153 00:11:07,901 --> 00:11:09,369 SHE SCREAMS 154 00:11:10,670 --> 00:11:12,605 BELL RINGS 155 00:11:18,845 --> 00:11:21,405 Deus, Pater misericordiarum, 156 00:11:21,447 --> 00:11:23,439 qui per mortem et resurrectionem... 157 00:11:23,483 --> 00:11:26,817 - Pugh. Sir. - No Father Brown? 158 00:11:26,853 --> 00:11:30,620 Nasty accident on his bicycle, sir. That's Father Roland, his locum. 159 00:11:30,657 --> 00:11:32,057 He's staying at the Presbytery. 160 00:11:32,091 --> 00:11:34,651 Does he fancy himself as an amateur detective too? 161 00:11:34,694 --> 00:11:37,425 I doubt it. Bit green around the gills. 162 00:11:37,463 --> 00:11:40,314 Needed a moment... outside, if you get my... 163 00:11:40,338 --> 00:11:40,900 ..Amen. 164 00:11:40,934 --> 00:11:42,835 Oh, and there he goes again. 165 00:11:42,869 --> 00:11:44,804 What do we know about the dead woman? 166 00:11:44,837 --> 00:11:46,465 Mrs Judith Bunyon. Farmer's wife. 167 00:11:46,506 --> 00:11:49,066 Her husband owns Brook Farm in Lower Kemble. 168 00:11:49,108 --> 00:11:51,737 - Did she have any enemies? - What, foul play? 169 00:11:51,778 --> 00:11:55,340 The colouration of the face looks like cyanide poisoning. 170 00:11:55,381 --> 00:11:58,681 There was a bit of a hoo-ha with Miss Thimble earlier, 171 00:11:58,718 --> 00:12:01,620 but then show day does tend to bring out the worst in the ladies. 172 00:12:01,654 --> 00:12:04,283 Mrs Clackett narrowly escaped a charge of ABH last year, 173 00:12:04,324 --> 00:12:06,759 after a bust-up over her cherry Bakewell. 174 00:12:06,793 --> 00:12:09,991 And last night's incident hasn't helped matters. 175 00:12:10,029 --> 00:12:11,588 Any connection there? 176 00:12:11,631 --> 00:12:13,395 Can't see it myself, sir. 177 00:12:13,433 --> 00:12:16,369 Sergeant! Get this to the lab. 178 00:12:16,402 --> 00:12:19,440 I want a toxicology report on my desk by the end of the day. 179 00:12:19,464 --> 00:12:19,770 - Sir. 180 00:12:19,806 --> 00:12:21,832 We'll take it from here, Pugh. 181 00:12:21,874 --> 00:12:23,240 Yes, sir. 182 00:12:30,016 --> 00:12:33,919 By the sound of it, I think we can rule out natural causes. 183 00:12:33,953 --> 00:12:40,052 So, Mrs M, what can you tell us about the dead woman? 184 00:12:40,093 --> 00:12:43,495 Judith was a troublemaker and no mistake, 185 00:12:43,529 --> 00:12:47,330 a woman who took great delight in spreading malicious gossip. 186 00:12:47,367 --> 00:12:49,598 And he who is without sin... 187 00:12:49,636 --> 00:12:53,937 And Vera Thimble wasn't the only one she fell out with today. 188 00:12:53,973 --> 00:12:58,104 Mrs Fortescue caught Judith pointing the finger at her Jeffrey 189 00:12:58,144 --> 00:13:01,774 over last night's cinematic catastrophe. 190 00:13:01,814 --> 00:13:04,477 Tore a strip off her in front of half the WI. 191 00:13:04,517 --> 00:13:06,349 Did she, now? 192 00:13:06,386 --> 00:13:08,412 Mm, somebody's got their mojo back. 193 00:13:08,454 --> 00:13:11,049 Yes, well, I'm no used to anyone stuck in this chair. 194 00:13:11,090 --> 00:13:13,616 Oh, fiddlesticks. Your brain's in one piece. 195 00:13:13,660 --> 00:13:17,290 And if you need any legwork doing, consider me at your disposal. 196 00:13:17,330 --> 00:13:20,698 - You?! - Why not me? 197 00:13:20,733 --> 00:13:25,831 Well, I've always put you down as decorative rather than useful. 198 00:13:25,872 --> 00:13:27,568 Decorative?! 199 00:13:27,607 --> 00:13:30,634 Tell me, Father. Am I "decorative"? 200 00:13:32,011 --> 00:13:35,072 As a rosary is both beautiful and with purpose. 201 00:13:35,114 --> 00:13:37,379 I think it's up to Father Brown 202 00:13:37,417 --> 00:13:40,444 to decide which of us is the more useful. 203 00:13:40,486 --> 00:13:42,580 Quite. Father? 204 00:13:55,268 --> 00:13:57,260 After you. 205 00:13:57,303 --> 00:13:58,931 No, after you. 206 00:13:58,971 --> 00:14:01,463 So much for your offer of help. 207 00:14:01,507 --> 00:14:04,875 If I recall correctly, Father Brown asked us both to help. 208 00:14:04,911 --> 00:14:06,379 Huh! 209 00:14:06,412 --> 00:14:08,847 These are Chanel gloves. 210 00:14:08,881 --> 00:14:12,750 Oh, really? Well, I'm sure there's plenty more where they came from. 211 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:15,845 Stand aside, Mrs McCarthy. 212 00:14:17,857 --> 00:14:19,849 Oh, really! Oh. BUZZING 213 00:14:21,694 --> 00:14:23,890 Oh, gosh. 214 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:29,660 A Kembleford postmark. 215 00:14:29,702 --> 00:14:31,193 Why waste a stamp? 216 00:14:31,237 --> 00:14:34,765 Proverbs chapter 19, verse 9. 217 00:14:34,807 --> 00:14:38,073 "A false witness shall not be unpunished, 218 00:14:38,111 --> 00:14:41,878 "and he that speaketh lies shall perish." 219 00:14:41,914 --> 00:14:45,112 Judith Bunyon spread malicious gossip aplenty. 220 00:14:45,151 --> 00:14:48,451 And the numbers? A code of some sort? 221 00:14:48,488 --> 00:14:50,923 It's a puzzle. That's what it is. 222 00:14:50,957 --> 00:14:54,655 It's a threat, judging by her reaction when she read it. 223 00:14:54,694 --> 00:14:56,322 So what do we do now? 224 00:14:56,362 --> 00:14:59,662 First things first, someone should take it to the police. 225 00:14:59,699 --> 00:15:01,930 I will. 226 00:15:01,968 --> 00:15:03,994 PHONE RINGS 227 00:15:04,036 --> 00:15:06,267 I see. 228 00:15:06,305 --> 00:15:10,333 Well, if Father Brown says it's significant, that's good enough for me. 229 00:15:10,376 --> 00:15:12,811 I'll make sure the inspector gets it. 230 00:15:12,845 --> 00:15:14,871 SHE CLEARS HER THROAT 231 00:15:14,914 --> 00:15:18,043 Is there any news on how Mrs Bunyon died? 232 00:15:22,989 --> 00:15:24,981 You didn't hear it from me, but... 233 00:15:25,024 --> 00:15:27,550 murder it looks like. THEY GASP 234 00:15:27,593 --> 00:15:29,289 Cyanide poisoning. 235 00:15:29,328 --> 00:15:32,389 Her Victoria sponge was laced with wasp killer. 236 00:15:32,432 --> 00:15:33,661 No! 237 00:15:54,086 --> 00:15:56,715 Is this anything to do with you? 238 00:15:56,756 --> 00:15:59,316 Why on earth would I do something like that? 239 00:16:04,697 --> 00:16:07,462 Then we paid a visit to the Post Office, where we managed 240 00:16:07,500 --> 00:16:09,833 to identify the writing paper by its watermark. 241 00:16:09,869 --> 00:16:13,601 Mrs Clam had only got in half a dozen 242 00:16:13,639 --> 00:16:17,770 and was obliging enough to remember who had purchased them. 243 00:16:17,810 --> 00:16:21,042 Three of those were at the WI fair. 244 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:24,482 Vera Thimble, Dinah Fortescue... 245 00:16:24,517 --> 00:16:26,782 and Mrs McCarthy. 246 00:16:28,588 --> 00:16:30,557 For the parish office! 247 00:16:30,590 --> 00:16:34,049 Well, you might as well say Father Brown wrote that letter. 248 00:16:34,093 --> 00:16:36,426 Or... 249 00:16:38,865 --> 00:16:40,595 ..Father Roland... 250 00:16:40,633 --> 00:16:44,468 SHE GASPS Now you really are being ridiculous. 251 00:16:44,504 --> 00:16:48,498 ..who gave the film to Dinah Fortescue. 252 00:16:50,743 --> 00:16:55,613 I think Vera Thimble also received an anonymous letter 253 00:16:55,648 --> 00:16:58,812 which sent her hurtling to Dinah Fortescue. 254 00:17:00,853 --> 00:17:05,382 I think we need to find out what was in Miss Thimble's letter. 255 00:17:05,424 --> 00:17:07,620 How on earth do we do that? 256 00:17:07,660 --> 00:17:10,528 I think... we should ask her. 257 00:17:12,231 --> 00:17:15,065 '..And I'm also culling a few of these birds. 258 00:17:15,101 --> 00:17:16,669 - 'You can do it if you like, Grace. 259 00:17:16,693 --> 00:17:18,594 Any good at wringing necks? - Heavens, no!' 260 00:17:18,638 --> 00:17:21,836 "The Archers" theme 261 00:17:25,378 --> 00:17:28,041 Oh. I didn't hear you come in. 262 00:17:31,217 --> 00:17:32,947 Ah! 263 00:17:34,387 --> 00:17:35,787 KNOCKING 264 00:17:35,821 --> 00:17:37,289 - Hello! - Hello? 265 00:17:54,006 --> 00:17:55,440 Miss Thimble. 266 00:17:55,474 --> 00:17:57,306 Ah, Miss Thimble! 267 00:17:59,845 --> 00:18:03,111 - Jesus, Mary and Joseph! - Oh! 268 00:18:03,149 --> 00:18:06,642 Oh, this is no time to have a fit of the vapours. 269 00:18:06,686 --> 00:18:08,518 I think she's had a visitor. 270 00:18:10,590 --> 00:18:13,788 I suppose it's up to me to go and get help, then. 271 00:18:13,826 --> 00:18:15,727 Well, stay there. 272 00:18:15,761 --> 00:18:18,856 And don't touch anything. 273 00:18:20,633 --> 00:18:22,431 DOOR SHUTS 274 00:18:31,877 --> 00:18:33,641 Sorry. 275 00:18:54,467 --> 00:18:56,368 DOOR CREAKS THEN SLAMS 276 00:19:01,007 --> 00:19:02,771 Oh, dear... 277 00:19:02,808 --> 00:19:04,401 Indeed! 278 00:19:05,645 --> 00:19:08,740 Oh! HE LAUGHS 279 00:19:08,781 --> 00:19:13,344 Long John Silver in the 4:10. Oh, yes! 280 00:19:19,425 --> 00:19:20,984 Sid! 281 00:19:23,696 --> 00:19:25,130 May I help you? 282 00:19:25,164 --> 00:19:29,568 Yes, erm... can't reach the Parish Magazine. 283 00:19:29,602 --> 00:19:31,400 I wonder if you... 284 00:19:36,175 --> 00:19:40,135 I'm enjoying your article. "Sports Day In Swaziland." 285 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:45,781 Egg and spoon race with an ostrich egg. Very good. 286 00:19:45,818 --> 00:19:49,550 Who is the young lady who appears to have pipped you to the winning post? 287 00:19:49,588 --> 00:19:51,614 A volunteer with the Catholic Mission. 288 00:19:51,657 --> 00:19:54,024 Mr Plunkett telephoned to book a christening. 289 00:19:54,060 --> 00:19:57,758 At last. Three weeks overdue, poor woman. 290 00:19:59,031 --> 00:20:00,590 I must say, 291 00:20:00,633 --> 00:20:04,798 you and your missionary friend look very at your ease amongst the orphans. 292 00:20:04,837 --> 00:20:07,636 More at ease than I am with your record-keeping. 293 00:20:07,673 --> 00:20:11,303 If you'll excuse me, I must telephone the Bishop 294 00:20:11,343 --> 00:20:13,369 to update him on my progress. 295 00:20:13,412 --> 00:20:15,881 A written reminder for your personal diary, 296 00:20:15,915 --> 00:20:17,816 assuming you possess such a thing. 297 00:20:17,850 --> 00:20:21,582 Yes, well, give my regards to Bishop Talbot. 298 00:20:22,888 --> 00:20:25,016 RACING COMMENTARY ON RADIO 299 00:20:29,862 --> 00:20:31,797 Oh, I will. 300 00:20:52,985 --> 00:20:55,250 Oh, yes. Of course! 301 00:20:55,287 --> 00:20:57,222 RINGING 302 00:21:17,209 --> 00:21:19,644 INAUDIBLE 303 00:21:24,517 --> 00:21:26,986 So we assume she knew her killer. 304 00:21:27,019 --> 00:21:28,920 Well enough to offer her tea. 305 00:21:28,954 --> 00:21:32,584 There was a cup on the table, stained with lipstick. 306 00:21:32,625 --> 00:21:34,287 Vera Thimble never wore lipstick. 307 00:21:34,326 --> 00:21:36,591 Well spotted, Mrs M. 308 00:21:36,629 --> 00:21:39,599 At which point I had to leave to fetch the police, 309 00:21:39,632 --> 00:21:42,898 as Her Ladyship was feeling vapourish. 310 00:21:42,935 --> 00:21:44,870 SHE CLEARS HER THROAT 311 00:21:44,904 --> 00:21:50,036 The murder weapon was a hatpin, ivory, inexpensive but distinctive. 312 00:21:50,075 --> 00:21:53,512 Apart from the teacups, the room was undisturbed 313 00:21:53,546 --> 00:21:55,845 and there was one of those on a table. 314 00:21:55,881 --> 00:21:58,214 Father Roland's latest initiative. 315 00:21:58,250 --> 00:22:00,879 Father Roland seems to be making a habit of being present 316 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:02,149 at crime scenes. 317 00:22:02,188 --> 00:22:06,421 He delivered one of those envelopes to every house in the parish, Sidney. 318 00:22:06,458 --> 00:22:08,256 As for the letter, 319 00:22:08,294 --> 00:22:10,593 we are none the wiser. 320 00:22:10,629 --> 00:22:12,791 Actually, we are. 321 00:22:12,832 --> 00:22:15,631 I found it in her handbag. 322 00:22:18,304 --> 00:22:20,796 Were you tampering with the crime scene, Lady F? 323 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:23,366 It sounds rather thrilling put like that. 324 00:22:23,409 --> 00:22:25,401 But I suppose I did. 325 00:22:25,444 --> 00:22:27,675 And it was identical. 326 00:22:27,713 --> 00:22:30,182 Proverbs 19:9. 327 00:22:30,216 --> 00:22:34,449 Two, eight, one, one, one, 328 00:22:34,486 --> 00:22:40,050 nine, two, six, nine, zero, zero. 329 00:22:41,260 --> 00:22:44,059 - If only we knew what it meant. - I think I might know. 330 00:22:51,503 --> 00:22:54,063 28th November 1926, nine o'clock. 331 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:02,872 - Ooh! - Shh! 332 00:23:09,455 --> 00:23:11,481 SHE GASPS Shh! 333 00:23:18,530 --> 00:23:22,365 Albert Evans was a local man and thoroughly bad lot. 334 00:23:22,401 --> 00:23:26,805 Drunkard, wife-beater and known predator on underage girls. 335 00:23:26,839 --> 00:23:29,434 Daisy Butler was just 14 when she was found raped 336 00:23:29,475 --> 00:23:31,637 and strangled in Kemblebrook Wood. 337 00:23:31,677 --> 00:23:34,476 He was convicted and hanged at Pentonville Prison 338 00:23:34,513 --> 00:23:38,416 - on the 28th November 1926 at... 9am. - ..9am. 339 00:23:38,450 --> 00:23:40,043 But there's more. 340 00:23:40,085 --> 00:23:43,385 The evidence against him was overwhelming but circumstantial. 341 00:23:43,422 --> 00:23:46,483 What secured his conviction was the eyewitness testimony 342 00:23:46,525 --> 00:23:49,859 of three women on their way home from a WI meeting - 343 00:23:49,895 --> 00:23:52,262 Vera Thimble, Judith Bunyon... 344 00:23:52,298 --> 00:23:53,926 And Dinah Fortescue. 345 00:23:56,635 --> 00:24:00,299 Young man, be aware my husband plays golf with the Chief Constable, 346 00:24:00,339 --> 00:24:02,740 so you'd better have an extremely good reason 347 00:24:02,775 --> 00:24:04,767 for this extraordinary behaviour. 348 00:24:06,245 --> 00:24:08,237 Do you recognise this? 349 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:10,647 Where the blazes did you find that? 350 00:24:10,683 --> 00:24:12,208 Is it yours? 351 00:24:12,251 --> 00:24:15,585 Lost it weeks ago. Dropped out in the street. 352 00:24:15,621 --> 00:24:17,886 Ruddy things never stay in. 353 00:24:17,923 --> 00:24:21,382 Can I ask what brand of lipstick you wear, Mrs Fortsecue? 354 00:24:21,427 --> 00:24:24,090 You most certainly may not. 355 00:24:24,129 --> 00:24:27,497 Is it Elizabeth Arvon Roseberry Crush, by any chance? 356 00:24:28,667 --> 00:24:30,226 What the devil...? 357 00:24:30,269 --> 00:24:33,296 Found it by Miss Thimble's body, along with your fingerprints. 358 00:24:33,339 --> 00:24:37,242 Poppycock! I haven't set foot in that woman's house in years. 359 00:24:37,276 --> 00:24:39,973 You were seen having a heated argument with her 360 00:24:40,012 --> 00:24:41,913 shortly after Judith Bunyon's murder. 361 00:24:41,947 --> 00:24:43,472 Can I ask what that was about? 362 00:24:43,515 --> 00:24:45,507 It was a private matter. 363 00:24:45,551 --> 00:24:48,578 And the fracas yesterday with Mrs Bunyon at the WI fair, 364 00:24:48,620 --> 00:24:50,680 was that also a private matter? 365 00:24:50,723 --> 00:24:53,022 I pulled her up on malicious tittle-tattle, 366 00:24:53,058 --> 00:24:54,287 if that's what you mean. 367 00:24:54,326 --> 00:24:57,455 About the unfortunate mix-up at Friday's WI meeting? 368 00:24:59,531 --> 00:25:04,231 Mrs Fortescue, are you aware that your husband was arrested 369 00:25:04,269 --> 00:25:07,637 in a raid on a pornographic cinema in Soho? 370 00:25:07,673 --> 00:25:09,733 He was never charged. 371 00:25:09,775 --> 00:25:11,744 He's a county court judge. 372 00:25:11,777 --> 00:25:14,941 If this came to light, I don't think he'll be playing golf 373 00:25:14,980 --> 00:25:17,540 with the Chief Constable any time in the near future. 374 00:25:17,583 --> 00:25:18,949 Meaning? 375 00:25:18,984 --> 00:25:22,443 I think both dead women found out about your husband's activities 376 00:25:22,488 --> 00:25:25,185 and threatened to expose him. So you killed them. 377 00:25:28,627 --> 00:25:30,220 Dinah Fortescue, 378 00:25:30,262 --> 00:25:32,754 I'm arresting you on suspicion of the murders 379 00:25:32,798 --> 00:25:34,994 of Judith Bunyon and Vera Thimble. 380 00:25:35,034 --> 00:25:37,970 You are not obliged to say anything unless you wish to do so, 381 00:25:38,003 --> 00:25:39,995 but whatever you do say... 382 00:25:41,507 --> 00:25:45,706 Hmm. Angel AND saint rolled into one, Mrs M. 383 00:25:47,012 --> 00:25:49,072 Father? 384 00:25:49,114 --> 00:25:51,640 Not now... please? 385 00:25:51,683 --> 00:25:57,384 Father, may I congratulate you on a rousing homily this morning? 386 00:25:57,423 --> 00:26:00,723 Temptation and the sins of the flesh. 387 00:26:00,759 --> 00:26:02,785 I look forward to reading it. 388 00:26:02,828 --> 00:26:07,266 I hope I can tempt you to a slice of lemon drizzle. 389 00:26:07,299 --> 00:26:09,268 No, thank you. 390 00:26:09,301 --> 00:26:11,964 I'm fasting, followed by a prayer vigil in the church. 391 00:26:12,004 --> 00:26:15,031 This evening, you are normally glued to the wireless. 392 00:26:15,074 --> 00:26:18,567 The Sunday Half Hour is Father Roland's only vice, 393 00:26:18,610 --> 00:26:20,579 I sometimes think. 394 00:26:20,612 --> 00:26:24,014 I thought the choristers from King's College Cambridge last week 395 00:26:24,049 --> 00:26:25,950 were particularly fine. 396 00:26:25,984 --> 00:26:28,749 Or was it Christ Church, Oxford? 397 00:26:31,857 --> 00:26:33,621 There's been a development! 398 00:26:33,659 --> 00:26:37,994 Oh! Good afternoon, Father. Delightful homily this morning. 399 00:26:38,030 --> 00:26:40,090 I'll leave you to your diversions. 400 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:42,898 Sid. 401 00:26:44,103 --> 00:26:48,040 Dinah Fortescue's been charged with both murders. 402 00:26:48,073 --> 00:26:51,475 The hatpin was hers and her fingerprints were on a teacup. 403 00:26:51,510 --> 00:26:53,479 Have they established a motive? 404 00:26:53,512 --> 00:26:57,279 It all leads back to Albert Evans. 405 00:26:57,316 --> 00:27:00,912 Three women testified against him - two of them are dead, 406 00:27:00,953 --> 00:27:02,717 and the third is in a police cell. 407 00:27:02,788 --> 00:27:06,088 This mentions a wife. Do we know where she is? 408 00:27:06,125 --> 00:27:08,219 - About 100 yards away. - Where? 409 00:27:08,260 --> 00:27:10,024 - In the graveyard. - Oh. 410 00:27:10,062 --> 00:27:11,860 She drowned a month after his execution. 411 00:27:11,897 --> 00:27:14,128 Almost certainly suicide, 412 00:27:14,166 --> 00:27:18,001 but they gave her the benefit of the doubt and a Christian burial. 413 00:27:18,036 --> 00:27:19,800 Ah! 414 00:27:19,838 --> 00:27:22,831 The everyday china's good enough for the likes of you, 415 00:27:22,875 --> 00:27:26,471 and you will find that downstairs in the kitchen. 416 00:27:26,512 --> 00:27:28,378 Dear God and all the saints. 417 00:27:29,581 --> 00:27:31,777 What, Mrs M? 418 00:27:31,817 --> 00:27:35,379 Vera Thimble had a Royal Doulton tea service. 419 00:27:35,420 --> 00:27:39,414 Never missed an opportunity to mention it or get it out in public, 420 00:27:39,458 --> 00:27:43,793 but the cup found at the scene was cheap everyday china. 421 00:27:43,829 --> 00:27:46,492 The sort of thing she wouldn't give house room to. 422 00:27:46,532 --> 00:27:49,969 A rogue cup, planted at the scene of the crime? 423 00:27:50,002 --> 00:27:52,904 Ahem. My homily... 424 00:27:54,106 --> 00:27:55,506 ..for your perusal. 425 00:27:55,541 --> 00:27:56,907 Thank you. 426 00:28:03,415 --> 00:28:06,180 Planted by the real murderer. 427 00:28:08,554 --> 00:28:11,524 We need to have a chat with Dinah Fortescue. 428 00:28:16,361 --> 00:28:19,229 I'm sorry, ladies, but you aren't authorised. 429 00:28:19,264 --> 00:28:20,994 I'll come clean with you, Constable. 430 00:28:21,033 --> 00:28:23,025 Father Brown believes there's about to be 431 00:28:23,068 --> 00:28:24,764 a grave miscarriage of justice. 432 00:28:24,803 --> 00:28:26,829 Does he, now? How's that, then? 433 00:28:26,872 --> 00:28:28,773 He's not quite sure just yet... 434 00:28:28,807 --> 00:28:31,971 But knowing Father Brown, he'll get it all worked out in the end. 435 00:28:32,010 --> 00:28:33,478 Exactly. 436 00:28:33,512 --> 00:28:36,072 All right. Just... Just ten minutes. 437 00:29:12,618 --> 00:29:16,146 It's all just a fearful bloody mess of a misunderstanding 438 00:29:16,188 --> 00:29:19,352 and no-one who's anyone will believe it for a second. 439 00:29:19,391 --> 00:29:22,623 Vera Thimble received an anonymous letter. 440 00:29:22,661 --> 00:29:24,562 Not from me. 441 00:29:24,596 --> 00:29:28,158 Did you know that Judith Bunyon received one also? 442 00:29:29,635 --> 00:29:33,231 The 28th November 1926, 9am. 443 00:29:34,673 --> 00:29:37,438 The execution of Albert Evans. 444 00:29:39,411 --> 00:29:40,674 I'd like you to leave. 445 00:29:40,712 --> 00:29:43,739 You're going on trial for double murder. 446 00:29:43,782 --> 00:29:46,946 The police have enough evidence to convict you twice over and, 447 00:29:46,985 --> 00:29:51,616 I have on impeccable authority, intend to push for a death sentence. 448 00:29:51,657 --> 00:29:55,753 So whatever you're concealing, I hope it's worth hanging for. 449 00:29:59,631 --> 00:30:01,964 It was all such a long time ago. 450 00:30:03,635 --> 00:30:07,299 Daisy Butler was just 14 when she was lured into the woods, 451 00:30:07,339 --> 00:30:08,898 strangled... 452 00:30:08,940 --> 00:30:10,306 and worse. 453 00:30:12,210 --> 00:30:14,179 Kembleford was rocked to the core... 454 00:30:16,148 --> 00:30:20,381 ..like we'd woken up one day to find the devil living amongst us. 455 00:30:20,419 --> 00:30:23,617 Forgive me, Lord, and lead me not into temptation, 456 00:30:23,655 --> 00:30:25,920 but deliver me from evil. 457 00:30:25,957 --> 00:30:27,892 Lead me not into temptation, 458 00:30:27,926 --> 00:30:29,622 but deliver me from evil. 459 00:30:29,661 --> 00:30:33,462 Lead me not into temptation. Get thee behind me, Satan! 460 00:30:36,368 --> 00:30:40,032 Albert Evans was a known predator on young girls. 461 00:30:40,072 --> 00:30:44,009 The van he driving was identical to the one we saw. 462 00:30:44,042 --> 00:30:46,011 He had no alibi. 463 00:30:46,044 --> 00:30:49,640 Not a person in Kembleford, including his own wife, doubted his guilt. 464 00:30:51,149 --> 00:30:55,211 But without eye witnesses, he'd have got off scot-free. 465 00:30:55,253 --> 00:30:56,744 It was unthinkable. 466 00:31:09,334 --> 00:31:11,303 FOOTSTEPS 467 00:31:13,071 --> 00:31:14,664 Good evening, Hywel. 468 00:31:19,010 --> 00:31:22,777 - Or should I say Stephen? - I had hoped, with you laid up, 469 00:31:22,814 --> 00:31:25,716 there'd be one less detective to worry about. 470 00:31:26,885 --> 00:31:30,253 Well, I couldn't help noticing the flowers on your mother's grave, 471 00:31:30,288 --> 00:31:33,190 the birdsfoot trefoil for revenge... 472 00:31:34,659 --> 00:31:37,128 ..on those who testified against your father. 473 00:31:39,865 --> 00:31:41,333 12 years old. 474 00:31:45,170 --> 00:31:48,937 My father, a murderer and rapist. 475 00:31:48,974 --> 00:31:51,205 My mother, a suicide. 476 00:31:51,243 --> 00:31:52,711 What happened to you? 477 00:31:54,579 --> 00:31:56,241 I was sent to my nan's in Tywyn. 478 00:31:57,749 --> 00:32:02,813 She changed my name so no-one would know I was the devil's spawn. 479 00:32:05,090 --> 00:32:08,424 Not that it stopped them finding out. 480 00:32:08,460 --> 00:32:11,953 "Hangwell" they called me at school. 481 00:32:11,997 --> 00:32:14,626 Kiddies can be very cruel like that. 482 00:32:14,666 --> 00:32:16,828 As for Nan... 483 00:32:16,868 --> 00:32:20,430 she locked her bedroom door every night I was under her roof. 484 00:32:22,207 --> 00:32:24,870 Can't be too careful, see. Like father, like son. 485 00:32:26,711 --> 00:32:28,009 You poor little boy. 486 00:32:30,015 --> 00:32:31,711 I'm so very, very sorry. 487 00:32:33,518 --> 00:32:34,986 Thank you, Father. 488 00:32:36,555 --> 00:32:39,286 I think you're the first person who's ever said that. 489 00:32:39,324 --> 00:32:42,192 Mind if I take a pew? It's been a shocking day on the feet. 490 00:32:42,227 --> 00:32:43,786 Be my guest. 491 00:32:48,934 --> 00:32:51,096 I expect you've got some questions. 492 00:32:51,136 --> 00:32:52,934 Yes. 493 00:32:52,971 --> 00:32:56,408 I was wondering why you bothered sending the letters 494 00:32:56,441 --> 00:32:58,501 when it can only draw attention to yourself. 495 00:32:58,543 --> 00:33:00,205 Well, that's easy. 496 00:33:00,245 --> 00:33:03,181 I wanted them to feel the fear my father did... 497 00:33:03,215 --> 00:33:06,811 KNOCKING ON DOOR Oh! I didn't hear you come in. 498 00:33:06,852 --> 00:33:09,014 '..to know they had died 499 00:33:09,054 --> 00:33:11,182 'for what they'd done.' SHE SCREAMS 500 00:33:11,223 --> 00:33:14,455 - Horribly cunning. - Well, from you, I'll take that as 501 00:33:14,493 --> 00:33:18,988 a complement, Father. Although truth be told, it was surprisingly simple. 502 00:33:19,030 --> 00:33:22,364 So, kindly refrain from chasing every young girl 503 00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:24,699 all around the fete, if you wouldn't mind. 504 00:33:26,872 --> 00:33:29,569 - Am I making myself clear? - Very. 505 00:33:31,743 --> 00:33:33,575 'Who notices a policeman? 506 00:33:36,047 --> 00:33:38,175 'First on every crime scene. 507 00:33:44,523 --> 00:33:46,492 'Access all areas.' 508 00:33:57,269 --> 00:34:00,137 I assume it was you who switched Father Roland's film 509 00:34:00,171 --> 00:34:01,753 at the Women's Institute. 510 00:34:01,777 --> 00:34:04,632 Here's me, biding my time for the right moment 511 00:34:04,676 --> 00:34:08,477 and then a records check turns up Justice Jeffrey's activities. 512 00:34:08,513 --> 00:34:10,846 You murdered two innocent women... 513 00:34:12,083 --> 00:34:13,949 ..and framed a third... 514 00:34:13,985 --> 00:34:15,783 for telling the truth. 515 00:34:15,820 --> 00:34:17,755 Well... Well, Father... 516 00:34:19,457 --> 00:34:22,791 ..it seems like you don't know everything after all. 517 00:34:22,827 --> 00:34:25,194 Not one of them is innocent. 518 00:34:25,230 --> 00:34:29,065 They murdered my father, as surely as if they'd pulled the lever on the drop. 519 00:34:29,100 --> 00:34:31,433 It didn't feel like lying. 520 00:34:31,469 --> 00:34:33,301 It felt like justice. 521 00:34:34,606 --> 00:34:37,474 By the trial, I think I truly believed that Bert Evans 522 00:34:37,509 --> 00:34:39,478 was the man I saw that night. 523 00:34:40,645 --> 00:34:44,810 And then some 20 years later, the real killer was caught and confessed. 524 00:34:46,318 --> 00:34:51,450 Albert Evans was declared posthumously innocent and pardoned. 525 00:34:53,692 --> 00:34:57,060 - So, you took matters into your own hands. - An eye for an eye. 526 00:34:57,095 --> 00:34:59,860 Vengeance is the Lord's. 527 00:34:59,898 --> 00:35:01,628 He will repay. 528 00:35:01,666 --> 00:35:04,033 I can't wait till the Day of Judgment. 529 00:35:04,069 --> 00:35:07,005 I wanted to watch them atone for their crimes 530 00:35:07,038 --> 00:35:10,839 and for one of them at least, to suffer as my father did. 531 00:35:10,875 --> 00:35:13,572 The opportunity for one of them to die a long, 532 00:35:13,612 --> 00:35:16,275 slow death by judicial murder. 533 00:35:17,415 --> 00:35:19,441 It's not too late to repent. 534 00:35:19,484 --> 00:35:22,818 I'm chapel, see. Don't set much store by confession. 535 00:35:22,854 --> 00:35:26,450 But you believe in God and the power of his forgiveness. 536 00:35:27,659 --> 00:35:30,288 End this atrocity now, Stephen. 537 00:35:30,328 --> 00:35:31,853 Save your soul. 538 00:35:40,672 --> 00:35:42,664 Forgive me my sins. 539 00:36:02,627 --> 00:36:06,257 I want it absolutely understood that I've never forgiven myself 540 00:36:06,297 --> 00:36:09,165 for what I did, not only to Bert Evans, 541 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:12,637 but his wife and their poor little boy. 542 00:36:13,805 --> 00:36:15,273 Albert Evans had a son? 543 00:36:15,306 --> 00:36:17,138 KEYS JANGLE 544 00:36:17,175 --> 00:36:19,576 Can you ladies tell me what the devil you're doing? 545 00:36:19,611 --> 00:36:23,275 There's no time for that, Inspector. We know who sent those anonymous letters. 546 00:36:23,314 --> 00:36:24,435 Anonymous letters? 547 00:36:24,459 --> 00:36:26,978 Received by Judith Bunyon and Vera Thimble 548 00:36:27,018 --> 00:36:29,681 I don't know of any such letters. 549 00:36:29,721 --> 00:36:33,783 Sure you do. Vera Thimble's was found in her handbag 550 00:36:33,825 --> 00:36:37,819 and we handed in Judith Bunyon's to... 551 00:36:37,862 --> 00:36:39,831 Constable Pugh! 552 00:36:44,536 --> 00:36:47,301 When this transfer came up, it was a sign. 553 00:36:50,241 --> 00:36:53,905 I was sent by God as his angel of retribution. 554 00:36:56,681 --> 00:36:59,378 There's irony. Little Stevie Evans... 555 00:36:59,417 --> 00:37:02,046 patrolling the town, keeping them all safe. 556 00:37:02,087 --> 00:37:05,854 All the while, biding my time for the right opportunity. 557 00:37:07,592 --> 00:37:09,060 This'll be painless. 558 00:37:09,094 --> 00:37:11,359 An accident on the stairs in your wheelchair. 559 00:37:13,164 --> 00:37:15,133 TELEPHONE RINGS 560 00:37:25,577 --> 00:37:27,876 There's no-one there to hear you. 561 00:37:27,912 --> 00:37:31,474 I'm looking forward to all this being over... 562 00:37:31,516 --> 00:37:33,678 popping the question to Gladys... 563 00:37:33,718 --> 00:37:36,017 maybe a kiddie or two. 564 00:37:36,054 --> 00:37:37,989 Is everything all...? 565 00:37:38,022 --> 00:37:41,618 It's all fine. All under control. Go and fetch help! 566 00:37:41,659 --> 00:37:45,357 We'll have you out of this in a jiffy, Father. 567 00:37:45,396 --> 00:37:46,762 Go! 568 00:37:57,442 --> 00:37:59,035 I think not. 569 00:38:31,442 --> 00:38:32,876 I'm sorry, Gladys. 570 00:38:32,911 --> 00:38:34,812 SHE SOBS 571 00:38:42,887 --> 00:38:45,482 Bonkers, in my humble opinion. 572 00:38:45,523 --> 00:38:47,253 Let's hope the judge thinks so. 573 00:38:49,027 --> 00:38:50,586 I owe you a debt of gratitude. 574 00:38:51,930 --> 00:38:54,297 I hear you've got a handy right-hook. 575 00:38:54,332 --> 00:38:58,030 County-flyweight champion, Cambridge Half Blue... 576 00:38:58,069 --> 00:39:00,129 I gave it up when I entered the seminary. 577 00:39:00,171 --> 00:39:02,163 I'd forgotten how good it felt. 578 00:39:02,207 --> 00:39:04,118 I thought you were in church all night. What happened? 579 00:39:04,142 --> 00:39:07,306 And more to the point, how did you know that he was downstairs? 580 00:39:09,581 --> 00:39:12,574 All right. I'll go and see where her ladyship's got to. 581 00:39:15,653 --> 00:39:17,713 Listen... 582 00:39:17,755 --> 00:39:19,189 thank you. 583 00:39:27,065 --> 00:39:30,035 It seems you know my weaknesses better than I do myself. 584 00:39:30,068 --> 00:39:32,867 I couldn't help but hear the phone ring, 585 00:39:32,904 --> 00:39:35,635 every Sunday at eight, just before Sunday half-hour. 586 00:39:37,041 --> 00:39:38,475 What's her name? 587 00:39:46,451 --> 00:39:47,680 Louisa. 588 00:39:49,988 --> 00:39:53,755 A woman of such purity and beauty, I was lost the first time I saw her. 589 00:39:55,460 --> 00:39:59,625 She sent me away, said she couldn't steal me from God, but... 590 00:39:59,664 --> 00:40:01,860 by then, I was already taken. 591 00:40:01,900 --> 00:40:04,199 And yet you still corresponded with her? 592 00:40:04,235 --> 00:40:07,603 No an impure word or thought. 593 00:40:07,639 --> 00:40:10,006 I broke no vow, 594 00:40:10,041 --> 00:40:11,805 committed no sin... 595 00:40:13,811 --> 00:40:16,303 ..except in my heart. 596 00:40:16,347 --> 00:40:19,442 - God will understand. - Too well. 597 00:40:19,484 --> 00:40:22,784 Too well. He sent me here to test me... 598 00:40:23,955 --> 00:40:26,322 ..and the devil was waiting, tempting, 599 00:40:26,357 --> 00:40:28,451 taunting me with carnal images. 600 00:40:32,130 --> 00:40:35,897 You think that film was a coincidence? 601 00:40:37,268 --> 00:40:38,600 A sign? 602 00:40:40,471 --> 00:40:41,632 Saying what exactly? 603 00:40:43,308 --> 00:40:45,072 That God wants sacrifice 604 00:40:45,109 --> 00:40:46,702 but not suffering, 605 00:40:46,744 --> 00:40:48,838 that you can still serve him 606 00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:50,314 with the woman you love... 607 00:40:51,916 --> 00:40:54,408 ..that God has chosen for you... 608 00:40:54,452 --> 00:40:56,011 by your side. 609 00:40:59,390 --> 00:41:03,020 - A cup of tea, I think, is in order. - Oh, I'll make it. 610 00:41:04,529 --> 00:41:08,830 Mrs McCarthy, I am perfectly capable of making a cup of tea. 611 00:41:08,866 --> 00:41:10,698 No doubt you are. 612 00:41:10,735 --> 00:41:12,465 And... I'm... 613 00:41:13,604 --> 00:41:17,692 I'm sorry I said that you were decorative. 614 00:41:17,716 --> 00:41:18,838 Thank you. 615 00:41:18,876 --> 00:41:21,175 And I'm sorry about the scones... 616 00:41:21,212 --> 00:41:23,181 because... 617 00:41:23,214 --> 00:41:25,979 I didn't actually taste them. 618 00:41:26,017 --> 00:41:29,977 - You didn't taste my scones? - I just sort of pretended. 619 00:41:30,021 --> 00:41:32,684 You didn't taste my scones?! 620 00:41:32,724 --> 00:41:34,784 Naturally, if I had, you would have won 621 00:41:34,826 --> 00:41:37,295 which is why I've decided to come clean and have 622 00:41:37,328 --> 00:41:41,231 the whole competition declared null and void, however humiliating. 623 00:41:42,367 --> 00:41:43,858 That won't be necessary. 624 00:41:45,636 --> 00:41:47,502 I know the truth 625 00:41:47,538 --> 00:41:49,439 and that's what matters. 626 00:41:52,777 --> 00:41:54,871 You know what, Mrs M? 627 00:41:54,912 --> 00:41:57,040 Underneath it all, 628 00:41:57,081 --> 00:41:58,640 you're a jolly good egg. 629 00:41:59,984 --> 00:42:01,475 Underneath what exactly? 630 00:42:01,519 --> 00:42:03,351 FATHER ROLAND CLEARS HIS THROAT 631 00:42:03,388 --> 00:42:05,050 I come to make my goodbyes. 632 00:42:05,089 --> 00:42:07,888 Is something wrong, Father? 633 00:42:07,925 --> 00:42:09,791 On the contrary. 634 00:42:09,827 --> 00:42:13,821 I was lost and now am found, thanks to Father Brown. 635 00:42:13,865 --> 00:42:16,198 A man of hidden wisdom, it transpires. 636 00:42:16,234 --> 00:42:19,170 I shall be sure to tell the Bishop as much, when I inform him. 637 00:42:19,203 --> 00:42:20,831 Inform him of what? 638 00:42:24,709 --> 00:42:26,439 I'm leaving the priesthood. 639 00:42:26,477 --> 00:42:28,446 THEY GASP 640 00:43:01,212 --> 00:43:02,976 God be with you.