1 00:00:51,201 --> 00:00:53,561 Calm yourself, Nancy, 2 00:00:53,841 --> 00:00:55,281 or you'll be chipping the fine china. 3 00:00:55,601 --> 00:00:57,321 Imagine the trouble then. 4 00:00:57,641 --> 00:00:58,601 Don't joke at a time like this. 5 00:00:58,881 --> 00:01:01,961 Don't fret. All will be well. 6 00:01:02,241 --> 00:01:03,121 Billy, I'm worried-- 7 00:01:03,401 --> 00:01:05,361 Three cups, Nancy. 8 00:01:05,681 --> 00:01:09,041 Make it four. Another's expected. 9 00:01:09,321 --> 00:01:11,561 So did you do it? 10 00:01:17,041 --> 00:01:18,801 Did you do it? 11 00:01:41,121 --> 00:01:41,921 Your tea, sir. 12 00:01:42,201 --> 00:01:44,121 Ah, wonderful. Much thanks. 13 00:01:44,401 --> 00:01:45,641 Two lumps, yes? 14 00:01:45,921 --> 00:01:47,321 Yes, sir. 15 00:01:47,641 --> 00:01:49,281 Oh, my, lovely aroma. 16 00:01:49,601 --> 00:01:50,841 Good morning, Constable Crabtree. 17 00:01:51,121 --> 00:01:52,841 Ah, sir! 18 00:01:55,681 --> 00:01:58,041 Detective, this is Mr. Heward. 19 00:01:58,321 --> 00:01:59,561 Mr. Heward, Detective Murdoch. 20 00:01:59,841 --> 00:02:01,441 Mr. Heward is the butler, sir. 21 00:02:01,761 --> 00:02:04,201 I take it you'll be forgoing tea, Detective? 22 00:02:04,521 --> 00:02:05,521 Yes. 23 00:02:05,801 --> 00:02:09,281 That'll be all, Billy. 24 00:02:09,601 --> 00:02:10,681 What have you, George? 25 00:02:10,961 --> 00:02:12,401 Sir, the housekeeper discovered that... 26 00:02:14,121 --> 00:02:15,641 I'm very sorry, sir. 27 00:02:20,641 --> 00:02:22,561 The housekeeper discovered the body at 8:30. 28 00:02:22,841 --> 00:02:23,961 The victim's wife was the last 29 00:02:24,241 --> 00:02:25,601 to see him alive at a quarter past. 30 00:02:25,881 --> 00:02:27,321 A difference of 15 minutes. 31 00:02:27,641 --> 00:02:29,521 A small window of opportunity. 32 00:02:29,801 --> 00:02:32,521 Mr. Heward, was there any sign of an intruder? 33 00:02:32,801 --> 00:02:35,281 No, sir, the windows and doors were intact. 34 00:02:45,081 --> 00:02:47,561 Possible murder weapon, sir. 35 00:02:47,841 --> 00:02:49,681 Yes. But there's no blood on it. 36 00:02:49,961 --> 00:02:51,321 A killer could have wiped it clean. 37 00:02:51,641 --> 00:02:54,121 I'll have it dusted for finger marks in any case. 38 00:02:54,401 --> 00:02:55,761 Very good, George. 39 00:02:56,041 --> 00:02:58,761 Gentlemen, if there's nothing further required for the moment? 40 00:02:59,041 --> 00:03:01,041 No, Mr. Heward, that will be all, thank you. 41 00:03:02,961 --> 00:03:05,281 Sir, if the house was locked up tight, 42 00:03:05,601 --> 00:03:07,161 the killer must live here. 43 00:03:07,441 --> 00:03:10,001 Yes, we'll need statements from the staff and family, 44 00:03:10,281 --> 00:03:11,081 George. 45 00:03:11,361 --> 00:03:12,601 I have the lads seeing to that now. 46 00:03:12,881 --> 00:03:14,281 Very good. Have you notified Dr. Francis? 47 00:03:14,601 --> 00:03:16,361 He's on his way, although I fear my telephone call 48 00:03:16,681 --> 00:03:17,961 may have interrupted his breakfast. 49 00:03:18,241 --> 00:03:19,401 I take it he was less than pleased? 50 00:03:19,721 --> 00:03:20,921 As usual, sir. 51 00:03:21,201 --> 00:03:24,201 What will he say about the cause of Mr. Jenkins' death? 52 00:03:24,521 --> 00:03:26,161 With his gift for stating the obvious, 53 00:03:26,441 --> 00:03:27,401 he'll no doubt conclude 54 00:03:27,721 --> 00:03:30,321 that this was not a case of poisoning. 55 00:03:37,761 --> 00:03:39,281 Men's clothes exclusively. 56 00:03:39,601 --> 00:03:40,441 Yes, sir. 57 00:03:40,761 --> 00:03:42,641 Mrs. Jenkins has a bedroom down the hall. 58 00:03:42,921 --> 00:03:45,801 I believe that's common practice with these upper-crust folks. 59 00:03:46,081 --> 00:03:49,521 Yes, well, two people slept in this bed last night. 60 00:03:49,801 --> 00:03:50,641 At last. 61 00:03:50,921 --> 00:03:52,921 I was running out of rooms. 62 00:03:53,201 --> 00:03:54,761 Dr. Francis, good morning. 63 00:03:55,041 --> 00:03:58,241 For some it is, I suppose. 64 00:03:58,561 --> 00:04:00,841 That said, if we take this gentleman... 65 00:04:03,401 --> 00:04:05,601 His condition frames my unfinished boiled egg 66 00:04:05,881 --> 00:04:08,121 in stark perspective. 67 00:04:08,401 --> 00:04:09,881 Dead less than two hours. 68 00:04:10,161 --> 00:04:11,281 Nasty little hole in the head. 69 00:04:11,601 --> 00:04:13,761 Doctor, would you say the gaff from a fireplace poker 70 00:04:14,041 --> 00:04:16,601 could be in keeping with what you see here? 71 00:04:16,881 --> 00:04:17,721 Why not? 72 00:04:18,001 --> 00:04:19,001 I'll know better 73 00:04:19,281 --> 00:04:22,041 when I flush and drain the wound back at the morgue, 74 00:04:22,321 --> 00:04:24,001 my home away from home. 75 00:04:24,281 --> 00:04:26,561 Away from home. 76 00:04:37,521 --> 00:04:39,321 - Constable Crabtree. - Sir? 77 00:04:39,641 --> 00:04:40,921 Has the house been secured? 78 00:04:41,201 --> 00:04:43,121 It has, and I've posted a man here, sir. 79 00:04:43,401 --> 00:04:45,121 Very good. What have you? 80 00:04:45,401 --> 00:04:46,921 Well, sir, we have nine people in the home 81 00:04:47,201 --> 00:04:48,761 at the time of the murder. 82 00:04:49,041 --> 00:04:50,081 Carry on. 83 00:04:50,361 --> 00:04:51,161 Well, as you know, 84 00:04:51,401 --> 00:04:52,641 the deceased is Percival Jenkins. 85 00:04:52,921 --> 00:04:53,881 In relation to him, 86 00:04:54,161 --> 00:04:57,041 we have his mother, Mrs. Jenkins Sr., 87 00:04:57,321 --> 00:04:59,961 his wife Nora, the youngest son Nicholas, 88 00:05:00,241 --> 00:05:02,441 and his fiancée Clara Thorn. 89 00:05:02,761 --> 00:05:04,361 The older son Victor is upstairs. 90 00:05:04,681 --> 00:05:06,761 Apparently he'll be along shortly. 91 00:05:07,041 --> 00:05:10,241 As for servants, we have the housekeeper Ms. Allen, 92 00:05:10,561 --> 00:05:11,961 Nancy Booth the scullery maid, 93 00:05:12,241 --> 00:05:13,641 Florence Culliwick the parlor maid, 94 00:05:13,921 --> 00:05:16,321 and Billy Slater the footman. 95 00:05:16,641 --> 00:05:18,321 You've left out Mr. Heward the butler. 96 00:05:18,641 --> 00:05:20,641 Well, sir, apparently Mr. Heward was at the tailor 97 00:05:20,921 --> 00:05:23,281 between 8:00 and 8:30 picking up a suit for Mr. Jenkins. 98 00:05:23,601 --> 00:05:25,041 Or so he says. 99 00:05:25,321 --> 00:05:26,761 Thank you, George. Please confirm that. 100 00:05:27,041 --> 00:05:28,121 I will do, sir. 101 00:05:28,401 --> 00:05:31,241 Sir, also, the parlor maid, Florence Culliwick, 102 00:05:31,561 --> 00:05:33,801 says that she heard Mr. Jenkins and his wife arguing 103 00:05:34,081 --> 00:05:35,161 about ten past 8:00. 104 00:05:35,441 --> 00:05:39,081 Indeed? Thank you, George. 105 00:05:40,761 --> 00:05:42,561 - Is that the new coachman? - Hush, Mother-in-law. 106 00:05:42,841 --> 00:05:43,921 Ladies and gentlemen, 107 00:05:44,201 --> 00:05:46,201 my name is detective William Murdoch of the Toronto-- 108 00:05:46,521 --> 00:05:47,761 I hope I haven't kept you all waiting. 109 00:05:48,041 --> 00:05:50,641 Toronto Constabulary, I believe you were about to say. 110 00:05:50,921 --> 00:05:52,121 Please carry on. 111 00:05:55,281 --> 00:05:56,601 How like you, Victor, 112 00:05:56,881 --> 00:06:00,041 the grand entrance, even on the morning of Father's death. 113 00:06:00,321 --> 00:06:02,601 I'm sure you'd prefer I slink in guiltily 114 00:06:02,881 --> 00:06:04,281 as you would have, Nicholas, 115 00:06:04,601 --> 00:06:06,841 but unlike you, I didn't kill father. 116 00:06:07,121 --> 00:06:09,681 - Take that back! - Boys, for God's sake. 117 00:06:09,961 --> 00:06:12,081 All right, that's quite enough, both of you. 118 00:06:12,361 --> 00:06:13,841 The detective has something to say. 119 00:06:19,201 --> 00:06:20,801 A man was murdered in this house. 120 00:06:21,081 --> 00:06:24,601 I offer my condolences and my assurance 121 00:06:24,881 --> 00:06:26,921 that the constabulary will bring the perpetrator 122 00:06:27,201 --> 00:06:29,081 of this crime to justice. 123 00:06:29,361 --> 00:06:31,001 Now, you've given your statements. 124 00:06:31,281 --> 00:06:32,761 Over the next few days, we'll be comparing those statements 125 00:06:33,041 --> 00:06:34,721 and gathering evidence. 126 00:06:35,001 --> 00:06:37,921 Detective, are you saying that we're all suspects? 127 00:06:38,201 --> 00:06:39,761 I'm merely asking that you keep yourselves 128 00:06:40,041 --> 00:06:41,401 available for questioning. 129 00:06:42,961 --> 00:06:44,321 That will be all for now. 130 00:06:44,641 --> 00:06:46,161 Thank you very much for your cooperation. 131 00:06:48,161 --> 00:06:51,001 Mrs. Jenkins, if you could remain. 132 00:06:53,761 --> 00:06:56,521 Will you be needing anything, madam? 133 00:06:59,441 --> 00:07:03,001 Mrs. Jenkins, my sincere sympathies. 134 00:07:03,281 --> 00:07:04,081 Yes. 135 00:07:04,321 --> 00:07:06,361 I understand you and your husband 136 00:07:06,681 --> 00:07:08,921 were having an argument shortly before he was found dead? 137 00:07:09,201 --> 00:07:10,001 Who told you that? 138 00:07:10,281 --> 00:07:12,081 What was the argument about? 139 00:07:12,361 --> 00:07:16,361 It was a personal matter. It had nothing to do with this. 140 00:07:16,681 --> 00:07:19,601 Please answer the question. 141 00:07:19,881 --> 00:07:23,761 He'd been rude and impossible, as always. 142 00:07:24,041 --> 00:07:25,561 Is that enough of an answer for you? 143 00:07:25,841 --> 00:07:28,201 Did you sleep in your husband's bed last night, 144 00:07:28,521 --> 00:07:29,561 Mrs. Jenkins? 145 00:07:31,001 --> 00:07:34,041 No. I did not. 146 00:07:36,361 --> 00:07:38,401 Thank you for your time, Mrs. Jenkins. 147 00:07:45,121 --> 00:07:46,841 Oh, good, a chart. 148 00:07:47,121 --> 00:07:49,921 Sir, in a case with ten suspects, 149 00:07:50,201 --> 00:07:52,641 careful organization of information is paramount. 150 00:07:52,921 --> 00:07:54,441 I'll make a note of that. 151 00:07:54,761 --> 00:07:56,001 First task is to determine 152 00:07:56,281 --> 00:07:58,241 who had opportunity to kill Mr. Jenkins. 153 00:07:58,561 --> 00:08:00,721 Of those who had motive and with evidence, 154 00:08:01,001 --> 00:08:03,161 hopefully that list will be narrowed down to one. 155 00:08:03,441 --> 00:08:04,401 And do you have any evidence? 156 00:08:04,721 --> 00:08:05,641 No, sir. 157 00:08:05,921 --> 00:08:07,281 Yes, George? 158 00:08:07,601 --> 00:08:09,121 Sir, I've confirmed the butler's alibi. 159 00:08:09,401 --> 00:08:11,641 Oh, bravo, Murdoch. One down, nine to go. 160 00:08:11,921 --> 00:08:14,041 Also, sir, I found two sets of finger marks 161 00:08:14,321 --> 00:08:16,041 on the bedroom poker, the first set belonging 162 00:08:16,321 --> 00:08:17,841 to Florence Culliwick, the parlor maid-- 163 00:08:18,121 --> 00:08:19,561 Well, that's to be expected. 164 00:08:19,841 --> 00:08:22,241 Parlor maids generally tend to the fires in the big houses. 165 00:08:22,561 --> 00:08:24,721 The other set belonged to Nicholas Jenkins, 166 00:08:25,001 --> 00:08:26,001 the youngest son. 167 00:08:26,281 --> 00:08:27,841 Yes, I used the poker, 168 00:08:28,121 --> 00:08:30,401 attending to the fire in my father's room last night. 169 00:08:30,721 --> 00:08:32,601 Isn't that usually the job of the maid? 170 00:08:32,881 --> 00:08:34,601 How absurd to ring for the maid 171 00:08:34,881 --> 00:08:37,841 to do something I could so easily do myself. 172 00:08:38,121 --> 00:08:40,001 What were you doing in your father's room? 173 00:08:40,281 --> 00:08:42,641 We were having words. 174 00:08:42,921 --> 00:08:43,881 About? 175 00:08:44,161 --> 00:08:46,441 He had insulted my fiancée Clara. 176 00:08:46,761 --> 00:08:47,681 How so? 177 00:08:47,961 --> 00:08:49,921 When the servants had told him that Clara had gone down 178 00:08:50,201 --> 00:08:51,561 to their quarters to fetch some thread 179 00:08:51,841 --> 00:08:54,601 instead of ringing them to bring it up. 180 00:08:54,881 --> 00:08:55,801 And? 181 00:08:56,081 --> 00:08:59,321 He intimated that's where Clara belonged, downstairs. 182 00:08:59,641 --> 00:09:01,281 My parents feel she's not good enough for me, 183 00:09:01,601 --> 00:09:02,921 but my family, to my shame, 184 00:09:03,201 --> 00:09:04,961 is not nearly good enough for her. 185 00:09:05,241 --> 00:09:06,401 I see. 186 00:09:06,721 --> 00:09:09,521 And where were you between 8:15 and 8:30 this morning? 187 00:09:09,801 --> 00:09:10,961 In the library. 188 00:09:11,241 --> 00:09:12,801 Can anyone confirm this? 189 00:09:13,081 --> 00:09:14,801 Billy brought me tea and the morning papers, 190 00:09:15,081 --> 00:09:16,721 but that was before 8:00. 191 00:09:17,001 --> 00:09:19,001 You don't think Nicholas did his old man in, then? 192 00:09:19,281 --> 00:09:21,281 Sir, the guilty rarely volunteer their motive 193 00:09:21,601 --> 00:09:23,921 or undercut their alibi. 194 00:09:24,201 --> 00:09:27,601 More than anything, he appears to be a man in love. 195 00:09:27,881 --> 00:09:29,561 That's him finished with, then. 196 00:09:29,841 --> 00:09:31,401 So that just leaves the parlor maid? 197 00:09:31,721 --> 00:09:33,001 Yes, Florence Culliwick, 198 00:09:33,281 --> 00:09:36,801 whom, as you said, tends to every fire in the household. 199 00:09:37,081 --> 00:09:39,681 Now, if the murder weapon was indeed a fireplace poker, 200 00:09:39,961 --> 00:09:42,961 then perhaps it just wasn't the one in Mr. Jenkins' room. 201 00:09:43,241 --> 00:09:46,001 George, see to it that every fire poker in the house 202 00:09:46,281 --> 00:09:47,761 is brought in and dusted for finger marks. 203 00:09:48,041 --> 00:09:49,681 Sir, will do. 204 00:09:49,961 --> 00:09:51,081 Now, then, 205 00:09:51,361 --> 00:09:53,961 I need some certainty about this murder weapon. 206 00:09:57,281 --> 00:09:59,561 Ah, Murdoch, with your usual impeccable timing. 207 00:09:59,841 --> 00:10:01,681 I'm off to an early dinner with my wife 208 00:10:01,961 --> 00:10:03,561 and then a recital. 209 00:10:03,841 --> 00:10:07,041 Musical saw and spoons, no doubt. 210 00:10:07,321 --> 00:10:11,201 I only require a moment of your time. 211 00:10:11,521 --> 00:10:13,041 Cause of death: wound to the head. 212 00:10:13,321 --> 00:10:15,841 Approximately 3 5/16 inches deep. 213 00:10:16,121 --> 00:10:19,201 I think your poker theory has some merit. 214 00:10:19,521 --> 00:10:20,401 Wonderful. 215 00:10:20,721 --> 00:10:22,001 Could you make a mold of the wound 216 00:10:22,281 --> 00:10:24,241 so I can compare it to potential murder weapons? 217 00:10:24,561 --> 00:10:26,161 I've never done such a thing. 218 00:10:26,441 --> 00:10:28,441 And I'm not about to start now. 219 00:10:28,761 --> 00:10:30,041 Why not? 220 00:10:33,561 --> 00:10:36,081 You know, Murdoch... 221 00:10:36,361 --> 00:10:39,521 there is more to life than this. 222 00:10:51,841 --> 00:10:54,241 This is all of them, sir. 223 00:10:56,561 --> 00:10:57,961 No two are alike. 224 00:10:58,241 --> 00:11:00,921 I assume they've been checked for blood and finger marks? 225 00:11:01,201 --> 00:11:02,121 Yes, sir. No blood. 226 00:11:02,401 --> 00:11:03,881 And curiously enough, most of the handles 227 00:11:04,161 --> 00:11:05,041 have been wiped down. 228 00:11:05,321 --> 00:11:06,321 I'm wondering if the killer perhaps forgot 229 00:11:06,641 --> 00:11:07,401 which one he used. 230 00:11:07,721 --> 00:11:09,561 I imagine the parlor maid could have cleaned 231 00:11:09,841 --> 00:11:12,441 all of the handles during the course of her daily duties. 232 00:11:13,561 --> 00:11:15,921 So this is a model of the Jenkins' house, sir? 233 00:11:16,201 --> 00:11:18,601 After a crude fashion, George. 234 00:11:18,881 --> 00:11:21,441 The dark chess pieces represent the Jenkins' family, 235 00:11:21,761 --> 00:11:24,161 and the white ones stand in for the servants. 236 00:11:24,441 --> 00:11:28,201 Ah, so this is Victor Jenkins in his bedroom? 237 00:11:28,521 --> 00:11:32,761 Yes, and Victor's brother Nicholas Jenkins in the library. 238 00:11:33,041 --> 00:11:34,281 This is Clara Thorn, the fiancée, 239 00:11:34,601 --> 00:11:36,361 in the morning room. 240 00:11:36,681 --> 00:11:39,681 And Nora Jenkins, the wife, in the conservatory, and so on. 241 00:11:39,961 --> 00:11:42,281 George, I think if we can determine 242 00:11:42,601 --> 00:11:44,521 which room the murder weapon came from, 243 00:11:44,801 --> 00:11:46,881 we might have our killer. 244 00:11:47,161 --> 00:11:49,161 Sir, I could imagine this to be some sort of board game. 245 00:11:49,441 --> 00:11:53,081 Players would get clues pertaining to certain suspects. 246 00:11:53,361 --> 00:11:55,641 Whoever figured out the murderer would be the winner. 247 00:11:55,921 --> 00:11:57,921 George, I'm sure people would find murder far too grave 248 00:11:58,201 --> 00:12:00,521 for it to be the subject of frivolous entertainment. 249 00:12:00,801 --> 00:12:01,801 Oh, I certainly hope not, sir. 250 00:12:02,081 --> 00:12:04,161 I'm 12 pages into my murder mystery. 251 00:12:04,441 --> 00:12:05,721 I've set it in Toronto 252 00:12:06,001 --> 00:12:09,041 where an ancient Egyptian curse wreaks havoc on a-- 253 00:12:09,321 --> 00:12:11,521 George, have a look at this. 254 00:12:11,801 --> 00:12:15,001 From this position, 255 00:12:15,281 --> 00:12:16,841 the black queen 256 00:12:17,121 --> 00:12:20,001 can see anyone entering or exiting this hallway area 257 00:12:20,281 --> 00:12:22,001 from either set of stairs. 258 00:12:22,281 --> 00:12:24,281 Who's the black queen, sir? 259 00:12:24,601 --> 00:12:26,081 Mrs. Jenkins, 260 00:12:26,361 --> 00:12:28,921 you were in your chair this morning having your tea. 261 00:12:29,201 --> 00:12:30,041 Do you remember? 262 00:12:30,321 --> 00:12:32,721 Of course I remember. Why shouldn't I? 263 00:12:33,561 --> 00:12:35,801 Did you happen to see anyone go into 264 00:12:36,081 --> 00:12:38,081 or come out of your son's bedroom? 265 00:12:38,361 --> 00:12:41,601 Yes, it was Alma going to stoke the fire. 266 00:12:41,881 --> 00:12:45,001 Alma was a maid here many years ago. 267 00:12:45,281 --> 00:12:49,121 Your ladyship, Alma's been gone a very long time. 268 00:12:49,401 --> 00:12:50,761 It was Alma. 269 00:12:51,041 --> 00:12:53,801 Has everyone gone stupid except from me? 270 00:12:54,081 --> 00:12:55,961 Percy always liked Alma. 271 00:12:56,241 --> 00:12:57,281 Pretty, she was. 272 00:12:57,601 --> 00:12:59,121 Looked like a swan, 273 00:12:59,401 --> 00:13:00,561 but walked like a duck. 274 00:13:00,841 --> 00:13:04,721 Oh, where is Percy anyway? 275 00:13:05,001 --> 00:13:08,121 He was supposed to take me to the opera. 276 00:13:08,401 --> 00:13:11,081 Mrs. Jenkins does get confused at times. 277 00:13:11,361 --> 00:13:13,961 I see. 278 00:13:14,241 --> 00:13:16,081 Thank you very much for your-- 279 00:13:31,321 --> 00:13:34,081 What are you doing? 280 00:13:36,241 --> 00:13:38,041 I was just looking for my father's... 281 00:13:38,321 --> 00:13:39,521 watch. 282 00:13:39,801 --> 00:13:41,721 Oh, and here it is. 283 00:13:42,001 --> 00:13:43,361 Please put that back. 284 00:13:43,681 --> 00:13:45,041 And you, Ms. Culliwick... 285 00:13:45,321 --> 00:13:48,041 I asked Florence to assist me. 286 00:13:48,321 --> 00:13:50,161 You have no business being in this room. 287 00:13:50,441 --> 00:13:52,321 This is a crime scene. Quite off limits. 288 00:13:52,641 --> 00:13:54,721 Apologies. I had no idea. 289 00:13:55,001 --> 00:13:56,521 Mr. Jenkins, in your written statement, 290 00:13:56,801 --> 00:13:57,681 you say that you were in bed 291 00:13:57,961 --> 00:13:59,881 between 8:15 and 8:30 this morning? 292 00:14:00,161 --> 00:14:02,681 Sleeping off a drinking binge, I'm afraid. 293 00:14:04,121 --> 00:14:05,681 And, Ms. Culliwick, 294 00:14:05,961 --> 00:14:07,561 you say you were in the morning room cleaning 295 00:14:07,841 --> 00:14:08,961 when Mr. Jenkins Sr. was killed? 296 00:14:09,241 --> 00:14:10,801 Yes, sir. 297 00:14:11,081 --> 00:14:12,401 Oddly, Ms. Thorn made no mention 298 00:14:12,721 --> 00:14:14,321 of seeing you there in her statement. 299 00:14:14,641 --> 00:14:17,641 I work so quietly, I'm sure she didn't notice me. 300 00:14:17,921 --> 00:14:18,841 Are we free to go? 301 00:14:19,121 --> 00:14:20,521 No. 302 00:14:20,801 --> 00:14:23,441 Mr. Jenkins, what did you mean when you said to your brother, 303 00:14:23,761 --> 00:14:26,361 "Unlike you, I didn't kill Father"? 304 00:14:26,681 --> 00:14:28,561 I was getting a rise out of him. 305 00:14:28,841 --> 00:14:32,521 Nicky could no more kill father than swear in front of a woman. 306 00:14:32,801 --> 00:14:34,001 Anything else? 307 00:14:34,281 --> 00:14:35,081 Yes. 308 00:14:35,361 --> 00:14:37,521 Stay out of this room. 309 00:14:51,281 --> 00:14:52,281 Julia. 310 00:14:52,601 --> 00:14:53,361 Detective. 311 00:14:53,641 --> 00:14:56,641 I thought I might see you here. 312 00:15:00,601 --> 00:15:03,921 It's wonderful to see you, though somewhat unexpected. 313 00:15:04,201 --> 00:15:05,561 Yes, I know it must be. 314 00:15:05,841 --> 00:15:07,441 I dropped by to offer my condolences. 315 00:15:07,761 --> 00:15:08,921 Our families are acquainted. 316 00:15:09,201 --> 00:15:10,681 But you couldn't have come 317 00:15:10,961 --> 00:15:12,721 from Buffalo in such a short time? 318 00:15:13,001 --> 00:15:14,961 No... 319 00:15:15,241 --> 00:15:16,201 I was already in town. 320 00:15:16,521 --> 00:15:18,241 Oh. 321 00:15:18,561 --> 00:15:20,601 Yes, for the rest of the week, actually. 322 00:15:20,881 --> 00:15:22,801 To introduce Darcy to my family. 323 00:15:23,081 --> 00:15:24,281 Your fiancé. Yes, of course. 324 00:15:24,601 --> 00:15:26,401 He's just saying good-bye to Mrs. Jenkins. 325 00:15:26,721 --> 00:15:27,521 William, 326 00:15:27,761 --> 00:15:30,521 they're saying that Mr. Jenkins was murdered. 327 00:15:30,801 --> 00:15:31,841 What have you found? 328 00:15:32,121 --> 00:15:34,681 The cause of death was a single blow to the head. 329 00:15:34,961 --> 00:15:37,321 I believe a fire poker was used. 330 00:15:37,641 --> 00:15:40,201 I've asked Dr. Francis to take a cast of the wound. 331 00:15:40,521 --> 00:15:41,721 Yes, to determine the murder weapon. 332 00:15:42,001 --> 00:15:44,001 - But he's refused. - Why? 333 00:15:44,281 --> 00:15:45,241 It's simple enough. 334 00:15:45,561 --> 00:15:47,081 The brain matter will cling to the plaster, 335 00:15:47,361 --> 00:15:48,841 so you can only do it once, but... 336 00:15:49,121 --> 00:15:50,441 Might there another casting material 337 00:15:50,761 --> 00:15:53,321 that would not disrupt the victim's brain tissue? 338 00:15:53,641 --> 00:15:55,121 What are you suggesting? 339 00:15:55,401 --> 00:15:58,361 If Dr. Francis were to never find out... 340 00:15:59,241 --> 00:16:00,521 William. 341 00:16:00,801 --> 00:16:01,641 I couldn't. 342 00:16:01,921 --> 00:16:03,321 Such conspiratorial whispers. 343 00:16:03,641 --> 00:16:07,121 Darcy, I believe you know Detective Murdoch. 344 00:16:07,401 --> 00:16:09,121 A pleasure to see you again, Detective. 345 00:16:09,401 --> 00:16:10,841 And you. 346 00:16:11,121 --> 00:16:13,041 Detective Murdoch was asking me 347 00:16:13,321 --> 00:16:14,521 to help him with a case, 348 00:16:14,801 --> 00:16:16,081 but I'd like to remind him 349 00:16:16,361 --> 00:16:18,681 that the last time he did that, the feathers quite hit the fan. 350 00:16:18,961 --> 00:16:22,761 Yes, well, Dr. Francis has gone home... 351 00:16:23,041 --> 00:16:24,841 I would love to help you, but I can't. 352 00:16:25,121 --> 00:16:26,681 My family is expecting us for dinner. 353 00:16:26,961 --> 00:16:28,081 Nonsense. 354 00:16:28,361 --> 00:16:29,361 I can tell them you've been called away. 355 00:16:29,681 --> 00:16:31,721 And I'll charm them so completely, 356 00:16:32,001 --> 00:16:33,441 they won't even notice you're not there. 357 00:16:33,761 --> 00:16:36,401 Darcy, that's lovely, but... 358 00:16:36,721 --> 00:16:39,521 I can see you want to do this. Go on, darling. 359 00:16:40,921 --> 00:16:42,601 Well, Detective, 360 00:16:42,881 --> 00:16:45,681 I think I may know of the perfect molding material. 361 00:16:50,201 --> 00:16:51,521 Jell-O? 362 00:16:51,801 --> 00:16:52,961 It's made of gelatin. 363 00:16:53,241 --> 00:16:54,401 It should take the form of the wound 364 00:16:54,721 --> 00:16:56,241 without adhering to the brain tissue. 365 00:16:56,561 --> 00:16:59,281 And you say this Jell-O is served as dessert? 366 00:16:59,601 --> 00:17:01,161 It's all the rage in Buffalo. 367 00:17:01,441 --> 00:17:03,321 I brought some home for my family. 368 00:17:03,641 --> 00:17:04,401 Hmm. 369 00:17:04,681 --> 00:17:06,041 How long does it take to set? 370 00:17:06,321 --> 00:17:08,281 Not too long, if refrigerated. 371 00:17:08,601 --> 00:17:11,281 - Julia... - Yes? 372 00:17:11,601 --> 00:17:13,841 It's agreeable to see you working here again. 373 00:17:14,121 --> 00:17:15,161 You are missed. 374 00:17:16,441 --> 00:17:18,001 Yes, of course. 375 00:17:18,281 --> 00:17:20,281 You're still at odds with Dr. Francis. 376 00:17:20,601 --> 00:17:23,241 True, but aside from Dr. Francis, I meant. 377 00:17:23,561 --> 00:17:25,441 Actually, he and I are making headway. 378 00:17:25,761 --> 00:17:27,561 Oh. 379 00:17:27,841 --> 00:17:29,561 - Really? - Yes. 380 00:17:29,841 --> 00:17:32,041 At last. 381 00:17:33,881 --> 00:17:35,361 How well did you know the Jenkins? 382 00:17:35,681 --> 00:17:37,441 My mother and Mrs. Jenkins were bridge partners. 383 00:17:37,761 --> 00:17:39,401 I'd sometimes be left over there to play. 384 00:17:39,721 --> 00:17:41,081 What were they like? 385 00:17:41,361 --> 00:17:43,201 Victor was a hellion. 386 00:17:43,521 --> 00:17:47,081 He was mean to me and even meaner to poor Nicholas. 387 00:17:47,361 --> 00:17:48,641 And the parents? 388 00:17:48,921 --> 00:17:50,681 Mrs. Jenkins was ruthless, 389 00:17:50,961 --> 00:17:52,961 her mother even worse. 390 00:17:53,241 --> 00:17:56,081 They treated their servants shamefully. 391 00:17:56,361 --> 00:17:57,841 And Mr. Jenkins? 392 00:17:58,121 --> 00:17:59,041 I stayed away from him. 393 00:17:59,321 --> 00:18:00,601 He was disturbing. 394 00:18:00,881 --> 00:18:02,361 How so? 395 00:18:02,681 --> 00:18:04,761 Well, one day I was in the upper hallway 396 00:18:05,041 --> 00:18:06,681 during a game of hide and seek. 397 00:18:06,961 --> 00:18:08,321 Mr. Jenkins' bedroom door opened, 398 00:18:08,641 --> 00:18:10,161 and a maid ran out sobbing. 399 00:18:10,441 --> 00:18:11,721 When I turned around, 400 00:18:12,001 --> 00:18:15,161 Jenkins was standing there in a state of partial undress. 401 00:18:16,081 --> 00:18:17,601 I see. 402 00:18:19,281 --> 00:18:21,921 Good, I think it's done. 403 00:18:25,201 --> 00:18:27,801 Now let's see what we have. 404 00:18:32,321 --> 00:18:34,441 It's somewhat stubborn. 405 00:18:34,761 --> 00:18:36,601 What exactly is going on in here? 406 00:18:36,881 --> 00:18:39,121 Dr. Francis... 407 00:18:39,401 --> 00:18:40,881 Dr. Ogden. 408 00:18:41,161 --> 00:18:42,401 At last. 409 00:18:42,721 --> 00:18:45,121 The famous Dr. Ogden. 410 00:18:45,401 --> 00:18:48,121 You know, I've grown to expect duplicity from Murdoch, Doctor, 411 00:18:48,401 --> 00:18:49,641 but from a colleague... 412 00:18:49,921 --> 00:18:51,601 Yes, it's quite unforgivable. 413 00:18:51,881 --> 00:18:57,081 I've come to make that mold you asked me for earlier, 414 00:18:57,361 --> 00:18:59,161 but I see you didn't trouble yourself to wait. 415 00:18:59,441 --> 00:19:01,761 You told me you had no intention of making the mold. 416 00:19:02,041 --> 00:19:06,041 I said I had no intention of making it at that moment! 417 00:19:07,841 --> 00:19:10,401 I mean, surely, even here on the edge of civilization, 418 00:19:10,721 --> 00:19:13,721 a man has the right to dine with his wife? 419 00:19:15,801 --> 00:19:17,281 I misunderstood. 420 00:19:19,641 --> 00:19:22,321 You know, Detective... 421 00:19:22,641 --> 00:19:25,361 from the first day I arrived, 422 00:19:25,681 --> 00:19:26,881 you have almost without exception 423 00:19:27,161 --> 00:19:29,081 shown a complete lack of faith in me. 424 00:19:29,361 --> 00:19:33,881 I'd like to ask you now why the hell that is! 425 00:19:35,801 --> 00:19:38,681 It's not a lack of faith in you. 426 00:19:44,681 --> 00:19:46,361 Oh, God. 427 00:19:47,601 --> 00:19:49,801 I see. 428 00:19:51,561 --> 00:19:52,881 Right. 429 00:19:54,761 --> 00:19:57,721 15 years in Scotland Yard 430 00:19:58,001 --> 00:20:00,161 to reach the top of my profession, 431 00:20:00,441 --> 00:20:03,081 all gone to a reward of blackflies and snowstorms, 432 00:20:03,361 --> 00:20:05,081 all in the service of my wife's happiness. 433 00:20:05,361 --> 00:20:07,161 I've moved to her hometown. 434 00:20:07,441 --> 00:20:12,601 I valued that above all else, her happiness, or once did. 435 00:20:14,361 --> 00:20:17,001 I should never have left. 436 00:20:18,521 --> 00:20:21,081 I don't belong in Toronto. 437 00:20:28,641 --> 00:20:31,241 You can have your morgue back, Dr. Ogden. 438 00:20:31,561 --> 00:20:34,441 No, no, Dr. Francis, that's not what I'm here for. 439 00:20:40,561 --> 00:20:42,881 I've no doubt you actually believe that. 440 00:20:46,521 --> 00:20:49,641 But we belong where we belong. 441 00:20:53,921 --> 00:20:55,361 Evening to you. 442 00:20:57,641 --> 00:21:00,041 I was the one who convinced the top brass 443 00:21:00,321 --> 00:21:02,041 to bring Dr. Francis over here in the first place, 444 00:21:02,321 --> 00:21:05,361 and now, thanks to you, I look like a bloody fool! 445 00:21:05,681 --> 00:21:07,121 He's booked his passage home. 446 00:21:07,401 --> 00:21:10,401 His wife telephoned Chief Constable Stockton in tears. 447 00:21:10,721 --> 00:21:13,601 Well, sir, if Dr. Francis was truly not happy-- 448 00:21:13,881 --> 00:21:15,241 Of course he's not happy here, Murdoch, 449 00:21:15,561 --> 00:21:17,521 but he might not have noticed it if wasn't for you! 450 00:21:17,801 --> 00:21:19,921 And why does everyone want to be happy these days anyway? 451 00:21:20,201 --> 00:21:23,121 Besides which, I don't care if Dr. Francis 452 00:21:23,401 --> 00:21:24,681 is as happy as a pig in its own filth. 453 00:21:24,961 --> 00:21:27,001 I care if I'm happy, and I'm bloody well not! 454 00:21:27,281 --> 00:21:28,401 And... 455 00:21:28,721 --> 00:21:31,161 Bloody hell, I've lost my train of thought! 456 00:21:32,201 --> 00:21:33,761 Well, then, sir, perhaps we should discuss 457 00:21:34,041 --> 00:21:37,681 the Percival Jenkins murder case. 458 00:21:37,961 --> 00:21:41,681 Aside from dancing the two-step with Dr. Ogden, 459 00:21:41,961 --> 00:21:43,441 you'd best have something to show for this. 460 00:21:43,761 --> 00:21:44,801 I do, sir. 461 00:21:45,081 --> 00:21:46,801 The murder weapon from the main floor parlor. 462 00:21:47,081 --> 00:21:48,921 And who said the killer was in the parlor? 463 00:21:49,201 --> 00:21:50,001 No one, sir. 464 00:21:50,281 --> 00:21:52,801 The point is, the shape of the gaff 465 00:21:53,081 --> 00:21:55,681 is the same as that of the mold that Dr. Ogden took. 466 00:21:55,961 --> 00:21:57,201 Any finger marks? 467 00:21:57,521 --> 00:21:59,601 Yes, sir, a thumbprint on the shaft here 468 00:21:59,881 --> 00:22:00,921 belonging to Clara Thorn. 469 00:22:01,201 --> 00:22:02,161 So she's your murderer, then. 470 00:22:02,441 --> 00:22:04,601 - I don't think so. - Of course not. 471 00:22:04,881 --> 00:22:07,921 Sir, Clara Thorn was in the morning room, 472 00:22:08,201 --> 00:22:11,001 as observed by the footman who was serving tea at the time. 473 00:22:11,281 --> 00:22:12,241 She could have snuck out. 474 00:22:12,561 --> 00:22:13,641 Yes, sir. 475 00:22:13,921 --> 00:22:17,441 But the handle was wiped clean of marks. 476 00:22:17,761 --> 00:22:19,161 If Ms. Thorn was the killer, 477 00:22:19,441 --> 00:22:21,281 she likely would have wiped off the entire poker, 478 00:22:21,601 --> 00:22:22,521 one would think. 479 00:22:22,801 --> 00:22:23,881 So who wiped off the marks from the handle? 480 00:22:24,161 --> 00:22:24,961 The killer. 481 00:22:25,201 --> 00:22:26,281 You've lost me. 482 00:22:26,601 --> 00:22:29,081 Sir, I believe the killer wiped off several 483 00:22:29,361 --> 00:22:30,241 of the fireplace pokers 484 00:22:30,561 --> 00:22:32,081 to obscure which room he came from 485 00:22:32,361 --> 00:22:33,801 and which poker he used. 486 00:22:34,081 --> 00:22:35,241 But we know which poker was used, 487 00:22:35,561 --> 00:22:37,681 and we're still not further ahead! 488 00:22:37,961 --> 00:22:40,761 So now I've got a missing coroner, 489 00:22:41,041 --> 00:22:41,841 and you've got nothing. 490 00:22:42,121 --> 00:22:44,601 Actually, sir, there is something else. 491 00:22:44,881 --> 00:22:47,201 Percival Jenkins had been taking liberties 492 00:22:47,521 --> 00:22:49,841 with some female servants. 493 00:22:51,761 --> 00:22:55,321 Right, well, the big toad in the puddle, eh? 494 00:22:55,641 --> 00:22:56,961 Someone shared Percival Jenkins' bed 495 00:22:57,241 --> 00:22:58,241 the night he was killed. 496 00:22:58,561 --> 00:23:01,241 Maybe she's our killer. 497 00:23:01,561 --> 00:23:02,921 You'll need a name. 498 00:23:09,561 --> 00:23:11,281 May I announce you, Detective? 499 00:23:11,601 --> 00:23:15,121 Before you do, Mr. Heward, I have a question, 500 00:23:15,401 --> 00:23:16,681 a rather sensitive one. 501 00:23:16,961 --> 00:23:18,001 Of course. 502 00:23:18,281 --> 00:23:19,641 I suspect that Mr. Jenkins 503 00:23:19,921 --> 00:23:23,721 had carnal relations with some of the female servants. 504 00:23:24,001 --> 00:23:24,881 Can you confirm this? 505 00:23:25,161 --> 00:23:26,681 I really cannot say, sir. 506 00:23:26,961 --> 00:23:29,361 But you have your suspicions? 507 00:23:29,681 --> 00:23:32,881 Forgive me, Detective, if I appeared to imply that. 508 00:23:33,161 --> 00:23:34,361 Heward! 509 00:23:34,681 --> 00:23:36,881 Is that that nosy police detective? 510 00:23:37,161 --> 00:23:39,521 Yes, madam! 511 00:23:39,801 --> 00:23:43,161 Mrs. Jenkins has her moments of lucidity. 512 00:23:43,441 --> 00:23:45,041 Rather unpredictably. 513 00:23:45,321 --> 00:23:46,401 Interesting. 514 00:23:46,721 --> 00:23:49,041 Might I announce you now, sir? 515 00:23:49,321 --> 00:23:50,121 Yes. Yes. 516 00:23:50,361 --> 00:23:53,401 I'll speak with the female servants. 517 00:23:53,721 --> 00:23:54,881 Very good. 518 00:23:56,721 --> 00:23:59,161 Yes, Mr. Jenkins came to my room once. 519 00:23:59,441 --> 00:24:01,201 I told the old coot I'd scream the house down 520 00:24:01,521 --> 00:24:02,281 if he ever tried it again. 521 00:24:02,561 --> 00:24:04,121 And did he, Ms. Culliwick? 522 00:24:04,401 --> 00:24:06,361 No. He left me alone after that. 523 00:24:06,681 --> 00:24:11,401 However, I believe there were others who weren't so lucky. 524 00:24:11,721 --> 00:24:15,281 Forced himself on me? Why would you ask such a thing? 525 00:24:17,161 --> 00:24:18,641 Ms. Booth, I believe Mr. Jenkins 526 00:24:18,921 --> 00:24:21,161 made advances toward you. 527 00:24:21,441 --> 00:24:23,601 I understand you fear for your employment 528 00:24:23,881 --> 00:24:25,001 in speaking to me of this-- 529 00:24:25,281 --> 00:24:26,921 If Mr. Jenkins made advances towards anyone, 530 00:24:27,201 --> 00:24:28,001 it was Ms. Allen. 531 00:24:28,241 --> 00:24:30,041 Ms. Allen, the housekeeper? 532 00:24:30,321 --> 00:24:32,281 I saw him put his hand on her bottom once. 533 00:24:32,601 --> 00:24:34,161 She let him keep it there. 534 00:24:34,441 --> 00:24:37,201 What utter nonsense. 535 00:24:37,521 --> 00:24:39,081 Mr. Jenkins conducted himself 536 00:24:39,361 --> 00:24:41,841 with absolute decorum at all times. 537 00:24:42,121 --> 00:24:44,081 He never made advances toward you? 538 00:24:44,361 --> 00:24:46,041 Never. 539 00:24:46,321 --> 00:24:48,881 Yet he did toward some of the maids. 540 00:24:49,161 --> 00:24:49,961 Did he? 541 00:24:50,241 --> 00:24:53,321 Perhaps you should ask his widow. 542 00:24:53,641 --> 00:24:55,201 My principal preoccupation 543 00:24:55,521 --> 00:24:59,081 is the smooth operation of a large household. 544 00:24:59,361 --> 00:25:01,921 Certainly not my husband's frivolous urges. 545 00:25:02,201 --> 00:25:03,081 You knew nothing? 546 00:25:03,361 --> 00:25:05,121 Emphatically not. 547 00:25:05,401 --> 00:25:06,961 Do you have any further questions? 548 00:25:07,241 --> 00:25:09,041 Yes, what what were you and your husband fighting 549 00:25:09,321 --> 00:25:10,441 about yesterday? 550 00:25:10,761 --> 00:25:12,121 I've already answered that question. 551 00:25:12,401 --> 00:25:14,961 Mrs. Jenkins, we only have your word 552 00:25:15,241 --> 00:25:16,361 that your husband was still alive 553 00:25:16,681 --> 00:25:18,041 when you left that room. 554 00:25:18,321 --> 00:25:21,041 That makes you a likely suspect in this murder investigation. 555 00:25:21,321 --> 00:25:25,121 Now what were you fighting about? 556 00:25:25,401 --> 00:25:27,881 My husband told Nicholas he'd be disinherited 557 00:25:28,161 --> 00:25:29,681 if he married Clara. 558 00:25:29,961 --> 00:25:33,441 Nicholas threatened to move to Boston. 559 00:25:33,761 --> 00:25:36,041 I couldn't have that. 560 00:25:38,281 --> 00:25:39,921 Clara's family wasn't aristocratic enough. 561 00:25:40,201 --> 00:25:41,121 What presumption. 562 00:25:41,401 --> 00:25:43,601 Clara is educated. She's intelligent. 563 00:25:43,881 --> 00:25:45,641 She cares for the less fortunate. 564 00:25:45,921 --> 00:25:47,201 What's more important, 565 00:25:47,521 --> 00:25:50,201 the pedigree of a prospective wife or her character? 566 00:25:51,041 --> 00:25:52,841 But your father threatened to disinherit-- 567 00:25:53,121 --> 00:25:54,521 I didn't want the old bastards money. 568 00:25:54,801 --> 00:25:56,721 Nicky... 569 00:25:57,001 --> 00:25:59,001 We would have made do. 570 00:26:01,841 --> 00:26:03,561 And did you feel the same way, Ms. Thorn? 571 00:26:03,841 --> 00:26:04,921 Of course. 572 00:26:05,201 --> 00:26:07,401 I come from humble circumstances, Detective. 573 00:26:07,721 --> 00:26:10,081 In fact, I'm not much at ease in this world. 574 00:26:10,361 --> 00:26:13,121 At any rate, I doubt my father would have disinherited me. 575 00:26:13,401 --> 00:26:14,841 He needed to leave his wealth to someone, 576 00:26:15,121 --> 00:26:16,561 and he had already disinherited Victor. 577 00:26:16,841 --> 00:26:17,881 Did he? 578 00:26:18,161 --> 00:26:19,881 My brother is a gambler. 579 00:26:20,161 --> 00:26:23,121 He would have squandered the entire estate. 580 00:26:25,201 --> 00:26:26,361 Of course I have debts. 581 00:26:26,681 --> 00:26:27,921 And expediting your inheritance 582 00:26:28,201 --> 00:26:29,361 would be one way of resolving them. 583 00:26:29,681 --> 00:26:32,161 Perhaps, but I didn't kill my father. 584 00:26:32,441 --> 00:26:35,201 Certainly not at that ungodly hour. 585 00:26:38,761 --> 00:26:42,121 Besides, my father had already disinherited me. 586 00:26:42,401 --> 00:26:45,761 I would have nothing to gain by his death. 587 00:26:46,041 --> 00:26:48,401 Unless you were to destroy the will. 588 00:26:48,721 --> 00:26:50,601 That's what you were looking for in your father's room, 589 00:26:50,881 --> 00:26:51,681 not a watch. 590 00:26:51,921 --> 00:26:55,401 Very good, Detective. 591 00:26:55,721 --> 00:26:57,121 Yes, that's exactly what I was doing, 592 00:26:57,401 --> 00:27:00,761 but I'm not so stupid as to kill my father 593 00:27:01,041 --> 00:27:04,881 without having found and destroyed the will first. 594 00:27:05,161 --> 00:27:07,681 Nevertheless, your father's room 595 00:27:07,961 --> 00:27:08,961 is right next to yours, 596 00:27:09,241 --> 00:27:12,321 and you have no alibi. 597 00:27:12,641 --> 00:27:17,361 I told you I was in bed at the time of my father's murder. 598 00:27:17,681 --> 00:27:21,601 I never said I had no alibi. 599 00:27:21,881 --> 00:27:24,001 So Victor the lush was milking the maid, was he? 600 00:27:24,281 --> 00:27:25,641 Florence Culliwick, yes. 601 00:27:25,921 --> 00:27:27,841 The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. 602 00:27:28,121 --> 00:27:30,201 Well, sir, at least we know why Ms. Culliwick 603 00:27:30,521 --> 00:27:32,721 didn't mention seeing Clara Thorn in the morning room. 604 00:27:33,001 --> 00:27:36,201 We also know why she said she heard the Jenkins arguing. 605 00:27:36,521 --> 00:27:39,001 Victor's room is right next door to Mr. Jenkins. 606 00:27:39,281 --> 00:27:40,641 Carry on, Murdoch. 607 00:27:42,321 --> 00:27:43,921 Detective? 608 00:27:44,201 --> 00:27:46,561 Souvenirs from the victim's pillow. 609 00:27:46,841 --> 00:27:50,961 Trace evidence, George. Thank you. 610 00:27:51,241 --> 00:27:54,401 Gray ones are presumably the victim's. 611 00:27:54,721 --> 00:27:57,841 These longer ones, I believe I recognize the shade. 612 00:27:58,121 --> 00:28:00,161 Also, sir, we found this handkerchief 613 00:28:00,441 --> 00:28:02,281 in the housekeeper's fireplace. 614 00:28:03,121 --> 00:28:04,521 Sir, I think it was used to wipe the blood 615 00:28:04,801 --> 00:28:07,881 from the murder weapon. 616 00:28:08,961 --> 00:28:09,761 It's monogrammed. 617 00:28:10,001 --> 00:28:10,801 Yes, sir. 618 00:28:11,041 --> 00:28:13,721 "VA." 619 00:28:16,241 --> 00:28:17,961 George... 620 00:28:19,321 --> 00:28:21,641 Bring Ms. Allen in for questioning. 621 00:28:25,841 --> 00:28:27,641 Why would I burn it? It's not even mine. 622 00:28:27,921 --> 00:28:29,441 Your initials are stitched 623 00:28:29,761 --> 00:28:33,161 into the corner of it, Ms. Allen. 624 00:28:33,441 --> 00:28:34,401 Good Lord! 625 00:28:34,721 --> 00:28:37,441 My late aunt embroidered this. 626 00:28:37,761 --> 00:28:40,681 I haven't seen this in I don't know how long. 627 00:28:40,961 --> 00:28:42,161 Years. 628 00:28:44,321 --> 00:28:48,961 I didn't kill Mr. Jenkins. Why would I? 629 00:28:50,561 --> 00:28:54,121 We also found these hairs in Mr. Jenkins' bed. 630 00:28:54,401 --> 00:28:55,881 I believe they're yours. 631 00:28:58,001 --> 00:29:00,921 I sometimes go to his bed in the middle of the night. 632 00:29:01,201 --> 00:29:02,521 It's... 633 00:29:02,801 --> 00:29:05,561 it's shameful, I know, but... 634 00:29:07,281 --> 00:29:09,321 I was lonely and... 635 00:29:09,641 --> 00:29:11,401 In love with him? 636 00:29:16,001 --> 00:29:18,321 You see, I could never have harmed Percival. 637 00:29:18,641 --> 00:29:20,801 You must believe me. 638 00:29:21,081 --> 00:29:22,721 Now you don't think she did it either. 639 00:29:23,001 --> 00:29:24,801 I'm not certain of that. 640 00:29:25,081 --> 00:29:26,881 It is possible that, in a panic, 641 00:29:27,161 --> 00:29:29,281 Ms. Allen used her own monogrammed handkerchief 642 00:29:29,601 --> 00:29:30,681 to wipe the evidence. 643 00:29:30,961 --> 00:29:33,841 But to then leave it half-burned in her own fireplace? 644 00:29:34,121 --> 00:29:35,761 A frame-up? 645 00:29:37,601 --> 00:29:39,241 Sirs, Constable Worseley just telephoned 646 00:29:39,561 --> 00:29:40,961 from the Jenkins house to check in. 647 00:29:41,241 --> 00:29:43,001 I mentioned this handkerchief business to him. 648 00:29:43,281 --> 00:29:45,681 He swears he saw it in the wastebasket 649 00:29:45,961 --> 00:29:47,561 in Percival Jenkins' bedroom. 650 00:29:47,841 --> 00:29:48,801 When was this? 651 00:29:49,081 --> 00:29:50,561 When he and I first arrived at the house. 652 00:29:50,841 --> 00:29:51,641 And he never thought to mention it? 653 00:29:51,881 --> 00:29:53,161 Well, he didn't want to disturb it, sir. 654 00:29:53,441 --> 00:29:54,921 He assumed we'd find it during our search. 655 00:29:55,201 --> 00:29:56,281 But it wasn't there, George. 656 00:29:56,601 --> 00:29:58,961 We checked the wastebaskets after Dr. Francis left. 657 00:29:59,241 --> 00:30:01,081 Who was in that room besides Worseley and Dr. Francis? 658 00:30:01,361 --> 00:30:02,841 Just Detective Murdoch and myself. 659 00:30:03,121 --> 00:30:04,321 And Heward the butler. 660 00:30:04,641 --> 00:30:06,201 Butler has an ironclad alibi. 661 00:30:08,201 --> 00:30:10,521 I'm very sorry, sir. 662 00:30:12,161 --> 00:30:16,281 George, Billy Slater, the footman. 663 00:30:21,201 --> 00:30:23,641 You recognize this? 664 00:30:23,921 --> 00:30:24,721 Should I? 665 00:30:25,001 --> 00:30:28,001 I would have thought so, Mr. Slater. 666 00:30:28,281 --> 00:30:32,201 We believe that the killer moved this from Mr. Jenkins' bedroom 667 00:30:32,521 --> 00:30:35,081 into Ms. Allen's fireplace to frame her. 668 00:30:36,361 --> 00:30:37,961 I'll take your word for it. 669 00:30:38,241 --> 00:30:40,281 One of my constables saw this 670 00:30:40,601 --> 00:30:42,681 in the wastebasket in Mr. Jenkins' room 671 00:30:42,961 --> 00:30:44,641 before I arrived there. 672 00:30:44,921 --> 00:30:46,201 Now, only you and Mr. Heward 673 00:30:46,521 --> 00:30:48,041 were in that room while we were there. 674 00:30:48,321 --> 00:30:51,281 Mr. Heward has an alibi that rules him out as the killer. 675 00:30:51,601 --> 00:30:54,001 That leaves only you. 676 00:30:54,281 --> 00:30:57,361 Why would I kill Mr. Jenkins? 677 00:30:57,681 --> 00:30:59,841 Because he made sexual advances toward your sweetheart, 678 00:31:00,121 --> 00:31:01,761 Nancy Booth. 679 00:31:02,041 --> 00:31:03,041 She's not my sweetheart. 680 00:31:03,321 --> 00:31:05,361 I saw the two of you linking hands. 681 00:31:09,281 --> 00:31:11,721 All right, I... I took the handkerchief, 682 00:31:12,001 --> 00:31:13,761 but it weren't me that killed Mr. Jenkins. 683 00:31:14,041 --> 00:31:15,201 Then why did you move evidence? 684 00:31:15,521 --> 00:31:18,081 I saw it there in the wastepaper basket, 685 00:31:18,361 --> 00:31:20,721 and I said to myself, 686 00:31:21,001 --> 00:31:22,041 "I'll get that old cow." 687 00:31:22,321 --> 00:31:23,241 Ms. Allen? 688 00:31:23,561 --> 00:31:26,521 You dislike her enough to frame her for murder? 689 00:31:26,801 --> 00:31:31,161 I sincerely dislike her. 690 00:31:31,441 --> 00:31:32,801 You've got Billy Slater in the cells? 691 00:31:33,081 --> 00:31:33,961 Yes. 692 00:31:34,241 --> 00:31:35,321 But don't think he's the killer? 693 00:31:35,641 --> 00:31:36,401 No. 694 00:31:36,681 --> 00:31:37,521 Go ahead. 695 00:31:37,801 --> 00:31:40,001 Consider, sir. 696 00:31:40,281 --> 00:31:41,641 If Mr. Slater is the killer 697 00:31:41,921 --> 00:31:43,321 and planned to frame Ms. Allen 698 00:31:43,641 --> 00:31:45,161 with her monogrammed handkerchief, 699 00:31:45,441 --> 00:31:48,001 placing it in the wastebasket would have done the trick. 700 00:31:48,281 --> 00:31:50,121 Why then move it from the wastebasket 701 00:31:50,401 --> 00:31:52,281 to the fireplace in Ms. Allen's room? 702 00:31:52,601 --> 00:31:54,601 - Why frame her twice? - Exactly. 703 00:31:54,881 --> 00:31:55,961 He's a footman, Murdoch. 704 00:31:56,241 --> 00:31:58,401 Not many geniuses in that line of work. 705 00:31:58,721 --> 00:32:00,121 I don't believe Mr. Slater for a minute 706 00:32:00,401 --> 00:32:01,881 when he says he moved the evidence 707 00:32:02,161 --> 00:32:04,321 out of a sincere dislike for Ms. Allen. 708 00:32:04,641 --> 00:32:07,761 But if he's not the killer, as you say, 709 00:32:08,041 --> 00:32:09,681 he took an awfully big chance to frame her. 710 00:32:09,961 --> 00:32:11,241 He gets caught with that bloody thing, 711 00:32:11,561 --> 00:32:12,441 he could hang for that. 712 00:32:12,761 --> 00:32:14,841 So either Mr. Slater is a reckless fool 713 00:32:15,121 --> 00:32:16,841 or he had motive for moving the evidence 714 00:32:17,121 --> 00:32:18,361 that he hasn't admitted to. 715 00:32:18,681 --> 00:32:19,801 Why would Billy do such a thing? 716 00:32:20,081 --> 00:32:21,441 I've never done him any wrong. 717 00:32:21,761 --> 00:32:24,441 Then perhaps you've wronged someone Billy was partial to? 718 00:32:24,761 --> 00:32:25,561 No. 719 00:32:25,801 --> 00:32:27,521 Nancy Booth comes to mind. 720 00:32:27,801 --> 00:32:30,001 I might have done. 721 00:32:32,601 --> 00:32:34,521 She's the reason I went to talk to Mr. Jenkins 722 00:32:34,801 --> 00:32:36,281 when I found him dead. 723 00:32:36,601 --> 00:32:39,081 Nancy was proving to be unsuitable. 724 00:32:39,361 --> 00:32:40,801 Oh? How so? 725 00:32:41,081 --> 00:32:44,241 She wasn't doing her job properly. 726 00:32:48,441 --> 00:32:50,841 I've forgotten the cutlery. 727 00:32:55,361 --> 00:32:57,521 She's lying. 728 00:32:57,801 --> 00:32:59,241 There's no harder worker than Nancy. 729 00:32:59,561 --> 00:33:01,561 She does whatever Ms. Allen asks and more. 730 00:33:01,841 --> 00:33:04,441 Then why would she want Nancy dismissed? 731 00:33:04,761 --> 00:33:07,361 Nancy wouldn't have been the first. 732 00:33:07,681 --> 00:33:09,841 From what I've heard, they've fired more than a few girls 733 00:33:10,121 --> 00:33:13,361 over the years who have found themselves in trouble. 734 00:33:18,081 --> 00:33:19,321 Three months, I'd say. 735 00:33:19,641 --> 00:33:21,961 Has your morning sickness subsided yet? 736 00:33:22,241 --> 00:33:23,041 Mm-hmm. 737 00:33:23,321 --> 00:33:25,761 Who's the father, Ms. Booth? 738 00:33:26,801 --> 00:33:28,321 Was it Percival Jenkins? 739 00:33:32,241 --> 00:33:33,961 And Ms. Allen knew? 740 00:33:34,241 --> 00:33:36,401 Of course I knew. 741 00:33:36,721 --> 00:33:39,601 Nancy was sick in the mornings and looking fuller in the face. 742 00:33:39,881 --> 00:33:41,961 Weren't you, dear? 743 00:33:42,241 --> 00:33:43,841 I've seen that too many times in this house 744 00:33:44,121 --> 00:33:45,361 not to recognize it. 745 00:33:45,681 --> 00:33:47,601 And that's why you went to speak to Percival Jenkins? 746 00:33:47,881 --> 00:33:48,681 You knew he was responsible. 747 00:33:48,921 --> 00:33:50,521 He certainly was not. 748 00:33:50,801 --> 00:33:53,841 Nancy is no better than all the other dolly mops 749 00:33:54,121 --> 00:33:56,001 who paraded in front of him all these years, 750 00:33:56,281 --> 00:34:01,241 seducing him with their glances and their smiles. 751 00:34:03,561 --> 00:34:06,041 These dolly mops, as you call them, 752 00:34:06,321 --> 00:34:08,561 were coerced and made pregnant 753 00:34:08,841 --> 00:34:11,041 by the man you are so eager to defend, 754 00:34:11,321 --> 00:34:14,281 then thrown out onto the streets with child by you! 755 00:34:15,241 --> 00:34:17,121 How many were there, hmm? 756 00:34:17,401 --> 00:34:18,521 What became of them? 757 00:34:28,921 --> 00:34:31,161 It appears that in the Jenkins household, 758 00:34:31,441 --> 00:34:33,921 there is a history of young girls meeting the same fate 759 00:34:34,201 --> 00:34:35,641 as Nancy Booth. 760 00:34:35,921 --> 00:34:37,601 What options would such a girl have? 761 00:34:37,881 --> 00:34:38,801 Not many. 762 00:34:39,081 --> 00:34:41,761 More than likely take to the streets. 763 00:34:42,041 --> 00:34:44,401 George. 764 00:34:44,721 --> 00:34:45,601 Sir? 765 00:34:45,881 --> 00:34:47,321 Find out what you can about young women 766 00:34:47,641 --> 00:34:48,521 that have been dismissed 767 00:34:48,801 --> 00:34:49,921 from service in the Jenkins household. 768 00:34:50,201 --> 00:34:51,521 I'll make some inquiries. 769 00:34:51,801 --> 00:34:53,201 To what end, Murdoch? 770 00:34:53,521 --> 00:34:55,561 There's no law against dismissing a pregnant maid, 771 00:34:55,841 --> 00:34:56,961 no justice to be found here. 772 00:34:57,241 --> 00:34:58,561 Except the one that would put a noose 773 00:34:58,841 --> 00:34:59,881 around Nancy Booth's neck. 774 00:35:00,161 --> 00:35:00,961 You think she did it? 775 00:35:01,241 --> 00:35:02,041 She certainly had motive. 776 00:35:02,281 --> 00:35:03,921 Her life was about to be destroyed. 777 00:35:04,201 --> 00:35:05,961 Scullery maids don't usually go upstairs. 778 00:35:06,241 --> 00:35:07,601 She'd be taking a hell of a risk. 779 00:35:07,881 --> 00:35:11,401 Not if Billy Slater made sure the coast was clear. 780 00:35:11,721 --> 00:35:12,761 He was serving tea at the time. 781 00:35:13,041 --> 00:35:14,641 He would have known everyone's whereabouts. 782 00:35:14,921 --> 00:35:16,321 But why let Nancy do the old man in? 783 00:35:16,641 --> 00:35:19,001 And why let her walk in full view of old Mrs. Jenkins? 784 00:35:19,281 --> 00:35:22,601 They probably thought she was too senile and nearsighted 785 00:35:22,881 --> 00:35:24,281 to be a reliable witness. 786 00:35:24,601 --> 00:35:26,961 Was she? 787 00:35:27,241 --> 00:35:30,161 Mrs. Jenkins has her moments of lucidity. 788 00:35:30,441 --> 00:35:32,961 Sir, it's possible that old Mrs. Jenkins 789 00:35:33,241 --> 00:35:35,361 knows more than we've been led to believe. 790 00:35:37,841 --> 00:35:42,801 Ah, Detective Murdoch, there's been a development. 791 00:35:58,401 --> 00:36:01,641 Yes. Thank you. Bye-bye. 792 00:36:03,201 --> 00:36:05,161 Well, you've got your wish. 793 00:36:05,441 --> 00:36:07,001 The college of physicians and surgeons 794 00:36:07,281 --> 00:36:10,761 is granting Dr. Ogden special dispensation just for this case. 795 00:36:11,041 --> 00:36:12,921 Excellent. Thank you, sir. 796 00:36:13,201 --> 00:36:14,401 You've got some cheek. 797 00:36:14,721 --> 00:36:18,601 Sir, Dr. Ogden is calling for you at the morgue. 798 00:36:18,881 --> 00:36:19,761 Very good. 799 00:36:20,041 --> 00:36:21,281 It's only temporary, Murdoch. 800 00:36:21,601 --> 00:36:23,601 Yes, sir. 801 00:36:38,921 --> 00:36:41,681 Dr. Ogden, what have you? 802 00:36:41,961 --> 00:36:42,801 Well, Detective, as I suspected, 803 00:36:43,081 --> 00:36:45,801 Mrs. Jenkins' heart did indeed give out. 804 00:36:46,081 --> 00:36:47,881 She died of natural causes? 805 00:36:48,161 --> 00:36:49,361 I thought so initially, 806 00:36:49,681 --> 00:36:51,001 but then I found petechial hemorrhages 807 00:36:51,281 --> 00:36:52,521 on the surface of the lungs. 808 00:36:52,801 --> 00:36:53,881 Asphyxiation? 809 00:36:54,161 --> 00:36:56,201 Well, usually in the case of smothering, 810 00:36:56,521 --> 00:36:58,921 the hemorrhages appear around the face and the eyes. 811 00:36:59,201 --> 00:37:01,361 But with her age, the trauma likely induced a heart attack 812 00:37:01,681 --> 00:37:04,001 before she actually suffocated. 813 00:37:04,281 --> 00:37:05,321 Murder, then? 814 00:37:07,281 --> 00:37:08,161 Thank you, Doctor. 815 00:37:08,441 --> 00:37:09,601 Excellent work as usual. 816 00:37:09,881 --> 00:37:11,761 My pleasure, I'm sure. 817 00:37:13,081 --> 00:37:15,081 Murdered? Bloody marvelous. 818 00:37:17,601 --> 00:37:18,881 Actually, sir, 819 00:37:19,161 --> 00:37:21,841 assuming the same person committed both murders, 820 00:37:22,121 --> 00:37:25,561 anyone lacking opportunity to kill old Mrs. Jenkins 821 00:37:25,841 --> 00:37:28,681 can be stricken off our list for the first murder. 822 00:37:28,961 --> 00:37:31,401 Billy Slater was in our cells, so he couldn't have done it. 823 00:37:32,761 --> 00:37:34,081 What have you, George? 824 00:37:34,361 --> 00:37:36,921 Sir, I've confirmed that Nancy Booth and Ms. Allen 825 00:37:37,201 --> 00:37:40,041 were in the kitchen at the time of old Mrs. Jenkins' death. 826 00:37:40,321 --> 00:37:43,201 Victor Jenkins was drinking in a pub. 827 00:37:43,521 --> 00:37:44,601 Nicholas and Clara Thorn 828 00:37:44,881 --> 00:37:46,321 were in the library with Nora Jenkins 829 00:37:46,641 --> 00:37:48,641 discussing funeral the funeral arrangements. 830 00:37:50,961 --> 00:37:52,561 Leaving only Mr. Heward. 831 00:37:52,841 --> 00:37:54,121 The butler is the only one with an alibi 832 00:37:54,401 --> 00:37:55,801 for Percy Jenkins' murder. 833 00:37:56,081 --> 00:37:58,081 This is a waste of chalk. 834 00:37:58,361 --> 00:38:00,201 My theory might be flawed. 835 00:38:00,521 --> 00:38:01,881 Really? 836 00:38:02,161 --> 00:38:03,881 Well, sir, also I obtained the servant records 837 00:38:04,161 --> 00:38:05,041 from Nora Jenkins. 838 00:38:05,321 --> 00:38:06,801 Not without protest, I might add. 839 00:38:07,081 --> 00:38:09,081 But over the past 20 years or so, 840 00:38:09,361 --> 00:38:11,241 seven girls have been dismissed from the household. 841 00:38:11,561 --> 00:38:12,321 On what grounds? 842 00:38:12,641 --> 00:38:14,121 Two of them for insubordination, 843 00:38:14,401 --> 00:38:19,001 two for poor work habits, and three for loose morals. 844 00:38:19,281 --> 00:38:20,241 Meaning they were pregnant. 845 00:38:20,561 --> 00:38:22,121 Unfortunate but irrelevant, Murdoch. 846 00:38:22,401 --> 00:38:24,201 I'm not so sure, sir. 847 00:38:24,521 --> 00:38:26,641 Have a look at the third name on the list. 848 00:38:26,921 --> 00:38:30,641 Alma Parsons, dismissed August 30, 1876. 849 00:38:30,921 --> 00:38:32,441 It was Alma. 850 00:38:32,761 --> 00:38:34,881 Has everyone gone stupid except for me? 851 00:38:35,161 --> 00:38:39,161 I haven't seen this in I don't know how long, years. 852 00:38:39,441 --> 00:38:42,681 George, find out what's become of Alma Parsons. 853 00:38:42,961 --> 00:38:44,161 Sir. 854 00:38:44,441 --> 00:38:46,161 Then I'm going to return to the Jenkins mansion. 855 00:38:46,441 --> 00:38:47,521 What's going on, Murdoch? 856 00:38:47,801 --> 00:38:50,601 Sir, I believe I know who committed both murders. 857 00:39:00,441 --> 00:39:02,281 Good afternoon. 858 00:39:02,601 --> 00:39:04,321 I have asked you all here because an arrest 859 00:39:04,641 --> 00:39:06,161 in these murders is at hand. 860 00:39:06,441 --> 00:39:09,001 Ms. Allen, 861 00:39:09,281 --> 00:39:11,561 you told me that it had been decades 862 00:39:11,841 --> 00:39:13,441 since you last saw this. 863 00:39:13,761 --> 00:39:15,161 It's true, I swear it. 864 00:39:15,441 --> 00:39:19,121 What day, specifically, did you last see it? 865 00:39:19,401 --> 00:39:21,521 What day? 866 00:39:21,801 --> 00:39:26,761 Could it be August 30, 1876, by any chance? 867 00:39:27,041 --> 00:39:29,241 Do you recall what happened that day? 868 00:39:29,561 --> 00:39:31,241 But how would I? 869 00:39:31,561 --> 00:39:32,801 It was so long ago. 870 00:39:33,081 --> 00:39:35,081 Hmm. 871 00:39:35,361 --> 00:39:39,001 Alma Parsons, were she here, would be able to tell you. 872 00:39:39,281 --> 00:39:42,721 Because that day, Alma Parsons was relieved of her duties 873 00:39:43,001 --> 00:39:44,161 at this house... 874 00:39:44,441 --> 00:39:46,041 by you. 875 00:39:46,321 --> 00:39:47,601 Do you remember that? 876 00:39:49,041 --> 00:39:51,121 Yes. 877 00:39:51,401 --> 00:39:53,401 It was such a flood of tears. 878 00:39:54,561 --> 00:39:57,881 I gave her the handkerchief to mop up her face. 879 00:39:58,161 --> 00:40:00,641 I just couldn't have her leaving 880 00:40:00,921 --> 00:40:02,921 this house in that state. 881 00:40:03,201 --> 00:40:07,041 Do you know what became of Alma Parsons, Ms. Allen? 882 00:40:07,321 --> 00:40:10,041 I heard that she passed away a couple of years ago. 883 00:40:10,321 --> 00:40:12,721 But I can't see that this has anything to do 884 00:40:13,001 --> 00:40:14,441 with a former servant girl. 885 00:40:14,761 --> 00:40:15,761 Well, Mrs. Jenkins, 886 00:40:16,041 --> 00:40:17,921 Alma Parsons was sent from this house 887 00:40:18,201 --> 00:40:20,081 for having the audacity to become pregnant 888 00:40:20,361 --> 00:40:21,401 by your husband, 889 00:40:21,721 --> 00:40:24,241 very much against her will. 890 00:40:24,561 --> 00:40:25,961 Police reports from the day confirm 891 00:40:26,241 --> 00:40:28,121 that Alma turned to prostitution 892 00:40:28,401 --> 00:40:31,441 so that she and her child could eat. 893 00:40:31,761 --> 00:40:34,041 That's what this has to do with a former servant girl. 894 00:40:34,321 --> 00:40:37,361 Now, old Mrs. Jenkins was adamant 895 00:40:37,681 --> 00:40:40,281 that it was Alma she saw walking down the hall. 896 00:40:40,601 --> 00:40:42,201 But her eyesight was too poor 897 00:40:42,521 --> 00:40:44,201 to make out any detail from that distance, 898 00:40:44,521 --> 00:40:47,521 so why did she think she saw Alma? 899 00:40:47,801 --> 00:40:50,041 We all know that we inherit our physical appearance, 900 00:40:50,321 --> 00:40:52,521 as well as our mannerisms, the way we speak, 901 00:40:52,801 --> 00:40:54,881 our smile, the way we walk. 902 00:40:55,161 --> 00:40:57,881 It wasn't Alma returning from the grave 903 00:40:58,161 --> 00:40:59,801 to avenge the wrongs she'd endured 904 00:41:00,081 --> 00:41:01,881 at the hand of your husband. 905 00:41:02,161 --> 00:41:05,841 No, it was the child that Alma bore. 906 00:41:06,121 --> 00:41:10,441 And by my count, she would be 23 years old now. 907 00:41:12,041 --> 00:41:15,321 Isn't that right, Ms. Thorn? 908 00:41:18,641 --> 00:41:19,841 This is absurd. 909 00:41:20,121 --> 00:41:21,281 Clara is not a murderer. 910 00:41:21,601 --> 00:41:23,281 Sit down, Mr. Jenkins. 911 00:41:25,401 --> 00:41:26,201 Ms. Thorn, 912 00:41:26,441 --> 00:41:29,001 you never imagined that the woman 913 00:41:29,281 --> 00:41:32,281 who was too blind and senile to even recognize you 914 00:41:32,601 --> 00:41:35,121 would mistake you for your own mother. 915 00:41:36,641 --> 00:41:37,401 Pretty she was. 916 00:41:37,681 --> 00:41:38,801 Looked like a swan, 917 00:41:39,081 --> 00:41:41,921 but walked like a duck. 918 00:41:44,441 --> 00:41:46,281 I was in the morning room with Nicky and his mother 919 00:41:46,601 --> 00:41:48,041 when she died. 920 00:41:48,321 --> 00:41:49,441 I didn't kill her. 921 00:41:49,761 --> 00:41:52,201 Yes, I know you didn't, but someone did. 922 00:41:52,521 --> 00:41:54,521 Someone who recognized you 923 00:41:54,801 --> 00:41:58,161 as Alma's child the moment you walked in this house. 924 00:41:58,441 --> 00:42:02,281 Mr. Heward, would it be correct to state that you came 925 00:42:02,601 --> 00:42:05,561 to care for Ms. Parsons during the time that she was here? 926 00:42:05,841 --> 00:42:08,841 Yes, sir. 927 00:42:09,121 --> 00:42:10,841 Very deeply. 928 00:42:11,121 --> 00:42:12,921 And that's why you felt a sense of responsibility 929 00:42:13,201 --> 00:42:14,561 to protect her daughter. 930 00:42:15,841 --> 00:42:17,081 You'd overheard my instructions 931 00:42:17,361 --> 00:42:19,921 to dust the fireplace pokers for finger marks. 932 00:42:20,201 --> 00:42:22,521 That's why you wiped down the ones in the upstairs, 933 00:42:22,801 --> 00:42:25,041 not knowing which one Clara had used. 934 00:42:25,321 --> 00:42:26,601 Then when you and I witnessed 935 00:42:26,881 --> 00:42:30,081 that unpredictable moment of lucidity from Mrs. Jenkins, 936 00:42:30,361 --> 00:42:31,321 it must have occurred to you 937 00:42:31,641 --> 00:42:34,321 that Clara's secret would never be safe. 938 00:42:34,641 --> 00:42:35,801 So when I telephoned to say 939 00:42:36,081 --> 00:42:39,001 I wanted to re-interview Mrs. Jenkins, 940 00:42:39,281 --> 00:42:42,321 you killed her to ensure her silence. 941 00:42:46,761 --> 00:42:47,761 I'm sorry for all of it, Nicky. 942 00:42:48,041 --> 00:42:50,121 I truly am. 943 00:42:54,801 --> 00:42:55,681 Come along. 944 00:42:55,961 --> 00:42:58,201 We mustn't keep the detective waiting. 945 00:43:03,641 --> 00:43:06,041 You didn't have to do this for me, Heward. 946 00:43:08,681 --> 00:43:11,721 On the contrary, Ms. Clara. 947 00:43:23,241 --> 00:43:27,201 It revolted me, what Mr. Jenkins did to Alma. 948 00:43:28,601 --> 00:43:30,081 We lived in such fear of him, 949 00:43:30,361 --> 00:43:33,841 and there seemed nothing to be done. 950 00:43:34,601 --> 00:43:35,921 Nothing? 951 00:43:37,161 --> 00:43:39,201 Yes, I know. 952 00:43:39,521 --> 00:43:44,641 If I'd gone with her or helped in some other way... 953 00:43:45,361 --> 00:43:47,601 Were you there the day Alma was let go? 954 00:43:47,881 --> 00:43:50,161 Yes. 955 00:43:52,601 --> 00:43:55,361 Coward that I was, I stood mute. 956 00:43:59,721 --> 00:44:03,001 The murder of an old woman is hardly an act of bravery. 957 00:44:04,961 --> 00:44:06,441 She knew what her son was doing 958 00:44:06,761 --> 00:44:09,961 to those poor girls all those years. 959 00:44:11,041 --> 00:44:13,801 She raised him into what he became. 960 00:44:14,081 --> 00:44:17,681 She gave the carnage he caused not a second thought. 961 00:44:21,641 --> 00:44:23,281 In other words, 962 00:44:23,601 --> 00:44:27,761 Detective Murdoch, 963 00:44:28,041 --> 00:44:29,401 she deserved it. 964 00:44:31,601 --> 00:44:32,841 My mother kept that handkerchief 965 00:44:33,121 --> 00:44:35,241 because she didn't want to forget. 966 00:44:35,561 --> 00:44:38,201 After she died, I swore I'd get revenge on those responsible 967 00:44:38,521 --> 00:44:39,761 for the life she endured. 968 00:44:40,041 --> 00:44:42,801 So you hatched a plan. 969 00:44:43,881 --> 00:44:45,321 When I read that Nicholas was at Harvard, 970 00:44:45,641 --> 00:44:47,041 I moved to Boston, 971 00:44:47,321 --> 00:44:50,721 encountered him by chance, 972 00:44:51,001 --> 00:44:53,681 and allowed him to pursue me. 973 00:44:54,841 --> 00:44:58,041 I genuinely came to care for him. 974 00:44:58,321 --> 00:44:59,441 Of all of them, 975 00:44:59,761 --> 00:45:03,081 he's the only one that didn't deserve to be hurt. 976 00:45:03,361 --> 00:45:06,001 But that was the price of keeping my promise. 977 00:45:06,281 --> 00:45:07,681 Constable. 978 00:45:21,281 --> 00:45:22,961 William? 979 00:45:26,441 --> 00:45:28,681 We've come to say good-bye. 980 00:45:28,961 --> 00:45:32,161 It may be some time before we're in Toronto again. 981 00:45:32,441 --> 00:45:33,881 We still need a coroner, Julia. 982 00:45:34,161 --> 00:45:35,801 Are you certain I can't convince you 983 00:45:36,081 --> 00:45:37,801 to extend your leave a little while longer 984 00:45:38,081 --> 00:45:40,001 until we find a suitable replacement? 985 00:45:40,281 --> 00:45:42,121 I'm sorry. 986 00:45:42,401 --> 00:45:44,281 Julia, please answer me honestly. 987 00:45:44,601 --> 00:45:45,841 If it were possible, 988 00:45:46,121 --> 00:45:49,121 would you want to come back here to this work? 989 00:45:49,401 --> 00:45:51,321 Darcy... 990 00:45:51,641 --> 00:45:53,601 my future is with you in Buffalo. 991 00:45:54,881 --> 00:45:56,281 But you don't seem entirely happy there. 992 00:45:56,601 --> 00:45:59,281 At least not as happy as you seem here. 993 00:46:00,961 --> 00:46:02,681 The Victoria hospital for sick children here 994 00:46:02,961 --> 00:46:04,041 is one of the best in the world. 995 00:46:04,321 --> 00:46:05,761 They've approached me in the past, 996 00:46:06,041 --> 00:46:08,361 and I'm sure I could secure a position. 997 00:46:09,761 --> 00:46:11,441 But your home is in Buffalo. 998 00:46:11,761 --> 00:46:12,961 My home is wherever you are. 999 00:46:13,241 --> 00:46:16,881 And from what I've seen, you belong here. 1000 00:46:20,121 --> 00:46:21,081 Are you sure? 1001 00:46:21,361 --> 00:46:22,921 Absolutely sure. 1002 00:46:25,801 --> 00:46:29,681 In that case, I would love to stay on. 1003 00:46:29,961 --> 00:46:31,841 I would have to apply for the job, of course. 1004 00:46:32,121 --> 00:46:33,841 There'd be a process. 1005 00:46:34,121 --> 00:46:36,441 I'm certain the inspector would give you 1006 00:46:36,761 --> 00:46:38,121 a strong recommendation. 1007 00:46:38,401 --> 00:46:41,241 Well, Detective. 1008 00:46:41,881 --> 00:46:44,521 It appears we'll be seeing a great deal more of each other. 1009 00:46:44,801 --> 00:46:46,401 I look forward to it.