1 00:03:26,959 --> 00:03:29,624 - Be quiet, Bob. 2 00:03:53,417 --> 00:03:56,749 - Wretched creature. Games at all hours. 3 00:03:57,042 --> 00:04:02,416 Put him in his basket before he wakes the whole house. 4 00:04:26,209 --> 00:04:27,499 - Put it there. 5 00:04:27,792 --> 00:04:30,791 Non, non, non, non! Monsieur, c'est ma valise! 6 00:04:31,084 --> 00:04:33,041 She and I have traveled together the world. 7 00:04:33,334 --> 00:04:34,624 - Accident, I think, Poirot. 8 00:04:34,917 --> 00:04:36,124 - No, Hastings, it is a lack of care. 9 00:04:36,417 --> 00:04:38,041 I will not see an old friend used so roughly. 10 00:04:38,334 --> 00:04:39,749 Put that there. 11 00:04:40,042 --> 00:04:41,624 You see, Hastings, there's just no pride in the work. 12 00:04:41,917 --> 00:04:43,208 - Look, Poirot, if we don't buck up, 13 00:04:43,500 --> 00:04:45,583 we're gonna miss Charlie's attempt at the world record. 14 00:04:45,875 --> 00:04:48,791 - Alors, vite, mon ami. Vite. 15 00:05:06,792 --> 00:05:07,749 - You see? 16 00:05:08,042 --> 00:05:12,249 You tick off the porter, and we miss the boat. 17 00:05:12,542 --> 00:05:17,041 - Do not blame yourself, Hastings. 18 00:05:17,334 --> 00:05:19,791 - Oh, no. Now what are we going to do? 19 00:05:20,084 --> 00:05:22,541 Charlie starts in half an hour. 20 00:05:25,792 --> 00:05:27,458 - All is not lost, mon ami. 21 00:05:27,750 --> 00:05:30,124 Excusez-moi, monsieur. This is an emergency. 22 00:05:30,417 --> 00:05:33,416 We are foreign observers at the record attempt. 23 00:05:33,709 --> 00:05:36,583 If you please, could you take us to the Motor Boat Club? 24 00:05:36,875 --> 00:05:37,749 Hastings! 25 00:05:41,167 --> 00:05:42,708 - Just think, in a few minutes time, 26 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:44,083 old Charlie could become 27 00:05:44,375 --> 00:05:46,499 the fastest man in the world on water. 28 00:05:46,792 --> 00:05:49,833 - And after the record, it has been broken, 29 00:05:50,125 --> 00:05:51,458 a few days for us, Hastings, 30 00:05:51,750 --> 00:05:54,374 of the good food, the good wine, and a little... 31 00:05:56,875 --> 00:05:58,541 Peace. 32 00:05:58,834 --> 00:06:01,374 - Anyway, I knew there was a mistake with the speedometer 33 00:06:01,667 --> 00:06:02,916 when, at 80 miles an hour, 34 00:06:03,209 --> 00:06:05,499 this duck flew past me flying in the same direction. 35 00:06:05,792 --> 00:06:06,624 - Charlie! 36 00:06:06,917 --> 00:06:08,124 - Battler, my dear old fellow! 37 00:06:08,417 --> 00:06:09,333 I'm so glad you could make it! 38 00:06:09,625 --> 00:06:11,208 - We thought we were gonna miss the main event, 39 00:06:11,500 --> 00:06:12,791 but if you're still here... 40 00:06:13,084 --> 00:06:14,791 - That's right, old boy. They won't go without me. 41 00:06:15,084 --> 00:06:16,958 - May I introduce-- - Ah, this must be him. 42 00:06:17,250 --> 00:06:18,874 Ladies and gentlemen, we're all very honored. 43 00:06:19,167 --> 00:06:21,541 I'd like you to meet Hercule Poirot. 44 00:06:21,834 --> 00:06:23,916 - Not the Hercule Poirot? 45 00:06:24,209 --> 00:06:25,416 - Are there others, mademoiselle? 46 00:06:25,709 --> 00:06:27,333 - My sister, Theresa. 47 00:06:27,625 --> 00:06:29,124 And this is, um-- oh, to hell with it. 48 00:06:29,417 --> 00:06:31,208 You're bound to meet them over the weekend anyhow. 49 00:06:31,500 --> 00:06:32,833 - They're just your sort, Mr. Poirot-- 50 00:06:33,125 --> 00:06:35,374 villains, the lot of them. 51 00:06:35,667 --> 00:06:37,958 - I think you'll find it's nearly time, sir. 52 00:06:38,250 --> 00:06:39,458 - Oh, hell. Yes. 53 00:06:39,750 --> 00:06:41,458 You all got 15 minutes to find a ringside seat. 54 00:06:41,750 --> 00:06:43,166 Look after these two, will you, Theresa? 55 00:06:43,459 --> 00:06:44,249 There's a good chap. 56 00:06:44,542 --> 00:06:45,666 - Of course. Walter? 57 00:06:45,959 --> 00:06:47,583 Would you bring their suitcases up to the rooms? 58 00:06:47,875 --> 00:06:49,624 - Certainly, madam. 59 00:06:51,500 --> 00:06:53,041 - And here he is, ladies and gentlemen, 60 00:06:53,334 --> 00:06:56,958 the man we've been waiting for: Mr. Charles Arundel. 61 00:06:57,250 --> 00:07:01,499 Now, as you know, Mr. Arundel is a local lad. 62 00:07:01,792 --> 00:07:03,708 Indeed, his aunt, Mrs. Emily Arundel, 63 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:05,458 put up the money for this enterprise, 64 00:07:05,750 --> 00:07:08,541 and we're honored to have her with us today. 65 00:07:11,167 --> 00:07:13,499 - Mr. Poirot, I'd like you to meet my aunt. 66 00:07:13,792 --> 00:07:16,833 - Hercule Poirot, Captain Hastings, Emily Arundel. 67 00:07:17,125 --> 00:07:18,041 - Enchant�, madame. 68 00:07:18,334 --> 00:07:19,374 - I didn't know my nephew 69 00:07:19,667 --> 00:07:22,624 had any distinguished friends, Mr. Poirot. 70 00:07:22,917 --> 00:07:25,249 This is Wilhemina Lawson, by the way, my companion. 71 00:07:25,542 --> 00:07:26,833 - Madame. 72 00:07:27,125 --> 00:07:28,916 - I hope they're treating you well here, Mr. Poirot. 73 00:07:29,209 --> 00:07:30,874 I know the food is meant to be excellent, but... 74 00:07:32,209 --> 00:07:33,041 The company... 75 00:07:33,334 --> 00:07:34,624 - Well, they are excited, madame. 76 00:07:34,917 --> 00:07:36,791 And after the world record, it has been broken, 77 00:07:37,084 --> 00:07:38,041 they will part and go away. 78 00:07:39,375 --> 00:07:40,499 - Yes, yes, all right, I know. 79 00:07:40,792 --> 00:07:45,333 He wants me to introduce you. May I present Bob? 80 00:07:45,625 --> 00:07:47,708 Enchant�. 81 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:49,791 Would you care to dine with us tonight, Mr. Poirot? 82 00:07:50,084 --> 00:07:51,249 Just a family dinner. 83 00:07:51,542 --> 00:07:53,416 - Mr. Arundel faces a daunting task. 84 00:07:53,709 --> 00:07:55,249 He's gonna cross the measured mile 85 00:07:55,542 --> 00:07:57,999 in under 29.58 seconds 86 00:07:58,292 --> 00:08:01,791 to beat the current record held by Commodore Wood. 87 00:08:02,084 --> 00:08:04,124 However, conditions today are perfect, 88 00:08:04,417 --> 00:08:05,833 and Mr. Arundel told me himself 89 00:08:06,125 --> 00:08:08,291 he's confident that his craft, the Spirit of Arundel, 90 00:08:08,584 --> 00:08:10,083 is fighting fit and ready to go. 91 00:08:10,375 --> 00:08:11,333 - There she is! 92 00:08:11,625 --> 00:08:13,916 - Oh, there they are! - Hello, Aunt Emily! 93 00:08:14,209 --> 00:08:15,833 - Hello, children. Careful. 94 00:08:16,125 --> 00:08:17,458 - Hello. How are you? 95 00:08:17,750 --> 00:08:18,749 - I'm well. I'm well. 96 00:08:19,042 --> 00:08:22,416 - My other niece and her husband, Mr. Poirot. 97 00:08:22,709 --> 00:08:24,124 Bella and Jacob Tanios. 98 00:08:24,417 --> 00:08:25,791 Jacob teaches medicine here, 99 00:08:26,084 --> 00:08:28,083 but, sadly, they're leaving us. 100 00:08:28,375 --> 00:08:30,624 Why is your papa taking you back to Greece? 101 00:08:30,917 --> 00:08:32,249 I'm gonna miss you. 102 00:08:32,542 --> 00:08:35,583 - Emily, they have closed my department at the university. 103 00:08:35,875 --> 00:08:36,791 - But, Emily-- 104 00:08:37,084 --> 00:08:38,249 - Is Charles fully prepared, do we know? 105 00:08:38,542 --> 00:08:39,416 Or is it time for a wing and a prayer? 106 00:08:39,709 --> 00:08:41,249 - Charles will be absolutely fine. 107 00:08:41,542 --> 00:08:42,916 He's always had the luck of the devil. 108 00:08:43,209 --> 00:08:44,833 - Certainly they're well-acquainted. 109 00:08:45,125 --> 00:08:46,958 - Emily? - What is it, Minnie? 110 00:08:47,250 --> 00:08:48,666 - It's 2:00, dear. It's time. 111 00:08:48,959 --> 00:08:51,999 - Oh, give them to me, then. 112 00:08:52,292 --> 00:08:54,374 - Would you care to see the boat, Mr. Poirot? 113 00:08:54,667 --> 00:08:55,708 - Hmm? - Oh, I certainly would. 114 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:57,708 - Oh, good. You too, children, come on. 115 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,666 - Yes, come on! 116 00:09:00,959 --> 00:09:02,041 - When did John Grainger 117 00:09:02,334 --> 00:09:03,749 last give you a thorough checkup, Emily? 118 00:09:04,042 --> 00:09:05,499 - Why? Do I look ill? 119 00:09:05,792 --> 00:09:06,999 - Far from it. 120 00:09:07,292 --> 00:09:08,458 Which leads me to ask 121 00:09:08,750 --> 00:09:10,749 why you take these useless liver capsules. 122 00:09:11,042 --> 00:09:13,624 - I think that's Emily's business, Dr. Tanios. 123 00:09:13,917 --> 00:09:14,958 Not yours. 124 00:09:15,250 --> 00:09:18,333 - Pray silence for the mayor of Keswick. 125 00:09:18,625 --> 00:09:20,624 - Ladies and gentlemen, 126 00:09:20,917 --> 00:09:24,041 I'm sure you'd all like to join me 127 00:09:24,334 --> 00:09:29,541 in wishing Charles Arundel the very best 128 00:09:29,834 --> 00:09:31,999 as he prepares to make his bid 129 00:09:32,292 --> 00:09:35,624 for the world's water speed record. 130 00:09:35,917 --> 00:09:40,291 - Godspeed, sir. Godspeed, and good luck. 131 00:09:43,542 --> 00:09:46,041 - Here's for the record! 132 00:09:46,334 --> 00:09:49,041 - Break the record, Uncle Charles! 133 00:09:49,334 --> 00:09:50,291 - We know you can do it! 134 00:09:50,584 --> 00:09:52,791 - We'll never manage it. - We must try! 135 00:09:53,084 --> 00:09:54,541 - There! That's him, honey. 136 00:09:54,834 --> 00:09:56,583 - Oh, honey, quick, come on. 137 00:09:59,459 --> 00:10:04,124 - Mr. Poirot! - Mr. Poirot! 138 00:10:04,417 --> 00:10:05,458 - Oh, God. It's Dotty and Batty. 139 00:10:05,750 --> 00:10:07,208 Take no notice of them, Mr. Poirot. 140 00:10:07,500 --> 00:10:09,624 - Poirot, you may think we're odd. 141 00:10:09,917 --> 00:10:11,333 People do, you know? 142 00:10:11,625 --> 00:10:12,708 - But we are the Tripp sisters. 143 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:14,708 - Oh, now, that isn't what's odd. 144 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,041 - You must stop that boat. 145 00:10:17,334 --> 00:10:19,666 - I, madame? Mais pour quoi? 146 00:10:19,959 --> 00:10:22,124 - Because something dreadful is about to happen. 147 00:10:22,417 --> 00:10:24,583 We came as quickly as we could. 148 00:10:24,875 --> 00:10:28,499 We had a message at lunchtime from the general. 149 00:10:28,792 --> 00:10:31,749 - Aunt Emily's father. Dead, 30 years or more. 150 00:10:32,042 --> 00:10:34,916 - Not dead, just living in another place. 151 00:10:35,209 --> 00:10:36,916 He sent us to you. 152 00:10:37,209 --> 00:10:40,249 - But how did you-- he know Poirot was coming here? 153 00:10:40,542 --> 00:10:43,374 - Bush telegraph's superb in these parts. 154 00:10:43,667 --> 00:10:45,291 - He saw water 155 00:10:45,584 --> 00:10:48,083 and blood leeching into it, 156 00:10:48,375 --> 00:10:51,208 out there on the lake. 157 00:10:51,500 --> 00:10:52,499 - A crime? 158 00:10:52,792 --> 00:10:54,208 - A force of darkness. 159 00:10:54,500 --> 00:10:56,249 You've got to stop it. 160 00:10:56,542 --> 00:10:57,999 - But I can do nothing, madame. 161 00:10:58,292 --> 00:11:00,166 It is not in my power. 162 00:11:23,125 --> 00:11:24,874 - He's started his run-up. 163 00:11:44,250 --> 00:11:47,333 Charles Arundel is entering the measured mile 164 00:11:47,625 --> 00:11:50,416 now. 165 00:11:50,709 --> 00:11:52,541 Five seconds. 166 00:12:00,375 --> 00:12:03,833 15 seconds. 167 00:12:04,125 --> 00:12:06,249 - Oh, come on, come on, come on. 168 00:12:06,542 --> 00:12:07,791 - 20 seconds. 169 00:12:11,917 --> 00:12:13,749 - No, no. - Oh, my God! 170 00:12:42,042 --> 00:12:43,124 - He is safe, mademoiselle. 171 00:12:43,417 --> 00:12:45,916 Your brother, he is safe. 172 00:12:46,209 --> 00:12:47,916 - Until the next time. 173 00:13:07,959 --> 00:13:10,583 - Hello, Bob. Yes, yes, very brave of you. 174 00:13:10,875 --> 00:13:12,083 Now, calm down now. 175 00:13:14,209 --> 00:13:15,166 - No, no, no, no, no, no. 176 00:13:15,459 --> 00:13:16,291 Allow me, Hastings. 177 00:13:16,584 --> 00:13:19,749 Dog, you will sit! 178 00:13:21,917 --> 00:13:23,958 Bon. You are very clever. 179 00:13:24,250 --> 00:13:25,624 Bon. Merci. 180 00:13:25,917 --> 00:13:26,916 - Good. 181 00:13:27,209 --> 00:13:28,124 - A welcome most warm indeed 182 00:13:28,417 --> 00:13:30,624 from Monsieur Bob, Madame Wilhemina. 183 00:13:30,917 --> 00:13:35,791 - May I introduce Dr. Grainger, an old friend of family. 184 00:13:36,084 --> 00:13:38,249 - Monsieur le docteur. - Good to meet you, Poirot. 185 00:13:38,542 --> 00:13:40,166 - How do you do? - How do you do? 186 00:13:40,459 --> 00:13:42,541 - Welcome to Littlegreen House, gentlemen. 187 00:13:42,834 --> 00:13:44,416 - Merci. 188 00:13:50,209 --> 00:13:53,208 - Bob would like to show you something. 189 00:14:03,334 --> 00:14:05,124 - C'est magnifique, �a! 190 00:14:05,417 --> 00:14:07,624 Hastings, what make of dog is this? 191 00:14:07,917 --> 00:14:08,958 - A fox terrier. 192 00:14:09,250 --> 00:14:11,958 - No, Charles, I will not give you more money. 193 00:14:12,250 --> 00:14:14,916 That boat has already cost me a small fortune. 194 00:14:15,209 --> 00:14:16,624 - Now, look here, Aunt Em, 195 00:14:16,917 --> 00:14:18,458 I'd do anything to keep this project alive, 196 00:14:18,750 --> 00:14:20,333 and I won't allow anybody, not even you, 197 00:14:20,625 --> 00:14:22,708 to stand in my way. 198 00:14:24,875 --> 00:14:25,999 Good evening, gentlemen. 199 00:14:26,292 --> 00:14:28,083 A family discussion-- we have them all the time. 200 00:14:28,375 --> 00:14:29,958 Oh, and by the way, if you're in the market 201 00:14:30,250 --> 00:14:31,416 for a burned-out speedboat, 202 00:14:31,709 --> 00:14:33,749 you'll find one in the boathouse. 203 00:14:34,042 --> 00:14:35,874 - Ah, good evening, gentlemen. 204 00:14:36,167 --> 00:14:38,124 This was supposed to be a celebration, 205 00:14:38,417 --> 00:14:41,833 but I fear it may prove more of a wake. 206 00:14:53,917 --> 00:14:55,416 - Non, non, monsieur le docteur. 207 00:14:55,709 --> 00:14:57,291 It is the hot needle in the joints, 208 00:14:57,584 --> 00:14:59,583 not the hot coals within the flesh. 209 00:14:59,875 --> 00:15:02,458 Here, between the fingers. You see? 210 00:15:02,750 --> 00:15:04,041 - Touch of rheumatism, I should think. 211 00:15:04,334 --> 00:15:05,708 Why not ask your doctor to look you over? 212 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:07,041 - No, but if I ask, he will find, 213 00:15:07,334 --> 00:15:08,583 and suppose there is nothing there? 214 00:15:08,875 --> 00:15:09,666 - Then he won't find. 215 00:15:09,917 --> 00:15:10,833 - But if he does not find, 216 00:15:11,125 --> 00:15:13,708 how can I be sure that he has looked? 217 00:15:15,292 --> 00:15:16,958 - Is it time, Isabel? 218 00:15:17,250 --> 00:15:20,208 Silence, silence. A visitation. 219 00:15:26,250 --> 00:15:29,333 - Welcome, friend. 220 00:15:31,625 --> 00:15:34,124 Welcome. 221 00:15:41,875 --> 00:15:44,208 I... 222 00:15:44,500 --> 00:15:48,791 General Julius Arundel, 223 00:15:49,084 --> 00:15:54,499 bring messages from the other side. 224 00:15:56,834 --> 00:16:00,374 Where is Hercule? 225 00:16:00,667 --> 00:16:04,041 I must speak with Hercule. 226 00:16:04,334 --> 00:16:06,708 - Madame? 227 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:13,166 - The message is from M.P. 228 00:16:13,459 --> 00:16:19,833 There is an M.P. in your life, Hercule? 229 00:16:20,125 --> 00:16:21,916 - Oui. Marie Poirot. 230 00:16:22,209 --> 00:16:23,666 She was my grandmother. 231 00:16:23,959 --> 00:16:26,499 - He says you have been lucky, 232 00:16:26,792 --> 00:16:33,208 but luck seldom strikes twice at the same door. 233 00:16:33,500 --> 00:16:35,958 This afternoon, down by the lake, 234 00:16:36,250 --> 00:16:38,041 the danger receded, yes, 235 00:16:38,334 --> 00:16:41,333 but only to gather its strength. 236 00:16:41,625 --> 00:16:47,208 I see it move on 237 00:16:47,500 --> 00:16:51,624 and find its mark in... 238 00:16:51,917 --> 00:16:55,499 Emily! 239 00:16:55,792 --> 00:16:58,749 - Why I put up with this nonsense, I shall never know. 240 00:17:08,542 --> 00:17:10,374 - What the devil is she saying? 241 00:17:10,667 --> 00:17:12,166 - It is Greek. 242 00:17:12,459 --> 00:17:14,958 She says you have all been warned. 243 00:17:38,875 --> 00:17:41,291 - I just wondered if you were having trouble sleeping. 244 00:17:41,584 --> 00:17:43,458 - And so you awaken me to inquire? 245 00:17:43,750 --> 00:17:48,333 That is friendship indeed, Hastings. 246 00:17:48,625 --> 00:17:51,249 - I'm sorry, Poirot. It was that business at dinner. 247 00:17:51,542 --> 00:17:54,208 The general hauling out your granny like that. 248 00:17:54,500 --> 00:17:57,208 I mean, how did he know? 249 00:17:57,500 --> 00:18:00,333 - Regarde, mon ami. 250 00:18:05,625 --> 00:18:09,833 There is a J.H. in your family past? 251 00:18:10,125 --> 00:18:13,708 - Yes. My uncle Jack. 252 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:15,208 What does he say? 253 00:18:15,500 --> 00:18:18,624 - He says you are to go back to your room 254 00:18:18,917 --> 00:18:22,166 and leave me in peace. 255 00:18:22,459 --> 00:18:25,583 - Right. 256 00:18:25,875 --> 00:18:29,749 That's amazing, Poirot. 257 00:18:30,042 --> 00:18:33,291 - Alas, it is guesswork, mon ami. 258 00:18:33,584 --> 00:18:35,624 It would be strange not to find a James, a John, or a Jack 259 00:18:35,917 --> 00:18:37,624 in an English family. 260 00:18:37,917 --> 00:18:40,291 So it is in Belgium, with M for Marie. 261 00:18:40,584 --> 00:18:43,291 - Yes, yes, I suppose so. 262 00:18:43,584 --> 00:18:45,333 But what about those evil forces? 263 00:18:45,625 --> 00:18:47,208 - They are in the mind of Isabel Tripp, mon ami, 264 00:18:47,500 --> 00:18:49,458 and nowhere else. 265 00:18:49,750 --> 00:18:52,416 And yet... 266 00:18:52,709 --> 00:18:56,749 And yet, there is no smoke without a fire. 267 00:19:42,042 --> 00:19:43,749 - Oh! 268 00:19:55,500 --> 00:19:56,583 - What is it? 269 00:19:56,875 --> 00:19:58,791 - What's happened? 270 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:01,208 - Oh, my God. Go and get your father. 271 00:20:01,500 --> 00:20:02,541 Go on, quickly. 272 00:20:02,834 --> 00:20:05,458 - Father, wake up! - Aunty? 273 00:20:05,750 --> 00:20:06,666 - What the hell is going on? 274 00:20:06,959 --> 00:20:08,624 Is there some party or something? 275 00:20:08,917 --> 00:20:10,999 Oh, God! 276 00:20:12,334 --> 00:20:13,166 - Charles... 277 00:20:13,459 --> 00:20:16,708 - Aunt Emily? Aunty? 278 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:18,749 Aunty? 279 00:20:19,042 --> 00:20:20,999 - Don't touch her! 280 00:20:21,292 --> 00:20:22,583 - Stay here, children. 281 00:20:34,709 --> 00:20:37,958 - Shh! 282 00:20:38,250 --> 00:20:39,874 - Alexis! 283 00:20:40,167 --> 00:20:42,916 - She's not dead, is she? 284 00:20:43,209 --> 00:20:45,374 - She's alive. - Look at this! 285 00:20:45,667 --> 00:20:46,833 - Bob's ball. 286 00:20:47,125 --> 00:20:49,333 She must have stood on it and lost her balance. 287 00:21:12,625 --> 00:21:15,833 - Oh, Mr. Poirot, thank you so very much for coming. 288 00:21:16,125 --> 00:21:18,708 Emily has been asking for you. 289 00:21:21,125 --> 00:21:25,416 - I keep going over it in my mind, Mr. Poirot. 290 00:21:25,709 --> 00:21:28,749 I mean, did I step on Bob's ball? 291 00:21:29,042 --> 00:21:33,208 It is unlike him to leave it there. 292 00:21:33,500 --> 00:21:35,541 - Perhaps it is not animals that trouble you, madame, 293 00:21:35,834 --> 00:21:39,249 but also the human beings-- 294 00:21:39,542 --> 00:21:41,833 both alive and dead, perhaps. 295 00:21:42,125 --> 00:21:46,166 - You don't mean Isabel Tripp could be right, surely, 296 00:21:46,459 --> 00:21:48,124 and I'm really in danger? 297 00:21:48,417 --> 00:21:51,541 - Alas, it is possible, madame. 298 00:21:51,834 --> 00:21:54,833 - Then it can only be for my money. 299 00:21:58,417 --> 00:22:02,583 What would you do, Mr. Poirot, in my position? 300 00:22:04,875 --> 00:22:08,166 - Had I the family who would be to gain from my death? 301 00:22:11,667 --> 00:22:13,749 Et bien. 302 00:22:14,042 --> 00:22:17,666 I would make a new will, without delay, 303 00:22:17,959 --> 00:22:20,791 leaving all to a good friend that I could trust. 304 00:22:21,084 --> 00:22:23,666 - And would you tell this friend? 305 00:22:23,959 --> 00:22:25,999 - Non, non, non, pas du tout. 306 00:22:26,292 --> 00:22:28,416 But I would tell to all those named in the old will 307 00:22:28,709 --> 00:22:30,624 that they were in it no longer. 308 00:22:30,917 --> 00:22:32,208 - Wouldn't that anger them? 309 00:22:32,500 --> 00:22:34,666 - Oui, bien s�r. 310 00:22:34,959 --> 00:22:38,874 But they would make certain that no accident befell me, 311 00:22:39,167 --> 00:22:41,666 hoping that one day I would change my will again 312 00:22:41,959 --> 00:22:45,249 and favor them. 313 00:22:45,542 --> 00:22:48,333 - I like that. 314 00:22:48,625 --> 00:22:52,291 I like that very much, Mr. Poirot. 315 00:22:59,917 --> 00:23:01,249 - Un medicament, docteur? 316 00:23:01,542 --> 00:23:04,499 - Yes, Poirot. Exprotin for Emily's liver. 317 00:23:04,792 --> 00:23:06,291 - Perhaps for that she has the capsules? 318 00:23:06,584 --> 00:23:08,958 - Gimmicks from a local herbalist. 319 00:23:09,250 --> 00:23:11,249 I've thrown them away. 320 00:23:14,084 --> 00:23:15,708 Good morning, Emily. 321 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:17,874 I brought you your medicine. 322 00:24:12,209 --> 00:24:16,416 - Mr. Poirot, I'd like a word with you in private. 323 00:24:17,834 --> 00:24:19,333 - In the garden, perhaps, Madame Tanios? 324 00:24:19,625 --> 00:24:22,416 - No, no, it's too risky. 325 00:24:22,709 --> 00:24:26,541 I'll call on you at teatime at the Motor Boat Club. 326 00:24:35,875 --> 00:24:38,499 - This Monsieur Wordsworth, the poet of these parts, 327 00:24:38,792 --> 00:24:40,499 he annoys me, Hastings. 328 00:24:40,792 --> 00:24:42,249 Clearly he is a slave to depression, 329 00:24:42,542 --> 00:24:43,833 but you know what cheers him, mon ami? 330 00:24:44,125 --> 00:24:45,833 A good wine? A large beefsteak? 331 00:24:46,125 --> 00:24:48,124 The company of a woman most enchanting? 332 00:24:48,417 --> 00:24:50,333 No. A daffodil. 333 00:24:50,625 --> 00:24:52,166 Ouais. 334 00:24:52,459 --> 00:24:54,958 "Beside the lake, beneath the trees"-- 335 00:24:55,250 --> 00:24:59,249 - "Fluttering and dancing in the breeze." 336 00:24:59,542 --> 00:25:00,833 - There. Over there, madam. 337 00:25:01,125 --> 00:25:02,458 - Thank you. 338 00:25:04,959 --> 00:25:06,249 - Good afternoon, madame. 339 00:25:06,542 --> 00:25:08,041 - I'll not beat about the bush, Mr. Poirot. 340 00:25:08,334 --> 00:25:10,249 Charles and Theresa, they've been scrounging money 341 00:25:10,542 --> 00:25:11,499 off Aunt Emily for years. 342 00:25:11,792 --> 00:25:13,166 And just lately, she's begun to say no, 343 00:25:13,459 --> 00:25:14,583 and quite right too. 344 00:25:14,875 --> 00:25:16,999 - Please do calm yourself and sit down, madame. 345 00:25:17,292 --> 00:25:19,166 - Thank you. 346 00:25:20,750 --> 00:25:22,624 That fall was no accident, Mr. Poirot. 347 00:25:22,917 --> 00:25:25,124 She was pushed by one of them. I know it! 348 00:25:25,417 --> 00:25:28,041 But if my husband knew I was accusing them, he-- 349 00:25:28,334 --> 00:25:29,124 he'd... 350 00:25:29,375 --> 00:25:32,083 - You fear him, madame? 351 00:25:32,375 --> 00:25:35,249 - No, no, forgive me. I am safe here, at least. 352 00:25:35,542 --> 00:25:38,208 - Why here? 353 00:25:38,500 --> 00:25:39,666 - People like Jacob aren't welcome 354 00:25:39,959 --> 00:25:41,999 at the Motor Boat Club, Captain, if you get my drift. 355 00:25:42,292 --> 00:25:44,291 - Comment? 356 00:25:44,584 --> 00:25:47,124 - He's different. Foreign. 357 00:25:47,417 --> 00:25:49,124 - Mais moi aussi. 358 00:25:49,417 --> 00:25:52,666 - Yes, but you're famous, Mr. Poirot. 359 00:25:52,959 --> 00:25:54,166 However safe or not, 360 00:25:54,459 --> 00:25:57,249 I'd rather we kept this meeting to ourselves. 361 00:25:57,542 --> 00:25:59,541 - Of course, madame. 362 00:26:03,959 --> 00:26:05,999 - Hello, Aunty. - Morning, Aunt! 363 00:26:06,292 --> 00:26:10,208 - Isn't it glorious? - Oh, what a lovely day. 364 00:26:10,500 --> 00:26:12,666 The roses are looking perfect. 365 00:26:12,959 --> 00:26:15,166 - Three visits in as many days. 366 00:26:15,459 --> 00:26:16,666 I am honored. 367 00:26:16,959 --> 00:26:20,583 - Oh, you are looking so much better, Aunt Em. 368 00:26:20,875 --> 00:26:24,499 - The result, perhaps, of changing my will. 369 00:26:28,084 --> 00:26:29,791 Good heavens. 370 00:26:30,084 --> 00:26:33,416 I never thought to see you both lost for words. 371 00:26:37,875 --> 00:26:40,499 - You've changed your will? 372 00:26:40,792 --> 00:26:44,749 - Yes, dear, I am cutting my family off without a penny. 373 00:26:45,042 --> 00:26:46,583 - But if we don't inherit, who the hell does? 374 00:26:46,875 --> 00:26:48,166 - Why do you want to do a thing like that? 375 00:26:48,459 --> 00:26:49,749 What have we done to you anyhow? 376 00:26:50,042 --> 00:26:51,833 - You threatened me, Charles. 377 00:26:52,125 --> 00:26:55,291 "I won't allow anyone to stand in my way," remember? 378 00:26:55,584 --> 00:26:57,083 - Oh, that wasn't a threat. It was a joke. 379 00:26:57,375 --> 00:26:59,249 - But what about the silver service you promised me? 380 00:26:59,542 --> 00:27:00,708 Does that go to someone else now? 381 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:02,249 - And the paintings, Aunt Em? 382 00:27:02,542 --> 00:27:04,624 You always said that one day the paintings would be mine. 383 00:27:04,917 --> 00:27:06,749 - Hello? Littlegreen House. 384 00:27:07,042 --> 00:27:08,458 - Wilhemina, is Emily there? 385 00:27:08,750 --> 00:27:10,166 I would like to speak to her. 386 00:27:14,667 --> 00:27:17,624 - Yes? Jacob. 387 00:27:19,209 --> 00:27:20,874 - I would like us to meet, Emily. 388 00:27:21,167 --> 00:27:22,666 I am worried about you. 389 00:27:33,709 --> 00:27:35,958 - You question all my decisions. - Please. 390 00:27:36,250 --> 00:27:38,624 - I've got it written down. 391 00:27:40,584 --> 00:27:41,666 - Yes, but what kind of-- 392 00:27:41,959 --> 00:27:44,333 - Don't question everything I have to say. 393 00:27:51,959 --> 00:27:53,249 Thank you, madam. 394 00:27:53,542 --> 00:27:57,124 - First, you tell me how you are. 395 00:27:57,417 --> 00:27:59,499 - Do you really want to know? 396 00:27:59,792 --> 00:28:04,166 I feel tired, Jacob. And ancient. 397 00:28:04,459 --> 00:28:08,583 Which is why, I suppose, I keep snapping at Minnie, 398 00:28:08,875 --> 00:28:11,874 the one person who stands by me no matter what. 399 00:28:12,167 --> 00:28:16,374 - She knows you don't mean it. 400 00:28:16,667 --> 00:28:21,124 - Well, I never. Look at that. 401 00:28:21,417 --> 00:28:23,166 Love, do you think? 402 00:28:23,459 --> 00:28:25,041 - Let us hope so. 403 00:28:25,334 --> 00:28:27,874 He's a good man, a good doctor. 404 00:28:28,167 --> 00:28:31,708 - You say that in spite of his coldness towards you. 405 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,666 How generous you are. 406 00:28:34,959 --> 00:28:37,749 - I, too, have noticed your weariness, Emily. 407 00:28:38,042 --> 00:28:40,499 I want you to try this. 408 00:28:40,792 --> 00:28:44,874 The recipe has been in my family 200 years. 409 00:28:45,167 --> 00:28:48,249 - Quite new then, for Greeks. 410 00:28:51,167 --> 00:28:54,583 Jacob, do you think someone is trying to kill me? 411 00:28:54,875 --> 00:28:58,916 - Emily, who would do such a thing? 412 00:28:59,209 --> 00:29:02,916 - Mr. Poirot seems to think it's possible. 413 00:29:11,417 --> 00:29:13,708 - Sir? 414 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:17,499 Mr. Poirot? 415 00:29:17,792 --> 00:29:20,124 There's a gentleman to see you, sir. 416 00:29:20,417 --> 00:29:21,666 He is outside. 417 00:29:21,959 --> 00:29:23,749 - Then ask him to come in. 418 00:29:24,042 --> 00:29:28,874 - Rather not, sir. He is not a member. 419 00:29:29,167 --> 00:29:31,499 - I am not a member. 420 00:29:31,792 --> 00:29:33,666 - It's Dr. Tanios, sir. 421 00:29:33,959 --> 00:29:35,666 - Ah. 422 00:29:35,959 --> 00:29:39,249 And, of course, he is not famous. 423 00:29:45,625 --> 00:29:46,833 Monsieur. 424 00:29:47,125 --> 00:29:49,666 - Why are you frightening Emily, Mr. Poirot? 425 00:29:49,959 --> 00:29:51,374 - When have I done such a thing? 426 00:29:51,667 --> 00:29:54,041 - You speak of designs upon her life. 427 00:29:54,334 --> 00:29:56,749 - From duty, monsieur, to warn her. 428 00:29:57,042 --> 00:29:59,583 - Of a fantasy woven by Isabel Tripp. 429 00:29:59,875 --> 00:30:02,499 - I do not speak of a fantasy, monsieur. 430 00:30:02,792 --> 00:30:05,458 I speak of a possible crime against Aunt Emily, 431 00:30:05,750 --> 00:30:07,208 and I am not alone in my fears. 432 00:30:07,500 --> 00:30:10,874 - Who else believes this? 433 00:30:11,167 --> 00:30:13,249 - I merely say that I am not alone. 434 00:30:13,542 --> 00:30:16,499 - But you mention no name, because there is none. 435 00:30:16,792 --> 00:30:18,166 Very well, in the interest of my family 436 00:30:18,459 --> 00:30:19,374 and their peace of mind, 437 00:30:19,667 --> 00:30:22,999 please do not speak to Emily again. 438 00:30:28,834 --> 00:30:30,999 - I don't like him either, Poirot. 439 00:30:31,292 --> 00:30:33,041 - Quite so. 440 00:30:33,334 --> 00:30:36,458 If you please, Hastings, ask a steward to fetch our hats. 441 00:30:36,750 --> 00:30:38,333 - Where are we going? 442 00:30:38,625 --> 00:30:40,208 - Littlegreen House. 443 00:30:40,500 --> 00:30:42,624 - Thank you, dear. 444 00:30:52,417 --> 00:30:55,374 - I'm sorry, dear. 445 00:30:55,667 --> 00:30:57,124 - Forgive me. 446 00:31:00,292 --> 00:31:01,916 It's been a long day. 447 00:31:02,209 --> 00:31:04,999 - But you look better than you have for weeks. 448 00:31:05,292 --> 00:31:07,041 Doesn't she look well, Julia? 449 00:31:07,334 --> 00:31:08,916 - Oh, yes, dear. 450 00:31:09,209 --> 00:31:11,624 - Why does everyone lie to me? 451 00:31:11,917 --> 00:31:15,166 I look dreadful. 452 00:31:15,459 --> 00:31:20,166 Wilhemina, in my bag, there's a bottle. 453 00:31:20,459 --> 00:31:22,999 Pass it to me. 454 00:31:23,292 --> 00:31:24,874 - Not your liver capsules, dear? 455 00:31:25,167 --> 00:31:29,208 - If I'd meant liver capsules, I should have said so. 456 00:31:29,500 --> 00:31:31,583 The bottle. 457 00:31:44,667 --> 00:31:49,374 Jacob gave it to me earlier today. 458 00:31:49,667 --> 00:31:50,791 It's his own preparation. 459 00:31:51,084 --> 00:31:53,249 - You're not going to take it, surely. 460 00:31:53,542 --> 00:31:55,749 It could be Greek. 461 00:31:59,250 --> 00:32:02,874 - I don't care if it hails from the Moon. 462 00:32:07,917 --> 00:32:09,916 I need some air. 463 00:32:10,209 --> 00:32:11,999 - Yes, that will help too. 464 00:32:12,292 --> 00:32:15,124 It's a lovely evening. 465 00:32:25,709 --> 00:32:28,791 - Leave me alone, Minnie, for heaven's sake! 466 00:32:31,084 --> 00:32:33,958 - All I've ever tried to do for Emily is my best. 467 00:32:34,250 --> 00:32:37,583 - She knows that, dear. Deep down, she knows it. 468 00:32:37,875 --> 00:32:42,083 - Oh, yes. You've been an absolute saint. 469 00:32:58,334 --> 00:33:02,583 - Don't be afraid, dear. 470 00:33:02,875 --> 00:33:05,583 It's her spirit, 471 00:33:05,875 --> 00:33:09,416 reaching out to the ethers. 472 00:33:09,709 --> 00:33:14,041 - You mean... dying? 473 00:33:14,334 --> 00:33:20,666 - She is crossing over, even as we look at her. 474 00:33:20,959 --> 00:33:25,541 Oh, what an adventure! 475 00:33:28,334 --> 00:33:30,249 - Emily! Emily! 476 00:33:30,542 --> 00:33:32,124 - Don't worry, my dear. 477 00:33:32,417 --> 00:33:34,374 Hello, Bob. 478 00:33:34,667 --> 00:33:36,458 - Qu'est-ce que c'est, Monsieur Bob? 479 00:33:41,792 --> 00:33:43,708 Vite, Hastings. 480 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:46,041 - Emily. Emily. 481 00:33:46,334 --> 00:33:47,749 - If you please, madame. 482 00:33:48,042 --> 00:33:50,083 - Mr. Poirot, what's happening? 483 00:33:53,250 --> 00:33:54,666 Is she all right? 484 00:33:58,209 --> 00:34:00,041 - No, madame. 485 00:34:02,834 --> 00:34:04,333 She is dead. 486 00:34:04,625 --> 00:34:05,666 - Oh! 487 00:34:29,917 --> 00:34:32,541 - Just once more I beg of you, Sergeant Keeley, 488 00:34:32,834 --> 00:34:34,333 get the coroner to order a postmortem 489 00:34:34,625 --> 00:34:35,583 on the body of Emily Arundel. 490 00:34:35,875 --> 00:34:36,874 - I'm sorry, sir. 491 00:34:37,167 --> 00:34:39,291 We treat our dead with respect in these parts, 492 00:34:39,584 --> 00:34:42,041 especially the good souls like Mrs. Arundel. 493 00:34:42,334 --> 00:34:43,166 - But her death, monsieur, 494 00:34:43,459 --> 00:34:44,833 there are questions that need answers. 495 00:34:45,125 --> 00:34:46,374 Evidence may be buried with her. 496 00:34:46,667 --> 00:34:48,041 - I've got the only evidence I need: 497 00:34:48,334 --> 00:34:49,374 the death certificate, 498 00:34:49,667 --> 00:34:51,333 that says she died of liver failure. 499 00:34:51,625 --> 00:34:54,583 So amen to that. 500 00:35:29,042 --> 00:35:31,416 - "For He knoweth whereof we are made; 501 00:35:31,709 --> 00:35:36,124 "He rembereth that we are but dust. 502 00:35:36,417 --> 00:35:39,083 "The days of man are but His grass, 503 00:35:39,375 --> 00:35:43,249 "for He flourisheth as a flower of the field, 504 00:35:43,542 --> 00:35:48,166 "for as soon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone, 505 00:35:48,459 --> 00:35:53,666 "and the place thereof shall know it no more. 506 00:35:53,959 --> 00:35:55,999 "But the merciful goodness of the Lord 507 00:35:56,292 --> 00:36:00,833 "endureth forever and ever upon them that fear Him, 508 00:36:01,125 --> 00:36:05,416 and His righteousness upon His children's children." 509 00:36:05,709 --> 00:36:07,958 - Nice of you to come, Mr. Poirot. 510 00:36:08,250 --> 00:36:11,291 She wasn't a bad old stick. 511 00:36:11,584 --> 00:36:14,249 - I wish I'd told her that, you know? 512 00:36:14,542 --> 00:36:15,708 Never did. 513 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:17,958 - "And it is certain we can carry nothing out. 514 00:36:18,250 --> 00:36:21,999 "The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away. 515 00:36:22,292 --> 00:36:24,333 Blessed be the name of the Lord." 516 00:36:40,959 --> 00:36:43,249 - Pauvre chien. 517 00:36:43,542 --> 00:36:44,958 Through all, you greet your visitors 518 00:36:45,250 --> 00:36:48,124 with agitating of the tail, huh? 519 00:36:48,417 --> 00:36:50,916 But not today. 520 00:37:07,084 --> 00:37:08,666 - Ladies and gentlemen, 521 00:37:08,959 --> 00:37:12,416 Mrs. Arundel's solicitor has asked me to read the will, 522 00:37:12,709 --> 00:37:14,499 since I am its executor. 523 00:37:14,792 --> 00:37:18,208 It's a simple document, dated the 10th of this month. 524 00:37:18,500 --> 00:37:23,416 It leaves everything Emily owned to Wilhemina Lawson. 525 00:37:27,209 --> 00:37:29,124 - No. 526 00:37:29,417 --> 00:37:31,541 No, she mustn't! 527 00:37:31,834 --> 00:37:33,624 - The family gets nothing, John? 528 00:37:33,917 --> 00:37:37,291 - No. 529 00:37:37,584 --> 00:37:38,708 - Monsieur le docteur, 530 00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:40,541 I should like to know, if you please, 531 00:37:40,834 --> 00:37:43,749 who benefitted from the old will. 532 00:37:44,042 --> 00:37:45,791 - Everyone in the room, in some measure, 533 00:37:46,084 --> 00:37:48,291 most for a few hundred pounds. 534 00:37:48,584 --> 00:37:51,166 Charles, Theresa, and Bella would have had the lion's share. 535 00:37:51,459 --> 00:37:54,458 Why? 536 00:37:54,750 --> 00:37:58,208 - I believe that she was murdered, monsieur. 537 00:37:58,500 --> 00:38:03,916 - And by whom, I wonder? 538 00:38:04,209 --> 00:38:05,333 Oh, don't think we haven't noticed 539 00:38:05,625 --> 00:38:07,708 you two huddled into corners, 540 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:09,708 plotting and planning like a couple of children. 541 00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:12,041 - Oh, don't blame them. Blame our little Belgian friend. 542 00:38:12,334 --> 00:38:14,166 He's the one who got her to change her damn will! 543 00:38:14,459 --> 00:38:15,999 - Emily died of liver failure. 544 00:38:16,292 --> 00:38:17,874 - And you helped her on her way 545 00:38:18,167 --> 00:38:20,041 by throwing out those liver capsules. 546 00:38:20,334 --> 00:38:21,458 - They were useless-- 547 00:38:21,750 --> 00:38:24,249 the triumph of advertising over good medical sense. 548 00:38:24,542 --> 00:38:28,749 - I know of at least one attempt upon her life. 549 00:38:29,042 --> 00:38:32,208 Could I have saved her? 550 00:38:32,500 --> 00:38:36,166 That is a question that will follow me to my grave. 551 00:38:38,959 --> 00:38:40,916 If you please to come. 552 00:38:44,167 --> 00:38:47,958 The morning after the fall of Emily Arundel, 553 00:38:48,250 --> 00:38:51,166 I paid a visit, 554 00:38:51,459 --> 00:38:55,166 and I observed in the skirting 555 00:38:55,459 --> 00:38:59,666 a screw eye, 556 00:38:59,959 --> 00:39:02,124 to which a string or cord might be attached 557 00:39:02,417 --> 00:39:04,541 and stretched across to the banister. 558 00:39:04,834 --> 00:39:07,749 - Like a trip wire, you mean? 559 00:39:10,209 --> 00:39:11,833 - Precisement. 560 00:39:12,125 --> 00:39:13,333 - Oh, do go on, Mr. Poirot. 561 00:39:13,625 --> 00:39:15,708 It sounds absolutely damning. 562 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:19,499 - Proof positive, I'd say. 563 00:39:19,792 --> 00:39:22,583 - But this murderer makes mistakes. 564 00:39:22,875 --> 00:39:27,499 The first of which was to remove the screw eye, 565 00:39:27,792 --> 00:39:30,874 because now I know it was important. 566 00:39:35,084 --> 00:39:37,374 - What exactly do you do up here, Charlie? 567 00:39:37,667 --> 00:39:39,416 - Hadn't you noticed, Battler? 568 00:39:39,709 --> 00:39:41,916 I drive boats, fast. 569 00:39:42,209 --> 00:39:45,249 - Yes, but I mean, you know, what do you do? 570 00:39:45,542 --> 00:39:47,416 - Well, up until Aunt Em died, 571 00:39:47,709 --> 00:39:49,916 I was a sort of investment advisor. 572 00:39:50,209 --> 00:39:51,791 - That sounds interesting. - Hmm. 573 00:39:52,084 --> 00:39:54,874 I advised, and she invested, in me. 574 00:39:55,167 --> 00:39:57,541 Until she spoiled it all by changing her damn will. 575 00:39:57,834 --> 00:40:03,124 For which, Monsieur Poirot, merci beaucoup. 576 00:40:03,417 --> 00:40:06,041 - Well, he only did what he thought was right. 577 00:40:06,334 --> 00:40:07,499 - Did he? 578 00:40:15,084 --> 00:40:19,958 - Again and again I ask myself, Hastings. 579 00:40:20,250 --> 00:40:23,458 The advice that I gave to her to change her will, 580 00:40:23,750 --> 00:40:26,416 was it was good, or was it bad? 581 00:40:26,709 --> 00:40:28,624 Could I have prevented her death? 582 00:40:28,917 --> 00:40:30,749 - Or if Grainger's right and it was liver failure, 583 00:40:31,042 --> 00:40:32,124 no, you couldn't. 584 00:40:32,417 --> 00:40:35,083 - And what is the cause of liver failure, Hastings? 585 00:40:35,375 --> 00:40:36,666 - Old age. 586 00:40:36,959 --> 00:40:41,291 - And I say that she was murdered. 587 00:40:41,584 --> 00:40:45,291 Never, in all my years, has a little detail so vexed me. 588 00:40:45,584 --> 00:40:48,958 The motive, Hastings. 589 00:40:49,250 --> 00:40:51,416 Maybe if she was murdered before the changing of the will, 590 00:40:51,709 --> 00:40:52,833 I could understand-- 591 00:40:53,125 --> 00:40:56,541 "Let us kill her quickly, then we can inherit." 592 00:40:56,834 --> 00:41:00,583 But after... 593 00:41:00,875 --> 00:41:03,041 Who will benefit? 594 00:41:03,334 --> 00:41:05,583 - Could it have been revenge? 595 00:41:05,875 --> 00:41:07,499 - Excuse me, sir. 596 00:41:07,792 --> 00:41:11,583 A lady and a gentleman wish to see you in the lounge. 597 00:41:11,875 --> 00:41:14,416 They have a dog with them. 598 00:41:14,709 --> 00:41:16,916 - A fox terrier, perhaps? 599 00:41:17,209 --> 00:41:18,791 - And you don't really have any control over-- 600 00:41:21,625 --> 00:41:23,083 Come here! 601 00:41:23,375 --> 00:41:24,458 - Damn dog! 602 00:41:24,750 --> 00:41:26,458 No idea how to conduct himself in public. 603 00:41:26,750 --> 00:41:28,208 - It's his way of showing his grief. 604 00:41:28,500 --> 00:41:30,749 Oh, Bob, please behave! 605 00:41:31,042 --> 00:41:33,958 - Bob, you will sit! 606 00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:36,249 Voil�. 607 00:41:39,584 --> 00:41:41,249 Hastings. 608 00:41:45,417 --> 00:41:48,291 - Odd request, Poirot. 609 00:41:48,584 --> 00:41:50,166 Wilhemina wants you to question her. 610 00:41:50,459 --> 00:41:51,333 - Mi pour quoi? 611 00:41:51,625 --> 00:41:54,458 - To stop people talking about me. 612 00:41:54,750 --> 00:41:57,166 They will, you know, as if... 613 00:41:57,459 --> 00:41:58,833 Well, as if-- 614 00:41:59,125 --> 00:42:00,958 - As if you had killed Aunt Emily Arundel 615 00:42:01,250 --> 00:42:02,874 in order to benefit from her will? 616 00:42:03,167 --> 00:42:04,166 - There you are. You see? 617 00:42:04,459 --> 00:42:05,624 He thinks so too. 618 00:42:05,917 --> 00:42:07,999 But I swear, I didn't know I'd inherit her money. 619 00:42:08,292 --> 00:42:10,416 - No one knew, madame. 620 00:42:10,709 --> 00:42:13,166 I myself advised this. 621 00:42:13,459 --> 00:42:16,999 - Nevertheless, Poirot, we've had one or two ideas. 622 00:42:17,292 --> 00:42:20,999 Tell him what you told me, my dear. 623 00:42:21,292 --> 00:42:22,541 - It was just that you were saying 624 00:42:22,834 --> 00:42:25,833 that someone had tried to kill Emily. 625 00:42:26,125 --> 00:42:30,624 And now with her dying, 626 00:42:30,917 --> 00:42:34,374 well, the night before the accident, 627 00:42:34,667 --> 00:42:37,416 Bob woke me, wanting to play. 628 00:42:39,625 --> 00:42:41,249 Be quiet, Bob. 629 00:42:41,542 --> 00:42:44,874 There was someone on the landing with him. 630 00:42:45,167 --> 00:42:47,166 I told them to put him in his basket. 631 00:42:47,459 --> 00:42:51,583 Put him in his basket before he wakes the whole house. 632 00:42:51,875 --> 00:42:53,458 I didn't see the face, 633 00:42:53,750 --> 00:42:55,833 but on the dressing gown, there was this monogram 634 00:42:56,125 --> 00:42:58,041 in gold embroidery, 635 00:42:58,334 --> 00:43:01,833 the initials T.A. 636 00:43:02,125 --> 00:43:06,124 - Theresa Arundel. But surely not. 637 00:43:07,625 --> 00:43:09,583 - I'm frightened, Mr. Poirot. 638 00:43:09,875 --> 00:43:12,291 I might be next. 639 00:43:12,584 --> 00:43:15,416 - Your fears are easy to overcome, madame. 640 00:43:15,709 --> 00:43:16,624 Give your inheritance 641 00:43:16,917 --> 00:43:19,166 to all those named in the first will. 642 00:43:21,667 --> 00:43:23,291 - Oh. 643 00:43:23,584 --> 00:43:29,333 But surely that would be going against Emily's wishes. 644 00:43:29,625 --> 00:43:31,999 - Perhaps. 645 00:43:32,292 --> 00:43:33,583 - Come, my dear. 646 00:43:33,875 --> 00:43:36,374 I think we've given Mr. Poirot enough food for thought. 647 00:43:36,667 --> 00:43:38,499 - One more thing, Mr. Poirot. 648 00:43:38,792 --> 00:43:42,249 - Madame? - It's Bob. 649 00:43:42,542 --> 00:43:45,541 He doesn't like living with me. 650 00:43:45,834 --> 00:43:48,666 You, on the other hand, seem just his sort of person. 651 00:43:48,959 --> 00:43:51,208 - No, madame, I could not. The responsibility... 652 00:43:51,500 --> 00:43:55,624 - Otherwise, it's curtains for him, I'm afraid, Poirot. 653 00:44:09,292 --> 00:44:10,874 - The walking of the dog before breakfast? 654 00:44:11,167 --> 00:44:12,374 Non, mon ami. 655 00:44:12,667 --> 00:44:14,999 The routine of Bob is not the routine of Poirot. 656 00:44:15,292 --> 00:44:17,708 - A bit more exercise will do you a power of good, Poirot. 657 00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:19,666 - But you yourself are a keen walker, Hastings. 658 00:44:19,959 --> 00:44:21,291 - Yes, I am. - Well, then? 659 00:44:21,584 --> 00:44:24,833 - No, Poirot, Bob is not moving in with me. 660 00:44:42,667 --> 00:44:43,958 Good morning. - Hello. 661 00:44:44,250 --> 00:44:46,124 - Bonjour, mademoiselle. 662 00:44:46,417 --> 00:44:47,958 - I've been meaning to do that for six months. 663 00:44:48,250 --> 00:44:51,749 The rain last night rather forced my hand. 664 00:44:52,042 --> 00:44:53,749 - Mademoiselle, this may seem to you 665 00:44:54,042 --> 00:44:55,833 a question that is most strange, 666 00:44:56,125 --> 00:44:57,249 but do you have in your possession 667 00:44:57,542 --> 00:45:01,499 a dressing gown on which are the initials T.A.? 668 00:45:01,792 --> 00:45:03,083 - Somewhere, yes, 669 00:45:03,375 --> 00:45:05,791 but, quite frankly, I wouldn't be seen dead in it. 670 00:45:06,084 --> 00:45:07,083 - Comment? 671 00:45:07,375 --> 00:45:08,833 - I bought it before they were all the rage, 672 00:45:09,125 --> 00:45:11,916 and now everyone's got them, men and women. 673 00:45:12,209 --> 00:45:14,708 Why? 674 00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:16,708 - Wilhemina Lawson saw a person wearing it 675 00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:18,541 on the night before the accident, 676 00:45:18,834 --> 00:45:22,541 and it has made her fearful for her safety, 677 00:45:22,834 --> 00:45:27,041 but sadly not enough to give back her money. 678 00:45:27,334 --> 00:45:29,749 - Well, I got my solicitor working on that. 679 00:45:30,042 --> 00:45:33,041 With any luck, he'll revoke the new will, 680 00:45:33,334 --> 00:45:36,624 and I'll be able to afford a decent place to live in. 681 00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:48,249 - Oh, Mr. Poirot, there's a telephone call for you. 682 00:45:48,542 --> 00:45:49,999 Will you take it here, sir? 683 00:45:50,292 --> 00:45:51,583 - Oui. Who wishes to speak with me? 684 00:45:51,875 --> 00:45:54,874 - Miss Emily Arundel, sir. 685 00:45:57,917 --> 00:45:59,999 - She is dead, mon ami. 686 00:46:00,292 --> 00:46:04,041 - You'll have to take that up with her yourself, sir. 687 00:46:20,500 --> 00:46:22,499 - Hercule Poirot is here. 688 00:46:22,792 --> 00:46:26,666 - Mr. Poirot, this is so thrilling. 689 00:46:26,959 --> 00:46:30,416 Isabel is in touch with Emily 690 00:46:30,709 --> 00:46:33,499 at this very moment. 691 00:46:36,542 --> 00:46:41,249 - Then please to convey to her my kind regards. 692 00:46:41,542 --> 00:46:43,958 - She just whisked in from the ethers 693 00:46:44,250 --> 00:46:46,666 over our second cup of tea. 694 00:46:46,959 --> 00:46:50,541 She's dying to speak to you. Shall I put her on? 695 00:46:50,834 --> 00:46:54,124 - Non, non, non, non! 696 00:46:54,417 --> 00:46:58,458 Just take a message, and I will call on you later. 697 00:46:58,750 --> 00:47:01,208 Merci. 698 00:47:21,584 --> 00:47:24,958 - Emily knows you blame yourself for her crossing over, 699 00:47:25,250 --> 00:47:26,958 and she says it's very silly. 700 00:47:27,250 --> 00:47:29,833 - And she wants to put your mind at rest. 701 00:47:30,125 --> 00:47:33,374 She said, "Why don't we hold a s�ance 702 00:47:33,667 --> 00:47:36,291 and invite all your suspects?" 703 00:47:36,584 --> 00:47:37,458 - All the people you think 704 00:47:37,750 --> 00:47:40,499 may have eased her path into the next world. 705 00:47:40,792 --> 00:47:42,416 - Then, when they're all gathered, 706 00:47:42,709 --> 00:47:44,916 Emily, through Isabel, 707 00:47:45,209 --> 00:47:47,749 will point out the one responsible. 708 00:47:48,042 --> 00:47:49,874 What do you say, Mr. Poirot? 709 00:47:50,167 --> 00:47:51,791 - I think it is an idea most splendid. 710 00:47:52,084 --> 00:47:54,041 Name for me, if you please, a day for this s�ance. 711 00:47:54,334 --> 00:47:56,291 - Oh, shall we say Friday night? 8:00? 712 00:47:56,584 --> 00:47:59,791 We'll have some food and drink, make a proper occasion of it. 713 00:48:00,084 --> 00:48:01,666 - Friday at 8:00. Exc�lent. 714 00:48:01,959 --> 00:48:05,666 - You will make sure Dr. Tanios is at the s�ance, won't you? 715 00:48:05,959 --> 00:48:06,958 - Oh, oui. 716 00:48:07,250 --> 00:48:08,749 - They're going back to Greece pretty soon. 717 00:48:09,042 --> 00:48:10,041 - But not until Friday. 718 00:48:10,334 --> 00:48:11,624 And besides, madame, a move of house, 719 00:48:11,917 --> 00:48:14,041 even to another country, is not a cause for murder. 720 00:48:14,334 --> 00:48:16,416 I myself am the living proof. 721 00:48:19,209 --> 00:48:22,499 - Then the bottle of medicine Jacob gave Emily, 722 00:48:22,792 --> 00:48:26,083 which she took some of the night she went, 723 00:48:26,375 --> 00:48:29,166 will be of no interest to you? 724 00:48:32,292 --> 00:48:34,541 - Au contraire, madame. 725 00:48:34,834 --> 00:48:38,041 It interests me a great deal. 726 00:48:38,334 --> 00:48:40,583 Where is this bottle now? 727 00:48:46,709 --> 00:48:48,416 - Mademoiselle Sarah, at this present time, 728 00:48:48,709 --> 00:48:50,333 I am interested in the medicine cabinet. 729 00:48:50,625 --> 00:48:51,458 Is there one in the house? 730 00:48:51,750 --> 00:48:52,874 - In the upstairs bathroom, sir. 731 00:48:53,167 --> 00:48:54,583 - May I see it? - Follow me. 732 00:48:54,875 --> 00:48:56,583 - Yes. 733 00:49:05,792 --> 00:49:08,291 Every time the catch, and not once does he drop, 734 00:49:08,584 --> 00:49:10,708 and then the ball, he takes back to his basket. 735 00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:12,874 Does not this fox terrier amaze you, Hastings? 736 00:49:13,167 --> 00:49:14,458 - Well, to be honest, Poirot, 737 00:49:14,750 --> 00:49:17,208 I'm beginning to find his repertoire a touch limited. 738 00:49:28,875 --> 00:49:30,208 - Liver capsules? 739 00:49:30,500 --> 00:49:32,833 Dr. Grainger said he threw these away, did he not? 740 00:49:33,125 --> 00:49:35,333 - Threw the ones he could find away. 741 00:49:35,625 --> 00:49:39,416 She had others-- always a box on the go. 742 00:49:48,792 --> 00:49:54,249 - Doctor Jacob Tanios, Hope Cottage, Hawkshead. 743 00:50:02,209 --> 00:50:03,874 Good Lord! 744 00:50:04,167 --> 00:50:05,958 Smells absolutely lethal, Poirot. 745 00:50:06,250 --> 00:50:07,458 - Oui. 746 00:50:07,750 --> 00:50:10,458 And as the sisters Tripp have said, some has been taken. 747 00:50:10,750 --> 00:50:12,499 - You know, this s�ance of theirs, 748 00:50:12,792 --> 00:50:15,166 what makes you think everyone's going to turn up? 749 00:50:15,459 --> 00:50:17,624 - Because he or she who does not, Hastings, 750 00:50:17,917 --> 00:50:20,958 will surely prove that they have something to hide. 751 00:50:23,584 --> 00:50:25,916 - Forgive me, Monsieur Poirot, but as a man of method, 752 00:50:26,209 --> 00:50:28,041 surely you cannot believe in a s�ance. 753 00:50:28,334 --> 00:50:29,583 - Non, non, monsieur. 754 00:50:29,875 --> 00:50:33,333 I myself do not believe, but I believe that others believe, 755 00:50:33,625 --> 00:50:35,374 and therefore I will use it. 756 00:50:35,667 --> 00:50:37,666 - It's a golden opportunity, if you ask me, 757 00:50:37,959 --> 00:50:41,291 for the Tripp sisters to accuse people they don't like. 758 00:50:41,584 --> 00:50:45,083 - But nevertheless, madame, you yourself will be present? 759 00:50:45,375 --> 00:50:48,333 - We shall see. 760 00:50:52,917 --> 00:50:54,874 - And you, monsieur? 761 00:50:55,167 --> 00:50:57,791 I believe that it is soon that you are to leave England. 762 00:50:58,084 --> 00:50:59,124 May I ask why? 763 00:50:59,417 --> 00:51:02,291 - Because in Greece, I can practice medicine. 764 00:51:02,584 --> 00:51:03,374 - You could practice it here 765 00:51:03,667 --> 00:51:04,874 if so-called friends would let you. 766 00:51:05,167 --> 00:51:06,249 - Bella, John Grainger can't help 767 00:51:06,542 --> 00:51:07,499 what his patients believe. 768 00:51:07,792 --> 00:51:09,458 - Huh, they believe that because your husband, 769 00:51:09,750 --> 00:51:12,333 he's a foreigner, that he is the devil himself, huh? 770 00:51:12,625 --> 00:51:14,166 - Yes. 771 00:51:23,959 --> 00:51:27,291 - A concoction of your own, I believe. 772 00:51:27,584 --> 00:51:28,624 - An extraction of herbs, 773 00:51:28,917 --> 00:51:30,999 providing many vitamins and minerals. 774 00:51:31,292 --> 00:51:34,333 A "pick-me-up," they say in this country. 775 00:51:34,625 --> 00:51:38,583 - Which you gave to Aunt Emily Arundel. 776 00:51:38,875 --> 00:51:42,416 If you please to take some? 777 00:51:42,709 --> 00:51:45,374 - You're a man who plays games, Mr. Poirot. 778 00:51:45,667 --> 00:51:47,833 No, I will not take. 779 00:51:48,125 --> 00:51:49,208 - Mais pour quoi pas? 780 00:51:49,500 --> 00:51:52,708 It is, as you said, a pick-me-up, not a put-me-down. 781 00:51:53,000 --> 00:51:54,708 - Yes, why not, Jacob? What's wrong with it? 782 00:51:55,000 --> 00:51:57,541 - Nothing. - Then prove it to us. 783 00:52:03,584 --> 00:52:05,124 - Non, monsieur! 784 00:52:12,542 --> 00:52:16,666 I believe you would have drunk. 785 00:52:16,959 --> 00:52:20,416 But suppose someone else has poisoned it? 786 00:52:27,375 --> 00:52:29,583 She still fears him, Hastings? 787 00:52:29,875 --> 00:52:31,541 - Terrified of him, I'd say. 788 00:52:31,834 --> 00:52:33,541 - I would not say the same. 789 00:52:33,834 --> 00:52:35,583 I would say that she no longer loves him. 790 00:52:35,875 --> 00:52:37,624 My question is: why this is love, 791 00:52:37,917 --> 00:52:39,249 it flies through the window? 792 00:52:39,542 --> 00:52:42,583 - Because of what he is: a murderer. 793 00:52:42,875 --> 00:52:43,999 - Et bien. 794 00:52:44,292 --> 00:52:45,374 Let us see what Scotland Yard 795 00:52:45,667 --> 00:52:47,041 can make of this Tanios medicine. 796 00:52:47,334 --> 00:52:49,291 We shall send it to them by the registered post. 797 00:52:49,584 --> 00:52:51,416 - And in the meantime? 798 00:52:51,709 --> 00:52:52,791 - In the meantime, we make a visit 799 00:52:53,084 --> 00:52:55,499 to your old friend Monsieur Charles. 800 00:53:13,709 --> 00:53:17,458 Monsieur. 801 00:53:17,750 --> 00:53:21,458 - I don't really like people wandering in and out of here. 802 00:53:21,750 --> 00:53:24,583 No offense. Safety. 803 00:53:24,875 --> 00:53:26,166 - In case of another explosion? 804 00:53:26,459 --> 00:53:27,916 - How are the repairs going? 805 00:53:28,209 --> 00:53:29,166 - They'd go much faster 806 00:53:29,459 --> 00:53:31,208 if Aunt Em had stumped up some cash. 807 00:53:31,500 --> 00:53:33,583 Could have hired a proper mechanic. 808 00:53:33,875 --> 00:53:37,374 - I was present, monsieur, on the night that she declined. 809 00:53:37,667 --> 00:53:39,874 - You think I was trying to scare her, don't you? 810 00:53:40,167 --> 00:53:42,416 No idea how tough she was. 811 00:53:42,709 --> 00:53:43,874 - No. 812 00:53:44,167 --> 00:53:47,374 But I do know that revenge, it is sweet. 813 00:53:47,667 --> 00:53:49,499 And you are of a nature most fiery, n'est-ce pas? 814 00:53:49,792 --> 00:53:51,374 As is your sister. 815 00:53:54,667 --> 00:53:56,583 - And, in your book, that makes us murderers? 816 00:53:56,875 --> 00:53:58,208 - In my book, as you say, monsieur, 817 00:53:58,500 --> 00:53:59,916 everyone is a suspect. 818 00:54:00,209 --> 00:54:01,041 And on this Friday evening, 819 00:54:01,334 --> 00:54:02,833 everyone is invited to a party, 820 00:54:03,125 --> 00:54:05,583 including yourself and your sister, 821 00:54:05,875 --> 00:54:06,833 Mademoiselle Theresa. 822 00:54:07,125 --> 00:54:09,749 - A party? Who's throwing it? 823 00:54:10,042 --> 00:54:14,458 - Your aunt, Emily Arundel. 824 00:54:21,125 --> 00:54:24,999 - I, Emily Arundel, 825 00:54:25,292 --> 00:54:30,333 revisit you tonight with a dark purpose. 826 00:54:30,625 --> 00:54:36,041 The evil that my father warned us of 827 00:54:36,334 --> 00:54:40,583 has come to pass. 828 00:54:40,875 --> 00:54:45,083 Where is Dr. Grainger? 829 00:54:45,375 --> 00:54:48,708 - He sent his apologies, Emily. 830 00:54:49,000 --> 00:54:52,208 - These men of science 831 00:54:52,500 --> 00:54:56,708 will never believe. 832 00:54:57,000 --> 00:54:58,999 No matter. 833 00:54:59,292 --> 00:55:03,666 For someone in this room 834 00:55:03,959 --> 00:55:09,916 eased my path into the next world, 835 00:55:10,209 --> 00:55:15,499 isn't that right, Mr. Poirot? 836 00:55:15,792 --> 00:55:18,916 - It is called murder, madame. 837 00:55:19,209 --> 00:55:21,916 - Quite so. 838 00:55:26,000 --> 00:55:28,541 See how they all flinch? 839 00:55:28,834 --> 00:55:33,708 Guilty consciences, Mr. Poirot? 840 00:55:34,000 --> 00:55:37,041 How is your conscience, Wilhemina? 841 00:55:37,334 --> 00:55:40,166 - Good question. - Is that you, Charles? 842 00:55:40,459 --> 00:55:42,249 Always ready to accuse, 843 00:55:42,542 --> 00:55:45,624 to blame the other party for your own shortcomings. 844 00:55:45,917 --> 00:55:47,291 - Oh, what a rot. 845 00:55:47,584 --> 00:55:49,499 - Theresa... 846 00:55:49,792 --> 00:55:52,916 Always defending your little brother, 847 00:55:53,209 --> 00:55:58,708 no matter what his crime. 848 00:55:59,000 --> 00:56:03,916 Bella, dear, why did you marry him? 849 00:56:04,209 --> 00:56:10,416 Why did you marry that dreadful man? 850 00:56:16,417 --> 00:56:20,124 - I have a question, Emily, 851 00:56:20,417 --> 00:56:23,041 just for the record. 852 00:56:23,334 --> 00:56:28,374 Did either Julia or Isabel Tripp 853 00:56:28,667 --> 00:56:32,749 have any hand in your passing? 854 00:56:33,042 --> 00:56:35,124 - No, dear, 855 00:56:35,417 --> 00:56:38,749 but you're wise to ask. 856 00:56:39,042 --> 00:56:46,458 My killer is known to you. 857 00:56:46,750 --> 00:56:49,333 My killer 858 00:56:49,625 --> 00:56:54,333 is in this very room. 859 00:56:57,459 --> 00:57:00,499 See how they look from face to face? 860 00:57:00,792 --> 00:57:06,416 - A name would help, dear. 861 00:57:06,709 --> 00:57:12,124 - His name is... 862 00:57:12,417 --> 00:57:20,124 Robert Arundel. 863 00:57:20,417 --> 00:57:25,583 - Robert Arundel? There's no such person. 864 00:57:25,875 --> 00:57:28,791 - Oh, but there is. 865 00:57:29,084 --> 00:57:31,749 There is Monsieur Bob. 866 00:57:44,000 --> 00:57:47,791 - Charles and Theresa, Bella and Jacob, 867 00:57:48,084 --> 00:57:51,041 even Wilhemina and Dr. Grainger, 868 00:57:51,334 --> 00:57:55,541 I say all are capable of murder, mon ami. 869 00:57:55,834 --> 00:57:57,249 - Quite a list of suspects, Poirot. 870 00:57:57,542 --> 00:57:58,499 - Which is not complete. 871 00:57:58,792 --> 00:58:01,083 You forget the sisters Tripp. 872 00:58:01,375 --> 00:58:02,291 - Oh, those two? 873 00:58:02,584 --> 00:58:05,833 They're batty, yes, but not killers, surely. 874 00:58:06,125 --> 00:58:10,291 - But what is murder but a kind of madness, mon ami. 875 00:58:22,792 --> 00:58:26,041 Sit, Bob! 876 00:58:26,334 --> 00:58:27,791 Good dog. 877 00:58:30,625 --> 00:58:35,208 You are the only one who knows the truth, mon petit. 878 00:58:35,500 --> 00:58:38,958 You know how your mistress died. 879 00:58:39,250 --> 00:58:42,458 You also know, I think, who killed her. 880 00:58:42,750 --> 00:58:45,208 He or she passed you by as they laid the trip wire, 881 00:58:45,500 --> 00:58:46,291 saying to themselves, 882 00:58:46,584 --> 00:58:47,791 "Oh, this is only Bob, a fox terrier. 883 00:58:48,084 --> 00:58:50,791 He cannot speak. I am safe." 884 00:58:51,084 --> 00:58:55,249 Such foolishness, n'est-ce pas? 885 00:58:57,542 --> 00:58:59,333 - But you and I, we know, Bob, 886 00:58:59,625 --> 00:59:03,333 that one does not have to speak in order to tell. 887 00:59:03,625 --> 00:59:08,333 And you will tell to me all, in your own good time. 888 00:59:11,625 --> 00:59:12,958 - Marvelous view from up here, Poirot. 889 00:59:13,250 --> 00:59:14,249 Come and have a look. 890 00:59:14,542 --> 00:59:17,208 - No, we will take your word for it, Hastings. 891 00:59:17,500 --> 00:59:19,999 But now there is work to be done. 892 00:59:20,292 --> 00:59:24,416 First, we restore the good name of Bob. 893 00:59:31,334 --> 00:59:34,249 At the s�ance last night, Bella Tanios was asked 894 00:59:34,542 --> 00:59:36,708 why did she marry that dreadful man, 895 00:59:37,000 --> 00:59:38,833 meaning, of course, her husband, Jacob. 896 00:59:39,125 --> 00:59:40,249 - Odd, really, 897 00:59:40,542 --> 00:59:44,874 because Emily was rather fond of Jacob in this world. 898 00:59:45,167 --> 00:59:46,666 Must have changed her mind since. 899 00:59:46,959 --> 00:59:49,124 - Was it a change of mind, madame, 900 00:59:49,417 --> 00:59:50,916 or was it a mistake? 901 00:59:51,209 --> 00:59:53,583 - Oh, Emily never made mistakes. 902 00:59:57,084 --> 00:59:58,749 - Suppose it was not the spirit of Emily Arundel 903 00:59:59,042 --> 01:00:00,124 that spoke to us. 904 01:00:00,417 --> 01:00:02,999 Suppose it was the subconscious mind of Isabel Tripp. 905 01:00:03,292 --> 01:00:05,666 So then I ask myself, what other mistakes does she make? 906 01:00:05,959 --> 01:00:08,374 Does she perhaps wrongly accuse Robert Arundel? 907 01:00:08,667 --> 01:00:12,374 - But she's a trained medium, Mr. Poirot. 908 01:00:12,667 --> 01:00:14,874 - She is also human, madame. 909 01:00:17,584 --> 01:00:20,124 If you would be so kind as to tell to me, madame, 910 01:00:20,417 --> 01:00:23,083 if I wished to find an item in the house, 911 01:00:23,375 --> 01:00:24,999 such as a screw eye in the skirting, 912 01:00:25,292 --> 01:00:26,458 where would it be kept? 913 01:00:26,750 --> 01:00:29,333 - The boathouse, I suppose. - Ah. 914 01:00:29,625 --> 01:00:30,708 Where Monsieur Charles, 915 01:00:31,000 --> 01:00:33,124 he does not like to welcome the visitors, huh? 916 01:00:36,625 --> 01:00:39,874 - Bob, stop that, please! 917 01:00:44,042 --> 01:00:47,916 - Quel imb�cile! 918 01:00:48,209 --> 01:00:49,833 Ever since we meet this dog, 919 01:00:50,125 --> 01:00:53,833 he tries to tell to me something. 920 01:00:54,125 --> 01:00:55,458 He is the dumb witness, yes, 921 01:00:55,750 --> 01:01:00,083 but he speaks to Poirot with a booming voice. 922 01:01:00,375 --> 01:01:01,458 Tell to me, madame, 923 01:01:01,750 --> 01:01:03,374 after the accident of Emily Arundel, 924 01:01:03,667 --> 01:01:04,916 which little Tanios found the ball? 925 01:01:05,209 --> 01:01:07,958 - Young Katya. 926 01:01:08,250 --> 01:01:12,249 - Upon the landing, n'est-ce pas? 927 01:01:12,542 --> 01:01:16,583 Et bien, always, always after his trick, 928 01:01:16,875 --> 01:01:19,916 Bob returns to his basket this ball. 929 01:01:20,209 --> 01:01:24,083 Et bien, somebody moved it on the night of the fall 930 01:01:24,375 --> 01:01:26,874 to make it seem stood upon. 931 01:01:34,667 --> 01:01:38,416 - You can move it to there in an L shape. 932 01:01:38,709 --> 01:01:39,666 - Theresa, what is it? 933 01:01:39,959 --> 01:01:40,999 - Bella, dear, we came for a chat. 934 01:01:41,292 --> 01:01:42,499 Is Jacob in? 935 01:01:42,792 --> 01:01:44,624 - Yes, come in. - Children, to your rooms. 936 01:01:44,917 --> 01:01:46,291 I said go! 937 01:01:49,959 --> 01:01:53,249 - All right, off you go. 938 01:01:53,542 --> 01:01:56,833 - Jacob. - Charles. 939 01:01:59,292 --> 01:02:00,624 - We'll speak freely, 940 01:02:00,917 --> 01:02:03,166 if that's all right by you, about money. 941 01:02:03,459 --> 01:02:05,083 Money that's rightfully ours, 942 01:02:05,375 --> 01:02:08,541 left to Wilhemina bloody Lawson. 943 01:02:08,834 --> 01:02:11,249 - Theresa's lawyer says that we haven't got a claim, 944 01:02:11,542 --> 01:02:13,291 says that we ought to butter up Wilhemina a bit 945 01:02:13,584 --> 01:02:15,749 so that she might leave us a few quid. 946 01:02:16,042 --> 01:02:17,708 - I've always been nice to her and to Aunt Em. 947 01:02:18,000 --> 01:02:19,208 It's you two that got her back up. 948 01:02:19,500 --> 01:02:21,749 - Look, I say we forget our differences 949 01:02:22,042 --> 01:02:23,666 and forget how she died, 950 01:02:23,959 --> 01:02:25,624 since it makes precious little difference now. 951 01:02:25,917 --> 01:02:27,624 The fact is, she's gone. 952 01:02:27,917 --> 01:02:30,333 - And her estate is left to Wilhemina. 953 01:02:30,625 --> 01:02:32,708 - So we just hand everything over, do we? 954 01:02:33,000 --> 01:02:35,083 To her and her scheming doctor friend? 955 01:02:35,375 --> 01:02:37,041 - John Grainger is a man of honor. 956 01:02:37,334 --> 01:02:38,791 He does not scheme. 957 01:02:39,084 --> 01:02:43,499 - Any fool knows that he and Wilhemina are in this together. 958 01:02:43,792 --> 01:02:46,708 Now, what do you say, Bella? 959 01:02:47,000 --> 01:02:48,791 Oh, for God's sake! What are you looking at him for? 960 01:02:49,084 --> 01:02:52,583 Speak your own mind. 961 01:02:52,875 --> 01:02:54,874 - I just don't see what can be done about it, that's all. 962 01:02:55,167 --> 01:02:57,166 - Theresa has got a plan whereby we might recoup 963 01:02:57,459 --> 01:02:58,583 at least part of it. 964 01:02:58,875 --> 01:02:59,874 - No! 965 01:03:00,167 --> 01:03:01,249 We will not plot and plan with you. 966 01:03:01,542 --> 01:03:03,624 Please, leave my house! 967 01:03:07,250 --> 01:03:09,374 - Very well. 968 01:03:09,667 --> 01:03:13,458 Just don't expect a share in the profits. 969 01:03:13,750 --> 01:03:15,708 Will you? 970 01:03:29,375 --> 01:03:31,291 - Loyalty, Bella. 971 01:03:31,584 --> 01:03:35,208 Loyalty is everything. 972 01:03:39,042 --> 01:03:43,083 - So what can I do for you, Poirot? 973 01:03:43,375 --> 01:03:45,083 - You can tell to me, monsieur le docteur, 974 01:03:45,375 --> 01:03:48,333 why you were not at the s�ance. 975 01:03:48,625 --> 01:03:49,916 - I neither believe in such things 976 01:03:50,209 --> 01:03:51,541 nor do I approve of them. 977 01:03:51,834 --> 01:03:54,499 There is only one world, the here and now. 978 01:03:54,792 --> 01:03:59,874 An accident of physics with biochemical trimmings. 979 01:04:00,167 --> 01:04:01,874 - There is nothing beyond? 980 01:04:02,167 --> 01:04:04,041 - Nothing but wishful thinking. 981 01:04:04,334 --> 01:04:08,749 Highly dangerous. Especially for dogs, I believe. 982 01:04:09,042 --> 01:04:10,666 When does Bob come for trial? 983 01:04:10,959 --> 01:04:13,666 - He does not, monsieur. 984 01:04:13,959 --> 01:04:16,791 I have proved him to be innocent. 985 01:04:17,084 --> 01:04:18,666 But tell me, Dr. Grainger, 986 01:04:18,959 --> 01:04:20,458 you, yourself, have treated Emily Arundel 987 01:04:20,750 --> 01:04:22,499 for the complaint of the liver, n'est-ce pas? 988 01:04:22,792 --> 01:04:25,249 - Yes, with Exprotin 989 01:04:25,542 --> 01:04:27,833 and a mild sedative occasionally. 990 01:04:28,125 --> 01:04:30,583 - And the liver capsules that she took? 991 01:04:30,875 --> 01:04:32,333 - You can buy them at any chemist. 992 01:04:32,625 --> 01:04:33,958 They'll do you no good. 993 01:04:34,250 --> 01:04:35,374 Do you no harm, either. 994 01:04:35,667 --> 01:04:37,541 - I must see him. It's really important! 995 01:04:37,834 --> 01:04:40,083 - But he has people with him. 996 01:04:40,375 --> 01:04:41,749 I'm sorry, Dr. Grainger. 997 01:04:42,042 --> 01:04:43,416 I did explain to Mrs. Tanios that-- 998 01:04:43,709 --> 01:04:44,958 - That's quite all right, Mrs. Finch. 999 01:04:45,250 --> 01:04:46,291 Thank you. 1000 01:04:46,584 --> 01:04:47,583 - Forgive me, John. I'm sorry. 1001 01:04:47,875 --> 01:04:48,666 I thought you were alone. 1002 01:04:48,917 --> 01:04:51,249 - No, Madame Tanios, we are leaving. 1003 01:04:51,542 --> 01:04:54,708 - No, no, Mr. Poirot. Please stay. 1004 01:04:55,000 --> 01:04:57,208 I was going to ask John to tell you, anyway, about Jacob. 1005 01:04:57,500 --> 01:04:59,791 - Bella, think carefully. - No, it must come out! 1006 01:05:00,084 --> 01:05:02,166 Jacob preaches loyalty at me all the time, 1007 01:05:02,459 --> 01:05:05,833 but what about my loyalty to Aunt Em? 1008 01:05:06,125 --> 01:05:08,958 Please. 1009 01:05:09,250 --> 01:05:11,583 - A brave decision, Bella. 1010 01:05:18,625 --> 01:05:20,874 Earlier this year, I took Alexis and Katya 1011 01:05:21,167 --> 01:05:23,291 sailing on Ullswater. 1012 01:05:23,584 --> 01:05:28,958 It was a scorching day, so we had a swim before lunch. 1013 01:05:29,250 --> 01:05:33,208 On his back, Alexis had extensive bruising. 1014 01:05:33,500 --> 01:05:35,624 I asked how he came by it. 1015 01:05:35,917 --> 01:05:38,666 I forget his exact reply. Some excuse. 1016 01:05:38,959 --> 01:05:41,374 - Oh, um, some horseplay at school, he said. 1017 01:05:41,667 --> 01:05:43,249 - Which you did not believe. 1018 01:05:43,542 --> 01:05:45,166 - No. 1019 01:05:45,459 --> 01:05:49,166 - That night, I questioned Bella in private, 1020 01:05:49,459 --> 01:05:52,333 and she broke down. 1021 01:05:52,625 --> 01:05:54,666 The bruising on Alexis, she told me, 1022 01:05:54,959 --> 01:05:59,333 was the result of his father beating him. 1023 01:05:59,625 --> 01:06:02,041 - Good heavens. 1024 01:06:02,334 --> 01:06:07,166 - Well, this explains why you fear him. 1025 01:06:07,459 --> 01:06:10,833 - More to the point, I think he may have killed Aunt Emily. 1026 01:06:16,125 --> 01:06:20,458 - If the bruises on that boy's back are anything to go by, 1027 01:06:20,750 --> 01:06:25,708 I would say he is certainly capable of it. 1028 01:06:27,084 --> 01:06:30,416 - I never liked him. All that smiling the man does. 1029 01:06:30,709 --> 01:06:32,583 Now we learn he's an absolute monster. 1030 01:06:32,875 --> 01:06:35,124 - No, no, no, Hastings. 1031 01:06:35,417 --> 01:06:38,916 We hear this, but as yet, we have no proof 1032 01:06:39,209 --> 01:06:41,708 until we receive the analysis from Scotland Yard. 1033 01:06:42,000 --> 01:06:43,499 - Oh, the patent medicine, you mean? 1034 01:06:43,792 --> 01:06:44,916 Yes. In the meantime-- 1035 01:06:45,209 --> 01:06:46,333 - In the meantime, Hastings, 1036 01:06:46,625 --> 01:06:50,041 have the patience and coffee in the lounge. 1037 01:06:52,292 --> 01:06:54,499 - Oh, Captain? - Something wrong, Walter? 1038 01:06:54,792 --> 01:06:55,958 - Heavens no, sir. 1039 01:06:56,250 --> 01:06:59,749 I just wonder if you, being a friend of Mr. Charles, 1040 01:07:00,042 --> 01:07:01,249 wouldn't mind asking him 1041 01:07:01,542 --> 01:07:05,124 to give his club bill some attention. 1042 01:07:05,417 --> 01:07:07,166 - You mean he hasn't paid it? 1043 01:07:07,459 --> 01:07:11,041 - I mean, sir, that it must have slipped his mind. 1044 01:07:11,334 --> 01:07:13,791 - Monsieur, you do this task every day? 1045 01:07:14,084 --> 01:07:16,458 - Filling the saltcellars? - Oui. 1046 01:07:16,750 --> 01:07:18,666 - Depends how quickly they get through them, sir. 1047 01:07:18,959 --> 01:07:24,416 Sometimes it's every couple of days, sometimes a week. 1048 01:07:24,709 --> 01:07:25,791 Sometimes longer. 1049 01:07:26,084 --> 01:07:28,249 - Monsieur, you're a genius. 1050 01:08:57,875 --> 01:09:02,874 Sarah! 1051 01:09:03,167 --> 01:09:04,166 - What is it, Miss Lawson? 1052 01:09:04,459 --> 01:09:06,291 - Sarah, there's someone downstairs. 1053 01:09:06,584 --> 01:09:07,541 They're trying to kill me! 1054 01:09:07,834 --> 01:09:09,583 - No! 1055 01:09:14,750 --> 01:09:17,041 - There are two of them. - Yes, miss. 1056 01:09:17,334 --> 01:09:20,124 I cannot make 'em out, though. 1057 01:09:38,709 --> 01:09:40,916 - Two people, says you. 1058 01:09:41,209 --> 01:09:42,958 Down by the water? 1059 01:09:43,250 --> 01:09:45,541 So why is there no sign of a break-in? 1060 01:09:45,834 --> 01:09:50,041 - All right, then, Keeley, explain the fallen painting. 1061 01:09:50,334 --> 01:09:52,791 - Bad fixin', about to come down sooner or later. 1062 01:09:53,084 --> 01:09:55,874 - There are things going on here, Sergeant, 1063 01:09:56,167 --> 01:09:58,458 to do with Emily Arundel�s death, 1064 01:09:58,750 --> 01:10:01,249 things beyond our control. 1065 01:10:01,542 --> 01:10:03,874 Poor General, he foresaw all this, you know. 1066 01:10:04,167 --> 01:10:05,749 Evil. 1067 01:10:06,042 --> 01:10:08,041 - Yes, well, my superintendent 1068 01:10:08,334 --> 01:10:11,874 is more concerned with earthly crimes. 1069 01:10:12,167 --> 01:10:14,333 I'll bid you good day. 1070 01:10:17,875 --> 01:10:19,124 Good morning, Mr. Poirot. 1071 01:10:19,417 --> 01:10:21,916 - Good morning to you, Sergeant Keeley. 1072 01:10:26,084 --> 01:10:29,124 - Mr. Poirot, thank you for coming. 1073 01:10:29,417 --> 01:10:31,333 - Madame. 1074 01:10:34,125 --> 01:10:35,166 - Why is he doing that? 1075 01:10:35,459 --> 01:10:37,999 - Because you threatened him with the curtains. 1076 01:10:38,292 --> 01:10:40,083 - Didn't know he spoke English. 1077 01:10:42,625 --> 01:10:46,208 - One does not have to speak in order to know. 1078 01:10:48,625 --> 01:10:50,249 Tell me, Mademoiselle Sarah, 1079 01:10:50,542 --> 01:10:53,749 you opened the window, you looked out-- 1080 01:10:54,042 --> 01:10:55,416 what did you see? 1081 01:10:55,709 --> 01:11:00,458 - Two people running down the garden, towards the lake, sir. 1082 01:11:00,750 --> 01:11:02,624 - Did they mean to kill me, do you think? 1083 01:11:02,917 --> 01:11:03,749 - Et bien, madame, 1084 01:11:04,042 --> 01:11:05,249 it is a crime which did not succeed, 1085 01:11:05,542 --> 01:11:09,249 and therefore the objective, it is unknown. 1086 01:11:09,542 --> 01:11:11,833 - I think I should come and stay for a few days, Poirot, 1087 01:11:12,125 --> 01:11:13,374 don't you? 1088 01:11:13,667 --> 01:11:15,499 I mean, if somebody is trying to get at Wilhemina... 1089 01:11:15,792 --> 01:11:17,249 - That would be kind of you, John. 1090 01:11:17,542 --> 01:11:20,499 I'd feel a great deal safer. 1091 01:11:20,792 --> 01:11:22,416 Good-bye. 1092 01:11:22,709 --> 01:11:26,041 - Good-bye. - Au revoir, madame. 1093 01:11:28,667 --> 01:11:31,583 This Dr. Grainger, Hastings, he is always at her side, 1094 01:11:31,875 --> 01:11:33,749 waiting for his chance perhaps, huh? 1095 01:11:34,042 --> 01:11:36,666 - What about those two intruders Miss Lawson talked about? 1096 01:11:36,959 --> 01:11:39,374 This case has many pairs, Hastings-- 1097 01:11:39,667 --> 01:11:41,916 Charles and Theresa, Bella and Jacob. 1098 01:11:42,209 --> 01:11:45,333 Uh, bien s�r this Jacob, he bothers me. 1099 01:11:45,625 --> 01:11:47,749 - Because you know what he's capable of, you mean. 1100 01:11:48,042 --> 01:11:49,666 - Because now I know what is said of him. 1101 01:11:49,959 --> 01:11:50,916 - Good morning! - Morning! 1102 01:11:51,209 --> 01:11:52,624 - Ah! Bonjour. 1103 01:11:52,917 --> 01:11:56,458 - We just heard about the break-in from Sergeant Keeley. 1104 01:11:56,750 --> 01:11:58,541 - Ah, the telegraph bush, again? 1105 01:11:58,834 --> 01:12:00,749 - We're off to give moral support. 1106 01:12:01,042 --> 01:12:03,791 - Ah. 1107 01:12:04,084 --> 01:12:07,833 Another pair, mon ami. 1108 01:12:08,125 --> 01:12:12,124 - The place we'd operate from is Bonneville, Utah. 1109 01:12:12,417 --> 01:12:17,791 And as for facilities, Charles, you'd never want for a thing. 1110 01:12:20,500 --> 01:12:23,666 Of course, you might miss your English weather. 1111 01:12:25,834 --> 01:12:29,416 Think it over. - Fine. 1112 01:12:42,417 --> 01:12:44,041 - Hastings, a favor. 1113 01:12:44,334 --> 01:12:46,791 Whatever I should say, you will nod in agreement. 1114 01:12:47,084 --> 01:12:50,374 - Did I ever do otherwise, Poirot? 1115 01:12:50,667 --> 01:12:53,291 - Ah, Poirot, Battler, good afternoon. 1116 01:12:53,584 --> 01:12:55,041 - Monsieur. - The boat's fixed, by the way. 1117 01:12:55,334 --> 01:12:56,958 You can come down and have a dekko some time. 1118 01:12:57,250 --> 01:12:58,124 Can I get you a drink? 1119 01:12:58,417 --> 01:13:02,416 - Non, non, non. Merci beaucoup. 1120 01:13:02,709 --> 01:13:05,291 Tell me, the revoking of the will of Aunt Emily, 1121 01:13:05,584 --> 01:13:06,499 your lawyer succeeds? 1122 01:13:06,792 --> 01:13:11,374 - No. No, he jolly doesn't. 1123 01:13:11,667 --> 01:13:14,291 - Mes amis, I am one who knows the law, 1124 01:13:14,584 --> 01:13:17,749 where and how it might be used to your advantage. 1125 01:13:18,042 --> 01:13:20,083 Hastings, you remember the Fairbank scandal? 1126 01:13:20,375 --> 01:13:22,708 On that occasion, I, Hercule Poirot, 1127 01:13:23,000 --> 01:13:24,291 stepped outside of the law 1128 01:13:24,584 --> 01:13:26,166 but only for the moment very brief. 1129 01:13:26,459 --> 01:13:27,708 - So? 1130 01:13:28,000 --> 01:13:29,208 - I might be able to do the same again 1131 01:13:29,500 --> 01:13:31,499 for a cause that is worthy. 1132 01:13:31,792 --> 01:13:33,333 - You mean you could get us our money back? 1133 01:13:33,625 --> 01:13:34,874 - How can you do what our lawyer can't? 1134 01:13:35,167 --> 01:13:36,666 - Oh, monsieur, I merely say there are ways. 1135 01:13:36,959 --> 01:13:38,291 Allow me to pursue them. 1136 01:13:38,584 --> 01:13:40,666 But you yourselves must do nothing, understand? 1137 01:13:40,959 --> 01:13:42,374 Nothing. 1138 01:13:42,667 --> 01:13:44,916 Because someone has already broken into Littlegreen House. 1139 01:13:45,209 --> 01:13:46,291 - Really? - Who? 1140 01:13:46,584 --> 01:13:51,166 - Ah, who indeed? Another mystery. 1141 01:13:51,459 --> 01:13:53,374 Au revoir. 1142 01:14:06,417 --> 01:14:08,708 - What was the point of that, saying you'd break the law? 1143 01:14:09,000 --> 01:14:10,333 - They are young and foolish, Hastings. 1144 01:14:10,625 --> 01:14:11,749 They are the hotheads. 1145 01:14:12,042 --> 01:14:13,249 I offer them the crooked help 1146 01:14:13,542 --> 01:14:18,083 to prevent them doing things that they will regret. 1147 01:14:18,375 --> 01:14:20,458 But there is something I've meant to ask you, Hastings. 1148 01:14:20,750 --> 01:14:21,916 Your friend Monsieur Charles, 1149 01:14:22,209 --> 01:14:24,416 why does he give to you the nickname of Battler? 1150 01:14:24,709 --> 01:14:27,874 - Oh, English humor, Poirot. 1151 01:14:28,167 --> 01:14:29,208 You wouldn't understand. 1152 01:14:29,500 --> 01:14:32,708 - Poirot does not see a joke? Au contraire. 1153 01:14:33,000 --> 01:14:35,916 - Well, if you must know, it's Battler, 1154 01:14:36,209 --> 01:14:39,416 as in Battle of Hastings. 1155 01:14:41,959 --> 01:14:43,749 Yes. 1156 01:14:45,375 --> 01:14:48,166 - Thank you, Isabel. - She's a very good host. 1157 01:14:48,459 --> 01:14:52,624 - Everyone has been so kind, and I do so appreciate it. 1158 01:14:52,917 --> 01:14:53,958 - Not at all, dear. 1159 01:14:54,250 --> 01:14:56,374 - Lovely to see you, Isabel, Julia. 1160 01:14:56,667 --> 01:14:58,708 - And thank you for your help. 1161 01:14:59,000 --> 01:15:00,499 - Come along, dear. 1162 01:15:05,125 --> 01:15:08,958 I thought they'd never go. 1163 01:15:11,584 --> 01:15:13,499 Thank you for moving in with us, John, 1164 01:15:13,792 --> 01:15:14,833 but people will talk. 1165 01:15:15,125 --> 01:15:16,583 - But only behind our backs, my dear. 1166 01:15:16,875 --> 01:15:18,916 How can that harm us? 1167 01:15:19,209 --> 01:15:22,749 - That's where she fell. 1168 01:15:23,042 --> 01:15:24,416 - Poor Emily. 1169 01:15:24,709 --> 01:15:26,249 I did admire her spirit, you know, 1170 01:15:26,542 --> 01:15:28,916 her strength of character. 1171 01:15:29,209 --> 01:15:33,958 - Why do you suppose the human spirit is green? 1172 01:15:34,250 --> 01:15:36,666 White would have been a better color, surely. 1173 01:15:36,959 --> 01:15:40,874 Or even red, not green. 1174 01:15:41,167 --> 01:15:44,208 Because our oneness with the Earth, perhaps. 1175 01:15:44,500 --> 01:15:47,124 - It's certainly an interesting thought. 1176 01:15:47,417 --> 01:15:51,333 - I saw Emily's spirit the night she died, leaving her body. 1177 01:15:51,625 --> 01:15:56,458 Streaming out of her mouth, floating away. 1178 01:15:56,750 --> 01:15:59,749 - Green? From her mouth? 1179 01:16:04,584 --> 01:16:07,999 Bella, John Grainger. Is Jacob there? 1180 01:16:08,292 --> 01:16:09,249 - He's not home yet. 1181 01:16:09,542 --> 01:16:10,583 He's at a meeting of the faculty. 1182 01:16:10,875 --> 01:16:11,666 Can I help? 1183 01:16:11,959 --> 01:16:12,916 - Strange question-- 1184 01:16:13,209 --> 01:16:15,374 do you know if he has a flask of phosphorus? 1185 01:16:15,667 --> 01:16:17,958 I think that Emily may have been given some. 1186 01:16:18,250 --> 01:16:19,999 - Phosphorus? Who says? 1187 01:16:20,292 --> 01:16:22,166 - A bit of a hunch, that's all. 1188 01:16:22,459 --> 01:16:23,749 Something Wilhemina said. 1189 01:16:24,042 --> 01:16:27,458 I'm camping down here at Littlegreen, you see. 1190 01:16:27,750 --> 01:16:29,124 - Is phosphorus dangerous? 1191 01:16:29,417 --> 01:16:31,124 I mean, they make matches out of it, don't they? 1192 01:16:31,417 --> 01:16:32,458 And fertilizers? 1193 01:16:32,750 --> 01:16:35,249 - That's right, dear. 1194 01:16:35,542 --> 01:16:37,624 - And you're saying she was given some? 1195 01:16:37,917 --> 01:16:39,041 By Jacob? 1196 01:16:39,334 --> 01:16:40,916 - I'm not saying anything yet. 1197 01:16:41,209 --> 01:16:44,958 I'm just asking if he has any phosphorus, that's all. 1198 01:16:45,250 --> 01:16:46,916 - I don't know. 1199 01:16:47,209 --> 01:16:49,833 - Right. Best not tell him I rang. 1200 01:16:50,125 --> 01:16:53,041 I'll speak to him tomorrow. 1201 01:16:56,542 --> 01:17:00,083 Those look delicious, my dear. 1202 01:17:13,917 --> 01:17:16,749 - Who was that, Bella? 1203 01:17:17,042 --> 01:17:19,666 - John Grainger. - What did he want? 1204 01:17:19,959 --> 01:17:22,541 - Nothing. - You tell me now! 1205 01:17:22,834 --> 01:17:24,541 What did he want? 1206 01:18:56,084 --> 01:18:57,208 Help! Help! 1207 01:19:02,542 --> 01:19:04,124 Oh! 1208 01:19:21,125 --> 01:19:23,874 - Dr. Grainger? 1209 01:19:26,542 --> 01:19:27,374 You all right, Doctor? 1210 01:19:27,667 --> 01:19:28,999 - What is it, Sarah? 1211 01:19:29,292 --> 01:19:33,249 - Gas, Mrs. Lawson. Dr. Grainger's room. 1212 01:19:33,542 --> 01:19:35,374 John! 1213 01:20:05,834 --> 01:20:07,916 John... 1214 01:20:30,667 --> 01:20:33,583 - Well, Mr. Poirot, you can't go digging up bodies, 1215 01:20:33,875 --> 01:20:36,124 but I would like to know more about Mrs. Emily's death. 1216 01:20:36,417 --> 01:20:37,291 Two in a row in the same house 1217 01:20:37,584 --> 01:20:39,208 is a bit much for these parts. 1218 01:20:39,500 --> 01:20:41,124 - Later, Sergeant. 1219 01:20:41,417 --> 01:20:43,999 Tell to me, if you please, what has happened here. 1220 01:20:44,292 --> 01:20:46,166 - This way, sir. 1221 01:20:48,542 --> 01:20:50,333 Gas filled Dr. Grainger's room. 1222 01:20:50,625 --> 01:20:53,124 He died of carbon monoxide poisoning. 1223 01:20:53,417 --> 01:20:55,458 Terrible business. 1224 01:21:10,792 --> 01:21:12,499 - Madam? 1225 01:21:15,667 --> 01:21:18,916 - You have my condolences, madame. 1226 01:21:19,209 --> 01:21:23,666 - Why would anyone want to kill John? 1227 01:21:23,959 --> 01:21:26,833 He was a doctor. 1228 01:21:27,125 --> 01:21:30,458 - Even they have their enemies. 1229 01:21:30,750 --> 01:21:34,291 - Was it the same people who broke in the night before, sir? 1230 01:21:34,584 --> 01:21:36,416 - Perhaps. 1231 01:21:43,292 --> 01:21:47,541 Madame, if you'd be so kind as to tell me, 1232 01:21:47,834 --> 01:21:50,624 did you see anyone last night? 1233 01:21:50,917 --> 01:21:56,541 Or did anyone call at the house or perhaps telephone? 1234 01:21:56,834 --> 01:22:04,583 - The Tripps left after 8:00, but no one called. 1235 01:22:04,875 --> 01:22:08,333 John telephoned out later, 1236 01:22:08,625 --> 01:22:10,083 to Jacob. 1237 01:22:10,375 --> 01:22:12,541 - Did he say why? 1238 01:22:12,834 --> 01:22:15,833 - I'm sorry. 1239 01:22:16,125 --> 01:22:19,749 He mentioned something about phosphorus. 1240 01:22:20,042 --> 01:22:23,874 That's all I heard. 1241 01:22:24,167 --> 01:22:26,833 - Merci. 1242 01:22:27,125 --> 01:22:29,874 Once again, my sympathy. 1243 01:22:45,834 --> 01:22:47,249 - Wait there. 1244 01:22:52,000 --> 01:22:53,249 - Forgive me, madame. 1245 01:22:53,542 --> 01:22:54,583 - I thought you were Jacob. 1246 01:22:54,875 --> 01:22:56,833 Children, take this to the car. 1247 01:22:57,125 --> 01:22:58,416 I'm leaving him. 1248 01:22:58,709 --> 01:23:00,374 I cannot let my children live with a murderer. 1249 01:23:00,667 --> 01:23:02,333 - You have heard then about Dr. John Grainger? 1250 01:23:02,625 --> 01:23:03,541 From whom? 1251 01:23:03,834 --> 01:23:05,583 - Sarah, the Arundel maid. I rang earlier. 1252 01:23:05,875 --> 01:23:07,374 Why should Jacob kill John Grainger? 1253 01:23:07,667 --> 01:23:09,208 - He telephoned here last night, I believe, 1254 01:23:09,500 --> 01:23:10,416 to ask about the phosphorus. 1255 01:23:10,709 --> 01:23:11,958 - He spoke to me. 1256 01:23:12,250 --> 01:23:14,083 He asked me if Jacob had any, and I said I didn't know. 1257 01:23:14,375 --> 01:23:15,749 - And you reported this to your husband? 1258 01:23:16,042 --> 01:23:17,333 - He demanded to know what had been said. 1259 01:23:17,625 --> 01:23:19,874 You see, he came in just as I was putting the telephone down. 1260 01:23:20,167 --> 01:23:24,833 Mr. Poirot, I am so frightened. 1261 01:23:25,125 --> 01:23:26,916 - So you leave him. 1262 01:23:27,209 --> 01:23:28,791 But where do you go, madame? 1263 01:23:29,084 --> 01:23:31,124 - I don't know. 1264 01:23:35,250 --> 01:23:37,708 - Then let us take you to a place of safety. 1265 01:23:38,000 --> 01:23:39,374 Vite. 1266 01:23:45,375 --> 01:23:47,708 - Into the car, Alexi. You too, Katya. 1267 01:23:52,875 --> 01:23:55,958 - Hey! Poirot, what's happening? 1268 01:23:56,250 --> 01:23:57,499 - Vite, mon ami! Vite! 1269 01:23:57,792 --> 01:24:00,083 - Where are we going? - The sisters Tripp, mon ami. 1270 01:24:03,667 --> 01:24:06,333 - Bella! Stop! 1271 01:24:41,209 --> 01:24:43,041 - Mesdames, I have for you a task. 1272 01:24:43,334 --> 01:24:45,583 I would like Madame Tanios and her two children 1273 01:24:45,875 --> 01:24:49,458 to stay here for a while, away from Monsieur Jacob. 1274 01:24:49,750 --> 01:24:51,791 - It's him, isn't it? It's Jacob. 1275 01:24:52,084 --> 01:24:54,999 - He killed Emily and then, later, John Grainger. 1276 01:24:55,292 --> 01:24:56,499 - Calm yourselves, I beseech you, 1277 01:24:56,792 --> 01:24:58,624 for the great task ahead of you: 1278 01:24:58,917 --> 01:24:59,874 to keep the presence here 1279 01:25:00,167 --> 01:25:02,333 of madame and her two children a secret. 1280 01:25:02,625 --> 01:25:04,958 - Yes, of course. 1281 01:25:05,250 --> 01:25:09,416 Bella, why don't you put your things in the spare room? 1282 01:25:09,709 --> 01:25:12,749 - Thank you, both of you. 1283 01:25:13,042 --> 01:25:14,291 - Merci. 1284 01:25:17,042 --> 01:25:21,083 I have yet another favor to ask of you, mesdames. 1285 01:25:21,375 --> 01:25:23,333 Monsieur-- Merci. 1286 01:25:23,625 --> 01:25:25,874 Monsieur Bob, he is a person-- 1287 01:25:26,167 --> 01:25:29,249 pardon, he is a dog of the country and not of the town. 1288 01:25:29,542 --> 01:25:34,333 And I seek for him the good home when my work here, it is done. 1289 01:25:34,625 --> 01:25:39,666 - I'm sorry, Mr. Poirot, but we couldn't possibly. 1290 01:25:39,959 --> 01:25:42,041 It's Albert, you see, he wouldn't like it. 1291 01:25:42,334 --> 01:25:44,791 - Albert? - Our own dog. 1292 01:25:45,084 --> 01:25:47,499 A springer spaniel. 1293 01:25:47,792 --> 01:25:52,124 Bob would put his nose out of joint, rather. 1294 01:25:52,417 --> 01:25:53,458 - Huh. 1295 01:25:53,750 --> 01:25:55,458 I did not know that you had a pet dog. 1296 01:25:55,750 --> 01:25:57,708 A pet spirit. 1297 01:25:58,000 --> 01:26:02,666 - Albert himself crossed over three years ago. 1298 01:26:02,959 --> 01:26:04,749 - They're just unpacking a few things. 1299 01:26:05,042 --> 01:26:06,124 They'll be down in a moment. 1300 01:26:06,417 --> 01:26:07,999 - Sant�. 1301 01:26:15,667 --> 01:26:18,208 It is you who row the boat in this photograph, madame? 1302 01:26:18,500 --> 01:26:21,874 - Yes, we used to keep a little dinghy on Windermere 1303 01:26:22,167 --> 01:26:26,416 for getting about. 1304 01:26:26,709 --> 01:26:28,624 - You say that you were at Littlegreen House last night 1305 01:26:28,917 --> 01:26:30,249 until 8:00? 1306 01:26:30,542 --> 01:26:31,833 Yes. 1307 01:26:32,125 --> 01:26:33,624 You can never get away from Minnie. 1308 01:26:33,917 --> 01:26:36,833 Talk, talk, talk. 1309 01:26:37,125 --> 01:26:39,624 - And on the night of the death of Emily Arundel, 1310 01:26:39,917 --> 01:26:43,583 you were also at the house? 1311 01:26:43,875 --> 01:26:47,458 - Well, yes. 1312 01:26:47,750 --> 01:26:48,666 - Then both of these deaths 1313 01:26:48,959 --> 01:26:50,249 have in common the same three people: 1314 01:26:50,542 --> 01:26:52,541 Wilhemina Lawson and yourselves. 1315 01:26:52,834 --> 01:26:56,291 - You think we had something to do with it, Mr. Poirot? 1316 01:26:56,584 --> 01:27:00,791 - You mean we're suspects? 1317 01:27:01,084 --> 01:27:05,208 Oh, how thrilling. 1318 01:27:05,500 --> 01:27:08,291 - Go on, question us, Mr. Poirot. 1319 01:27:08,584 --> 01:27:11,458 Just like you would normal people. 1320 01:27:13,459 --> 01:27:17,249 - I will, madame. 1321 01:27:17,542 --> 01:27:19,708 But not today. 1322 01:27:30,500 --> 01:27:32,874 - Hello. 1323 01:27:33,167 --> 01:27:35,708 - A telegram for you, sir. - Thank you. 1324 01:27:36,000 --> 01:27:38,416 Hastings, at last. There will be no reply. 1325 01:27:38,709 --> 01:27:40,333 - Can I get you anything, sir? - Oui. 1326 01:27:40,625 --> 01:27:43,916 A coffee for one and, for me, tisane, near the window. 1327 01:27:44,209 --> 01:27:47,874 - Certainly, sir. 1328 01:27:48,167 --> 01:27:51,499 - Excuse me. - No! I will pass. 1329 01:27:51,792 --> 01:27:54,708 Where is she, Poirot? 1330 01:27:55,000 --> 01:27:56,458 - Calm yourself, Dr. Tanios. 1331 01:27:56,750 --> 01:27:58,166 - You take my wife and children from me 1332 01:27:58,459 --> 01:28:01,541 and tell me to be calm? 1333 01:28:01,834 --> 01:28:06,874 - Your wife has left you of her own free will, Doctor. 1334 01:28:07,167 --> 01:28:09,499 I have here a telegram from Scotland Yard. 1335 01:28:09,792 --> 01:28:10,958 It contains the analysis 1336 01:28:11,250 --> 01:28:16,749 of the patent medicine that you gave to Aunt Emily Arundel. 1337 01:28:17,042 --> 01:28:19,374 Do you want me to read it here? 1338 01:28:21,875 --> 01:28:26,374 - Damn you and your dreamt up evidence, Poirot. 1339 01:28:31,500 --> 01:28:33,208 - I'll telephone Sergeant Keeley. 1340 01:28:33,500 --> 01:28:35,999 - No, no, no. Not yet, Hastings. 1341 01:28:39,667 --> 01:28:42,541 Bob and I, we need time to think. 1342 01:28:45,042 --> 01:28:48,041 - Thanks. 1343 01:28:48,334 --> 01:28:52,624 - By the way, the steward at the club, old Walter, 1344 01:28:52,917 --> 01:28:54,458 said you wanted to have a word with me. 1345 01:28:54,750 --> 01:28:56,541 - Really? 1346 01:28:56,834 --> 01:28:58,958 - Yes, lunchtime. 1347 01:28:59,250 --> 01:29:02,208 Brought the chitty over for me to sign and said, 1348 01:29:02,500 --> 01:29:04,666 "Ah. That reminds me." 1349 01:29:04,959 --> 01:29:06,999 - Oh, yes. 1350 01:29:07,292 --> 01:29:10,708 I reckon you'd forgotten to pay your bill. 1351 01:29:11,000 --> 01:29:12,374 A trivial thing. 1352 01:29:16,292 --> 01:29:19,708 - Clean slipped my mind. 1353 01:29:24,167 --> 01:29:26,624 - This polish buffs up to a marvelous shine, Charlie. 1354 01:29:26,917 --> 01:29:28,041 What is it? 1355 01:29:28,334 --> 01:29:33,749 - Yes, I mix it up myself, from phosphorus. 1356 01:29:34,042 --> 01:29:35,458 - Phosphorus? 1357 01:29:44,459 --> 01:29:46,833 - Your mistress, little Bob, was murdered for her fortune. 1358 01:29:47,125 --> 01:29:48,708 Dr. Grainger, he was killed 1359 01:29:49,000 --> 01:29:51,999 in order to keep a secret that was already out. 1360 01:29:52,292 --> 01:29:53,624 The "whys" and the "wherefores," 1361 01:29:53,917 --> 01:29:55,333 these are known to me. 1362 01:29:55,625 --> 01:29:59,541 But the "who," mon petit, that still to me is a puzzle. 1363 01:29:59,834 --> 01:30:01,624 But it does not puzzle you. 1364 01:30:01,917 --> 01:30:04,916 You knew from the first day. 1365 01:30:05,209 --> 01:30:09,916 And so, if you please, I ask you now to tell me. 1366 01:30:11,292 --> 01:30:13,958 - I say, Poirot, you know you said you thought 1367 01:30:14,250 --> 01:30:16,666 phosphorus had something to do with it. 1368 01:30:19,250 --> 01:30:20,333 - Monsieur Bob! 1369 01:30:31,000 --> 01:30:33,583 - Qu'est que c'est, mon petit? 1370 01:30:35,959 --> 01:30:38,083 Mon Dieu! 1371 01:30:38,375 --> 01:30:41,291 I swear to you, Bob, there is within you a Belgian blood. 1372 01:30:41,584 --> 01:30:42,708 - What's he told you now? 1373 01:30:43,000 --> 01:30:44,374 - He has told to me all. 1374 01:30:44,667 --> 01:30:48,666 Tomorrow morning, Hastings, Bob and I, we catch our fox 1375 01:30:48,959 --> 01:30:52,416 and bring upon him terror. 1376 01:31:08,667 --> 01:31:10,833 - Why don't we start, Poirot? 1377 01:31:11,125 --> 01:31:13,374 He probably won't show up anyhow. 1378 01:31:16,584 --> 01:31:21,791 - Monsieur Jacob will be here. Of that I guarantee. 1379 01:31:29,459 --> 01:31:31,874 - Bella, tell me what's going on. 1380 01:31:32,167 --> 01:31:33,333 Where are the children? 1381 01:31:33,625 --> 01:31:36,749 - If you'd like to take a seat over here, sir. 1382 01:32:00,500 --> 01:32:03,374 - Mesdames et messieurs, 1383 01:32:03,667 --> 01:32:07,583 among us today is the murderer 1384 01:32:07,875 --> 01:32:10,499 of Dr. John Grainger and Emily Arundel. 1385 01:32:10,792 --> 01:32:12,874 - Would that be one in the same person, sir? 1386 01:32:13,167 --> 01:32:16,916 - Have patience, if you please, Sergeant Keeley. 1387 01:32:17,209 --> 01:32:22,708 You believed-- all of you except one believed 1388 01:32:23,000 --> 01:32:27,583 that the fall of Emily Arundel was an accident. 1389 01:32:27,875 --> 01:32:30,333 If so, 1390 01:32:30,625 --> 01:32:32,666 who was the person on the stairs the night before the fall 1391 01:32:32,959 --> 01:32:35,083 and what were they doing there? 1392 01:32:35,375 --> 01:32:39,666 I say that this person placed in the skirting a screw eye 1393 01:32:39,959 --> 01:32:45,749 to which a cord was attached to form a trip wire. 1394 01:32:46,042 --> 01:32:48,458 Wilhemina Lawson saw this person, 1395 01:32:48,750 --> 01:32:50,583 or, to be precise, 1396 01:32:50,875 --> 01:32:54,041 she saw the monogram on the dressing gown that they wore-- 1397 01:32:54,334 --> 01:32:57,124 the letters T.A. 1398 01:32:57,417 --> 01:33:00,291 And she assumed it was Theresa Arundel. 1399 01:33:00,584 --> 01:33:02,249 - Minnie Lawson's never liked me. 1400 01:33:02,542 --> 01:33:04,916 It's just her style to accuse me of murder. 1401 01:33:05,209 --> 01:33:07,708 - While she went off with Aunt Em's fortune. 1402 01:33:08,000 --> 01:33:11,833 - But Emily fell. She told me so herself. 1403 01:33:12,125 --> 01:33:14,208 She stood on Bob's ball, and she fell. 1404 01:33:14,500 --> 01:33:15,916 - Non, madame. 1405 01:33:16,209 --> 01:33:18,124 But how do I know this? 1406 01:33:18,417 --> 01:33:20,916 From Monsieur Bob himself. 1407 01:33:24,334 --> 01:33:26,958 Every time he performed his trick, 1408 01:33:27,250 --> 01:33:30,041 Bob was telling to me the answer. 1409 01:33:32,959 --> 01:33:35,541 Always, always after his trick, 1410 01:33:35,834 --> 01:33:38,208 Bob returned his ball to his basket. 1411 01:33:43,959 --> 01:33:46,083 And when I found out that little Katya Tanios 1412 01:33:46,375 --> 01:33:47,583 discovered the ball on the landing 1413 01:33:47,875 --> 01:33:48,958 on the night of the fall, 1414 01:33:49,250 --> 01:33:51,291 I knew that it had been placed there 1415 01:33:51,584 --> 01:33:54,833 to make it seem like an accident. 1416 01:33:58,542 --> 01:34:01,041 For the cause of the fall of Emily Arundel 1417 01:34:01,334 --> 01:34:03,416 was a trip wire. 1418 01:34:03,709 --> 01:34:04,708 - Ah! 1419 01:34:05,000 --> 01:34:06,041 Oh! 1420 01:34:15,042 --> 01:34:16,166 - But it was not this 1421 01:34:16,459 --> 01:34:18,624 that was the cause of the death of your aunt, no. 1422 01:34:18,917 --> 01:34:20,624 Because after the fall, your aunt was bruised, 1423 01:34:20,917 --> 01:34:22,166 but she was still alive. 1424 01:34:22,459 --> 01:34:25,124 So our murderer tried again 1425 01:34:25,417 --> 01:34:29,041 and, this time, succeeded. 1426 01:34:31,209 --> 01:34:35,291 I believe that the death of your aunt was caused 1427 01:34:35,584 --> 01:34:39,083 by being poisoned with phosphorus. 1428 01:34:39,375 --> 01:34:43,749 - If I'd wanted liver capsules, I should have said so. 1429 01:34:44,042 --> 01:34:45,541 - On the night of her death, 1430 01:34:45,834 --> 01:34:48,458 Emily must have ingested unwittingly 1431 01:34:48,750 --> 01:34:51,666 some of this deadly substance. 1432 01:34:51,959 --> 01:34:55,458 - Jacob gave it to me earlier today. 1433 01:34:55,750 --> 01:34:59,624 - I believe this and so too did Dr. Grainger. 1434 01:34:59,917 --> 01:35:01,166 Being a man of science, 1435 01:35:01,459 --> 01:35:03,874 he knew of the many uses, the many forms of phosphorus, 1436 01:35:04,167 --> 01:35:08,208 all of which produce a poison. 1437 01:35:08,500 --> 01:35:11,791 He made a telephone call to Madame Tanios 1438 01:35:12,084 --> 01:35:13,874 to ask if her husband had some of this substance. 1439 01:35:14,167 --> 01:35:17,333 This telephone call, it was meant to be a secret, 1440 01:35:17,625 --> 01:35:20,791 but Jacob Tanios demanded to know what had been said. 1441 01:35:21,084 --> 01:35:24,874 - Maybe so, but Emily did not die at my hand. 1442 01:35:26,542 --> 01:35:29,458 - Non, monsieur? 1443 01:35:29,750 --> 01:35:31,708 Et bien. 1444 01:35:32,000 --> 01:35:39,916 I have here a telegram from Scotland Yard 1445 01:35:40,209 --> 01:35:43,416 which tells to me that the patent medicine 1446 01:35:43,709 --> 01:35:47,124 that Jacob Tanios gave to Emily Arundel... 1447 01:35:47,417 --> 01:35:49,124 Non, monsieur! 1448 01:35:49,417 --> 01:35:53,624 Is harmless. 1449 01:35:59,542 --> 01:36:02,458 And so now I ask, who poisoned her? 1450 01:36:05,584 --> 01:36:07,541 Dr. John Grainger with his medicines? 1451 01:36:07,834 --> 01:36:09,333 Non. 1452 01:36:09,625 --> 01:36:11,708 Un medicament, docteur? 1453 01:36:12,000 --> 01:36:15,041 For he himself was soon to become a victim. 1454 01:36:15,334 --> 01:36:19,749 So where else could be discovered this phosphorus? 1455 01:36:20,042 --> 01:36:22,374 I suggest, mes amis, 1456 01:36:22,667 --> 01:36:26,499 in a liver capsule that was placed in this box 1457 01:36:26,792 --> 01:36:31,499 that was always by the side of Emily Arundel. 1458 01:36:31,792 --> 01:36:33,874 This also answers for me a question most puzzling. 1459 01:36:34,167 --> 01:36:37,624 Why was she murdered after the changing of the will? 1460 01:36:37,917 --> 01:36:39,499 Mesdames et messieurs, I can now reveal to you 1461 01:36:39,792 --> 01:36:41,833 that she was murdered before. 1462 01:36:42,125 --> 01:36:44,249 - Murdered three days before she died? 1463 01:36:44,542 --> 01:36:45,708 Clever! 1464 01:36:46,000 --> 01:36:47,708 - Oui, and it was the steward at your club, 1465 01:36:48,000 --> 01:36:50,833 Monsieur Charles, who showed to me how. 1466 01:36:51,125 --> 01:36:54,583 One of his lesser duties was to refill the saltcellars. 1467 01:36:54,875 --> 01:36:57,083 Would they be empty today, tomorrow, three days after that, 1468 01:36:57,375 --> 01:36:58,416 who could tell? 1469 01:36:58,709 --> 01:37:01,999 It would depend upon the persons who use them. 1470 01:37:02,292 --> 01:37:05,583 And so is it not possible 1471 01:37:05,875 --> 01:37:07,958 for our murderer... 1472 01:37:13,209 --> 01:37:15,916 To fill a liver capsule... 1473 01:37:20,750 --> 01:37:22,999 With a phosphorus... 1474 01:37:27,667 --> 01:37:30,874 Which Emily Arundel would take today, tomorrow, 1475 01:37:31,167 --> 01:37:34,166 or the day after that? 1476 01:37:34,459 --> 01:37:36,708 After her death, we concentrated our attention 1477 01:37:37,000 --> 01:37:38,958 on the patent medicine of Jacob Tanios. 1478 01:37:39,250 --> 01:37:40,624 But I believe on the night that she died, 1479 01:37:40,917 --> 01:37:42,416 she must also have taken the liver capsule 1480 01:37:42,709 --> 01:37:48,541 which slowly released its poison and killed her. 1481 01:37:48,834 --> 01:37:50,499 The liver capsules of Emily Arundel 1482 01:37:50,792 --> 01:37:52,333 were always within easy reach, 1483 01:37:52,625 --> 01:37:56,958 and so it would have been simple for anyone to tamper with them. 1484 01:37:57,250 --> 01:37:58,958 The patent medicine she took 1485 01:37:59,250 --> 01:38:01,666 on the night of her death confused us. 1486 01:38:01,959 --> 01:38:04,333 In fact, the phosphorus from the capsule 1487 01:38:04,625 --> 01:38:07,916 was creating a lethal chemical reaction within her body 1488 01:38:08,209 --> 01:38:11,124 which emanated from her in the form of a green vapor 1489 01:38:11,417 --> 01:38:15,833 thought by some to be her spirit leaving her body. 1490 01:38:18,375 --> 01:38:21,499 And then came the reading of the will, huh? 1491 01:38:21,792 --> 01:38:25,708 The family did not like what it said, non, non, 1492 01:38:26,000 --> 01:38:27,624 for all of the fortune of Emily Arundel 1493 01:38:27,917 --> 01:38:29,416 was to go to Wilhemina Lawson. 1494 01:38:29,709 --> 01:38:32,874 - So they turned their attention to her? 1495 01:38:33,167 --> 01:38:35,374 - Bien s�r. 1496 01:38:35,667 --> 01:38:39,499 Then two people broke into this house. 1497 01:38:43,709 --> 01:38:47,749 The general prevented their crime by falling. 1498 01:38:50,000 --> 01:38:53,583 Sarah! Sarah! 1499 01:38:58,167 --> 01:39:00,833 - And from the window, Wilhemina Lawson and Mademoiselle Sarah 1500 01:39:01,125 --> 01:39:03,083 saw these two people making their escape from the house, 1501 01:39:03,375 --> 01:39:06,916 but they could not make out who they were. 1502 01:39:07,209 --> 01:39:10,916 I, Hercule Poirot, of course, know. 1503 01:39:24,959 --> 01:39:26,499 Monsieur Charles 1504 01:39:26,792 --> 01:39:29,166 and your sister, Mademoiselle Theresa. 1505 01:39:29,459 --> 01:39:30,916 You broke into this house 1506 01:39:31,209 --> 01:39:35,124 to steal what you thought was yours by right. 1507 01:39:35,417 --> 01:39:38,458 - Yes, but that was our one and only attempt, Poirot. 1508 01:39:38,750 --> 01:39:41,124 - And we certainly didn't come back the night after. 1509 01:39:41,417 --> 01:39:43,041 - But someone did, 1510 01:39:43,334 --> 01:39:44,958 in order to murder John Grainger, 1511 01:39:45,250 --> 01:39:46,458 who, on that very evening, 1512 01:39:46,750 --> 01:39:48,749 had begun to make the discovery of the phosphorus. 1513 01:39:49,042 --> 01:39:51,208 - Same person that murdered Emily, you think? 1514 01:39:51,500 --> 01:39:53,041 - Oui. 1515 01:39:53,334 --> 01:39:55,833 - This T.A. person, then. 1516 01:39:56,125 --> 01:39:57,291 - I've had just about enough of this. 1517 01:39:57,584 --> 01:40:01,416 - Sit down, miss. 1518 01:40:01,709 --> 01:40:02,874 - Mesdames et messieurs, 1519 01:40:03,167 --> 01:40:06,083 if you would please to observe in the mirror. 1520 01:40:06,375 --> 01:40:07,458 It was Monsieur Bob 1521 01:40:07,750 --> 01:40:10,458 who first drew this curiosity to my attention 1522 01:40:10,750 --> 01:40:12,291 when he barked at his reflection 1523 01:40:12,584 --> 01:40:14,083 in the highly polished surface of the boat 1524 01:40:14,375 --> 01:40:19,041 until he was sure that I understood. 1525 01:40:19,334 --> 01:40:22,291 Wilhemina Lawson saw the person on the landing in her mirror. 1526 01:40:22,584 --> 01:40:25,541 And she also saw in reflection 1527 01:40:25,834 --> 01:40:32,083 the monogram with the letters T.A. 1528 01:40:34,250 --> 01:40:38,249 And now, mesdames et messieurs, 1529 01:40:38,542 --> 01:40:41,249 you will observe that these letters, 1530 01:40:41,542 --> 01:40:44,041 without the reflection, 1531 01:40:44,334 --> 01:40:49,958 are now changed to A.T., 1532 01:40:50,250 --> 01:40:55,166 the initials of Arabella Tanios. 1533 01:41:00,417 --> 01:41:01,416 It was you, madame, 1534 01:41:01,709 --> 01:41:04,208 whom Wilhemina Lawson saw on the landing. 1535 01:41:04,500 --> 01:41:08,624 - Put him in his basket before he wakes the whole house. 1536 01:41:10,917 --> 01:41:12,416 - Not dead, is she? 1537 01:41:12,709 --> 01:41:14,166 - It was you who placed the trip wire 1538 01:41:14,459 --> 01:41:19,416 and then removed it after the fall. 1539 01:41:19,709 --> 01:41:22,958 It was you who took the ball belonging to Bob 1540 01:41:23,250 --> 01:41:24,458 and placed it close to the top stair 1541 01:41:24,750 --> 01:41:26,499 for the purpose of incriminating him. 1542 01:41:26,792 --> 01:41:29,791 And it was you who murdered Dr. John Grainger 1543 01:41:30,084 --> 01:41:31,416 for what he suspected. 1544 01:41:40,625 --> 01:41:42,624 - Is this true, Bella? 1545 01:41:42,917 --> 01:41:45,124 - No. 1546 01:41:45,417 --> 01:41:47,666 You know how brutal he is! 1547 01:41:47,959 --> 01:41:49,583 You know how he beats my children! 1548 01:41:49,875 --> 01:41:50,749 - Bella! 1549 01:41:51,042 --> 01:41:52,874 - I know that is what you say, madame. 1550 01:41:53,167 --> 01:41:54,791 Always you point the finger. 1551 01:41:55,084 --> 01:41:56,833 You play out the charade of fearing him. 1552 01:41:57,125 --> 01:41:58,749 You tell us of his temper most wicked. 1553 01:41:59,042 --> 01:42:01,083 All are lies! 1554 01:42:01,375 --> 01:42:02,791 For you and you alone are responsible 1555 01:42:03,084 --> 01:42:04,458 for the murder of Dr. John Grainger 1556 01:42:04,750 --> 01:42:07,583 and, before him, Aunt Emily Arundel. 1557 01:42:16,459 --> 01:42:18,083 - Why, Bella? 1558 01:42:18,375 --> 01:42:20,249 Why? 1559 01:42:20,542 --> 01:42:22,458 - Because I hate you, Jacob. 1560 01:42:22,750 --> 01:42:25,791 - Hate me? You hate me, Bella? 1561 01:42:26,084 --> 01:42:29,708 - You were different once, and I loved you for that. 1562 01:42:30,000 --> 01:42:31,333 But then people here shunned you, 1563 01:42:31,625 --> 01:42:33,958 and you started to change just to please them. 1564 01:42:34,250 --> 01:42:36,916 And I felt so ashamed. 1565 01:42:37,209 --> 01:42:39,083 Now all you want to do is crawl away, 1566 01:42:39,375 --> 01:42:41,249 back to your homeland. 1567 01:42:41,542 --> 01:42:43,208 How could you be so weak? 1568 01:42:43,500 --> 01:42:46,208 What is there for me in Greece? 1569 01:42:46,500 --> 01:42:48,458 With my inheritance from Aunt Emily, 1570 01:42:48,750 --> 01:42:50,249 I could have lived here with my children 1571 01:42:50,542 --> 01:42:52,749 and held my head high again. 1572 01:42:53,042 --> 01:42:54,208 If only she had done me the courtesy 1573 01:42:54,500 --> 01:42:56,583 of dying after the accident, I would have had inherited. 1574 01:42:56,875 --> 01:42:58,958 You too, Charles. You, Theresa. 1575 01:43:02,500 --> 01:43:04,541 And if you hadn't meddled, Mr. Poirot, 1576 01:43:04,834 --> 01:43:06,166 she wouldn't have changed her will, 1577 01:43:06,459 --> 01:43:09,541 and we'd all have been better off. 1578 01:43:09,834 --> 01:43:13,458 - The cold heart indeed, madame, 1579 01:43:13,750 --> 01:43:16,624 which deserves no mercy. 1580 01:43:30,875 --> 01:43:34,458 - Nasty business, wife turning on her husband like that. 1581 01:43:34,750 --> 01:43:37,833 - Oui, but one good thing has come from this, Hastings. 1582 01:43:38,125 --> 01:43:40,499 Wilhemina Lawson has made a share-out among the family 1583 01:43:40,792 --> 01:43:42,541 of the fortune of Emily Arundel. 1584 01:43:42,834 --> 01:43:44,583 - At least I could pay my bill here. 1585 01:43:44,875 --> 01:43:45,833 - And now the world record, 1586 01:43:46,125 --> 01:43:47,249 it begs to be broken, n'est-ce pas? 1587 01:43:47,542 --> 01:43:48,749 - Not by me. 1588 01:43:49,042 --> 01:43:51,208 I'm off to Bonneville. It's in Utah. 1589 01:43:51,500 --> 01:43:53,708 - Ah, but that is the desert, I believe. 1590 01:43:54,000 --> 01:43:55,916 There are no lakes. - Quite. 1591 01:43:56,209 --> 01:43:58,124 Leave water speed to Campbell and his cronies. 1592 01:43:58,417 --> 01:43:59,708 I am going for land speed next time. 1593 01:44:00,000 --> 01:44:02,583 - And we're going to London. - Not yet, Hastings. 1594 01:44:02,875 --> 01:44:04,291 Not until a matter of the most important, 1595 01:44:04,584 --> 01:44:06,374 it has been resolved. 1596 01:44:11,125 --> 01:44:12,708 - I was amazed, wasn't I, Poirot? 1597 01:44:13,000 --> 01:44:14,291 - Indeed so, mon ami. 1598 01:44:14,584 --> 01:44:15,749 - To think that all these years, 1599 01:44:16,042 --> 01:44:18,249 Poirot had the gift for reaching the other side. 1600 01:44:18,542 --> 01:44:21,833 - I said there were hidden depths to you, Mr. Poirot. 1601 01:44:22,125 --> 01:44:23,833 - Then it happened again, last night. 1602 01:44:24,125 --> 01:44:25,958 - Really? 1603 01:44:26,250 --> 01:44:27,708 Who came to you? 1604 01:44:28,000 --> 01:44:31,458 - I woke up to find this-- how best to say this? 1605 01:44:31,750 --> 01:44:33,791 Presence in my room. 1606 01:44:34,084 --> 01:44:39,833 I looked up, and I saw the springer spaniel. 1607 01:44:40,125 --> 01:44:43,541 - Albert? - Oui. 1608 01:44:43,834 --> 01:44:45,291 - What did he say? 1609 01:44:49,584 --> 01:44:52,083 - He spoke to Bob, madame. 1610 01:44:52,375 --> 01:44:55,416 He said, "Go live with my people. 1611 01:44:55,709 --> 01:44:59,791 They have of you the great need." 1612 01:45:02,500 --> 01:45:04,166 - Then, of course, he must. 1613 01:45:04,459 --> 01:45:07,416 Are you sure you can manage without him, though? 1614 01:45:07,709 --> 01:45:12,624 I mean, he was a great help to you with this case. 1615 01:45:12,917 --> 01:45:16,124 - Oui. 1616 01:45:16,417 --> 01:45:18,833 It will not be easy, but... 1617 01:45:21,834 --> 01:45:24,124 I shall try.