1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,200 (THEME SONG PLAYING) 2 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:35,760 "Osbourne." 3 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:37,280 Yeah. 4 00:01:37,320 --> 00:01:40,280 "...86 on Wednesday, 5 00:01:40,320 --> 00:01:43,800 "16th of May, of a long fight. 6 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:45,520 "Bravely fought. 7 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:46,600 "Peters." 8 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:48,040 Know anyone called Peters? 9 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:50,640 Honestly, then. 10 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:52,280 Here, I'm talking to ya. 11 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:56,080 What's the point of me trying to give the place a bit of tone 12 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:58,040 if you won't even listen? 13 00:01:58,080 --> 00:01:59,080 Peters. 14 00:01:59,920 --> 00:02:01,600 Peters, did you say? 15 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:03,360 You'll want to wash your lugholes out. 16 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:04,400 Peters. 17 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:06,200 All right. 18 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:07,240 Pig Peters. 19 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:08,920 You do know him. 20 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:10,880 Not exactly, not now. 21 00:02:10,920 --> 00:02:12,880 We were at Botolph's Abbey together. 22 00:02:12,920 --> 00:02:14,720 An old school pal? 23 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:18,040 Well, hardly a pal. Pig Peters was a major evil at Botolph's. 24 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,480 Ranked with injustice, rice pudding, and Latin prose. 25 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:24,480 See that? 26 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:26,520 Pig Peters did it with a rusty pen knife. 27 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:28,360 Blimey! What you done to him? 28 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:29,800 Nothing. 29 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:31,640 He was branding me as his slave. 30 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:35,040 Made me blub till I was sick, 31 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:37,840 then held me under an unlit gas jet till I passed out. 32 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:39,840 There was no doings like that at my school. 33 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:42,560 That's the advantage of state control. 34 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:47,640 I haven't seen Pig Peters since I went into the sanatorium with gas poisoning. 35 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:49,800 I said then I'd dearly like to attend his funeral. 36 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:53,520 What do you make of this, Lugg? 37 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:55,720 Anonymous, hey? 38 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,120 But not without a certain rhetorical style. 39 00:02:58,160 --> 00:02:59,840 "Why should he die? 40 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:02,520 "There's thousands more fitting than he for the journey. 41 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:05,440 "Peters, Pietro, Piero. 42 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:07,360 "Come, sayeth the angel. 43 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:09,680 "Why should the mole... 44 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:11,800 (CHUCKLES) 45 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:13,000 "...move backwards?" 46 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:16,120 Some religious nut, innit? 47 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:18,080 What do you think it means? 48 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:20,760 Nothing. 49 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:24,200 Blokes like you are bound to get anonymous letters. 50 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:26,640 If you must rub your nose into every bit of blood around, 51 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:29,400 you are going to get yourself topped off. 52 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:30,880 We'll have women sitting on the stairs next, 53 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:33,400 wanting you to sign your name on their pillowcases. 54 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:35,600 What's the machine? 55 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:38,840 Royal, portable, new, certainly newish. 56 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:43,440 No peculiarities to speak of, even the "e" is as fresh as that bacon was. 57 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:46,440 Ordinary plant ash paper, central stamp, 58 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:48,760 postmarked, WC1. 59 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:51,640 Chuck it in the fire. 60 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:56,160 He once fed the study fire with my collection of skeleton leaves. 61 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:58,960 You reckon it's your Pig Pete is what angel's on about? 62 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:02,560 I don't believe in coincidence, just missing links. 63 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:05,360 Well, get out your black suit. Oh, I like a funeral. 64 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:11,320 I can still picture him at 13. 65 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:13,960 Overweight, carrot hair, mean little eyes. 66 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:15,800 Is that why you called him Pig? 67 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:18,560 That, and a revolting way he had of clearing his throat. 68 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:19,920 Like a vicious snort. 69 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:22,000 (IMITATES SNORT) 70 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:23,480 Filthy habits, some people. 71 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:27,160 LUGG: Kepesake. 72 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:29,280 Isn't that where your pal, the Chief Constable lives? 73 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:30,920 CAMPION: Yes. 74 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:31,960 LUGG: And his daughter. 75 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:33,680 Young Janet. 76 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:35,320 CAMPION: I do know her name, Lugg. 77 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:38,600 -I had high hopes for you there. -Lugg... 78 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:42,880 I have known Janet Pursuivant for 21 years, we are practically related. 79 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:45,400 When I first saw her, she was bald, red and horrible. 80 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:47,960 She ain't bald now. 81 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:49,760 That I'll concede. 82 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:53,280 Give you the push, did she? 83 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:54,600 No, she did not. 84 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:56,800 She never visits Bottle Street no more. 85 00:04:56,840 --> 00:04:58,840 As a matter of fact, although it's none of your damn business, 86 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:00,200 the boot was on the other foot. 87 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:02,040 More fooled you if you ask me. 88 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:03,440 I did not ask you. 89 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:07,240 So, we won't be dropping in. 90 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:10,800 We're late as it is. 91 00:05:10,840 --> 00:05:13,840 "Of whom may we seek for succour, but of thee, O Lord, 92 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:16,880 "who for our sins art justly displeased. 93 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:20,120 "Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, 94 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:22,120 "O holy and most merciful Saviour..." 95 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:38,760 PRIEST: "Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts, 96 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:42,920 "shut not thy merciful ears to our prayer, but spare us, Lord most holy. 97 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:46,520 "O God most mighty, O holy and merciful Saviour, 98 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:49,040 "thou most worthy Judge eternal, 99 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:53,440 "suffer us not, at our last hour, for any pains of death to fall from thee." 100 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:02,360 "Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy, 101 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:05,680 "to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, 102 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:08,080 "we therefore commit his body to the ground. 103 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:11,280 "Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust. 104 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:14,520 "In sure and certain hope of the Resurrection to eternal life, 105 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:15,960 "to our Lord, Jesus Christ." 106 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:17,000 (SNORTS) 107 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,720 "Who shall change our vile body, 108 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:26,040 "that it may be like unto his glorious body, 109 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:30,880 "according to the mighty working whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself. 110 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:36,720 "I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me 111 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:40,400 "Write, from henceforth blessed are the dead which die in the Lord: 112 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:46,520 "Even so sayeth the Spirit, for they rest from their labours." 113 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:48,040 Lord, have mercy upon us. 114 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:49,240 ALL: Christ, have mercy upon us. 115 00:06:49,280 --> 00:06:51,240 PRIEST: Lord, have mercy upon us. 116 00:06:51,280 --> 00:06:54,240 "The grace of our Lord, Jesus Christ, and the love of God, 117 00:06:54,280 --> 00:06:58,400 "and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen." 118 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,040 -See you later then, Royle. -Yes, Dr Kingston. 119 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:22,680 Whippet. 120 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:25,120 -Um... -It's me, don't you remember? Botolph's Abbey. 121 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:26,560 I was a year ahead of you. 122 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:28,000 Oh, yes. 123 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:29,840 What are you doing at Pig's funeral? 124 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:32,320 Well, uh, I was invited. 125 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:35,640 Sort of. Um, got this yesterday. 126 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:38,160 Pretty informal. 127 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:40,880 -Hmm. I had a similar one. -Ah. 128 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:43,520 Odd, about the mole. 129 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:45,360 Always been rather partial to them. 130 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:46,600 Moles, that is. 131 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:48,080 Wind In The Willows, perhaps. 132 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:51,720 (CHUCKLES) Anyway, I thought might as well look in. 133 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:58,960 He hasn't changed. 134 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:00,880 You'd never get anything out of him unless you clipped his ear. 135 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:05,320 Sad business. 136 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:06,360 Yes. 137 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:08,760 Knew him well, did you? 138 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:10,240 No, hadn't seen him for years. 139 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:11,640 -We were at school together. -Oh. 140 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:14,600 He used to go by the nickname of Pig. 141 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:18,960 He came to me to convalesce after an appendix operation. 142 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:22,000 He should never have had it, his heart couldn't stand the strain. 143 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:24,120 He picked up a touch of pneumonia on the way down, 144 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:25,640 and there was nothing I could do for the poor chap. 145 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:28,640 Any of his people here? 146 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:30,640 Not that I know of. 147 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:33,520 You're a doctor, are you? 148 00:08:33,560 --> 00:08:35,240 Yes, yes. I practise locally. 149 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:44,120 That's my place over there. 150 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:46,120 I've taken a few convalescents to help out. 151 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:49,360 Never had a death here before. 152 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:28,000 Well, that's the end of Pig Peters. 153 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:38,040 (CAMPION HUMMING) 154 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:42,840 -Lovely day. -It is. 155 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:46,040 (SIGHS) 156 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:48,440 Very kind. 157 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:52,520 (CONTINUES HUMMING) 158 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:57,520 I'm afraid his nibs is out, miss. 159 00:09:58,680 --> 00:10:00,360 Robbing a bank for all I know. 160 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:01,400 He don't tell me nothing. 161 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:04,680 Hang on a tick, here he is now. 162 00:10:06,680 --> 00:10:07,800 For you. 163 00:10:09,680 --> 00:10:11,200 Who is it? 164 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:12,920 Miss Janet Pursuivant. 165 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:16,360 Don't drag your feet. 166 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:22,440 (LUGG BLOWS SHARPLY) 167 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:25,960 Hello, Janet, what a pleasant surprise. 168 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:29,160 I'm sure I'm the last person on earth you want to speak to. 169 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:32,240 I wouldn't be phoning, only Daddy asked me to. 170 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:35,040 He wondered if you could possibly come down to Highwaters. 171 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:36,160 When? 172 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:37,480 Well, now. 173 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:38,560 At once. 174 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:39,640 What's up? 175 00:10:39,680 --> 00:10:41,880 I can't say much over the phone, 176 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:44,920 but somebody's died, and Daddy thinks it might... 177 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:47,000 It's rather horrid actually. 178 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:48,360 He thinks it might be... 179 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:49,400 Murder? 180 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:09,760 Campion, my dear boy, how good of you to come down. 181 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:13,440 How are you, Leo? 182 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:15,000 Hello, Lag! 183 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:17,880 It's Lugg, Sir. 184 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:19,640 Yes, of course. 185 00:11:19,680 --> 00:11:20,880 What made me say, "Lag"? 186 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:22,280 Word association perhaps. 187 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:25,840 Janet! 188 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:27,920 I'm sorry to drag you all the way down here. 189 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:29,440 But it is a matter of some urgency. 190 00:11:30,680 --> 00:11:31,920 Ah, there she is now. 191 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:38,440 Hello. 192 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:39,800 Hello, Albert. 193 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:42,760 How are you? 194 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:45,280 Hello, Lugg. 195 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:50,200 You're looking awfully well. 196 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:54,360 Will you be going straight to the police station? 197 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:56,880 Oh, yes. If that's all right with you, Campion. 198 00:11:57,520 --> 00:11:58,520 Of course. 199 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:09,800 Perhaps you can fill me in, Leo. 200 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:12,520 I'd rather not, actually, I don't want to influence you. 201 00:12:12,560 --> 00:12:14,520 Suffice it to say there's a body, 202 00:12:14,560 --> 00:12:17,400 and I need the assistance of somebody that I can trust. 203 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:19,160 And since your almost family... 204 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:23,160 Lugg. 205 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:30,680 LEO: Very good to see you again. 206 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:34,080 Nights work is the... 207 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:37,240 CAMPION: It would have been done in the, uh... -Janet. 208 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:40,640 CAMPION: She told you. 209 00:12:40,680 --> 00:12:43,120 She said she made a bit of an ass of herself last time you met. 210 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:45,960 I'm afraid I didn't handle it very well. 211 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:47,360 I hadn't realised how she felt, 212 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:49,760 or I wouldn't have asked her to those concerts. 213 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:51,520 She's always had a crush on you. 214 00:12:51,560 --> 00:12:54,000 Even as a child. 215 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:57,640 Last thing I wanted was to hurt her, I'm very fond of her, you know that. 216 00:12:58,480 --> 00:12:59,760 LEO: She'll get over it. 217 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:02,120 Eventually. 218 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:39,240 This is our makeshift mortuary. 219 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:41,520 Go on right in. 220 00:13:41,560 --> 00:13:43,080 The Inspector knows we're here. 221 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:56,120 Now, Campion, 222 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:00,160 take a look at that. 223 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:08,160 When did he die? 224 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:09,320 Just before midday. 225 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:12,640 Poor fellow. 226 00:14:12,680 --> 00:14:14,400 Nasty bit of work though. 227 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:17,480 Shouldn't say that of the dead of course, but there it is. 228 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:19,320 You knew him then. 229 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:22,080 Yes. Had the most unfortunate interview with him, only last night. 230 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:25,000 Rather awkward in the circumstances. 231 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:28,720 What was his name? 232 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:30,160 Harris. 233 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:31,200 Oswald Harris. 234 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:34,880 Had more money than was good for him, 235 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:38,120 and the manners, of an enemy non-commissioned officer. 236 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:40,200 Pig. 237 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:41,600 Absolute swine. 238 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:42,640 (CAMPION CHUCKLES) 239 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:45,160 Come around here. 240 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:47,560 Take a closer look at the wound. 241 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:56,080 Looks as though he's been kicked by a cart horse through his toupee. 242 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:58,800 Yes, well, substitute urn for cart horse, 243 00:14:58,840 --> 00:14:59,840 and you've got it in one. 244 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:02,120 Urn? 245 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:04,640 Sort of a stone contraption for geraniums. 246 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:06,600 One of several set along the parapet. 247 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:08,920 Then there's a suggestion of foul play. 248 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:10,520 I'm afraid so. 249 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:12,200 Yes, I've been up there to inspect them. 250 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:14,800 They're all as firm as the Rock of Gibraltar. 251 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:16,600 Couldn't possibly have toppled over on his own. 252 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:22,760 Leo, you didn't bring me down from London simply to confirm that Pig... 253 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:26,040 That Harris died from a bang on the head. 254 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:27,080 No. 255 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:29,160 The thing is, 256 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:31,320 there are one or two private matters involved, 257 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:34,040 and I'd rather this was sorted out at local level. 258 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:38,160 Where did it happen? 259 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:40,800 At the Knights. Our country club. 260 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:42,960 You and I lunched there once. 261 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,120 Of course, poor Poppy is worried out of her wits. 262 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:47,560 Remember Poppy Burridge, who runs the place? 263 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:50,200 -Wonderful woman. -Indeed. 264 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:52,840 Never a suspicion of anything of this sort before. 265 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:55,120 That's why I'm anxious to handle it personally. 266 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:59,000 I don't want Scotland Yard poking their noses into local affairs. 267 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:00,920 Oh, Lugg, I'm driving Sir Leo on to the Knights. 268 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:03,560 You better get back to Highwaters. Take a bus or something. 269 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:05,960 -A bus? -Yes, you know, one of those big green things. 270 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:07,280 You must have seen them about. 271 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:20,840 I'll be frank with you, Campion, 272 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:23,680 there are several chaps here, including myself, 273 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:26,040 who would've put Harris out of the way for two pins. 274 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:28,480 Why is that? 275 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:30,200 Well, it's an odd story. 276 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:33,160 Two of the adjoining estates became vacant last year. 277 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:36,880 And they were bought up anonymously, through a firm of local solicitors. 278 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:38,640 No one thought much about it. 279 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:40,440 Until last week. 280 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:42,720 I came down to the club one night, to have a game of cards, 281 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:44,600 found the place in uproar. 282 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:46,600 Harris was throwing his weight about, 283 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:49,200 and boasting about his plan for Kepesake. 284 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:51,680 Hydro, dog track... 285 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:53,240 Cinema. Ha! 286 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:54,880 The beginning of the end, it would have been. 287 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:57,080 So it was he who purchased the other estates? 288 00:16:57,120 --> 00:16:58,600 Yes, and that's not all. 289 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:05,000 What's he doing here? 290 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:07,000 Oh, good afternoon, gentlemen. 291 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,600 Well, I'm not raising my hat to the likes of him. 292 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:26,880 Come and have a look at the scene of the crime. 293 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:28,040 LEO: Good afternoon, Constable. 294 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:32,480 What's the situation with the police? 295 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:34,480 Oh, the local chap's questioning people. 296 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:36,360 Pusey, he's very sharp. 297 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:37,400 Constable. 298 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:39,880 Now, now. Here we are. 299 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:43,840 This is where the fellow was sitting. 300 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:46,880 And this is the urn. 301 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:52,680 I was in there at the time, playing cards with some of the others. 302 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:54,040 You should have heard the thud. 303 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:55,960 But only the edge of the urn caught his head, 304 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:58,160 where it jutted over the back of the chair. 305 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:01,080 And as you rightly surmised, he was wearing his toupee. 306 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:05,600 Our murderer took a tremendous risk. 307 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:07,680 He could have got the wrong man. 308 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:09,920 Presumably, he wasn't the only one sitting out here. 309 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:13,200 As a matter of fact, he was. 310 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:15,720 This may sound rather childish. 311 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:19,800 But when he turned up this morning, we decided to send him to Coventry. 312 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:22,000 -We all went in the house. -All? 313 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:25,720 Mmm-hmm. About a dozen of us. 314 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:28,880 Should we go and see Poppy now? Oh, and Campion... 315 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:32,200 Go easy with her, won't you? I wouldn't like to see her brow beaten. 316 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:36,080 She's had a lot to put up with lately. Poor little creature. 317 00:18:37,360 --> 00:18:38,720 Thank you so much. 318 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:47,080 It's most awfully noble of you to come, Albert and Leo. 319 00:18:47,120 --> 00:18:49,560 You're a lamb to send for him. 320 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:53,560 Isn't it simply frightful? 321 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:58,640 I wouldn't wish a death like that on my worst enemy, which come to think of it, he was. 322 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:02,280 -Has Leo told you what he tried do to me? -No. 323 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:04,320 Well, I'm afraid we got side-tracked. 324 00:19:04,360 --> 00:19:08,160 My dear, he was trying to pinch this place from under my nose! 325 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:09,560 I told him about the other estates. 326 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:11,880 Well, he was after the Knights, too. 327 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:15,280 Yes, well, Poppy got into a little financial difficulty. 328 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:18,280 -And the silly girl didn't tell me. -I didn't want to worry you, 329 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:20,840 or to depress the others. 330 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:25,240 You see, they're all my friends as well as members. 331 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:27,680 I only allow nice people to join. 332 00:19:30,360 --> 00:19:32,560 -Where was I? -Financially embarrassed. 333 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:37,160 Oh, the place costs a packet to run. Anyway... 334 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:41,320 This delightful man came down from London and offered me a second mortgage 335 00:19:41,360 --> 00:19:43,440 on most generous terms. 336 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:46,640 -Of course, I should have smelt a rat. -Or even a pig. 337 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:49,480 Exactly! She's too trusting. 338 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:52,920 Well, anyway, a few weeks later, 339 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:56,520 when I paid off my bills with a major part of the loan, 340 00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:59,960 this odious man, Harris, turns up, 341 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,960 tells me he's the man behind it all, demands a room. 342 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:05,200 Yes, and threatens to foreclose. 343 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:07,320 And that was when darling Leo came to the rescue. 344 00:20:07,360 --> 00:20:09,000 Without much success, I'm afraid. 345 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:11,360 You did everything you humanly could. 346 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:15,400 Well, I rounded a few people together, chaps of my own kidney. 347 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:18,280 And we had a meeting, and formed a syndicate. 348 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:21,800 We approached Harris with a very fair offer. And what does he do? 349 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:24,160 Snorted in your face? 350 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:27,000 Absolutely. He told us that he intended to exercise 351 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:28,480 his option to purchase the Knights. 352 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:30,240 I didn't even know he had an option. 353 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:33,240 Yes, well, I'm afraid she failed to read the small print. 354 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:37,680 I didn't even see the small print, duckie. It's no use. 355 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:40,680 I shall have to get myself some specks. To hell with vanity. 356 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:47,680 Not that glasses don't suit some people wonderfully. 357 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:52,680 So, now you see how it all happened. Not that it excuses them. 358 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:55,600 I told them last night it was a dangerous thing to do. 359 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:57,840 I knew it would all end in trouble. 360 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:01,480 Although I'm sure, whoever it was, meant to be kind. 361 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:06,720 Didn't you tell him, Leo? About their plot? 362 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:08,400 No, he's only been here an hour. 363 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:11,320 You were trying to shield them, weren't you? 364 00:21:11,360 --> 00:21:14,320 I'm sorry, Campion. It was like this. 365 00:21:14,360 --> 00:21:17,120 Some of the old chaps hatched up a plot last night. 366 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:19,520 They planned to get Harris even more plastered than usual. 367 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:21,680 When he was sufficiently merry, 368 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:24,640 they were going to persuade him to sign a document relinquishing his option. 369 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:28,120 I told them it was silly, and not strictly honest. 370 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:30,600 -(PHONE RINGING) -Not that it mattered. 371 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:32,080 He didn't get merry? 372 00:21:32,120 --> 00:21:34,280 No, he just became even more obnoxious than ever. 373 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:36,960 Upsetting them all with more of his beastly plans. 374 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:40,040 The poor old dears were in a terrible state. 375 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:42,520 Then he passed out altogether, and we had to put him to bed. 376 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:44,800 This morning he woke with the most frightful head 377 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:46,960 and went to go sleep it off in the garden. 378 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:48,800 Where he acquired an even worse head. 379 00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:52,920 I'm afraid it might have been one of the old boys. 380 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:57,720 -Well, who else could it be? -(KNOCKING ON DOOR) 381 00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:00,880 Come in! Yes, Sadie? 382 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:02,800 There be someone on the telephone, miss, 383 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:05,640 wanting to know if there's a Mr Campion in the house. 384 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:08,400 -There is, indeed. -All I said is I'd ask. 385 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:10,640 Would you excuse me? 386 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:17,520 That's peculiar. 387 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:19,280 He said no one knew he was here. 388 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:24,880 Hello. Campion here. 389 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:27,160 Hello. 390 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:31,440 Hello? Who is this? 391 00:23:46,120 --> 00:23:47,160 (DOOR CREAKS) 392 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:31,440 Were you wanting something, sir? 393 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:34,160 Guest's cloakroom's downstairs, sir. 394 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:39,080 (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) 395 00:24:39,120 --> 00:24:40,960 LEO: Is it unreasonable to expect an answer? 396 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:42,760 POPPY: Don't make a mountain out of this! 397 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:45,440 I saw the chap striding out of the house, 398 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:47,760 all smarmy grins as though he owned the place! 399 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:51,000 LEO: Who was he? POPPY: All right, all right, okay. 400 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:55,120 His name is Mr Hayhoe and he came up from the village 401 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:58,160 to sell some tickets for a whist drive, satisfied? 402 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:00,520 No, as a matter of fact... (DOOR SHUTS) 403 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:03,760 Oh. There you are, Campion. Not bad news, I hope? 404 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:05,960 -No news at all. -Oh, good, good. 405 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:07,320 Now, that's what they say, isn't it? 406 00:25:07,360 --> 00:25:09,440 No news is good news. 407 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:13,000 Well, we better be on our way. We've got some people coming for dinner. Did I warn you? 408 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:14,400 Just one or two local friends. 409 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:18,480 Please, don't let me detain you. 410 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:30,440 Leo? 411 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:32,680 Do you mind if I take another look at the urn? 412 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:34,680 No, no. Let's go. 413 00:25:38,120 --> 00:25:39,360 (DOOR SHUTS) 414 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:46,120 As I thought. Safety pegs still intact. 415 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:49,800 I... I'm sorry, what did you say? 416 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:52,920 Well, for the urn to have been dislodged by a cat, say, 417 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:55,720 the safety peg would have had to have been broken. 418 00:25:55,760 --> 00:26:00,160 -So it was murder? -Not with much premeditation. 419 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:02,080 No one could have arranged for him to sit in this exact place 420 00:26:02,120 --> 00:26:05,000 or made certain he wouldn't move. 421 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:08,520 Someone must have seen him sitting here and given the urn a shove. 422 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:19,240 No chance of fingerprints, I suppose? 423 00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:21,000 No, no, no, no, I doubt it. 424 00:26:24,120 --> 00:26:26,560 She was on the stage, of course. 425 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:29,000 They're all highly strung. 426 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:30,960 I was only concerned for her and Janet. 427 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:32,760 I didn't like the look of the like of the ruffian. 428 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:35,960 -The man we saw there? -Yeah, sort of fellow you'd set a dog on. 429 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:39,440 -I think I've seen him before. -Oh? Where? 430 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:41,960 At a funeral. We didn't speak. 431 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:45,040 Well, no one in their right sense would speak to a blaggard like that. 432 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:05,360 I was afraid you'd forgotten. Do go and get dressed at once, the vicar is already here. 433 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:07,520 He says the village is seething. Has anything turned up? 434 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:09,760 No, not yet. See you later, Campion. 435 00:27:13,120 --> 00:27:15,400 He's worried, isn't he? 436 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:17,920 I'm afraid you've only got 10 minutes to get ready. 437 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:20,960 All right. I won't wash. 438 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:24,040 I think you should. You know how you hate being grubby. 439 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:26,360 Remember that time you got grass stains on your white flannels? 440 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:27,440 Who pushed me? 441 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:28,480 (GIGGLES) 442 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:30,760 We're friends again? 443 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:34,600 Of course. I'm over all that nonsense now. 444 00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:36,880 You should have told me you had a girlfriend. 445 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:38,800 By the way, she called earlier, but wouldn't stay. 446 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:40,280 Who? 447 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:42,560 -Your girlfriend. -What girlfriend? 448 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:44,800 You mean there's a string of them? 449 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:47,560 -Did she leave a name? -Miss Effie Rowlandson. 450 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:50,360 Never heard of her. 451 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:52,280 You needn't lie on my account. 452 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:55,720 I couldn't care less. 453 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:57,400 (CAMPION SIGHS) 454 00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:59,320 I told you there'd be women sitting on the steps. 455 00:27:59,360 --> 00:28:01,200 But you didn't actually see her. 456 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:03,520 Didn't have a chance. Miss Janet saw her off. 457 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:07,000 -I wonder who she was. -Mata Perishin' Hari. 458 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:09,120 That's not the end of it. This came for you. 459 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:10,680 Another one of those queer letters. 460 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:15,640 Same envelope, same typewriter. New portable. 461 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:19,640 The butler said it arrived by the afternoon post, but there ain't no postmark. 462 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:22,800 -Hmm. Odd. -All that flowery rubbish? 463 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:26,720 "Oh, sayeth the owl. Oh-ho, sungeth the frog. Oh-ho, moaneth the worm. 464 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:29,240 "The angel weepeth behind golden bars. Consider..." 465 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:30,960 TOGETHER: "Oh, consider the lowly mole." 466 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:35,600 "A small hand's a sore and his snout bleedeth." 467 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:39,400 -Poor mole. -"Where is Peters that was promised to us?" 468 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:43,800 Owls, frogs, worms, and bleeding moles. Must be like a zoo up there! 469 00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:46,840 The writer evidently knew Peters wasn't dead. 470 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:49,000 But he is dead. 471 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:52,040 He is now. He wasn't when this letter was written. 472 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:54,760 -It's the country air gone to your head. -No. 473 00:28:56,640 --> 00:29:01,360 The fellow I went to see in the mortuary this afternoon is, or rather was, 474 00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:02,480 Peters himself. 475 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:06,120 -Pig Peters? -I'll swear it. 476 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:08,760 Masquerading under the name of Oswald Harris. 477 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:12,200 How could the geezer be there again? 478 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:14,440 Three months after his funeral? 479 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:17,120 That's a good question, Lugg. 480 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:19,480 How did the man know when he wrote this here letter, 481 00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:21,480 that Peters was gonna copy? 482 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:25,320 Or a woman. Could be a woman. 483 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:28,200 Anonymous letters are usually written by women. 484 00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:31,400 You don't have to whistle for it, do you? It flies at you. 485 00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:33,520 -What does? -Mud. 486 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:39,560 Well, we might as well go on in. 487 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:41,200 Our other guests will be down in a minute. 488 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:44,240 -She's staying with you, is she? -It's a he, actually. 489 00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:47,320 I'm afraid it's a bachelor do tonight. Apart from Janet. 490 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:49,000 Perhaps it's just as well. 491 00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:52,360 We don't want to upset the ladies with this distressing business. 492 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:54,920 -Who is he? -Old family friend. 493 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:57,360 He and Janet have known each other since they were children. 494 00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:59,600 They don't come better. 495 00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:02,480 -Ah, Campion! -Sorry I'm late. 496 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:05,200 Let me introduce you to the others. This is Philip Bathwick. 497 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:09,320 -Our new vicar. -Ah, the keeper of Kepesake's lost souls. 498 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:12,520 And this is Dr Kingston. Brian. 499 00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:14,560 He has a practice over at Tethering. 500 00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:17,800 -We've met before. Isn't it? -It's a small world. 501 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:19,680 Are you always in at the death? 502 00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:25,760 (GRUNTING) 503 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:34,560 (GRUNTS) 504 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:36,480 Can't get away from pigs. 505 00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:46,840 If you only knew the way some of them lived. 506 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:49,640 Take those families in the slum cottages, down by the river. 507 00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:53,320 -The ones in Water Lane? -A livid sore on the face of the parish. 508 00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:56,480 Now, I always thought they were jolly little cottages. 509 00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:59,040 Sanitation's a bit primitive, perhaps. 510 00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:03,400 I'm afraid very few places around here have indoor lavatories. 511 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:06,920 I wasn't referring to their sanitary arrangements, though they're a scandal, too. 512 00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:12,760 I was thinking of their souls. These people are starved of any form of culture. 513 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:14,400 That will be my first priority, 514 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:17,200 to bring art into the life of the average villager. 515 00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:19,120 Supposing he doesn't want it? 516 00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:20,960 I thought the whole point of living in the village 517 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:22,760 was that it was a sufficiently scattered community 518 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:25,200 for a man to call his soul his own. 519 00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:28,920 -Well, I think it's splendid what Philip's trying to do. -I knew you'd understand. 520 00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:32,880 Yes, well, to return to the matter that we were discussing before dinner. 521 00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:36,840 -Do you have any idea where the scoundrel's living? -Yes, sir. Mrs Turner's. 522 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:38,680 Behind the swamp. 523 00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:41,960 Now, what does a good woman like her want with a chap like that in the house? 524 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,840 -Well, she takes in lodgers. -Oh. 525 00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:48,160 -How long has he been staying in the village? -Little under a week. 526 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:50,480 -What'd you say his name was again? -It's Hayhoe. 527 00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:55,640 Oh, Hayhoe. Idiotic name. It's probably false. 528 00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:58,080 Tell me more about your cultural plans, Philip. 529 00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:02,280 Well, I intend to start with an afternoon of madrigals in the church. 530 00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:04,840 Followed by an evening of plainsong. 531 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:07,960 Well, that would depend on the countertenors. There could be a problem. 532 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:10,320 JANET: Well, I think the madrigals sound great fun, 533 00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:12,320 -I do hope you'll come. -Love to! 534 00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:14,520 Let's hope he doesn't come to the same end as the last chap 535 00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:16,880 with grandiose ideas for Kepesake. (LAUGHS) 536 00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:22,200 Kingston, do you remember that old boy at Peters' funeral? 537 00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:24,760 No, I can't say I do. 538 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:26,360 Homburg hat and a mourning handkerchief, 539 00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:28,560 dabbing his eyes like George Arliss in a bad film. 540 00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:30,200 Oh, yes. 541 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:31,880 That was Hayhoe. 542 00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:35,680 No! (CHUCKLES) It's an even smaller world than I thought. 543 00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:37,560 Shrinking visibly. 544 00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:54,040 WHIPPET: Good evening. 545 00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:01,160 Can I have a gin and it? 546 00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:06,000 And I think it was... Oh, yes, a port and lemon. 547 00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:13,120 -Oh, it's you, Inspector! -Good evening, Mr Pepper! 548 00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:15,600 Sully owing? 549 00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:19,520 -So you're all complete then? -Yes, sir. 550 00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:22,640 I questioned everyone who was in the house at the time of the death. 551 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:24,840 I've got to hand it to you, Pusey. You haven't wasted any time. 552 00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:28,000 Thank you, sir. But I'm afraid we haven't got very far. 553 00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:32,520 -I suppose no one has a decent alibi. -Oh, no, sir. 554 00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:37,200 Everyone has a decent alibi. Kitchen was eating its dinner at the time of the incident. 555 00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:40,400 All staff present, even the gardener. 556 00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:44,360 Everyone else in the house was in the lounge, the bar, or the clubroom. 557 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:47,920 -With at least two other gentleman to vouch for it. -No strangers around? 558 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:52,280 Not as anyone saw. All the gentleman who called this morning knew each other. 559 00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:55,760 All respected club members. I don't see how any of them could have done it. 560 00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:02,200 -Unless... -Unless what? 561 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:07,000 -Unless all of them was in on it. -A conspiracy? 562 00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:10,640 -I know it may be a bit far-fetched. -It certainly is. 563 00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:14,240 Unless you're suggesting that I was in on it, too. 564 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:18,360 Pusey, you seem to have forgotten that I was there at the time, playing poker. 565 00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:20,160 Ah. Of course, Sir. 566 00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:24,760 Still, it's an interesting thought. 567 00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:27,600 Perhaps we better go over those alibis again. 568 00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:29,960 We might find a loophole somewhere. 569 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:32,360 Yes, we needn't keep you, Campion. You get back to the party. 570 00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:37,760 PUSEY: Well, the Colonel was... 571 00:34:40,200 --> 00:34:44,920 Ah! Campion, Leo is still ensconced with the inspector? 572 00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:46,880 Ah, yes, nothing so far. 573 00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:49,720 JANET: Community creche? What a splendid idea! 574 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:54,920 I thought I'd make myself scarce. I felt a bit... 575 00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:57,920 The vicar is obviously very smitten with Janet. 576 00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:01,960 -Not that I blame him, she's a very beautiful girl. -Woman. 577 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:06,960 Yes. And young Bathwick's not so bad, just takes himself far too seriously. 578 00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:10,240 Harris delighted in baiting him. 579 00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:14,400 -Really? -Yes. 580 00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:17,720 Yes, Bathwick called in at the Knights one evening last week 581 00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:21,200 Harris poo-pooed all his welfare schemes 582 00:35:21,240 --> 00:35:26,280 and ragged him about casinos and dance halls, and Lord knows what. 583 00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:29,240 I thought Bathwick would kill him. 584 00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:32,320 Oh, not literally, of course. 585 00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:35,600 I say, do you think we could step out onto the terrace for a moment? 586 00:35:35,640 --> 00:35:39,720 There's something I rather want to talk to you about. It's about Peters. 587 00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:56,280 Uh, this is in the nature of a confession. 588 00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:01,240 As you know, Peters came to my place 589 00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:03,200 to convalesce after appendicitis. 590 00:36:03,240 --> 00:36:06,000 He caught a chill on the way down, developed roaring pneumonia. 591 00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:08,320 In one of his more lucid periods, 592 00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:10,360 he sent for me and said he wanted to make a will. 593 00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:16,440 I wrote it down and he signed it, and later I altered it. 594 00:36:18,320 --> 00:36:22,200 Well, not in substance. Merely in form. 595 00:36:22,240 --> 00:36:25,760 Well, frankly, one can't refer to one's sole beneficiary as that 596 00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:29,440 "unspeakable villain who should be in jail." 597 00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:31,920 It would seem hardly in the right spirit. 598 00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:36,360 (LAUGHS) Especially when it's one's own brother. 599 00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:42,520 -Brother? -One Henry Raymond Peters. 600 00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:45,040 Our Peters left everything to him. 601 00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:48,440 Not because he liked him, but because they shared the same mother. 602 00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:52,200 -So he had a brother. -Yes. 603 00:36:52,240 --> 00:36:56,280 And I just can't help wondering... 604 00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:59,600 -No, it sounds crazy. -Wondering what? 605 00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:04,640 Well, if this fellow, Harris, could be the brother! Using another name. 606 00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:06,600 There certainly was a strong resemblance. 607 00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:08,480 It struck me again this morning. 608 00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:10,360 So you saw him this morning? 609 00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:12,880 As a matter of fact, I saw him shortly before he died. 610 00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:17,320 I passed him on the stairs. He looked dreadful. You know, hangover. 611 00:37:17,360 --> 00:37:21,040 He was shorter than Peters, and not so fat, but yes, 612 00:37:21,080 --> 00:37:23,880 Harris could well have been the legatee brother. 613 00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:27,600 What happened to the will? 614 00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:29,760 Well, I sent it off to Peters' solicitors. 615 00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:32,480 I've got their address somewhere, I could give it to you tomorrow. 616 00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:34,600 Thank you. 617 00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:36,960 You say you were down at the Knights when Harris died? 618 00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:39,280 Yes, I was playing poker with Leo and the others. 619 00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:42,080 I'd been to visit one of the maids, a bad case of jaundice. 620 00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:44,560 I thought I might as well stay on for a game. 621 00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:48,200 I'd just netted a queen pot and then we heard this terrific crash, 622 00:37:48,240 --> 00:37:51,720 and we all rushed out. You saw the body. 623 00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:53,560 Yes. 624 00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:58,920 I suppose it's all in a day's work to you. Murder. 625 00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:02,320 Somewhat less frequent than embezzlement and theft. 626 00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:07,120 (LAUGHS) You know, it sounds dreadful, but I find this rather exciting. 627 00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:08,920 Nothing ever happens around here. 628 00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:33,960 -Can I offer you a lift, Bathwick? -Oh, yes! 629 00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:36,000 -Good night. -Good night. 630 00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:38,480 -And thank you again. -No, no, our pleasure. 631 00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:40,520 Hope I'll see you again, then, Janet. Very soon. 632 00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:42,000 Me too. Good night, Philip. 633 00:38:48,240 --> 00:38:52,640 Night, Campion. I'll drop off that address in the morning. 634 00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:55,600 If you youngsters will excuse me, I'll be making tracks. 635 00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:57,720 Been a bit of a day. 636 00:38:57,760 --> 00:38:59,200 -Good night, darling. -Good night, Daddy. 637 00:38:59,240 --> 00:39:01,640 -Good night, Campion. -Good night, Leo. 638 00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:14,080 -That hairstyle suits you. -Thank you. 639 00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:20,920 Do you fancy a stroll around the garden? 640 00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:33,040 -Thanks very much, Doctor. -Not at all! 641 00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:38,480 Are you sure that you don't want me to take you round to the vicarage? 642 00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:41,520 No, I'll be fine. I'll just take the short cut across the saltings. 643 00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:44,480 -All right. Good night! -Good night! 644 00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:56,200 What sort of garden has Bathwick got? 645 00:39:56,240 --> 00:39:59,560 Quite nice. It runs up the chestnut copse at the back of Poppy's place. 646 00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:02,200 -Why? -I just wondered. 647 00:40:02,240 --> 00:40:05,600 -Do you go for evening strolls with him? -I hardly know him. 648 00:40:05,640 --> 00:40:07,360 He's only been in Kepesake a few weeks. 649 00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:09,080 He seems very keen on you. 650 00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:11,160 Well, not all men find me repulsive. 651 00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:15,120 Oh, Janet, you're far from that. In fact, you're beautiful. 652 00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:19,400 You could do better for yourself than him. 653 00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:21,880 Well, your girlfriend isn't exactly what I'd have chosen. 654 00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:24,920 Look, I promise you, I have no idea who she is. 655 00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:26,720 She obviously knows you. 656 00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:28,640 Have you ever known me tell a lie? 657 00:40:28,680 --> 00:40:31,520 -Yes, now and then. -Well, not to you. 658 00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:35,480 -No. -Well, then. 659 00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:42,400 Albert, do you know who did this beastly murder? 660 00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:45,160 CAMPION: (SIGHS) Not yet. Give me a chance. 661 00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:48,560 -JANET: Do you think you'll find out? -CAMPION: Yes. 662 00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:57,320 I wish you'd go back to Bottle Street. 663 00:40:57,360 --> 00:40:58,640 Albert, please don't pursue it. 664 00:40:58,680 --> 00:41:01,120 He'd be so shattered. He's so fond of her! 665 00:41:01,160 --> 00:41:03,280 Oh, you think it's Poppy Burridge. 666 00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:05,560 Well, she has the most to lose. 667 00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:08,000 And they'd cover up for her, they're all potty about her. 668 00:41:08,040 --> 00:41:10,560 Do you think Leo would have sent for me if he suspected Poppy? 669 00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:15,520 -I hadn't thought of that. -You just want me to get back to town. 670 00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:18,520 No. 671 00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:22,800 Janet, you know what I said that night in London... 672 00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:26,080 -Well, I... -Ah! There you are, sir. 673 00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:29,400 Beg pardon, but there's a Miss Effie Rowlandson to see you. 674 00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:31,360 I've put her in the drawing room, sir. 675 00:41:48,240 --> 00:41:51,600 Miss Rowlandson? 676 00:41:51,640 --> 00:41:55,120 Oh, please don't be cross. I know I shouldn't pester you like this. 677 00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:04,240 Are you sure you've got the right man? 678 00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:09,880 Oh, yes. You've quite a reputation. You do remember me, don't you? 679 00:42:09,920 --> 00:42:12,560 We've never met. But we looked at each other. 680 00:42:13,720 --> 00:42:16,680 -The funeral! -I knew you'd remember. 681 00:42:16,720 --> 00:42:20,760 Don't ask me why. I felt it in my bones. 682 00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:23,480 Was naughty of me to tell those fibs to that snooty girl, 683 00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:24,800 but I had to see you! 684 00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:31,520 Miss Rowlandson... Would you mind getting to the point? 685 00:42:31,560 --> 00:42:37,720 Oh, you're hard. I like a man who's hard. Not as hard as he was. 686 00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:42,000 I suppose I ought not to talk ill of the dead. If he is dead. Is he? 687 00:42:42,040 --> 00:42:44,560 I take it you're referring to Roland Peters. 688 00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:48,800 -Piggy, I used to call him. He used to get so cross. -Yes. 689 00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:52,960 Still, I don't suppose he branded you as his slave. 690 00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:55,800 How did you know about that? 691 00:42:57,560 --> 00:43:00,960 -Instinct. -It's uncanny! 692 00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:04,600 What exactly was your connection with Peters? 693 00:43:04,640 --> 00:43:06,960 He was going to marry me, wasn't he? 694 00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:09,440 When I think of what I went through to make him propose... 695 00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:11,800 But if he was such a brute to you... 696 00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:15,640 I wanted security, see? I'm sick of living hand to mouth. 697 00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:17,840 And then he goes and dies in some hole-in-corner nursing home, 698 00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:20,240 and leaves all his money to his brother! 699 00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:22,000 Is that suspicious or isn't it? 700 00:43:22,040 --> 00:43:24,040 You think it odd he left his brother everything? 701 00:43:24,080 --> 00:43:26,560 I think it funny he died at all. 702 00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:28,560 I ask you straight, Mr Campion. 703 00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:30,520 Were you satisfied with that funeral? 704 00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:33,680 It wasn't much to do with me. 705 00:43:33,720 --> 00:43:36,400 Wasn't it? Well, why was you there, then? 706 00:43:36,440 --> 00:43:38,880 (CHUCKLES) That's pinked you, hasn't it? 707 00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:41,720 Oh, look, I'm a straightforward girl, Mr Campion, 708 00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:45,720 and now I know what I know, I'm sure he did the dirty on me. 709 00:43:45,760 --> 00:43:48,720 What do you know? 710 00:43:48,760 --> 00:43:55,400 I have a friend who lives around here. Old chap. Sort of godfather to me. 711 00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:59,520 I sent him a photograph of Piggy when we got engaged. 712 00:43:59,560 --> 00:44:03,360 Well, a few days ago, he wrote me that there was someone in the village 713 00:44:03,400 --> 00:44:05,400 looked the spitting image of him. 714 00:44:05,440 --> 00:44:08,120 Came down as soon as I could. And what do I find? 715 00:44:08,160 --> 00:44:11,040 I find this man, Harris, has got himself killed! 716 00:44:11,080 --> 00:44:14,560 -I heard you were staying here, so I popped over. -How? 717 00:44:14,600 --> 00:44:17,680 -Pardon? -How did you know I was in Kepesake? 718 00:44:17,720 --> 00:44:23,040 Oh... Well, you know what gossips they are in the country. 719 00:44:23,080 --> 00:44:26,120 I wondered if I could see the body. 720 00:44:26,160 --> 00:44:30,480 -You wish to identify him? -Well, then I'd know. 721 00:44:30,520 --> 00:44:33,680 Why come to me? Why not the authorities? 722 00:44:33,720 --> 00:44:35,080 I liked your face. 723 00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:39,120 When could you come down to the police station? 724 00:44:39,160 --> 00:44:41,520 -Well, now, for preference. -It's rather late. 725 00:44:41,560 --> 00:44:43,440 Oh, I couldn't sleep with it hanging over me. 726 00:44:43,480 --> 00:44:45,280 My nerves wouldn't stand for it. 727 00:44:45,320 --> 00:44:49,760 I'll be quite ill by morning. You could take me down in your car! 728 00:45:05,320 --> 00:45:09,040 -Sure you wouldn't rather leave it till the morning? -No. We must find out. 729 00:45:21,640 --> 00:45:23,520 Thank you, Pepper. Don't wait up. 730 00:45:23,560 --> 00:45:26,600 I'm going to get a bit of air before I go to bed. I'll lock up later. 731 00:45:26,640 --> 00:45:27,920 PEPPER: Yes, miss. 732 00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:30,320 Sorry to get you up, Inspector, 733 00:45:30,360 --> 00:45:32,280 but I always like to grab a witness while I can. 734 00:45:32,320 --> 00:45:34,400 That's all right, sir. 735 00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:36,720 If the young lady can tell us anything about the deceased, so much the better. 736 00:45:41,040 --> 00:45:44,520 -(TWIGS SNAPPING) -Is someone there? 737 00:45:45,120 --> 00:45:46,880 (CROW CAWING) 738 00:45:49,760 --> 00:45:53,320 JANET: Hello? Who is it? 739 00:46:00,720 --> 00:46:02,680 (TWIGS SNAPPING) 740 00:46:09,160 --> 00:46:12,000 -Creepy, isn't it? -There's nothing to be afraid of. 741 00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:18,240 I've never seen a dead body before. 742 00:46:18,280 --> 00:46:21,760 I'll go first, sir. Switch the light on. 743 00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:26,360 What exactly did... 744 00:46:26,400 --> 00:46:28,800 He's lying on a table covered by a sheet. 745 00:46:40,840 --> 00:46:42,760 Right, miss. If you'd like to step over here. 746 00:47:06,360 --> 00:47:07,960 (SCREAMS) 747 00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:19,200 EFFIE: I'm not usually the hysterical sort. I'm not used to... 748 00:47:19,240 --> 00:47:21,000 CAMPION: Corpses disappearing? 749 00:47:21,040 --> 00:47:23,160 EFFIE: Seeing a real pig lying there. 750 00:47:28,600 --> 00:47:33,080 -Someone really sick must have done that. -CAMPION: Yes. 751 00:47:33,120 --> 00:47:35,800 EFFIE: I wasn't so surprised at Piggy not being there. 752 00:47:35,840 --> 00:47:37,880 When I learned he'd been killed, I didn't believe it. 753 00:47:37,920 --> 00:47:40,640 He was clever, Piggy was, as well as cruel. 754 00:47:40,680 --> 00:47:42,760 So, we don't know if it was Piggy's body, 755 00:47:42,800 --> 00:47:45,680 because there wasn't a body to identify. 756 00:47:45,720 --> 00:47:47,360 But it's a fact, Miss Rowlandson. 757 00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:51,520 We were both at his funeral three months ago. 758 00:48:00,800 --> 00:48:03,760 -Oh, Daddy. -Janet! Where have you been? 759 00:48:03,800 --> 00:48:06,040 Um, for a walk. I needed a bit of air after dinner. 760 00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:09,280 -Are you all right? -Fine! 761 00:48:09,320 --> 00:48:11,920 -You look rather pale. -I'm tired, that's all. 762 00:48:11,960 --> 00:48:15,440 -Oh. -What are you doing up? 763 00:48:15,480 --> 00:48:18,680 The Inspector just called. There's been a rather unpleasant development. 764 00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:21,920 The body has been taken! 765 00:48:24,720 --> 00:48:26,560 Mr Lugg! 766 00:48:29,800 --> 00:48:32,400 This looks like it. 767 00:48:32,440 --> 00:48:36,400 Whoever did it, dragged the body through there. 768 00:48:36,440 --> 00:48:38,880 A vehicle must have been waiting in the lane. 769 00:48:41,920 --> 00:48:45,200 Doesn't explain how they got into the mortuary, though. 770 00:48:45,240 --> 00:48:49,840 Windows bolted, door locked. Me with the only key. 771 00:48:51,480 --> 00:48:54,200 Who built it? This so-called mortuary. 772 00:48:54,240 --> 00:48:56,680 Henry Royle, a local builder. 773 00:48:56,720 --> 00:49:01,280 -And the other outbuildings? -Him and his lads. Around the same time. 774 00:49:01,320 --> 00:49:04,960 Which is why they've all got the same locks. And the same key. 775 00:49:07,440 --> 00:49:10,880 Why not just dole out keys to everyone in the village? 776 00:49:10,920 --> 00:49:13,840 I was afraid that we were shut out for the night. Mind your head. 777 00:49:13,880 --> 00:49:16,520 Landlady must have left the door unlocked for me. 778 00:49:16,560 --> 00:49:19,160 Actually, it was me. 779 00:49:20,400 --> 00:49:23,480 -You're frightfully late. -Whippet! 780 00:49:23,520 --> 00:49:27,960 Campion! It's you. I was just going to bed. 781 00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:29,960 -What are you doing here? -Staying. 782 00:49:30,000 --> 00:49:33,680 Mr Whippet, he's gone. The body's gone! What should we do? 783 00:49:33,720 --> 00:49:37,880 -Really, Miss Rowlandson? -The body's gone! Piggy's body! 784 00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:41,520 I say, what a nuisance. That will hold things up. 785 00:49:41,560 --> 00:49:45,920 Well, good to have seen you again, Campion. I'll look you up sometime. 786 00:49:45,960 --> 00:49:51,480 No, wait. Look here, Whippet, if you know anything about all this, you better tell me. 787 00:49:51,520 --> 00:49:53,480 What do you know about Pig Peters? 788 00:49:53,520 --> 00:49:59,560 I, uh, I know nothing. Heard the talk, of course. I'm just staying here. 789 00:49:59,600 --> 00:50:03,200 You had one of those anonymous letters before his funeral. Have you had any more? 790 00:50:03,240 --> 00:50:06,880 Ah, the old mole... Yes, I have. 791 00:50:06,920 --> 00:50:09,920 Got it somewhere, showed it to Miss Rowlandson. 792 00:50:09,960 --> 00:50:13,800 I say, awkward, losing the body. 793 00:50:13,840 --> 00:50:18,760 -Yes, it was, rather. -Have you, um, have you looked in the river? 794 00:50:24,200 --> 00:50:26,720 Ah, Campion. What a dreadful business. 795 00:50:26,760 --> 00:50:30,200 I would have been here sooner, but I had to stop and pick up Bathwick here. 796 00:50:30,240 --> 00:50:32,200 He had an accident on the way home. 797 00:50:32,240 --> 00:50:34,800 (LAUGHS) Landed in the river. 798 00:50:35,680 --> 00:50:36,920 The river? 799 00:50:39,080 --> 00:50:42,560 Dr Kingston dropped me off at the White Barn footpath. 800 00:50:42,600 --> 00:50:44,800 I decided to take the shortcut across the fields. 801 00:50:44,840 --> 00:50:47,360 Silly of me, I hadn't got my torch. 802 00:50:47,400 --> 00:50:50,240 Missed my footing in the dark and stumbled into one of the dykes! 803 00:50:50,280 --> 00:50:52,920 -Fell into a dyke? -CAMPION: That's his story. 804 00:50:52,960 --> 00:50:57,880 You couldn't miss a rabbit hole with this moon! Let alone a perishing dyke. 805 00:50:57,920 --> 00:51:01,840 And having fallen in, would it really take someone two hours to scramble out? 806 00:51:01,880 --> 00:51:03,920 Even a weed like him. 807 00:51:03,960 --> 00:51:07,840 We had a reverend in there. He was a rotten liar, too. 808 00:51:07,880 --> 00:51:10,680 -What was he in for? -Strangling his wife. 809 00:51:10,720 --> 00:51:14,360 Said he was fastening her necklace when his hand slipped. 810 00:51:14,400 --> 00:51:16,600 -I'll be off, then. -Don't bother to bring the car back, Lugg. 811 00:51:16,640 --> 00:51:20,120 I'll get a lift with Sir Leo. Or I may even walk. 812 00:51:20,160 --> 00:51:22,440 Well, look out for stray dykes! 813 00:51:24,280 --> 00:51:27,800 when I'm hiking 814 00:51:27,840 --> 00:51:30,600 (HUMMING) 815 00:51:35,240 --> 00:51:38,720 50 miles... 816 00:52:06,640 --> 00:52:08,400 (DISTANT SNORTING) 817 00:52:39,960 --> 00:52:43,360 (THEME SONG PLAYING)