1 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:07,160 (THEME SONG PLAYING) 2 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:46,360 CAMPION: So, tomorrow's the big day. 3 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:49,720 -How many have there been up to now? -Tomorrow will be the eighth. 4 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:52,160 They seem to come around more quickly every year. 5 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:55,880 And every year, more people want to be invited. 6 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:58,360 Still, what Johnny wanted, 7 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:03,680 he usually managed to get his own way. 8 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:05,760 Do you know, I found the original letter last week. 9 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:08,360 Letter? I thought it was a clause in his will. 10 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:12,240 Oh, no. He always had this bee in his bonnet. 11 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:16,880 He said, "When an artist dies, his reputation goes into the doldrums. 12 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:19,360 "But in ten years, if he was any good, 13 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:21,520 "it starts climbing again." I'll show you. 14 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:23,560 Got it here somewhere. 15 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:27,800 -Dear Belle. -Well, yes, indeed. 16 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:31,680 The master always knew he could trust her with the practical things of life. 17 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:34,560 She was one of those people who were thoroughly at home on Earth. 18 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:36,640 -Do you know what I mean? -Erm... 19 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:39,400 The ones who have been here many times. 20 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:43,080 What we in our little circle call an old soul. 21 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:47,000 That's very kind of them. I do hope I'm one of the dear old souls. 22 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:50,920 What's the picture this year? Is it a portrait or one of the narrative ones? 23 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:54,280 -"The Trial of Joan of Arc." -Oh, that's interesting. 24 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:57,680 -Of course, it'll be a pre-shaven version. -Mmm. 25 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:01,640 -Did you pose for it? -I don't remember this one. Must have been before my time. 26 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:03,880 He did occasionally use other models, dear. 27 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:07,600 But even then I used to lie on the chaise-longue and watch him. 28 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:11,080 -Ah, here we are. -The master loved to have me near him while he worked. 29 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:14,960 And Belle was so splendid about that. She never minded. Did you, dear? 30 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,400 Not in the least. Johnny's letter. 31 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:27,840 "Belle, darling, 32 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:31,600 "when you return a sorrowing widow from the abbey, 33 00:02:31,640 --> 00:02:34,320 "where 10,000 cretins will, 34 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:36,880 "I hope, be..." 35 00:02:39,640 --> 00:02:41,640 BELLE: Er, no. Here's where it comes. 36 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:45,360 "I shall leave 12 canvases boxed and sealed. 37 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:48,840 "I want them sent to old Seagrave just as they are. 38 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:53,920 "On show Sunday, on the 11th year after my death, 39 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:56,280 "I want you to open up the studio, 40 00:02:56,320 --> 00:03:00,000 "send around invitations, and show the first picture. 41 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:02,120 "And so on for 12 years." 42 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:05,040 Sent around to old Seagrave's? 43 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:06,360 -I thought he died years ago. -Yes. 44 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:08,840 Yes. Max Fustian took over. He has them now. 45 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:11,680 Max has been wonderful. 46 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:13,880 I tell you this, Mr Campion, 47 00:03:13,920 --> 00:03:17,960 no one really appreciates how much that man has done to keep the memory green. 48 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:19,880 I'm sure you do, dear. 49 00:03:19,920 --> 00:03:22,200 Oh, please, don't get up. 50 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:25,520 Belle, Max Fustian is here. He's in the studio. 51 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:28,400 Thank you, Lisa. Say I'll be down at once. 52 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:33,920 -Aren't you coming? -I won't be long. 53 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:35,720 You run along. 54 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:38,440 You can talk to him while he works. He might enjoy that. 55 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:46,120 Perhaps I should have installed a chaise-longue down there. 56 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:48,880 -Was she a part of Johnny's legacy? -(GIGGLES) Yes, in a way. 57 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,200 Nothing on paper. 58 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:56,280 He just said, "Look after the silly old bitch, Belle. She was so lovely, once." 59 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:58,280 Like Nelson leaving Emma to the nation. 60 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:02,280 Exactly. Now come down and see the picture. 61 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:07,400 You know, sometimes I feel positively beleaguered by Johnny's lame ducks. 62 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:10,040 There's her. There's old Lisa. 63 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:13,720 And poor Potter and his wife, in that place Johnny built for them out in the garden. 64 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:22,840 No, no. Sorry, it's just not honest. 65 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:26,000 -BELLE: What? -Belle, darling! Just what I needed. 66 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:30,520 -A dea ex machina. You look wonderful. -Oh, Max! 67 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:33,600 -Have you met Mr Campion? -What? Oh, yes, of course, your friend, the sleuth. 68 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:35,680 How do you do? My dear, you must come and arbitrate. 69 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:38,080 They're trying to turn the whole thing 70 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:40,680 into some ghastly pastiche of the local church bazaar. 71 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:44,120 Donna Beatrice insists on a fancy-work stall, no less. 72 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:48,240 Not "fancy-work," handmade jewellery from her craftsman's guild. 73 00:04:48,280 --> 00:04:50,480 Of course, the perennial Potter with his boring lithographs, 74 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:52,520 -can't you stop him? -Max. 75 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:55,240 It's his only outlet. He'd be so upset. 76 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:59,440 Oh, well, we'll have to ask Tom what he thinks. 77 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:01,520 So, you've invited Tom Dacre in on this? 78 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:03,960 I couldn't not ask him. He's here. 79 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:05,200 He came to see Linda. 80 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:08,280 Claire, have you seen Tom Dacre? 81 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:09,520 Yes. 82 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:11,320 He went upstairs to your granddaughter's flat. 83 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:13,960 Belle, dear, do listen. For Johnny's sake, 84 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,160 if we must have this embarrassment of sideshows, 85 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:18,480 either move them out to the entrance hall, or better still, onto the pavement. 86 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:21,360 Or at the very least, back here, out of the way. 87 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:23,360 Well, I'll see what I can do. 88 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:25,400 Now, Mr Potter... 89 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:28,240 (SHOUTS) There's your ring. Now go to hell! 90 00:05:28,280 --> 00:05:31,320 Linda? Linda! 91 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:35,360 I'm talking to you! 92 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:38,800 Will you listen? 93 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:42,000 Please get out of my way. 94 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:46,040 Look, I don't want the bloody ring back. Here, keep it. 95 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:49,120 -(SIGHS) -Linda, this is crazy. I thought you understood. 96 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:51,240 So did I. We were both wrong. 97 00:05:51,280 --> 00:05:53,520 -So now, will you please go? -No. 98 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:56,320 -Belle asked me to stay and look at the picture. -Oh, did she? 99 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:59,640 Well, the sooner you've seen it, the sooner you can clear off! 100 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:03,720 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 101 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:15,160 Now, then. 102 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:38,400 Max? 103 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:42,280 Sometimes beauty is like the Gorgon's head, 104 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:45,560 and spirit turns to stone beholding it. 105 00:06:48,280 --> 00:06:50,560 One of his best. 106 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:52,920 -He was a great painter. -I know. 107 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:56,560 He never tired of telling me. 108 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:59,240 Ah, Tom. So glad you could come along. 109 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:01,600 What do you think of it? 110 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:04,880 That is perfection. 111 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:10,520 Tell me about Italy. I hear you did well out there. 112 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:13,320 Oh, it was just commercial stuff, decorative panels. 113 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:15,520 You mean ceilings and things like... 114 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:18,600 Not the Sistine Chapel, no. It was a chain of cinemas. 115 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:21,680 What? Nothing you can bring back and show? No pictures? 116 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:24,560 I think Dacre is very wise to stick to his own medium. 117 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:26,840 -And what medium is that? -That's obvious, tempera. 118 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:28,920 In tempera, he can really express himself. 119 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:30,960 He's done some very worthwhile things. 120 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:34,840 There now, and Max wouldn't say that if he didn't really mean it. 121 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:37,960 Oh, I'm sure there's a good reason for everything that Max says and does. 122 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:39,720 FUSTIAN: My dear fellow! 123 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:41,600 Are you all right? 124 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:44,120 -You're looking pale. -Please don't. 125 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:47,360 This child is disturbed. 126 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:49,640 You know I'm always the first to sense these things. 127 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:51,840 It's nothing. It's just a headache. 128 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:55,440 Have you told her about Rosa? He's brought this glamorous new model home from Italy. 129 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:57,520 -What's she like? -Quite good. 130 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:01,040 -Her feet are ugly. Otherwise good. -Dark or fair? 131 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:03,360 -Fat or thin? -Thin. 132 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:06,200 -Neapolitan father. -Sounds so romantic. 133 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:09,720 -Not really. Mother's from Shepherd's Bush. -(LAUGHS LOUDLY) 134 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:12,840 Look, she's a good model. I happen to find her useful. That's all. 135 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:16,840 I'd say you must find her indispensable, to bring her all that way. 136 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:19,760 To cope with all the red-tape about work permits and residence permits. 137 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:22,720 Drop it, Max. I would seriously advise you to, all right? 138 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:25,120 Of course. How silly of me. Residence wouldn't be a problem, would it? 139 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:28,240 I gather it's a menage a trois with you and Matt D'Urfey. 140 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:30,800 -Doesn't Linda mind? -Linda understands. 141 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:33,840 Is that right? 142 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:37,240 -Oh! My dear! My dear! -It's all right. I'll go. 143 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:45,200 (GRAMOPHONE PLAYING) 144 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:50,200 You've seen the picture already. 145 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:52,280 Lugg, it's a social event. 146 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:57,080 -Oh, I see. -CAMPION: Bravo. 147 00:08:57,120 --> 00:09:01,040 Not only that. She's an old friend. She appreciates a bit of moral support. 148 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:04,000 It's become a sort of curtain raiser for the London season. 149 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:09,720 -You mean a lot of nobs are gonna be there? -Creme de la creme. 150 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:13,200 Well, I hope you're gonna dress up proper. 151 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:17,320 So you'd advise against the plus-fours, would you? 152 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:21,640 No need to get snarky. 153 00:09:21,680 --> 00:09:23,720 I'm not saying you don't know the right thing to do. 154 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:26,760 Trouble is, half the time, you just can't be bothered. 155 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:30,680 Ah, well, there's always a Bohemian contingent at this kind of do. 156 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:34,360 If I don't come up to scratch, she can always pass me off as one of the artists. 157 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:38,360 I promise you, she wouldn't turn a hair. 158 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:41,800 Never mind her. I'm talking about me. 159 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:44,680 You're expecting me to drive you there tomorrow. 160 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:46,640 Well, spruce yourself up a bit. 161 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:52,120 I don't wanna be disgraced in public. 162 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:56,920 -Goodnight, Mr Campion. -Goodnight, Mr Lugg. 163 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:07,680 Hello. 164 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:10,800 -Am I interrupting? -No, Will's gone to bed. 165 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:14,120 And I'm taking the first breather I've had all day. 166 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:18,840 How's everything up at the house? 167 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:22,080 It's all quiet now that Flash Harry is gone. 168 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:23,960 Oh, Max. 169 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:26,520 -Cup of tea? -Mmm. 170 00:10:26,560 --> 00:10:27,880 No, sit down. 171 00:10:29,680 --> 00:10:34,400 I can't understand how he gets away with bossing them all about. 172 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:38,960 William's stall, for instance. He had it all nicely set out, hadn't he? 173 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:42,200 Nope. His Lordship doesn't like it. 174 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:44,760 CLAIRE: Poor Will, he tries so hard. 175 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:47,240 I can't bear all this tension. 176 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:49,760 Never mind. 177 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:54,320 -By tomorrow night, it'll all be over. -Thank God for that. 178 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:59,040 One lot squabbling downstairs, in the studio. 179 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:03,600 Linda having tantrums upstairs. And that Beatrice, floating around 180 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:05,680 in a world of her own. She is weird, that one. 181 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:08,400 I don't think there's any harm in her. 182 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:11,200 It's just that she can't face growing old. 183 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:15,240 If you ask me, Belle's the only one with her head screwed on. 184 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:17,200 I don't know how she puts up with them all. 185 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:19,640 She put up with being married to Johnny for all those years. 186 00:11:19,680 --> 00:11:22,120 After that you could put up with anything, couldn't you? 187 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:26,520 She must have known about him and Beatrice. 188 00:11:26,560 --> 00:11:29,360 Well, of course she did. 189 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:32,200 With him, it was anything in skirts, wasn't it? 190 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:34,280 I mean you'd only got to give him an inch, 191 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:36,040 and before you knew where you were... 192 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:47,200 (LAUGHS) 193 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:30,840 Where are you going? 194 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:32,600 -Don't I go in? -No. 195 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:38,320 -Stick out here in the car, all night? -Yes, if you like. 196 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:40,200 Pick me up at half past ten. 197 00:12:57,720 --> 00:12:59,800 Oh, no, wouldn't for the world. 198 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:04,280 (WHISPERS) Albert? 199 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:15,040 -Go up and talk to Linda. -And say what? 200 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:17,840 Well, make her come down. I can't manage on my own. 201 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:21,640 -B won't leave her precious stall. Oh, go on, shoo. -Huh. 202 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:24,560 Ah, Dr Fettes. 203 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:28,280 -CLAIRE: Believe me, I know how you feel. -You can't possibly know. 204 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:30,360 If you don't go down, they'll just... 205 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:32,960 I don't give a damn what anybody thinks. 206 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:36,800 Well, that's easy to say, but you have to live with these people. 207 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:39,640 -This isn't the end of the world. -Isn't it? 208 00:13:39,680 --> 00:13:41,320 -(KNOCK ON DOOR) -CAMPION: Linda? 209 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:45,360 -Oh! -Hi, Mrs Potter. 210 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:49,800 Well, Mr Campion, if you'll excuse me, I have things to see to. 211 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:53,640 Do try and persuade her. 212 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:57,600 Go away. 213 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:07,320 You're wasting your time. 214 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:15,400 Don't be a fool and for heaven's sake, don't make an exhibition of yourself. 215 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:20,600 What's it all about? Tommy? 216 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:24,520 What, is it serious? 217 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:27,120 He's gone and married her. 218 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:30,360 Rosa, his new model. 219 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:32,960 -Good Lord. -I could put up with that. 220 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:35,080 It was the only way around the regulations. 221 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:37,280 If she married him, she could stay here. 222 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:40,720 I mean, if Belle can put up with someone like Beatrice, I thought, I can do it too. 223 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:42,480 You've got to, if he's a great artist. 224 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:45,720 Do you know what he's doing? 225 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:50,000 Commercial posters. 226 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:54,360 (SOBS) I've been such a fool. 227 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:57,320 I could kick myself. 228 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:03,600 And as for him, as far as I'm concerned, 229 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:05,680 he can go to hell! 230 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:07,000 I'll join you later. 231 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:13,960 -She's coming down. -Oh! Bless you. 232 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:18,840 -It's going well. -Yes, I think so. 233 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:24,440 FUSTIAN: He mentioned it in a letter, in the summer of 1906. 234 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:27,320 You'll find it quoted in Chapter 12 of my book. 235 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:30,160 Now, Margaret, will you concede my point on production? 236 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:33,040 Now, look at that profile. Look at that lighting. 237 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:36,560 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 238 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:41,320 -Have you sold anything? -Not yet. 239 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:43,960 That one shows the old bridge. John never... 240 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:47,080 Look at this monstrosity! Pathetic! 241 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:49,880 I mean if you've got a good serviceable pair of scissors, you leave it alone. 242 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:54,240 -Tom, how could you? -You don't go mucking it up with barbola work. 243 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:57,440 Do you honestly believe anybody's gonna buy any of this junk? 244 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:00,360 If I were you, I'd toddle off and chat to my friends. 245 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:02,960 I promise you, nobody's gonna walk off with any of this. 246 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:06,480 Not even a kleptomaniac would give them a second glance. 247 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:29,000 So, who's the fat bloke with the squinty eyes? 248 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:33,600 Eh! I'm talking to you. 249 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:36,640 That's the Chief Inquisitor. 250 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:38,680 (MEN CHUCKLE) 251 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:55,680 -I thought you said you weren't coming. -So I changed my mind. 252 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:58,240 You got no better shirt than that? 253 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:02,160 (SPEAKING ITALIAN) 254 00:17:04,360 --> 00:17:07,400 (SPEAKING ITALIAN) 255 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:11,320 (SPEAKING ITALIAN) 256 00:17:11,360 --> 00:17:13,760 Put it back and stop showing off. 257 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:19,920 (SPEAKING ITALIAN) 258 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:24,520 (SPEAKING ITALIAN) 259 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:27,920 -(ALL EXCLAIM) -BELLE: Must be a fuse. This always happens. 260 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:30,040 MAN: Hold on. 261 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:32,440 MAN 1: The fuse? MAN 2: Yes, yes. 262 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:35,440 Oh, yes, Mrs Potter. Much better. 263 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:38,400 Oh, so sorry. 264 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:41,560 -Excuse me. -I sensed it as soon as I saw you. 265 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:43,600 There was this grey cloud... 266 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:50,560 CAMPION: Can I help at all? 267 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:52,600 (ALL CHEER) 268 00:17:54,360 --> 00:17:56,800 It's all right, it was just the fuse. 269 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:03,720 -BELLE: Well done, Mr Potter. -POTTER: Just the fuse, Mr Fustian. 270 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:06,480 (ROSA EXCLAIMS IN ITALIAN) 271 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:11,480 What's happening? 272 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:13,960 I can't quite see, but someone seems to have fainted. 273 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:21,280 -It's only Tommy. -(ROSA SCREAMS) 274 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:25,320 (SHOUTS IN ITALIAN) 275 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:31,680 (ROSA SOBBING) 276 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:38,880 Somewhere close by will do. I don't want to move him too much. 277 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:40,400 BELLE: In here, Doctor. 278 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:10,360 (SIGHS) 279 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:13,120 -(ALL TALKING) -(ROSA SOBBING) 280 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:20,960 Please try to stop. It's not going to help anyone. 281 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:22,960 It won't help you. 282 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:26,560 -Please try. Rosa, please try. -Lisa, 283 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:29,560 -take her somewhere where she can lie down. -I'll take her upstairs. 284 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:31,280 Come with me. 285 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:35,520 (PHONE RINGING) Oates. Oh, hello, Albert. 286 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:38,440 Listen, I need a tactful policeman to solve a murder. 287 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:41,280 -What? -It's happened at a party I'm attending. 288 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:43,440 Someone has taken a dislike to one of the guests. 289 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:45,600 There's a doctor here already. 290 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:49,200 He was also one of the guests. I'm afraid we had to move the body. 291 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:50,800 I thought it best, in the circumstances. 292 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:52,920 Wish you hadn't. 293 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:57,080 Still, where are you? 294 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:02,320 Yeah. Yeah. Easton? 295 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:05,440 -Yeah. -Car. 296 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:11,920 Right. Yeah, I'll come straight away. I'll be there in 15 minutes. 297 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:15,040 -Meanwhile, nobody leaves. -I'm afraid some have left already. 298 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:17,680 -Albert. -Stanislaus, there's no problem about that. 299 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:19,400 It's strictly by invitation. 300 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:20,920 We know who they all were. 301 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:22,600 I'm perfectly all right. 302 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:26,360 (KNOCKS ON A TABLE) 303 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:28,840 Ladies and gentlemen, a moment, if you would. 304 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:34,040 Ladies and gentlemen. 305 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:37,080 My dears, something terrible has happened. 306 00:20:37,120 --> 00:20:40,680 There's been... Well, an accident. 307 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:47,280 A young man who was here with us a few moments ago is... 308 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:49,640 Is dead. 309 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:51,600 (ALL MURMURING) 310 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:54,560 BELLE: He died in here when the lights were out. 311 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:00,520 (WHISPERING) 312 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:03,680 I've been advised that until the police arrive... 313 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:06,960 Albert, would you? 314 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:13,160 (CLEARS THROAT) Ladies and gentlemen, 315 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:15,840 the position is that the police are on their way. 316 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:19,720 I suggest that until they arrive, everyone remain in this room. 317 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:24,640 Is there anything I can do? Anything at all? 318 00:21:26,360 --> 00:21:28,360 Where's Linda? 319 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:33,720 I'll go and find her. 320 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:39,400 CAMPION: Linda? 321 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:47,440 Albert, did you see him? 322 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:50,160 -Is he really dead? -Yes. 323 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:54,760 -This is terrible. Like a nightmare. -Linda... 324 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:58,080 I wish we hadn't argued. I did care about him, despite everything. 325 00:21:58,120 --> 00:21:59,920 -Linda... -Shh. 326 00:21:59,960 --> 00:22:02,840 -Why? -I've got Rosa in there. 327 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:05,200 Still, she's not likely to wake up now. 328 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:07,800 Good God, Linda, what have you done? 329 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:10,680 What have I done? 330 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:13,440 I gave her a bromide, that's all. 331 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:15,520 Why, what did you think? 332 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:17,000 I don't know what I thought. 333 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:21,400 You don't think I killed Tommy, do you? 334 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:26,520 But you can't! 335 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:29,080 I mean, I'd have to be mad. 336 00:22:29,120 --> 00:22:30,760 Or is that what you're saying? 337 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:33,520 Listen, listen. 338 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:36,160 I was angry with him, yes. 339 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:37,920 But I didn't kill him. 340 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:40,040 The first I heard about it was when Rosa screamed. 341 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,040 You do believe me, don't you? 342 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:49,000 You've got to. 343 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:53,480 Yes. I believe you. 344 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:59,360 -So when the lights went out, you were with Mrs Lafcadio? -Yes. 345 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:07,560 So, now I've seen all the permanent residents. 346 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:09,480 Is that right? Just the four of you? 347 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:12,880 Yes, there's me, Belle, Linda, 348 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:16,040 and Donna Beatrice. 349 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:20,000 -Donna who? -Professional name. You've got her down as Harriet Pickering. 350 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:22,600 -Ah. -And the Potters. 351 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:24,800 Potters? Who are the Potters? Do they live here? 352 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:26,920 John Lafcadio built them their own place. 353 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:28,720 In the garden. 354 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:30,440 Oh. 355 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:33,240 All right. Thank you. 356 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:37,920 Well, that'll do for now. Goodnight. 357 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:59,840 I don't like it, Stanislaus. You've got the air of a man who's tying up loose ends. 358 00:23:59,880 --> 00:24:02,360 I'm sorry, but that's about what it comes to. 359 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:05,840 I can see it's very awkward for you, 360 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:07,880 being a friend of the girl's family, and all that. 361 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:10,040 The girl. I knew that's what you were thinking. 362 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:12,160 You're on the wrong track, Stanislaus. 363 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:15,080 Of course, you've got to say that whether you believe it or not, right? 364 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:19,880 -(LOUDER) Right? -I'm thinking. 365 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:26,680 Well, if I thought Linda Lafcadio killed her fiance, 366 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:29,600 and if I thought I could throw you off the scent, 367 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:31,600 I dare say I'd have a stab at it. 368 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:33,520 So, now we know where we stand. 369 00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:39,400 Well, if it's any consolation to you, 370 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:42,240 I don't suppose there's a cat in hell's chance of making it stick. 371 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:45,840 One, nobody saw her do it. 372 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:50,160 Two, we'd never get a set of fingerprints off that stupid pair of scissors. 373 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:52,560 And three, she's innocent. 374 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:56,840 Look, it has to be one of those impulsive murders. 375 00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:58,880 Which means somebody like Linda, 376 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:03,000 who was so mad with Tom Dacre, she was half out of her mind, didn't stop to think. 377 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:05,560 And it was a woman's weapon. 378 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:07,440 And I'm not the only one to think so. 379 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:18,880 (CLOCK CHIMING) 380 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:29,640 Are you sure you wouldn't like me to stay the night? 381 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:33,200 -Oh, Max. -It's kind of you, Max, but there's nothing you can do. 382 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:40,000 No wonder Linda has been acting so strangely. 383 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:43,560 I told Belle at the time I had the strangest foreboding. 384 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:47,880 Some menace hanging over her. Some aura of evil. 385 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:49,360 She was just upset. 386 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:53,840 She must have known about this marriage for days. 387 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:55,920 Ever since he got back, I should think. 388 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:59,520 If only she'd told us, instead of bottling it up, it might have... 389 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:06,240 Is that policeman still in the library? 390 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,840 As far as I know. Why? 391 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:11,400 My dear, you're wrong about one thing. 392 00:26:12,360 --> 00:26:13,800 There is something I can do. 393 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:20,120 I can put an end to all this, very simply. 394 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:25,240 The husband is W. T. Potter. 395 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:28,720 He is a failed artist. Invented his own type of lithographic process 396 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:30,800 and was too pig-headed to admit it's a washout. 397 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:35,000 -So, what do they live on? -What, indeed. 398 00:26:40,360 --> 00:26:41,800 I believe she earns a bit. 399 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,600 General dogsbody to the artistic colony around here. 400 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:46,200 And he teaches one day a week. 401 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:50,960 Ah, Inspector. I was afraid you'd left. 402 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:54,240 I'm Max Fustian. 403 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:58,880 Oh, yes. The name has cropped up. 404 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:00,520 Yes, I imagine it must have. 405 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:03,840 Well, I'll tell you why I've come. 406 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:06,400 When you interviewed Mrs Lafcadio, 407 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:10,680 she got the impression that you suspect her granddaughter. Is that correct? 408 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:14,840 Mr Fustian, all I'm doing at this stage is asking various people 409 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:17,720 to give me their own accounts of what happened this evening. 410 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:20,840 That's just the point. I can clear this whole matter up for you. 411 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:22,520 It's really quite simple. 412 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:24,920 There is no way that Linda Lafcadio could possibly have done it. 413 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:26,840 I killed Tom Dacre. 414 00:27:29,360 --> 00:27:30,480 I see, sir. 415 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:36,880 Well, now. Perhaps you won't mind sitting down 416 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:40,560 and telling us, clearly and concisely, in your own words, 417 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:43,920 just how you did it, and why. 418 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:46,960 You wish me to make a formal confession, I take it, Inspector? 419 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:48,200 That's perfectly in order. 420 00:27:51,120 --> 00:27:53,920 -My name is Maximilian Fustian... -Thank you, Mr Fustian. 421 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:56,440 Just start from where you decided to kill the other gentleman. 422 00:27:57,600 --> 00:28:01,040 Well, I made up my mind last night, 423 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:04,520 when I'd learned that he'd married the Italian woman. 424 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:06,640 It's an insufferable way to behave to a girl like Miss Lafcadio. 425 00:28:07,120 --> 00:28:08,160 An insult! 426 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:11,640 She was terribly upset. 427 00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:16,600 I just felt that a man who could behave like that deserved to be done away with. 428 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:20,120 I hadn't made any plans, but when the opportunity came, I took it. 429 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:23,880 From the beginning, the scissors had fascinated me. 430 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:28,360 So, when the lights went out, I saw my chance. I crossed the room, 431 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:31,440 picked up the scissors, struck. 432 00:28:34,120 --> 00:28:35,960 He just grunted and went down like a pig. 433 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,560 Er, the weapon was still in my hand. 434 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:43,320 I wiped the handle, dropped it onto the body, and... 435 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:45,880 Moved away. 436 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:50,240 Well, I suppose that's all I can tell you. 437 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:55,840 Would you like me to come with you at once? 438 00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:59,120 -Do you mind showing me? -I'm sorry? 439 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:02,720 The scissors. I'd like you to give us a demonstration. 440 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:05,360 Allow me. 441 00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:08,360 I will be Tom Dacre. 442 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:12,400 FUSTIAN: Yes. 443 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:31,920 (DROPS SCISSORS) 444 00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:35,960 Like that. 445 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:43,320 An upward thrust, I believe. 446 00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:47,080 Er, my recollection is not quite accurate. It was all over in a second. 447 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:49,200 And the weapon was still in the wound. 448 00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:54,320 Trying to waste police time by misleading them is an offence, Mr Fustian. 449 00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:59,280 It might be best if you were to spend a bit more time thinking it over. 450 00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:02,520 You might see things more clearly in the morning. 451 00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:04,520 Right. The Potters. 452 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:16,280 Max Fustian! 453 00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:19,120 That's the type we always get popping up with fake confessions. 454 00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:22,480 Any drama going on, they can't bear not to be in the middle of it. 455 00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:26,760 -Is that the Potter place? -That's right. 456 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:28,800 Looks as if they're still up. 457 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:44,400 (OATES KNOCKS ON DOOR) 458 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:52,720 I am Detective Chief Inspector Oates of Scotland Yard. 459 00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:55,120 I know it's late, sir, but I would like to have 460 00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:57,640 a word with you about this evening's events. 461 00:30:57,680 --> 00:30:59,280 Would you come back tomorrow, instead? 462 00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:02,920 Any particular reason for that, sir? 463 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:05,560 Well, we are both rather tired. 464 00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:08,320 It needn't take long. 465 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:10,640 (SHOUTING IN BACKGROUND) 466 00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:18,160 Oh, God. Oh, no. 467 00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:21,200 Why did you let him in? 468 00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:23,520 I couldn't help it, love. 469 00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:25,960 He went on as though we had something to hide. 470 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:27,800 So, we did. 471 00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:31,560 I've been drinking. That's all. 472 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:34,000 Are you happy now? 473 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:36,360 I'm terribly sorry. 474 00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:42,600 Yes, yes, well. There we are, then. 475 00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:44,840 That's that. 476 00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:48,960 I don't think we've got anything to apologise for. 477 00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:53,360 It's very rare that this sort of thing happens. 478 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:56,080 And then only when something has been too much for her. 479 00:31:57,160 --> 00:31:58,360 Like today. 480 00:31:59,960 --> 00:32:01,960 But she doesn't let it affect her work. 481 00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:05,680 I doubt if any of the others even know. 482 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:08,280 Only Mrs Lafcadio. 483 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:13,680 -After all, it's nobody else's business. -Quite right, sir. 484 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:22,440 OATES: I'll call back tomorrow. 485 00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:26,000 If you like, but we can't tell you very much. 486 00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:28,960 You see, I went out to mend the fuse. 487 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:32,040 And my wife stayed at our table by the door. 488 00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:35,720 Then, the next we heard, he was dead. 489 00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:37,840 Well, it's only natural that she's upset. 490 00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:40,520 Good night. 491 00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:49,320 Will the reporters be turning up? 492 00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:54,320 At this inquest? 493 00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:56,200 Not in force, I shouldn't imagine. 494 00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:58,880 It's only the local coroner going through the motions. 495 00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:00,960 Funny it's all passing off so quiet. 496 00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:08,120 I mean, 497 00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:11,040 a man gets stabbed to death, in the middle of all them bigwigs. 498 00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:13,800 I thought we'd see it all over the front page, 499 00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:17,640 -what with this free press we're always hearing about. -Oh, come off it, Lugg. 500 00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:20,480 Stop acting naive. You haven't got the face for it. 501 00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:23,160 -So who's been pulling strings, then? -I couldn't say. 502 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:26,000 But a couple of the bigwigs, as you call them, are from the Diplomatic Corps 503 00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:28,040 and might not want their names in the newspapers. 504 00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:30,720 So, maybe the Foreign Office dropped a little hint. 505 00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:32,880 -Thank God for that. -Why? 506 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:36,400 Because I hope that means we've heard the last of it. I don't know if you realise, 507 00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:39,960 but it makes you all jumpy when it's friends of yours getting mixed up in a case. 508 00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:43,960 You haven't been very easy to live with this last week. 509 00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:56,880 Are you going to let it rest there? "Person or persons unknown"? 510 00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:59,120 What's a verdict like that going to mean to Linda? 511 00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:01,720 It means she's a very lucky girl. 512 00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:04,480 -She's free to get on with her life. -Oh, yes? 513 00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:06,520 You've no idea what it's like living among artists. 514 00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:08,320 It's like a whispering gallery. 515 00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:10,320 They'll all have heard the gossip. What they'll say now is, 516 00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:12,800 "The police know damn well who did it, but somehow she got away with it." 517 00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:16,400 But, of course, that's what you think, too. 518 00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:32,880 Hey. 519 00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:35,040 Hey! 520 00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:40,520 -You're not sorry you came, are you? -No. 521 00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:44,000 You'll feel better when you start getting round a bit more and seeing your friends. 522 00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:46,400 What friends? 523 00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:56,760 Do you realise, of all the people 524 00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:59,000 who were friends with both Tom and me, 525 00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:00,600 not one of them has come near? 526 00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:02,240 Except me. 527 00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:04,880 Except you. 528 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:11,080 Anyway, I think when something terrible has happened, 529 00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:13,520 some people just feel awkward. They don't know what to say. 530 00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:15,640 I know what they'd like to say, but they haven't got the nerve. 531 00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:17,240 "Did you do it, or didn't you?" 532 00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:19,120 Would you drive? 533 00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:25,640 I had a dreadful thought the other day. 534 00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:27,880 Tell me. 535 00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:32,480 If I was out of my mind... 536 00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:35,480 That must be what they think, if they believe I'd do things like that. 537 00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:38,520 Well, then, perhaps I did do it, 538 00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:40,560 and I don't remember. 539 00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:42,920 Oh, come on, Linda. That's rubbish. You know it is. 540 00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:46,360 No, but listen, Matt. I had three pictures of Tom's in a big drawer. 541 00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:49,440 I always kept them in the same place, and now they've gone. 542 00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:52,680 I thought and thought, and hunted, and asked everybody in the house. 543 00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:55,680 So, I must have moved them. 544 00:35:55,720 --> 00:35:58,640 But I've got absolutely no recollection of doing it. 545 00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:04,160 If there's something really wrong with me, I ought to see someone about it. 546 00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:07,840 Only I'm afraid of what they'll do. 547 00:36:12,720 --> 00:36:14,320 Were they oil paintings? 548 00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:16,680 -What? -In the drawer? 549 00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:19,720 Yes. Why? 550 00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:22,320 I had two of Tommy's paintings on the wall. 551 00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:25,080 One he gave me for Christmas, and one I bought from an exhibition. 552 00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:27,320 And they've gone. 553 00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:51,880 Can't get it out of your mind, can you? 554 00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:54,040 Because I know she didn't do it. 555 00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:57,360 -No one's said she did. -Not out loud. 556 00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:01,080 Anyway, that's not the point. Whoever did do it is still walking around free. 557 00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:05,040 Who've you got on your shortlist? 558 00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:08,720 What? Oh, you don't know these people, Lugg. 559 00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:11,920 -Oh, pardon me, I'm sure! -I mean, it's a different world. 560 00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:13,760 They're artists. 561 00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:16,040 If you've never come across them, you'd never understand 562 00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:18,280 the kind of things that motivate them. 563 00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:20,920 That's all poppycock. 564 00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:23,240 Makes no odds how different they are. 565 00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:26,360 All you're looking for is either somebody who couldn't stand the man, 566 00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:29,200 or somebody who stands to gain now he's dead. 567 00:37:29,240 --> 00:37:31,520 Page one of the sleuth's handbook. Thank you very much, Lugg. 568 00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:35,320 Don't go getting snarky with me just 'cause you're bogged down. 569 00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:39,720 A lot of people couldn't stand him. He didn't go in for charm. 570 00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:42,360 Even in his last half-hour, he sneered at one woman's craft stall 571 00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:44,440 and nearly reduced her to tears. 572 00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:46,520 He told an engraver called Potter, he was wasting his time 573 00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:48,600 trying to become an artist. 574 00:37:48,640 --> 00:37:50,680 He was rather rude to a couple of critics, 575 00:37:50,720 --> 00:37:53,240 and had a row with his wife in front of everybody. 576 00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:56,800 -LUGG: What's his wife like? -Young, beautiful, Italian. 577 00:37:56,840 --> 00:38:01,360 -Hot tempered. -And she's now his widow. (CHUCKLES) That's handy. 578 00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:04,760 -(DOORBELL RINGS) -Comes in for his money, I suppose? 579 00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:07,040 Nice try, Lugg, but there won't be any money. 580 00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:10,240 He was the type that spends it before it comes in. 581 00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:13,120 Lugg, I've come to see Albert. This is Mr D'Urfey. 582 00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:14,800 Hello, Albert. 583 00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:20,680 Miss Lafcadio and Mr Murphy. 584 00:38:20,720 --> 00:38:22,240 CAMPION: Well, this is nice. You're looking better. 585 00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:24,280 This is Matt, a friend of Tom's. 586 00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:27,040 -They shared the same digs for a while. -How do you do, Mr Murphy? 587 00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:29,480 Actually, it's D'Urfey. D-apostrophe. 588 00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:31,160 Please. 589 00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:33,960 I brought him because something very odd is going on. 590 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:36,040 I was afraid you'd say I was imagining things. 591 00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:38,240 But no one would think that about him, would they? 592 00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:40,080 He looks pretty level-headed, certainly. 593 00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:41,760 She means I look unimaginative. 594 00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:44,920 -Well. -Albert, 595 00:38:44,960 --> 00:38:48,840 whoever killed Tommy isn't content with stealing his life. 596 00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:51,080 They're trying to obliterate every trace of him. 597 00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:53,160 Go on. 598 00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:56,000 The first things that disappeared were some pictures he'd given me. 599 00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:59,480 I turned the place inside out and raised hell generally, but they'd just vanished. 600 00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:01,120 Two of mine went the same way. 601 00:39:01,160 --> 00:39:02,920 -You mean burglary. -MATT: Yes. 602 00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:04,840 LINDA: Everything he ever did is vanishing. 603 00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:07,680 And I've been to several galleries that I know used to stock some, 604 00:39:07,720 --> 00:39:12,000 and they have none left. Somebody's buying them up. 605 00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:14,000 I'm sorry, Linda, but I seem to be missing the point. 606 00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:16,080 Surely that's what they're for, to be sold. 607 00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:19,200 Yes, but we have made some enquiries. 608 00:39:19,240 --> 00:39:21,440 Nearly all of them are gone to buyers who walked in, 609 00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:25,920 paid cash, and didn't give a name. That is, er, unusual. 610 00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:28,320 Couldn't it simply be speculators, though? 611 00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:31,440 Reading about his death and buying his stuff quickly, before the price goes up? 612 00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:34,120 That happens, of course, but what sort of speculators? 613 00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:37,800 -Would they just walk in off the streets? -Well, I did. 614 00:39:37,840 --> 00:39:41,360 Lugg, could you get me the package from Seagrave's Gallery? 615 00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:44,440 -LINDA: You got one of Tom's pictures? -Yes. 616 00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:47,080 So, you see, it does rather undermine your theory. 617 00:39:47,120 --> 00:39:51,600 If I reacted like that, then probably quite a lot of other people did the same. 618 00:39:51,640 --> 00:39:54,160 -MATT: When did you get it? -About three days ago. 619 00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:55,760 Yes, and not even unpacked. 620 00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:00,360 Art lovers. 621 00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:03,160 So you see, the pictures aren't vanishing, Linda. 622 00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:06,120 They're being lovingly installed, like this one, in the homes of... 623 00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:08,600 Good Lord. 624 00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:10,800 What's the matter? 625 00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:27,760 Pretty nebulous, though, isn't it? 626 00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:30,880 What do you expect me to do about it? 627 00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:32,760 I expect you to have the grace to admit 628 00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:35,400 that the case against Linda, and God knows it never amounted to much, 629 00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:37,640 has now collapsed. 630 00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:40,120 We seem to have found a chink in it. 631 00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:43,600 -I'll go that far. -And somewhat beyond. 632 00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:45,840 The point is, you'd file this case away 633 00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:48,920 in your own mind as over and done with. Defunct. 634 00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:50,960 Like a dead volcano. 635 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:54,720 And, now you 're going to have to re-label it "still rumbling." 636 00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:57,640 Stanislaus, someone out there is getting rattled. 637 00:40:57,680 --> 00:41:01,520 They're trying to cover up their tracks. 638 00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:06,240 My favourite kind of murderer has always been the one who won't let well alone. 639 00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:08,320 Precisely. 640 00:41:08,360 --> 00:41:11,080 But I'd need more facts before I could put a man on it. 641 00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:14,040 Who is asking for a man? Oh, no. I've got my own. 642 00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:17,840 Bow Street Irregulars. Linda and D'Urfey. There is no holding them. 643 00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:21,440 -Linda is going over to Paris tomorrow. -What's in Paris? 644 00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:23,240 Tom Dacre lived there for a couple of years. 645 00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:25,480 She thinks some of his pictures might still be around over there. 646 00:41:26,160 --> 00:41:27,320 Thanks for the tea. 647 00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:31,880 Relax, I'll be back in a moment. 648 00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:39,480 (TELEPHONE RINGING) 649 00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:53,240 He's gone for a pee. I'm just working here. 650 00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:55,440 You want him to phone you back? 651 00:41:55,480 --> 00:41:58,960 Is that Rosa? It's you I'm looking for. 652 00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:01,280 I'm going to be busy all this week. 653 00:42:01,320 --> 00:42:05,040 You got to talk to my agent. Wait. I'll give you his number. 654 00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:10,120 -No, listen. I'm not a painter. -No? So who is this talking? 655 00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:13,560 I'm interested in buying some pictures by Tom Dacre. 656 00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:16,720 I thought you might have some in your possession. I can offer a good price. 657 00:42:16,760 --> 00:42:19,480 -(CHOKES) -Are you all right? 658 00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:24,200 No, I'm not bloody all right, I'm stinking mad! 659 00:42:24,240 --> 00:42:26,880 I had some pictures he'd done of me a Roma. 660 00:42:26,920 --> 00:42:30,360 One on the chair with a gamba... What is it? A viola. 661 00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:33,960 One on the sand, and one leaning on a tree. 662 00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:38,120 So, I was going to flog 'em. It's only fair, no? I'm the widow, si? 663 00:42:38,160 --> 00:42:40,720 E allora, some figlio di... 664 00:42:40,760 --> 00:42:43,960 ...son of a bitch had busted in and snitched them. 665 00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:47,600 Yeah, all those ones he brought back from Italia, scomparsi, all gone. 666 00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:06,440 (CAR HONKING) 667 00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:14,000 My dear fellow, fantastic. 668 00:43:14,040 --> 00:43:15,800 This whole business is absolutely fantastic. 669 00:43:15,840 --> 00:43:18,120 The mount was there, you say, but no picture? You're sure? 670 00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:20,880 -Absolutely. -Well, I've sent for the man who does the packing. 671 00:43:20,920 --> 00:43:22,520 Perhaps he can throw some light on it. 672 00:43:22,560 --> 00:43:24,760 Really, until this morning, I thought you were the last man in London 673 00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:26,440 to have an example of Dacre's work. 674 00:43:26,480 --> 00:43:28,080 Extraordinary things have been happening in connection with 675 00:43:28,120 --> 00:43:30,320 that wretched boy's death. 676 00:43:30,360 --> 00:43:32,800 Then my own experience, I suppose, must have been typical. 677 00:43:32,840 --> 00:43:35,000 -What do you mean? -I had a pencil drawing of Dacre's. 678 00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:37,520 Well, I mean nothing special, a study of the hand, but it pleased me. 679 00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:40,600 I had it hanging in the drawing room. The other night, I came into the flat, 680 00:43:40,640 --> 00:43:42,600 I knew at once somebody had been there. 681 00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:44,360 The picture was gone. 682 00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:47,440 Just the empty frame. Nothing else was missing. 683 00:43:47,480 --> 00:43:48,920 Ah. Mr Green, there you are. 684 00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:51,040 I suppose they've told you what happened. 685 00:43:51,080 --> 00:43:53,880 This is Mr Campion, the customer who has come to complain. 686 00:43:53,920 --> 00:43:56,000 I can't understand it, Mr Fustian. 687 00:43:56,040 --> 00:43:58,320 The picture was all right, when I packed it. 688 00:43:58,360 --> 00:44:00,360 It was left downstairs in the packing room. 689 00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:02,920 Same as always, ready to be sent off the next day. 690 00:44:02,960 --> 00:44:05,160 Which members of staff have access to the packing room? 691 00:44:05,200 --> 00:44:06,840 Everybody, Mr Fustian. 692 00:44:06,880 --> 00:44:10,120 Stands to reason, people are in and out all the time. 693 00:44:10,160 --> 00:44:12,560 The invoice book's in there and the order forms. 694 00:44:12,600 --> 00:44:14,000 It's where we brew up and everything. 695 00:44:14,040 --> 00:44:16,080 Now, I want you to think very hard. 696 00:44:16,120 --> 00:44:18,600 Is it all possible, when you packed the picture that you made a mistake? 697 00:44:18,640 --> 00:44:22,000 If you had the box ready and, somebody said to you "Here is the Dacre drawing". 698 00:44:22,040 --> 00:44:24,640 And passed the picture to you, let us say with the mount face down 699 00:44:24,680 --> 00:44:26,600 and you then slid it into the box, but I... 700 00:44:26,640 --> 00:44:28,320 The picture was there, Mr Fustian. 701 00:44:28,360 --> 00:44:31,160 It was there. I will take my Bible oath on it. 702 00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:35,720 Lisa, if Mr Potter's downstairs, 703 00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:37,920 ask him if he'd be good enough to come up here, would you? 704 00:44:37,960 --> 00:44:39,560 Mr Campion would like a word with him. 705 00:44:39,600 --> 00:44:41,640 Yes, of course I will. 706 00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:44,400 I'd somehow imagined that Linda met Tom somewhere else. 707 00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:45,760 The Slade, perhaps? 708 00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:49,560 Oh, no. Tom was around when she was quite a child. 709 00:44:49,600 --> 00:44:51,680 That's why it surprised me when they got engaged. 710 00:44:51,720 --> 00:44:53,720 I ventured to offer her some guidance. 711 00:44:53,760 --> 00:44:54,880 Did you, dear? 712 00:44:54,920 --> 00:44:56,760 Pro or con? 713 00:44:56,800 --> 00:45:00,000 I'd said she'd be taking on trouble if she plighted her troth to a Scorpio. 714 00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:03,280 And, you see how right I was? 715 00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:05,520 You see what I still don't know is when and why Tom Dacre 716 00:45:05,560 --> 00:45:07,760 first made contact with this household. 717 00:45:07,800 --> 00:45:09,240 It was something to do with the Potters. 718 00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:10,280 Yes, dear. 719 00:45:11,240 --> 00:45:12,600 Come in. 720 00:45:12,640 --> 00:45:14,160 Come in, Mr Potter. 721 00:45:14,200 --> 00:45:15,960 -Do sit down. -Oh. 722 00:45:18,480 --> 00:45:19,680 I don't think so. 723 00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:22,000 CAMPION: Mr Potter. 724 00:45:22,040 --> 00:45:25,400 I wonder if you could remember how you first met Tom Dacre. 725 00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:28,240 Why, of course, sir. He was a customer. 726 00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:30,120 You mean Tom bought a lithograph. 727 00:45:30,160 --> 00:45:31,360 Good heavens. 728 00:45:31,400 --> 00:45:34,360 No, no, not of mine. 729 00:45:34,400 --> 00:45:36,480 He was a customer of Claire's. 730 00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:38,560 My wife. 731 00:45:38,600 --> 00:45:40,000 And, what did she do for him. 732 00:45:40,040 --> 00:45:41,040 Oh, dear. 733 00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:43,680 Oh! 734 00:45:43,720 --> 00:45:45,880 Whatever was it? 735 00:45:45,920 --> 00:45:50,440 You see, all kinds of people came to her for all sorts of little jobs. 736 00:45:51,480 --> 00:45:53,960 She does artist supplies. 737 00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:57,560 She does framing and delivering. 738 00:45:57,600 --> 00:46:00,520 And, she makes up her own colours. 739 00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:04,640 And, yes! Yes, that was it. She mixed paints for him. 740 00:46:05,720 --> 00:46:07,200 Why couldn't he mix his own colours? 741 00:46:07,240 --> 00:46:10,240 Uh, no, not on the palate, 742 00:46:10,280 --> 00:46:12,320 I mean the basic colours. 743 00:46:12,360 --> 00:46:13,920 I thought they came in tubes. 744 00:46:16,080 --> 00:46:19,800 Well, the standard ones, yes. 745 00:46:19,840 --> 00:46:23,880 But some of the others are sort of a trade secret. 746 00:46:23,920 --> 00:46:28,200 You know, Albert, like the blue in Gainsborough's Blue Boy. 747 00:46:28,240 --> 00:46:31,160 Claire used to mix some of my Johnny's special paints. 748 00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:32,920 So, still she's got the old formulas. 749 00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:34,840 I see. 750 00:46:34,880 --> 00:46:38,120 So, Mrs Potter and Tom Dacre were old friends. 751 00:46:38,160 --> 00:46:41,720 (SIGHS) Well, not friends exactly. 752 00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:43,680 He was just a customer. 753 00:46:43,720 --> 00:46:45,760 He came when he wanted something. 754 00:46:45,800 --> 00:46:49,640 I suppose, that someone must have recommended her to him. 755 00:46:49,680 --> 00:46:52,120 Yes, someone who knew both of them. 756 00:46:54,080 --> 00:46:55,640 You don't happen to know who? 757 00:46:55,680 --> 00:46:56,680 No, I've got no idea. 758 00:46:58,720 --> 00:46:59,720 She might know. 759 00:47:03,040 --> 00:47:06,080 Would she be in, tomorrow evening? 760 00:47:06,760 --> 00:47:07,760 Oh, yes. 761 00:47:09,400 --> 00:47:11,080 If you're going to the shops today, would you mind... 762 00:47:11,120 --> 00:47:12,120 I won't be! 763 00:47:13,560 --> 00:47:14,680 How can I? 764 00:47:14,720 --> 00:47:16,920 You know Thursday is my worst day. 765 00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:20,160 The Seagrave Gallery will be calling around for their Carini block. 766 00:47:20,200 --> 00:47:24,360 Such a finicky job cleaning those things and I haven't even started yet. 767 00:47:25,880 --> 00:47:27,560 William. 768 00:47:27,600 --> 00:47:30,040 If you miss that train, you're going to be late for school. 769 00:47:31,200 --> 00:47:34,120 Can't afford to lose that job. 770 00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:37,200 Sometimes, I wonder whether it's worth it just for one day a week. 771 00:47:39,720 --> 00:47:42,360 I'm really beginning to get somewhere with this new sandstone medium. 772 00:47:42,400 --> 00:47:43,480 Have you seen this one? 773 00:47:43,520 --> 00:47:45,120 -Yes. -See, you would never get 774 00:47:45,160 --> 00:47:48,240 that sort of a feeling with ordinary sandstone. Look, look, look. 775 00:47:48,280 --> 00:47:50,760 Look at the shadows under the railway bridge. You see? 776 00:47:50,800 --> 00:47:52,880 I'm really beginning to get somewhere this time. 777 00:47:52,920 --> 00:47:54,720 William! 778 00:47:54,760 --> 00:47:57,200 Yes, yes, of course, all right. 779 00:48:07,480 --> 00:48:08,800 -William! -What? 780 00:48:10,720 --> 00:48:11,720 Thank you. 781 00:48:15,400 --> 00:48:16,760 Go to work. 782 00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:18,480 Will you be in this evening? 783 00:48:19,440 --> 00:48:21,480 Yes, why? 784 00:48:21,520 --> 00:48:23,800 Mr Campion is going to drop in. 785 00:48:24,960 --> 00:48:26,680 William! 786 00:48:26,720 --> 00:48:30,400 What on Earth does he want? We can't tell him more than we have already. 787 00:48:31,080 --> 00:48:32,080 Oh, no. 788 00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:38,080 Come on, old girl. 789 00:48:39,840 --> 00:48:40,960 Pull yourself together. 790 00:48:42,280 --> 00:48:43,360 This won't do. 791 00:49:05,080 --> 00:49:06,640 Oh, it's you. 792 00:49:06,680 --> 00:49:08,080 Who did you think it was? 793 00:49:08,120 --> 00:49:10,720 I have been working flat out on this cleaning job all day 794 00:49:10,760 --> 00:49:12,720 and I thought they had come to collect it. 795 00:49:12,760 --> 00:49:15,120 -What time is it? -Nearly half past four. 796 00:49:15,160 --> 00:49:17,800 Oh! It's time for a cup of tea then. 797 00:49:18,720 --> 00:49:20,480 Come on, I'll put the kettle on. 798 00:49:26,920 --> 00:49:30,360 I can't stay long, but I've got a message from her. 799 00:49:30,400 --> 00:49:32,120 Donna Beatrice? 800 00:49:32,160 --> 00:49:33,600 Donna, my foot. 801 00:49:33,640 --> 00:49:35,920 Born in Twickenham, all those heirs and graces. 802 00:49:35,960 --> 00:49:37,920 What does she want this time? 803 00:49:37,960 --> 00:49:40,480 Half a dozen tickets for the watercolour show. 804 00:49:40,520 --> 00:49:42,680 She's asking whether you can sell some to some of your customers. 805 00:49:42,720 --> 00:49:44,960 Oh, I wish she wouldn't. 806 00:49:45,000 --> 00:49:47,840 I tried everything to keep my prices down. 807 00:49:47,880 --> 00:49:49,400 But then if I go push tickets on to them 808 00:49:49,440 --> 00:49:52,160 it takes all the guilt off. I don't like it. 809 00:49:53,400 --> 00:49:55,000 What should I tell her, then? 810 00:49:55,040 --> 00:49:56,640 Oh, leave them here. 811 00:49:56,680 --> 00:49:58,160 I suppose, I can shift a couple of them. 812 00:49:58,200 --> 00:49:59,680 No, can't do more than your best. 813 00:49:59,720 --> 00:50:01,720 -(TELEPHONE RINGING) -Excuse me. 814 00:50:02,400 --> 00:50:03,880 I'll pop back later. 815 00:50:05,560 --> 00:50:07,520 Hello? 816 00:50:07,560 --> 00:50:09,760 Claire Potter. Can I help you? 817 00:50:16,960 --> 00:50:18,080 What? 818 00:50:25,880 --> 00:50:27,760 Oh, God. 819 00:50:27,800 --> 00:50:30,520 BEATRICE: Oh, it's all my fault. What have I done? 820 00:50:31,680 --> 00:50:33,840 Oh, it's all my fault. 821 00:50:33,880 --> 00:50:36,200 Well, least it looks like a clean break. 822 00:50:37,880 --> 00:50:39,920 Oh, come on, it wasn't as valuable as... 823 00:50:39,960 --> 00:50:41,480 It is all my fault! 824 00:50:41,520 --> 00:50:43,640 It was an accident. 825 00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:46,200 No wonder, you're a bit jittery. We're all a bit jittery. 826 00:50:47,160 --> 00:50:49,520 It was a sign. 827 00:50:49,560 --> 00:50:51,800 I should have known this was an unlucky day. 828 00:50:51,840 --> 00:50:54,440 Oh, for heaven's sake, it doesn't matter. 829 00:50:54,480 --> 00:50:56,640 I'm sure Claire can stick it together. 830 00:50:56,680 --> 00:51:00,000 Only, don't try to tell me that it is a sign of impending doom. 831 00:51:00,040 --> 00:51:02,040 Because I don't think I can stand any more of that! 832 00:51:02,080 --> 00:51:06,240 Forgive me, Belle. Many people tell me they'd rather not know of things ahead of time. 833 00:51:06,280 --> 00:51:09,000 Of course, some of us are not given the choice. 834 00:51:09,040 --> 00:51:11,120 That must be very tiresome for you. 835 00:51:11,160 --> 00:51:14,120 I'm simply saying that you just dropped it. 836 00:51:14,160 --> 00:51:16,880 It didn't happen because you're a Virgo or on the cusp of the... 837 00:51:16,920 --> 00:51:19,360 -It happened... -No, don't tell me. 838 00:51:19,400 --> 00:51:22,480 It sounds like another of the things I'd much rather not know. 839 00:51:33,960 --> 00:51:35,840 Claire, dear. 840 00:51:35,880 --> 00:51:37,320 Are you busy? 841 00:51:46,440 --> 00:51:47,920 Can I come in? 842 00:51:58,000 --> 00:51:59,200 Claire? 843 00:52:10,560 --> 00:52:13,840 Claire! I didn't see you there, my dear. 844 00:52:15,200 --> 00:52:16,360 What's the matter? 845 00:52:17,680 --> 00:52:19,000 Oh, not again. 846 00:52:22,440 --> 00:52:23,640 Claire? 847 00:52:24,560 --> 00:52:25,720 Claire? 848 00:52:32,280 --> 00:52:34,240 (THEME SONG PLAYING)