All language subtitles for Father.Brown.2013.S08E03.BDRip.x264-HAGGiS

INDISTINCT MURMURS
- GAVEL KNOCKS

CLERK:
Silence in the court!

Mr Foreman, have you reached
a verdict in relation to this indictment

upon which you are all agreed?

We have, My Lord.

Do you find the defendant
guilty or not guilty

of the murder of Theodore Neville-Crowley?

Guilty, My Lord.

ROOSTER GROWS

MRS MCCARTHY: What do you mean
she just wandered in, in the dead of night?

FATHER BROWN: I feared it was an intruder,
probably driven in by the rain.

MRS MCCARTHY:
Well, you should have called the police.

FATHER BROWN:
Perhaps.

Luckily, turned out to be a benign,
rather damp house guest

fast asleep on my couch.

Morning, Father. Hello, Mrs M.

Good morning, Bunty.
I trust you had a good time at the party?

Far too good by the look of her.

It was smashing, thank you.

And I'm sorry to drop in unannounced

I just thought it best to drive home
in the daylight.

You drove here? I didn't see your car.

Oh, it's just parked down the lane.

Er, anyway,
thank you so much for the blanket.

That's so sweet of you. I really must fly.

What's the hurry? Have some toast.

And maybe a glass of water.

Oh no, it's quite alright, really. Toodle-00!

I must say, Bunty...
that's not very well parked.

I just, erm... really wanted to get home.

Did anything happen?

No.

Nothing I couldn't handle.

Ah.

Miss Windermere, at last.

We've been looking for you all morning.

We're here to place you under arrest.

Arrest? What for, damaging a hedgerow?

For the suspected murder
of Theodore Neville-Crowley.

What?

Teddy's dead?

His body was found in his gardens
in the early hours of this morning.

He'd been bludgeoned to death.

How does this involve Bunty?

A feather stole that she was wearing
was found on the very spot that he died.

And several witnesses say that
she was the last person seen with him alive.

I'm sure there's a reasonable
explanation for all that.

Bunty...

is that blood?

Oh...

No.

I must...

I can explain all of this.

Then I suggest you do just that,
at the police station.

Goodfellow.

You're not obliged to say anything

but anything you do say may be put
into writing and given in evidence.

You can't seriously think I killed him,
can you?

What I think is irrelevant.
I'm only interested in the facts.

Which I will gladly give you,
just as soon as I've had my telephone call.

I know my rights, Inspector.

Mayfair 6291, please.

Hello, Roderick, it’s me.

Is Daddy home? It's important.

Ah.

The Atlas mountains of Morocco, of course.
How long will he be there?

Can't you get them a message?

No um, that's quite alright, um... Thank you.

I just need one more call.
- Sorry.

That's your lot, I'm afraid.
Right this way, Miss Windermere.

A change of clothes for Bunty.

I assume her party dress
will be examined for evidence.

It will. Thank you, Father.

When can I see her?

Uh, she's still being questioned.

And they've been here over an hour.

Mr Neville-Crowley.

Father Brown.
We've met before, a few years ago.

Of course, at Mother's funeral.
And Father's before that.

You won't have met my wife, Margot.

Hello.

My condolences to you both.

How awful to lose your brother
in such distressing circumstances.

Thank you.

Inspector Mallory spoke with us this morning,
but we were still in shock.

He said we should come in if we remembered
anything that might be important.

Care to share it with me?

I'm here as a friend
of Miss Penelope Windermere

and I have no doubt that
she has been falsely accused.

Yes. Well, it does seem rather fanciful
to think that a woman killed him.

SHE SCOFFS

Women are quite capable of violence, Max,
when provoked.

And we all know Teddy
was quite the provocateur.

The last time Teddy and I spoke,
we almost came to blows.

It seems trivial now, but it was about a car.

It wasn't trivial.
The Jag rightly belonged to you.

Anyway, that's not the important bit.

As I told the Sergeant, after the party,
the Jag was driven off by one of Teddy's

so-called friends, Charlie something.

Suspicious character.

We think he should be found and questioned.

About your brother's murder? Or theft?

Well... both, I should think.

Bunty...

Take her to the cells, she can change there.
And stay with her.

That doesn't sound awfully private.

I'll turn around, Miss Windermere.

She's been formerly charged with murder.

On what grounds, Inspector?

A confession.

SHE SIGHS

How are you?
- Oh...

you know me, Father,
I've been in worse scrapes than this before.

Inspector Mallory tells me you confessed.

To what exactly?

To hitting Teddy...

with a tree branch.

Begin at the beginning.

Well, it all started so well.

The party really was good fun...

JAZZ PLAYS

Welcome to Gatsby's mansion!

GUESTS CHEER

We have champagne, we have cocktails

so drink to your heart's desire!

Oh, Max!

Good of you to come.
- Oh, is there going to be a skit?

You said the theme was
"a teddy bear's picnic".

So sorry,
I forgot to say that I'd changed it.

Oh, and I see Margot decided to come
as herself - how imaginative.

And l see you're dressed
as a spoiled millionaire.

Not much imagination needed for that.

She's right, you know.

I'm frightfully spoiled.
You should stay away from me.

Oh, I'm a little spoiled myself.

Jolly good.
- SHE GIGGLES

JAZZ PLAYS

GUESTS LAUGH AND CHATTER

INAUDIBLE CONVERSATION

How long have you known Teddy?

Oh, barely a week. We met at a charity do.

Ah. Yes, he likes to make new friends.

But he rarely keeps them long.

Except Charlie over there.
He's become quite the fixture.

BUNTY:
Oh, yes, I noticed him. Who is he?

Nobody knows. Seems a bit rough
round the edges for Teddy.

I rather like him.

BUNTY (VO):
It was a Great Gatsby theme

so naturally Teddy had cast himself
in the starring role.

GLASS RINGS

GUESTS HUSH

What kind of playboy millionaire
would Gatsby be if he didn't offer his guests

the chance of a prize?

ALL:
Ooh!

Take a look through that window.

Somewhere, ladies and gentlemen,
hidden in the gardens...

are the keys to that car.

Finders keepers!

Losers weepers.

GUESTS CHATTER

Go,go,go!

BUNTY (VO):
Then we searched the gardens for an age.

The longer it took,
the more determined we all became...

It started to get late and I was on my own.

Ah.

Oh.

I bring some disappointing news.
- Oh!

Somebody's already found the keys.
- Oh, well...

Good for them...

Um, I was getting chilly anyway.

No, no, no. Don”: go in just yet.

We finally have the garden to ourselves.

Now, all I want...

is one little kiss.

Oh! Mm!

Teddy... Teddy!

You're quite the wildcat. I like that.

SHE CRIES

HE YELLS

Stay away from me!

It was just a bit of fun!

After that, it all gets so muddled.

I'm sure I only hit Teddy once.

I could swear that I saw him walking away.

But then I barely remember the drive
back to the Presbytery.

So... what if I'm wrong, Father?

What if I killed him?

Bunty, I'm convinced
you are innocent of this crime.

Which means someone else is guilty,
and I intend to find out who.

Thank you, Father.

In the meantime, I've asked
Sergeant Goodfellow to get in contact

with a family friend for me.

I only hope Daddy doesn't mind
the enormous bill when he gets home.

LOCK RATTLES

Ah, Bunty.
- Bertie!

Thank you so much for coming so quickly.
This is my friend, Father Brown.

Bertrum Quinton.
No time for niceties, I'm afraid.

Bunty and I have much ground to cover.

I'll take my leave.

Well, the bad news is you've admitted
to far more than I would've advised.

But no matter.

The good news is this Inspector Mallory

is clearly an imbecile
who's clutching at straws.

Rest assured, I'll have this absurd charge
laughed out of court.

Sergeant Goodfellow...

I'm under strict orders not to discuss
this case with you, Father.

May I at least ask if there are any other
suspects under consideration?

Maximilian, for instance, admitted to arguing
with his brother the night of the murder

and the sister-in-law clearly disliked Teddy.

It seems everyone disliked him.

Look, we questioned every servant
and every guest who was there last night.

And the mysterious Charlie,
whom Maximillian mentioned?

Inspector Mallory says that a dispute
over a motor vehicle

is hardly a priority
in a murder investigation.

Look, Father, I will do my best
to find him for you

but please don't ask me for anything else.

I promise I won’t...

once you've shown me the murder scene.

I could lose my job!

Alright.

After my shift,
but the evidence has already been gathered

and I hate to say this, Father,
but it all seems to point to Miss Windermere.

Which is why it is vital
that I see the evidence for myself.

Nice try, Padre,
but it's staying under lock and key

and if I hear of you trying to tamper
with any of it, I'll arrest you.

I do not wish to tamper with it!

I want to find out what happened.

And you will,
when the facts are presented in court.

News! News!

News!

REPORTER:
Lads, she's here!

FOOTSTEPS APPROACH

Any comments for the press?
- Miss Windermere!

Do you have anything to say?

REPORTERS CLAMOUR

Are you guilty, Miss Windermere?

How are you feeling? Tell us!
- Did you do it?

Come on!
- You done it, didn't you?

You done it, didn't you, Miss Windermere?

I'll see you in there, sir.

Good luck on the stand, Inspector.

Enjoy the view from the public gallery.

Glad to see you've left it
to the professionals for once.

Any progress on finding the Jaguar?

The number plate was finally registered.
Someone in Bath bought it.

He says the seller
left a forwarding address in Bristol.

The prosecution, Roger Sharpe.

By all accounts, he lives up to his name.

MRS MCCARTHY:
Just so long as Penelope's man is sharper.

I'm confident she's in good hands.

Where the devil are my glasses?

CLERK:
All rise for His Honour Judge Pickering.

Would the defendant please rise?

Please state your full name for the court.

Penelope Windermere.

You are indicted with one count of murder,
namely that on the 25th July 1953

you did murder one Theodore Neville-Crowley
contrary to Common Law.

Do you understand the charges against you?

I do.

How do you plead, guilty or not guilty?

Not guilty.

Ladies and gentlemen.

A young man with a promising future,
brutally bludgeoned to death

in the gardens of his own home
by his drunken party guest, Miss Windermere.

Perhaps you think any lady of good breeding
would be incapable

of such an act of savagery...

but don't be deceived.

What you will find is Miss Windermere
is a woman of low morals

who was expelled from various schools

who has thought nothing of having affairs
with married men.

CROWD MURMURS
- A woman without scruples

or self-control.

But perhaps you still won’t believe murder
is in her character.

Then the cold blunt evidence
will speak for itself.

l believe this will prove beyond a shadow
of a doubt that Miss Windermere

is guilty of this crime.

That concludes the outline
for the prosecution.

I'll admit my client hasn't always
conducted herself as well as she should have

but she's a jolly good egg

and you'll soon see that this charge
is just... absurd.

Thank you.

SHARPE: ls this the spot where
Mr Neville-Crowley's lifeless body was found?

That is correct.

SHARPE: As you can see, ladies and gentlemen,
a grizzly scene indeed.

ls this the branch, Inspector?

MALLORY:
It is.

SHARPE:
What would it have been used for?

Clubbing the victim to death.

SHARPE:
Look closely at the dress...

An unmistakable smudge of the victim's blood

and copious amounts on his suit.

FATHER BROWN:
Grass stains. On Teddy's suit.

ls that a question, Padre?

How did they get there?
- Well, presumably from the grass.

Look, it was a party. He was drinking.
He could have tripped and fallen.

But they're streaked, like drag marks.

Which proves that Eiunty was right,
Teddy did walk away after she hit him.

Otherwise, how did he wind up dead
in the very same place?

What are you Wittering about?

The body was moved.

He could be right, sir.

Inspector, at least let's test the theory?

Mr Neville-Crowley was found here

face down, with his head in that direction.

He could have been dragged by his feet,
from the bench...

For someone who's never been here before

he certainly seems to know his way around,
Sergeant.

Well, er,
he saw the ground plan at the court, sir.

I'll be Teddy.

Bunty has just spurned my unwanted advance.

So I sit here,
nursing my grievance with a cigarette.

That's a good guess, Father

because we found a pack in Teddy's pocket,
didn't we, sir?

And, erm, a half-smoked one right there.

Go on.

Erm, will you be my assailant, Sergeant?

As you can see, it provides perfect cover
for a stealthy approach.

So, I bludgeon Teddy.

B0“, bu“!

Thank you, Sergeant.

I tip forward, onto the floor...

and I'm dragged backwards to the spot
where Bunty first hit me.

Firstly, this is the victim's home.

He could have smoked that cigarette
at any time.

And secondly, if he was killed here,
there would have been blood on the bench.

But it rained heavily earlier that morning.

Either way, the evidence is gone.

Dropped cigarettes and grass stains
are hardly grounds to reopen a case

especially one that's already gone to trial!

So if you don't mind,
I'm going back to the court.

He's right, Father.
Even if we do find something, it's too late.

But they haven't reached a verdict yet.

To help Bunty, Sergeant, we must be bold,
even in defiance of Inspector Mallory.

There's still a lead in Bristol.
- Come along, Goodfellow!

Alright.

You hardly cross-examined them.

' AnYOHe!

Bertie...

No point disputing the hard evidence.

It's the witness statements
where the real fun begins.

Stiffen your sinews, my dear,
we're going to win this.

We reconvene in ten minutes.

Must spend a penny first...

BUNTY SIGHS

I know a drunkard when I see one.

It's not all the time.

It seems it's just
when he's stepping into court.

Well, that's not much use to you, now is it?

Well, what else am I to do?
Bertie's my last hope.

Father Brown is out there right now.
He will not rest until he finds the killer.

Oh, Bunty. He won't let you down, I promise.

Charlie Reid?

May we come in?

CHARLIE:
What's with the priest?

I'm taking a keen interest
in the Neville-Crowley murder case.

I've been following it in the papers,
same as everyone.

ls this about the Jag?
I won it fair and square.

You're the only guest we never questioned
after the party, sir.

If you're asking what I saw that night,
I didn't.

Teddy was pratting about with his posh mates.

If you don't mind my saying,
you don't seem to have liked him very much

and yet you spent a lot of time with him.

May I ask where you first met?

At a poker game.

'Bout six months back. So what?

Because I checked Teddy's bank records

and he'd been withdrawing £20 a month,
in cash, for the past six months.

Nothing to do with me.

I believe in a lot of things, Mr Reid,
but coincidence isn't one of them.

Was Teddy paying you off, perhaps?

A gambling debt? Something worse?

Does it look like
I was getting that kind of money?

Forgive the observation...

but gamblers have a habit of losing it.

I've got a family, I look after them.

Look, Teddy was from a different world.

It was fun being around that for a while.

But the only thing I got from him
was that car

which I sold to put food on the table.

Now, unless I'm being charged with something

I think we’re done here.

SHARPE:
Mr Neville-Crowley, on the night in question

what interaction, if any, did you see
taking place between your brother

and Miss Windermere?

They were talking, laughing,
dancing together.

Dancing closely?

Yes, I'd say there was an obvious attraction
between them.

That's why later,
when I saw Teddy follow Bunty...

Sorry, Miss Windermere...

through the garden,
I assumed he wished to be alone with her.

SHARPE:
For what purpose?

My brother was never short of
female company.

So you believe he followed her
with amorous intent?

I'm sure of it.
And that's the last time I saw him alive.

SHARPE:
Thank you. No further questions.

Mr Neville-Crowley, you argued
with your brother the night he died.

What about?
- Well...

He was being utterly vile...

GUESTS LAUGH

How could you?

That car's the one thing
Father promised me, Teddy.

Pity there was no mention of it in the will.

So I suggest you run along and join the hunt.

TEDDY LAUGHS

Would you say you were angry enough
to kill him?

No.
- My Lord!

After all, your brother's death
makes you a very wealthy man.

Mr Quinton, the witness is not on trial,
the defendant is.

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,
please disregard those last remarks.

Best keep this from Bunty.

She is in need of some good news, and soon.

Which still evades me.

So, for now, I must observe all I can.

I have been making some
observations of my own.

Excuse me.

Hand it over.

I beg your pardon?

You may have it back when all this is done.

Now, I have no idea what your problem is,
and I don't care.

All I care about is Penelope.

Her future, maybe even her life,
is dependent on you.

So, you'd better do your very best
for that girl

or you will have me to answer to.

You liked Mr Neville-Crowley, didn't you?

Yes, at first, I did.

SHARPE:
And what was it you liked about him?

His good looks?

His money? That's important to you, isn't it?

Not as important as kindness, or humour.

Oh, come, come.

You were enticed by his lavish home,
weren't you?

You clearly enjoyed his hospitality.

So what exactly did you expect when
you went off alone into the gardens with him?

I didn't, he followed me.

But you can't have been surprised
when he did so.

You were seen flirting with him all evening.

That didn't give him the right
to try and force me.

SHARPE:
He forced you, did he?

Why would a rich, handsome man
find the need to force any woman?

You've heard the evidence that Theodore
had no shortage of offers.

He tried to kiss me, and I said no.

And when he went right on kissing you,
you scratched his face

and then you struck him with a branch?

I just wanted him to stop.

Did you strike him? Yes or no.

Yes.

You'd been drinking champagne.

So much so that you later drove your car
into a hedge, isn't that correct?

Yes.
- So, it's fair to say that your memory

of what happened is far from reliable.

Yes, but--

You were drunk,
and Teddy pushed you too far

and that made you angry, didn't it,
Miss Windermere?

Just like you're angry right now.

You struck him over and over again.

No.
- You killed him, didn't you?

No! But I'm not sorry I hit him.

CROWD MURMURS

No further questions, My Lord.

Mrs Neville-Crowley...

Are you alright?

Call me Margot, please, Father.
I loathe my married name.

No woman should be treated like that,
guilty or not.

You believe that Bunty
could have killed Teddy?

I believe if she did, he deserved it.
He was an utter cad.

He tried his luck with me once, you know,
after I married Max.

I rebuffed him, of course,
but not every woman has been so fortunate.

There was that nasty business in Oxford.

What business was that?

Accusations were made, by a female student.

Teddy was questioned, but naturally,
the police believed his word over hers.

‘Twas ever thus.

You don't remember her name, do you?
The student?

Yes, I believe it was Lucy. Lucy Reid.

My sister.

She was the first one in my family
to go to university.

She was beautiful.

HaPPV~

Till he ruined her.

She killed herself last year.

I'm sorry.

May God have mercy on her eternal soul.

You can keep your sympathy, Father.

You lot treated her like dirt
when she was expecting.

Your little girl...

she's Teddy's?

Not that he cared.

So I made him care.
Made him pay for what was right.

The £20 a month.

It's all been going into savings, all of it

to give that girl a future
her mother should've had.

But how did you get him to pay up?

It was easier than I thought.

I roughed him up a bit,
said if he called the police

they would know what he did.

One look at that kid
and they'd know she was his, besides...

their blood type would've matched.

After that, he was scared stiff.

I'd crash his parties. Have run of the place.

You enjoyed tormenting him.

Why not?

After what he did to Lucy.

Sounds to me like you had
every reason to kill him.

No. I hated him.

But he was paying up nicely.
Why ruin a good thing?

I swear to you, I didn't kill him.

You believe him, Father?

His loyalty is to his family.

Who would provide for them
if he was charged with murder?

He could've still lost his temper.

After six months with Teddy?

No, Charlie's revenge was slow.

Considered.

The murder was frenzied. A crime of passion.

Sergeant, he's innocent, I'm sure of it.

Then we're no closer to the truth.

Penelope tells me you have never
lost a case.

What happened, Mr Quinton?

Happened? I don”: know what you mean.
Nothing happened.

in my experience, men are rarely
driven to drink for no good reason.

An arsonist, set fire to an empty building.

I got him off on a technicality.

Weeks later, he did it again.

A whole family erased, because of me.

This is my first trial since.

I suppose I just needed a little...
Dutch courage.

You've not had a drink for 24 hours.

That took courage, didn't it?

Still no joy from Bristol?

I thought we were close.

If I could only go back to the beginning,
somehow.

Mr Quinton...

the evidence admitted in court,
is it still here?

It is indeed.

But before you ask, it's against the law
for you to go anywhere near it.

Sometimes the law fails the innocent.
You should know that better than anyone.

Yes, I do.

But what you're asking
is completely unethical.

And under no circumstances can I tell you...

that what you're looking for
is in Storage Room D

at the end of the corridor.

Father, can you please be quick?

Or we'll both end up in the dock
right next to Penelope.

It would be a different trial...
but I take your point.

Odd.

What?

Blood on the socks.
- Well, there was blood everywhere!

On the suit, near the head wound,
as you'd expect.

But why blood on the socks, when there's none
on the hems of his trousers?

Unless...
- Unless what?

MALLORY:
Pursuing your own inquiries behind my back!

Taking unauthorised trips to Bristol
with Father Brown

and what exactly did you achieve by this?

Nothing, sir. We let the suspect go.

KNOCK ON DOOR
- You let him go.

Of course you did, because the pair of you
were barking up the wrong tree!

Barking up the wrong tree but in the right
neck of the woods, Inspector.

I think I've discovered--
- I don't care!

You've tried my patience enough, Padre.
- Sir... please.

I might have known you'd side with him.

It's not about sides, sir!

It's about Miss Windermere.

Thank you, Inspector.

Sometimes, you have to build the whole jigsaw
puzzle to find out the piece that's missing.

Spare me the riddles and get to the point.
What's missing?

Something that will prove Bunty's innocence.

But I need you and your men's help
to find it.

Miss Windermere is guilty.

Oh, come on, ladies and gentlemen,
we all know it.

She is guilty of being a woman
who dares to speak her mind.

She is guilty of being young and spirited.

Guilty of much impropriety.

Sometimes she likes to dance
and drink too much champagne.

But a murderess she is not.

Merely a woman cornered in a darkened garden,
by a man with only one thing in mind.

She struck him, once, then fled.

if she were the killer,
why admit to striking him at all?

If she were so devious, why leave an article
of her own clothing at the scene?

And why was she not covered
from head to toe in his blood?

Ladies and gentlemen, we're not here
to determine who killed Mr Neville-Crowley

only to decide whether there is
enough evidence to convict this woman.

Judge her character if you will

but do not condemn her for a crime
of which she is entirely innocent.

This is absurd.

It's like looking for a needle in a haystack!

Haystack...

Sergeant, did you say that the gardener
discovered the body?

Yeah, that's right, Father.

He said he'd been mowing the lawn.

If you think I'm putting my hands in that

you're very much mistaken.

As you wish, Inspector.

I'm sure Bunty will completely understand
your fastidiousness.

The jury may now retire
to make your deliberations.

Come on, Father, where are you?

As I thought, there's nothing to be found.

Let's go, Goodfellow.

Just a few more minutes, sir.

Sergeant, I'm ordering you to desist,
immediately!

Deo gracias.

I think I've found it.

That was quick. ls that a good thing?

Officer...
- Hey!

Get this tractor moved!
- Won't start...

You can't move it?
- No!

You'll have to turn around, Goodfellow!

Do you find the defendant
guilty or not guilty

of the murder of Theodore Neville-Crowley?

Guilty, My Lord.
- DOOR OPENS

My Lord, wait!

JUDGE:
What's the meaning of this, Inspector?

Apologies for the interruption,
but I have new evidence

that has a significant bearing on the case.

My Lord! We've already reached a verdict.

Thank you, Mr Sharpe, I am aware of that.

This is highly irregular, inspector.

But I will hear this evidence.

Mr Sharpe, Mr Quinton,
please join me in my chambers.

CROWD MUTTERS
- We should go.

Mrs Neville-Crowley,
would you come with me please?

We have some questions for you.

What about?

I remember when we first met.

MAX:
You won”: have met my wife, Margot.

Hello.

FATHER BROWN:
It was the day after Teddy's death

and you were wearing gloves.

And yet you take such pride
in your colourful nails.

SHE SCOFFS

Oh, this is absurd.

Quite. Could someone please explain
what the devil is going on?

l shall, if you'll permit me.

I believe the gloves concealed an injury

when you tore off a single nail

and lost in the grass at Teddy's estate.

That could be anyone's.

May I see your hands please,
Mrs Neville-Crowley?

It can take up to six months
for a natural one to grow back.

What on Earth does that prove?

MALLORY:
A brittle fingernail could easily snap off

as you dragged Teddy’s dead weight
across the lawn...

FATHER BROWN: It was natural to assume that
all the blood on Teddy's clothes was his own.

But I suspect that the blood on the sock
will be your blood type.

I saw him follow Bunty that night.

Someone had to stop him.

BUNTY CRIES
- I wanted to help her...

but she didn't need it.

TEDDY YELLS

She fought back.

You! Stay away from me!

Steady on, it was just a bit of fun!

I decided to do the same.

TEDDY ONES

No...

Margot... tell them it's not true.

It can't be true!

Why would you kill Teddy for that?

Because it had happened before.

What Teddy did to Lucy,
what he tried to do to Bunty...

Did he do the same to you?

I didn't want you to know.

I didn't want anyone to know.

Oh, my darling...

I'm sorry.

I'm so, so sorry.

SHE SOBS

I didn't come forward because I was afraid.

When Bunty was arrested, I prayed
they wouldn't have enough to convict her.

I don't expect her to forgive me.

I don't forgive myself.

Do you truly repent of your sins?

I do, Father.

I do repent.

Then God will forgive you.

Miss Windermere,
in light of new, compelling evidence

which throws your conviction into doubt,
I am now going to allow you bail

whilst the police make urgent enquiries,
pending an appeal.

You are free to go at this time.
- SHARPE SIGHS

INDISTINCT CHATTER

Oh, Father!

I should've known you'd do it. You always do.

It was a joint effort, I can assure you.

SHE SIGHS

Thank you so much. Both of you.

All in a day's work, Miss Windermere.

I for one never doubted your innocence.

Now, I've emptied it
and given it a good clean

so it's up to you
if you wish to fill it again.

Thank you, Mrs McCarthy...

but I think I'll be just fine without it.

Hear, hear.

And from now on,
I shall steer clear of champagne.

After tonight, of course.

Well, l can celebrate, can't l?

Will that girl never learn?
- THEY CHUCKLE