All language subtitles for Murder She Said - 1961 - George Pollock

Sta tiun annuuncemen t.

The train standing at platform two...

...is the 4:50 for Ealing Broadway,
Hanwell, Hayes, West Draytun...

...Langley, Tap/aw, Milchester,
and Brackhamptun.

- Tickets please.
-A woman has been strangled. I saw it.

- I beg your pardon?
-A man strangled a woman in a train.

I saw it. Out there.

- Stlangled?
-Yes. strangled.

You must do something
about it at once.

Me? Well...

Madam. don't you think perhaps you had
a little nap and maybe had a bad dream?

Young man. I was not dreaming.
I saw it.

What are you going to do about it?

Well. look. we'll be in Blackhampton
in about five minutes.

- L'll report it as soon as we get there.
-Thank you.

- Could I have your name and address“?
-Yes. o1 course. Miss Jane Marple.

- Malple?
-Malple.

- Old Pasture Lane.
-Pastule Lane.

- Milchestel.
-Milchestel.

Very well, Miss Marple.
I'll report this to the station master--

- Ye5. please do.
-Thank you.

A bad dream indeed.

All Iighi. Lucy. I'll answer that.

- Good morning. madam. l'm--
-Not today. thank you.

Inspector Claddock. County CID. madam.

Oh. I am so sorry.
Do come in. inspector.

I've just been going through
all the papers again...

“.101 the last two days.
and still not a wold about the murder.

I suppose the police asked the press
to say nothing to! the moment.

Do sit down. won't you?

Lull the murderer into a ialse
sense o1 security. then pounce. eh?

What's that?
Oh. how stupid 0t me.

- Hele.
-l'm so sorry.

Lucy. You will have some tea.
won't you?

Some tea 1o! the inspector. deal. please.

Yes. ma'am.

Well now. have you got him?

Well. l...

That is. we have come to the conclusion
that what you saw on the train was...

- Well. a man and a woman--
-Yes. as I said.

I mean. perhaps
they were honeymoonels.

Inspector. I may be
what is termed a spinstel...

...but I do know the diHelence
between holseplay and murder.

O1 course. madam-- Miss Marple.

But the fact remains that there's been
a search 0t every train...

...and no hospital treated any woman
as you describe.

She was blond and had on a coat
with a pale iul collar.

And no such woman has been seen
getting on or 0H a train...

...alone or with anybody else.
-O1 course not. She was dead.

Further. a search has been
made o1 every inch o1 the tracks...

“.101 the whole length o1 the line.
Negative.

So you don't believe me?

- I didn't mean to imply that.
-You certainly did.

- Not at all. I--
-What then?

L-- I assure you Miss Marple...

...that a woman cannot be murdered on
a train a tew minutes betole a station...

...without our finding out about it.

I'm quite sure you mean well, inspector...

...but ii you imagine
that I am going to sit back...

...and let everybody regard me
as a dotty old maid...

...you are very much mistaken.

Good day.

Sony. Mrs. Stainton.

The Hat Hack Hanging.
Falcon Smith's latest...

...l'm ahaid we haven't
received our copy yet.

Plain inefliciency.

I want to know
the moment it comes in.

O1 course. o1 course. Mrs. Stainton.

- Oh. good morning. Miss Marple.
-Good morning. Mr. Stringer.

Good morning. Hilda.

One moment.

The Hat Hack Hanging.
I've been keeping it 1o! you.

MI. Stringer. would you say
I was an unstable woman?

Certainly not.

- In iull possession o1 my faculties?
-Absolutely.

- Not given to hallucinations?
-WhY. no.

Thank you. MI. Stringer.

- The police think I'm dotty.
-Whai?

Apparently what I saw
was a young man and woman...

...in the throes o1 connubial bliss.

I see. Well, i1 I were you.
Miss Marple...

...l would certainly write
to the chiel constable.

MI. Stringer, how many detective novels
would you say we have lead over the years?

Impossible to say.
Certainly many hundreds.

Yes. Which gives us. wouldn'i you agree.
a certain knowledge oi the criminal mind?

Most assuredly.

Well. this is where we put
that knowledge to the test.

- We?
-Yes. we.

So it has come in.

- Has it?
-Well. I think I have first call.

I don't think you'll like it, Hilda.
Too obvious.

The mother did it. o1 course.

How can you know that?
The book has just come in.

It always is with Falcon Smith.
A deprived child. you know.

Hot buttered clumpets 1o! tea.
MI. Stringer, i1 you care to join me.

Indeed I would, Miss Marple.

Yes. here we are.

Now I calculate
the 5:00 express to Blackhampton...

...oveltook my train
somewhere about there.

But how can you be sure?

Well. I remember the tickei collector
saying. “Five minutes to Blackhampton.“

It couldn't have been more than
a minute aflel the murder he came in.

So that makes it six minutes
beiole Blackhampton...

...ai. say. 3O miles an hour.

So about there.

But the body. Miss Marple?

Well. it seems clear
that was thrown tlom the train...

mbetween here and Blackhampton.

- The police found nothing.
-O1 course not.

The murderer returned betore the search
and disposed 0t the body.

By Jove. the police will certainly
want to investigate now.

Well. according to them.
there is nothing to investigate.

Surely. in the light o1 our theory.
a flesh search--

Certainly. But this time
we will conduct our own.

Yes. MI. Stringer.

I recommend
a hearty bleakiast tomorrow.

You and I are going to take
an early morning walk.

There must be something somewhere.

You can't throw a body
out o1 a iast-moving train...

...without leaving some kind o1 trace.

Miss Marple.
ii we linger here much longer...

...l ieel certain we shall be apprehended.

Oh. nonsense. No one will give
a couple ol tlacklayels a second glance.

I'm not altogether convinced
our disguises ale adequate.

A shoe. a bit o1 cloth. something.

I'll concede our timetable
may have been out o1 date...

...but I'm quite sure
the 7:15 is still running.

- Vely possibly.
-But it could be most dangerous up here.

Undoubtedly.

Miss Marple.

- Miss Marple.
-Yes?

There you are.
I think I heard something.

And I think I've found something.

Heafly?

Consistent with something having been
dumped tlom a train. wouldn't you say?

Il it was the body. it would IOll down
and finish up against this wall.

Then where is it?

Thai. MI. Stringer, is the question.

It could be buried.

You'd need a pick or a shovel.

No. this is hardly an ideal spot
iol disposing oi a body.

Unless...

From he! iul collar. I think.

MI. Stringer.
will you kindly give me a leg up?

- ReallY. Miss Marple. I--
-Please. Mr. Stringer.

No. no.

Make a stirrup.

- Come on. caleiul. Ale you ready?
-Yes.

- Intellock your fingers.
-They are interlocked.

- Well. are you ready?
-Yes.

Up.

Magnificent.

Down.

- What a highflul-looking man.
-What a highflul-looking dog.

Miss Marple.
prudence demands a retreat.

MI. Stringer, I am convinced the body
is on the other side oi this wall.

But that's the Ackentholpe Hall Estate.

I know. Peliect.

Easy 1o! someone to come down
out o1 the house...

...lecovel the body. and dispose o1 it
somewhere in the grounds.

Someone hom the house?
You mean one o1 the family?

Yes. OI one o1 the servants.
i1 they're lucky enough to have any.

Servants. I wondeL...

Miss Marple. whatever it is.
no. no. no.

MI. Stringer.
we will withdraw temporarily.

- Good morning.
-Good morning.

I'm ahaid there's
nothing on my books.

Not so much as a mother's help.

I'm seeking a post, not ofleling one.

- Play be seated. do. my good woman.
-Thank you.

You need seek no more.
You've come to the light place.

How good to see the spirit
ol unselfish service is still with us.

Let me see now.

Yes. Here's a peliect plum.

“Cheeliul home 1o! cheeliul lady.

Own suite. TV. radio and the use o1 cal.

Tea in bed on Sundays. Pension scheme.“

Heaven iolbid.

Oh. all Iighi.

“Mrs. Forbes Alexblidge.

Setting up house near Monte Carlo.“
They won't have any ioleignels. o1 course.

“Own gaming allowance.“

Well. I don't approve o1 gambling.

“Mrs. Hamilton Potts.“
The Dingley Stud Farm. you know.

“Seven children. eldesi. 7.“

Oh. no. thank you.

Perhaps it I might have a quiet wold
with Mrs. Binstel.

Iam Mrs. Binstel.

Oh. I see.

Well. as a matiel o1 iact...

...l wondered ii there might be a position
at Ackentholpe Hall?

- Ackentholpe Hall?
-Yes. Ackentholpe Hall.

Oh. yes. I think I can accommodaie you.

Yes. there's always a vacancy there.

Thank you.

Yes?

I'm Jane
110m Mrs. Binstefs Employment Agency.

The new maid.

Well. you look old enough
to know better. Come in.

I am to see Miss Ackentholpe.

You're expected. In there.

- Miss Ackentholpe?
-Yes?

I'm Jane.

- The new maid?
-Yes. Jane Marple.

Now. il you'll kindly show me
where I'm to put my things...

Oh. yes. Yes. o1 course.

But I'm wondering il this post is really
what you're looking lol. Miss Marple.

Well. naturally.
Otherwise. I wouldn't be here.

I don't want a housekeeper, you know.

I want someone to--
Well. to do the work.

Yes. You want cooking. washing up.
beds made. floors scrubbed...

...1iles Iii. ashes taken away.
I quite understand.

- Well. I hope you'll lind us suitable.
-l'm sure I shall.

Perhaps you won't find the work
too exacting.

There are only the three o1 us.

Myself. my nephew
down hom school 1o! the holidays...

...and then there's Father.

- May I show you to your loom?
-Yes. certainly.

I'll take thai. my deal.

Perhaps the clubs. i1 you wouldn't mind.

I must keep fii, you know.

Yes. o1 course.

Our staH consists o1 Hillman.
the gardener...

...and Mrs. Kidder. she let you in.

She comes in 110m the village
three afternoons a week...

...to do the rough work.

That was my grandfather.
He iounded the family fortune.

- Tea biscuits. you know.
-Oh. yes.

And very excellent biscuits
they were too.

Quite a severe man. I'm ahaid.

Miss Marple. I think it only lair
to explain to you...

...that my father himseli is...

Well. quite tlankly.
he's a bit difticult at times.

He's an invalid. you know.

He's very keen on economy...

...and he sometimes says things
that upset people.

I wouldn't want you to--

I'm quite used to looking
alter elderly people ol all sorts.

We'll manage.

Emma? Emma? Do I heal you?

Yes. Father. Excuse me one momeni.

Don't try to sneak 0H.

Is that the new gill with you?

Well. yes. Father.

Hope she's got a bit more meat on her
than the last one.

Can't stand them skinny.

Don't just stand there boggling.
gill. bring he! in.

- I want to look at her.
-Yes.

Will you come in. please?

Father. this is Miss Marple. Jane.

And a plainel Jane
I've never set eyes on.

Well. we can't all be young and handsome.
can we. MI. Ackentholpe?

There's one thing
I can't tolerate and that is impeltinence.

Well. we should get on admirably.
Neither can I.

Well.i1you'le coming to stay here...

...thele's one thing
you'd better understand.

Because I live in a big house...

...it doesn't necessarily iollow
that I'm a rich man...

...so there's no good coming here
with extravagant ideas.

I live here because I want t0.
not because I can aflold it.

- Fathel. don't you think“?
-N0. I don't.

- Can you cook?
-l1 you want good English cooking. yes.

Cod's as good as lobster any day.
and much cheaper.

Well. that depends on whether or not
one has a palate unsullied by cheap opiates.

L1 you mean what I think you mean...

...this cheloot cost two shillings.

Yes. quite.

I'll show Miss Marple to he! loom.
This way. please.

Good idea.

That was Hillman. the gardener.

When MI. Ackentholpe wants
to move aboui. he always calls him.

They're quite close.

Will you be staying. Miss Marple“ Jane?

Why. my deal lady. o1 course.

I'm so glad.

Emma. Come back here.
You've iolgotten my medicine.

Excuse me a moment.
That's your loom. down there.

- The door opposite the small stairs.
-l'll find it. Don't you wony.

- May I give you those?
-O1 course.

- All Iighi?
-Yes. thank you.

Come out at once.

I advise you to come out.

Very well.

You're Miss Emma's nephew. I presume.

Yes. Alexander Eastley. How do you do?

How do you do? I'm Jane. Jane Marple.

Yes. It is disappointing. isn't it?

I'd lather hoped
1o! the Jayne Mansfield type.

I see you have something in common
with your grandfather.

Oh. we're very alike in many ways.

Mind you. I'm not mean with money.

He'll stop that vase
out 0t your wages. you know.

It's just as well you got out
o1 the way. otherwise--

It'd have been my head.
and you'd have got 10 years.

That is still possible.

You know. it isn'i just that
you don't look like Jayne Mansfield...

...you'le not my idea o1 a maid. either.

Well. quite honestly. I don't think
you'd be everybody': idea o1 a boy.

You know. there's something
decidedly fishy about you.

I can see you'll have to go.
After Mrs. Kidder. o1 course.

She's next. Depressing creature.

So was Annie.

- Annie?
-Youl predecessor.

Thin as a lake and a shocking cook.
Can you cook?

Well. I think I've done better
than Annie.

Glandiathefs like that too.
and he hates his dinner to be late.

I'd leave your unpacking uniil later.
i1 I were you.

Well. in that case. hadn't you better
show me the way to the kitchen. Alexander?

Very well. Jane.

- Emma.
-That's him.

Always shouting about something.

- Mostly money. This way.
-Emma.

O1 course. they're all waiting 1o! him
to drop dead. you know.

Flighflul pack o1 vultures. our iamily.

Except possibly Aunt Emma.

And who are these vultures?

There's Uncle Harold.
stinking rich and just as mean.

Uncle Albert, deadly dull, pool iellow.

Then there's Uncle Cedric.
He painis. but not 1o! art's sake.

Do you know. last year.
he and one o1 his modelsm.

- Alexandel!
-Well. he's like that.

- Thele was an Uncle Edmond.
-Was?

Yes. Stopped a whole bomb
during the war. all by himseli.

Wasn't another man around 1o! miles.
Deselting. probably.

And who can be held responsible
1o! you?

Well put. Mummy's name was Edith.
but she's dead.

Daddy's Brian Eastley. you know.

You know. the fighter ace.
Battle o1 Britain.

- Oh. the Brian Eastley.
-Yes.

I'm going to set him up in business
when I get my inheritance tlom Glandtathel.

Here we are.

There you are. and about time too.
Well. I'm 0H.

I wouldn't stay in this place alter dark.
Not to! all the tea in China.

Now look. the pots and pans
are on that shelt there, over the stove.

- Oh. yes?
-And the groceries and provisions. in there.

- Thank you.
-Well. cheelio.

- Good day.
-Good day. Mrs. Kidder.

- What's the matter with you?
-I was merely being polite.

Charming. isn't she. Jane?

- I think you should see this. Come on.
-Whai?

Phase ioul. anti-Kidder campaign.

Splendid.

Dinner a18. please. Jane.

I see you made YOUISGH comfortable.

I trust you have no objection.

Maybe.

I shouldn't make YOUISGH
too comioltable i1 I was you.

Yes?

- Who are you?
-l'm the new maid. sir.

Doctor Ouimpel.
You'll get used to seeing me here.

- Alexandel. I suppose?
-Yes. I'm ahaid so.

Well. MI. Ackentholpe
will be expecting me.

Oh. yes. I'll show you up.

Oh. that won't be--

The doctor.

Where on earth
are my confounded matches?

Oh. it's you.

- Good morning.
-Good morning.

What are you doing in here?
Snooping. I suppose.

Where are my matches?

L1 you're going to smoke.
we'd better have some windows open.

I'm a great believer in flesh ail.
aren't you. doctor?

Why yes. I am. Miss...?

Marple he! name, marble he! nature.

That's light.
Let he! give me double pneumonia.

Il you can't kill me 0H one way.
you'll kill me 0H another.

Nonsense. You're going to live to be
100 in spite oi anything I can do.

Well. in that case. tell that woman to stop
opening windows and to light my cheloot.

Is there any chance
that will send him to sleep. doctor?

I'm atlaid it's a stimulant.

Roll over.

Oh. deal.

Hold it closer. woman.

Your hometown lost a good horse doctor
when you lefl. Ouimpel.

As a matter o1 faci.
I was very bad with the horses.

How'd the birthday party go?
All the family get down all light?

O1 course they did.
Made a whole weekend o1 it.

- Flee board and lodging 110m Friday night.
-Fliday.

- What's that to do with you?
-Oh. nothing.

It just happened to be
an interesting day 1o! me too.

How old were you, MI. Ackentholpe?

Mind your business.
Anyhow. it was a miserable weekend.

I hope it'll be a long time...

mbeiole I have to put up
with them again.

Not a very nice way
to talk about one's iamily.

Not a very nice iamily.

And you know what
that overgrown beatnik. Cedric. did?

Told Emma. in hont o1 me.
she ought to get out o1 here.

Get married or something.
Tried to make her as selfish as he is.

I don't know. l1 Emma did many.
it wouldn't be such a bad thing.

Father. I thought I'd tell you
I'm going into town.

I'll be leaving in a moment.
Can I give you a lilt?

What do you want to go to town 101?
Can't she go 1o! whatever it is?

Well. it's tradesmen. Father.
A iew bills to pay.

Money. All light. it's a diHelent thing.
Can't trust anybody these days.

All Iighi. 0H you go.

- In that case. may I be o1 service?
-Thank you.

O1 course you can. Ouimpel.
Save the price o1 a taxi.

- Pay you enough as it is.
-lt'll be on your bill.

- You ready now?
-Only my coat.

Good. Friday. then. MI. Ackentholpe.
Good day. Miss Marple.

Good day. doctor.

Il you don't shut those windows.
you'll be filed.

In that case. I shall require
loul weeks wages in lieu ol notice.

- Get out o1 my sighi. woman!
-With pleasure.

Your weight
isn't quite evenly distributed.

I'll have you know that I won
the Ladies Open Handicap in 1921.

Heafly?

- L'm sure you have many things to do.
-Not at all. I'm most interested.

We've never had
a goH-playing maid beiole.

You may have heard that this is the age
0t the common woman.

- You hooked.
-l'm aware o1 it.

- You know something?
-Whai?

I believe you pulled those shots
on purpose.

Alexander. i1 you wish
to be helpiul at all...

...will you kindly look 1o! the hook
while I look 1o! the slice?

Found yours yet?

Yes. have you?

Disappeared without a trace.

Well. ioltunately I have some more.

At the present late.
you're going to need them.

Perhaps you would care
to demonstrate the next one.

Certainly.

Let's see how close you can get
to those outbuildings.

Yes. I think that's possible.

Fail.

You know peliectly well it was superb
1o! a boy o1 my age.

Right on the iailway.

A chip and a putt
and I'd have holed out in three.

Does your glandiathel keep horses.
Alexander?

He did. Now he just keeps a iew relics
o1 a more spacious age.

Nostalgia. you know.

A iailing o1 the old. I suppose.
Like to look?

Well. I think I'm old enough don't you?

An old-iashioned Pony chaise.

They used that to! going to the village.

I suppose they used the Victoria
1o! going to church?

Yes. on Sundays in the summer, I believe.

And the blougham's 1o! visiting
in the winter perhaps.

Yes. I expect so.

It's supposed to be haunted here.
you know.

Glandiathel found a man
hanging 110m this Iaflel.

- Good heavens.
-He'd been dead a week.

- That will do.
-All purple.

Alexander.

- What was that?
-I wonder.

All light. I'll look.

All yours.

Deal. deal. we are nervous, aren't we?

Pity.

- Well. what did you expect to find?
-Bodies.

- Whai?
-Live ones. o1 course.

Used to be quite the spot
1o! courting couples 110m the town...

...till glandiathel got Hillman to stop it.

Spoil sport. Quite extraordinary.
the goings-on here.

- Appalently there was this gill--
-That's enough. Alexander.

There may be some other pool bird trapped.

Look at this.

Somebody else must have been in here.

- This isn't Aunt Emma's.
-lt's mine.

I must have dropped it.
Thank you so much.

It was bequeathed to me.

You're noi. by any chance, on the run
110m the police. are you?

Too much television.

You must learn to rationalize
your imagination.

What's behind there?

More relics 110m the past?

Mattel o1 faci. yes.

The huits o1 glandiathefs Egyptian phase.

Indeed.

How interesting.

- No one's allowed in there.
-Let go o1 my wrist.

- What are you up to?
-Up to?

- The boy was simply showing me around.
-What boy?

- Alexandel. He--
-You'le lying.

Alexander. come out o1 there a1 once.

I thought discretion
the better part 0t valor, Jane.

This 1ellow's not above clipping
a person's ear.

You know your glandiathel don't like
no one sneaking around here.

Don't think I won't tell him. neither.

Despite the double negatives.
I'm sure you will.

Come. Jane.

Good 1o! you. young man.

Whai?

No.

No.

Now. listen. MI. Stringer...

...l want you to iniolm the police.
anonymously.

Don't mention me yet.

I wish to be in at the kill. so to speak.

Miss Marple. really.

All Iighi. but it makes my blood run cold
to think o1 you there alone.

I was wondering. perhaps they have
a vacancy 1o! a gardener?

They've got one.

Very well. I'll do as you say.

Miss Marple. the compact.

It the murderer should know
that you have it...

I'll be caleiul. deal MI. Stringer.

Now phone the inspector light away.

- Well?
-Nevel seen he! beiole in my life.

N0. she's not 110m these parts.

Well. whoever she is.
I want he! out o1 here at once.

L1 you hadn't lefl the barn unlocked
this wouldn't have happened.

We wouldn't have these people
poking their noses into everything.

- Ale you all light, Father?
-Ol course I'm all light.

Think I've never seen a corpse before?

Be one myseli soon.

Perhaps you'd better
go back to the house.

I'll iollow you up.

Whoever it was tried
to get he! in here first.

It musfve taken the strength
o1 a maniac to shifl it this ial.

Inspector?

Oh. yes. docior.

I don't know whether
this is being help1ul...

Go on.

Well. the woman. no one recognized her.

And her clothes struck me as
being foreign. Perhaps French.

Yes. that's very interesting.
Yes. thank you. doctor.

Well. it was just a thought.

Maybe a useiul one. Thank you.

That would explain why
I didn't recognize her, sir.

I know every iace 1o! miles around.

I'm sure you do. sergeant.

Still. I have to start
with the assumption...

...thele's some connection
between he! and the tamily.

I think I'll get the whole bunch
down here.

Thele'll be fireworks. sir.
They hate the sight o1 each other.

So I believe.

Anyway. routine first.

Have they any other servants
apart tlom this gardener?

Yes. they have. inspector.

Good Lord.

- You.
-Yes.

Dotty old me.

In there. please.

It's only a cigarette packet.
Oi doubflul significance. I'd say.

I'll bear your views in mind.

Any idea what you expect
your iellows to find?

- Clues.
-Well. naturally.

But do you seriously think
they'll lind anything?

Well. somebody dragged the body
hom there over to there.

It's possible something could have been
dropped in the process.

- Don't you agree?
-Yes. Yes. I do.

- Did you tind anything?
-N0. inspector. Not a thing.

- Family's here. by the way.
-Thank you.

I'll get around to them later.

They'll enjoy thai. I'm sure.
Good hunting.

Some silly idiot goes
and stlangles his gilllliend...

...which she probably richly deserved.
and what do they do?

Swarm all over the place...

...mess about in our private aHails.

I said to this inspector fellow.
Haddock. or whatever his name is--

Claddock. sir.

- Shall I pour?
-O1 course.

Anyway. I said to this fellow. Haddock...

...that no member o1 my family had ever
seen the woman beiole. and that was final.

Well. what makes you
so sure o1 thai. Father?

Now. Cedric. this is absurd.

Well. aflel all. Harold.
she wasn't 110m around here...

...and she was found in our stable.
wasn't she?

One o1 us could have known her.

She could've been your gillhiend.
deal boy.

Whai?

Yes. yes. I suppose
Cedric has a point there.

- He never has a point.
-I mean. hom the police point o1 view.

It's all light 1o! you. Eastley.

I don't suppose you're too concerned
with the family reputation.

After all. you're not a member o1 ii.
are you. strictly speaking?

What I can't understand
is who telephoned the police.

Oh. I know who did that.

Who?

Obviously someone who knew
the body was there.

Any coHee lefl, Jane?

Help YOUISGH.

Well. it certainly wasn't one o1 us.

- Who knows?
-Who cares who did it anyway?

- The woman was probably a spy.
-That's absurd. Father.

The police think she was a ioleignel.

Well. lots ol English gills go to Paris
and buy French clothes.

Decent ones don't.

Doctor Ouimpel to see you.
MI. Ackentholpe.

Still getting shot
with Ievitalizels, Father?

I'd take anything to outlive you lot...

...and keep my property 110m
your thieving hands.

Well. I'll just go and see il I can be
ol any lulthel assistance to the police.

Delicious coHee. Jane.

By the way. the inspector said
he'd be interrogating you all later.

Better get your alibis ready.

He's a blight boy. that one.

Well. let's {ace it, the police say
the woman was murdered on Friday...

...and we were down here last Friday.

They're gonna be very interested
in all o1 us.

But none o1 us were here till quite late.

Yes. but the point is.
what were we all doing earlier?

Albeli. what about you?

- Me?
-Yes. you.

Don't tell me you were
in your oHice all day.

L-- Well, no.

As a matter ol faci. there was a lilm
that I particularly wanted to see.

A Brigitte Baldot?

N0. look. Cedric. this is preposterous.

Oh. well. is ii. Harold?
Very well, what about you?

OI can your secretary veliiy
all your movements on that day?

- That's none o1 your business.
-Well. I'm in the clear.

I was at my club.

It has a back door. hasn't it?

Yes. I think so. but I didn't gei
here until Saturday.

But you could've lugged
the body up here on Friday...

...slipped back to London...

...and be sitting in your usual chair
when the club closed.

And I suppose one o1 your women hiends
can vouch 1o! you?

Why. I'm celiain my current comlolt
will satisly the inspector completely...

...a5. no doubi. will your secretary.

When you've finished here.
will you kindly bring me some flesh coflee...

...into the library?

Certainly. sir.

Well. well. jumpy isn't he?

And you're very calm.

But then. I've no reason not to be.

I've just been thinking.

L1 that woman was ioleign“

You should think o1 gills
more oflen. Alben.

Might bring about
some changes in you.

- I know it's laughable.
-I agree.

N0. but I mean. i1 she was French--
It could be her, I suppose.

All Iighi. I give up. Could be who?

That Maltine woman.

- Maltine?
-Yes.

You know that French lalm gill
we had all the trouble about?

The one Edmund was so iniatuated with
beiole he was killed?

- But that was ages ago.
-Yes. I know.

Still. I suppose it is possible.

But why should she tum up dead
in our stable 16 years later?

- It's preposterous.
-Well. it isn't my idea.

Well. whose idea is it then?

Well. Emma's.

Emma?

Emma's?

That's odd.

Paul.

- Dalling.
-N0. Paul. please.

How much longer are we
going on like this. Emma?

We've got to tell the old man.

- Not yet. Please. not yei.
-Why? Why?

Paul...

...l think someone in the family
may be a murderer.

Emma.

I've had a letter.
I can't keep it to myseli any longer.

I want you to lead it.

I'm ahaid my French isn't up to this.

“Deal Miss Ackentholpe...

...you will be surprised to hear.
afler so many years...

...that you have a sistel-in-law.

I married your brothel, Edmund.
two days beiole he was killed in action.

I decided it was best
to iolget the marriage...

...but now I'm planning
a visit to England...

...and I find I do wish to meet you all.

I write to you instead oi your father
because I understand he is a sick man...

...and my existence may come as a shock
to him. as it musi be to you all.

Sincerely yours. Maltine Ackentholpe.“

But I thought Edmund was killed
betole they had a chance to many.

That's what we all thought.

- What's on your mind. Emma?
-Well. don't you see?

The strangled woman.
it must have been Maltine.

Listen. i1 she could've proved
she was really Edmund's widow...

...she'd have been entitled
to shale in the will.

Oh. I see.

Paul. what shall I do?

- Have you told the others?
-No.

I did suggest to Albert that it the woman
was French. she might be Maltine.

What did he say?

He said it was iantastic.
but I think he was worried.

You'll have to tell the police.

They're bound to think
one o1 the family did this.

What else can you do?

I don't know. I don't know.

I think you must tell them.

I'll have to think about this.

You'd better go.

- Good aflemoon.
-Good aflemoon.

- Oh. there you are.
-The train was late. Miss Marple.

Good evening. inspector.

I suppose you knew about
this compact business?

- Well. I--
-Be1ole I did. no doubi?

Well. you see--

I thought it best to bring the inspector
in on this atter all. Mr. Stringer.

- Vely wise. Very wise.
-l'm glad you think so.

Withholding iniolmation hom
the police is a serious matter.

Oh. I know. inspector.
and I'm most awfully sorry.

- Will you take tea?
-Thank you. no.

Don't you realize what this means?

The compact having been stolen
110m your loom?

CoHee perhaps?

It means that the thiet and the murderer
are almost certainly the same...

...and that he or she is in that house...

...and that your liie may be
in great danger.

Oh. I say. do you really think so?

Now. I must ask you to give the whole
thing up immediately. tonight.

Yes. o1 course.
Indeed you musi. Miss Marple.

Very well. then. I'll give in
my notice tomorrow.

Good.

That's settled then.

It has to be a month's notice. you know.

- Will you have a small beer. inspector?
-Miss Marple. l...

Oh. whafs the use?

- Good night.
-Good night.

Well. now. how did you gei
on at the Probate Registry?

Really. Miss Marple. I think.
in view oi what the inspector said--

- Did you see the will?
-Yes.

And what did it say?

Well. old MI. Ackentholpe': father
obviously didn't get on very well with him.

I'm not surprised at that. Go on.

You see. the house and the income
tlom the family toltune are his...

...but he can't touch the ioltune itseli.

That's the first point.

Yes?

The second point is that the toltune
goes to his children on his death.

- That is to Emma. Cedric. Harold and Albeli.
-Yes.

Two 0t the others in the will.
Edith and Edmund...

...ale already dead. o1 course.

That much more 1o! the lest.

Well. young Alexander.
Edith': son. gets he! shale.

What about the boy's father. Eastley?

Next oi kin only come in 1o! a shale
ii there's no issue oi a marriage.

So Eastley's only interest is
how much young Alexander gets?

- Dl. Ouimpel to see you. sir.
-Oh. yes. send him in.

Your call to the Probate Registry':
been very useiul.

Thanks.

- Molning. inspector.
-Molning. doctor. sit down.

Thank you.

Have you found out
who the woman is yet?

The French police haven't come up
with anything so far. sir.

You are working on the assumption
that she's French. then?

The clothes and makeup did tum out
to be made in Paris. yes.

- Is that what you wanted to see me about?
-No. sir.

I understand last Christmas...

...old MI. Ackentholpe
had a stomach upset.

Yes. he's inclined to ovelindulge
when there's too much rich food about.

But he said you had asked him
a lot o1 questions...

...as though you suspected
arsenic poisoning.

All light.

I did suspect
something was a bit odd.

- Didn't you run a food test?
-No.

Why not?

Well. there was nothing positive.
No history ot chronic gastric trouble...

...such as one would expect to find
in the classic method oi arsenic poisoning.

You mean small doses
administered regularly?

Exactly.

Excuse me.

Yes?

Put he! on.

- Miss Ackentholpe.
-Emma?

Yes.

- Hellu.
-Hello. Morning.

I've had a letter fmm...

l see.

Well. would you lead the letiel to me?

"You will be surprised to hear,
after so many years...

...that you have a sister-in-Iaw.

I am planning a visit to England,
and! find I'm... "

Thank you.

L'd like to send round 1o! that letter
ii you don't mind, Miss Ackentholpe.

Yes. we'll check with the French police.

Thank you. Goodbye.

Do you know what
that was aboui. doctor?

Yes. I think I do.

Why didn't you tell me?

I'm in love with Emma. inspector.
I want to many her.

I told he! I thought
she ought to tell you about this.

- But you didn't insist?
-No.

It was important to me. to us.
that she made up he! own mind.

- I understand. doctor.
-Thank you. ls that all?

Doctor. do you think the dead woman
is Maltine Ackentholpe?

Well. who else could it be?

Do you think she was killed by
a member ol the family?

I'd lather not answer thai. inspector.

All light. doctor.

- Thank you very much.
-Thank you.

Well. sir?

I'm worried. Bacon.

- About the doctor?
-No. no. not him.

I'm worried about Miss Marple.

Looking 1o! something. Miss Marple?

No. l...

Ale you...? Ale you all light?

Yes. peliectly. thank you. MI. Eastley.

What is it you want?

Well. I just thought I'd take up
the old boy's nightcap...

...and save you the trouble.

That's kind o1 you. It is ready.

The storm. I expect.
Electricity supply': lather shaky.

Like the lest o1 the place.

- You'le a little shaky too. aren't you?
-N0. not a1 all.

- Thank you.
-Thank you.

Oh. my goodness. what are you doing?

Looking 1o! light.

- You ought to be asleep.
-I happen to be leading.

May I ask what you're doing?

Trying to provide light.

Oh. I see. Well, you won't
find it there, you know.

- Indeed?
-lt's a powel1ailule.OHen happens.

- May I borrow this?
-Alexandel. come back.

Good night, Jane.

Who's that? Who is it?

MI. Cedric. it's a power failure.
Oflen happens.

I'll have to lind some candles.
il you'll excuse me.

Just a minute.

My sister says you started work here
only a iew days ago.

Yes.

You don't look like a domestic to me.

I have to earn my living.
MI. Ackentholpe. like anybody else.

The day aflel you arrived.
the body was discovered.

- You found it. didn't you?
-What makes you think that?

Because it fits. and so neaily.

You telephoned the police. didn't you?

I assure you. I am not the person
who telephoned the police.

- You'le not?
-No.

Who are you?
What are you doing here?

I have already told you.

Well. I'm going to watch you
very closely. Miss Marple.

Jane.

Oh. Hillman. I want
to have a wold with you.

Help.

Help.

What's the matter? What is it?

Albeli. see to Albert.

Alexander. call the dociol. quickly.

There's nothing I could do 1o! him.
I'm ahaid. inspector.

How are the others now?

Well. Emma. Cedric. Harold and Eastley...

...have had only comparatively
minor eflects.

And the old man will be all light.
He's a tough old bird.

They'll be recovered by morning.

- No doubt about the cause?
-No.

They were all poisoned.

Well. thank you. doctor.

Ouimpel! Ouimpel!

Harold. I might have expected him
to bellow the hardest.

- This is the last. Chicken stock.
-Thank you.

- Finished. sergeant?
-Just aboui. sir.

See that stuH gets
down to the lab light away.

We're pretty well all through 1o! tonight.

Well. Miss Marple?

Mushroom soup. curried duck.
lice and apple pie.

Thank you.

- Mushloom soup out o1 a can. I suppose?
-Celtainly not.

Hali a pound o1 mushrooms.
chicken stock. milk. flour. butter...

...lemon juice. touch o1 herbs.

- Mushlooms?
-I had some o1 the soup myseli. Superb.

I'm sure. The pie?

I'm ahaid I never can resist
my own pie. inspector.

Anybody else's. o1 coulse...

- The curly?
-Exactly.

Good. o1 course.
But lice. you see“ Fattening.

And as I was having the pie...

Where did the duck come from?

Oh. those. MI. Harold shot them.

He seems to be lather fond
oi killing things.

The boy. Alexander. he doesn't seem
to have had any cuny either?

No. I thought it would appeal to him.

Curious child.

Well. did anyone come into the kitchen
while the cooking was going on?

Not while I was there.

I do have other duties, you know.

Anyone could've come in then.

Six people are poisoned...

...only one dies.

I'm thinking about that too. inspector.

Excuse me. sil. message
110m the chiei constable.

- He's waiting up to heal your report.
-All light.

- In person. sir.
-Right. sergeant. get the cal.

- L'll be out in a minute.
-Vely good.

I think the two killings
are connected. don't you?

Yes. I do.

Now. we've got to find out who
has that compact, Miss Marple.

So far I've only been able
to search one room.

- Whose?
-Un1oltunaiely. Albert's.

- Miss Marple. I have to go now. bub-
-Oh. yes. I know.

A policeman's work is never done.

Nor a woman's.

I was going to say. please be caleiul.

Il you do think ol anything. I hope you'll
take me into your confidence.

The lab boys turned it up
as arsenic in the cuny.

Not a loi, just enough 1o!
stomach aches all the way around.

- Not enough to kill.
-So Albert must have had an extra dose.

Yes. but why poison the others at all?

Il the poisonel is a member ol the lamily.
he had to be ill as well.

Well. say it isn't sir.

I mean. that gardener
o1 theirs. Hillman...

...thele's talk in the local pub that
he's in to! a nice bequest...

...when old Ackentholpe goes.

Well. it is a possibility. sir.

You're iolgetting
the dead woman. Bacon.

This poisoning makes it pretty certain
she was Maltine Ackentholpe.

French police come up
with something then?

Only that there's
no record o1 a marriage.

The village where Edmund was stationed
was blown to bits during the war.

- All the files in the town hall. destroyed.
-Well. sir?

Well. don't you see, Bacon?
It's the pattern 0t the killings.

Only a member ol the family would
want to get lid ol he! too.

Yes. kill 0H your relations in easy stages.
except the old man.

When he dies a natural death...

...inhelit the entire ioltune
as well as the property.

Albert must have got his
second dose aflel dinner.

Possibly in a drink.

I shouldn't drink that.

- Why not?
-Because it's lunch time.

- What is it?
-Bee1 bloih. baked custard.

Beei broth? But I ordered bee? steak.

The doctor said bee? broth.

To the blazes with him.
I give the orders in this house.

I'm sick o1 slops. Take it away.

Certainly.

Hillman. another bottle.

Surely you realize that
i1 the woman was Maltine...

...by showing that letter to the police.
you've pointed the tinge! at one 0t us.

Not only 1o! he! death. but Albert's too.

- Exactly. One o1 us.
-I might have expected that 110m you.

Come now. you're thinking along
exactly the same lines as I am.

L1 you didn't do it, that is.
You're probably thinking it was me.

Stop it. Stop it.

OI even you. deal Emma.

Look. I think we've had just aboui
enough o1 this nonsense.

I bet the police don't think it's nonsense.

Now listen. Cedric...

...say what you like about the lest o1 us.
but leave Emma out o1 it.

Well. it could be argued. you know...

...that Emma kept that letter to helseli until
she could use it to he! own advantage.

Whai?

I think you'd better explain that.

Well. let's iace it. The moment
Maltine's body was discovered...

...evelyone in this family
was under suspicion...

...including you. Emma.

And the moment you produced
the letter voluntarily...

...evelyone was under suspicion...

...excluding you.

- I hadn't thought 0t it like that.
-You must be round the bend.

That woman was strangled.

Do you think your sister capable
0t a thing like that?

Oh. but Emma's an attractive woman.
don't you think so?

Well?

Well. an attractive woman doesn't need
to do he! own dirty work. does she?

Emma. I think we better
leave them to it.

Now. now. Eastley...

...Emma has he! eye
on the good dociol, you know?

I'm ahaid it's not going to be easy 1o! you
to many into the family 1o! a second time.

Thai hi1 home, didn'i it?

Yes. and I'm about ready
to bleak your blasted neck.

Very possibly.

But tell me something first:

Do you deny meeting Emma
secretly in the grounds...

...the night beiole
the body was discovered?

- Well. l...
-Hillman saw you, you know.

All Iighi. we did meet that night, yes.

He asked me to intelcede with Father.

- What 101?
-To borrow money. i1 you must know.

Oh. my goodness.

What are you doing?

Making up the bed.

But you made it up this morning.

Yes. but the pillow slips needs changing.

They look peliectly all light to me.

But not to me. What am I doing?

I do wish that woman would huny up.

They know I don't like being
here aflel dark.

Whafle you aieald o1?
Some man will get you?

You know.it's1unny how
things always come together.

My sister's eldest had measles...

...and then he! Ernie iell
and bloke his arm...

...and he! husband come
out all over with boils.

All in the same week.
You wouldn't believe it, would you?

It's gonna be the same thing here.

First that nasty murder...

...and then MI. Albert poisoned.

Who's gonna be the nexl.
I'd like to know?

Things always go in threes.

Here you are. Mrs. Kidder.
I'm sony to have kept you...

...but the doctor has been
with MI. Ackentholpe.

Long wait 1o! very little.

The younger generation.

Well. I don't know.

What's the matter with you?

It's MI. Harold.

Did he use this on himseli.
or did somebody else pull the trigger?

Well. it'll add up ii it was suicide.

Harold killed the other two.
got cold leet...

...and took what is laughingly
called “the easy way out.“

All o1 them knew he liked shooting
beiole dinner when he was at the Hall.

But he was shot 110m a range
o1 two inches.

All light. someone he knows
comes up to him...

...casually asks to have a look
at the gun and...

Still could've been suicide. though.

It I were the murderer, that's exactly
what I'd want us to think.

One thing's sure. we can't risk
any more killings. Come on.

- Whele to. sir?
-The Hall.

I'm gonna find that compact...

...i1 I have to tum the whole place
and everyone in it upside down.

Excuse me. sir.
There's a lady to see you. sir.

A Miss Marple.

Oh. come in.
Good aflemoon. Miss Marple.

- You were going somewhere?
-Yes.

Then I'll come to the point at once.

A beautitul little piece. isn't it?

- Who had it?
-Young Alexander.

- Whai?
-I should have realized. o1 course.

That boy's incorrigible.

Playing it in the middle
ol the night like that. Typical.

- So we're back where we started?
-Oh. no. inspector.

I think I know who our murderer is.

The difliculty': going to be
getting him to show his hand.

- Sit down. Miss Marple.
-Thank you.

Oh. hold that expression. Emma.

Oh. pity. you spoiled it.

What's the matiel. darling?
Things not working out 1o! you?

How do you manage to make everything
you say sound like an insinuation?

- He works at it.
-Fol heaven's sake stop iussing. Ouimpel.

Il I wish to come down.
I shall do so.

I think this chair, Hillman.

- Fathel. don't you think“?
-Now. don't you start.

Sony. but you know what he's like
when his mind is made up.

I'm not gonna stay up there all alone.
Might get murdered in me bed.

At least there's some saiety in numbers.

- I quite agree with you. Father.
-Well. that makes a nice change.

I want a drink.
N0. not you. Ouimpel.

Then I must be going.

Don't smother me with it. man.
put it round me knees.

Well. this is all very nice and cozy.

How about a rubber o1 bridge?

It was just a thought.

What have you got there, boy?

Oh. a charming little thing.

French. Second Empire.
Pretty valuable. I'd say.

- Whele'd you get it?
-lt belongs to Miss Marple.

Really? You better give it
back to her, haven't you?

I only borrowed it.
I'll drop it in on my way to bed.

Come in. doctor.

You were expecting me?

Didn't Alexander tell you?

Tell me what?

Folgeflul boy.

I have a sole thloai. doctor...

...and I asked him to ask you to be kind
enough to have a look at it beiole you lefl.

L see.

I'm sony to trouble you. I haven't
had one o1 these throats in years.

Well. you've been lucky. Miss Marple.

Any headaches?

N0. just a sole throat.

Well. we'll have a look.

- This is lather attractive.
-Yes. isn't it?

- Whele did you get it?
-I found it.

- Whele?
-In the stables here.

Heafly?

Open wide. please.

Say “aah.“

No inflammation.

Don't you think that was
a little dishonest?

Keeping the compact. I mean?

Under the circumstances. doctor. no.

- Is there any swelling?
-I don't think so.

I've seen you like that
once beiole. doctor...

...youl hands at a woman's throat.

It was on a train.
and you were strangling her.

That's quite an allegation.

I have a iew more.

You've come to! the compact
because you had given it to that woman...

...and it might be traced back to you.

- I think she was your wiie.
-Do you?

You killed he! aflel you had written
that letter to Emma...

...signing it “Martina Ackentholpe.“

Why should I do that?

The murder. so that you would
then be flee to many Emma...

...the letter. so that people would think
the dead woman was Maltine...

...and look among the family
lo! the killer...

...nevel at you.

How did you arrive at
this iascinating hypothesis?

It was I who found he! body.

Maltine was. or is. 1o! all I know.
a Normandy peasant.

The dead woman had never
worked on a ialm in he! life.

I saw he! hands.

- Go on.
-Celtainly.

You then proceeded to
augment your prospects...

...by eliminating Albert and Harold.

How. conceivably?

You contrived to introduce
arsenic into my CUIIY...

...which I find unfolgivable. by the way...

...knowing that you would be called on
to deal with the attelettects.

Easy then to give Albert
his final dose in the medicine.

And Harold?

You shot him
and made it look like suicide.

Ingenious. I musi admit.

More than that.

Now. that you are here to secure
your dead wi1e's compact...

...a1ail case.

Yes.

A pity you won't be able
to present it.

One more murder. doctor.
might be one too many.

This won't look like murder.
Miss Marple.

The death certificate.
signed by me. o1 course...

...will register heart failure.

- You all light?
-Yes. thank you.

You're under anesi.
and I must warn you--

That everything I've said has been taken
down and will be used in evidence.

You were light about
everything. o1 course.

You're a very brave woman. Miss Marple.

Good night.

About time too.

I was coming up to see you.
you know. beiole leaving.

No need to leave.

- I have my own home. MI. Ackentholpe.
-Sell it.

Why on earth should I?

Well. taking one thing and anotheL...

I mean. you're a iail cook...

...and you seem to have
your wits about you...

...and. well. I've decided to many you.

- Well?
-Well. I'm honored. o1 course.

O1 course you are.
but come to the point.

I'm ahaid that cannot be.

Why?

Well. i1 ever I do embark
on such a venture...

...thele is someone else.

Nonsense.

I don't believe it.
Who on earth would have you?

Apparently you. 'for one.
MI. Ackentholpe.

Goodbye.

The woman must be
completely unbalanced.

- Oh. Miss Marple. I am so glad.
-How good o1 you to come.

- Let me give you a hand.
-Thank you.

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