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Is that you darling?
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-Good evening Mr Allen
-For two one please
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I have over here
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All right,Sir?
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-Yes, I'm waiting for Miss Bridges
-Very good,Sir
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Good evening,Parker
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-Hello,Allen
-Seeing anybody?
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Excuse me
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You're very late
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-I apologize Alycia
-I demand an explanation
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The office
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Isn't Jonathan coming?
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He sends his apologies,I'm afraid
you does have to put up with me
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Waiter
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Is that a friend of yours?
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One of my writers
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He looks lonely
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Waiter! Ask the gentleman sitting alone
if he cares to join us,would you?
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Certainly,Sir
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Is he useful?
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In certain direction
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Interesting(?)
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Alycia,may I present you Allen?
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-Hugh
-This is Mrs Jonathan Roach
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Care to join us?
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I am waiting for someone
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Won't you wait here?
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Pleasure
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I understand you're a writer
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Yes,I write unpublished novels
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Not all of them
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He's just being kind
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Ronnie once published two of my books
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He's regretted ever since
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Nonsense
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I'm sure he hasn't
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-Would you like to dance?
-I'd love to
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You mind Ronnie?
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Not at all
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I'll entertain your guests
when she arrives
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Waiter
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I think you..
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You first
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I was going say I think you're the
most beautiful woman in the world
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And I think you're the most beautiful man
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Except for Ronald Parker
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What are you working on now?
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A thing called Murder by Morning
Post,sounds dreadful,doesn't it?
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Why is it so many writers
chose murder for a subject?
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Well it's supposed to be
commercial but I'm bound to say
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I haven't found my
check books(?) of it
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I think the people should have practical
experience of what they write about
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Why don't you try romance?
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Thank you,Mrs Roach
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You're welcome,Mr Allen
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Two other gents used to call
her called a quite a lot,Sir
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Do you know their names?
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-Yes,a Mr Jonathan Roach an author
-What?
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-He writes books
-Oh,it's Roach
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Anyone else?
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A Mr Hugh Allen,he's the
one who sent the flowers
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Oh,what time did they arrive?
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Oh,about half past seven,Sir
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I didn't bring them up right away
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-Because I ..
-Because of what?
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I usually pop round the
corner to wet my whistle,Sir
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That's when I saw Mr Parker's car
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What time did you get back?
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A quarter to nine,Sir
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A rather long whistle,wasn't it?
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The car gone then?
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-Yes,Sir
-Hello could I speak with Mr Parker,please
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Oh do you happen to
know the telephone number?
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Oh thanks,thanks very much no no no message
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We get the Flamenco restaurant,OK?
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Go ahead
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Did Mr Parker call her much?
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Yes,he used to drop Miss Bridges
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On the way from the office
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What was she? Was she a secretary?
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I believe so,Sir
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Flamenco restaurant?
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I understand you have a Mr Ronald
Parker dining with you tonight
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Could you call him to the phone,please
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OK,he can go
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All right,the inspector will
call for you if we need you
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Most of these are signed Hugh
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Hello
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-Mr Parker
-Yes,Ronald Parker speaking
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Yes,I know her
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What's that?
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I'll be there about 20 minutes
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You must be very proud of your husband
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He's a genius,isn't he?
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That's what he tells me
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Hugh
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Were you expecting to meet Jean?
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Yes,I was
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I'm afraid she won't be coming
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I just had a phone call from the police
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-Something wrong?
-I think there must be
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They've asked me to
go to her flat right away
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I'll come along
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Now I think it'd be better
if you stayed here
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If Alycia doesn't mind
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Of course I don't mind
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I'll be back as soon as
I can,excuse me,Alycia
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I believe he's been
seeing a lot of her recently
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He had a date with her
tonight at the Flamenco
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-How do you know?
-He was waiting for her,when I met him
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Where were you Mr Parker
before you went to the Flamenco?
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At my office
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What time?
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Oh,nine o'clock I had a
lot of work to catch up on
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Anyone with you?
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No
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You say Miss Bridges
left at her normal time
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-which was?- 5 30 -and
you didn't see her again?
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-I told you I was working
-Of course
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So you left the office at 9 pm?
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Do you mind telling me what your
car was doing outside here at 6 30 pm?
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-My car?
-Your car
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The porter saw it outside the block
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Oh yes,of course I had to collect
some papers from my flat
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I called by here to ask Miss Bridges to
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-do a letter
-There is a letter in the typewriter,Sir
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Well
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Why did you tell me you
didn't see her again?
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I completely forgot,stupid of me
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As a matter of fact I have a
had rather lot on my mind lately
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Business worries
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All right,I'm sorry to kept you so long
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-Good night
-Good night
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Most people were at dinner
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And the porter was having
a snifter of the local boozer
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Love from Hugh
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What a lovely idea of yours
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It's a bit less crowded than the Flamenco
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My husband is not going to
be very pleased with us
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You can always say that
you came overfed(?)
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-Do you like this place?
-Quite perfect
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You come here to write?
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Sometimes
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That girl you were waiting for this evening
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Aren't you curious to know
why Ronnie had to go to her flat?
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Yes,I think
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Well,if you'd waited you'd found out
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If I'd waited I wouldn't be here now
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Are you in love with her?
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In love?
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Yes
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You usually ask girls to
dinner if you don't like?
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I didn't say I didn't like her
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I'm too inquisitive
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And I'm too obvious
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As a matter of fact
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Jean and I were meeting
for the last time tonight
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I think we are both pretty relieved
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No appeals then?
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And no ties
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I'd like you to read one of my books
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If you could bear it
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Will you send me one?
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I've got a better idea
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Why don't you come and fetch it?
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Much too obvious
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Good morning,Jonathan
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Good morning
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You were in rather late
last night,weren't you?
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Quite late
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Did you enjoy the concert?
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No,it was noisy
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The concert?
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The rabble was supposed
to be listening to it
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Anything new in the paper?
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Yes,Parker's secretary has
been murdered,Jean Bridges
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No
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See my old friend Inspector
Thornton is in charge of the case
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I wonder who did it
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You knew her,didn't you?
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I did
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Good heavens I'm supposed to be
in the theatre in half an hour
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I shall have to rush
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-I'm going to London shall I drop you off?
-Thank you
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Extraordinary things these
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Two of them keep me alive
and four put me under the ground
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I'll get the car
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What was she like?
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Who?
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Jean Bridges
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Oh,she loved life
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Most people do
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I hate it,I hate anything
that hangs by a thread
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Are you not feeling better lately?
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I wouldn't say your life hangs by a thread
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You mean you only hope it does
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Was there anything very special about her?
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She was unusual
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Attractive I'm sure
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Generous
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-And intelligent?
-On the contrary
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I rated her intelligence
even lower than I do yours
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Thank you,my dear
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You want me to pick you up?
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No thanks
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-Hello,Thornton
-Can I have a word with you?
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You can talk to me while we
are rehearsing,my new play
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Should interest you,police inspector
turns out to be the murderer
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"Oh I don't slate
everybody,just Priscilla,please"
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-Good morning,Jonathan
-Good morning
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"All right now,Henry,you're discovered back
to the audience looking out of the window"
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"Georgina,you enter from the left"
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"Naturally you're surprised to see him"
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"Start your speech after
he lit your cigarette"
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"Lydia,you're seated..."
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Have you discovered Jean
Bridges' murderer yet?
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No,not yet
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When did it happen?
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We were not able to
pinpoint the time but it
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It must have been soon
after 7 30 pm last night
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-All right,Jonathan?
-Yes,all right
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"All right take up your.."
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I was with myself in the afternoon
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Do you happen to remember the exact time?
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About 6 pm
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Do you mind telling me what
you did after you left her?
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Yes I went to the park and fed the pigeons
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Did you meet anyone there that
might have recognized you?
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They all did
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absurdly tame at this time of this year
one of them even sat on my shoulder
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-What I mean is
-Ssh
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"I didn't expect to see you"
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"I had to come back"
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"After we talked last night"
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"Everything seems so
final yet so incomplete"
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Mr Bannister do you mind raising
your voice this is not a bedroom scene
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"Yet so incomplete
darling you must listen to me"
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Miss Thompson,you are not trying to escape
from a piece of (?)believe it or not
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"Eric please "
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-Miss Thompson
-What the hell is it now?
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Miss Thompson,you're a
woman of spirit,a living flame
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You're in love with this man
and yet you are repulsed by him
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-Mr Bannister
-Yes
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You know how she feels towards
you so try to employ a little more delicacy
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Your amorous advances
should be a little more wary
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and a little less like a grizzly
bear at the height of its (?) cycle
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I beg your pardon
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Of its mating season now do it again
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Yes,Mr Roach
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-"I didn't expect to see you"
-"I had to come back"
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Are you still here?
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Did you meet any friends?
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My friends are out of London
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-All of them?
-Both of them
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Will you please raise your voices a little
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-Acquaintances then?
-None that I know of
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You didn't return to Miss Bridges flat?
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No,after the park I went to
a concert at the Albert Hall
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I arrived ,let me see,about 8 pm
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At the end of the first movement
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I sat at the cheap seats as I always do
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Have you got any idea who did it?
264
00:15:54,194 --> 00:15:57,663
When you left the girl did she appear
worried or upset about anything?
265
00:15:57,663 --> 00:15:59,301
No,she seemed in excellent spirit
266
00:15:59,349 --> 00:16:01,061
People usually are when I leave them
267
00:16:01,061 --> 00:16:03,140
"What do you think they did to me"
268
00:16:03,346 --> 00:16:06,117
"What sort of life do you think
I've had since I married you"
269
00:16:06,693 --> 00:16:07,797
"Do you ever stop to think"
270
00:16:07,897 --> 00:16:10,470
"of the kind of life I could have
had if I'd never met you?"
271
00:16:10,797 --> 00:16:12,153
"The opportunities I missed"
272
00:16:12,311 --> 00:16:14,469
Can you tell us anything
about this girl's character
273
00:16:14,569 --> 00:16:16,129
that might help our investigations
274
00:16:16,129 --> 00:16:19,017
Yes,she had no brains
275
00:16:19,017 --> 00:16:21,189
with a sort of low animal cunning which
276
00:16:21,189 --> 00:16:22,270
served just as well
277
00:16:22,345 --> 00:16:24,196
Have you've been able
to discover the motive?
278
00:16:24,196 --> 00:16:25,244
Not yet
279
00:16:25,244 --> 00:16:26,970
If you know of anything that might help us
280
00:16:27,070 --> 00:16:29,415
I'd be awfully grateful if you
give me a ring at the Yard
281
00:16:29,415 --> 00:16:31,146
-Good day
-Good bye
282
00:16:33,344 --> 00:16:36,574
Miss Thompson could you manage
a little feeling in your voice?
283
00:16:36,574 --> 00:16:40,010
It will assist the audience to
endure the expression on your face
284
00:16:40,010 --> 00:16:42,132
Difficult I'm sure
285
00:16:43,888 --> 00:16:45,604
-Nice chap
-Charming
286
00:16:45,976 --> 00:16:47,202
-What next?
-Hugh Allen
287
00:17:19,059 --> 00:17:20,159
Hi
288
00:17:26,673 --> 00:17:27,768
Hi there
289
00:17:57,009 --> 00:17:58,085
Good morning
290
00:17:58,185 --> 00:17:59,525
How did you get here?
291
00:18:00,379 --> 00:18:01,843
Your most excellent butler let me in
292
00:18:10,697 --> 00:18:12,804
-What's the time?
- 10 30 am
293
00:18:18,809 --> 00:18:20,100
Have you seen the morning paper?
294
00:18:21,109 --> 00:18:22,137
Yes I have
295
00:18:31,304 --> 00:18:32,396
Poor Jean
296
00:18:32,996 --> 00:18:34,129
She didn't deserve that
297
00:18:34,129 --> 00:18:36,747
People don't deserve to be
murdered in their own
298
00:18:38,553 --> 00:18:39,857
People I write about always do
299
00:18:41,945 --> 00:18:44,399
Have you ever tried writing
beneath the surface?
300
00:18:46,561 --> 00:18:47,599
From your heart
301
00:18:49,089 --> 00:18:50,249
I wasn't aware I had one
302
00:18:50,249 --> 00:18:51,779
Till last night
303
00:18:54,269 --> 00:18:55,517
What happened last night?
304
00:18:55,956 --> 00:18:56,956
I met you
305
00:18:59,091 --> 00:19:00,091
Is that all?
306
00:19:01,012 --> 00:19:02,837
I mean all that happened?
307
00:19:06,360 --> 00:19:07,756
I didn't murder Jean Bridges
308
00:19:10,846 --> 00:19:12,088
I didn't ask you
309
00:19:12,740 --> 00:19:14,867
I thought I'd make the point quite clear
310
00:19:17,052 --> 00:19:18,942
-Is this one of yours?
-Yes
311
00:19:19,455 --> 00:19:21,351
"Gale warning" can I take it?
312
00:19:21,351 --> 00:19:22,559
When you go
313
00:19:23,823 --> 00:19:25,246
-I'm going
-So soon
314
00:19:25,246 --> 00:19:26,689
I can't wait to read it
315
00:19:27,170 --> 00:19:28,534
I'm supposed to be a good critic
316
00:19:29,645 --> 00:19:31,896
If I don't like it I'll advise
you to sell motorcars
317
00:19:31,896 --> 00:19:34,190
Tell me are you attracted to me?
318
00:19:34,190 --> 00:19:37,908
Or just fascinated by
my literary potentialities
319
00:19:37,908 --> 00:19:40,042
A wise woman let the
man guess what she thinks
320
00:19:45,587 --> 00:19:47,477
Would you like to hide under the sofa?
321
00:19:50,792 --> 00:19:53,750
Thank you,no,I feel so
foolish if somebody looked
322
00:19:53,750 --> 00:19:56,133
But if you do then say I was just leaving
323
00:19:57,793 --> 00:19:59,098
I shall know what to say
324
00:20:00,813 --> 00:20:02,226
-Mr Allen?
-Yes
325
00:20:02,226 --> 00:20:03,959
Inspector Thornton of the Scotland Yard
326
00:20:04,059 --> 00:20:06,214
-May I have a word with you?
-Won't you come inside?
327
00:20:06,214 --> 00:20:07,292
Thank you
328
00:20:09,500 --> 00:20:11,079
Excuse me I was just leaving
329
00:20:12,735 --> 00:20:16,150
Oh,Mr Allen I'll read your book and I may
give you a telephone call tomorrow morning
330
00:20:16,810 --> 00:20:17,858
If you're still at large
331
00:20:23,370 --> 00:20:25,662
-Oh do sit down,won't you?
-Thank you
332
00:20:26,117 --> 00:20:28,366
I understand you were
a friend of Jean Bridges
333
00:20:28,366 --> 00:20:29,466
Yes
334
00:20:29,466 --> 00:20:32,021
Yes,I suppose you're aware
that she was murdered last night
335
00:20:32,021 --> 00:20:33,963
Yes,she was going to have dinner with me
336
00:20:33,963 --> 00:20:35,516
What time did you arrange to meet her?
337
00:20:35,837 --> 00:20:37,332
-8 o'clock
-At the Flamenco?
338
00:20:37,332 --> 00:20:39,798
-Yes
-Where were you before then?
339
00:20:40,507 --> 00:20:42,952
I was driving up from the country,Rye
340
00:20:42,952 --> 00:20:44,470
What time did you leave there?
341
00:20:45,081 --> 00:20:46,647
About a quarter to 7 pm
342
00:20:47,346 --> 00:20:49,996
It'll take you about 45 minutes
to get to town wouldn't it?
343
00:20:49,996 --> 00:20:51,173
No longer
344
00:20:54,115 --> 00:20:57,218
I had a slow puncture I had to keep
on stopping to put more air in the tyre
345
00:20:57,218 --> 00:20:58,590
I had no spare
346
00:20:58,970 --> 00:21:00,908
I suppose you passed a number of garages
347
00:21:00,908 --> 00:21:02,542
that could have changed the tyre for you
348
00:21:02,642 --> 00:21:03,816
Most of them were closed
349
00:21:03,816 --> 00:21:07,115
Can you think of anyone who might
have seen you on the road about 7 30 pm?
350
00:21:07,910 --> 00:21:09,193
No I can't
351
00:21:09,193 --> 00:21:10,702
-Is it important?
-It could be
352
00:21:10,779 --> 00:21:12,181
May I ask you a personal question?
353
00:21:13,233 --> 00:21:14,452
Were you in love with her?
354
00:21:15,157 --> 00:21:16,237
No
355
00:21:16,237 --> 00:21:18,585
The orchids rather suggested
that you'd might have been
356
00:21:19,099 --> 00:21:20,842
Did you ever,did you ever quarrel with her?
357
00:21:20,842 --> 00:21:23,780
-Yes,frequently
-What about,another man?
358
00:21:23,780 --> 00:21:25,253
-Yes
-Who was it?
359
00:21:25,599 --> 00:21:26,777
She wouldn't tell me
360
00:21:26,916 --> 00:21:27,950
That's why we quarrelled
361
00:21:28,726 --> 00:21:29,726
I see
362
00:21:30,872 --> 00:21:32,343
-Is there anything else?
-Yes
363
00:21:32,859 --> 00:21:35,268
Were you aware that
she was a convicted blackmailer?
364
00:21:38,069 --> 00:21:39,080
Yes
365
00:21:39,664 --> 00:21:40,758
Thank you
366
00:21:45,646 --> 00:21:47,043
-Good day
-Bye
367
00:21:51,274 --> 00:21:53,203
The porter found her at 7 50 pm
368
00:21:53,203 --> 00:21:54,454
when he delivered the orchids
369
00:21:54,454 --> 00:21:56,387
But three are men
who can't establish an alibi
370
00:21:56,387 --> 00:21:59,046
during the twenty five minutes
in which she was murdered
371
00:21:59,046 --> 00:22:02,065
Now Roach was somewhere
between Hyde Park and the Albert Hall
372
00:22:02,503 --> 00:22:04,198
Parker was in his office alone
373
00:22:04,618 --> 00:22:06,570
And Hugh Allen was driving from the country
374
00:22:07,556 --> 00:22:09,059
Each knew Jean Bridges
375
00:22:09,059 --> 00:22:10,776
And each had an opportunity of killing her
376
00:22:11,683 --> 00:22:12,700
What do we do next?
377
00:22:13,090 --> 00:22:14,678
We have three men to watch
378
00:22:15,228 --> 00:22:17,883
And I think their behaviour
is going to be very revealing
379
00:22:27,091 --> 00:22:28,307
Thank you,Pierce
380
00:22:33,925 --> 00:22:34,997
What are you reading?
381
00:22:36,019 --> 00:22:37,715
"Gale warning" by Hugh Allen
382
00:22:38,461 --> 00:22:40,468
-Allen?
-Do you know him?
383
00:22:41,703 --> 00:22:43,450
I've heard of him
384
00:22:44,274 --> 00:22:45,325
Through Parker?
385
00:22:45,763 --> 00:22:47,556
Probably,where did you meet him?
386
00:22:47,556 --> 00:22:49,239
Parker introduced us
387
00:22:51,395 --> 00:22:52,668
This isn't at all bad
388
00:22:52,844 --> 00:22:53,918
You care to read it?
389
00:22:54,375 --> 00:22:55,544
No thanks
390
00:22:57,081 --> 00:22:59,519
His style reminds me a little
of some of your earlier works
391
00:23:00,427 --> 00:23:02,897
Before you decided to
become an intellectual snob
392
00:23:03,481 --> 00:23:04,508
Alycia
393
00:23:04,527 --> 00:23:06,204
Are you deliberately trying to annoy me?
394
00:23:06,836 --> 00:23:07,962
Not at all
395
00:23:07,962 --> 00:23:09,777
And don't compare a down and out hack
396
00:23:09,777 --> 00:23:12,308
with one of the field marshals
of British literature
397
00:23:12,308 --> 00:23:14,710
Oh,he isn't down and out by any means
398
00:23:19,069 --> 00:23:21,932
Have you made up your mind
yet about the BBC broadcast?
399
00:23:21,932 --> 00:23:23,886
Yes,I've decided not to do them
400
00:23:24,348 --> 00:23:25,352
Why not?
401
00:23:25,868 --> 00:23:27,133
I don't like broadcasting
402
00:23:28,024 --> 00:23:29,834
It seems a pity to waste all that material
403
00:23:30,364 --> 00:23:32,521
And the BBC are offering
you a lot of money,Jonathan
404
00:23:32,521 --> 00:23:33,643
That's unusual
405
00:23:33,643 --> 00:23:35,270
It'll go towards your income tax
406
00:23:36,410 --> 00:23:37,719
What an inducement
407
00:23:38,332 --> 00:23:41,418
Anyway I don't like the stories
they're old and dated
408
00:23:42,787 --> 00:23:44,495
-The BBC liked them
-Naturally
409
00:23:45,138 --> 00:23:46,526
And they don't know you wrote them
410
00:23:47,546 --> 00:23:49,026
I submitted them under a pen name
411
00:23:49,026 --> 00:23:50,650
You what?
412
00:23:50,650 --> 00:23:54,936
Yes,I was curious to know whether they'd
recognize great writing,when they saw it
413
00:23:54,936 --> 00:23:56,373
Frankly they did
414
00:23:57,647 --> 00:23:59,014
What name did you use?
415
00:23:59,014 --> 00:24:00,346
Merrill
416
00:24:05,260 --> 00:24:06,762
If you don't want to do the broadcast
417
00:24:06,862 --> 00:24:08,325
let's get someone else to do them
418
00:24:08,325 --> 00:24:09,356
Who do you suggest?
419
00:24:09,356 --> 00:24:10,382
It doesn't really matter
420
00:24:10,382 --> 00:24:11,863
-Staff announcer
-Not
421
00:24:11,863 --> 00:24:13,130
-Actor
-An actor?
422
00:24:14,357 --> 00:24:16,321
Well then,how about a writer,an unknown
423
00:24:17,214 --> 00:24:18,967
There must be dozens who'd jump the chance
424
00:24:19,067 --> 00:24:21,494
of broadcasting for a field
marshal of British literature
425
00:24:21,494 --> 00:24:25,180
Alycia,I'm intrigued to know why
you pursue my business interest
426
00:24:25,180 --> 00:24:26,395
with so much avidity
427
00:24:27,231 --> 00:24:29,897
Business is the only thing
we have in common,Jonathan
428
00:24:35,570 --> 00:24:37,420
And after all you made me your manager
429
00:24:44,152 --> 00:24:45,335
Good night,Jonathan
430
00:25:16,071 --> 00:25:17,523
Your holiday was wonderful
431
00:25:17,523 --> 00:25:19,057
Remind you don't fall in
432
00:25:19,808 --> 00:25:20,941
Of course I won't
433
00:25:29,147 --> 00:25:30,512
Hurry up,slow coach
434
00:25:30,512 --> 00:25:31,540
I've just got to tie up
435
00:25:31,540 --> 00:25:33,065
I've got the radio thing
436
00:25:33,065 --> 00:25:34,288
You don't need the radio
437
00:25:37,530 --> 00:25:38,530
Heavenly
438
00:25:39,553 --> 00:25:41,595
And we met only three days ago
439
00:25:58,035 --> 00:25:59,187
What is it?
440
00:26:01,313 --> 00:26:02,313
Jonathan?
441
00:26:05,111 --> 00:26:06,135
Leave him
442
00:26:13,810 --> 00:26:14,849
Do you really want it?
443
00:26:15,197 --> 00:26:16,497
Of course I do,darling
444
00:26:18,390 --> 00:26:19,390
I love you
445
00:26:27,065 --> 00:26:28,065
But
446
00:26:28,820 --> 00:26:31,496
I can't ask you,I'm a failure
447
00:26:31,496 --> 00:26:34,274
-Don't say that,it isn't true
-But it is true
448
00:26:36,933 --> 00:26:38,631
Look I read your books
449
00:26:39,321 --> 00:26:40,448
Do I have to sell motorcars?
450
00:26:40,448 --> 00:26:41,536
No
451
00:26:41,936 --> 00:26:45,014
Seriously,not as long as you can
write books like "Gale warning",it's good
452
00:26:45,516 --> 00:26:47,842
Obviously it needs a little
more work but it's all there
453
00:26:48,855 --> 00:26:50,054
Well,Parker didn't think so
454
00:26:50,054 --> 00:26:51,692
Parker doesn't know
455
00:26:54,403 --> 00:26:56,080
I want you to meet Jonathan
456
00:26:57,352 --> 00:26:58,352
Why?
457
00:26:58,750 --> 00:26:59,796
I have an idea
458
00:27:02,298 --> 00:27:03,658
Trust me
459
00:27:24,206 --> 00:27:25,280
What time's dinner?
460
00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:27,359
Madam has asked it to
be served at 8 o'clock,Sir
461
00:27:27,419 --> 00:27:28,517
All right
462
00:27:30,030 --> 00:27:32,034
Tell me the bad news,the truth
463
00:27:32,034 --> 00:27:35,411
If you take things easily
you might live for 5 years
464
00:27:35,411 --> 00:27:37,228
-but if you don't
-How long?
465
00:27:37,721 --> 00:27:39,231
Three months at the outside
466
00:27:39,231 --> 00:27:40,727
A man can do a lot in three months
467
00:27:40,727 --> 00:27:44,378
I want you to carry on with the digitalis
and get this prescription made up
468
00:27:44,378 --> 00:27:46,954
To take in the event of an
attack I'll give it to Pierce
469
00:27:46,954 --> 00:27:48,016
What is it?
470
00:27:48,016 --> 00:27:50,354
Apemphy(?),see that you
don't exceed the dose
471
00:27:50,821 --> 00:27:53,886
You know,you're a terrible
trial to me,Jonathan
472
00:27:54,554 --> 00:27:56,021
Am I your worst patient?
473
00:27:56,208 --> 00:27:57,556
By far the worst
474
00:27:57,556 --> 00:28:00,174
-I like distinction in everything
-Quite incorrigible
475
00:28:02,810 --> 00:28:04,465
If you change your mind about the work
476
00:28:04,465 --> 00:28:07,555
-I won't
-Good night,Jonathan
477
00:28:07,555 --> 00:28:08,555
Good night
478
00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:18,528
Well,that's that
479
00:28:19,058 --> 00:28:20,691
What did Dr Forrest have to say?
480
00:28:20,691 --> 00:28:23,806
He said my expectation of
life was a small as my ego
481
00:28:24,474 --> 00:28:26,685
Small? Now you should live to be a hundred
482
00:28:26,685 --> 00:28:28,228
You wouldn't like that,would you?
483
00:28:28,812 --> 00:28:29,951
I haven't thought about it
484
00:28:29,951 --> 00:28:31,353
And why not think about it now
485
00:28:32,985 --> 00:28:34,264
-Jonathan
-Yes
486
00:28:34,264 --> 00:28:35,685
Try not to force a quarrel
487
00:28:35,785 --> 00:28:37,795
My dear girl,nothing was
further from my thought
488
00:28:37,795 --> 00:28:39,685
I came in to talk to you about Hugh Allen
489
00:28:40,104 --> 00:28:42,000
Parker spoke to me about
him this afternoon
490
00:28:42,047 --> 00:28:43,440
Did he?
491
00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:45,061
Parker thinks he's worth watching
492
00:28:45,061 --> 00:28:46,868
I'm sure he'll benefit from your interest
493
00:28:46,868 --> 00:28:48,401
Yes,I'm sure he will
494
00:28:48,401 --> 00:28:50,861
I might give him that
BBC job we talked about
495
00:28:50,861 --> 00:28:52,798
Take him under my wing so to speak
496
00:28:53,394 --> 00:28:56,824
I can watch him closely under my wing
497
00:29:10,769 --> 00:29:12,916
Good evening,Sir
498
00:29:17,288 --> 00:29:18,336
Hello,Hugh
499
00:29:20,663 --> 00:29:21,701
How are you
500
00:29:21,732 --> 00:29:23,464
Tell my husband Mr Allen's here,will you?
501
00:29:23,464 --> 00:29:24,518
Very good,Madam
502
00:29:26,174 --> 00:29:27,237
Nervous?
503
00:29:27,265 --> 00:29:28,395
Shaking like a leaf
504
00:29:28,395 --> 00:29:30,108
Darling,I thought you'd fallen
505
00:29:30,436 --> 00:29:31,458
Seriously
506
00:29:31,914 --> 00:29:34,801
Jonathan read your books he'll take
the trouble to pull it to pieces
507
00:29:34,801 --> 00:29:36,937
He may be unbearable,he'll patronize you
508
00:29:36,937 --> 00:29:38,861
Try to put up with it,for my sake
509
00:29:42,775 --> 00:29:44,437
Jonathan,this is Hugh Allen,my husband
510
00:29:44,437 --> 00:29:47,173
I have to excuse you a little
dinner time Alycia,I'm very busy
511
00:29:47,173 --> 00:29:48,849
Perhaps you'll look after our guest
512
00:29:48,849 --> 00:29:50,412
-You are dining with us?
-Oh certainly
513
00:29:50,485 --> 00:29:53,244
I wouldn't miss Mr Allen's dinner
conversation for the world
514
00:29:53,244 --> 00:29:55,466
It looks very might be rather scintillating
515
00:29:55,466 --> 00:29:57,703
Besides I'm anxious to learn
something about you
516
00:29:57,703 --> 00:29:58,821
What's that,Sir?
517
00:29:59,692 --> 00:30:01,550
I want to find out if you ever read a book
518
00:30:01,599 --> 00:30:03,652
I've just discovered
you haven't written one
519
00:30:03,674 --> 00:30:04,909
Excuse me,won't you
520
00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:09,397
Unbelievable isn't he?
521
00:30:09,397 --> 00:30:10,641
Yes,that's putting it mildly
522
00:30:10,971 --> 00:30:12,642
Come and have a drink you'll need one
523
00:30:14,531 --> 00:30:17,071
Of course your power of description
is practically non-existent
524
00:30:17,171 --> 00:30:19,184
But you may not be a very
acute observer,Mr Allen
525
00:30:19,184 --> 00:30:21,011
You should open your eyes,occasionally
526
00:30:21,011 --> 00:30:22,804
And what about character?
527
00:30:22,804 --> 00:30:25,107
Oh,your strokes are much too broad
528
00:30:25,107 --> 00:30:27,021
No finesse no light in shade
529
00:30:27,021 --> 00:30:29,659
I'm not saying your work
entirely lacks promise
530
00:30:29,659 --> 00:30:30,720
Thank you
531
00:30:32,381 --> 00:30:33,409
Mr Parker is here,Sir
532
00:30:33,508 --> 00:30:35,264
Oh,ask him to wait,will you,Pierce
533
00:30:35,264 --> 00:30:37,053
-He's in the study,Sir
-Thank you
534
00:30:39,651 --> 00:30:42,734
Weren't you going to speak to Mr
Allen about the broadcast series,Jonathan?
535
00:30:42,734 --> 00:30:43,743
Oh yes
536
00:30:43,743 --> 00:30:47,004
Parker suggests you might be suitable
to broadcast a series of stories of mine
537
00:30:47,170 --> 00:30:48,268
At a nominal fee
538
00:30:48,268 --> 00:30:49,771
Are you interested?
539
00:30:52,022 --> 00:30:53,173
Yes
540
00:30:53,173 --> 00:30:55,679
Alycia will arrange the terms
how many hours Alycia?
541
00:30:55,679 --> 00:30:56,768
Twelve
542
00:30:56,933 --> 00:30:59,719
The BBC want to broadcast
them over a period of 12 weeks
543
00:30:59,719 --> 00:31:02,672
And as I personally don't want
my name connected with them
544
00:31:02,672 --> 00:31:04,420
We've chosen a pen name
545
00:31:04,420 --> 00:31:05,627
What was it Alycia?
546
00:31:05,627 --> 00:31:06,627
My maiden name
547
00:31:07,658 --> 00:31:08,757
Oh,yes Merrill
548
00:31:09,416 --> 00:31:10,614
What made you think of that?
549
00:31:11,828 --> 00:31:14,925
I tried to think of something I
associated with happiness,Jonathan
550
00:31:15,381 --> 00:31:17,801
Anyway in order to avoid complication
551
00:31:17,801 --> 00:31:19,842
You're unaware of the name of the author
552
00:31:19,842 --> 00:31:21,361
-Is that understood?
-Quite
553
00:31:21,810 --> 00:31:23,774
Go and look after,Parker
for me,will you,Alycia?
554
00:31:23,899 --> 00:31:25,149
I'll see you in a few minutes
555
00:31:25,242 --> 00:31:26,242
Very well
556
00:31:41,296 --> 00:31:44,289
-You're an admirer of beauty,Mr Allen
-I hope so
557
00:31:45,009 --> 00:31:48,765
I suppose you're thinking how lucky I am to
be possessed of a wife as lovely as Alycia
558
00:31:49,977 --> 00:31:51,410
Yes,I suppose I was
559
00:31:52,046 --> 00:31:55,504
Naturally,Mr Allen,your
human is your only asset
560
00:31:56,503 --> 00:31:59,198
Have you ever thought whether or
not I appreciate my good fortune?
561
00:31:59,298 --> 00:32:00,489
I wouldn't presume to
562
00:32:00,489 --> 00:32:03,676
Surely we men of letters can disclose
our thoughts to one another
563
00:32:03,676 --> 00:32:06,393
without encroaching on personal feeling
564
00:32:07,488 --> 00:32:09,903
Frankly I don't know whether
you appreciate your wife or not
565
00:32:09,903 --> 00:32:11,654
Oh,but of course I never show it
566
00:32:11,654 --> 00:32:15,980
I always suspect men who admire their
wives in public of beating them in private
567
00:32:17,013 --> 00:32:18,771
I can't imagine anybody
beating Alycia
568
00:32:18,771 --> 00:32:20,245
What a charming compliment
569
00:32:20,661 --> 00:32:23,053
I wish I could think of
nice things to say about people
570
00:32:23,958 --> 00:32:25,394
But I never can while they're alive
571
00:32:25,394 --> 00:32:27,476
After they're dead it's easier
572
00:32:28,527 --> 00:32:30,658
And speaking of the dead
what made you break
573
00:32:30,658 --> 00:32:32,130
off your engagement to Jean Bridges?
574
00:32:32,230 --> 00:32:33,823
I wasn't aware that you knew her
575
00:32:34,601 --> 00:32:35,971
It's surprising the people I know
576
00:32:36,651 --> 00:32:38,035
I was her father confessor
577
00:32:38,035 --> 00:32:40,077
She told me how unhappy you made her
578
00:32:40,565 --> 00:32:42,408
-We were never officially engaged
-Really?
579
00:32:42,458 --> 00:32:44,129
Jean led me to believe the contrary
580
00:32:44,528 --> 00:32:46,078
Still,women are like that,aren't they?
581
00:32:46,422 --> 00:32:48,377
Well,I must go and see what Parker wants
582
00:32:48,460 --> 00:32:50,292
Alycia will join you in the drawing room
583
00:32:54,373 --> 00:32:56,718
It was nice of you to speak
to my husband about Hugh Allen
584
00:32:56,719 --> 00:32:57,851
Thank you Ronnie
585
00:32:57,950 --> 00:32:58,981
I tried to please,Alycia
586
00:33:00,915 --> 00:33:02,000
Good evening
587
00:33:02,506 --> 00:33:03,565
See you later
588
00:33:10,988 --> 00:33:12,790
-I'm in deep water,Jonathan
-I know you are
589
00:33:12,790 --> 00:33:13,847
Who told you?
590
00:33:13,947 --> 00:33:15,161
Your late lamented secretary
591
00:33:15,161 --> 00:33:17,903
Who blackmailed you over some
little falsification she found
592
00:33:17,903 --> 00:33:18,943
in the company's books
593
00:33:19,471 --> 00:33:21,298
I was most interested to discover
594
00:33:21,298 --> 00:33:24,119
that my co-director had
joined the criminal classes
595
00:33:24,119 --> 00:33:25,676
I need 3,000 pounds,Jonathan
596
00:33:25,676 --> 00:33:27,397
-To cover it up with
-I borrowed the money
597
00:33:27,397 --> 00:33:29,480
-Thinking I could pay it back
-Oh yes, they all do
598
00:33:29,509 --> 00:33:31,038
And Jean was a very clever little girl
599
00:33:31,138 --> 00:33:32,557
discovered you hadn't paid it back
600
00:33:32,959 --> 00:33:35,111
I wondered when you were going
to ask me to help you
601
00:33:35,947 --> 00:33:37,024
If the books were audited
602
00:33:37,024 --> 00:33:38,204
I'd be arrested for fraud
603
00:33:38,204 --> 00:33:39,931
Jolly bad luck
604
00:33:39,992 --> 00:33:41,041
Will you help me?
605
00:33:41,141 --> 00:33:42,141
Why should I?
606
00:33:42,161 --> 00:33:44,586
-I was counting on you
-Is that a good reason?
607
00:33:45,169 --> 00:33:46,708
We've been friends for a long time
608
00:33:46,708 --> 00:33:48,708
It mustn't make crime too easy for you
609
00:33:48,708 --> 00:33:50,481
It might start you off again
610
00:33:51,416 --> 00:33:52,483
No,I'm sorry Ronnie
611
00:33:55,374 --> 00:33:56,877
Extraordinary girl wasn't she?
612
00:33:56,877 --> 00:33:59,021
Amazing courage and resource
613
00:34:00,963 --> 00:34:02,058
I'm glad you think so
614
00:34:02,157 --> 00:34:03,604
You must be bitter,Ronnie
615
00:34:03,604 --> 00:34:06,196
Remember the old superstition
to speak ill of the dead
616
00:34:06,196 --> 00:34:07,396
They'll arise and slay you
617
00:34:07,883 --> 00:34:09,163
I'm sorry you can't stay
618
00:34:09,163 --> 00:34:11,104
BTW that was a good idea of yours
619
00:34:11,104 --> 00:34:13,164
having Allen broadcast these stories
620
00:34:13,164 --> 00:34:14,756
I've decided to let him do them
621
00:34:17,924 --> 00:34:19,938
-Jonathan
-Good night Ronnie
622
00:34:33,019 --> 00:34:34,767
Parker asked me to say goodnight
623
00:34:34,767 --> 00:34:37,656
He's feeling rather depressed
business isn't so good
624
00:34:37,656 --> 00:34:40,995
Here's the first three scripts you'd
better take them home and read them
625
00:34:40,995 --> 00:34:42,088
Thank you
626
00:34:42,188 --> 00:34:43,737
And don't alter one single line
627
00:34:45,328 --> 00:34:46,934
To deliver you from temptation
628
00:34:46,934 --> 00:34:49,527
I shall send you the others
one day before each broadcast
629
00:34:50,317 --> 00:34:51,805
As to the name of the series
630
00:34:51,805 --> 00:34:54,107
Since this was entirely your idea,Alycia
631
00:34:54,107 --> 00:34:56,072
We'll call it "the Voice of Merrill"
632
00:34:58,141 --> 00:34:59,363
All right
633
00:35:27,753 --> 00:35:31,622
Tonight representing the first of a
series of twelve original stories
634
00:35:31,622 --> 00:35:35,079
written by a modern author
who prefers to be anonymous
635
00:35:35,876 --> 00:35:37,840
The stories are brought to you by the
636
00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:39,041
Voice of Merrill
637
00:35:41,073 --> 00:35:42,783
I am the voice of Merrill
638
00:35:44,825 --> 00:35:48,078
I'm going to tell you a story
which might be yours or mine
639
00:35:48,701 --> 00:35:51,916
I wonder how many times in
our lives we use the word if
640
00:35:51,916 --> 00:35:55,829
If I had done this how
different things would have been
641
00:35:56,202 --> 00:35:57,471
If this had happened
642
00:35:57,500 --> 00:35:58,586
or that
643
00:35:58,765 --> 00:36:01,544
The whole course of my existence
might have been altered
644
00:36:02,521 --> 00:36:04,308
So it was with Helen Selby
645
00:36:05,645 --> 00:36:09,023
Fate sat in a corner of
her life like a spider
646
00:36:09,023 --> 00:36:10,880
Spinning the curious web
647
00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:14,558
That devised tragedy or success or failure
648
00:36:14,558 --> 00:36:16,451
According to its whim
649
00:36:17,533 --> 00:36:20,629
I found the door of Helen's
apartment austerely closed
650
00:36:21,260 --> 00:36:23,919
as though determined to
share no responsibility
651
00:36:23,919 --> 00:36:26,273
The tragedy it conceive
652
00:36:38,265 --> 00:36:39,629
You're very quiet,darling
653
00:36:39,677 --> 00:36:41,157
This is a celebration
654
00:36:41,859 --> 00:36:44,632
I was wondering how all this was
going to help my career as a writer
655
00:36:44,632 --> 00:36:45,814
It will,I promise you
656
00:36:45,914 --> 00:36:48,184
-But how?
-Leave it to me
657
00:36:49,353 --> 00:36:50,565
Anything else worry you?
658
00:36:51,349 --> 00:36:52,366
What do you think
659
00:36:55,537 --> 00:36:57,009
The first time since I've known him
660
00:36:57,009 --> 00:36:58,773
I now feel sorry for Jonathan
661
00:36:59,509 --> 00:37:00,810
He's a very sick man
662
00:37:01,461 --> 00:37:02,828
We have all our lives
663
00:37:18,506 --> 00:37:22,380
To us and your success,Mr Merrill
664
00:37:34,538 --> 00:37:36,295
This is the third of a series of stories
665
00:37:36,295 --> 00:37:38,435
brought to you by the voice of Merrill
666
00:37:40,610 --> 00:37:42,556
Life started to ebb from the body that had
667
00:37:42,556 --> 00:37:44,305
long since begun to die
668
00:38:36,797 --> 00:38:38,090
I am the voice of Merrill
669
00:38:39,244 --> 00:38:41,516
Louise was the loveliest
woman I had ever seen
670
00:38:42,456 --> 00:38:44,375
Her voice was like a gentle whisper
671
00:38:45,166 --> 00:38:47,976
Her beauty came into my
life like a radiant light
672
00:38:48,923 --> 00:38:50,986
I can see her now silhouetted
673
00:38:50,986 --> 00:38:55,958
against the endless sky listening to the
first footfalls of her lover's approach
674
00:38:55,958 --> 00:38:57,256
Turn it off,Pierce
675
00:39:01,325 --> 00:39:02,719
Do you follow that program?
676
00:39:02,719 --> 00:39:04,404
Yes,Sir,it's most interesting
677
00:39:04,404 --> 00:39:06,229
-Beautiful written
-Oh, beautifully,Sir
678
00:39:06,392 --> 00:39:07,920
The style reminds me of yours
679
00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:09,820
Although hardly up to your standards
680
00:39:14,779 --> 00:39:17,185
You have been listening
to the voice of Merrill
681
00:39:17,185 --> 00:39:19,952
-Another Merrill fan,eh?
-Yeah,pretty good
682
00:39:19,952 --> 00:39:21,848
-I've been trying to place the voice
-Hugh Allen
683
00:39:21,948 --> 00:39:23,836
-What's that,Sir?
-I said that is Hugh Allen
684
00:39:23,936 --> 00:39:25,017
Oh really?
685
00:39:25,017 --> 00:39:27,219
Well,I managed to find
Jean Bridges' banking account
686
00:39:28,424 --> 00:39:29,902
That girl got some nom de plumes
687
00:39:29,902 --> 00:39:30,954
Nom do what,Sir?
688
00:39:31,054 --> 00:39:32,742
??? that means other names
689
00:39:33,024 --> 00:39:35,724
Make me an appointment with Ronald
Parker in the morning,will you?
690
00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:36,829
Right,Sir
691
00:39:36,929 --> 00:39:39,194
Every successful writer
should have a secretary
692
00:39:39,531 --> 00:39:40,742
Johnathan hasn't got one
693
00:39:40,742 --> 00:39:42,436
Only because they can't stand him
694
00:39:43,503 --> 00:39:46,388
To hear you talk anyone would
think I wrote the Merrill stories
695
00:39:46,671 --> 00:39:47,721
Would they?
696
00:39:50,261 --> 00:39:53,213
I wonder what goes on in
that genius brain of yours
697
00:39:53,340 --> 00:39:54,581
Wait and see
698
00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:57,326
I can't really afford a secretary
699
00:39:57,326 --> 00:39:58,361
You won't have to
700
00:39:58,361 --> 00:39:59,717
I'm not gonna let you pay
701
00:39:59,789 --> 00:40:02,176
Time you got down to
some really serious work
702
00:40:02,808 --> 00:40:05,618
I'll find you a secretary that will
stop you thinking of anything else
703
00:40:05,718 --> 00:40:07,702
I choose her with great care
704
00:40:07,702 --> 00:40:09,392
I don't want any rivals
705
00:40:24,446 --> 00:40:26,466
Hello,Sara the secretary speaking
706
00:40:26,466 --> 00:40:27,652
Oh,Mrs Roach
707
00:40:27,985 --> 00:40:29,988
Yes,Mr Allen is just here
708
00:40:33,131 --> 00:40:34,789
-Hello
-Hello,Hugh
709
00:40:35,589 --> 00:40:38,498
-Everything all right
-Oh yes yes
710
00:40:38,498 --> 00:40:39,571
Just fine
711
00:40:40,215 --> 00:40:41,703
What time are you through at the BBC?
712
00:40:41,703 --> 00:40:44,855
The rehearsals is 11 am
I should think about 1 pm
713
00:40:44,855 --> 00:40:46,681
I'll pick you up
714
00:40:46,681 --> 00:40:47,681
And darling
715
00:40:48,629 --> 00:40:49,629
Yes
716
00:40:49,741 --> 00:40:50,741
I love you
717
00:40:51,528 --> 00:40:53,283
Oh,yes,I think so too
718
00:40:53,950 --> 00:40:55,035
Good bye
719
00:40:55,856 --> 00:40:58,775
More fan mail is arrived for
the Voice of Merrill,Mr Merrill
720
00:40:58,775 --> 00:41:00,705
I mean Mr Allen it's so confusing
721
00:41:00,705 --> 00:41:03,130
More enquiries about you personally
722
00:41:03,130 --> 00:41:04,837
Everybody's just dying to know who you are
723
00:41:04,837 --> 00:41:06,501
And what you look like
724
00:41:07,131 --> 00:41:08,852
They'd get a quite a shock,wouldn't they?
725
00:41:08,899 --> 00:41:11,666
They certainly would,Mr Merrill,Mr Allen
726
00:41:16,193 --> 00:41:18,939
3,000 pounds deposited in
your name Mr Parker
727
00:41:19,555 --> 00:41:22,161
Do you mind telling me why you gave
your secretary so much money?
728
00:41:22,261 --> 00:41:23,300
It was a loan
729
00:41:23,453 --> 00:41:24,988
Did she offer any security?
730
00:41:24,988 --> 00:41:26,336
I didn't ask for any
731
00:41:26,648 --> 00:41:27,648
Really
732
00:41:28,264 --> 00:41:30,759
And she,she didn't say
what the money was for?
733
00:41:31,067 --> 00:41:32,130
No
734
00:41:32,932 --> 00:41:35,947
Tell me,had she access
to the firm's accounts?
735
00:41:36,446 --> 00:41:37,483
Yes she had
736
00:41:37,754 --> 00:41:41,092
And that in view of her record you have
no objection to the police examining them
737
00:41:43,784 --> 00:41:45,199
I'm sure there's no need for that
738
00:41:46,015 --> 00:41:49,696
Are you? Well,we'll see
739
00:41:56,493 --> 00:41:57,498
There he is
740
00:42:00,061 --> 00:42:01,135
Hold it Mr Merrill
741
00:42:01,559 --> 00:42:02,559
Thank you
742
00:42:11,258 --> 00:42:12,297
Hello there
743
00:42:16,490 --> 00:42:17,556
Anything wrong?
744
00:42:17,556 --> 00:42:20,382
I was wondering why I've just
being photographed by the press
745
00:42:21,746 --> 00:42:22,837
Were you?
746
00:42:25,320 --> 00:42:27,145
I'm afraid that was a little premature
747
00:42:27,954 --> 00:42:29,395
What do you mean?
748
00:42:29,458 --> 00:42:30,548
I'll tell you
749
00:42:35,655 --> 00:42:36,707
Matey aren't they?
750
00:42:36,707 --> 00:42:38,461
Yes,the highway of success,Baker
751
00:42:38,461 --> 00:42:40,631
is still with men being
pushed along by women
752
00:42:40,631 --> 00:42:42,077
Why aren't they doing the shopping
753
00:42:42,077 --> 00:42:43,487
Sit down and go on and get in
754
00:42:45,756 --> 00:42:47,230
When did first think of this?
755
00:42:47,607 --> 00:42:48,622
Does it matter?
756
00:42:49,537 --> 00:42:52,285
Are you really suggesting that I
should playing the work as my own?
757
00:42:52,988 --> 00:42:54,620
Only if Jonathan dies
758
00:42:54,620 --> 00:42:55,745
I can't do that
759
00:42:55,745 --> 00:42:56,745
Why not?
760
00:42:56,760 --> 00:42:59,431
For the simple reason I didn't
write the Voice of Merrill stories
761
00:42:59,531 --> 00:43:01,223
But you will have written so much by then
762
00:43:01,607 --> 00:43:04,423
The important thing is that when
a novel like "Gale warning" comes out
763
00:43:04,423 --> 00:43:06,789
It'll be noticed because
you'll already have a name
764
00:43:06,789 --> 00:43:07,861
Well,that's all very well
765
00:43:07,903 --> 00:43:10,383
A name will take you years
to establish in the ordinary way
766
00:43:10,483 --> 00:43:10,996
but if
767
00:43:10,996 --> 00:43:12,810
-Jonathan finds out
-Jonathan doesn't want his
768
00:43:12,810 --> 00:43:14,581
own name connected
with the voice of Merrill
769
00:43:14,581 --> 00:43:16,317
so we wouldn't be robbing him of anything
770
00:43:16,336 --> 00:43:18,537
What about Parker he knows
I didn't write the stories
771
00:43:18,537 --> 00:43:19,792
I'll handle Parker
772
00:43:19,792 --> 00:43:21,597
All I want you to worry
about is your writing
773
00:43:23,205 --> 00:43:24,567
Except when you're with me
774
00:43:30,991 --> 00:43:32,517
-Madam back yet,Pierce?
-No,Sir
775
00:43:33,249 --> 00:43:34,330
-Excuse me,Sir,
-Yes
776
00:43:34,430 --> 00:43:35,527
On the front page,Sir
777
00:43:35,527 --> 00:43:37,848
Isn't that the gentleman who
dined here a few weeks ago?
778
00:43:41,356 --> 00:43:42,787
-Yes it is
-Thank you,Sir
779
00:43:50,290 --> 00:43:51,294
Alycia
780
00:43:52,308 --> 00:43:53,524
I'd like a word with you
781
00:44:13,678 --> 00:44:14,696
What is it?
782
00:44:15,881 --> 00:44:18,090
I've been hearing quite a lot
about our program lately
783
00:44:19,121 --> 00:44:20,979
It's astonishingly successful isn't it?
784
00:44:21,745 --> 00:44:23,033
Yes it is
785
00:44:23,621 --> 00:44:25,192
Stories must be better than I thought
786
00:44:25,883 --> 00:44:27,507
So difficult to be completely
787
00:44:27,507 --> 00:44:28,957
objective of one's own work
788
00:44:28,957 --> 00:44:31,368
Anyway I decided to let the
public into our little secret
789
00:44:31,851 --> 00:44:32,950
I propose to announce that
790
00:44:32,950 --> 00:44:33,987
I'm the author
791
00:44:34,692 --> 00:44:36,404
But you can't do that
792
00:44:36,404 --> 00:44:37,483
Can't?
793
00:44:38,676 --> 00:44:42,514
I mean the whole reason for its
success is the fact that it's anonymous
794
00:44:42,514 --> 00:44:44,582
The public intrigued mystified
795
00:44:44,582 --> 00:44:45,654
Anonymous?
796
00:44:45,854 --> 00:44:48,196
Really?Do you call that anonymous?
797
00:44:49,531 --> 00:44:51,553
I suppose that you knew
nothing about it did you?
798
00:44:51,755 --> 00:44:52,840
No
799
00:44:52,841 --> 00:44:54,678
And nor did your friend Mr Allen
800
00:44:54,678 --> 00:44:56,885
Posing like a 5th grade matinee idol
801
00:44:56,904 --> 00:44:58,083
No,Jonathan he didn't
802
00:44:58,083 --> 00:45:00,864
No,no,Mr Merrill,author
of the Voice of Merrill
803
00:45:00,864 --> 00:45:03,012
I suppose he was unconscious
when that was taken
804
00:45:03,012 --> 00:45:04,900
Well,what are you expecting him to do?
805
00:45:04,900 --> 00:45:06,670
-Wear a mask
-No I don't
806
00:45:06,670 --> 00:45:09,273
I think he should stick to the
contract or is that inconvenient?
807
00:45:09,295 --> 00:45:12,392
Will it stifle his status as writing the
Primrose part at the success on my back
808
00:45:12,392 --> 00:45:14,738
He would be mad anyone would think
he disclosed his own name
809
00:45:14,738 --> 00:45:16,789
Why didn't he,it's the
next logical step,isn't it?
810
00:45:16,789 --> 00:45:18,475
Or are you waiting after I'm dead
811
00:45:18,636 --> 00:45:20,998
-Let me go
-No I know I'm not Hugh Allen
812
00:45:20,998 --> 00:45:24,894
If I were to die tonight you rush to prove
he didn't write the stories,wouldn't you?
813
00:45:24,919 --> 00:45:27,283
It'll be worth while chinkling
(?) for,wouldn't it,Alycia?
814
00:45:27,283 --> 00:45:28,308
Answer me
815
00:45:29,035 --> 00:45:30,356
Take your hands off me
816
00:45:30,870 --> 00:45:34,043
I'm sure he wouldn't be opposed to
having the success and prestige of a genius
817
00:45:34,127 --> 00:45:36,037
plastered on to his own puny talents
818
00:45:36,068 --> 00:45:39,117
He wouldn't mind crawling through
the mud to say you showed him the way
819
00:45:39,117 --> 00:45:41,830
Did you (?)this?
820
00:45:44,269 --> 00:45:45,269
Alycia
821
00:45:46,679 --> 00:45:49,196
Tablets on the dressing table
822
00:45:49,650 --> 00:45:50,650
Quickly
823
00:46:11,762 --> 00:46:13,759
-How many?
-Two
824
00:46:36,967 --> 00:46:38,485
Hello,may I speak to Mr Roach,please
825
00:46:38,875 --> 00:46:40,682
The master was taken ill last night,Sir
826
00:46:40,682 --> 00:46:42,477
Dr Forest has given instructions that
827
00:46:42,477 --> 00:46:43,520
he isn't to be disturbed
828
00:46:44,781 --> 00:46:45,848
I see
829
00:46:47,160 --> 00:46:48,767
Do you care to speak to Mrs Roach,Sir?
830
00:46:49,269 --> 00:46:50,560
No,thank you,Pierce,I'll
831
00:46:50,621 --> 00:46:51,945
I'll phone later
832
00:46:59,863 --> 00:47:01,808
Dr Forest is still with the Master,Pierce
833
00:47:01,808 --> 00:47:04,648
-Yes,Madam
-He has to remain quiet for a long time
834
00:47:05,215 --> 00:47:06,300
I understand,Madam
835
00:47:07,627 --> 00:47:11,843
BTW I think I should disconnect the
telephone in his room when he is asleep
836
00:47:12,351 --> 00:47:14,487
-We don't want to disturb him
-Very good,Madam
837
00:47:19,362 --> 00:47:20,717
Hello,who's speaking please
838
00:47:21,359 --> 00:47:23,244
Oh,Mr Parker,just one moment
839
00:47:25,070 --> 00:47:26,854
I'm sorry Mr Allen is in a conference
840
00:47:26,854 --> 00:47:28,609
I'll tell him Mr Parker rung
841
00:47:30,975 --> 00:47:33,412
That's certainly the right way
to treat publishers,Mr Allen
842
00:47:33,512 --> 00:47:35,326
Especially when they
start running after you
843
00:47:39,411 --> 00:47:42,806
Hello,just one moment,I'll see
if Mr Merrill can speak to you
844
00:47:42,806 --> 00:47:44,042
It's the Standard
845
00:47:44,371 --> 00:47:45,945
Tell them I'll get in touch with them
846
00:47:46,741 --> 00:47:49,522
I'm sorry,I'm afraid Mr Merrill
is in a script conference
847
00:47:49,522 --> 00:47:50,646
Is there anything I can do?
848
00:47:50,697 --> 00:47:53,018
I'm his secretary you call again
849
00:47:53,355 --> 00:47:54,355
Good bye
850
00:47:59,693 --> 00:48:02,815
Hello,I couldn't possibly interrupt
Mr Merrill at the moment
851
00:48:02,815 --> 00:48:05,621
Oh yes,writing a play a novel
852
00:48:05,797 --> 00:48:07,057
And a further radio series
853
00:48:07,536 --> 00:48:08,917
I beg you pardon
854
00:48:10,451 --> 00:48:11,594
I'll ask him for you
855
00:48:11,807 --> 00:48:12,813
Good bye
856
00:48:12,954 --> 00:48:14,948
-Good morning,Miss Quinn
-Good morning,Mrs Roach
857
00:48:18,444 --> 00:48:19,585
I thought you were out
858
00:48:20,622 --> 00:48:21,622
No I wasn't out
859
00:48:22,785 --> 00:48:24,896
The telephones,they haven't stopped ringing
860
00:48:25,177 --> 00:48:27,632
Silly,wait that was the Echo
861
00:48:28,111 --> 00:48:30,532
They want to know what Mr
Merrill did in his spare time
862
00:48:33,230 --> 00:48:34,289
But excuse me
863
00:48:34,289 --> 00:48:36,113
I think I'll go to lunch
864
00:48:41,960 --> 00:48:43,029
Alycia
865
00:48:43,185 --> 00:48:46,467
Mrs Roach,you won't forget to telephone
the Pancroid Press about Mr Allen's stories
866
00:48:46,666 --> 00:48:48,476
They are waiting a reply to their proposals
867
00:48:48,476 --> 00:48:49,957
Thank you,I won't forget
868
00:48:52,961 --> 00:48:53,961
What stories?
869
00:48:54,956 --> 00:48:56,907
A collection of the Voice of Merrill series
870
00:48:57,629 --> 00:48:59,881
I'm arranging publication
under the Merrill name
871
00:49:00,310 --> 00:49:01,311
You're not serious
872
00:49:01,704 --> 00:49:03,300
Darling I know what I'm doing
873
00:49:03,326 --> 00:49:05,004
It'll be months before they come out and
874
00:49:05,004 --> 00:49:06,139
by that time Jonathan maybe
875
00:49:06,139 --> 00:49:08,435
Oh for heaven's sake let's drop this whole
876
00:49:08,435 --> 00:49:09,956
fantastic idea we can't gamble on
877
00:49:09,956 --> 00:49:11,022
-Why not?
-Why? Because
878
00:49:11,192 --> 00:49:14,782
Look Jonathan had his
worst attack last night
879
00:49:14,782 --> 00:49:17,007
The doctor doesn't think
he can survive another
880
00:49:19,039 --> 00:49:20,455
I know the idea was to wait but
881
00:49:21,044 --> 00:49:22,771
and now the newspapers are almost on to it
882
00:49:23,413 --> 00:49:24,662
It'd be foolish to go back
883
00:49:26,440 --> 00:49:29,019
You've organized the whole
thing perfectly for me haven't you?
884
00:49:34,096 --> 00:49:35,815
Do you really mind so much?
885
00:49:35,815 --> 00:49:38,150
Have you forgotten Parker knows?
886
00:49:39,988 --> 00:49:42,805
Parker has too many worries of
his own to bother about us
887
00:49:44,426 --> 00:49:46,475
Darling,look at me
888
00:49:47,927 --> 00:49:50,983
I'm not really a hard
designing woman I love you
889
00:49:50,983 --> 00:49:53,931
and I just want you to have everything
that you want for yourself,success
890
00:49:54,031 --> 00:49:55,395
But of course I want success
891
00:49:55,395 --> 00:49:57,567
But I want to get it on my
own merits not Jonathan's
892
00:49:57,567 --> 00:49:58,635
But you will
893
00:49:58,635 --> 00:49:59,679
All I'm trying to do
894
00:49:59,679 --> 00:50:02,656
is to save you being worn out and
frustrated by the long climb to the top
895
00:50:02,656 --> 00:50:03,835
can't you see that?
896
00:50:03,884 --> 00:50:05,486
Oh once you're there you have the talent
897
00:50:05,586 --> 00:50:08,239
and ability to stay does it
matter how you get there
898
00:50:08,239 --> 00:50:10,537
Oh come on darling I know
I'm right,believe me
899
00:50:10,537 --> 00:50:12,664
Look,look at these
900
00:50:12,989 --> 00:50:14,648
Fan mail letters to the Voice of Merrill
901
00:50:14,648 --> 00:50:17,106
They're coming into the BBC
by the rate of hundreds a day
902
00:50:17,620 --> 00:50:18,988
Jonathan must be very pleased
903
00:50:19,643 --> 00:50:21,337
Why should we have to talk about Jonathan
904
00:50:21,551 --> 00:50:24,292
-Well,after all Jonathan..
-Jonathan,Jonathan-Alycia!
905
00:50:28,446 --> 00:50:29,590
I'm sorry
906
00:50:31,914 --> 00:50:32,988
I've got to go
907
00:50:33,881 --> 00:50:35,355
I thought you were lunching with me
908
00:50:36,046 --> 00:50:37,294
No I forgot to tell you
909
00:50:37,677 --> 00:50:39,066
I'm luncheon with Sir John Gregson
910
00:50:39,591 --> 00:50:43,078
We're going to talk about a new series
(??)they'll pay you very well
911
00:50:45,555 --> 00:50:47,658
So you'd better start to work remember
912
00:50:47,658 --> 00:50:48,942
keep the same style of writing
913
00:50:50,942 --> 00:50:52,198
We'll lunch tomorrow my darling
914
00:50:52,929 --> 00:50:55,221
and one day soon all the days of our life
915
00:51:17,454 --> 00:51:18,929
I trust you have a good appetite,Sir
916
00:51:19,275 --> 00:51:20,725
I could eat a horse
917
00:51:22,543 --> 00:51:23,927
Not the smell perhaps
918
00:51:23,927 --> 00:51:25,347
Excuse me,Sir
919
00:51:26,947 --> 00:51:29,038
-Probably that fool Parker
-Yes,Sir
920
00:51:31,042 --> 00:51:33,119
-The master is in his room,Sir
-Thank you,Pierce
921
00:51:40,871 --> 00:51:42,088
How is chicken,Jonathan?
922
00:51:45,647 --> 00:51:47,720
Stop asking damned silly questions,sit down
923
00:51:47,720 --> 00:51:49,869
-I want talk to you
-You must be furious about Allen
924
00:51:49,869 --> 00:51:51,637
You'll expose him of course
925
00:51:51,735 --> 00:51:53,245
It looks something like a deliberate
926
00:51:53,344 --> 00:51:56,593
Stop chattering,you know I loathe the
sign of anybody's voice then my own
927
00:51:57,643 --> 00:51:59,887
I've been thinking about
your little financial problem
928
00:51:59,926 --> 00:52:01,130
And I've decided to help you
929
00:52:01,230 --> 00:52:03,276
I shall be extremely grateful
Jonathan you see I
930
00:52:03,276 --> 00:52:04,632
On one condition
931
00:52:04,879 --> 00:52:07,899
Oh,stop wandering about man,
get a chair and sit down
932
00:52:12,874 --> 00:52:15,492
Under no circumstances
either now or the future
933
00:52:15,492 --> 00:52:17,410
Will you reveal to anyone
934
00:52:17,410 --> 00:52:19,877
that Allen's claim to be the
author of my stories is not true
935
00:52:20,152 --> 00:52:22,376
-Not true?
-N O T spelled not
936
00:52:22,817 --> 00:52:23,854
But I don't understand
937
00:52:24,196 --> 00:52:25,212
You don't have to
938
00:52:28,847 --> 00:52:29,988
Bring me that chair
939
00:52:31,321 --> 00:52:33,862
-But surely I'm not going to
-I'm not let him get away with it
940
00:52:34,840 --> 00:52:36,254
I'm still very much alive
941
00:52:36,254 --> 00:52:38,420
and have plenty of time to
work out Allen's punishment
942
00:52:39,278 --> 00:52:40,454
Before I give you this check
943
00:52:40,454 --> 00:52:42,167
I want your solemn promise
944
00:52:43,160 --> 00:52:45,214
Hugh Allen wrote the Voice of Merrill
945
00:52:45,613 --> 00:52:47,678
Is that's the way you want it,Jonathan?
946
00:52:47,678 --> 00:52:49,225
That's the way I want it
947
00:52:49,270 --> 00:52:50,710
I don't know what you have in mind
948
00:52:51,940 --> 00:52:53,380
I want him to have his hour
949
00:52:53,380 --> 00:52:56,537
I want to open his gullet and
swallow the whole Milky Way
950
00:52:58,531 --> 00:53:00,532
Higher he climbs the harder he'll fall
951
00:53:02,697 --> 00:53:04,048
And I want you to write a letter
952
00:53:04,092 --> 00:53:05,092
A letter?
953
00:53:05,264 --> 00:53:06,508
To Hugh Allen
954
00:53:07,289 --> 00:53:11,031
For that you're getting three thousand
pounds to put things right at your office
955
00:53:11,826 --> 00:53:14,815
So the police need never know that Jean
Bridges has been blackmailing you
956
00:53:16,925 --> 00:53:20,128
And they never realized what an
excellent motive you had for murdering her
957
00:53:20,213 --> 00:53:21,458
Will they?
958
00:53:36,345 --> 00:53:37,345
Jonathan
959
00:53:38,292 --> 00:53:40,212
-Should you be up?
-Of course not dear
960
00:53:40,854 --> 00:53:43,312
According to Dr Forest
I should pushing up daisies
961
00:53:43,966 --> 00:53:45,787
I certainly don't
intend to do that just yet
962
00:53:47,881 --> 00:53:50,280
The uncertainty must be
quite terrifying for you
963
00:53:55,352 --> 00:53:58,501
Incidentally has Allen done anything
about that preposterous claim of his?
964
00:53:59,778 --> 00:54:01,541
What preposterous claims?
965
00:54:01,541 --> 00:54:02,675
Alycia
966
00:54:07,157 --> 00:54:08,818
Oh,you mean the photograph
967
00:54:09,015 --> 00:54:11,059
Yes,I'm sure he'll trying to
do something about that
968
00:54:11,482 --> 00:54:13,588
When?Next year
969
00:54:13,654 --> 00:54:15,316
Whenever he's finished reading the series
970
00:54:18,515 --> 00:54:21,870
I suppose you would prefer him
to make his own little confession
971
00:54:21,923 --> 00:54:22,923
wouldn't you?
972
00:54:22,975 --> 00:54:23,976
Yes please Jonathan
973
00:54:40,257 --> 00:54:42,160
Unless I should happen
to die in the mean time
974
00:54:44,270 --> 00:54:45,853
And it wouldn't be necessary,would it?
975
00:54:46,169 --> 00:54:48,612
I can see that's the upper thoughts
in your mind at the moment
976
00:55:00,507 --> 00:55:02,670
-Oh,Pierce
-Sir
977
00:55:03,146 --> 00:55:04,612
Tell me how would you do
978
00:55:04,612 --> 00:55:07,171
if you were suddenly informed
you only had a short time to live
979
00:55:07,271 --> 00:55:09,695
Oh,speaking quite impersonal
you understand,Pierce
980
00:55:09,738 --> 00:55:10,739
I trust so,Sir
981
00:55:10,968 --> 00:55:14,029
Oh,fascinating position in which
to found oneself in,don't you think?
982
00:55:14,029 --> 00:55:15,875
Little eery,Sir
983
00:55:16,443 --> 00:55:18,432
However I suppose ones natural instinct
984
00:55:18,432 --> 00:55:20,892
would be to do something little daring,Sir
985
00:55:20,892 --> 00:55:22,785
Depending upon how much energy one
986
00:55:22,785 --> 00:55:24,081
could expend in the process
987
00:55:25,158 --> 00:55:28,441
Speaking for myself,Sir,there's
a complete nonentity as it were
988
00:55:28,441 --> 00:55:30,366
I would be inclined to perform at least
989
00:55:30,560 --> 00:55:32,392
one small act of national service
990
00:55:32,815 --> 00:55:34,197
And what would that consist?
991
00:55:34,819 --> 00:55:38,143
It will entail the shooting of at
least two prominent cabinet ministers,Sir
992
00:55:38,911 --> 00:55:42,208
I'm convinced the only thing deterring
a number of persons from a similar course
993
00:55:42,805 --> 00:55:45,547
is the fear of the consequences
if one could remove that
994
00:55:45,547 --> 00:55:46,884
I see your point
995
00:55:47,358 --> 00:55:49,533
May I be permitted to inquire
what you would do,Sir?
996
00:55:49,800 --> 00:55:52,260
Of course,Pierce,I should
write my greatest story
997
00:55:52,407 --> 00:55:54,075
Probably to read after my death
998
00:55:54,687 --> 00:55:57,788
It would be about a girl
with three men friends
999
00:55:57,788 --> 00:56:00,030
She deceives each one in turn
1000
00:56:00,030 --> 00:56:01,046
Oh,yes,Sir
1001
00:56:01,146 --> 00:56:04,209
Yes and she irritates one to such an extent
1002
00:56:04,209 --> 00:56:06,710
That he decides to teach her a sharp lesson
1003
00:56:06,710 --> 00:56:09,110
-So he shoots her
-Indeed,Sir
1004
00:56:10,144 --> 00:56:11,896
You won't forget your medicine,will you,Sir
1005
00:56:11,996 --> 00:56:13,360
No,all right
1006
00:56:25,771 --> 00:56:27,002
Good morning,Mr Allen
1007
00:56:27,139 --> 00:56:28,139
Good morning
1008
00:56:37,547 --> 00:56:38,581
What is it?
1009
00:56:38,928 --> 00:56:40,171
It's from Parker
1010
00:56:43,485 --> 00:56:45,544
Mr Jonathan Roach requested me to take care
1011
00:56:45,544 --> 00:56:48,760
of the last remaining story
in the Merrill series
1012
00:56:48,760 --> 00:56:49,954
I will therefore pass
1013
00:56:49,954 --> 00:56:52,388
to the BBC for approval in the usual way
1014
00:56:52,583 --> 00:56:54,487
and deliver it to you in reasonable time
1015
00:56:54,487 --> 00:56:56,309
before you are due to go on the air
1016
00:56:56,409 --> 00:56:57,446
May I see?
1017
00:56:58,489 --> 00:57:01,479
Go on the end Mr Roach has informed
me that the BBC and the general public
1018
00:57:01,479 --> 00:57:03,360
had remained permanently
under the impression
1019
00:57:03,360 --> 00:57:05,322
that you were the original
author of this series
1020
00:57:06,321 --> 00:57:07,749
I wonder what Jonathan
1021
00:57:08,416 --> 00:57:11,289
If he's trying to humiliate me
he's chosen a funny way of doing it
1022
00:57:11,701 --> 00:57:12,848
Sent apart these letters
1023
00:57:12,948 --> 00:57:15,971
Do we have to use his story?
1024
00:57:16,302 --> 00:57:17,852
Why can't we use the one I've written?
1025
00:57:19,811 --> 00:57:21,866
I'm afraid it's not quite
good enough,darling
1026
00:57:22,055 --> 00:57:23,226
Oh,what's wrong with it?
1027
00:57:23,852 --> 00:57:26,083
You can do better when
you're not quite so worried
1028
00:57:29,077 --> 00:57:30,160
I see
1029
00:57:36,006 --> 00:57:37,253
Of course you can
1030
00:57:37,685 --> 00:57:38,685
Alycia
1031
00:57:38,707 --> 00:57:41,606
Jonathan is waiting for me to read the last
story in the Merrill series
1032
00:57:41,606 --> 00:57:42,820
before he breaks me,isn't he?
1033
00:57:43,858 --> 00:57:47,460
Perhaps but darling he might do anything
he's quite unpredictable
1034
00:57:48,055 --> 00:57:49,150
He hates me
1035
00:57:50,907 --> 00:57:53,014
He hated me from the
very first moment we met
1036
00:57:56,824 --> 00:57:57,969
What are we going to do?
1037
00:57:59,318 --> 00:58:00,930
I won't let him break you
1038
00:58:03,038 --> 00:58:04,082
Alycia
1039
00:58:04,118 --> 00:58:06,360
I don't know what I going to do
but I think of something
1040
00:58:06,360 --> 00:58:07,973
-Listen to me
-Don't call me
1041
00:58:07,973 --> 00:58:09,449
I'll get in touch with you
1042
00:58:56,601 --> 00:58:59,897
Pierce,I want Mr Parker to
have this by tonight
1043
00:59:03,453 --> 00:59:04,474
I see to it,Sir
1044
00:59:04,812 --> 00:59:05,812
Thank you
1045
00:59:12,205 --> 00:59:13,713
Thank you,Pierce,I forgot my keys
1046
00:59:14,628 --> 00:59:15,953
The master is in the study Madam
1047
00:59:17,084 --> 00:59:18,490
-Isn't it your night out?
-Yes,Madam
1048
00:59:18,490 --> 00:59:20,743
You can go whenever you
like I shall be in this evening
1049
00:59:21,028 --> 00:59:22,125
Thank you
1050
00:59:22,434 --> 00:59:25,037
You won't let the master forget
his medicine at 8 o'clock,Madam?
1051
00:59:25,477 --> 00:59:26,680
Just two drops
1052
01:00:49,484 --> 01:00:51,942
-Where's Pierce?
-It's his night out he went off early
1053
01:00:53,323 --> 01:00:54,919
I told him I get your medicine for you
1054
01:00:56,175 --> 01:00:57,460
It's alright I've taken it
1055
01:00:59,600 --> 01:01:02,073
-You took your medicine?
-Yes
1056
01:01:06,516 --> 01:01:08,122
When does Allen do his last broadcast?
1057
01:01:09,722 --> 01:01:10,803
This Thursday
1058
01:01:12,385 --> 01:01:15,862
I suppose he's told you I've
decided not to expose him as a fraud
1059
01:01:17,344 --> 01:01:18,425
He has
1060
01:01:19,762 --> 01:01:21,009
Kind of me,don't you think?
1061
01:01:23,230 --> 01:01:24,456
Unusual of you
1062
01:01:24,456 --> 01:01:25,456
Yes
1063
01:01:26,083 --> 01:01:29,324
Instead I'm going to prove that
he murdered Jean Bridges
1064
01:01:32,056 --> 01:01:33,334
Why do you say he murdered her?
1065
01:01:33,334 --> 01:01:36,107
That's not quite the point I
said I was got to prove he did it
1066
01:01:36,850 --> 01:01:39,772
Oh,I see you don't appreciate
the irony of the situation,Alycia
1067
01:01:40,715 --> 01:01:41,791
I'm afraid I don't
1068
01:01:42,072 --> 01:01:44,950
Nor the pleasures of uncertainty of not
1069
01:01:44,950 --> 01:01:46,608
knowing what's around the corner,perhaps
1070
01:01:47,115 --> 01:01:48,735
If that's a pleasure I've certainly had
1071
01:01:48,835 --> 01:01:50,561
it since I was married to you
1072
01:01:50,689 --> 01:01:51,855
You should be congratulated
1073
01:01:52,309 --> 01:01:55,494
Most women find life rather
dull after five years of marriage
1074
01:01:55,976 --> 01:01:57,685
You can't say that about ours
1075
01:01:58,472 --> 01:01:59,498
No,Jonathan
1076
01:02:00,017 --> 01:02:01,800
Ours was never dull
1077
01:02:21,259 --> 01:02:22,304
Good night,Jonathan
1078
01:02:23,869 --> 01:02:24,966
Good night
1079
01:03:25,691 --> 01:03:27,833
I told you to keep away
why did you come here for?
1080
01:03:28,013 --> 01:03:29,617
I came to stop you
1081
01:03:38,412 --> 01:03:39,412
Hugh
1082
01:03:55,900 --> 01:03:57,729
This will haunt us the rest of our lives
1083
01:04:02,261 --> 01:04:03,626
He had a heart attack
1084
01:04:05,294 --> 01:04:06,856
You'd always think of it like that
1085
01:04:08,023 --> 01:04:09,102
Yes
1086
01:04:10,181 --> 01:04:11,847
We'll always speak the same
1087
01:04:16,835 --> 01:04:17,869
I'll telephone the doctor
1088
01:04:24,197 --> 01:04:25,472
You must go before he gets here
1089
01:04:25,472 --> 01:04:29,618
Whatever you do wait for
me to get in touch with you
1090
01:04:30,441 --> 01:04:31,537
Go
1091
01:04:41,863 --> 01:04:42,913
New style Standard
1092
01:04:45,876 --> 01:04:46,950
Thank you,Sir
1093
01:04:49,722 --> 01:04:51,523
Read all about it famous author dies
1094
01:04:54,389 --> 01:04:55,803
New style Standard
1095
01:05:12,480 --> 01:05:14,603
Dear Parker,I've cause to believe that
1096
01:05:14,603 --> 01:05:16,218
for a reason in which you must be aware
1097
01:05:16,318 --> 01:05:18,007
my wife is planning to murder me
1098
01:05:18,007 --> 01:05:19,965
in the circumstances I think it would be
1099
01:05:19,965 --> 01:05:21,896
advisable to take the necessary steps to
1100
01:05:21,896 --> 01:05:24,203
ascertain beyond doubt
the cause of my death
1101
01:05:24,532 --> 01:05:25,906
Yours truly Jonathan Roach
1102
01:05:26,555 --> 01:05:29,508
He says for a reason of
which you must be aware of
1103
01:05:29,903 --> 01:05:31,113
What is that reason?
1104
01:05:31,880 --> 01:05:33,177
Anything to do with Hugh Allen?
1105
01:05:33,641 --> 01:05:34,700
I believe so
1106
01:05:34,700 --> 01:05:37,647
I,I happen to know that
Mrs Roach is in love with him
1107
01:05:37,647 --> 01:05:38,872
Any other reason?
1108
01:05:38,872 --> 01:05:39,938
Isn't that enough ?
1109
01:05:39,938 --> 01:05:42,756
Well if you subscribe to the
view that love justifies murder
1110
01:05:42,756 --> 01:05:43,866
I suppose it is
1111
01:05:44,232 --> 01:05:46,653
After all a number of
people have thought so
1112
01:05:47,429 --> 01:05:50,794
A man suffering from cardiac
liable to pop off at any moment
1113
01:05:50,794 --> 01:05:53,414
and a wife who feel that
moment may never come
1114
01:05:53,414 --> 01:05:56,360
It's interesting,quite interesting
1115
01:05:56,916 --> 01:05:58,189
Well,thank you Mr Parker
1116
01:05:58,267 --> 01:05:59,939
You'll keep in touch with us,won't you?
1117
01:06:00,039 --> 01:06:01,862
-All right
-Order a car,Baker-Yes,Sir
1118
01:06:02,977 --> 01:06:06,228
You haven't forgotten your appointment
with Alison publications have you,Mr Allen
1119
01:06:06,228 --> 01:06:07,733
-What time is it for
-11 o'clock
1120
01:06:07,733 --> 01:06:09,727
Use our headache tell him I can't make it
1121
01:06:09,895 --> 01:06:11,454
Has Mrs Roach telephoned this morning?
1122
01:06:11,454 --> 01:06:12,507
No,no she hasn't
1123
01:06:12,598 --> 01:06:14,654
Will you get her for me
now? I'll take it in here
1124
01:06:29,830 --> 01:06:31,528
Inspector Thornton to see you,Madam
1125
01:06:32,694 --> 01:06:34,532
And Mr Allen to speak you on the phone
1126
01:06:35,824 --> 01:06:36,824
Thank you
1127
01:06:37,473 --> 01:06:38,841
I'll ask him to hold the line
1128
01:06:42,327 --> 01:06:44,702
Good morning I'm sorry to
trouble you at a time like this
1129
01:06:45,624 --> 01:06:46,942
But from information received
1130
01:06:47,412 --> 01:06:50,441
I'm compelled to ask for
an autopsy on the body of your husband
1131
01:06:53,307 --> 01:06:54,363
Purely a formality
1132
01:06:56,413 --> 01:06:57,867
What information?
1133
01:06:58,257 --> 01:06:59,755
I'm afraid I can't disclose that
1134
01:06:59,755 --> 01:07:01,590
Have you any objections?
1135
01:07:04,213 --> 01:07:05,740
Then I'll make the arrangements
1136
01:07:07,279 --> 01:07:08,934
I won't trouble you more than necessary
1137
01:07:24,327 --> 01:07:25,327
Hello,Alycia
1138
01:07:27,172 --> 01:07:28,218
Hugh
1139
01:07:28,218 --> 01:07:29,861
I had to phone is everything all right?
1140
01:07:31,531 --> 01:07:34,425
Yes,yes of course everything's all right
1141
01:07:35,229 --> 01:07:36,847
But you sound worried,are you sure?
1142
01:07:38,296 --> 01:07:39,296
Quite sure
1143
01:07:40,356 --> 01:07:41,415
Listen,darling
1144
01:07:41,415 --> 01:07:43,989
I may not be able to see
your broadcast tomorrow
1145
01:07:44,242 --> 01:07:45,242
Why not?
1146
01:07:46,158 --> 01:07:47,571
There's so much to do here,you know
1147
01:07:48,026 --> 01:07:49,237
Arrangements and things
1148
01:07:50,984 --> 01:07:53,616
I shall be listening to
you,of course,as usual
1149
01:07:54,016 --> 01:07:55,023
Alycia
1150
01:07:55,346 --> 01:07:57,594
If anything should happen
you let me know,won't you?
1151
01:07:58,536 --> 01:08:00,696
Of course I will,hi darling
1152
01:08:02,900 --> 01:08:04,535
Don't worry
1153
01:08:31,582 --> 01:08:33,646
-Good evening,Ronnie
-Good evening
1154
01:08:37,288 --> 01:08:38,349
Your script
1155
01:08:40,720 --> 01:08:41,767
Thank you
1156
01:08:42,621 --> 01:08:43,621
Allen?
1157
01:08:44,373 --> 01:08:46,043
Now that Jonathan is dead I think the
1158
01:08:46,043 --> 01:08:47,608
least you can do is to tell the truth
1159
01:08:47,705 --> 01:08:49,750
But if you feel so strongly
about it why don't you?
1160
01:08:49,850 --> 01:08:52,122
Because I gave Jonathan a
promise not to expose you
1161
01:08:53,365 --> 01:08:55,719
-What was his object?
-I don't know
1162
01:08:56,401 --> 01:08:58,113
Whatever it is I have to respect it
1163
01:09:02,258 --> 01:09:03,358
I'm sorry Ronnie
1164
01:09:04,439 --> 01:09:06,442
Well I hope you enjoy your triumph
1165
01:09:07,275 --> 01:09:09,132
And I hope it won't be too short-lived
1166
01:09:09,132 --> 01:09:10,332
What do you mean?
1167
01:09:10,559 --> 01:09:12,007
You haven't heard about the autopsy?
1168
01:09:13,347 --> 01:09:14,347
Autopsy?
1169
01:09:14,851 --> 01:09:17,714
The police have reason to believe
that Jonathan may have been poisoned
1170
01:09:17,814 --> 01:09:19,546
They've ordered an autopsy
1171
01:09:25,589 --> 01:09:27,845
You look very nervous of that already
1172
01:09:45,438 --> 01:09:47,492
You're on the air in five minutes,Mr Allen
1173
01:09:51,614 --> 01:09:52,614
Hello,hello
1174
01:09:59,454 --> 01:10:00,550
Come in
1175
01:10:00,663 --> 01:10:01,759
It's Mr Allen
1176
01:10:09,946 --> 01:10:10,946
Hello
1177
01:10:10,966 --> 01:10:11,966
Alycia
1178
01:10:12,296 --> 01:10:13,309
I've just heard
1179
01:10:13,657 --> 01:10:16,845
Now listen to me whatever
you do don't talk to the police
1180
01:10:17,484 --> 01:10:19,853
I'm going to them
myself after the broadcast
1181
01:10:19,853 --> 01:10:20,903
No,darling
1182
01:10:21,270 --> 01:10:23,438
I shall say that I quarrelled
with him over the stories
1183
01:10:23,538 --> 01:10:25,642
and saw the chance to
put that stuff in his glass
1184
01:10:27,276 --> 01:10:28,298
No Hugh
1185
01:10:28,298 --> 01:10:30,480
Oh,I wanted it to happen
as much as you did
1186
01:10:30,651 --> 01:10:32,910
I knew you were going to do it,
I could have stopped you
1187
01:10:32,910 --> 01:10:33,945
But you did try
1188
01:10:34,727 --> 01:10:36,570
-Mr Allen they are waiting for you
-Right
1189
01:10:37,675 --> 01:10:38,912
-Alycia
-Hugh
1190
01:10:39,307 --> 01:10:40,423
Hugh,darling,no
1191
01:11:20,751 --> 01:11:22,280
I'd like to see Mrs Roach,please
1192
01:11:38,164 --> 01:11:39,847
Inspector Thornton to see you,Madam
1193
01:11:40,437 --> 01:11:41,443
Show him in
1194
01:11:48,709 --> 01:11:52,114
I have to inform you,Madam,that the
autopsy ordered on your late husband
1195
01:11:52,627 --> 01:11:54,627
showed that he died from natural causes
1196
01:11:56,140 --> 01:11:57,765
I shan't have to to trouble you any more
1197
01:11:58,194 --> 01:11:59,274
Good day,Madam
1198
01:12:10,112 --> 01:12:11,112
Hugh
1199
01:12:15,847 --> 01:12:16,859
Pierce
1200
01:12:17,149 --> 01:12:18,149
Madam
1201
01:12:25,894 --> 01:12:26,993
What are you doing?
1202
01:12:29,186 --> 01:12:31,315
I was removing a stain
from the carpet,Madam
1203
01:12:31,315 --> 01:12:34,909
I think the Master must have dropped
his port wine glass before he died
1204
01:13:02,588 --> 01:13:05,143
The voice of Merrill number 12
1205
01:13:06,275 --> 01:13:09,138
written and told by Hugh Merrill
1206
01:13:12,879 --> 01:13:15,584
I decided to kill Jean not through jealousy
1207
01:13:15,584 --> 01:13:17,938
an emotion I have always deplored
1208
01:13:17,938 --> 01:13:20,086
but because of the insults she levelled at
1209
01:13:20,086 --> 01:13:22,928
my intelligence that I
could never forgive
1210
01:13:23,285 --> 01:13:26,607
Her excuses her miserable
protestation of innocence
1211
01:13:26,677 --> 01:13:27,899
would scarcely have annoyed me
1212
01:13:27,899 --> 01:13:30,366
had they not been accompanied
by the impertinent presumption
1213
01:13:30,845 --> 01:13:32,050
that I would accept them
1214
01:13:32,393 --> 01:13:33,505
How dare she
1215
01:13:35,946 --> 01:13:38,492
I had known about Jean's
lover for some time
1216
01:13:39,485 --> 01:13:40,938
He was a writer like myself
1217
01:13:59,186 --> 01:14:00,429
Please,hurry
1218
01:14:09,514 --> 01:14:11,278
I laid my plans very carefully
1219
01:14:11,278 --> 01:14:14,410
I parked my car some
distance from the block of flats
1220
01:14:14,410 --> 01:14:15,655
and walked the rest of the way
1221
01:14:16,797 --> 01:14:20,928
I passed no one I knew it was
dark when I reached the street
1222
01:14:20,928 --> 01:14:22,000
where she lived
1223
01:14:22,000 --> 01:14:23,863
The kind of night that suited me well
1224
01:14:24,874 --> 01:14:27,935
cold and black with few people abroad
1225
01:14:28,282 --> 01:14:30,682
I walked slowly measuring my tread
1226
01:14:30,682 --> 01:14:33,315
and feeling the pain of my aching heart
1227
01:14:34,393 --> 01:14:36,977
I made my way into the
front entrance building
1228
01:14:36,977 --> 01:14:38,791
because I knew the porter
would not be there
1229
01:14:39,640 --> 01:14:42,451
I had thought even of so lowly
creature as the night porter
1230
01:14:43,796 --> 01:14:45,723
Jean was barely important enough to kill
1231
01:14:45,723 --> 01:14:48,394
She was certainly not
important enough to hang for
1232
01:14:48,944 --> 01:14:50,400
As I drew near to her room
1233
01:14:50,400 --> 01:14:52,854
and heard the sound of cheap music that
1234
01:14:52,879 --> 01:14:53,915
so typified her
1235
01:14:53,915 --> 01:14:58,079
I felt only one momentary
qualm then it vanished
1236
01:14:58,079 --> 01:15:01,442
At this last glimpse of
feminine complacency
1237
01:15:01,442 --> 01:15:02,562
Is that you,darling?
1238
01:15:13,067 --> 01:15:14,780
I looked at the vase she had knocked over
1239
01:15:14,780 --> 01:15:17,794
And the water dripping
into the open handbag
1240
01:15:17,794 --> 01:15:19,351
And somehow I caught from
1241
01:15:19,351 --> 01:15:23,241
this a strange sense of
foreboding for someone
1242
01:15:24,437 --> 01:15:26,158
I wondered if it was for me
1243
01:15:29,767 --> 01:15:31,657
You've been listening to
the voice of Merrill
1244
01:15:32,302 --> 01:15:34,432
written and told by Hugh Merrill
1245
01:15:34,738 --> 01:15:38,929
A vase with water dripping
into an open hand bag
1246
01:15:39,023 --> 01:15:40,046
Good heavens
1247
01:15:40,046 --> 01:15:42,462
He's told an almost parallel
story with the Bridge's murder
1248
01:15:42,686 --> 01:15:44,395
and he's disclosed something in her flat
1249
01:15:44,395 --> 01:15:47,420
that only the murderer apart from ourselves
could possibly have known about
1250
01:15:47,497 --> 01:15:49,382
The voice of Merrill got
some explaining to do
1251
01:15:49,425 --> 01:15:50,491
BBC
1252
01:15:56,770 --> 01:15:57,860
Mr Allen
1253
01:15:59,545 --> 01:16:00,630
I was coming to see you
1254
01:16:00,926 --> 01:16:03,588
Were you? We found your
story very interesting
1255
01:16:04,031 --> 01:16:05,419
Based on fact wasn't it?
1256
01:16:06,103 --> 01:16:07,698
On personal experience
1257
01:16:07,698 --> 01:16:08,726
No
1258
01:16:09,385 --> 01:16:11,593
Are you sure? You wrote it didn't you?
1259
01:16:14,141 --> 01:16:15,182
No I didn't write it
1260
01:16:15,948 --> 01:16:19,893
It was written,it was written
by Jonathan Roach
1261
01:16:21,360 --> 01:16:22,566
This gentleman can prove it
1262
01:16:24,605 --> 01:16:27,989
Are you prepared to say,Hugh Allen
did not write the story you just broadcast?
1263
01:16:32,786 --> 01:16:33,806
Well
1264
01:16:36,246 --> 01:16:37,652
No,I'm not prepared to say
1265
01:16:41,686 --> 01:16:43,288
Mrs Roach can prove I didn't write it
1266
01:16:43,482 --> 01:16:45,321
In that case we'd better
have a word with her
1267
01:16:45,410 --> 01:16:46,974
Do you mind coming along to the Yard?
1268
01:16:47,125 --> 01:16:48,313
You too,Sir,if you don't mind
1269
01:16:57,690 --> 01:16:59,539
Could I have your autograph
please,Mr Merrill
1270
01:16:59,639 --> 01:17:00,664
Me too please
1271
01:17:05,359 --> 01:17:06,453
Thank you
1272
01:17:08,781 --> 01:17:09,799
Thanks very much
1273
01:17:22,435 --> 01:17:23,508
Hugh
1274
01:17:54,578 --> 01:17:56,819
Don't say anything to them
1275
01:17:58,774 --> 01:18:00,294
Everything
1276
01:18:00,603 --> 01:18:01,759
All right
1277
01:18:02,367 --> 01:18:03,367
After all
1278
01:18:04,309 --> 01:18:05,309
Of course
1279
01:18:07,459 --> 01:18:08,904
Keep trying
1280
01:18:09,639 --> 01:18:10,639
My love
1281
01:18:13,515 --> 01:18:15,308
God bless you
1282
01:18:31,079 --> 01:18:33,132
There's something I should
explain to you,Inspector
1283
01:18:33,207 --> 01:18:34,263
All right
1284
01:19:47,770 --> 01:19:49,170
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