All language subtitles for Miss.Scarlet.And.The.Duke.S01E02.WEBRip.x264-ION10

[DOOR LATCH CLICKING]

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

-[DOOR CREAKS]
-[SLOW FOOTSTEPS]

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

[CLICK]

[COINS CLINK]

[CHILD] WHO ARE YOU?

[STUTTERS] I AM...
A FRIEND OF YOUR FATHER'S.

WE'RE PLAYING HIDE 'N SEEK.
[LAUGHS NERVOUSLY]

BUT, FATHER'S NOT HERE.

YOU KNOW THIS
SINCE YOU SAW HIM LEAVE FOR WORK
THIS VERY MORNING.

I SAW YOU WATCHING OUR HOUSE.

WHY ARE YOU HERE ALONE?

I HAVE A COLD. MY MOTHER'S GONE
TO BUY ME SOME HONEY.

[DOOR OPENS]

SHE'S BACK.

CAN I HAVE SOME OF YOUR MONEY...

SO I CAN BUY MYSELF A NEW DOLLY?

NO. [GASPS] NOW...

-I MUST GO.
-IF YOU DON'T GIVE ME SOME MONEY

I SHALL SCREAM.

MOTHER WILL COME
AND YOU'LL BE SENT
STRAIGHT TO PRISON.

[INHALES DEEPLY]

[SIGHS]

-ALL OF IT.
-ABSOLUTELY NOT.
YOUR FATHER HIRED ME FOR A JOB

AND THINKS HE CAN GET AWAY
WITH NOT PAYING ME
BECAUSE I'M A WOMAN.

ITS UNFORTUNATE BUT I'VE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO TAKE THE LAW INTO MY OWN HANDS.

GIVE ME THE REST OF THE MONEY,
OR I WILL SCREAM.

[SCREAMS LOUDLY]

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

[HOOVES ON COBBLED STREET]

MISS SCARLET,
HOW DELIGHTFUL TO SEE YOU.

AND WELCOME TO MY NEW ABODE.

AND WHAT AN ABODE IT IS,
MR. PARKER.

PLEASE, LET ME INTRODUCE YOU
TO MY DEAR FRIEND,
DR. MOORHOUSE.

WHEN RUPERT TOLD ME
OF YOUR MEETING,
I INSISTED ON COMING.

I'VE BEEN BESIDE MYSELF
WITH EXCITEMENT TO FINALLY MEET
HIS LADY DETECTIVE.

WELL, I HAD HOPED TO UPDATE YOU
ON OUR FINANCIAL SITUATION,
MR. PARKER.

TAKE A SEAT.

[RUPERT] MISS SCARLET
HAS INSISTED
THAT WE MEET ONCE A MONTH

SO I MAY BE APPRAISED OF HOW
OUR DETECTIVE AGENCY IS DOING.

SHE IS EXACTLY AS YOU DESCRIBED:
"AS BRIGHT AS A BUTTON."

I BET YOUR LITTLE INVESTMENT
IS DOING SPLENDIDLY.

WELL, MR. PARKER...

[STUTTERS] I'M AFRAID THAT...

I WILL BE UNABLE TO PAY
THE FIRST REPAYMENT
ON YOUR LOAN.

BUT BE ASSURED THIS IS JUST
THE TEETHING PROBLEMS
OF A NEW BUSINESS.

MISS SCARLET, NOW,
I KNOW WE ARE BUSINESS PARTNERS,

BUT ARE WE NOT
NOW FRIENDS, ALSO?

AND, AS A FRIEND,
I CAN ASSURE YOU

THERE IS NO RUSH
TO MAKE THE REPAYMENT.

[SIGHS] THANK YOU, MR. PARKER.

RUPERT, PLEASE.

ELIZA.

[DR. MOORHOUSE LAUGHS]

WE MUST CELEBRATE.

BEING A DETECTIVE
MUST BE SUCH FUN. [GUFFAWS]

I WISH I HAD A LITTLE HOBBY
JUST LIKE IT.

TELL ME, MISS SCARLET,
WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN YOUCATCHYOUR VILLAIN?

DO YOU HIT THE SCOUNDREL
WITH YOUR PURSE?

[RUPERT LAUGHS]

AND... HOW DID YOUR MOTHER
REACT TO THE NEWS
OF YOUR LEAVING HOME?

WELL... SHE TRIED
TO PERSUADE ME OTHERWISE,

BUT, I DID AS YOU SUGGESTED...

I STUCK TO MY GUNS.

I HOPE YOU DIDN'T TELL HER
I'D ENCOURAGED THIS
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.

BUT HE DID!
SHE WAS FURIOUS. [GUFFAWS]

[LAUGHS]

DO NOT WORRY.

SEE NOW THAT MOTHER KNOWS WE
ARE NOT TO BE MARRIED..

THERE IS NO REASON FOR HER
TO CALL ON YOU ANYMORE

TO THE FUTURE.

[HORSE HOOVES ON COBBLE STONES]

[MRS. PARKER] MISS SCARLET!

MRS. PARKER.
HOW LOVELY TO SEE YOU.

I DO HOPE YOU WILL STAY FOR TEA.

THIS IS NO SOCIAL CALL.

THIS MUST BE A MISTAKE.

MY FATHER WOULDN'T
MAKE SUCH AN OVERSIGHT.

I'VE HEARD YOUR FATHER
HAD MANY DISTRACTIONS,
SINCE YOUR MOTHER'S DEATH.

THE LEASE RENEWAL ON THIS HOUSE
WAS, NO DOUBT,
THE LAST THING ON HIS MIND.

-I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY.
-THEN I WILL HAVE TO FIND
NEW RESIDENTS.

YOU CANNOT DO THIS.

[GASPS] I'VE LIVED IN THIS HOUSE
ALL MY LIFE.

[MRS. PARKER] I OWN THE FREEHOLD
OF SEVEN HOUSES IN THIS STREET.

THE VERY BRICKS AND MORTAR.

I CANNOT GIVE YOU
SPECIAL TREATMENT.

WHY NO NOTICE? YOU MUST'VE KNOWN
OF THIS FOR SOME TIME.

I ASSUMED MISTAKENLY, YOU'D SOON
BECOME MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW,

AND, AS SUCH, WOULD BE MOVING IN
WITH MYSELF AND RUPERT.

THIS IS ABOUT ME DECLINING
YOUR SON'S OFFER OF MARRIAGE?
IT WASN'T DONE OUT OF SPITE.

BUT ENCOURAGING HIM
TO MOVE OUT WAS.

HE WAS PERFECTLY CONTENT
BEFORE YOU FILLED HIS HEAD
WITH OUTRAGEOUS IDEAS.

-MRS. PARKER, PLEASE.
-YOU HAVE UNTIL THE END
OF THE WEEK.

IF YOU CAN'T PAY BY THEN,
I'LL HAVE NO CHOICE
BUT TO EVICT YOU.

GOOD DAY, MISS SCARLET.

[ELIZA] THAT... WOMAN.

I'LL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO KEEP
THIS HOUSE. THIS IS OUR HOME!

-FOR ALL THREE OF US.
-[IVY] KITTY'S GONE.

GOT ANOTHER POSITION.

-I KNOW I HAVEN'T PAID HER
FOR TWO WEEKS--
-THREE.

THERE ARE BOUND TO BE ISSUES
IN THESE EARLY DAYS.

-MY AGENCY HAS ONLY BEEN OPEN
FOUR WEEKS--
-SIX.

I SUPPOSE YOU WILL LEAVE ME TOO.

THERE'S ONLY ONE THING FOR IT.
WHAT'S THE BEST DRESS I OWN?

THE BURGUNDY ONE, I THINK.

ARE WE BROUGHT SO LOW
THAT YOU HAVE TO SELL
YOUR CLOTHES?

I'M NOT SELLING IT, IVY,
BUT I DO NEED IT PRESSED.

OH WILLIAM.

ELIZA. TO WHAT DO I OWE
THIS UNEXPECTED DELIGHT?

I WAS PASSING AND THOUGHT
I'D TAKE TEA WITH AN OLD FRIEND.

HOW THOUGHTFUL, BUT I AM SIX MEN
DOWN, SO I'M AFRAID I CANNOT.

[TEA POURS]

[CLEARS THROAT]

I'VE NOT FREQUENTED THE PIE SHOP
ON THE CHARING CROSS ROAD.

NOR SHALL I IF THAT'S THE SOURCE
OF YOUR MENS' ILLNESS.

IT'S FAR FROM IDEAL.

WITH YOUR STAFFING
SO DIMINISHED,
YOU MUST BE EXTREMELY BUSY.

[LAUGHS] I HAVE FIVE MURDERS,

THREE MISSING PERSONS,

AND BLACKMAIL
OF A HIGH COURT JUDGE
TO DEAL WITH,

SO, YES, YOU COULD SAY THAT.

AN IDEA HAS JUST POPPED
INTO MY HEAD.

-I'VE NOT THOUGHT IT THROUGH...
-I DOUBT THAT.

I COULD OFFER MY ASSISTANCE...

FOR A SMALL FEE, OF COURSE.

[GUFFAWS]

IT'S TEMPTING, BUT,
UNLESS YOU CARRY THE BADGE

OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE,
THEN I'M AFRAID I'M UNABLE
TO ACCEPT THAT OFFER.

IT'S OF NO CONSEQUENCE.
I'M EXTREMELY BUSY
WITH MY OWN CLIENTS.

YEAH, I HEARD HOW BUSY YOU ARE.

TWO CASES,
SINCE YOU OPENED YOUR AGENCY.

THREE, IF YOU COUNT
THE MYSTERIOUS SCRATCHING

FROM MAD MR. MEADE'S ATTIC...

RATS, WASN'T IT?

HAVE YOU BEEN SPYING ON ME?

NO, NOT ME PERSONALLY, NO.

-[KNOCKS]
-[FRANK] I NEED BACK UP, DUKE.

THERE'S AN ARSON ATTACK
AT THE MACKINTOSH FACTORY.

TAKE DAVEY WITH YOU.

HE'S ON THE SHOREDITCH MURDER.

THERE MUST BE SOMEONE ELSE.

THERE ISN'T.

[SIGHS] EXCUSE ME ONE MOMENT.

COME ON.

I HAVE AN URGENT MESSAGE
FOR INSPECTOR WELLINGTON.

LEAVE IT ON HIS DESK.
I'LL SEE THAT HE READS IT
WHEN HE RETURNS.

[HORSE CARRIAGE APPROACHES]

[SOBBING]

DON'T GO UP, IT'S DANGEROUS.

I'VE SENT FOR THE POLICE.

WAIT! STOP! WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

[DRAMATIC MUSICAL STING]

-[FOOTSTEPS]
-[SCREAMS]

[SCREAMING] EDWARD!

[SOBBING] WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?

[GROANS]

-[SCREAMS]
-[THUD]

LET MY HUSBAND GO!

FRANK, GET HIM DOWN THE STATION.

-[MAN] I DIDN'T KILL HIM.
-[FRANK] COURSE YOU DIDN'T.

HOW DARE YOU HURT HIM.
LET HIM GO.

[LADY] PLEASE, YOU MUST
LISTEN TO ME.

HOW DARE YOU
READ A POLICE TELEGRAM.

BUT, SURELY CURIOSITY IS AN ESSENTIAL
ATTRIBUTE IN OUR LINE OF WORK.

THIS IS MY LINE OF WORK,
NOT YOURS.

IF I WANT TO MAKE
A NAME FOR MYSELF,

I NEED AS MUCH EXPERIENCE
OF CRIME SCENES AS POSSIBLE.

IT MAY'VE ESCAPED YOUR NOTICE,
BUT I'M HAVING
A PARTICULARLY BAD DAY,

I SUGGEST YOU TAKE MY ADVICE,
AND LEAVE... NOW.

HERE'S SOME ADVICE FOR YOU...

ONE MORE WORD AND YOU'LL FIND
YOURSELF IN COURT.

YOU MIGHT FIND
YOUR FOCUS SHARPER,
YOUR WORKLOAD LIGHTER,

IF YOU TONED DOWN YOUR DRINKING,
GAMBLING AND WOMANIZING.

[JUDGE] YOU'RE CHARGED
WITH OBSTRUCTING
POLICE BUSINESS.

A FINE WILL BE ISSUED
FOR 40 SHILLINGS.

BUT I DO NOT HAVE 40 SHILLINGS.

-THEN A MONTH IN PRISON IT IS.
-[INDISTINCT WHISPERING]

I'LL PAY THE FINE
FOR MISS SCARLET.

[LADY] I BEGGED THE INSPECTOR
TO LISTEN TO ME,

BUT IT'S CLEAR HE THINKS
MY HUSBAND... A MURDERER,

WHICH IS WHY I CAME TO FIND YOU.

I HEARD MENTION YOU WERE A...
PRIVATE DETECTIVE.

INSPECTOR WELLINGTON
SINGING MY PRAISES, NO DOUBT.

I WANT YOU TO FIND
THE REAL MURDERER.

MY HUSBAND IS INNOCENT.

HE IS A GENTLE AND KIND MAN.

I..

I PRAY THAT HE CAN COPE IN PRISON.

LADY - [GASPS]

[SOBS] EDWARD BOUGHT ME
THIS COAT...

WHEN WE FIRST MARRIED.

HE SAID HE ALWAYS WANTED
TO SEE ME IN A CROWD.

IT'S TOO EXUBERANT FOR MY TASTE.

I ONLY WEAR IT NOW
TO BE CLOSE TO HIM.

[SIGHS] MRS. BUTLER...
YOUR HUSBAND WAS FOUND
WITH A KNIFE IN HIS HAND...

COVERED IN THE BLOOD
OF A MURDERED MAN.

SO WHATEVER THE OUTCOME, I MUST BE
SURE THAT I WILL RECEIVE MY FEE.

MONEY IS NOT AN ISSUE.
YOU WILL BE PAID...
WHATEVER THE OUTCOME.

ALRIGHT THEN.

TELL ME... ABOUT THE DEAD MAN.

EVERY DETAIL,
NO MATTER HOW SMALL.

HIS NAME WAS SEBASTIAN RIDLEY.

HE OWNED A SALOON IN MAYFAIR.

EDWARD DID HIS ACCOUNTS,
THAT'S HOW THE TWO
WERE ACQUAINTED.

I HAD LITTLE TIME
FOR MR. RIDLEY.

HE WAS A LOUD,

BRASH MAN.

HELLO?

[MOSES] HELLO, MISS SCARLET.

MR. MOSES, ISN'T IT?

IT'S JUST MOSES.

I'VE SPENT MANY HOURS
THINKING OF YOU, MISS SCARLET.

NICE THINGS, I HOPE.

WHEN THE GOVERNOR
AT THE BLACK CAT

FOUND HIS HEAD OF SECURITY
HANDCUFFED TO A RADIATOR,

BY A WOMAN, NO LESS,

IT DIDN'T GO DOWN TOO WELL.

-LOST ME MY JOB.
-I DON'T COME TO MAKE TROUBLE.

I'M WORKING
THE RIDLEY MURDER CASE ON BEHALF
OF THE ACCUSED'S WIFE.

PERHAPS YOU COULD HELP ME
WITH MY INQUIRIES.

-I MUST WARN YOU...
-[CLICK]

I AM ARMED.

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS]

[GASPS]

MR. RIDLEY WAS A CAUTIOUS MAN.

I DON'T WANT TO DIE, MR. MOSES.

LIKE I SAID...

IT'S JUST MOSES.

I'M NOT GOING TO KILL YOU,
MISS SCARLET.

I'M GOING TO HIRE YOU.

[SIGHS IN RELIEF]

YOU WANT ME TO FINDA SNUFF BOX?

[MOSES] IT WAS MY FATHER'S.

HE WAS TAKEN FROM JAMAICA
ON THE SLAVE SHIPS TO LONDON.

HIS OWNER GAVE HIM THE BOX
AS A PARTING GIFT
WITH THE ABOLITION.

APPARENTLY HE WAS A FAIR MAN,
FOR A SLAVER.

BUT, WHEN I WAS A BOY I SAW THOSE
SCARS ON MY FATHER'S BACK.

I SAW HOW HE MUST'VE SUFFERED.

HE WAS THE BRAVEST MAN I EVER KNEW.

THE BOX IS ALL
I HAVE LEFT OF HIM.

I ASKED MR. RIDLEY
TO KEEP IT IN HIS SAFE.

WHEN I HEARD OF HIS DEATH,

I WANTED MY BOX BACK...
BUT NO ONE HAD A KEY.

THEN, LATE LAST NIGHT,
SOMEONE CAME
AND CLEARED OUT EVERYTHING.

DID YOU SEE WHO IT WAS?

IT WAS THE ACCOUNTANT'S WIFE.

TABITHA BUTLER CLEARED THE SAFE?

I WAS HERE LATE,
FIXING A BROKEN TABLE,

WHEN SHE LET HERSELF IN.

HER HUSBAND,
MR. RIDLEY'S ACCOUNTANT,

HAD A KEY TO THE BAR,
AND THE SAFE.

IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

SHE NEVER SAW ME.

THE PLACE WAS SHUT UP AND DARK
WHEN SHE SLIPPED IN.

IN HER HAND
WAS A GREEN CARPET BAG...

EMPTY WHEN SHE ARRIVED,
FULL WHEN SHE LEFT.

IF IT WAS DARK,
HOW COULD YOU TELL
THE CARPET BAG WAS GREEN?

COME TO THINK OF IT...
WHY WERE YOU FIXING A TABLE
IN THE DARK?

[BANGS COUNTER] FINE!

I WASN'T FIXING A TABLE.

I WAS TRYING TO BREAK INTO
THE SAFE WHEN I HEARD FOOTSTEPS.

I HID AND WATCHED
MRS. BUTLER EMPTY THE CONTENTS
INTO HER BAG,

INCLUDING MY FATHER'S SNUFF BOX.

I MIGHT'VE STOPPED HER IF I WASN'T
ALREADY IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW.

THAT BOX IS THE ONLY THING
I HAVE LEFT OF MY FATHER,

AND YOU WILL GET IT BACK FOR ME.

IT WOULD BE UNETHICAL
TO INVESTIGATE MY OWN CLIENT...

UNLESS, OF COURSE, YOU TOO
WOULD PAY ME A FEE.

THE FEE IS THAT I LET YOU LIVE.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[MAID] I'LL FETCH MY MISTRESS.

-YOU'RE A PRIVATE DETECTIVE?
-I AM.

MISS SCARLET, I APOLOGIZE
FOR HAVING TO RECEIVE YOU
IN THE HALL, BUT

AS YOU CAN APPRECIATE,
I CANNOT ENTERTAIN
IN THAT ROOM... EVER AGAIN.

-[COINS CLINK]
-HERE IS THE MONEY I OWE YOU.

THIS ISN'T THE ADVANCE
WE DISCUSSED.

THIS IS NO ADVANCE.
THIS IS MONEY
TO SEVER OUR CONTRACT.

I SENT A NOTE TO YOUR OFFICE
LAST NIGHT, ENDING OUR AGREEMENT

BUT, I'VE NOT BEEN
IN MY OFFICE--

SINCE YESTERDAY EVENING WHEN
WE SHOOK ON THAT AGREEMENT

WELL I NO LONGER NEED YOUR SERVICES.

NOW IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME,
I'M EXTREMELY LATE FOR CHURCH.

[MRS. BUTLER] ANNIE,
PLEASE SHOW MISS SCARLET OUT.

WHAT ABOUT YOUR HUSBAND,
MRS. BUTLER?

YESTERDAY YOU WORE THIS COAT
TO SHOW YOUR LOVE FOR HIM.

WHY THE CHANGE OF HEART?

HE CAN BE DAMNED TO HELL
AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.

I'M FEELING RATHER QUEASY,
MAY I HAVE FOR A GLASS OF WATER?

[SIGHS] FETCH MISS SCARLET
A GLASS OF WATER BEFORE SHE GOES
ON HER WAY.

JUST A SMALL GLASS WILL SUFFICE.

I THINK WE BOTH KNOW ITS
NOT WATER YOU WANT.

MAKE IT WORTH MY WHILE AND YOU
CAN SNOOP AS MUCH AS YOU LIKE.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS]

[CARRIAGE DOOR CLOSES]

CLEAN OUT THE CELLS FRANK

GET RID OF THE DRUNKS, THE
WHORES AND THE INSANE

I'M SENIOR DECTECTIVE DUKE, I
AIN'T CLEARING OUT NO CELLS!

I HAVE..SPENT THE MORNING MAKING HOUSE
TO HOUSE CALLS IN A WHOLE BUNCH OF SLUMS

I HAVEN'T DONE THAT SINCE I WAS A CONSTABLE

HAD AN APPLE CORK THROWN
AT MY HEAD, AND A PARCEL

OF FAECES WAITING FOR ME
ON THE SEAT OF MY CARRIAGE

I ASSUME THAT IT WAS DOG BUT..WHO KNOWS?

THE POINT IS FRANK THAT IS I'M
ENJOYING THIS WEEK AS

LITTLE AS YOU ARE SO
CLEAR OUT THE DAMN CELLS AYE!

GOOD LAD.

OI!

NO EATING ON DUTY, THATS A BLOODY DISGRACE!

OH FOR GOD'S SAKE.

ELIZA WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

THE DEEPLY RELIGOUS MRS. TABITHA BUTLER,

WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR
WITH SEBASTIAN RIDLEY.

I FOUND LOVE LETTERS
FROM HER TO HIM.

SO HER HUSBAND DID HAVE A MOTIVE.

IT WAS A CRIME OF PASSION
AND SHE'D HAVE KNOWN THIS.

IT EXPLAINS WHY MRS. BUTLER
DISMISSED ME, BUT NOT WHY
SHE HIRED ME IN THE FIRST PLACE.

SHE'S DISMISSED YOU, ALREADY?

WHAT OF HER CHANGE OF HEART?

ONE MOMENT SHE PROTESTS
HER HUSBAND'S INNOCENCE,

THEN SHE DAMNS HIM TO HELL,
IT MAKES NO SENSE.

MY PRIME SUSPECT
HAS PLEADED GUILTY.
END OF STORY.

-SINCE WHEN?
-SINCE THIS MORNING,

WHICH MEANS I HAVE ONE LESS CASE

IN WHAT'S PROVING TO BE
AN EXTREMELY VEXING WEEK.

MR. AND MRS. BUTLER
SUDDENLY CHANGED
FROM INNOCENT TO GUILTY?

SOMETHING'S AMISS HERE.

TABITHA BUTLER'S NOT
TO BE TRUSTED.

SHE'S A LIAR AND A THIEF.

I FOUND THE CONTENTS
OF MR. RIDLEY'S SAFE
AT HER HOUSE.

DON'T TELL ME YOU BROKE INTO
MRS. BUTLER'S HOUSE.

DO YOU WANT TO END UP
IN COURT AGAIN?

THANKS. YOU'LL HAVE ME SPEND
A MONTH IN PRISON.

[CHUCKLES] MAGISTRATE WILKES
IS AN OLD FRIEND,

I MERELY WISHED
TO PUT THE WIND UP YOU.

I DIDN'T EXPECT MRS. BUTLER
TO BAIL YOU.

EXACTLY MY POINT.
SHE BAILS ME OUT,

HIRES ME
TO PROVE HER HUSBAND'S INNOCENT,

-THEN DISMISSES ME.
-[DUKE SIGHS]

-SOMETHING IS AMISS,
-THE CASE IS CLOSED.

IN FACT, I'M ON MY WAY
TO THE MORGUE RIGHT NOW

TO COMPLETE THE PAPERWORK
TO RELEASE MR. RIDLEY'S BODY
FOR BURIAL.

JUST ANOTHER LOWLY TASK
I'M FORCED TO COVER.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
MR. RIDLEY'S BODY?

[DUKE] YES... AND NO,
YOU MAY NOT COME.

[MR. POTTS] ...AND IF YOU COULD
ALSO SIGN HERE, HERE AND HERE.

HOW MANY BLOODY SIGNATURES
DO YOU NEED?

EVERYTHING MUST BE
IN TRIPLICATE.

OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE DEAD,
KINDLY REFRAIN FROM SWEARING,
INSPECTOR.

I'M A GOD-FEARING MAN.

[SIGHS] JUST TAKE ME
TO THE BODY... PLEASE.

OF COURSE, BUT I WILL NEED
ONE MORE SIGNATURE...

HERE.

[MR. POTTS] I'M USED TO DEALING
WITH ONE OF YOUR DETECTIVES.

IT'S MOST UNUSUAL THAT WE HAVE
THE HONOR OF AN INSPECTOR.

EVEN MORE UNUSUAL
THAT HE SHOULD BRING HIS WIFE.

MY WIFE?

I'VE REQUESTED
THAT SHE WAIT OUTSIDE.

WOMEN AREN'T ALLOWED
IN THE MORTUARY.
IT WOULDN'T BE PROPER.

MY WIFE?

[MR. POTTS GROANS]

[DOOR OPENS]

I SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED THAT YOU
WAIT OUTSIDE FOR YOUR HUSBAND, MADAM.

-SHE'S NOT MY WIFE. -I FOUND
SOMETHING MOST INTERESTING WILLIAM.

THE CUT ACROSS THE THROAT
TAKES A LEFT TO RIGHT FORMATION.

THIS IS MOST IRREGULAR.
I'VE NEVER ALLOWED A LADY
IN THIS ROOM.

THIS SUGGESTS THE PERPETRATOR
WAS RIGHT-HANDED.

BUT THE ACCUSED, EDWARD BUTLER,
PICKED UP THE KNIFE
WITH HIS LEFT HAND

WHEN WOKEN
BY HIS WIFE SCREAMING.

I DON'T HAVE TIME
FOR YOUR MUSINGS.

MY TASK IS TO IDENTIFY
THAT THIS IS SEBASTIAN RIDLEY...

WHICH IT IS. MY WORK IS DONE.

[GROANS] THEN YOU WILL NEED
TO SIGN...

HERE, HERE, AND HERE.

THERE ARE NO FRAGMENTS OF COTTON
FROM THE COLLAR
IN THE NECK WOUND.

THE PERPETRATOR TOOK TIME
TO PULL DOWN THE COLLAR

AND KNIFE THE SKIN.
THIS WAS NO FRENZIED ATTACK.

INSPECTOR, I MUST INSIST
THAT YOU REMOVE YOUR WIFE.

-SHE'S NOT MY BLOODY WIFE.
-PLEASE REFRAIN FROM SWEARING.

THERE ARE OFTEN ANOMALIES
IN KNIFE WOUNDS.

YOU'D KNOW THIS,
IF YOU WERE A POLICE OFFICER.
BUT YOU'RE NOT. GOOD DAY.

[DOOR BANGS]

WELL... IT SEEMS LIKE YOU HAVE
NO BUSINESS BEING HERE, MADAM.

-I JUST NEED FIVE MORE MINUTES.
-[MR. POTTS] QUITE IMPOSSIBLE.

MAYBE THIS WOULD HELP.

YOU ARE CHARGED WITH
ATTEMPTING TO BRIBE

AN OFFICIAL OF THE CROWN
AT THE CITY'S MORGUE.

[JUDGE] A FINE WILL ISSUE
FOR 60 SHILLINGS.

-SIXTY? IT WAS FORTY BEFORE.
-[GASPS]

SEVENTY, FOR INSOLENCE.

[BANG]

THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING
TO MAGISTRATE WILKES.

I WON'T PUT YOU IN
THAT SITUATION AGAIN.

I DOUBT THAT VERY MUCH.

ELIZA, I'D LIKE TO FIND A WAY
THAT WE CAN COEXIST

WITHOUT CAUSING EACH OTHER
CONSTANT AGITATION.

SO WOULD I.

FATHER WOULDN'T WANT US
TO BE AT ODDS.

GOOD, THEN WE ARE AGREED.
YOU WILL DROP THE CASE
OF SEBASTIAN RIDLEY

AND INCONVENIENCE ME
WITH IT NO LONGER.

-GIDDY UP!
-THAT'S NOT WHAT WE AGREED.

WILLIAM!
THAT'S NOT WHAT WE AGREED.

[HENRY] I KNOW THAT LOOK.
IT'S ONE OF CONFUSION,

PUZZLEMENT...DISCOMBOBULATION.

IT'S THE SAME LOOK YOU RESERVED
FOR YOUR SCHOOL WORK.

ACTUALLY, I'M REMEMBERING
SOMETHING YOU ONCE TOLD ME.

I TOLD YOU MANY THINGS,
MOST OF WHICH USELESS, I FEAR.

YOU SAID THAT A TATTOO
FOUND ON AN UNIDENTIFIED BODY
WAS A PRIZE, INDEED.

HOW MACABRE. IT SOUNDS LIKE ME.

YOU SAID IT GAVE INSIGHT
TO A PERSON'S PAST,

PERHAPS A BADGE OF BELONGING,
LIKE TO THE NAVY,

OR A QUIET REBELLION HIDDEN
ON ONE'S BODY
FOR ONE'S EYES ONLY.

HOW DO YOU REMEMBER MY MUSINGS
IN SUCH DETAIL,

-YET YOU COULDN'T RECITE
ONE WORD OF YOUR LATIN HOMEWORK.
-[LAUGHS]

I KNEW I'D SEEN
THAT ROSE BEFORE.

YOUR FRIEND, DR. MOORHOUSE,
ALSO WORE ONE IN HIS LAPEL
WHEN WE MET.

DO YOU HIT THE SCOUNDREL
WITH YOUR PURSE?

MR. RIDLEY HAD
THE DARK BLUE ROSE
TATTOOED ONTO HIS ARM.

IT MEANS SOMETHING, DOES IT NOT?

[CLEARS THROAT]

I SWEAR THAT WHATEVER YOU TELL
ME WILL REMAIN BETWEEN US.

THEY'RE CALLED
THE MIDNIGHT ROSE.

THEY SEND A MESSAGE
THAT YOU ARE...

A LIKE-MINDED FELLOW.

A LIKE-MINDED FELLOW?

THAT'S A MAN WHOSE TASTES
DO NOT LIE WITH...

WOMEN.

I TAKE A GREAT RISK
CONFIDING IN YOU, ELIZA.

MEN LIKE ME ARE DAMNED
BY THE CHURCH, AND BY THE LAW.

AS I AM NOT A RELIGIOUS MAN,
THANKS TO MR. DARWIN,

ETERNITY IN SATAN'S FIRE
DOES NOT CONCERN ME.

IMPRISONMENT, AND THE DISGRACE THAT
WOULD BRING TO MY MOTHER... [GASPS]

I CAN'T.

WELL, IF ANYONE FINDS OUT,

IT'LL NOT BE THROUGH ME.

[EXHALES]

THANK YOU.

[CLEARS THROAT]

SEBASTIAN RIDLEY WAS HAVING
AN AFFAIR WITH A WOMAN.

[LAUGHS] I CAN ASSURE YOU...

MR. RIDLEY HAD A HUGE APPETITE
FOR MANY THINGS,

-BUT WOMEN WEREN'T ONE OF THEM.
-YOU KNEW HIM?

EACH WEDNESDAY,
HE RAN A SPECIAL NIGHT
AT HIS SALOON.

IT WAS OUR SAFE HAVEN.

A LESS SECURE MEETING PLACE
COULD LAND A MAN
TEN YEARS' HARD LABOR.

WE WERE ALL
VERY GRATEFUL TO HIM,

AND SO SADDENED BY HIS LOSS.

IT MAKES NO SENSE, ELIZA.

THE MAN HE LOVED MOST, HIS DEAREST
TEDDY, WOULD BE THE ONE TO MURDER HIM.

-IT WAS A SHOCK, INDEED.
-TEDDY?

EDWARD BUTLER, HIS ACCOUNTANT.

WE ALL KNEW HIM AS EDWARD
AT THE SALOON.

IT WAS SEBASTIAN
WHO NICKNAMED HIM "TEDDY."

HE, TOO, WAS A REGULAR
ON THOSE NIGHTS.

"T" WAS FOR TEDDY...

NOT TABITHA.

SORRY?

SEBASTIAN AND EDWARD
WERE LOVERS?

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT EDWARD
BUTLER KILLED SEBASTIAN RIDLEY.

IS THERE SOMEONE YOU KNOW
THAT MIGHT WISH HIM ILL?
SOMEONE IN THAT CIRCLE?

NO ONE I CAN THINK OF.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO HAVE A WORD
WITH THE DOORMAN AT THE SALOON

WHO WORKED THOSE
PARTICULAR NIGHTS.

I CAN'T REMEMBER HIS NAME.

HE WAS JAMAICAN.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

[DOOR CLOSES]

MOSES?

[MAN 2] IT'S ALRIGHT, ALBERT,
IT'S NOT THE COPPERS.

DO YOU BELONG TO THE JAMAICAN?

I THINK WE MIGHT'VE
KILLED HIM. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

YOU COULD STAY, KEEP US COMPANY,
IF YOU LIKE.

I'LL LEAVE YOU
TO CARRY ON WITH WHATEVER
YOU'RE DOING.

STEALING... ALL THIS BOOZE
IS NO GOOD TO A DEAD GOVERNOR.

[ELIZA GROANS]

I... SUPPOSE NOT.

[DOOR BANGS]

[THUD]

-[THIEF GROANS]
-DON'T TOUCH ME.

[THIEF] YOU'VE GOT TWO CHOICES,
PRETTY.

KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT OR ALBERT
HERE WILL CUT YOUR TONGUE OUT.

[ELIZA] GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME.

-[THUD]
-[THIEF LAUGHS]

YOU'RE A REAL GENTLEMAN NOW,
ALBERT.

-[CONTINUES LAUGHING]
-[ALBERT SNIFFS]

[THUD]

WITCH!

-WHAT'VE YOU GIVEN ALBERT?
-[ELIZA GROANS]

-NO! [SCREAMS]
-[GUN CLICKS]

-[BANG]
-NO!

THAT WAS A WARNING SHOT.
NOW GET OUT.

TAKE YOUR FRIEND
OR THE NEXT BULLET
WILL BE IN YOUR HEAD.

-[RUSTLING]
-[MOSES GROANS]

[CLICK]

[LABORED BREATHING]
WHERE ARE THOSE SCUM?

I DEALT WITH THEM.

YOU DEALT WITH THEM?

IT WASN'T THAT HARD.

WHY IS YOUR HAND SHAKING?

-[MOSES GROANS] -[ELIZA] I DON'T
WISH TO DISCUSS THOSE MEN.

YOU CAN DEAL WITH THEM
IN YOUR OWN TIME.

DON'T WORRY, I WILL.

I'M MORE INTERESTED IN THIS.

[ELIZA] OPIUM...

IN A QUANTITY THAT'S ILLEGAL.

ARE YOU INVOLVED
IN DRUG SMUGGLING?

MORE TO THE POINT, DOES IT
INVOLVE MR. RIDLEY'S DEATH?

THE OPIUM ISN'T MINE...

NEITHER IS THE SNUFF BOX...

NOR WAS MY FATHER A SLAVE.

JUST SOME DRUNK WHO NEVER LEFT
JAMAICA AND DIED
FALLING INTO A POND.

SO THE BOX BELONGS TO SEBASTIAN
RIDLEY, AND NOW THAT HES DEAD YOU..

SAW AN OPPORTUNITY TO STEAL IT?

I HAVE NO JOB..

NO HOME..NONE.

DO NOT EXPECT SYMPATHY FROM ME SIR.

I AM FACED WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS OF MY OWN.

I KNOW THAT YOU WORKED THE DOOR
ON RIDLEY'S SPECIAL NIGHTS..

TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW OF HIM AND EDWARD BUTLER

NONE.

KEPT TO MYSELF. TO MYSELF.

THOSE MEN HERE TODAY
THOUGHT THEY'D KILLED YOU.

IF THEY'D SEEN YOU AWAKE
THEY'D HAVE FINISHED YOU OFF.

IS THIS YOUR WAY OF TELLING ME
I OWE YOU MY LIFE?

[CLICK]

[SIGHS]

I KNOW WHO SUPPLIED THE OPIUM.

IT WAS A REGULAR
ON THOSE NIGHTS... A DOCTOR.

DO YOU REMEMBER HIS NAME?

WELL... I'LL GIVE YOU
SOME PRIVACY.

I ADMIT,
I WAS SEBASTIAN'S DOCTOR.

I AM THE DOCTOR TO MANY OF THE BAR

I KNOW THE RESTRICTIONS
ON SUPPLYING OPIUM GROW TIGHTER,

-BUT I MADE
AN EXCEPTION IN THIS CASE.
-IN THIS CASE?

SEBASTIAN WAS DYING.
HE HAD A TUMOR TO THE STOMACH,

ONLY MONTHS TO LIVE.

I SEE.

HE BEGGED ME FOR PAIN RELIEF,

BUT THE OPIUM
CEASED HAVING EFFECT.

THE END WAS NEAR
FOR DEAR SEBASTIAN.

WHO ELSE KNEW ABOUT THIS?

HE WANTED IT
A SECRET BETWEEN US,

WHICH IS WHY I WAS SO SHOCKED
THAT THE WIFE
OF HIS ACCOUNTANT KNEW.

TABITHA BUTLER?

BUT IT WAS MY BELIEF SHE DISLIKED HIM?

ARE YOU CERTAIN SHE KNEW?

THE EVENING SEBASTIAN DIED,
I WENT TO SEE MRS. BUTLER.

I WAS CONCERNED

THAT IF THE OPIUM WAS FOUND,
IT MIGHT BE TRACED BACK TO ME.

I ARRIVED TO FIND HER
SOBBING IN THE VERY ROOM
OF HIS MURDER.

WHEN I EXPRESSED MY SORROW
OVER WHAT'D HAPPENED,

HER RESPONSE
WAS SURPRISING, INDEED.

HOW SO?

SHE SAID SHE HOPED
SEBASTIAN SUFFERED

TO THE LAST WITH HIS TUMOR,
AND HER HUSBAND
WOULD SOON JOIN HIM IN HELL.

HER FURY WAS SUCH
THAT HER HANDS WERE SHAKING,

SHE COULD BARELY
HOLD THE LETTER.

SHE WAS READING A LETTER?

MRS. BUTLER LEFT MY OFFICE AT FIVE O'CLOCK THAT
SAME DAY PROTESTING HER HUSBAND'S INNOCENCE.

YOU SAW HER AN HOUR LATER
AND SUDDENLY SHE DESPISED HIM.

WHATEVER WAS IN THAT LETTER
CHANGED HER MIND.

DID YOU SEE THE CONTENTS?

ONLY THE NAME ON THE ENVELOPE.

BLOODIED AND SCREWED UP
ON THE FLOOR.
IT WAS ADDRESSED TO TEDDY.

TEDDY?

THAT WAS THE NAME ONLY
SEBASTIAN USED FOR EDWARD.

[DOOR OPENS]

YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED IN HERE.
HOW MANY TIMES, ELIZA?

MR. POTTS IS AT
THE CORONER'S OFFICE
ATTENDING TO AN URGENT MESSAGE.

-HOW DO YOU KNOW?
-I SENT IT?

-[SIGHS]
-EDWARD BUTLER DIDN'T MURDER
SEBASTIAN RIDLEY.

IN JUST UNDER ONE HOUR,

MR. BUTLER, MY PRIME SUSPECT,
AND GUILTY BY HIS OWN ADMISSION,

WILL BE LEAVING HIS PRISON CELL
TO WALK THE FEW YARDS
TO HIS PUBLIC EXECUTION.

THE CASE IS CLOSED.

YOU MAY WISH TO PREPARE YOURSELF
FOR WHAT I'M ABOUT TO TELL YOU.

[SIGHS]

EDWARD BUTLER
AND SEBASTIAN RIDLEY
WERE LOVERS.

I THOUGHT YOU'D BE MORE SHOCKED.
HORRIFIED, EVEN.

IF YOU SAW THE THINGS
I SEE DAILY,
NOTHING WOULD SHOCK YOU.

SEBASTIAN RIDLEY WAS ILL.
HE WAS DYING.

IT WAS HE WHO KILLED HIMSELF.
THE CUTS ON HIS THROAT
ARE CONSISTENT WITH THIS.

HE WROTE EDWARD BUTLER
A SUICIDE LETTER.

MRS. BUTLER HAS CONCEALED IT.
SHE'S GOING TO LET
HER UNFAITHFUL HUSBAND

BE SENT TO THE GALLOWS
FOR A MURDER HE DIDN'T DO.

[ELIZA] WILLIAM,
I KNOW YOU'RE STRETCHED.

BUT IF AN INNOCENT MAN IS HANGED
FOR A CRIME HE DIDN'T COMMIT,

IT'LL BE ON YOU
AND YOUR REPUTATION.

[MAID] SHE'S ON HER WAY
TO EUSTON,

CATCHING THE 4 O' CLOCK TRAIN
TO LIVERPOOL.

-SHE'S LEAVING FOR AMERICA, SIR.
-WHY ARE HER THINGS STILL HERE?

[MAID] I'M TO PACK THE REST OF
THE POSSESSIONS, THEN FOLLOW ON.

THIS IS THE RECEIPT FOR MRS
BUTLER'S TRAIN TICKET SIR

YOU SHOULD BE THE ONE TO BRING
TABITHA BUTLER IN WILLIAM.

IT BENEFITS ME TOO,
THAT WE PROTECT YOUR REPUTATION.

EUSTON STATION, ARTHUR.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

YOUR HUSBAND GAVE YOU
THAT COAT...

SO HE'D SEE YOU
IN THE CROWD AND HERE YOU ARE.

WHEN I SAW IT GONE, I KNEW
THERE'D ONLY BE ONE REASON
WHY YOU'D EVER WEAR IT AGAIN.

I UNDERSTAND YOU WANT REVENGE
BUT WE BOTH KNOW
YOUR HUSBAND'S INNOCENT.

SEBASTIAN RIDLEY KILLED HIMSELF.

THERE WAS A SUICIDE LETTER,
WASN'T THERE?

WHERE IS IT, MRS. BUTLER?

HE BETRAYED ME.

WHAT HE DID WITH THAT MAN
WAS AN ABOMINATION.

BUT IS IT STILL RIGHT
TO LET AN INNOCENT MAN DIE,
MRS. BUTLER?

[PLEADING] TABITHA!

GIVE ME THAT LETTER, PLEASE.

PLEASE!

[SOBS]

STOP THE EXECUTION!

I HAVE EVIDENCE
OF EDWARD BUTLER'S INNOCENCE.

[MR. BUTLER] WHEN SEBASTIAN
TOLD ME HE WAS ILL,

HE WANTED US TO GO AWAY,
LIVE OUT HIS FINAL MONTHS
TOGETHER.

[MR. BUTLER] HE WAS TERRIFIED
OF DYING ALONE BUT I REFUSED.

I COULDN'T LIVE WITH THE SHAME
OF TABITHA KNOWING THE TRUTH.

NEXT MORNING I RETURNED HOME
TO FIND SEBASTIAN
IN MY DRAWING ROOM.

HE'D PLACED HIS SUICIDE LETTER
ON MY MANTELPIECE.

I STOOD WITH A KNIFE
TO HIS THROAT.

HE SAID I'D BETRAYED HIM,

THAT I'D BE WITH HIM
AT THE END, LIKE IT OR NOT.

YOU TRIED TO STOP HIM,
BUT HE KNOCKED YOU UNCONSCIOUS.

IN MY CELL THAT NIGHT
I THOUGHT ABOUT HIS LETTER.

HOW IT WAS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND
WHEN WE FOUGHT.

HOW TABITHA WOULD SOON
DISCOVER IT IN ITS HIDING PLACE.

AND HOW IRONIC IT WAS THAT THE ONE THING
THAT WOULD ABSOLVE ME OF MURDER...

WOULD ALSO CONDEMN
TO A LIFE AS AN OUTCAST.

SO YOU PLEADED GUILTY.

I WANTED TO DIE.

BUT YOU'RE A FREE MAN NOW.

I AM GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU
DID FOR ME MISS SCARLET

BUT I WILL NEVER BE FREE.

MY MARRIAGE, MY LIFE,
MY REPUTATION...

ALL DESTROYED.

IF I GIVE YOU A COMPLIMENT, DO YOU
PROMISE NOT TO MAKE ME SUFFER FOR IT?

YOU HAVE MY WORD.

THAT WAS GOOD WORK.

YOUR FATHER WOULD'VE BEEN PROUD.

THANK YOU.
THAT MEANS A GREAT DEAL.

MRS. BUTLER REALLY
COMMITTED A CRIME,

BUT SHE DIDN'T BREAK INTO
THE SAFE FOR THE MONEY,

SHE ONLY WANTED
TO BURN THE LOVE LETTERS
TO STOP NEWS OF THE AFFAIR.

IT'S STILL A THEFT...

NOT TO MENTION
OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE

FOR CONCEALING THAT LETTER.

YOU KNEW MRS. BUTLER
WASN'T ON THAT TRAIN.

SO MUCH FOR PROTECTING
MY REPUTATION.

THERE'S NO ONE IN THIS CITY
MORE RESPECTED
THAN YOU, WILLIAM.

ME, ON THE OTHER HAND,
MUST BUILD MY REPUTATION.

-I NEEDED THIS MORE
THAN YOU DID.
-TRY TELLING MY SUPERIORS THAT.

YOU CAN HANDLE THEM.
YOU CAN HANDLE EVERYONE.

I CANNOT HANDLE YOU.

[INHALES DEEPLY] NOW I MUST
ROUND UP MY ENTIRE TEAM OF TWO

AND BRIEF THEM
ON MY MAN IN THE CANAL.

IN THE MEANTIME,
PLEASE TRY TO STAY
OUT OF TROUBLE, ELIZA...

FOR MY SAKE.

OF COURSE, WILLIAM. OF COURSE.

[DOOR OPENS]

[SURPRISED] RUPERT.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

MY MOTHER'S HERE TO SEE YOU.
I'M TO WAIT FOR YOU HERE.

I FOUND HIM LOITERING OUTSIDE THE DOOR
SO INVITED HIM IN FOR A CUP OF TEA

CAN YOU TELL MRS. PARKER I'LL
BE WITH HER IN A MOMENT?

OF COURSE.

-SHE'S COME ABOUT THE LEASE?
-YES.

[STAMMERS] I DID TRY
TO PERSUADE HER OTHERWISE,

BUT... AS YOU KNOW,
SHE'S DIFFICULT TO REASON WITH.

I HADN'T NOTICED.

[CHUCKLES]

I DON'T BLAME YOU
FOR WISHING TO UPSET HER
IN SOME WAY,

SINCE SHE HERSELF,
HAS SHOWN YOU LITTLE KINDNESS.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING
I COULD SAY
THAT WOULD UPSET YOUR MOTHER.

IS THERE NOT?

IT'S JUST... SOMETIMES, ELIZA,
WE MAY SAY THINGS

IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT.

NO... THERE IS NOT.

THERE'S NOTHING I COULD,
OR WOULD, SAY.

-I'VE GIVEN YOU MY WORD.
-[EXHALES IN RELIEF]

RIGHT.

YOU ARE A DEAR FRIEND INDEED,
ELIZA.

I DON'T WANT TO KEEP
YOUR MOTHER ANY LONGER
THAN IS NECESSARY,

FOR ALL OUR SAKES.

SHE MIGHT BE FEELING
IN A CHARITABLE MOOD AND WISH
TO GIVE ME MORE TIME.

ABSOLUTELY NOT. FULL PAYMENT OF
THE LEASE RENEWAL TODAY,
OR EVICTION, I'M AFRAID.

AS YOU WISH.

I THINK YOU'LL FIND IT
ALL THERE.

YOU PAID HER THE FULL AMOUNT?

[ELIZA] AND HERE'S SOMETHING
FOR YOU.

YOUR BACK PAY,
AND A LITTLE EXTRA.

I DECIDED TO TAKE ON
MORE STAFF...

A DEBT COLLECTOR, IF YOU WILL.

[GIRL] YOUR GO, ETHEL.

[BANGING ON DOOR]

GOOD AFTERNOON, MISS.

MAY I SPEAK
WITH YOUR FATHER, PLEASE?