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[ Dramatic music plays ]
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[ Door closes ]
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[ Indistinct conversations ]
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Rita O'Keefe, sir.
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53, unemployed,
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lives with her nephew,
Garry Ashe.
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He found her when he got back
from a night out at 1:15.
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Nephew says she drinks,
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often brings men back here.
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For money?
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Sometimes.
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Well, that's what he implied.
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Pathologist's on his way.
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But there's at least
six stab wounds, maybe more.
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Nothing on the hands.
No sign of a struggle.
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It's horrific.
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Sir, a neighbor, Dorothy Scully,
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said she saw the nephew
leaving just after midnight.
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He said he got back at 1:15.
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Well, she says
she definitely saw him,
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and he was carrying
a blue plastic bag.
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And we just turned up this.
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Mr. Ashe,
I'm Chief Inspector Dalgliesh.
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I'm leading the investigation
into your aunt's death.
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I'm sorry for your loss.
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Thank you.
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MISKIN: Remind me what time
you arrived home tonight.
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It's in my statement.
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Which you took.
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Is it possible you
could have arrived home
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earlier than you suggested?
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"I was out riding
my motorbike until 1:15."
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Anyone see you?
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I wear a helmet,
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and I don't stop to take
people's names as I pass.
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I need you to come to
Scotland Yard with me, Mr. Ashe.
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Not convenient. Tomorrow.
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Garry Ashe, I'm arresting you
on the suspicion
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of murder of Rita O'Keefe.
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Oh, you don't want to do this.
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You do not have to say anything
unless you wish to do so,
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but whatever you do say
may be taken down in evidence.
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Disappointing scent,
DS Miskin.
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What's the word?
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Vulgar.
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[ Theme music plays ]
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VENETIA: We've already heard
from the landlord
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of the Royal Oak
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that Mrs. O'Keefe
was one of his regulars.
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She'd been in the pub
drinking heavily
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until 11:00 on the night
in question.
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Let's turn to the murder weapon.
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Can you remind the court
where it was found?
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It was found
in a blue plastic bag
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hidden underneath a privet hedge
eight doors down from --
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VENETIA: Where prints found
on the knife?
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No, it had been wiped clean.
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VENETIA: So you're asking us
to believe
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that Mr. Ashe brutally murdered
his beloved aunt
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who provided
a roof over his head
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after a lifetime in care
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and that he wiped
the knife clean
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and decided to dispose of it,
not somewhere else,
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somewhere in the vast realms
of the metropolis,
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but in a neighbor's hedge
eight doors down.
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Perhaps he wasn't
thinking clearly.
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Or perhaps it was just...
arrogance.
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VENETIA: Dorothy, I know
you are an honest woman,
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and I know you're going
to tell the truth in court.
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Yes, I am.
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VENETIA: And I think you
understand that the case
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for the prosecution rests
almost entirely,
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it appears, on your
identification of the man
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you saw coming out
of Mrs. O'Keefe's house
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at midnight the night she died.
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It was him. Her nephew.
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You're looking very
smart today, Dorothy.
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Is that a new jacket?
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Bought it for the court.
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VENETIA: And your glasses look
very smart, too.
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They're also new.
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Yes. In fact,
I paid a visit to your optician.
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He tells me he had need
to increase your prescription
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three weeks ago.
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He was also able to supply me
with a pair of glasses
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made to the prescription
you were using
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on the night
Mrs. O'Keefe was murdered.
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Quickly, please.
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Mr. Ulrick,
my highly efficient pupil,
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will hand them to you.
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Can you put them on, please?
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Are you approximately the same
distance from Mr. Ulrick
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as you were from the man you saw
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leaving Mrs. O'Keefe's house
that night?
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I would say so, yes.
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Can you tell me how many
fingers he's holding up?
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Um...
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Two?
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[ Spectators murmuring ]
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CLERK: Do you find
the defendant, Garry Ashe,
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guilty or not guilty of murder?
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Not guilty.
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[ Spectators murmuring ]
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Pleasure. Well done.
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Venetia.
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[ Gavel bangs ]
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[ Gunshots ]
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[ Buzzer ]
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Not bad.
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It's only my second session.
So yes, it wasn't.
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Daniel Tarrant.
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- Kate Miskin.
- Yes, I know.
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You were with Dalgliesh
on the Garry Ashe case.
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That must have been gutting.
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It was,
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knowing a dangerous man's
been freed
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to walk the streets.
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She's quite something, I hear --
that barrister.
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Apparently she runs rings
around everyone.
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[ Buzzer ]
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Maybe see you around.
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What are you talking about?
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You can't stop us.
I'm 18.
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No, no, no.
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Aren't you supposed to
congratulate me?
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Look at me, Octavia.
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He's making a fool of you.
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- He wants you for your money.
- Right.
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Yeah, that's what
he said you'd say.
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You're not to see him anymore.
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But he loves me.
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He doesn't love anyone.
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Just because you don't love me,
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it doesn't mean
no one else ever will.
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Just because no one's
ever loved you.
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Sorry.
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[ Somber music plays ]
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I'm sorry.
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Mr. Ulrick.
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Have you done the prep
for Colchester yet?
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Not quite,
but I'm nearly there with it.
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Well, get there.
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I want it on my desk
before you leave.
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Um, the partners' meeting,
Miss Aldridge --
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they've just started.
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Have they now.
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[ Telephone rings ]
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[ Laughs ]
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Gentlemen, what have I missed?
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Apologies, Miss Aldridge.
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We weren't sure
you'd be attending.
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I can't think why.
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I've never missed
a single partners' meeting.
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You are 20 minutes late.
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Well, some of us have cases
to argue, Hubert.
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We can't all stand around
looking out of the window
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trying to remember
what day of the week it is.
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Um, we were just discussing
Valerie Caldwell.
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We're all agreed that
we should make her contract --
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I think she should go.
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She's just about competent,
but she's inexperienced,
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and no other
respectable chambers
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has a -- a dollybird
for a clerk.
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- Ye gods.
- Miss Caldwell is
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proving herself
a very efficient
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and organized clerk.
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You want to get
your hand up her skirt.
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It's what everyone's whispering.
It's embarrassing.
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- You're making a fool of us.
- Madam. Madam.
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Too far.
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We should appoint people
on merit,
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not because of their sex
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or how they look
or who they're related to.
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Oh, which is aimed at me,
I assume.
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Well, Mr. Ulrick,
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your son's hardly
shaping up well, is he?
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When I become Head of Chambers,
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I will systematically
deconstruct the old boys' club.
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Have you set a date
for your retirement yet,
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or is that something else you're
discussing behind my back?
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You said you weren't interested
in Head of Chambers.
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I've changed my mind.
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Everyone else
will have to wait their turn.
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The only -- The only thing
embarrassing this chambers
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- is you.
- Really? Why would that be?
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The cases you choose to take on.
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- You mean the unwinnable ones...
- IRA terrorists, pedophiles --
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...which I then proceed to win?
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Everyone deserves
legal representation.
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Garry Ashe.
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We're still suffering
the fallout from that.
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- What's next? Beelzebub.
- Perhaps we could --
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Can I speak to you outside,
please?
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Drysdale, now, please.
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Because I'm asking you to.
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I've done enough for you.
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LAUD: Venetia, all I'm saying --
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VENETIA: Just bloody do it.
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[ Bell tolls ]
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[ Dramatic music plays ]
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[ Telephone rings ]
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Venetia speaking.
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MRS. BUCKLEY:
What do I do, Miss Aldridge?
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She's with him now.
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He won't leave.
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[ Dramatic music plays ]
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[ Telephone rings ]
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Good morning.
Pawlett Court Chambers.
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This is Mrs. Buckley.
Is Miss Aldridge there?
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- I don't think so, Mrs. Buckley.
- Miss Caldwell.
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MRS. BUCKLEY: You see, her bed
hasn't been slept in...
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The florist at Holborn Station
has lovely flowers.
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As far as I'm aware,
I'm first in.
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I thought these might
brighten up your corner.
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Thank you, Mr. Langton,
but you really shouldn't have.
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MRS. BUCKLEY: I'm worried.
It's most unlike her.
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[ Knock on door ]
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CALDWELL: Miss Aldridge.
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Miss Aldridge, I --
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[ Breathes shakily ]
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[ Indistinct conversations ]
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OFFICER: You step aside now.
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[ Somber music plays ]
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...would be useful.
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Yes, ma'am.
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DS Miskin,
this is DS Donald Tarrant.
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- He's joining the team.
- Pleased to meet you.
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Hi. It's her, sir.
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The barrister who defended
Garry Ashe.
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The clerk, Valerie Caldwell,
found the body
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when she opened up this morning.
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Miss Aldridge's housekeeper
called to say
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her bed hadn't been slept in.
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[ Dramatic music plays ]
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[ Gags ]
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Start taking names
and addresses, please.
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Yes, sir.
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KYNASTON: Not a sight
we're likely to forget.
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Designed to shock.
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Well, the blood's certainly
been staged.
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It's not hers.
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Rigor, temperature, smell
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all says she's been dead
between 12 and 14 hours.
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So either the blood
contained an anticoagulant
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or it was poured later.
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And this looks like
our fatal wound.
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A narrow slit
about an inch long.
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Dagger.
Something sharp on both sides.
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- MISKIN: You can't go in there.
- TARRANT: Stop there, please.
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We have a right to know
what's happening.
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Oh, my God.
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Chief Inspector Dalgliesh.
I'm from Scotland Yard.
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Hubert St. John Langton.
I'm Head of Chambers.
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00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:43,320
This is Desmond Ulrick.
260
00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:45,160
This is unspeakable.
261
00:18:45,360 --> 00:18:49,440
My, uh -- My blood's missing.
262
00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:50,960
What do you mean, Mr. Ulrick?
263
00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:53,040
My son has anemia.
He needs regular transfusions.
264
00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:54,800
I had some taken
the day before yesterday.
265
00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:56,920
It was in my fridge.
266
00:18:57,120 --> 00:18:58,840
Matthew had a bad reaction
to some foreign muck
267
00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:01,920
he was given last year,
so he only uses mine.
268
00:19:02,120 --> 00:19:04,880
I have it taken
from a clinic nearby.
269
00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:06,240
Why store it here?
270
00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:07,880
Because he's a pupil here.
271
00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:09,040
It's easier for him
to collect it
272
00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:10,800
and take it to Guy's Hospital.
273
00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,520
When did you last see the blood?
274
00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:17,320
Around 5:30 yesterday evening,
I should say.
275
00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:18,680
DALGLIESH: Is that when you left
for the night?
276
00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:22,480
No, I left at 7:15.
I was the last to leave.
277
00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:25,480
Uh, except Venetia.
278
00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:28,080
So you were the last
to see her alive?
279
00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:30,240
I don't know.
280
00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:31,480
Probably not.
281
00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:33,000
Mrs. Carpenter,
the cleaning lady,
282
00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:35,320
comes in later in the evening.
283
00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:37,920
Where did you go
after you left, Mr. Ulrick?
284
00:19:38,120 --> 00:19:40,400
I went straight to supper
with Matthew.
285
00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:42,040
He was --
286
00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:45,800
Look, I'm --
I'm going to say this
287
00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:49,080
because you will hear it
soon enough.
288
00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:50,560
None of us liked her.
289
00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:53,480
She wasn't a nice woman,
but..
290
00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:59,880
No, even she --
Even she didn't deserve this.
291
00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:03,040
[ Dramatic music plays ]
292
00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:56,480
You saw the wig
which Miss Aldridge was wearing?
293
00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:58,400
Is that one which
belongs to her?
294
00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:01,560
It looks more like
a judge's wig than...
295
00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:04,520
It's my grandfather's.
296
00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:09,080
It should be in its wig box
in my room.
297
00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:13,440
I must check to see
if Miss Caldwell is all right.
298
00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:18,880
Mr. Langton.
299
00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:23,280
Did Miss Aldridge
own a paper knife?
300
00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:26,000
Well, I don't think so.
301
00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:27,360
I don't know.
302
00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:29,480
You presented her with one,
Hubert,
303
00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:31,000
after 20 years of partnership.
304
00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:32,640
Oh, yes.
305
00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:35,840
It was a miniature
Sword of Justice.
306
00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:41,680
Where's DS Tarrant
transferred from?
307
00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:43,040
Vice.
308
00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:47,360
Are you okay with it?
309
00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:48,560
Sure.
310
00:21:57,120 --> 00:22:00,280
The Standardalways has a pink
financial section, doesn't it?
311
00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:03,120
Yes, I think so.
312
00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:04,840
It's not here.
313
00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:11,240
So if the paper knife is our
weapon, which is looking likely,
314
00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:12,680
maybe the killer
used the newspaper
315
00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:14,920
to wipe it or conceal it.
316
00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:19,400
Venetia admits her killer.
317
00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:23,880
The killer moves
over to the desk.
318
00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:26,080
Venetia stays by the door.
319
00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:29,440
It's someone she's hoping
to get rid of quickly.
320
00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:31,600
The killer picks up
the paper knife,
321
00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:34,040
comes back over,
322
00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:36,560
stabs her through the heart,
323
00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:43,560
and is then dragged back
over towards the chair.
324
00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:50,600
And then the killer goes
and gets the blood and the wig,
325
00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:54,600
both of which
they must have known about.
326
00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:57,360
Except there's a time lapse.
327
00:22:57,560 --> 00:22:59,960
Miles thinks the blood
was poured later.
328
00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:04,240
OFFICER: No. I'm sorry.
329
00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:05,920
TARRANT: Excuse me. Sorry.
330
00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:10,080
- Excuse me.
- TARRANT: What is it?
331
00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:13,320
I need to speak to Detective
Chief Inspector Dalgliesh
332
00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:14,480
- as soon as possible.
- Not possible, I'm afraid.
333
00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:15,560
Not possible.
334
00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:18,360
I think that I
and I alone
335
00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:21,720
can unlock the identity
of Venetia Aldridge's murderer.
336
00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:24,760
Good for you.
You can contact Scotland Yard.
337
00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:26,600
Please.
338
00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:33,680
My mother always said sweet tea
is best for shock.
339
00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:35,000
Thank you.
340
00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:45,920
DALGLIESH: How long have you
been cleaning here,
341
00:23:46,120 --> 00:23:48,400
Mrs. Carpenter?
342
00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:50,120
About a year.
343
00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:52,800
And what time did you
begin work yesterday evening?
344
00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:54,880
8:00.
345
00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:57,000
I like to be punctual.
346
00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:58,720
I always hear the clock
347
00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:03,120
on the Temple Church
as I unlock the door.
348
00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:05,920
DALGLIESH: So the door to
Chambers was definitely locked?
349
00:24:06,120 --> 00:24:09,160
Oh, yes. Yes.
350
00:24:09,360 --> 00:24:15,200
I cleaned reception first
and then the lawyers' rooms.
351
00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:17,480
I did see Miss Aldridge's light
was on,
352
00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:22,720
but I never disturb her
when she's working.
353
00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:25,320
Did you hear any noise
coming from her room?
354
00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:28,680
No.
355
00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:31,880
In Mr. Ulrick's room,
356
00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:34,920
did you notice whether the blood
in his fridge was missing?
357
00:24:35,120 --> 00:24:38,040
No, because he doesn't
like me to clean his fridge.
358
00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:39,320
He's very particular.
359
00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:42,880
[ Knock on door ]
360
00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:44,320
Sir.
361
00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:57,000
[ Dramatic music plays ]
362
00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:01,640
It looks like it's been wiped.
363
00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:06,920
I didn't know it was in there.
364
00:25:07,120 --> 00:25:08,760
No one ever goes in there.
365
00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:16,880
It must have been
very shocking for you --
366
00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:19,560
discovering
Miss Aldridge's body.
367
00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:25,560
When did you last see
Miss Aldridge?
368
00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:28,120
When she came out
of the partners' meeting
369
00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:30,920
yesterday afternoon around 4:00.
370
00:25:31,120 --> 00:25:33,080
She went straight to her rooms.
371
00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:34,640
I leave work at 6:00.
372
00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:35,960
I knew she was still here.
373
00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:40,000
And Mr. Ulrick was still here.
374
00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:43,760
The Evening Standard.
375
00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:46,480
Does Chambers
have it delivered?
376
00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:51,440
[ Bicycle bell dings ]
377
00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:02,560
[ Praying in Latin ]
378
00:26:20,120 --> 00:26:23,280
Sorry.
379
00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:26,240
I was told I'd find you here.
380
00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:29,240
My sanctuary.
381
00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:31,600
Beautiful.
382
00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:37,040
These angels and saints
guard the law from corruption.
383
00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:40,960
Was Venetia Aldridge corrupt?
384
00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:42,960
Is that why her murderer
mocked her profession
385
00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:45,360
in the way they did?
386
00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:47,600
No.
387
00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:50,080
She was honest.
388
00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:53,920
Difficult, argumentative.
389
00:26:54,120 --> 00:26:58,040
But she believed in the law
as firmly as I do.
390
00:26:58,240 --> 00:26:59,680
When you took her
the Evening Standardyesterday,
391
00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:02,560
did it contain
the pink financial pages?
392
00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:06,920
Well, I didn't take her
a newspaper.
393
00:27:07,120 --> 00:27:10,200
Your clerk said
it was a peace offering.
394
00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:11,760
There had been an argument
at the partners' --
395
00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:15,680
I didn't take her the paper.
396
00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:17,120
When you left
Chambers yesterday,
397
00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:18,920
did you go straight home?
398
00:27:19,120 --> 00:27:24,160
I was at home at the usual t--
Yes.
399
00:27:24,360 --> 00:27:25,840
What time would you
have arrived?
400
00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:28,520
7:30.
401
00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:32,200
I'm sure my housekeeper
could confirm that.
402
00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:34,080
- Why do you --
- Thank you.
403
00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:41,240
What was the argument about?
404
00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:43,480
At the partners' meeting?
405
00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:45,640
Venetia and Drysdale Laud.
406
00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:51,320
They both want to succeed me
as Head of Chambers.
407
00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:53,080
Venetia is next in line,
408
00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:56,640
but Drysdale sees it
as a stepping stone
409
00:27:56,840 --> 00:27:59,200
to becoming a QC.
410
00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:06,320
So, how long have you
worked with the boss?
411
00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:08,280
Nearly 18 months.
412
00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:10,120
How long
have you been on the force?
413
00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:11,800
Six months.
414
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,920
They're trying this new
graduate fast track idea.
415
00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:20,000
LAUD: I honestly
can't believe it.
416
00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:22,800
Where was she found?
417
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:24,640
Behind her desk.
418
00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:29,880
I'm told you argued with her
at the meeting yesterday.
419
00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:32,640
Well, no, we were all arguing.
420
00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:35,040
It's par for the course.
421
00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:37,920
Did you argue about who would
succeed as Head of Chambers?
422
00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:43,280
No, and let me save you
a lot of time and effort.
423
00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:45,520
Rivalries over Head of Chambers,
424
00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:47,600
arguments over which
cases to take on --
425
00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:50,160
They happen in every Chambers
up and down the land.
426
00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:51,680
Day in, day out.
427
00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:56,360
And they do not constitute
reasons to commit murder.
428
00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:58,160
So what was the argument about?
429
00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:00,120
It was a private matter.
430
00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:06,000
Oh, God.
431
00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:12,120
She wanted me to speak
to her daughter, Octavia.
432
00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:14,320
I know the girl a little.
433
00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:17,520
Venetia and I have been friends
for a long time.
434
00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:22,240
But yesterday, Venetia told me
435
00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:25,040
that Octavia started
seeing someone.
436
00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:27,640
Saying she was engaged.
437
00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:31,360
Venetia wanted me to intervene
to try to stop it.
438
00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:33,640
Why? Did she not approve
of the boy?
439
00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:36,520
MISKIN:
The daughter is called Octavia.
440
00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:38,000
[ Doorbell rings ]
441
00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:39,840
I'll lead.
442
00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:47,760
No, she didn't.
443
00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:49,200
Because it's Garry Ashe.
444
00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:52,360
[ Dramatic music plays ]
445
00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:58,560
I think it would be better
if we spoke alone.
446
00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:00,440
Why?
447
00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:02,600
Ashe is my fianc .
448
00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:08,720
What is this, anyway?
449
00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:11,200
We have some very bad news,
Octavia.
450
00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:16,080
I'm afraid your mother
was found dead this morning.
451
00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:17,960
She's not dead.
452
00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:22,960
I saw her yesterday.
She was fine.
453
00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:25,000
It wasn't a natural death.
454
00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:28,320
Murder.
455
00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:30,520
MISKIN: I'm very, very sorry.
456
00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:32,760
It happened sometime
yesterday evening.
457
00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:35,520
We'll know more
after the postmortem.
458
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:43,120
We had nothing to do with it,
okay?
459
00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:45,080
So don't start that.
460
00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:47,560
- I wasn't --
- You can't pin this on Ash.
461
00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:51,080
He was here,
and the Buckley was here, too,
462
00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:54,080
cooking us supper.
You can ask her.
463
00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:58,240
The three of us were here
all evening and all night.
464
00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:01,480
Mrs. Buckley says
she'll come up and sit with you.
465
00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:03,480
I don't want her.
466
00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:07,160
I don't need anyone.
467
00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:10,520
I've got Ashe.
468
00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:13,600
Our boss will want
to see you both.
469
00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:15,040
Inspector Dalgliesh?
470
00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:18,320
Chief Inspector, yes.
471
00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:20,280
We very much look forward
to seeing him,
472
00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:22,480
Kate.
473
00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:28,640
Are you okay?
474
00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:32,480
It's him.
I know it's him.
475
00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:34,000
The housekeeper seems sure
476
00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:36,520
he didn't leave here
yesterday evening.
477
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:40,440
Maybe he got someone
to do it for him.
478
00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:42,560
It's not his style.
He's a loner.
479
00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:44,640
Most psychopaths are.
480
00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:03,080
Did you do this?
481
00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:05,640
Ashe knows about birds.
482
00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:08,760
We're doing it together.
483
00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:11,880
I didn't know you were
an ornithologist, Garry.
484
00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:14,920
You don't know anything
about me, Mr. Dalgliesh.
485
00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:17,960
Would you wait outside, please?
486
00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:19,880
I want to speak
to Octavia alone.
487
00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:37,720
He's told me all about you
488
00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:39,600
and you,
489
00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:41,400
about how you tried
to stitch him up
490
00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:42,960
after his auntie died.
491
00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:45,200
We were doing our job.
There was evidence.
492
00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:48,400
Yeah, which you planted.
493
00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:49,920
How did you meet?
494
00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:54,200
At a club.
495
00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:57,080
We started dancing.
He bought me a drink.
496
00:32:57,280 --> 00:33:00,120
He didn't even know who I was.
497
00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:04,040
Octavia, your mother is dead.
498
00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:06,480
And it wasn't a random killing.
499
00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:10,080
It was almost certainly
someone who knew her.
500
00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:12,800
Are you absolutely certain
that Ashe didn't leave
501
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:16,600
this flat yesterday evening,
even for a short time?
502
00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:18,920
Certain.
503
00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:21,360
It's bad luck.
504
00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:27,840
DALGLIESH: He has a solid alibi.
505
00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:29,640
It's too much of a coincidence.
506
00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:32,080
The girl, yeah, she could easily
be covering for him.
507
00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:33,760
Not the housekeeper.
No way.
508
00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:35,360
He could have found a way
to sneak out the house.
509
00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:39,160
He may be a psychopath,
but he's not supernatural.
510
00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:42,760
We now know from Mrs. Buckley
that she spoke to Venetia
511
00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:44,960
just after 7:30
on the telephone.
512
00:33:45,160 --> 00:33:47,880
So with Kynaston's
confirmed estimate,
513
00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:49,920
we now have a window
for time of death --
514
00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:51,960
7:45 to 9:00.
515
00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:54,880
How are we doing
with other alibis?
516
00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:57,600
Laud and his wife definitely
picked up their theater tickets.
517
00:33:57,800 --> 00:33:59,960
The box office manager
remembers Laud.
518
00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:02,200
Ulrick and his son --
519
00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:03,600
I called the restaurant
520
00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:05,080
where they had a reservation
for dinner.
521
00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:06,760
They confirmed they were there,
522
00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:11,640
but the reservation
wasn't until 8:00, so...
523
00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:14,200
Carpenter --
524
00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:16,600
ample opportunity,
525
00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:18,480
no clear alibi,
526
00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:20,520
but no motive.
527
00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:23,880
Which leaves us with Langton.
528
00:34:24,080 --> 00:34:25,360
TARRANT:
Yes. Now we're talking.
529
00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:26,600
Langton's housekeeper says
530
00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:29,240
he wasn't home yesterday
till after 9:00.
531
00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:31,560
An hour and a half
after he claims.
532
00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:34,600
But his memory seems poor.
533
00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:36,200
He's certainly got something
troubling him.
534
00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:38,960
I found him praying
for forgiveness.
535
00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:41,320
Look, I'm not ruling Ashe out
altogether,
536
00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:43,160
but we can't make him
a priority.
537
00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:45,920
He has an alibi, and he has
no access to Chambers.
538
00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:47,800
He could have talked his way in.
539
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:49,040
Can we at least
put a tail on him?
540
00:34:49,240 --> 00:34:51,120
No, I can't justify it.
541
00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:05,160
Kate.
542
00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:08,360
Hi.
543
00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:09,640
I was a little dismissive
earlier.
544
00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:12,920
I shouldn't have been.
I apologize.
545
00:35:13,120 --> 00:35:14,280
It's me.
546
00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:18,440
My cardinal sin,
rushing to judgment.
547
00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:20,320
I know this is going
to be difficult for you.
548
00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:21,920
It's fine.
549
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:24,440
It was never going to be
just the two of us forever.
550
00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:26,160
I meant about Ashe.
551
00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:28,720
I know you felt responsible when
we failed to get a conviction,
552
00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:30,400
but you weren't.
I was.
553
00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:34,320
I failed to properly test
the evidence.
554
00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:36,360
Look, if you want to step back
from this case --
555
00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:37,720
I don't want you to,
556
00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:39,000
but I would
completely understand.
557
00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:41,080
I don't want to step back.
558
00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:42,920
Okay.
559
00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:49,760
Night, sir.
560
00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:53,560
Night, Kate.
561
00:35:53,760 --> 00:35:56,720
[ Dramatic music plays ]
562
00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:11,080
What was Mr. Langton's
relationship
563
00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:13,080
with Miss Aldridge like?
564
00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:16,760
I don't think
Mr. Langton's very well.
565
00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:18,960
He can't remember things.
566
00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:23,640
He gets scared, angry.
567
00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:27,720
I have to say, I think
he actually hated Venetia.
568
00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:31,520
I've heard him calling her
all sorts of things
569
00:36:31,720 --> 00:36:33,240
under his breath.
570
00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:36,920
Was this because of the sort
of cases she was bringing in?
571
00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:38,640
Partly that.
572
00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:40,360
Partly that she's a woman,
573
00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:42,760
and women are everywhere now.
574
00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:45,120
Maybe even in Number 10 soon.
575
00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:50,600
He's got a thing about me.
576
00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:55,680
He finds any excuse he can
to touch me.
577
00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:57,960
Put his arm around my waist,
578
00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:01,600
accidentally brush against me.
579
00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:03,560
He follows me sometimes,
580
00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:06,680
turns up where I am.
581
00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:11,080
He comes and watches me sing
in the choir at Temple Church.
582
00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:13,800
Stares at me like he's...
583
00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:15,720
Have you spoken to him
about it?
584
00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:17,040
No.
585
00:37:17,240 --> 00:37:19,720
And in a way,
it's easy to deal with.
586
00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:21,960
He's just an old man
who's going senile.
587
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:24,480
But...
588
00:37:24,680 --> 00:37:28,360
There's a look in his eye
like...
589
00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:31,840
it's not just
harmless flirtation.
590
00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:35,920
Look into Hubert Langton's
past marriages, relationships.
591
00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:37,320
Any complaints made against him,
592
00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:38,880
- especially by women.
- Sir.
593
00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:40,600
See if there's a pattern
of behavior.
594
00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:41,760
This is so important.
595
00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:45,960
Detective Chief Inspector.
596
00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:48,560
May I have a word with you,
please?
597
00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:52,440
Just, look -- Just --
Just a moment, please.
598
00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:55,040
- Sorry. Sorry.
- Who's that?
599
00:37:55,240 --> 00:37:56,280
Edgar Froggart.
600
00:37:56,480 --> 00:37:57,760
He was outside Chambers
yesterday,
601
00:37:57,960 --> 00:38:00,200
claiming he has the key
to Aldridge's murder.
602
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:01,600
I've spoken to him.
603
00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:04,360
All he's got are
a load of old scrapbooks.
604
00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:06,000
I'll talk to him.
605
00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:10,440
He's just a crank who hangs
around murder trials, sir.
606
00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:13,920
I was very close to Venetia
when she was growing up.
607
00:38:14,120 --> 00:38:17,600
Very close indeed.
608
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:22,000
I was her mentor in many ways.
609
00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:26,800
The man who introduced her
to the law.
610
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:28,400
Were you her teacher?
611
00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:30,240
FROGGART: Strictly speaking, no.
612
00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:35,160
I was a teacher at her father's
preparatory school for boys.
613
00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:39,400
And ever since, I have
followed her career closely,
614
00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:43,360
attending many of her trials,
615
00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:49,080
recording the brilliance
of her arguments.
616
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:53,000
What has this to do
with her death, Mr. Froggart?
617
00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:56,440
I have a detailed chronicle
of her professional life,
618
00:38:56,640 --> 00:38:58,080
Detective Chief Inspector.
619
00:38:58,280 --> 00:39:00,120
And it occurs to me
that her murderer
620
00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:01,960
may lurk within these pages.
621
00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:05,680
A disappointed client,
an ex-prisoner with a grievance.
622
00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:11,320
This is a loan of my precious
resource, Chief Inspector.
623
00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:14,680
I know it will be of use.
Good day.
624
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:24,840
[ Dramatic music plays ]
625
00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:59,160
Janet Carpenter walked into
Pawlett Court Chambers
626
00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:01,000
18 months ago
and asked for a cleaning job.
627
00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:03,480
She was directed to the agency,
and they gave her a job
628
00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:05,720
in a different chambers,
but she badgered them constantly
629
00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:07,880
until she was transferred
to Pawlett Court.
630
00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:10,160
She moved to London
from a village
631
00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:11,720
near Winchester 18 months ago
632
00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:13,960
and gave character references
from the local solicitor
633
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:15,560
and the vicar's wife.
634
00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:17,520
And she's been attending
all of Venetia's trials.
635
00:40:17,720 --> 00:40:19,080
She knew about the wig
and the blood,
636
00:40:19,280 --> 00:40:20,560
and she probably knew
about the paper knife.
637
00:40:20,760 --> 00:40:23,200
And she was in Chambers
when Venetia died.
638
00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:25,200
Can we bring her in?
639
00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:28,760
Not yet. We need more.
I want you to follow her.
640
00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:31,600
I want you to see where she's
going, who she's talking to.
641
00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:33,440
We'll look into her past.
642
00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:36,640
[ Dramatic music plays ]
643
00:40:58,120 --> 00:40:59,400
Margaret Jackson?
644
00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:00,680
Yes?
645
00:41:00,880 --> 00:41:02,440
Detective Sergeant Kate Miskin.
646
00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:04,360
This is Detective
Chief Inspector Dalgliesh
647
00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:05,720
from Scotland Yard.
648
00:41:05,920 --> 00:41:07,720
Oh, right.
649
00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:10,000
May we ask you some questions
about Janet Carpenter?
650
00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:13,520
We believe you provided
a job reference for her.
651
00:41:13,720 --> 00:41:16,560
Janet. Is she still alive?
652
00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:29,280
[ Police radio chatter ]
653
00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:51,200
MARGARET:
Janet had a daughter, Dawn,
654
00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:54,200
and Dawn's marriage broke down,
655
00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:55,560
and she and Janet's
granddaughter
656
00:41:55,760 --> 00:41:57,240
came to live with her.
657
00:41:57,440 --> 00:41:59,000
Daisy.
658
00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:01,400
She was a lovely little girl.
659
00:42:01,600 --> 00:42:05,600
She sang in our choir.
660
00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:11,560
She went out riding her bike one
afternoon and didn't come back.
661
00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:15,080
There was a police search.
662
00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:17,960
We all joined in.
663
00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:23,640
She was found in the woods
about three miles away.
664
00:42:23,840 --> 00:42:27,360
She'd been assaulted
665
00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:29,640
and murdered.
666
00:42:32,120 --> 00:42:35,160
This was Anthony Beale.
667
00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:39,240
That's right. You remember?
668
00:42:39,440 --> 00:42:41,800
Janet was remarkable, really.
669
00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:44,320
She went to the trial every day.
670
00:42:44,520 --> 00:42:48,000
She saw him put away for life.
671
00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:52,800
But Dawn, she couldn't go on.
672
00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:55,600
She took her own life.
673
00:42:57,440 --> 00:43:01,480
In the woods
where Daisy was found.
674
00:43:01,680 --> 00:43:03,960
We lost Janet after that,
really.
675
00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:06,760
I tried to talk her out of
going to London.
676
00:43:06,960 --> 00:43:08,360
I knew she didn't know
anyone there,
677
00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:11,480
but she said
she wanted a new start.
678
00:43:11,680 --> 00:43:14,640
[ Dramatic music plays ]
679
00:43:18,240 --> 00:43:19,760
DISPATCH: Control to Sierra 15.
680
00:43:19,960 --> 00:43:21,720
Sierra 15 to Control.
Receiving.
681
00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:23,760
DISPATCH:
We need you to return to base.
682
00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:26,800
[ Telephone rings ]
683
00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:30,520
- Dalgliesh.
- TARRANT: It wasn't Venetia.
684
00:43:30,720 --> 00:43:32,320
According to Beale's file,
his defense was a guy
685
00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:35,040
called Curtis, local,
based in Winchester.
686
00:43:35,240 --> 00:43:37,640
Beale was a repeat offender,
wasn't he?
687
00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:40,240
Yes. Southampton, 1971.
688
00:43:40,440 --> 00:43:41,680
Summer, I think.
689
00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:43,920
TARRANT: Just a sec.
690
00:43:44,120 --> 00:43:46,840
It was a similar case.
A young girl on a bike.
691
00:43:48,920 --> 00:43:50,560
Here we are.
"Southampton. Not guilty."
692
00:43:50,760 --> 00:43:54,160
He was represented
by Venetia Aldridge.
693
00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:55,880
Shit.
694
00:43:56,080 --> 00:43:57,600
She got him off
and he killed again.
695
00:43:57,800 --> 00:43:59,560
Okay, get over to Carpenter's
now and bring her in.
696
00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:01,800
- We'll be back by 5:00.
- TARRANT: Yes, sir.
697
00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:04,960
[ Dramatic music plays ]
698
00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:12,880
[ Indistinct conversation ]
699
00:44:25,840 --> 00:44:28,240
[ Doorbell ringing ]
700
00:44:28,440 --> 00:44:31,400
[ Dramatic music plays ]
701
00:45:05,680 --> 00:45:07,400
Ohh.
702
00:45:32,640 --> 00:45:35,680
[ Theme music plays ]
703
00:45:35,730 --> 00:45:40,280
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