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HillviewTV Team
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June 06, 2024
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The One Act Play That Went Wrong November 11, 2023 - 8PM
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Okay, so this is show 16 of 18, and these guys are just getting better every show.
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Amazing. Wonderful. Thank you for being here.
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This is wonderful. It's terrific to see so many students here as well.
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So as you know, probably, this show is a production of the
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Cornell Polytechnic Society.
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Not technically Hillview Drama, but sort of under our...
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umbrella uh just for this production so uh just
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a reminder no flash photography and no uh
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no food or drink in the PAC I'm going to turn things over now then to
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the technical director
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for the Polytechnic Drama Society this is Trevor ladies and gentlemen and
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I'll just say enjoy the
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show and turn it over to Trevor here
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good evening ladies and gentlemen a couple of announcements number one turn
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off your phones secondly if anyone finds a Lady Gaga CD box on the auditorium I
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need that back please hand it to me at the end of the performance enjoy the
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show clear cut the work lights
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Leave it, just leave it.
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We don't have time for the mantelpiece, just leave it, I guess we'll be fine.
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Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
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I forgot all of my lines.
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Just write them on your hand, and don't spell them incorrectly, and just wing it.
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Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Cornell Polytechnic
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Drama Society's full production of The Murder at Havisham
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Manor.
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I would like to personally welcome you to what will be my directorial debut and
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my first production as head of the Drama Society.
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We are particularly excited to present this play because for the first time in
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the Society's history, we have managed to find a play that can fit...
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the company's numbers perfectly.
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If we're honest, a lack of numbers
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has hampered past productions.
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Last year's check-off play, Two Sisters,
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or last Christmas's The Lion and the Wardrobe.
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And of course, our summer musical, Cat.
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It's very interesting to know that this will be
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the first time the society has been able
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to stage a play of this scale.
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There's no question we usually have to contend with a small budget,
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such as in last year's presentation of Raw Dolls, James and the Peach.
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Of course, during the run of that particular show, the peach spoilt,
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and we were forced to present a hastily devised alternative entitled,
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James, where's your peach?
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Finally,
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but we've been able to stage a play as it should be,
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and which, may I say, has been exceptionally well cast.
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I'm sure no one will forget the problems
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we faced with casting before,
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such as in our Christmas presentation of Snow White
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and the tall, broad gentleman,
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or indeed our previous year's pantomime,
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another Disney classic, Ugly and the Beast.
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On with the main event, which I am confident will be our best show yet.
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So without further ado, please put your hands together for Susie H .K.
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Brideswell's thrilling whodunit,
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The Murder at Havisham Manor.
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Glasses.
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Charlie are you ready we're waiting downstairs to raise a glass for your engagement Charlie
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come
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along now Charlie you've been in there for hours now if I didn't know any better I'd say we're
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having second thoughts about the wedding haha hey
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at all, Charles. If you won't come out, I'll come in. Darn it, he's locked the door. Hand
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me those keys, Perkins. Here they are, Mr. Collymore. Thank you, Perkins. We're coming
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in, Charlie. We're coming in. There we are. We're
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in. But what's this? Charles, unconscious?
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Asleep, surely, Mr. Collymore. Darn it, Perkins. I hope so. I'll take his pulse. Blast!
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I knew
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something soft.
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It's so unlike Charles to disappear like this.
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Sir, he's dead.
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Darn it, Perkins, he can't be. He's my closest friend.
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He's not breathing, sir.
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And there's no inch of heart beat.
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I'm dumbfounded.
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He was right as rain an hour ago.
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It doesn't make any sense.
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He was as fit as a fiddle.
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He can't be dead.
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Of course it makes sense.
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He's been...
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Good God, where's Florence?
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In the dining room, sir. Shall I fetch her?
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Not yet. The last thing we need is for her to have another of her hysterical episodes.
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Yes, sir. And do you think it was a murder, Mr. Collymore?
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Or perhaps suicide?
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Suicide? Charlie, not possible. There was never a man with more...
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for life than Charles. He was young, rich, and soon to be married. Why
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on earth would he commit suicide?
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But why on earth would anyone murder him, sir? Oh, he was such a kind man. Charming,
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kind, a true
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the lamp, the roppest. He never had an enemy in his life.
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Until today, it seems.
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Hang it all, Perkins. Charles Havisham was murdered in cold blood.
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in this very room, on this very day, in this very room.
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Shall I telephone the police, Mr. Collymore?
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The police?
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They wouldn't make it out of here for days in this snowstorm.
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I'll telephone Inspector Carter.
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He lives just around the village.
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He'll be here in next to no time.
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Hand me the receiver, Perkins.
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Thank you, Perkins.
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Good evening. Give me Inspector Carter. I know it's late. Sir, I don't care about
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the weather.
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There's been a murder. Someone's murdered Charles Havisham.
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That's right. Thank you. He's on his way.
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Inspector Carter.
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They say he's the best on inspector in the district. He'll crack this case and quick.
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Very good, sir. And what shall I do?
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Lock every door.
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men not a soul gets out of Havisham manor until the killer is found. At once sir. And
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assemble
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everyone in here. Yes sir. Good God just an hour into the engagement
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party and there's already
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been a murder. Florence! Charles!
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Get out Florence you cannot be in here. No I can't believe what I'm
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seeing. My God he looks so frail lying there.
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I'm sorry.
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Florence, it's a shock to us all.
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His skin is cold to the touch.
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No, don't touch him, Florence.
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I must.
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You mustn't.
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Unhand me.
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Oh, Charles, one last embrace.
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I cannot bear seeing my sister in such grief.
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Who could do such a thing the night of our engagement party?
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Cecil, quick, your brother's dead.
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This way, Master Havisham.
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I'm coming, Miss Collymore.
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Brother, dead, it can't be.
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Cecil. Pumice stiff drink, Perkins? Yes, sir. Oh my god.
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He's drunk the whole bottle, sir.
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There's not a drop left. Left.
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There's not a drop left.
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Hang it all. There's another on the shelf.
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Ah, yes.
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This one's...
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I mean, it's horrifying.
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Who on earth would have a motivation to murder Charles Havisham?
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to margin. Thank you Perkins. It's unthinkable right
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here in his own private
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rooms at Havisham Manor. It's terrible just a week after our engagement.
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He was a
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good brother. That's the best whiskey I've ever tasted.
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Have another to calm your
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nerves. Thank you Perkins. Make it a double. Oh
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my Charles.
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Hi, Charles. My head is spinning. I'm going to become hysterical.
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Calm down, Florence.
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Another whiskey, sir?
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Yes.
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I can't believe Charles sat up here alone drinking when he was supposed to be downstairs with us.
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My brother wasn't as happy as he led people to believe.
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Under that cheerful mask lay a darker side to a man many didn't know about.
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It's true. His smile was often just a...
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For God, I was lucky enough to be...
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of the only people he truly confided in. I've lost a real friend today. We
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all have Perkins.
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Hang it. I knew Charles ever since school. I don't know how I'll ever recover from this.
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You'll move back home with me. I'm your brother and I'll have it no other way. Perkins is right.
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My brother was having a deep sense of melancholy and resentment. There's no doubt in my mind it
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was suicide. Suicide Cecil? How can you say that? Of course not. It was-
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murder murder in the first degree nonsense the man was paranoid jealous and
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I can prove it Perkins hand me his journal from the mantelpiece
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why look at the last entry I fear Florence does not love me the night of
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our engagement party despair engulfs my soul but I love Charles
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All of my heart.
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As I said.
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Driven mad with paranoia and jealousy.
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The Inspector!
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Thank heavens he's here.
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What a terrible snowstorm.
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Good evening, I'm Inspector Carter.
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Take my case.
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Yes, Inspector.
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This must be Charles Havisham.
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I'm sorry, this must have given you all a terrible shock.
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It did. We're all still reeling.
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Naturally.
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Are any of you the deceased's immediate family?
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I'm Cecil Havisham. I'm his brother.
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I'm Florence Collymore. I'm his fiancée.
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Tonight was our engagement party.
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What a sad, sad thing.
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You, have you poured everyone a stiff drink?
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Let us raise a glass to a man we all love, to Charles.
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Charles!
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Delicious.
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Excellent.
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Lovely.
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Listen, you all must be distraught.
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But forgive me, the sooner I can begin my inquiries...
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the sooner we can get to the bottom of this ghastly business.
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If you'd be so kind as to bring the body downstairs so I can examine it.
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I'll lend you a hand, Perkins.
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Then lock all the doors to the house and prepare this room.
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I'll conduct my inquiries in here afterwards.
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Any ideas on the cause of death, Inspector?
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Could be a number of things.
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Suffocation, strangulation.
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Violation? Poison? Before fully examining the body, I wouldn't like to say.
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How could someone do it?
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Try not to think about it, Miss Conleymore.
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Once I've finished downstairs, then I'll speak to you each individually.
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Now perhaps you can get some space to calm your nerves.
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Thank you, Inspector. This is all more than I can bear.
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I'll be back presently as soon as I finish examining the body.
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Thank God they've all gone.
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Don't say a word.
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If they find out about us, we'll be suspects.
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You and I were having an affair.
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What of it?
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It doesn't mean we killed him.
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Of course not.
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But that's what the inspector will think.
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We'll just carry on as if everything was just as it was.
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Except now you won't be forced to marry my beastly brother.
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And soon we can be together and not keep secrets.
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But please, while we're here...
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here just the two of us let me steal one quick embrace. Oh Cecil. The inspector
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requires a pencil. What on earth is going on here? Sorry I felt flustered.
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Cecil's
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just cooling my brow. Just cooling her brow. I don't see how
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my sister's brow
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is any of your business Havisham. Don't be a prig Tom. Cecil's just trying to
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help. Yes Tom. Very well. If
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you'll
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Excuse me, I have the pencil.
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Thank God he's gone, that man's such a nuisance.
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He's my brother.
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Oh, Florence, let me look at you just once.
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Oh, Cecil.
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Sorry to disturb you, Mr. Havisham.
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Miss Polymore, I've just come to collect the keys to lock us all inside.
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telephone Perkins oh goody
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gun drops I shall
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lock the doors at once you
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don't
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think Perkins suspects us do you that old fool of course not oh Cecil love
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I forgot the inspector's notebook.
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What in God's name?
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I was about to find Cecil Cotmy.
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You know, Cecil, I don't appreciate you trying to get your hands on my sister the
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night of her fiancé's death.
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You ought to take better care of her then, Collymore.
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I'm overcome.
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I haven't got time for this.
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Now, I have the ins-
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I'll be on my way.
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Blasted interruptions.
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Kiss me, Cecil.
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Oh, Florence, you make my heart beat out of my chest.
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Your eyes send me into a dream, oh, Cecil.
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Oh, Cecil!
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Cecil!
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Sorry to disturb you again.
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Mr. Havisham, Miss Collymore, I've just come to prepare the room.
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Thank you, Perkins.
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Put them on the mantelpiece.
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at last we're alone
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oh Cecil let's run away from here far away together soon
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my love but we must be careful
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we mustn't arise suspicion Cecil tell me who do you think killed Charles
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there's no question in my mind Florence he was killed by your brother
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Collymore. My brother, what a devil of a situation this is. Not so
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fast, Inspector.
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But why would Thomas want Charles dead? Isn't it obvious he was always bitter and possessive
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when it came to you. He didn't like the idea of .
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his best friend marrying his sister. He started together at tonight's engagement party and
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it drove him half mad and he snapped and killed Charles. But if it is Thomas, what if he finds
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out about you and I? I don't think there's any doubt he would kill us just like he killed
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Charles. Oh Cecil, I feel faint again. Don't worry Florence, follow my lead. I'm
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sorry
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to have kept you, but now that I've inspected the body more closely, our interview can proceed.
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Hawkins, bring your child.
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personal effects set them down on the mantelpiece as
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you wish inspector
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don't go Perkins I'd like to ask you a few
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questions first mr. Havsham miss
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Collymore perhaps you'd be as kind as to give us a moment's previous
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Well, don't just stand there, Perkins. Take a seat.
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I don't smoke, but you go ahead.
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How are you feeling, Clarkins?
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A little shaken, sir, but I'll be fine.
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You were close with Charles, have you?
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Yes, sir, very close.
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But you don't appear very upset by his death.
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On the cantery, I've barely taken it in.
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Oh, he was a good man.
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It's true.
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You met him once, briefly, at the local police station.
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He even...
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Once, briefly, at the local police station...
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Of course they didn't notice me!
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Police station, he came in as...
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I had lived!
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He came in as a consultant on a fraud case I was working on.
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How long have you been working here at Hampshire Manor?
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Eighty years.
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Eighty...
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Eight years.
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And have you enjoyed your time here?
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My time with Master Habersham has been a joy.
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I feel as though since I've come here,
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I've not only been seen as a butler,
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but as a friend, a confidant.
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If you need me again, I'll be in my quarters.
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Exits.
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If you'd be so kind of...
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to send Florence Collymore on your way out.
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No need, I'm already here.
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Don't ask too much of me, Inspector.
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I feel as fragile as glass.
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Don't harass her, Carter.
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She's been through a lot tonight.
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At last, Collymore.
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You found me a pencil?
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Of course, Inspector.
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Thank you.
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And my notebook?
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I knew I'd left them somewhere.
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Now I must speak to Miss Collymore alone.
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Very well. I'll be in the library, Florence.
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Don't fret, Miss Collymore.
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My questions will be brief and to the point.
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And then you can get some rest.
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Firstly, how old are you, Miss Collymore?
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I'll make note of that.
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How long ago did you first meet your fiancée?
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Only seven months ago, but my brother has known him for years.
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When were you due to be married?
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In the new year.
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Well, that's enough notes for now, I think.
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Miss Corleymore, did you ever think you...
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Would you love someone there's no such thing as rushing, Inspector?
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Did you ever think you were rushing into this marriage?
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Why wouldn't I love him?
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Did you love him then?
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How could anyone have benefited?
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Can you think of anyone who may have benefited
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from your fiance's death?
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Not even Cecil.
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Don't tell me to calm down.
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Calm down, Miss Collymore.
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I wasn't having an affair.
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Don't raise your voice at me, Inspector.
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You were having an affair.
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What letter?
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Then how do you explain the letter on the mantelpiece?
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I didn't write that letter.
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You wrote that letter.
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You read my letter?
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Where did you find it?
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Address to Cecil, written in your hand, declaring your love for him
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And how the thought of marrying Charles repulsed you
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Charles read it?
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You've read my letter, where did you find it?
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In Charles' pocket
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Charles read it, then it was suicide
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Or a murder, conceived by you and Cecil Havisham, so you could
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run away together
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How could you say such a thing? It's true, Cecil and I were having an affair
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we loved each other that's all but neither of us wanted to hurt charles let alone kill
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him it's my
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job to ask difficult questions miss colliemore i'm sorry if this upsets you
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upsets me how dare
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you my fiance was murdered in this very room a matter of hours ago i
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find your matter most
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unbefitting i shall make a formal complaint to scotland yard scotland
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yard will not listen to
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Complaints of a murderous you diabolical beast. How can you I won't stand for
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this inspector. Accuse me again, and you'll be so
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What's all this
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Shouting what's this inspector?
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I'm I'm nearly interviewing Miss Collymore
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Nothing more Lawrence
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Calm down
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Stop shouting
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She's having another of her hysterical
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snap out of it you're hysterical she's
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run off I'll fetch her back you stay
24:59
here Cecil I dare say the inspector has some questions for you you were Charles
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brother after all I'm
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sorry inspector she's badly shaken we all are it's been
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night and it's getting late 11 o'clock already well inspector do you have any
25:21
questions for me oh yes mr. have some similar questions to those I asked miss
25:26
Collymore well fire away inspector I'm at your service indeed you
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and your
25:33
brother did you get along well up and down since father died there was rather
25:38
more strain in our relationship and it was no secret father cared more for
25:42
Charles than myself this is your father and
25:44
portrait, is it not? It is. He
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looks just a bit of Charles, doesn't he? He did ever since he was
25:53
quite young. You were the junior by four years? Almost four, yes.
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And didn't I know it, Charles
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patronized and embarrassed me throughout our childhood. He always thought he knew best and
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father always took his side. Whenever he didn't get his way, he was unbearable. He
26:11
sounds far from
26:12
brother it sounded like you hated one another I won't lie inspector me
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and
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Charles never truly saw eye to eye but if you're suggesting I had something to
26:21
do with his death you're mistaken I see it's a dark night Cecil
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inspector
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you
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can barely even make out the trees what are you saying inspector
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I'm saying, Cecil, that tonight would be the perfect night for you to
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murder your brother.
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Inspector, please.
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Me and my brother had our differences, but deep down we can't for one another.
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And yet you had an affair with his fiancée.
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What on earth gave you that idea?
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The letter I found in Charles' pocket from Miss Corleymore to yourself.
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Do you know about that?
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As it seems, did Charles...
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Well, bravo, Inspector.
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Very good.
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You found out about Florence and I, but it proves nothing.
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We didn't have a thing to do at Charles' murder.
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But I can tell you who does.
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Thomas Collymore.
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Collymore? But he and Charles were old friends, were they not?
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He's a dangerously unhinged man with a devil of a temper.
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And Florence is his sister.
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I've said it before and I'll say it again.
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He couldn't give up his sister to any man, much less his old school chum.
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Tonight's engagement party made him lose control and he lashed out at Charles.
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A crime of passion perhaps.
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But there it is.
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Thank you, Mr. Havsham.
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You've been most helpful.
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Perhaps you could fetch Thomas Cawleymore.
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I'm going to need to follow more than one line of inquiry at a time
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to get to the bottom of this.
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At once, Inspector.
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Anything to help the progress of your investigation.
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Hang it all, Charles.
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Who could have killed you?
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Everyone under this blasted roof seems guilty.
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That's strange, there's something underneath these cushions.
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Allegia!
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Shut up!
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It's not funny!
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You think putting on a show is this easy, don't you?
29:01
Well, it's not. Actors have lines, rain on their hands, people getting
29:06
knocked unconscious. It's terrible!
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I said shut up! I said it!
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One more place, I haven't looked.
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A ledger!
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with Charles' initials inscribed on the front.
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What's inside?
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Notes, bills.
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What's this?
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That last will and testament of Charles Havisham
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dated only today.
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Let me see.
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I, Charles Havisham, hereby,
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am in my last will and testament to leave my money
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Have a shamana and all its contents and grounds to one good Lord
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Thomas Collymore for you inspector. Ah
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Thank you, Cecil. Tell me the child's have a study where he kept his papers of course second
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door on the right. I'll
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Return presently take your time inspector indeed
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Did you find Florence she ran out onto the grounds
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I'll save you, Father!
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Gosh, Father, you're heavy.
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Well, Thomas, tell me, what were your feelings about Florence and Charles' engagement?
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I was overjoyed, of course.
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I love Florence and I love Charles.
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I couldn't have approved more of the matter.
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But, Collymore, it's not known that you're...
30:53
Detectives of your sister.
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I'll get it.
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Good evening.
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It's for you.
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What in the devil is it?
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Accountants, Collymore.
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At 11.30 in the evening?
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Good evening, Thomas Collymore speaking. It is inconvenient, yes!
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My recent deposits, what have them?
31:31
Discrepancies, what are you talking about, man? Gone? Gone where?
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9 ,000 pounds stolen, good God, man. Perkins, get in here! Yes,
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sir.
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Perkins, fetch me my bank book.
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I'll have you know that this is an absolute discre-
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I shall report you to superiors who am I speaking with mr.
31:55
Fitz Roy I'll write
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that name down I'll
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have you know that this telephone call has put me in a very
32:07
difficult position I shall hang up the phone this instant what is it Collie
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well money stolen from my account good lord 9 ,000 pounds stolen
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my private savings. Most irregular. What a ghastly business. First, my
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oldest friend
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murdered in cold blood, and now I find myself on the edge of financial ruin.
32:29
This evening
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could get no worse. Thomas, I have a confession. I wasn't going to say
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anything, but, well,
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the inspector seems to have found out, and blast it, I'm tired of keeping secrets. Spit
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it out, Cecil. Well, Florence and I were having an affair.
32:47
What?! You and my sister?!
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Now calm down, Collymore!
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Yeah, I knew it! You're always a snake in the grass!
32:54
It's not what you think! We're in love!
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My sister does not love you! How dare you live!
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Finger on her! Have a sham your own brother's fiancée! It's disgusting!
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Don't speak about my father that way, Collymore!
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Well, seems there's no doubt about who killed Charles...anymore.
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He was killed by his own...
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little brother in a fit of jealous rage. I shan't stand for this collie
33:18
more. You'll be sorry you ever laid a finger on my sister Havisham. You'll be
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sorry.
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Gunshots in the-
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library! By Jove! Dear God, what's going on?
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I don't know, Inspector. I was up here when I heard
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screams coming from downstairs. Get in here now, Florence! It's not safe down there!
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Thomas, I'm frightened. Don't worry, Florence. You're safe in here.
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What's going on? Isn't it obvious? Cecil has lost control.
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Kessel? Surely not.
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He killed Charles tonight, driven mad by his love for you.
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And now he knows we've found him out.
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I cannot bear it.
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Kessel would not do such a thing.
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Of course he would.
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He's a blasted lunatic.
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You used to trust people.
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Tom, you've changed.
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This is a fine mess, sir.
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Worse not, I've seen an 88 years of service.
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Save me, brother.
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Save me.
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I shan't let anyone hurt a hair on your head, Florence.
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I'm panicking.
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I can't believe.
34:38
Kessel?
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Cecil!
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Cecil is doing this.
34:44
Try to stay calm, Miss Collymore.
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I shall faint.
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You shan't faint! Confound it!
34:51
What a double of a situation this is!
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Not so fast, Inspector!
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We're all going to survive tonight.
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You hear me?
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Take cover.
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Great Scots.
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Good heavens.
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Don't panic.
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Cecil's crossing the landing.
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We must lock him out.
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Where are the keys to the door, Perkins?
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Here they are, sir.
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Quickly, Perkins, hand them to me
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before Cecil comes in.
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Dear Lord.
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Cecil's dead?
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A double murder.
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Time of death?
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Caught it in mid-night.
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Cecil, no, no, I loved him, I loved him.
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I know it's wrong, I know I was engaged to Charles,
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but Cecil was mine, and...
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I was his, I loved him.
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There, there, Miss Collymore.
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Through tears, how will I go on?
36:20
But who could have killed him?
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That's a good question, Mr. Collymore.
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And one we need to answer quickly,
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if we all want to get out of this house alive.
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Inspector, you've given me a chill.
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Perkins, pour us all another scotch.
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Yes, Inspector.
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Now tell me, is there anyone you know of still in the grounds other than the four
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of us?
36:42
Not a soul.
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The staff all go home on the weekends, except for Perkins, of course.
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Good God, I needed that.
36:50
Does anyone have access to the grounds?
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No one, Inspector.
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I'm the only one with the master key.
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And I'll see you next time.
36:58
distracted, I locked and bolted the doors as soon as you arrived. Then who could have killed him?
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That's a good question, Mr. Collymore. And one we need to answer quickly if we all want to
37:09
get out
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of this house alive. Oh, Inspector, you've given me a chill. Perkins, pour us all another
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scotch.
37:15
Yes, Inspector. Now tell me, is there anyone you know of still in
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the grounds other than the four
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of us? Not a soul.
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Staff all go home on the weekends, except for Perkins, of course.
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Good God, I needed that.
37:35
Does anyone have access to the grounds?
37:37
No one, Inspector.
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I'm the only one with the master key, and as instructed, I locked and vaulted the doors as soon as
37:44
you arrived.
37:45
Then who could have killed him?
37:48
That's a good question, Mr. Collymore.
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And one, we need to answer quickly.
37:53
And we all want to answer quickly.
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to get out of this house alive.
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Oh, Inspector, you've given me a chill.
37:58
Perkins, pour us on another scotch.
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Yes, Inspector.
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Now tell me, is there anyone you know of
38:07
still in the grounds?
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Other than the four of us?
38:10
Not a soul.
38:12
The staff all go home on the weekends,
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except for Perkins, of course.
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Pfft.
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Good God, I needed that.
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Does anyone have access to the grounds?
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No one, Inspector.
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I'm the only one with the master key.
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And as instructed, I locked and bolted the doors
38:33
as soon as he arrived.
38:35
Then who could have killed him?
38:38
That's a good question, Mr. Collymore.
38:41
And one, we need to answer quickly.
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We all want to get out to this house alive.
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Oh, Inspector, you've given me a chill.
38:50
Pour us all another scotch!
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Ha! Yes, Inspector!
38:54
Now tell me, is there anyone you know of
38:57
still in the grounds?
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Other than the four of us?
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Not a soul.
39:06
The staff all go home on the weekends,
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except for pack-ins, of course.
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Good God, I needed that!
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Does anyone have access to the grounds?
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No one!
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Inspector?
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I'm the only one with the master key.
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At that instruction, I locked and bolted the doors as soon as you arrived.
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Then who could have killed him?
39:30
That's a good question, Mr. Collymore.
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Edwin!
39:36
We need a lot of quickie!
39:39
If we all want to get down at the distance, alive!
39:44
Oh, Inspector, you've given me a chill!
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Packets!
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Or it's all another stuff!
39:52
As you wish, Inspector.
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Now tell me!
39:55
I've got anyone you know of!
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Still in the crowd!
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Other than the four of us!
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Nurse!
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So!
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The staff all go home on the weekends, except for Packets, of course!
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Good God, I needed that!
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There's anyone in boxes through the cracks!
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No one! Inspector!
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I'm the only one with the master key,
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and as instructed I looked,
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and I bolted the doors as soon as you arrived.
40:32
Then who could have killed him?
40:40
No one could have killed him.
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Except for the people in this room.
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You're right!
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It's one of us!
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Blast him, blimey!
40:54
One of you killed Charles and Cecil have a sham.
40:56
And we shan't leave the house until the matter is solved.
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Take this body outside.
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Yes, Inspector.
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I'll lend you a hand, Perkins.
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Thank you.
41:39
So, let's go over the fox.
41:42
Oh, it's such a horrible night.
41:44
Florence, you were engaged to be married to Charles,
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a man who, according to your letter, you despised.
41:50
Not only this, but you were having an affair with his brother.
41:53
Cecil!
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Cecil.
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It seems plausible to me that you both murdered him so you could be together.
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Oh, stop it, Inspector.
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Cecil's dead too now, and I certainly didn't kill Charlie.
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What?
42:07
You're right, Florence! You killed him!
42:09
Going on, Inspector.
42:12
She's having another of her hysterical episodes.
42:19
Florence! Behave for some decorum!
42:23
Remember yourself!
42:25
Someone ought to fetch her medication.
42:28
I'll go.
42:30
Good God, someone's locked the door.
42:33
We're trapped!
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Trapped! My God! You killed your fiancée! Florence!
42:41
What do you have to say for yourself?
42:48
I'm an honorable woman, Inspector!
42:51
You're lying, Florence! You killed him!
42:56
How dare you make such an accusation, Inspector! You're all obese!
43:01
Did you enjoy killing your husband?
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Miss Collymore, I shan't stand another second of this, Inspector.
43:08
Calm down, Thorntrilly.
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If I can't get out the door, I shall descend from
43:16
the window.
43:17
My God, she's trying to climb out the window.
43:21
Here we go.
43:22
Don't actually climb out the window.
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You'll hurt yourself.
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This is the second story.
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No, I'll have to film.
43:31
More paperwork. It'll be terrible.
43:33
I said don't do it.
43:36
I am a murderer.
43:40
Calm yourself, Miss Collymore.
43:42
You and Sasso both have plausible motives for murder,
43:45
but not the true motive.
43:47
What are you saying, Inspector?
43:49
I'm saying the true motive belongs to Perkins.
43:52
Me, Inspector?
43:54
You, Perkins.
43:55
A little earlier, I stumbled across Charles' newly written
43:58
last will not...
43:59
dated only today, declaring that Charles wanted to make Perkins
44:04
the sole
44:05
beneficiary of his inheritance. Surely not Perkins. I haven't killed
44:10
anyone, this is all
44:11
mistake. Save your pleading for the police station. Cuff him Thomas. I'll
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drive you
44:17
there myself as soon as the snowstorm has passed.
44:30
That won't be for hours.
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The snow's at its peak.
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It's not true, I tell you.
44:37
Surely Perkins didn't kill Cecil as well.
44:40
Of course he did.
44:42
Cecil found him out and Perkins killed him to keep him quiet.
44:47
Do you know who killed him?
44:49
I do.
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Who?
44:53
The inspector.
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What on earth?
44:58
You did it and I know why.
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Shut your mouth, Puckett!
45:01
You did it because Charles knew about the police money you were embeezling.
45:08
You said he was a consultant on the fraud case you were working on.
45:12
What about that?
45:15
Charles came home that night very intrigued by the case matter.
45:19
He decided to look into the case more personally and he found out why no arrest...
45:23
had been made was because the man committing the fraud was yourself you
45:28
were you were the
45:30
embeasling you were embeasling you were the perpetrator you
45:35
were the perpetrator you can't
45:37
prove it but Charles could and that's why you killed him never I know you're secret inspector
45:43
what you gonna do kill me too I will confound
45:51
it
45:51
What a devil of a situation this is!
45:54
Ha-ha! Not so fast, Inspector!
46:05
Charles?
46:06
Mr. Havisham?
46:07
Charlie, I thought you were dead.
46:09
You're alive? It's not possible.
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Oh, but I'm afraid it is.
46:13
You couldn't kill me that either.
46:17
Easily.
46:18
How did you survive?
46:19
I simply did not drink the poisoned water that you left out for me this afternoon.
46:24
How'd you know it was me?
46:25
I told Perkins, we've been working together all along, ever since we last spoke to the police
46:30
station.
46:31
It was clear you thought I was on to you.
46:34
For months now I've had my guard up, and tonight you fell into my trap.
46:40
You've been hiding in the grounds ever since this afternoon when you planted the poison.
46:44
I thought it was strange you got here so quickly and such...
46:47
terrible weather. And that's when he found Charles's will in the ledger and tried to
46:52
pin the whole thing on me. You darned crafty devil. Crafty indeed. Perkins
46:58
here is as
46:59
innocent as I am. Uncuff him this instant.
47:12
Drop the gun, inspector.
47:17
Never! I came here to kill you, Charles, and I won't leave until the job's done.
47:23
It's over, Inspector. I can prove your guilt in a second.
47:26
I have the evidence in my study. Fetch the papers, Perkins.
47:30
Yes, sir.
47:45
Lower you open, Inspector! It's over!
47:48
Please, Inspector, you're frightening me!
47:50
You ought to be frightened!
47:52
You monster, you tried to kill-
47:54
You monster, you tried to kill Charles, and you killed Cecil. How could you?
47:58
I'll admit, I tried to kill Charles, but I never went anywhere near Cecil.
48:04
In fact, when I discovered you and he were having an affair, I was overjoyed.
48:09
I had the perfect man to pin it on until my-
48:14
It's true. And your accomplice, I regret to say, has been my friend ever since we
48:19
were at school. Isn't that right?
48:22
Thomas Collymore!
48:23
It's true. I'm the inspector's accomplice. I helped him move the money.
48:28
Brother, I'm surprised that you're...
48:30
Brother, I'm surprised at you. I don't know what you've become.
48:34
I'm so ashamed. I met Inspector Carter here a few months ago down in my club. We
48:39
found between...
48:40
we could move the money from the police's sundry fund accounts easily, car to the
48:44
excess, and I the facility to move the money fast and keep it secure. Or so I
48:49
thought until tonight. Line?
48:57
I don't know what page we're on, mate. As
49:02
for Cecil? As for Cecil, that was more a crime of passion simple as that.
49:08
Cecil, but I loved him. He was my-
49:10
Cecil, but I loved him. He was my only.
49:13
Oh, thank you, Perkins.
49:15
Now fetch my pipe from the study.
49:18
I now hold in my hands a written list
49:20
of every fraudulent transaction
49:22
Thomas Carlymore and Inspector Carter made.
49:25
It can't be true. I won't believe it.
49:27
This can't be true. I won't believe it.
49:29
I can't believe it.
49:30
But it is true.
49:32
When I found out he was interfering with you, Florence,
49:35
my own sister, well-
49:36
It's more than I could bear.
49:38
Your sordid affairs sickened me, Florence.
49:40
You broke my heart.
49:42
Charlie, you mustn't. I'm out!
49:44
I made a mistake. Take me back.
49:46
I'll be yours all over again.
49:48
Take back a woman who has betrayed me? Never!
49:51
Charlie! You're on!
49:52
Come! Love me! Please!
49:54
Don't pass this on!
49:56
My friends don't speak to me!
49:58
Let me be your wife!
49:59
Close the door, Perkins!
50:01
Charlie, I got back!
50:04
Wait a second! Look at me!
50:06
Silence, Florence! You are nothing to me now!
50:08
This is the worst night of my life!
50:10
No, no, no!
50:13
This is the worst night of my life!
50:16
No, this is the worst of mine.
50:20
But Thomas, Carter had you fooled, didn't he?
50:23
What do you mean?
50:24
He never intended to share the money with you.
50:26
Let me summarize.
50:27
I love you, Charlie!
50:32
Inspector Carter knew I had found you and he were both embezzling police money, so you hatched a plan-
50:37
I've still got the ring, Charlie! We can hang your work!
50:40
Plan to kill me, planting poison water for me to drink.
50:44
Then mistakenly believing I was dead, Carter tried to pin my murder on Cecil and Florence because of their affair.
50:50
Until your accomplice, Thomas, blundered in and shot my brother Cecil.
50:54
To which the inspector responded by pinning it on Perkins instead, after finding
50:59
my will in the -
51:00
ledger. Except what you didn't know - Take me back, Charlie, if you know what's good
51:05
for you!
51:08
Uh, except what you didn't know, Thomas, was that the inspector made a 9 ,000
51:13
pound withdrawal from
51:14
your private accounts this morning, and after framing somebody for my murder,
51:18
planned to flee, taking every penny. I think it's time to open your attache case,
51:24
inspector.
51:34
The 9,000 pounds!
51:38
He allowed you to take all the risk by storing the stolen money in your private accounts.
51:43
Isn't that right, Inspector?
51:45
Oh right, it's true.
51:47
I forged your signature at the bank and took out every penny.
51:51
I hadn't bargained on your accountant catching on this quickly and telephoning you so soon.
51:56
You rogue! I trusted you! You made a mistake, Dirk -Hart! I'm afraid it's your last!
52:07
Bang!
52:09
Ah, my fingers!
52:11
The officers are waiting in the halls!
52:15
Oh my god!
52:18
Hold me, Florence! Hold me!
52:21
Oh my god. No. No, no, no.
52:24
No, no, no, no. Don't do it. Don't you dare. Don't do it.
52:29
No, no, please. God. I'm too young and beautiful to die.
52:36
Oh, please. Was that a joke to you? Come on.
52:42
I want to go.
52:49
Oh, my God. No, no, no.
53:06
The officers are waiting in the hall,
53:12
sir.
53:15
Excellent.
53:17
Escort my fiancée downstairs.
53:19
I wish to have...
53:20
a word with Thomas in private.
53:24
There goes my acting career.
53:28
Thomas, you're not the man I once knew from Eton.
53:31
You've become greedy and jealous.
53:33
I'm sorry, Charles.
53:35
I feel as though I'm about to pass out.
53:37
There's a glass of water by the telephone.
53:39
Charles, ever the kindest host.
53:41
Drink it up.
53:43
Tell me, Thomas, one thing.
53:45
Anything, Charles.
53:47
I shall tell no more lies.
53:49
The glass of poisoned water the inspector left out for me.
53:52
What do you suppose I did with it?
53:54
Well, I don't know.
53:58
What do you mean?
53:59
You mean you gave me the...
54:02
Charlie, Charlie, no, no, no!
54:09
Oh, how I wish this could have ended differently.
54:14
Thomas, your lies and deceits.
54:17
I've led you inexorably to this end.
54:19
If men allow their conscience to be governed by avarice,
54:22
then death and destruction shall prevail.
54:27
Betrayed by my brother.
54:41
Betrayed by my fiance and almost
54:45
murdered by my oldest friend. Let's hope we
54:50
never again see a murder at Havisham
54:55
Manor.
55:20
We'll be right back.
55:41
We can't even bother knowing.
55:42
Why are you in danger of the walk?
