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June 06, 2024
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The One Act Play That Goes Wrong November 4, 2023 4PM
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out supporting the Cornell Polytechnic Drama Society who has
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rented the PAC and they're
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doing a wonderful job. We were going to do, we were actually working
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on a Star Wars themed
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family opera and we're having some trouble with the rights but we had
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a Chewbacca costume
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and a lot of good stuff but it didn't work out so these guys
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rented the PAC.
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and kind of saved us, which is wonderful,
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and they're doing a great job.
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Just a quick reminder, no flash photography,
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no food or drink.
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It's fine if you have it.
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Just don't eat it during the show,
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and you can eat it outside.
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I'm going to just turn the mic over to Trevor,
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who is their tech person, with some announcements.
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oh good evening ladies and gentlemen a couple of announcements number
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one turn
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off your phone secondly if anybody finds a Lady Gaga CD box set in the auditorium
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I need that back please hand it to me at the end of the performance enjoy
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the
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enjoy the show
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Leave it. Just leave it.
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The mantle, please. We need time.
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Good evening, ladies.
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and gentlemen, and welcome to the Cornell Polytechnic Drama Society's
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full production
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of The Murder at Havisham Manor. I would like to personally welcome you to what will be
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my
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directorial debut, and my first production as head of the Drama Society. We
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are particularly
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excited to present this play, because for the first time in the Society's history, we have
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managed to find a play that fits the company's numbers perfectly. If we're honest, a
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lack of
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has hampered past productions. Last year's Chekhov play, Two Sisters,
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or Last
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Christmases, The Lion in the Wardrobe, and of course our summer musical, Cat.
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It may
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interest you to know that this will also be the first time the society has been
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able to stage play of this scale. There's no question that usually we have to
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contend with a small budget, such as in last year's presentation of
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of raw dolls, James and the Peach.
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Of course, during the run of that particular show,
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the Peach spoiled and we were forced to present
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a hastily devised alternative entitled,
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James, where's your Peach?
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Finally, we can afford 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've faced with casting before,
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such as our Christmas presentation of Snow
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White and the tall broad gentleman or indeed last year's previous
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pantomime
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another Disney classic ugly and the Beast but
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now on with the main event which I
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am confident will be our best show yet so without further ado please put your
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hands together for Susie H. Kate Brideswell's thrilling whodunit the
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murder at Havisham Manor
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Charlie, are you ready?
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We're all waiting downstairs to raise a glass.
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your engagement charlie come along now charlie you've been in there for hours
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now if i didn't
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know better i'd say we're having second thoughts about the wedding hang in our charles if
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you
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won't come out we're coming in darn it he's locked the door where are the keys to the door perkins
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here they are mr corner more thank you perkins let's guess this door open we're coming in charlie
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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. Cullimore.
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Darn it, Perkins, I hope so.
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I'll take his pulse.
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Blast! I knew something was wrong. It's so unlike Charles to disappear like this.
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Sir, he's dead.
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Dead? Darn it, Perkins, he can't be. He's my closest friend.
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He's not breathing, sir, and there's no hint of a heartbeat.
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I'm dumbfounded he was right as rain an hour ago I
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don't understand he was fit
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as a fiddle he can't be dead it doesn't make any sense of course it makes sense
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he's been murdered
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good God where's Florence the dining room sir shall I fetch her not yet the last
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thing we need is for her to have another one of her hysterical episodes yes sir
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I think
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murder or perhaps it was suicide. Suicide? Charlie? Not possible.
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There was never a man with more zest
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for life than Charlie. He was young, rich, and soon to be married. One earth would he commit suicide.
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But why on earth would someone murder him? Charles was such a good man. Generous, kind, a true
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philanthropist. He's never had an enemy in his life. Not until today it seems. Hang it all,
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Charles Havisham has been murdered in code blood.
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in this very room on this very day in this very room shall
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i telephone the piece mr
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cornwall the police they wouldn't make it out here for days in this snowstorm
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i'll telephone inspector carter he lives just on the other side of the village
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he'll be here in next to no time hand me the receiver perkins
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thank you perkins good evening give me inspector carter
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know it's late. Sir, I don't care about the weather. There's been a murder. Someone's
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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 darn 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, man. Not a soul gets out of Havisham Manor until the killer is found.
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Right away, sir.
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And assemble everyone in here.
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once, sir. Good God, just an hour into the engagement party and already
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there's been
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a murder. Florence? Charlie! Get out, Florence. You can't be in here. No, I can't believe
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what I'm seeing. My God, he looks so frail
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lying there. I'm sorry, Florence. It's a shock
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to all of us. His skin is cold to the touch. No, don't touch him, Florence. I must. You
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mustn't. Unhand me. Oh, Charles, one last embrace.
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I cannot bear to see my sister in such grief.
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Who could do such a thing,
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the night of our engagement party?
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Cecil, quick, your brother's dead.
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This way, Mr. Havisham.
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I'm coming, Miss Collymore, brother dead?
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It can't be.
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Calm yourself, Cecil.
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Pour him a stiff drink, Perkins.
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Yes, sir.
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Oh my God, he's drunk the whole bottle.
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There's not a drop left.
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There's no one to drop left.
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Hang it all, there's another on the shelf.
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Oh yes, this one's four.
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This is unthinkable.
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I mean, who on earth would have a motivation to murder Charles Havisham?
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I can't imagine.
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It's horrifying.
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Right here in his own private rooms.
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It's terrible, just a week after our engagement.
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Thank you, Perkins. He was a good brother.
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That's the best whiskey I've ever tasted.
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Have another to calm your nerves.
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Thank you, Perkins.
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Make it a double.
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Oh, my Charles! My Charles! My head is spinning! I'm going to become hysterical!
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Calm down, Florence. Another whisky, sir?
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I can't believe Charles sat up here alone, drinking, when he was supposed to be downstairs with
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us.
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My brother wasn't as happy as he led people to believe.
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He didn't use that cheerful mask, that darker side to the person I didn't know about.
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It's true. His smile was just a...
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Because I was fortunate enough to be one of the only people he truly confided in.
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I've lost a real friend today.
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We all have, Perkins.
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I knew Charles ever since school.
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I don't know how I'll ever recover from this.
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You'll move back home with me.
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I'm your brother and I'll have it no other way.
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Perkins is right.
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I was holding a deep sense of melancholy and resentment.
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There's no doubt in my mind it was suicide.
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Cecil, how can you-
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You say that, of course not.
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It was murder, murder in the first degree.
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Nonsense, Demis, Perna, Jaws.
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And I conclude, Perkins,
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him and his journal from the mantelpiece.
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Why, look at the last entry.
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I fear Florence does not love me.
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Night of our engagement party,
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despair engulfs my-
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But I love Charles with all of my heart.
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As I said, dream man with Pernod and Chelsea.
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Lee, 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. 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, 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 fiance.
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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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Yes, Inspector.
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Let's raise a glass.
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To the man we all love.
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To Charles.
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Listen, you all must be distraught, but forgive me.
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The sooner I can begin my enquiries, 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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Yes, Inspector.
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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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And you're using the cause of death?
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Could be a number of things.
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Suffocation, strangulation, poison.
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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 Collymore.
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Once I finish downstairs, I'll speak to you each individually,
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and then perhaps you can get some space to calm your nerves.
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Thank you, Inspector.
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This is all more than I can bear.
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I'll be back as soon as I've finished examining the body.
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Thank you.
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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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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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He's fine.
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We'll just carry on with everything.
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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 Florence, what are we here? Just yours.
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Let me see one quick embrace.
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Cecil, we can't. If we're caught, it would be the end.
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Oh, Florence.
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The inspector acquires a pencil.
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What on earth is going on in here?
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Sorry, I felt flustered.
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Cecil was just cooling my brow.
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Just cooling her brow?
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See how my sister's brow is any business as yours, Havisham.
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Don't be a prick, Tom.
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Cecil was only trying to help.
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Yes, Tom?
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Very well.
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If you'll excuse me, I have the pencil.
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Thank God he's gone.
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The man is such a nuisance.
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He's my brother.
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Oh, Lawrence, let me look at you just once.
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Oh, Cecil.
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Sorry to disturb you, Miss Collinmore, Mr. Havisham.
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I've come to collect the keys to lock us all inside.
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Is everybody a telephone, Perkins?
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I shall lock the doors at once.
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you don't think Perkins suspects us do you that awful of course
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not oh Cecil
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love makes me forget myself I forgot the inspector's notebook what in God's
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name
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I was about to faint Cecil caught me I don't appreciate you
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trying to get your
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hands on my sister the night of her fiance's death you ought to take better
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care for that
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I'm overcome I haven't time for this. I have the notebook now. I'll be on
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my way
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Blasted interruption. Kiss me Cecil. Oh Florence you make my heart beat out of my chest. Your
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eyes send me into a dream. Oh Cecil
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Oh Cecil. Oh Cecil. Cecil. Cecil.
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Sorry to interrupt you again, Mr. Connell, Mr. Havisham. I've come to prepare
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the room. Thank you, Perkins. 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.
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Soon, my love, you must be careful, you must enter our suspicion.
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Cecil, tell me, who do you think he'll charge?
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I don't think there's any question. He was killed by your brother, Thomas Coleymore.
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My brother? What a devil of a situation this is!
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Not so fast, Inspector!
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But why would Thomas want Charles dead?
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Isn't it obvious he was always buried and possessed?
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when it came to you. He didn't like the idea
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of his best friend marrying his sister.
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He started together at tonight's engagement
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party and it drove him half mad.
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And he's not at Charles.
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But if it is, Thomas,
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what if he finds out about you and I?
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I don't think there's any doubt in my mind.
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He tried to kill us just like he killed Charles.
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Oh, I feel faint again.
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Don't worry, Florence.
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Just follow my lead. I'm sorry to have
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kept you, but now that I've inspected
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the body more closely, I will interview
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proceed. Perkins, bring in Charles' personal effects. Where would you like
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them, Inspector?
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Sit them down on the mantelpiece. As you wish, Inspector.
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Don't go, Perkins. I...
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I'd like to ask you a few questions first.
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Mr Havisham, Miss Collymore,
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perhaps you'd be so kind as to give us a moment's privacy.
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Don't just stand there, Perkins.
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I don't smoke, but you go ahead.
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How are you feeling, Perkins?
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A bit shaken, sir, but I'll be fine.
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you were close with Charles Havisham yes sir very
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close you don't appear very upset by his death
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on the contrary I've barely taken it
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in oh Charles was such a good man it's true
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you met him once briefly at the local police station he
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Evening, Inspector.
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Once, briefly, at the local police station.
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Of course they didn't notice.
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Police station.
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He came in as a consultant on a fraud case I was working on.
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I see.
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How long have you been working at Havisham Manor?
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80 years.
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80 years?
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Eight.
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Eight years.
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And have you enjoyed...
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Your time here?
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My time with Mr. Havisham has been a joy.
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I felt like I've not only been a butler to Mr. Havisham,
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but also a friend, a confidant.
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If you need me, I will be in my quarters.
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Exits.
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If you'd be so kind as to send in Florence Collymore
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on your way out.
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I'm already here.
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Don't ask too much of me, Inspector. I feel fragile as glass.
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Don't ask, Ciccata. She's been through a lot tonight.
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At last, Collymore. You found me a pencil?
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Yes, Inspector.
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Thank you. And my notebook?
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I knew I'd left them somewhere. 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. My questions will be brief and to the point, and then you can get some...
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Firstly, how old are you, Ms. Collymore?
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Twenty-one.
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I'll make a 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 are you due to be married?
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In the new year.
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Well, that's enough notes for now, Ms. Collymore.
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Did you...
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When 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 might have benefited from your fiancé'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 to 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've read my letter.
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Where do you find it?
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Addressed to Cecil, written in your hand, declaring your love for him, and how the thought of marrying
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Charles repulsed you.
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Charles read it.
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You read my letter. Where did you find it?
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In Charles' pocket.
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Charles read it? That it was suicide.
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Or a murder conceived by you and Cecil Havsham, so you could 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, but that's all. Neither...
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wanted to hurt Charles let alone kill him. It's my job to ask difficult
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questions Miss Collymore. I'm sorry if this upsets you. Upsets me? How dare you?
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My fiance was murdered in this very room a matter of hours ago. I find your manner
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most unbefitting. I shall make a formal complaint to Scotland Yard. Scotland Yard
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will not listen to the complaints of a murderess. You diabolical beast! How can
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you? I won't stand for this. Accuse me again and you'll be a son. What's going on in
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effect. What's up? I'm
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merely interviewing Miss Collymore. Nothing more. But Lawrence,
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calm down. Stop shouting. She's having one of her episodes.
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Snap out of it. You're hysterical.
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Come back here this instant. She's run off. I'll
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fetch her back. You stay here, Cecil,
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and that's it.
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the inspector has some questions for you.
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You were a child's brother, after all.
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I'm sorry, Inspector.
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She's badly shaken.
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We all are.
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It's been quite a night, and it's getting late.
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Eleven o'clock already.
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Well, Inspector, do you have any questions for me?
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Oh, yes, Mr. Havisham.
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Similar questions to those I asked Miss Colleymore.
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Fire away, Inspector.
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I'm at your service.
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You and your brother.
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Did you get along well?
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Up and down.
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Without a doubt, Lucy had a strain on our relationship.
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It was no secret.
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Father cared for Charles more than myself.
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This is your father in the portrait, is it not?
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It is.
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He looks the spit of Charles, doesn't he?
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He did, ever since he was quite young.
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You were the junior by four years?
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Almost four, yes.
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And didn't I know it?
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Charles patronised and embarrassed me throughout our childhood.
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He always thought he knew best.
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And Father always took his side.
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If he ever didn't hit his way, he was unbearable.
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He sounds far from the ideal brother.
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It sounds like you hated one another.
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It's true.
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Charles and I never saw eye to eye.
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But if you're suggesting it had something to do with his death, you're mistaken.
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I see.
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It's a dark night, Cecil.
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Inspector?
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You can barely even make out the trick.
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What are you saying, Inspector?
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I'm saying, Cecil, that tonight would be the perfect night for you to murder your brother.
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Inspector, please. Me and my brother had our differences. But deep down, we cared 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 Collymore to yourself.
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You know about that?
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As it seems did Charles.
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Well, bravo, Inspector.
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You'll find out about Florence and I, and of course nothing.
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We didn't have a thing to live with Charles' mother, but I can tell you who does.
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Thomas Coleymore.
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But he and Charles were old friends, were they not?
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He's a dangerous little hatred man, with devil of a temper, and Florence and 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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So now the engagement party made him lose control, and he lashed out at Charles.
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A crime...
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passion perhaps, but there it is. Thank you, Mr. Havisham. You've been most
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helpful. Perhaps you could fetch Thomas Coymore. I'm going to need to follow more
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than one line of encreed at a time to get to the bottom of this. Inspector.
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Hang it all, Charles. Who could have killed you? Everyone under this blasted
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roof seems guilty. That's strange. There's something
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underneath these cushions. A
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a ledger, a
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ledger, a
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ledger, a ledger.
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A ledger!
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Ledger?
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Ledger.
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Ledger. Don't look at me. You know, I
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had really high hopes for this show. Really high hopes. Stop
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laughing. Stupid Americans.
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I'm from Menlo Park. I go to Stanford and I work at Google and I like
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to make fun of people who don't have their...
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Ledger! With Charles' initials conscribed onto...
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cover. What's inside? Notes? Bills? What's this? The
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last will and testament of Charles
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Havisham? Dated only today. Let me see. I,
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Charles Havisham, hereby amend my last will
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and testament to leave my money, Havisham manor, and all its contents to one. Good
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Lord!
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Thomas Coleymore for you, Inspector.
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Ah, thank you, Cecil.
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Tell me, did Charles have a study where he kept his papers?
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Of course.
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Second door under eight.
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I'll return presently.
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Take a time, Inspector.
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Did he find Florence?
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She ran out onto the grounds.
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Tell me, Thomas, what do I find when I ch-
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and Florence's 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, Colliemore, it's so well-known
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that you're protective to your sister.
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I'll get it.
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good evening it's for you what the
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devil is it your accountant's Collymore at 11 13 the evening
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yes good
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evening Thomas Collymore speaking it is inconvenient yes my
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recent deposits
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them discrepancies what are you talking about man gone gone
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where nine thousand
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pounds stolen good god man Perkins get in here yes
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sir Perkins fetch me my bank
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book your bank book sir
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This is an absolute disgrace.
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How could you allow this to happen?
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I shall report you to your superiors.
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Who am I speaking with?
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Mr. Fitzroy.
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I'll write that name down.
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I shall have you know that this telephone call has put me in a very difficult position.
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I shall hang up the phone this instant.
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What is it, Cullimore?
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stolen from my accounts good lord nine thousand pounds stolen from my private
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savings most
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irregular what a ghastly business first my eldest friend murdered in cape blood and
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then i find
30:37
myself on the edge of financial ruin this evening could get no worse thomas i
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have a confession
30:43
i wasn't going to say anything but well this might seem to have found out and blasted
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i'm
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tired of keeping secrets spit it out cecil well florence and i were having
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an affair. What? You and my
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sister? Now calm down, Coleymore. I knew it. You were always
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a snake in the grass. It's not what you think. We're in love. My sister does not love you.
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How dare you lay a finger on her, your own brother's fiance. It's disgusting. No wonder
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your father hated you. Don't speak about my father,
31:17
La White Coleymore. Well, it seems
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there's no doubt about it.
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who killed Charles anymore.
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He was killed by his own vile little brother
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in a fit of jealous rage.
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I shan't stand for this, Coley Moor.
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You'll be sorry you'll have a finger on her, Abisham.
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You'll be sorry.
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Gunshots in the library!
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By Jove!
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Dear God, what's going on?
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I don't know. I was in here when I heard screams from downstairs.
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Get in here now, Florence. It's not safe down there.
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Thomas, I'm frightened.
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Don't worry, Florence. You're safe.
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here. What's going on? Isn't it obvious? Cecil has lost control.
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Kessel? Shall he not? He killed
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Charles tonight, driven mad by his love for you, and now he knows we've found him out. I cannot
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bear
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it. Kessel would not do such a thing. Of course he would, the blasted lunatic. You used to
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trust
32:36
people, Tom. You've changed. This is a fine mess, sir. The last
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night I've seen in 88 years of
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service.
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Save me, brother, save me.
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I shan't let anyone hurt a hair on your head, Florence.
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What's your, I'm panicking, I can't believe.
32:56
Kessil?
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Cecil.
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Cecil is doing this.
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Try to stay calm, Miss Collamore.
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I shall faint.
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You shan't faint, confound it.
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What a devil of a situation this is.
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Not so fast, Inspector.
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We're all going to thrive tonight, do you hear me?
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Take cover!
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Great Scott!
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Good heavens.
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I may.
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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.
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Hand them to me before Cecil.
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Good lord.
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Cecil's dead.
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A double.
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Romada!
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Romama, Gaga, oh la la!
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Time of death, quarter to midnight.
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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, Charles,
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but Cecil's was mine and...
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I was his, I loved him.
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There, there, Miss Colomore.
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One, two, three.
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How will I go on?
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But who could have killed him?
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That's a good question, Mr. Colomore.
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One we need to answer quickly if we all want to get out of this house alive.
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Oh, Inspector, you've given me a chill.
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Perkins, pour us all another scotch.
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Of course, Inspector.
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Now tell me, is there anyone you know of still on the grounds other than the four of us?
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Not at all.
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Staff all go home at the weekends, except for Perkins, of course.
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Oh good god I needed that. Does anyone have access to the grounds? No one inspector.
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I'm the only one with the master key and as instructed I locked and bolted the doors as
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soon as we arrived. Then who could have killed him? That's a good question Mr. Connemore. And
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one we need to answer quickly if we all want to get out of this house alive. Oh inspector you've given
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me a chill. Perkins.
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pour us all another scotch of course inspector now tell
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me is there anyone you know of still
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on the grounds other than the four of us not at all the staff all go home at the weekends
35:46
except for perkins of course good god i
35:51
needed that does anyone have access to the grounds no
35:54
one inspector i'm the only one with the master key and as instructed i locked and bolted the
35:59
doors as soon as you arrive then who could have killed
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him? That's a good question, Mr. Colmore. And one we need to answer quickly if we
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want to get out of this house alive. Oh, Inspector, you've given me a chill.
36:11
Perkins, pour us all another scotch. Of course, Inspector. Now tell me, is there
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anyone you know of still on the grounds, other than the four of us?
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Got us all. Stop. All go home at weekends, except for Perkins, of course.
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Good God, I needed that. 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, and as instructed, I locked and bolted the doors
36:37
as soon as you arrived.
36:39
Then who could have killed him?
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That's a good question, Mr. Colomore.
36:43
And one we need to answer quickly if we all want to get out of this house alive.
36:46
Oh, Inspector, you've given me a chill.
36:49
Perkins, pour us all another scotch.
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Of course, Inspector.
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Now tell me, is there anyone you know of still on the ground other than the four of us?
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Not to stop.
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All go home at the weekends, except for Perkins, of course.
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Good God, I needed that.
37:06
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, and as instructed, I locked and bolted the doors
37:15
as soon as he arrived.
37:17
Then who could have killed him?
37:18
That's a good question, Mr. Colomore.
37:20
And one we need to answer quickly if we all want to get out of this house alive.
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Oh, Inspector.
37:26
you've given me a chill. Perkins, pour us all another scotch. Of
37:31
course, Inspector. Now tell me,
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is there anyone you know of still on the grounds other than the four of us?
37:39
Not so. The staff all
37:40
go home at the weekends except for Perkins, of course. Good God, I needed that.
37:46
Does anyone
37:47
have access to the grounds? No one, Inspector. I'm the only one with the
37:52
mask key. Now the
37:53
instructor did I locked and
37:54
to the doors as soon as he arrived then who could have killed him no
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one could
38:01
have killed him except the people in this room you're right it's one of us
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hang it all I'm stuck in a room full of murderers blast and blimey one
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of you
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killed Charles and Cecil Havisham and we shan't leave the house until the matter
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is solved you take this body outside yes inspector I'll lend you a hand Perkins
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Thank you.
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So, let us go over the facts.
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Oh, it's such a terrible night.
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Florence, you were engaged to be married to Charles,
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a man who, according to your letter, you despised.
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Not only this, but you were having an affair with his brother.
39:19
Cecil, it seems plausible to me that you both murdered him so you could be together.
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Please, Inspector, Cecil's dead too now and I certainly didn't kill Charles.
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What's going on, Inns?
39:29
You're lying, Florence.
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You killed him.
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She's having another one of her hysterical episodes.
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Try to relax, Miss Colomar.
39:43
Florence, behave with some decorum.
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Remember yourself.
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Someone ought to fetch her medication.
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Someone's locked the door.
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Good God, we're trapped.
39:58
Trapped?
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My God.
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You killed your fiancee, Florence.
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What do you have to say for yourself?
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I am in honor of
40:14
woman inspector you're lying Florence you killed him I won't stand another
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second of this inspector
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you're all beasts did you enjoy killing your husband Miss Collymore how dare
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you make such
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an accusation inspector now calm down Florence really I won't stand another minute
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in this room
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if I can't get out the door I shall descend from the window oh my god she's
40:38
trying to climb out
40:39
of the window don't climb out
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the window, Florence. Florence, no.
40:50
I am no murderer. Calm down, Miss Coymore. You and
40:54
Cecil both have plausible motives for murder, but not the true motive. What are you saying,
41:00
Inspector? I'm saying the true motive belongs to Perkins. Perkins?
41:06
Me, Inspector? You, Perkins.
41:08
A little earlier, I stumbled across...
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Charles' newly written, last will and testament, dated only today,
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declaring that Charles wanted to make Perkins the sole beneficiary of his inheritance.
41:20
Surely not Perkins.
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There must be some mistake. I haven't killed anyone.
41:25
Save your pleading for the police station.
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Cuff him, Thomas.
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I'll drive you there myself as soon as the snowstorm has passed.
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That won't be for hours. The snow's at its peak.
41:38
There must...
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It's not true, I tell you.
41:41
Surely Perkins didn't kill Cecil as well?
41:47
Wait, you know who killed Perkins?
41:51
Or Cecil, that's right.
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I do!
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Who?
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The inspector did!
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What on earth?
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Poppycock!
42:01
You did it and I know why!
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Shut your mouth, Perkins!
42:05
You did it because Charles knew...
42:07
about the police money, and you were embeezling.
42:12
Nonsense.
42:14
You said, you mentioned that you had a few
42:20
rendezvous with Charles at the local police station.
42:24
You mentioned he was a consultant
42:27
on a fraud case you were working on.
42:28
Well, what of it?
42:30
Charles came home that evening very intrigued
42:33
by the whole case.
42:33
He decided to leave.
42:35
to the matter personally and he found out no rest had been made
42:40
because the man committing
42:41
the fraud was yourself. You were embeasling. You were the perpetrator.
42:49
You were the perpetrator.
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You can't prove it. Charles, good. That's why you killed him. Never. I
42:56
know your secret,
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Inspector. What will you do? Kill me too? I will.
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Confound it.
43:04
What a devil of a situation this is.
43:07
Not so fast, Inspector.
43:13
Mr. Havisham?
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Charlie, I thought you were dead.
43:17
You're alive?
43:18
It's not possible.
43:19
Oh, I'm afraid it is.
43:20
You couldn't kill me that easily.
43:24
How did you survive?
43:25
I simply did not drink that poison water you left out for me this afternoon.
43:28
How did you know it was me?
43:30
I told Perkins.
43:31
We've been working together all along.
43:32
Ever since we last met at the police station,
43:34
it became clear you thought I was onto you.
43:36
It was at this point I became afraid you tried to kill me.
43:39
For months now I've had my guard up
43:40
and tonight you fell into my trap.
43:43
You've been hiding in the grounds
43:44
ever since this afternoon when you planted the poison.
43:47
I thought it was strange you got here so quickly
43:50
in such terrible weather.
43:59
You found Charles' will in the ledger and tried to blame the whole thing on me.
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You darn crafty devil.
44:06
Crafty indeed.
44:07
But I can see it as innocent as I am.
44:09
Remove those handcuffs this instant.
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Drop the gun, Inspector.
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I'm me.
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I came here to kill you, Charles, and I won't leave until the job's done.
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It's over, Inspector.
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I could prove your guilt.
44:27
a second. I have the evidence in my study. So to the papers, Perkins. Yes, sir.
44:33
Lower
44:34
your weapon, Inspector. It's over. Please, Inspector, you're frightening me. You
44:40
ought
44:40
to be frightened. You monster, you tried to kill. You monster, you
44:45
tried to kill Charles
44:46
and you killed Cecil. How could you? I'll admit, I tried to kill Charles, but
44:51
I never
44:52
went anywhere near Cecil. In fact, when I discovered you...
44:55
he were having an affair I was overjoyed I heard the perfect man to pin it on until my accomplice
45:01
blundered in it's true and your accomplice I regret to say has been my friend ever since we're in
45:05
school isn't that right Thomas Collymore it's true I'm the inspector's accomplice I
45:10
hope to
45:10
move the money brother I'm surprised at you brother I'm surprised at you I don't know
45:16
what
45:16
you've become I'm so ashamed I met inspector Carter here a few months ago down in my club
45:21
we found between us we could steal from the police
45:23
the sundry fund accounts easily. Carter had the access and either facility to move the money fast
45:28
and keep it secure. Or so I thought until tonight. Line? I
45:36
don't know what page Ron made.
45:38
As for Cecil. As for Cecil, that was more of a crime of passion. Simple as
45:43
that. Cecil, but I
45:45
loved him. He was my only. Cecil, but I loved him. He was my only. Thank you, Packins.
45:50
Now fetch my pipe
45:52
Yes, sir.
45:54
Now I hold in my hand a written list of every fraudulent transaction Thomas Corleymore and Inspector Carter
45:59
made.
46:00
This can't be true. I won't believe it.
46:03
This can't be true. I won't believe it. I can't believe it.
46:06
But it is true. When I found out he was interfering with you, Florence, my own sister, well, it
46:11
was more than I could bear.
46:12
Your sword had fair-sickened me, Florence. You broke my heart.
46:15
Charlie, you mustn't. I made...
46:17
I made a mistake. Please take me back.
46:19
be yours all over again. Take back a woman who's betrayed me? Never. Charlie,
46:25
you're all I have. Love me, please. Don't clap next time. I shall be an outcast
46:30
in town. My friends don't speak to me. Let me be your wife. Yes, sir. That'll
46:35
be pleased to arrest you both. I cannot bear another. Charlie, I cannot bear another second. Look at
46:40
me. Silence, Florence. You're nothing to me now. This is the worst night of my life. No, no,
46:45
no. This is
46:47
This is the worst night of my life!
46:49
No, this is the worst of mine.
46:51
But Thomas, Carter had you fooled, didn't he?
46:53
What do you mean?
46:54
He never intended to share the money with you.
46:56
Let me summarize.
46:57
I love you, Charlie!
46:59
Inspector Carter knew that I discovered you and he were both
47:01
embettling police money, so you hatched a plant to kill me,
47:05
planting poison water for me.
47:06
I've still got the ring, Charlie! We can make it work!
47:09
For me, drink!
47:10
And then, mistakenly believing I was dead,
47:13
Inspector Carter tried to pin my murder on Cecil and Florence
47:16
affair until your accomplice blundered in, in short, my brother Cecil.
47:19
Carter then tried dipping on Perkins after finding my will on the ledger.
47:22
Take me back, Charlie, if you know what's good for you!
47:26
Except, what you didn't know, Thomas, was that Carter made 9,000 pound withdrawal from
47:30
your private accounts this afternoon.
47:31
After framing someone for my murder, I planned to flee, taking every penny.
47:35
I think it's time to open your tacho case, Inspector.
47:44
The 9,000 pounds!
47:45
He allowed you to take all the risks by storing the stolen money in your private accounts.
47:49
Isn't that right, Inspector?
47:50
All right, it's true.
47:52
I forged your signature in the bank and took out every penny.
47:55
I hadn't bargained on your account into catching on this quickly and telephoning you so soon.
47:59
You rogue!
48:01
I trusted you.
48:02
You made a mistake there, Carter.
48:03
I'm afraid it's your last.
48:10
Oh, my fingers!
48:12
The officers are waiting in the hall, sir.
48:36
Excellent.
48:37
I've got my fiancé downstairs, Perkins.
48:40
I wish to have a word with Thomas in private.
48:42
Yes, sir.
48:43
Thomas, you're not the man I know from Eton.
48:46
You've become greedy and jealous.
48:47
I'm sorry, Charles.
48:49
It feels like I'm about to pass out.
48:50
There's a glass of water by the telephone.
48:52
Oh, thank you, Charles.
48:53
Ever the kind host.
48:54
Drink it up.
48:55
Most kind.
48:56
Now tell me, Thomas, one thing.
48:58
Anything, Charles.
48:59
I shall tell no more lies.
49:00
The glass of poisoned water the inspector left out for me this afternoon.
49:03
What do you suppose I did with it?
49:06
Well, I don't know.
49:08
What do you mean?
49:09
You mean you gave me a...
49:10
Charlie, Charlie, no, no, no!
49:16
Oh, how I wish this could have ended differently.
49:18
Thomas, your lies and decease
49:20
have led you inexorably to this end.
49:22
If men allow their conscience to be governed by avarice,
49:25
then death and destruction shall prevail.
49:27
Betrayed by my brother.
49:34
Betrayed by my fiance.
49:36
and almost murdered by my oldest friend.
49:38
Let us hope we never again see a murderer
49:40
at Havasham Manor.
50:04
It's fun when you're with me.
50:06
The rest of the room is not the same with all of them.
50:10
Baby, when it's love, if there's no weapon, it's mine.
50:14
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
50:19
I'll get your mind to the morning, God.
50:22
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
50:26
I'll get your mind to the morning, God.
50:30
Can't be mine, can't be...
50:32
No, we can't read them out of the poker face.
50:36
She ain't got me like nobody.
50:38
Can't read my, can't read my,
50:40
No, we can't read them out of the poker face.
50:44
She ain't got me like nobody.
50:47
B-b-b-b-boker face, b-b-b-boker face.
50:50
B-b-b-boker face, b-b-boker face.
53:49
Thank you.
