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June 10, 2024
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The One Act Play That Goes Wrong November 2, 2024 8PM
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Secondly, if anyone finds a Lady Gaga CD box set in the auditorium, I need that back.
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Please hand it to me at the end of the performance. Enjoy the show.
0:23
Leave it. Just leave it.
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We didn't put the man on the back.
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You should have done this earlier.
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We didn't have time.
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Look, the audience...
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to see it now.
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We have a good time.
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Good evening, ladies and gentlemen,
0:39
and welcome to the Cornell Polytechnic Drama Society's
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for production of The Madder at Havisham Manor.
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I'd like to personally welcome you to what will be...
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I forgot all my lines.
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Just write that down on your hand, but go, go.
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I'd like to personally welcome you
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to what will be my direct...
0:57
my first production in Head of the Drama Society.
1:00
We are particularly excited to present this play because,
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for the first time in society's history,
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we have managed to find a play that fits the company's numbers perfectly.
1:09
If we're honest, a lack of numbers has hampered past productions.
1:14
Last year's Chekhov's play, Two Sisters,
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last Christmas's The Lion in the Wardrobe,
1:19
and of course our summer musical, Cats.
1:23
It may interest you to know-
1:24
that this will also be the first time
1:26
the society has been able to stage a play of this scale.
1:28
There's no question we usually have to attend with small budget,
1:32
such as in last year's presentation,
1:34
Roald Dahl's James and the Peach.
1:36
Of course, during that particular show,
1:39
the peach spoils,
1:41
and we were forced to present a hasty devised alternative
1:44
entitled, James, where's your peach?
1:47
Finally, we can afford to stage a play as it should be,
1:50
and which, may I say, has been accepted.
1:53
I'm sure no one will forget the problems we've faced with casting before, such as our
1:58
Christmas presentation of Snow White and the Tall Broad Gentleman.
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Or indeed our previous year's pantomime under the Disney classic, Ugly and
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the Beast.
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But now, on to the main event, which I am confident will be our best show yet.
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Without further ado, please put your hearts together for Susie H .K. Brideswell's
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Thrilling Hood -
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You've done it, the murder at Havisham Mano.
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Are you ready?
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We're all waiting downstairs to raise a glass to your engagement.
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Come along now, Charlie. You've been in there for hours now.
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If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were having second thoughts about the wedding.
3:05
Hang it tall, Charlie. If you want to come out, I'll come in.
3:09
Darn it, he locked the door. Hand me those keys, Perkins.
3:12
Here they are, Mr. Collymore.
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Thank you, Perkins. Now let's get this door open.
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We're coming in, Charlie.
3:18
There we are.
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We're in.
3:24
What's this?
3:26
A sleep-shilly, Mr. Conley Moore.
3:28
Darn it, Reckens.
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I hope so.
3:29
I'll take his pulse.
3:37
I knew something was wrong.
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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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Dead? Donna Perkins? He can't be.
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He's my closest friend.
3:50
He's not breathing, sir, and there's no hint of a heartbeat.
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I'm dumbfounded.
3:54
He was right as rain an hour ago.
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I don't understand. He was fit as a fiddle.
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He can't be dead. It doesn't make any sense.
4:00
Of course it makes sense. He's been mad at.
4:08
Good God, where's Florence?
4:10
In the dining room, sir. Shall I fetch her?
4:12
Not yet. The last...
4:13
thing we need is for her to have another
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one of her hysterical episodes. Yes, sir.
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Do you think it was murder, Mr.
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Collymore? Or do you think perhaps
4:20
it was suicide? Suicide?
4:23
Charlie? Not possible.
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There was never a man with more zest
4:27
for life than Charlie. He was young, rich,
4:29
and soon to be married. Why on
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earth would he commit suicide?
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But why on earth would anyone murder him?
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Charles was a good man.
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Generous, kind, true.
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He never had an enemy in his life.
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Until today, it seems. Hang it all, Perkins.
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Charles Heversham was murdered in cold blood
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in this very room, on this very
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day, in this very room.
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Shall I telephone the police,
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Mr. Collymore? The police?
4:58
They wouldn't make it out here for days in this snowstorm.
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I'll telephone
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Inspector Carter. He lives just
5:07
on the other side of the village. He'll be here
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Yes, no time. Hand me the receiver, Perkins.
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Thank you, Perkins.
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Good evening.
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Give me Inspector Carter.
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I know it's late.
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Sir, I don't care about the weather.
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There's been a murder. Somebody murdered Charles Havisham.
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That's right. Thank you.
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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.
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I'll crack this case in quick.
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Very good, sir. And what shall I do?
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Lock every door, man.
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Not just Saul gets out of Harvisham Manor until the killer is found.
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At once, sir.
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And assemble everyone in here.
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Right away, sir.
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Good God.
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This is an hour in his engaging party.
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It's already been a matter.
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Oh, Florence, you can't in here.
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No, I can't believe what I'm seeing.
6:12
My God, he looks so frail lying there.
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I'm sorry, Florence.
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It's strong to all of us.
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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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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 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, Master Havasu.
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I'm coming, Miss Collymore! Brother! Dead! It's Cornsby!
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Calm yourself, Settle. Pour him a stiff drink packet.
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Of course, sir.
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Oh, my God! He's drunk the whole bottle, sir, and there's not a drop left.
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There's not a drop left.
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Ten dollars. There's no drop on the shelf.
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Of course. Yes, this one's full.
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This is horrifying. I mean, who on earth would have a motivation to murder
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Charles Havisham?
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I can't imagine.
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Thank you, Perkins.
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It's unthinkable. Right here, in his own private room, at Havisham Manor.
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It's terrible.
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Just a week after our engagement.
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He was a good brother.
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That's the best whiskey I've ever tasted.
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Have another. Just 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.
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I'm going to become hysterical.
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Calm down, Lawrence.
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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 black people to believe.
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Underneath that cheerful mask laid a darker side to the man that many didn't know about.
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It's true. His smile was often just a...
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...pecad.
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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 pregans.
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Hanging to 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 in 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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My brother was hiding a deep sense
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of melancholy and resentment.
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There's no doubt in my mind, it was suicide.
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Suicide, Cecil, how could you say that?
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Of course not, it's murder, murder in the first degree.
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Nonsense, the man is paranoid, jealous,
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now I can prove it.
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Perkins, hand me the 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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The night of our engagement party
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Despair engulfs my soul
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But I love Charles with all my heart
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As I said, you're mad with paranoia
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And jealousy
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Oh
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The Inspector!
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Thank heaven 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 Habersham.
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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 Habersham. I'm his brother.
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I'm Florence Collymore. I'm his fiancée. Tonight was our engagement party.
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What a sad, sad thing. You, have you poured everyone a stiff drink?
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Yes, Inspector.
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Let us raise a glass to the man we all love, to Charles.
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Listen, you all must be distraught, but...
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Forgive me, the sooner I can begin my inquiries, the sooner we can get to the bottom of this
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class of business.
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If you'd be so kind for us to bring the body downstairs so I can examine it.
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Yes, Inspector.
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I'll lend your 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, poison.
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Before fully examining the body, I wouldn't like to say.
11:08
How could someone do it?
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Try not to think about it, Miss Collymore.
11:13
Once I...
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I'll speak to each individually, and then perhaps you can get some space to calm your nerves.
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Thank you, Inspector. This is all much more than I can bear.
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I'll return presently as soon as I finish examining the body.
11:42
Thank you.
12:16
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
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We'll be suspects
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You and I were having an affair
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What of it does 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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It's fine
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We'll just carry on as if everything was just as it was
12:33
Except now
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You won't be forced to marry my beastly brother
12:37
And soon
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We can be together and not keep secrets.
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But please, while we're here, just the two of us, let me steal one quick embrace.
12:44
Cecil, we can't. We were caught to be the end.
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Oh, Florence.
12:48
The inspector requires a pencil.
12:49
What on earth is going on in here?
12:51
Sorry, I felt flustered.
12:54
Cecil was cooling my brow.
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Just cooling her brow.
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I don't see how my sister's brow is any business of yours, Havisham.
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Don't be a prig, Tom. Cecil is only trying to help.
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Yes, Tom.
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Very well. If you'll excuse me, I have the pencil.
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The pencil.
13:23
Thank God he's gone. That man's such a nuisance.
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He's my brother.
13:27
Let me look at you just once.
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Oh, Cecil.
13:30
Sorry to disturb you, Miss Collymore, Mr. Havisham.
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Of course.
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Come to collect the keys to lock us all inside.
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They're by the 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?
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That old fool, of course not.
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Oh, Cecil, love makes me forget my...
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I heard the Inspector's notebook was in God's name!
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Sorry, I was about to faint! Cecil caught me!
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You know, Cecil, I don't appreciate you trying to get your hands on my sister the
14:14
night of her fiancé's death!
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You ought to take better care of her then, Collymore!
14:19
I'm overcome!
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I haven't got time for this. Now I have the Inspector's notebook. 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 to a dream
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Oh, Cecil
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Sorry to interrupt again, Miss
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Mr. Collymore, Mr. Havisham, I've come to prepare the room.
15:02
Thank you, Perkins. Put them on the mantelpiece.
15:29
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. We must be careful. You mustn't arouse suspicion.
15:40
Cecil, tell me, who do you think killed Charles?
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I don't think there's any question in my mind, Florence.
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He was killed by your brother, Thomas Collymore.
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My brother, what a devil of a situation this is.
15:52
Not so far from stepdad.
16:04
But why would Thomas want Charles dead?
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Isn't it obvious?
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He was always bitter and possessive when it came to you.
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He didn't like that he had his best friend marrying his sister.
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He saw you two together at tonight's engagement party.
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And he drove him half mad and he snapped and killed Charles.
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But if it is Thomas, what happens if he finds out about you and I?
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think there's any doubt he would try to kill us just like he killed Charles. Oh I
16:26
feel faint again. Don't worry Florence, follow my lead. I'm
16:33
sorry to have kept you
16:34
but now I have inspected the body more closely our interview can proceed.
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Perkins, bring in Charles' personal effects. Where would you like them
16:44
Inspector? Set them down in the mental piece. As you
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wish Inspector.
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Don't go, Parkins.
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I'd like to ask you a few questions first.
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Mr. Havisham, Ms. Claymore, perhaps you'd be so kind for us to give us a moment of privacy.
17:13
I don't smoke.
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But you go ahead.
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How are you feeling, Parkins?
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A little shaken, sir, but I'll be fine.
17:31
You were close with Charles Hapisham?
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Yes, sir. Very close.
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You don't appear very upset by his death.
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On the contrary, sir, I've barely taken
17:43
it all in.
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Oh, he was such a kindly, charming man.
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It's true.
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You've met him?
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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, he-
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Of course you didn't notice.
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Police station, he came in-
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I outlibbed.
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He came in as a consultant on a fraud case I was working on.
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I see.
18:08
How long have you been working at Habersham Manor?
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Eighty years.
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Eighty years?
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Eight, eight years.
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And have you enjoyed your time here?
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My time with Mr. Havisham has been a joy.
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I feel that since I've come to work here,
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I've been seen as not only a butler, but a friend.
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A confidant.
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If you need me, I'll be in my quarters.
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If you'd be so kind to us to send in Florence Cormorio out.
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No need, Inspector. I'm already here. Don't ask too much in here.
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I feel fragile as glass.
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Don't harass me.
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Carter. 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. Thank you.
18:49
And my notebook?
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know I'd left them somewhere.
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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,
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Miss Collymore. My questions will be brief and to the
19:05
point, and then you can get some rest.
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Firstly, how old are you, Miss Collymore?
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21. I'll make a note of that.
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How long ago did you first meet your fiancé?
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Only seven months ago, but my brother has known him for years.
19:17
When did you do to be married?
19:19
In the new year.
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Well, that's enough for now, I think, Miss Collymore, didn't you?
19:23
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?
19:28
Why wouldn't I love him?
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Did you love him, then?
19:31
How could anyone have benefited?
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Can you think of anyone who might have benefited from your fiancé's death?
19:37
Not even Cecil?
19:39
Did you tell me to calm down?
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Calm down, Ms. Coimel.
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I wasn't having an affair. Don't you raise your voice to me, Inspector.
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You're 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? Where did you find it?
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Address to Cecil in your hand, declaring your love for him,
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and have the thought of marrying 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.
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it was suicide. Or a murder conceived by you and Cecil Havisham so you could run away together.
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How could you even say such a thing? It's true. Cecil and I were having an affair. We loved each
20:16
other, but that's all. Neither of us wanted to hurt Charles, let alone kill him. It's my job
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to ask
20:22
difficult questions, Miss Cornwall. I'm sorry if this upsets you. Upsets me? How dare you?
20:27
My fiance
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was murdered in this very room a matter of hours ago, and I found your manner most befitting. I
20:33
should make a formal complaint to Scotland Yard.
20:35
Scotland, you are not the plates of murderess.
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You diabolical beast. How can you? I can't stand for this.
20:42
Accuse me again.
20:43
This is all the shouting.
20:45
What is this, Inspector?
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I'm merely interviewing Miss Colliemore. Nothing more.
20:52
Florence, calm down. Stop shouting.
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She's having one of her episodes.
21:00
Snap out of it.
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You're hysterical.
21:07
Come back here this instant.
21:15
Run off.
21:16
I'll fetch her back.
21:17
You stay here, Cecil.
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I dare say the inspector has no questions for you.
21:21
You were Charles's brother, after all.
21:23
I'm sorry, Inspector.
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She's badly shaken.
21:26
We all are.
21:26
It's been quite a night, and it's getting late.
21:29
It's 11 o'clock already.
21:31
Well, Inspector, do you have any questions for me?
21:34
Oh, yes, Mr. Havisham.
21:35
Similar questions to those I asked Miss Coimel.
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Fire away, Inspector. I'm at your service.
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Indeed. You and your brother, did you get along well?
21:42
Up and down. Since father died,
21:45
there's been quite more strain in our relationship.
21:47
It was no secret. Charles...
21:48
Father cared for Charles more than myself.
21:52
This is your father in the portrait, is it not?
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It is.
21:57
He looks the spit of Charles, doesn't he?
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He did.
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ever since he was quite young.
22:01
You were the junior by four years?
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Almost four, yes.
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And didn't I know it?
22:05
Charles patronized and embarrassed me
22:07
throughout our childhood.
22:08
He always thought he knew best,
22:09
and father always took his side.
22:11
If he ever didn't get his way, he was unbearable.
22:14
He sounds far from the ideal, brother.
22:16
It sounds like you hated one another.
22:17
I won't lie, Inspector.
22:19
Charles and I never truly saw eye to eye.
22:21
But if you're suggesting I had something to do with his death,
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you're mistaken.
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I see, it's a dark night, Cecil.
22:28
You can barely even make us trees.
22:31
Inspector, what are you saying?
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I'm saying, Cecil, that tonight would be the perfect night for you to marry our brother.
22:36
Inspector, please, me and my brother had our differences, but deep down we cared for one another.
22:41
And yet we had an affair with his fiancée.
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What on earth gave you that idea?
22:45
The letter I found in Charles' pocket from Miss Cornwall to herself.
22:48
You know about that?
22:50
As, it seems, did Charles.
22:53
Well, bravo, Inspector. Very good. You found...
22:56
out about Florence and I, but it proves nothing.
22:58
We didn't have a thing to do with Charles' murder,
23:00
but I can tell you who does. Who?
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Thomas Collymore!
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Collymore? But he and Charles were old friends,
23:06
were they not? He's a dangerously unhinged
23:08
man with a devil of a temper, and
23:10
Florence is his sister. I've said it before
23:12
and I'll say it again. He couldn't give up his sister
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to any man, much as his old school
23:16
chum. Tonight's engagement party made him
23:18
lose control, and he lashed out at
23:20
Charles. A crime of passion, perhaps,
23:21
but there it is. I see.
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Thank you, Mr. Havisham. You've been most helpful. Perhaps you can fetch Thomas Coimont.
23:27
I'm going to need to follow more than one line of inquiry at a time to get to the bottom of this.
23:31
At once, Inspector. Anything to help the progress in your investigation.
23:40
Hang it all, Charles. Who could've killed you? Everybody under this blasted roof seems guilty.
23:48
That's strange.
23:52
there's something underneath these cushions Aledja? Aledja?
24:03
Aledja? Aledja?
24:20
A-leg-juh!
24:23
A-leg-juh?
24:36
A-leg-juh!
24:47
I'll let you.
24:48
Aledja?
24:52
Aledja!
25:07
Aledja?
25:18
A ledger?
25:30
Oh shut up! It's not funny! We're too hard on this!
25:34
Days, weeks, months of rehearsals, blood, sweat, taste...
25:41
Other...liquids, I don't know.
25:43
It's hard!
25:44
being on a play of this scale, unless you're only directing it. You want to try? Perfect
25:51
play. Perfect. We just needed a ledger to make it work. A
25:57
ledger. A
26:10
ledger.
26:10
A ledger.
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inscribed onto the cover. What's inside?
26:15
Notes? Bills?
26:16
What's this? The lawless
26:18
and testament of Charles Havisham?
26:20
Dated only today. Let me see.
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I, Charles Havisham,
26:24
have I amend my lawless and testament to
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leave my money, Havisham Manor, and all its
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contents and grounds to want... Good Lord!
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Thomas, call me more
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for you, Inspector. Ah, thank you, Cecil.
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Tell me, did Charles have a steady way to
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capture his papers? Of course. Second door on the right.
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I'll return presently. Take your
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Inspector. Indeed. Did you find Florence? She
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ran out onto the ground. Tell
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me Thomas,
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what are your thoughts about Charles and Florence's engagement? I was overjoyed of
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course. I loved Florence and I loved Charles. I couldn't have heard more of the matter.
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Collymore, it's well known that you're protective of your sister.
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I'll get it.
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Good evening. It's for you.
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What the devil is it?
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You're a accountant, Collymore.
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At 11.30 in the evening?
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Good evening.
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Yes, Thomas Collingworth speaking.
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It is inconvenient.
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Yes.
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My recent deposits.
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What of them?
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Discrepancies.
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What are you talking about, man?
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Gone where?
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Nine thousand pounds stolen.
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Good God, man.
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Perkins, get in here.
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Yes, sir?
28:04
Perkins, fetch me my...
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bank book. Your bank
28:10
book, sir. Thank you, Perkins. How could you allow this to happen?
28:14
This is an absolute disgrace. I shall report you to your superiors. Who am I speaking with?
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Mr. Fitzroy, I'll write that name down.
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I'll have you know this telephone call
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I'm in a very difficult position
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I shall hang out the phone this instant
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What is it, Collymore?
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Money stolen from my accounts
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Good lord
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9,000 pounds stolen from my private savings
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Most irregular
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What a ghostly business
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First, my oldest friend, murdered in cold blood
28:51
And now I find myself on the edge of financial ruin
28:54
This evening could get no worse
28:55
Thomas, I have a confession to make
28:58
I wasn't going to say anything
28:59
But, well, the inspector said
29:01
seems to have found out, and blast it.
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I'm tired of keeping secrets.
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Spit it out, Cecil.
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Well, Florence and I have an affair.
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You and my sister?
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Now calm down, Collymore.
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I knew it.
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You were always a snake in the grass.
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It's not what you think.
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We're in love.
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My sister does not love you.
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How dare you lay a finger on her?
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Your own brother's fiance.
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It's disgusting.
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No wonder your father hates you.
29:29
Don't speak of my father that way, Collymore.
29:33
Well, it seems there's no doubt about who killed Charles.
29:37
He was killed by his own vile little brother in a fit of jail as rape.
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I should stand for this, Collymore.
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You'll be sorry if you ever laid a finger on my sister, Havisham. You'll be sorry.
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Gunshot to 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, Inspector. 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 in here
30:31
What's going on?
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Isn't it obvious Cecil's lost control?
30:35
Kessel, surely not
30:36
He killed Charles tonight, driven mad by his love view
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And now he knows we've found him out
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I cannot bear it
30:42
Kessel would not do such a thing
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Of course he would, that blasted lunatic
30:48
You used to trust people, Tom
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You've changed
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This is a fine mess
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Yes, sir. The worst knight I've seen in eighty - eight 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 have a hair on your head, Florence.
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I'm panicking. I can't believe...
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Kessel?
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Cecil!
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Cecil is doing this.
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Try to stay calm, Miss Collymore.
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I shall faint.
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You shall faint! Confound it!
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What the devil of a situation this is!
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Not too-
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Go fast, Inspector!
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We're all going to survive tonight, you hear me?
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Take cover!
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Great Scott, good heavens!
31:51
I mean...
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Don't panic! Cecil's crossing the landing!
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We must lock him out!
31:55
Where are the keys to the door, Packens?
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Here they are, sir!
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50 bucks! It's time for you before Cecil!
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Good Lord!
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Cecil's dead!
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A double motor?
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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 gay to Charles, but Cecil was mine.
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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?
32:42
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 if we all want to get out of this house alive.
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Oh, Inspector, you've given me a chill.
32:51
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 in the grounds other than the four of us?
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Not so.
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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.
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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...
33:13
master keys, and as instructed, I locked
33:15
and bolted the doors as soon as you arrived.
33:17
Then who could have killed him? That's a good
33:19
question, Mr. Collymore. And one
33:21
we need to answer quickly if you all want
33:23
to get out of this house alive.
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Oh, Inspector, you've given me a chill.
33:28
Parkins, pour us all another
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scotch. Of course, Inspector.
33:32
Now tell me, is there anyone
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you know of still in the grounds
33:36
other than the four of us?
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Not myself.
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Mr. Affleck.
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go home on the weekends except Perkins
33:43
of course. Does anyone have
33:45
accents? Good god I needed
33:47
that. To the grounds?
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No one, Inspector. I'm the
33:51
only one with the master keys and as
33:53
instructed I locked in both of the doors
33:55
as soon as you arrived. Then who could have
33:57
killed him? That's a good
33:59
question, Mr. Collymore. And one
34:01
we need to answer quickly if we all want
34:03
to get out of this house alone.
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Oh, Inspector, you've given me a chill.
34:08
Perkins, pour us all under
34:09
Another scotch?
34:11
Of course, Inspector.
34:12
Now tell me, is there anyone you know of still in the grounds other than
34:17
the four of us?
34:18
Not so.
34:19
Staff, I'll go home on the weekend except for pack-ins, of course.
34:25
Good God, I needed that.
34:27
Does anyone have access to the grounds?
34:29
No one, Inspector.
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I'm the only one with the master keys, and as instructed, I locked in both of the doors as soon as you arrived.
34:38
Who could have killed him?
34:39
That's a good question, Mr. Collymore.
34:43
And one need to answer quickly if we all want to get hard for this house alive.
34:47
Oh, Inspector, you've given me a chill.
34:50
Packings, pour us all under the scotch.
34:53
Of course, Inspector.
34:56
Now tell me, is there anyone you know of still on the grounds other than the four of
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us?
35:01
Not so.
35:03
The staff all go home on the weekend, except a pet.
35:06
Jackins, of course.
35:08
Good God, I needed that.
35:10
Does anyone have access to the grounds?
35:12
No one, Inspector.
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I'm the only one with the master keys,
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and as instructed, I locked and bolted the doors as soon as you arrived.
35:20
Then who could have killed him?
35:22
That's a good question, Mr. Collingwood.
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I want me to answer quickly if you all want to get out of this house alive.
35:28
Oh, Inspector, you've given me a chill.
35:31
Jackins, pull us all under the sky.
35:34
Of course, Inspector.
35:36
Now tell me, is there anyone you know still in the ground?
35:41
Other than the four of us?
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Not a cell.
35:45
The staff all go home on the weekends, except a pack and the cost.
35:50
Good God, I needed that.
35:52
Does anyone have access to the ground?
35:56
No one, Inspector.
35:58
I'm the only one with the master keys, and as instructed, I locked in...
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bolted the doors as soon as you arrived.
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Then who could have killed him?
36:08
No one could have killed him.
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Except for the people in this room.
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You're right. It's one of us.
36:14
Thank you, Tola. I'm still going to run for a martyr.
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Blastin' blimey.
36:23
What if you killed Charles and Cecil Harbis
36:25
and he shot leave the house until the martyr is solved?
36:27
You, take this body outside.
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Yes, Inspector.
36:30
Good hand, Peckins.
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So, let us go over the facts.
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Oh, it's such a terrible night.
37:13
Florence, you were engaged to be married to Charles,
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a man who, according to your letter, you despised.
37:17
Not only this, but you're having a first brother.
37:21
It seems plausible to me that you both murdered him
37:24
so you could be together.
37:25
Oh, stop it.
37:26
Inspector. Cecil's dead, too, now,
37:28
and I certainly do get... What's going on, Beck?
37:30
You're lying, Florence!
37:32
You killed him!
37:34
She's having another one of her
37:36
hysterical episodes.
37:37
Try to relax, Miss Collymore.
37:40
Florence, behave it in decorum.
37:42
Remember yourself.
37:44
Someone ought to fetch her some medication.
37:48
Someone lock the door!
37:50
Good God!
37:52
We're trapped!
37:54
That! My god! You killed your fiancée,
38:00
Florence! What do you have to say for yourself?
38:05
I'm an honorable woman, Inspector!
38:07
You're lying, Florence! You killed him!
38:09
I won't stand another second ambition, Inspector! You're all beasts!
38:13
Did you enjoy killing your husband, Mrs. Cornwall?
38:16
How dare you make such an accusation, Inspector!
38:18
Calm down, Florence. Really. I can't stand another minute in the-
38:22
Mrs. Brim, if I can't get out the door, I shall stand for the window!
38:25
Oh my god! She's trying to climb out of the window!
38:28
You can't climb out of the window! You've got to answer for your crimes!
38:31
We must be two stories up! You must answer!
38:34
You killed Charles! You killed your fiancée!
38:36
Lawrence, what are you asking?
38:37
I am no murderer!
38:40
Calm yourself, Miss Collymore!
38:44
You and Chester both have plausible motives for murder, but not the true motive!
38:49
What are you saying, Inspector?
38:51
I'm saying, the true motive belongs to Perkins!
38:55
Me, Inspector?
38:56
You, Perkins!
38:57
Uh-oh!
38:58
The guy stumbled across Charles' newly written law's written testament,
39:01
declaring that Charles wanted to make Perkins the sole beneficiary of his inheritance.
39:04
Surely not Perkins!
39:06
This is all a mistake!
39:08
Save your pleading for the police station!
39:10
Cuff him, Thomas!
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I'll drive you there myself, as soon as the snowstorm is passed!
39:18
That won't be for hours. The snow is at its peak.
39:23
It's not true, I tell you.
39:27
Surely Perkins didn't kill Cecil as well.
39:29
Of course he did. Cecil found him out and Perkins killed him to keep him quiet.
39:34
This is all a misunderstanding. I haven't killed anyone.
39:37
But I know who has.
39:39
You know who killed Charles?
39:40
I do.
39:42
The inspector did.
39:44
What on earth?
39:46
and I know why shut your mouth Perkins you did it because Charles knew but
39:52
the
39:52
police money you were embeasling
39:57
nonsense you mentioned you had several
40:04
Rwanda's vows with Charles before at the local police station you
40:09
said he was a
40:09
consultant on a fraud case you were working on what of it Charles came home
40:14
intrigued by the whole case, he decided to look into the matter personally. He
40:19
found the reason that no arrest had been made was because the man committing the
40:22
fraud was yourself. You were the embeasling! The
40:29
perpetrator! You were the
40:30
perpetrator! You can't prove it! But Charles could, and that's why you killed him.
40:35
Never! I know your secret, Inspector. What will you do? Kill me, too? I
40:41
will.
40:42
What a devil of a situation this is.
40:45
Not so far, Inspector.
40:48
Mr. Houser?
40:49
Charlie, I thought you were dead.
40:51
You're alive? It's not possible.
40:53
Oh, I'm afraid it is.
40:54
You couldn't kill me that...
40:58
How do you survive?
41:00
I simply didn't drink the poison water you left out for me this afternoon.
41:03
How do you know it's me?
41:05
I told Perkins we've been working together all along,
41:08
ever since we last spoke at the police station.
41:11
It was clear you thought I was onto you, but months now I've had my guard up, and tonight you fell into my
41:16
trap.
41:16
You've been hiding in the grounds ever since this afternoon when you planted the poison.
41:20
I thought it was strange you got here so quickly in such terrible weather.
41:25
And then you found Charles's will in the ledger and tried to pin the whole thing on me.
41:29
You darn crafty devil!
41:32
Crafty indeed. Perkinson is as innocent as I am.
41:36
Remove those handcuffs this instant.
41:47
Drop the gun, Inspector.
41:49
Aye, me!
41:51
Never! I came here to kill you, Charles, and I won't leave until the job is done.
41:55
It's over, Inspector. I can prove your guilt in a second.
41:58
I have the evidence in my study.
42:00
Fetch the papers, Perkins!
42:23
lower your weapon inspector it's over
42:26
please inspector you're frightening me
42:29
you ought to be frightened you monster
42:32
you monster you tried to kill charles
42:35
and you killed Cecil.
42:36
How could you?
42:37
I'll admit, I tried to kill Charles,
42:38
but I know Antonio was near Cecil.
42:40
In fact, when I discovered you and he were having an affair,
42:43
I was overjoyed.
42:44
I had the perfect amount to pay at home
42:46
until my accomplice blended in.
42:48
It's true.
42:49
And your accomplice, I regret to say,
42:51
has been my friend ever since we were at school.
42:54
Isn't that right?
42:55
Thomas Collymore?
42:56
It's true.
42:57
I'm the inspector's accomplice.
42:59
I helped him move the money.
43:00
Brother, I'm surprised.
43:03
you. I don't know what you've become. I'm so ashamed. I met Inspector Carter here a few
43:08
months ago down at my club. We discovered that between us we could steal money from
43:13
the police's salary fund accounts easily. Carter had the access and I had a facility
43:17
to move the money fast and keep it secure. Or so I thought until tonight. Line.
43:23
I don't
43:23
know what page you're on, mate. I don't know what page you're on, mate. As
43:28
for Cecil.
43:31
As for Cecil, there was more a crime of passion.
43:33
Simple as that.
43:34
Cecil, but I loved him.
43:35
He was my only.
43:37
Cecil, but I loved him.
43:38
He was my only.
43:41
Thank you, Perkins.
43:42
Now fetch my pipe from my study.
43:44
Yes, sir.
43:47
Now I hold in my hand a written list of every fraudulent transaction
43:52
Thomas Collymore and Inspector Carter made.
43:55
This can't be true.
43:56
I won't believe it can't be true.
43:59
I won't believe it! I can't believe it!
44:01
But it is true. When I found he was interfering with you, Florence, my own
44:06
sister.
44:07
Well, it's more like a bear.
44:08
Your sword fell sick of me, Florence. You broke my heart.
44:13
Charlie, you mustn't! I made-
44:14
I made a mistake! Please take me back! I'll be yours all over again!
44:18
Take back the woman who's betrayed me? Never!
44:21
Charlie, you're all I have! Love me! Please, don't count me aside!
44:25
You're a pipe, sir!
44:26
Thank you, Peggy!
44:27
No, no, sir, I can't do this now.
44:30
Flash to the door, Perkins.
44:32
Yes, sir.
44:32
Charlie, I cannot bear another second.
44:36
Look at me.
44:37
Silence, Lawrence.
44:38
You're nothing to me now.
44:40
This is the worst night in my life.
44:47
No, it's the worst of mine.
44:49
But, Thomas, how bad are you for anything?
44:51
What do you mean?
44:52
You never intended to share the money with you.
44:55
Let me see.
44:55
summarize. I love you Charlie. Inspector Carter knew I discovered you
45:00
and he and you were both
45:01
the fizzling police money. So you hatched up. I still got the ring Charlie you can make
45:07
it work.
45:08
Kill me. Planting poison water for me to drink. Then mistakenly believing I
45:13
was dead. Inspector
45:15
Carter tried to
45:20
pin my
45:21
it.
45:24
Take me back Charlie, you know what's good for you!
45:27
Pinned my murder on sets on floors because of their affair until your accomplice
45:32
Thomas
45:33
burned it in.
45:34
Carter then tried to pin my murder on Perkins instead after finding the wheel in my
45:39
ledger.
45:41
Except for what you didn't know Thomas is that the inspector made the £9,000 withdrawal
45:46
from your private accounts this morning and after framing someone for my murder, Pantably
45:51
taking every penny. I think it's time to open your attaché case, Inspector.
46:09
The 9 ,000 pounds. He allowed you to take the risk by storing all the
46:14
stolen money in your
46:15
private accounts this morning. Isn't that right, Inspector?
46:18
Alright.
46:19
Right, it's true. I forged your signature at the bank and took after every penny.
46:23
I hadn't bargained on your accountants catching this quickly, or telephoning you so soon.
46:27
You broke. I trusted you. You made a mistake there, Carter, and I'm afraid it's your loss.
46:39
Oh, my fingers.
46:42
The officers are waiting in the hall, sir.
47:07
I've got my fiancé downstairs, Perkins.
47:10
I wish to have a word with Thomas in private.
47:12
Yes, sir.
47:16
Thomas, you're not the man I knew from reading. You've become greedy and jealous.
47:20
I'm sorry, Charles. I feel as though I'm about to pass out.
47:23
There's a glass of water next to the telephone.
47:25
Thank you, Charles. Ever the kind host.
47:29
Most kind.
47:30
And tell me, Thomas, one thing.
47:32
Anything, Charles. I shall tell no more lies.
47:35
The glass of poison water the inspector left out for me. What do you suppose I did with it?
47:40
Well, I don't... What do you mean? You don't mean you gave me the...
47:44
Charlie, Charlie, no, no, no.
47:52
Oh, how I wish this could have ended differently.
47:55
Promise your lies and deceit have led you inexperably to this end.
48:00
If men allow their conscience to be governed by aviance, then death.
48:05
Destruction shall prevail.
48:06
Betrayed by my brother.
48:14
Betrayed by my fiancé and almost murdered by my oldest friend.
48:19
Let us hope we never see a murderer again.
48:23
I have a shamana.
49:08
Thank you.
