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HillviewTV Team
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April 19, 2024
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56:07
November 11th, 7:00PM Saturday show
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and in the wider MPCSD school district.
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Oh, you know what?
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Let me take just one minute to turn that alarm off,
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and I'll be right back.
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Okay, that's taken care of, ha-ha.
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Anyways, okay, so.
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Thank you. Welcome. Thank you for coming to see this production.
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I am the drama director here and in the school district, but I'm not the director of tonight's production.
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This show has been sponsored and directed and everything
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else by the Cornell Polytechnic Drama Society.
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They've come all the way over from England to rent the PAC, which is
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awesome.
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if you think about it but we're not thinking about it they did they are they
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do have nine casts so 18 shows in total tonight's
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so each caskets two
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performances and tonight's shows mark show
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numbers 15 and 16 so there are two
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more next week by fifth graders so that should be pretty exciting
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anyways
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thank you thank you very much for coming uh i've enjoyed every i've seen
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every show and uh i've
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enjoyed them all um i do want to remind you no flash photography
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please and no food or drink
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during the performance if you purchased it outside that's okay but please don't eat it in here
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it's loud and crunchy and etc but i'm
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now going to turn it over to the
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technical director for the Drama Society, that is Trevor.
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So Trevor, ladies and gentlemen.
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Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
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A couple of announcements.
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Number one, turn off your phones.
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Secondly, if anyone finds a Lady Gaga CD box in the auditorium,
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I need that back.
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Please hand it to me at the end of the performance.
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Enjoy the show.
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Claire, cut the work lights.
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Leave it.
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Just leave it.
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We need to put together the mantelpiece.
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We don't have time for the mantelpiece.
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Good evening ladies and gentlemen and
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I've forgotten half of my lines
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Just write them on your hand and don't spell them incorrectly
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But there's more than one and I can't do that
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You'll be fine, just wing it
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Good evening ladies and gentlemen
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And welcome to the Cornell Polytechnic
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Drama Society's full production of
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The Murder at Havisham Manor.
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I would like to personally welcome you to what will be my directorial debut
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and my first production as head of the drama society.
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We are particularly excited to present this play
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because for the first time in the society's history,
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we have managed to find a play that can fit the company's numbers perfectly.
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If we're honest, a lack of numbers has hampered past productions.
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year's Chekhov play, Two Sisters, or last Christmas'
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The Lion in the Wardrobe, and
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of course our summer musical, Cat. It's
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very interesting to know that this will
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be the first time the society has been able to stage a play of this scale.
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There's no question we usually have to contend with a small budget, such as in
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last year's presentation of Roald Dahls.
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James and the Peach. Of course, during the run of that particular show,
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the Peach spoilt and we
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were forced to present a hastily devised alternative entitled, James, where's
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your Peach?
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Finally, we have been able to stage a play as it should be and which, may I
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say, has been
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exceptionally well cast. I'm sure no one will forget the problem.
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we faced with casting before such in our Christmas presentation of Snow
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White and
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the tall broad gentleman or indeed our previous
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year's pantomime another Disney
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classic ugly and the beast but now on
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with the main event which I am confident
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will be our best show yet so without further ado please put your hands
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Susie, H.K. Brideswell's thrilling whodunit,
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the 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 to your engagement, Charlie.
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Come along now, Charlie.
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You've been there for hours now.
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If I didn't know any better, I'd say having second thoughts about the wedding.
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Hang on to the door, Charlie.
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If you want to come out, I'll come in.
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Darn it, he's locked the door.
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Hand me those keys, Perkins.
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Here they are, Mr. Collymore.
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Thank you, Perkins.
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Let's get this door open.
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we're coming in Charlie we're coming in there we are we're in but
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what's this
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Charles unconscious sleep surely mr. Cullymore darling Perkins I hope
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so I'll
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take his pulse last I knew something was wrong it's
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someone like Charles to disappear like this sir he's dead
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Dead? Donna 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 a rain an hour ago.
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I don't understand. He was fit as a fiddle. He can't be dead. It doesn't make
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any sense.
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Of course it makes sense. He's been murdered.
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Good God, where's Flora?
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In the dining room, sir. Shall I fetch her?
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Not yet. The last thing we need is for her to have one of her hysterical episodes.
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Yes, sir. Do you think it was murder, Mr. Collymore?
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Or do you think perhaps it was suicide?
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Suicide? Charlie? Not possible.
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There was never a man with more zest for life than Charlie.
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He was young, rich, and seemed to be married.
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Why on earth would he commit suicide?
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But why on earth would anyone murder him, sir?
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Charles was such a good man. Generous...
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Kind, a true philanthropist.
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He never had an enemy in his life.
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Until today, it seems.
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Hang it all, Charles Havisham was murdered in the cold blood,
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in this very room, on this very day, in this very room.
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Shall I telephone the police, Mr. Collymore?
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The police?
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They wouldn't make it out here for days in this snowstorm.
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I'll telephone Inspector Carter.
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He lives just on the other side of the village.
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Hand me the receiver, Perkins.
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Thank you, Perkins.
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Good evening. Give me Inspector Carter.
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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.
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Someone's 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 iron inspector in the district.
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He'll crack this case and quit.
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Very good, sir, and what shall I do?
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Knock every doorman.
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Not at all gets out of Havisham man 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, just an hour until the engagement party has already been a murder.
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Get out, Florence. You can't be in here.
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No, I can't be in here.
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I can't believe what I'm seeing.
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My god, he looks so frail lying there.
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I'm sorry, Swan, it's a shock to us all.
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Skin is cold to the touch.
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No, don't touch him.
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I must.
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You mustn't.
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Unhand me.
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Oh, my 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 the night of our engagement party?
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Cecil, quick, your brother's dead.
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This way, master, have a shower.
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I'm coming, Miss Collymore.
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Brother? Dead? It can't be.
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Calm yourself, Cecil. Pour him a stiff drink, Perkins.
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Right away, sir.
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Oh, my God, sir. He's drunk the whole bottle.
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This not a drop?
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There's not a drop left.
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Hang it all, there's another on the shelf.
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It's horrifying.
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Of course, yes, this one is full.
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It's horrifying, I mean, who on earth would have the motivation to murder Charles Havisham?
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I can't imagine.
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Calm yourself, Florence.
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thank you Perkins it's terrible just a week
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after our engagement he was a good brother
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that was the best whiskey I've ever tasted have another to calm your nerves
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make it a double oh my child
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My head is spinning! I'm going to become hysterical!
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Calm yourself, Florence.
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Another whiskey, sir?
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It's unthinkable right here in his own private rooms that have a shamana.
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I can't believe Charles said up here alone, drinking, when he was supposed to be downstairs with us.
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My brother wasn't as happy as he led people to believe.
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Underneath that cheerful mask lay a dark...
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side to a man many didn't know about. It's true. His smile was often just a
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facade. I was fortunate enough to be one of the only people he truly confided
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in.
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I've lost a real friend today. We all have Perkins. Hang it all. I've known Charles
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ever since school. I don't know how I'll ever recover from this. You'll move back
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home with me. I'm your brother. I've been no other way. Perkins is right. My brother
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was hiding a deep sense of melancholy and resentment. There's no doubt in my mind.
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it was suicide suicide cecil how can you say that it's murder murder in
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the first degree
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nonsense the man was paranoid jealous and i could prove it perkins hammy's turned up in the
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mantelpiece
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why look at the last entry i fear florence does not love me the night of our engagement party
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despairing goes
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my soul. But I love Charles with all my heart. As I said, drew with mad paranoia and jealousy.
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The Inspector! Thank heavens he's here. What a terrible snowstorm.
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Good evening. I'm Inspector Carter. Take my case.
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This must be Charles Havisham.
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I'm sorry, this must have given you all a terrible shock.
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It did. We're all still reeling.
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Naturally.
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Are any of you the deceased's immediate family?
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I'm Cecil Havisham.
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I'm his brother.
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I'm Florence Collymore, his fiancée.
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Tonight was our engagement party.
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What a sad, sad thing.
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You, have you poured everyone a stiff drink?
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Yes, Inspector.
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Let us raise a glass to the man we all loved, to Charles.
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Charles!
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Delicious.
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Excellent.
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Lovely.
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Listen, you all must be distraught, but forgive me.
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The sooner I can begin my inquiries, 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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Inspector.
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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,
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How could...
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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've finished downstairs,
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then 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-
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I'll be back presently as soon as I finish examining the body.
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Thank God they've all gone.
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Don't say a word.
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If they find out about us, we'll be suspects.
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You and I were having an affair.
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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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It's fine.
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We'll just carry on us at the-
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As if everything was just as it was.
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Except now you won't be forced to marry my beastly brother.
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And soon we can be together and not keep secrets.
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But please, while we're still here, just the two of us, let me still have one quick embrace.
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But 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 requires a pencil.
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What on earth is going on here?
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Sorry, I felt flustered. Cecil was just 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 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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That man's such a nuisance.
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He's my brother.
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you just once. Oh, Cecil. Sorry to disturb you, Miss Collymore,
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Mr. Havisham. I've come to collect
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the keys to lock us all inside. They're by the telephone, Perkins.
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my glasses I
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shall lock the doors at once
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you don't think Perkins suspects us do you that'll fool of course not
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Oh, Cecil, love makes me forget myself.
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I forgot the inspector's notepad.
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What in God's name?
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Sorry, I was about to faint.
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Cecil caught me.
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You know, Cecil, I don't appreciate you trying to get your hands on my sister
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the night of her fiancé's death.
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You ought to take better care of her then, Collymore.
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I'm overcome.
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I haven't time for this.
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Now, I have the inspector's notepad.
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I'll be on my way blasted
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interruptions kiss me Cecil oh Florence you make my
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heart beat out of my chest Uriah send me into a dream oh Cecil Uriah
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send me
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into a dream oh Cecil oh Cecil
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Sorry to interrupt again, Mr. Havisham, Ms. Collymore, I've just
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come to prepare the room.
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Put them on the mantelpiece, Perkins.
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at last we're alone oh Cecil let's run
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away from here far away together soon my love but we must
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be careful we must arrest suspicion Cecil tell me who do you think killed Charles
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I don't think
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there's any doubt he was killed by your brother Thomas Collymore
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my brother what the devil of a situation this is not so
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fast inspector
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why would Thomas want Charles dead isn't it obvious he was always bitter and
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possessive when it came to you he didn't like the idea of his best friend
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marrying his sister
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He saw you together at tonight's engagement party,
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and it drove him half mad, and he snapped and killed Charles.
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But if it is Thomas, what if he finds out about you and I?
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I don't think there's any doubt.
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He would try 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. Follow my lead.
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I'm sorry to have kept you,
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but now that I've inspected the body more closely,
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our interview can proceed.
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Perkins, bring in Charles' personal effects.
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Where would you like them, Inspector?
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Set them down on the mantelpiece.
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As you wish, Inspector.
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Don't go, Perkins.
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I'd like to ask you a few questions first.
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Mr. Habersham, Ms. Conley Moore, perhaps you'd be as kind as...
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to give us a moment's privacy, naturally.
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Well, don't just stand there, Perkins.
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Take a seat.
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I don't smoke, but you go ahead.
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How are you?
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feeling Perkins? A little shaken sir but
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I'll be fine. You were close with Charles Havisham? Yes sir very close.
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Well you don't appear very upset by his death. On the contrary oh
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I've barely taken it in he was such a kindly charming man. It's true you
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met him? Once briefly at the lurk police station he came. Evening
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inspector.
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Once, briefly, at the local police station, he came in as
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a consultant on
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a fraud case
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I was working on.
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I see.
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How long have you been working here at Havisham Manor?
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Eight years.
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Eighty years.
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Eight years.
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And have you enjoyed your time here?
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My time with Mr. Habashem has been a joy.
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I feel that since I've come here, I've been seen not only as a butler,
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but also as a friend, a confidant.
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If you need me, I'll be in my quarters.
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Exits.
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so kind as to send Florence Collymore on your way out.
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No need, Inspector, I'm already here.
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Don't ask too much for me, I feel fragile as glass.
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Don't harass her, 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.
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Thank you.
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And my notebook?
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I knew I'd left them somewhere.
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Now I must speak to Miss Collymore.
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alone. Very well, I'll be in my library then Florence.
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Don't fret Miss Corleymore, my questions will be brief and to the point
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and then you can get some rest. Firstly, how
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old are you Miss Corleymore?
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Twenty -one. I'll make note of that. How
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long ago -
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Where did you first meet your fiancée?
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Only seven months ago, but my brother has known him for years.
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When were you due to be married?
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In the new year.
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Well, that's enough notes for now, I think.
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Miss Collimo, did you ever...
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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 may have benefited from your fiancé's death?
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Cecil?
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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. Don't raise your voice at me, Inspector.
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You were having an affair.
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What letter?
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Then how do you explain the letter on the matter?
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piece. I didn't write that letter. You wrote that letter. You've read my letter.
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Where'd you find it?
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Address to Cecil, written in your hand, declaring your love for him, and
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how the thought of marrying
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Charles repulsed you. Charles read? You've read my letter. Where did you find
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it? In Charles' pocket.
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Charles read it, then it was suicide. Or a murder conceived by you
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and Cecil have
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so you could run away together.
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How could you ever say such a thing?
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It's true, Cecil and I were having an affair.
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We loved each other, but that's all.
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Neither of us want to hurt Charles, let alone kill him.
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It's my job to ask difficult questions, Miss Collymore.
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I'm sorry if this upsets you.
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Upsets me?
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How dare you?
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My fiance was murdered in this very room
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a matter of hours ago.
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I find your manner most unbefitting.
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I shall make a formal complaint.
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Scotland Yard. Scotland Yard will not listen to the complaints of a murderess!
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You diabolical beast! How can you accuse me again and you'll be... stop!
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Shouting! What is this, Inspector? I'm merely
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interviewing Miss Collymore.
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Nothing more! Florence, calm down. Stop shouting. She's
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having one of her
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hysterical episode. Snap out of it. You're hysterical.
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Come back here this instant
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She's run off
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I'll fetch her back
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You stay here Cecil
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I dare say the inspector has some questions for you
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You were Charles' 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
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Do you have any questions for me?
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Oh yes Mr. Have some
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Similar questions to those I asked Miss
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Far away, Inspector. I'm at your service.
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Indeed. You and your brother, did you get along well?
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Up and down. Since father died, there was rather more strain on a relationship.
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It was no secret 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 licks just 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...
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Are you nearby four years?
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Almost four, yes.
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And didn't I know it?
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Charles patronized and embarrassed me
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throughout her 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 get his way, he was unbearable.
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He sounds far from the ideal, brother.
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It sounded like you hated one another.
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I won't lie, Inspector.
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Me and Charles never truly saw eye to eye.
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But if you're suggesting I had something
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to do with his murder, 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 trees.
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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
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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.
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Did Charles...
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Well, bravo, Inspector.
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You found out about Florence and I, but it proves nothing.
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We didn't have a thing to do with Charles' murder.
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But I could tell you who does.
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Thomas Collymore.
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But he and Charles were old friends.
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Were they not?
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He's a dangerously unhinged man with the devil of a temper, and Florence is a...
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sister. I've said it before, and I'll say it again. He didn't like the idea of his best
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friend marrying his sister. He saw them together at tonight's engagement party, and it drove
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him half-man, and he stopped and killed Charles. A kind of passion, perhaps, but there it is.
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Thank you, Mr. Havsham. You've been most helpful. Perhaps you could fetch Thomas Corley more.
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I'm going to need to follow more than one line of inquiry at a time to get to the bottom
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of this. Of course, Inspector. Anything to help the progress of your investigation.
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Hang it all. Charles, who could have killed you? Everyone under this
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blasted roof seems
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guilty. That's strange. There's something under these cushions.
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Allegia. Allegia. Allegia.
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Aledja!
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I'll add ya!
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Stop laughing.
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It is not funny!
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You're making fun of me.
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It's not easy to put on a production this big.
30:14
Actors have lines written on their hands.
30:17
People getting knocked unconscious.
30:19
It's terrible!
30:22
Shut up.
30:25
I said it.
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Oh, one more place I haven't looked.
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A ledger!
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With Charles' initials inscribed on the front.
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What's inside?
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Notes, bills.
30:45
What's this?
30:46
That last will and testament of Charles Havisham
30:49
dated only today.
30:56
Let me see.
30:58
I, Charles Havisham, hereby am in my last will and testament to
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leave my money, Havisham
31:05
manor, and all its contents and grounds to one.
31:09
Good Lord!
31:10
Thomas Colley Morphew, Inspector.
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Ah, thank you, Cecil.
31:15
Tell me, did Charles have a study where he kept his papers?
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Second door on the left.
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I'll return presently.
31:21
Take your time inspector indeed
31:27
Did you find Florence she ran out onto the ground
31:43
Don't worry father I'm coming
31:51
Tell me, Thomas, what were your thoughts and feelings about Charles and Florence's engagement?
31:56
I loved Lawrence and I loved Charles. I couldn't have approved more of the matter.
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But, Thomas, it's well known that you're protective of your sister.
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I'll get it.
32:09
Dang, Father, you're heavy.
32:17
Good evening, Inspector. It's for you.
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What the devil is it?
32:24
Your accountant's calling more.
32:25
At 11.30 in the evening?
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Good evening. Yes, Thomas calling more speaking.
32:34
It is inconvenient, yes.
32:36
My recent deposits? What of them?
32:39
Discrepancies? What are you talking about, man?
32:42
Gone? Gone? Where?
32:45
1,000 pounds stolen from my private savings.
32:47
Good God, man, Peckins, get in here.
32:52
Yes, sir!
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Peckins, fetch me my bank book.
32:58
How could you allow this to happen?
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This is an absolute disgrace.
33:02
I shall report it to your superiors.
33:04
Who am I speaking with?
33:05
Mr. Fitzroy?
33:07
I'll write that name down.
33:14
I shall have you know that this telephone cost put me in a very difficult
33:18
position I shall hang up the phone this instant what is it
33:23
Collymore money
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stolen good lord nine thousand pounds stolen from my
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private saving most
33:31
irregular what a ghastly business first my oldest friend met in the cold blood
33:35
and now I find myself on the edge of financial ruin this evening could get no
33:39
West Thomas
33:41
I have a confession.
33:42
I wasn't going to say anything,
33:44
but well, the inspector seems to have found out
33:46
and last it, I'm tired of keeping secrets.
33:48
Spit it out, Cecil.
33:50
Well, Florence and I are having an affair.
33:56
You and my sister?
33:58
Now calm down, Collymore.
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I knew it, you were always a snake in the grass.
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It's not what you think, we're loved.
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My sister does not love you.
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How dare you lay your finger on her?
34:08
Your own brother's fiance is
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Disgusting.
34:10
No wonder your father hated you.
34:12
Don't speak about my father that way, Collymore.
34:15
Well, there's no doubt he'll kill Charles anymore.
34:18
He was killed by his own vile little brother
34:21
in a fit of jealous rage.
34:23
I shan't stand for this, Collymore.
34:26
You'll be sorry you ever laid a finger on my sister.
34:29
You'll be sorry.
34:49
Gunshot, to the library!
34:53
By Jove!
34:56
Dear God, what's going on?
34:58
I don't know, Inspector.
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I was in here when I heard skiing from downstairs.
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Get in here now, Lord.
35:06
Lawrence, it's not safe down there.
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Thomas, I'm frightened.
35:15
Don't worry, Lawrence, you're not safe down here.
35:18
What's going on?
35:20
Isn't it obvious?
35:22
Cecil has lost control.
35:24
Kessel? Surely not.
35:26
He killed Charles tonight,
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driven mad by his love for you,
35:30
and now he knows we've found him out.
35:32
I cannot bear-
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Kessel would not do such a thing.
35:37
Of course he would, the blasted lunatic.
35:39
You don't use the trust people, Tom.
35:41
You've changed.
35:42
This is a fine mess, sir.
35:45
The worst night I've seen in eighty...
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Eight years of service.
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Save me, brother. Save me.
35:54
Don't worry, Florence.
35:56
I shan't let anyone hurt her hair on your head.
35:57
I'm panicking.
35:58
I can't believe Kessel says so.
36:02
Cecil is doing this.
36:04
Try to stay calm, Miss Collymore.
36:07
I shall faint.
36:09
You shan't faint, confounded.
36:11
What a devil of a situation this is.
36:13
Not so fast, inspector.
36:33
We're all going to survive tonight, you hear me?
36:39
Take cover!
36:41
Great Scott!
36:42
Good heavens!
36:43
Aye, me!
36:44
Don't panic!
36:46
Cecil's crossing the landing!
36:47
We must lock him out!
36:49
Where are the keys for the door, Perkins?
36:51
Here they are!
36:58
Here they are, sir!
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Quickly, Perkins! Hand that to me! Before Cecil...
37:07
Dear Lord!
37:11
Cecil's dead?
37:14
A double murder!
37:20
Oh, I loved High School Musical!
37:27
Time of death, quarter to midnight.
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Cecil, no, no, I loved him, I loved him.
37:33
I know it was wrong, I know it was the gate of Charles,
37:35
but Cecil was mine and...
37:40
I was his, I loved him.
37:43
There, there, Miss Collymore.
37:45
Through tears, how will I go on?
37:48
But who could have killed him?
37:49
That's a good question, Mr. Collymore.
37:53
And one we need to...
37:54
answer quickly if we all want to get out to this house alive oh inspector you've
37:59
given me a chill Perkins pour us all another scotch of course inspector now
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tell me is there anyone you know of still in the grounds other than the four
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of us not as so the staff all goes home on the weekends except for Perkins of
38:20
course good god
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that does anyone have access to the grounds no one inspector i'm the only
38:27
one with the
38:28
mask sticking as instructed i've locked and bolted the doors as soon as you arrived
38:33
then
38:33
who could have killed him that's a good question mr colliemore and
38:39
one we need to answer quickly
38:40
if we all want to get out of this house alive oh inspector you've given me a chill perkins
38:46
pour us all another scotch of course inspector now
38:50
Tell me, is there anyone you know of still in the grounds other than
38:55
the four of us?
38:56
Not so.
38:58
The staff all goes home on the weekends, except for Perkins, of course.
39:03
Good God, I needed that.
39:05
Does anyone have access to the grounds?
39:07
Not one, Inspector.
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I'm the only one with the master kit as instructed.
39:12
I locked and bolted the doors as soon as you arrived.
39:17
Then who could have killed him?
39:18
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.
39:30
Puckins, pour us all another scotch.
39:33
Of course, Inspector.
39:35
Now tell me, is there anyone you know of still in the grounds
39:41
other than the four of us?
39:43
Not as so.
39:45
No, the star.
39:46
on the weekends except for Perkins of course. Good
39:52
god I needed that. Does anyone have access to the
39:55
grounds? No one inspector. I'm the only one with the mastican as
40:00
instructed. I looked and bolted the
40:03
doors as soon as you arrived. Then who could have killed him? That's a good question
40:08
Mr. Collymore.
40:10
And one we need to answer quickly if we all want to get
40:14
out at this house to lie.
40:16
Oh, Inspector, you've given me a chill.
40:19
Perkins, pour us all another scotch.
40:23
Of course, Inspector.
40:26
Now tell me, is there anyone you know of still in the grounds
40:31
other than the four of us?
40:33
Not, no one, Inspector.
40:35
That's so.
40:37
The stop all goes home on the weekends, except for Perkins, of course.
40:42
Good.
40:42
Oh my God, I needed that.
40:44
Does anyone have access to the grounds?
40:47
No one, Inspector.
40:49
I'm the only one with the masticin as instructed.
40:52
I locked and bolted the doors as soon as you arrived.
40:57
Then who could have killed him?
40:59
That's a good question, Mr. Collymore.
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And one! We need to answer quickly!
41:07
And we all want to get out of this house!
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Oh, Inspector, you're giving me a chill.
41:14
Perkins, where is all another scotch?
41:19
Of course, Inspector.
41:21
Now tell me, is there anyone you know of still in the crowd?
41:27
Are they in the four of us?
41:30
No, I saw.
41:32
The star all goes home on the weekends, except for Perkins, of course.
41:38
Good job.
41:39
Good God, I needed that.
41:41
Does anyone have access to the crowd?
41:45
No one, Inspector.
41:47
I'm the only one with the masterkin as instructed.
41:51
I looked and bolted the doors as soon as you arrived.
41:56
Then who could have killed him?
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No one could have killed him, except the people in this room.
42:04
You're right, it's one of us.
42:09
Lost and blimey.
42:11
One of you, cute Charles, and Cecil have a sham,
42:13
and we shan't leave the house until the matter is solved.
42:16
You, take this body outside.
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Yes, sir.
42:20
I'll lend your hand.
42:59
So, let's go over the fox.
43:02
Oh, it's the fox.
43:03
a terrible night. Florence, you were engaged to be married to Charles, a man who, according
43:08
to your letter, you despised. Not only this, but you were having an affair with his
43:13
brother
43:14
Cecil. Cecil? Cecil. It seems plausible to me that you both
43:19
murdered him so you could
43:20
be together. Oh, stop it, Inspector. Cecil's dead too now, and I certainly didn't kill
43:25
Charlie. What's going on in here? You heard of it! You, Captain!
43:32
She's having other episodes.
43:35
Try to relax, Miss Collymore.
43:38
Behave with some decorum.
43:40
Remember yourself.
43:41
Someone ought to fetch your medication.
43:45
Someone's locked the door.
43:49
Trapped?
43:50
My God!
43:52
You killed your fiancé.
43:55
Florence!
43:56
What do you have to say for yourself?
44:03
I am an honorable woman, Inspector.
44:06
You're lying, Florence.
44:07
You killed him.
44:08
I can't stand for another signal, Inspector.
44:11
You're all beast.
44:12
Did you enjoy killing your husband, Miss Collymore?
44:15
How dare you make such accusations?
44:17
Calm down, Florence.
44:19
If I can't get out through the door, then I should descend from the window.
44:24
My God.
44:25
She's trying to climb out the window.
44:29
Doops, climb out the window.
44:31
You'll hurt yourself.
44:33
This is the second story.
44:36
No, I can't fit out more paperwork for this.
44:40
Hello, murderer.
44:44
Calm yourself, Miss Collymore.
44:46
You and Cecil both have plausible motives for murder,
44:49
but not the tree motive.
44:50
What are you saying, Inspector?
44:53
I'm saying the tree...
44:55
The key motive belongs to Perkins.
44:59
Perkins?
45:01
Me, Inspector?
45:03
You, Perkins.
45:04
A little earlier I stumbled across Charles'
45:06
newly written Last Will and Testament,
45:08
dated only today,
45:10
declaring that Charles wanted to make Perkins
45:13
the sole beneficiary of his inheritance.
45:16
Surely not Perkins?
45:18
This is all a mistake!
45:20
Save your pleading for the police station.
45:23
Cuff in, Thomas.
45:28
I'll drive you there myself as soon as the snowstorm has passed.
45:31
That won't be for hours.
45:33
The snow is at its peak.
45:38
It's not true, I tell you.
45:41
Surely Perkins didn't kill Cecil as well.
45:45
Of course he did.
45:46
Cecil found him out and Perkins killed him to keep him quiet.
45:49
There must be some misunderstanding.
45:51
I haven't killed anyone, but I know who has!
45:55
You know who killed Charles?
45:58
The inspector did!
46:03
Puppycock!
46:04
You did, and I know why!
46:06
Shut your mouth, Perkins!
46:08
You did it because Charles, you bought the police money. You were embeezling.
46:13
You mentioned you had several rendezvous with Charles before at the local police station.
46:19
He said he was a consultant on a fraud case you were working on.
46:22
What of it?
46:23
Charles came home that evening very intrigued by the whole case.
46:27
He decided to look into the matter personally
46:29
and found the reason why no arrests had been made.
46:32
Because the man committing the fraud was yourself.
46:35
You were the M-B-
46:37
The P-P-Perpetrator!
46:40
You were the P-P-P-Perpetrator!
46:44
You can't prove it!
46:45
But Charles could and that's why you killed him!
46:47
I know your secret, Inspector. What will you kill me to?
46:53
I will.
46:55
Confound it!
46:56
What a devil of a situation this is.
46:59
Not so fast, Inspector.
47:07
Charlie?
47:08
Mr. Avisham?
47:09
Charlie?
47:10
I thought you were dead.
47:12
You're alive?
47:13
It's not possible.
47:14
I'm afraid it is.
47:16
you couldn't kill me that easily. How did you
47:21
survive? I simply didn't drink the
47:23
poison water you left out for me this afternoon. How did you know it was me? I
47:27
told Perkins. We've been working together all along. Ever since last we spoke at the
47:32
police station it was clear you thought I was onto you. It was at this point I was
47:35
afraid you would try to kill me. For months now I've had my guard up and
47:38
tonight you fell into my trap. You've been hiding in the ground ever since this
47:44
when you planted the poison.
47:45
I thought it was strange you got here so quickly
47:48
in such terrible weather.
47:50
And then you found child's will in his ledger
47:53
and tried to pin the whole thing on me.
47:55
You darn crafty devil.
47:58
Crafty indeed.
47:59
Perkins here is as innocent as I am.
48:01
Uncuff him, Thomas.
48:15
Drop the gun, Inspector.
48:17
I, me!
48:19
I came here to kill you, Charles.
48:21
And I won't leave until the job's done.
48:23
It's over, Inspector.
48:25
I can prove your guilt in a second.
48:26
I have the evidence in my study.
48:28
Fetch the papers, Parkins.
48:47
lower your weapon inspector it's over please inspector you're frightening me
48:53
you ought to be frightened you monster you tried to kill you monster you tried
48:58
to kill
48:58
sir charles and you killed cecil how could you i'll admit i tried
49:04
to kill charles but
49:05
i never went anywhere near cecil
49:07
in fact
49:08
In fact, when I discovered you and he were having an affair, I was overjoyed.
49:13
I had the perfect man to pin it on.
49:15
Until my accomplice landed in.
49:18
This is true, I regret to say.
49:22
And your accomplice I've known ever since school.
49:24
Isn't that right, Thomas Collymore?
49:28
That's right, I'm the inspector's accomplice.
49:31
I have to move the money.
49:32
Brother, I'm surprised at you. I don't know why you...
49:36
become. I'm so ashamed. I met Inspector Carter down at my club a few months ago.
49:40
We found that between us we could embezzle the police, the money from the
49:44
police sundry fund account easily. Carter the access and I had the facility to move
49:48
the money fast and keep it secure, or so I thought until tonight. Line?
49:54
I don't know
49:56
what page run, mate. As for Cecil. As for Cecil, that
50:01
was more a crime of passion.
50:02
Simple as that.
50:04
Cecil, but I loved him. He was my only...
50:08
Thank you, Perkins. Now fetch my pipe from the mantelpiece.
50:12
Yes, sir.
50:13
Now I hold in my hands a written list of every fraudulent transaction
50:18
Thomas Collymore and Inspector Carter made.
50:24
This can't be true. I won't believe it.
50:26
This can't be true. I won't believe it. I can't believe it.
50:30
But it's true. When I found out he was interfering with you...
50:32
Florence my own sister but there's more than I could bear. Your sword affair is sick in me Florence. You broke
50:37
my heart. Charlie you mustn't. I made a mistake. Take me back I'll be used all
50:42
over again. Take back a woman who betrayed me? Never. Charlie you're all I have.
50:48
Love me. Please don't cast me aside. I shall be alive. Thank you Parkins.
50:53
God knows I could use this most. Charlie I cannot bear it. Charlie I
50:58
cannot bear it in another second.
51:00
Look at me! This is the worst night of my life!
51:04
No, no, no! This is the worst night of my life!
51:09
No, it's the worst of mine. But, Thomas,
51:12
hard to add you fooled, didn't he? What do you mean?
51:16
The inspector knew I discovered you and him were embezzling police money. I still
51:20
love you! I love you, Charlie!
51:23
You and him hatched up plans to kill me. I still got the ring, Charlie! We can still make this
51:35
the inspector plans to frame my murder on Cecil and Florence because of their affair until the
51:40
accomplice Thomas blundered in and shot my brother Cecil. Then the inspector
51:45
plans to
51:46
pin my murder on Parkins after finding my wooden ledger. Take me back Charlie if you know
51:51
what's
51:51
good for you. Except what you didn't know Thomas was that the inspector made an
51:56
9,000 pound withdrawal from your private accounts this morning.
52:07
Isn't that right, Inspector?
52:10
I think it's time to open your attache case.
52:37
Told you I'm not guilty.
52:43
But that's the 9,000 pounds!
52:45
He allowed you to take all the risk by storing the money in your private accounts and after
52:49
framing someone for murder, plentifully taking every penny.
52:52
Isn't that right, Inspector?
52:54
Alright, it's true.
52:56
I forged your signature at the bank and check out every penny.
53:00
I hadn't bargained on your accountant catching on this quickly
53:02
and telephoning you so soon.
53:04
You rogue! I trusted you!
53:07
You made a mistake there, Carter, and I'm afraid it's your last.
53:17
Bang!
53:20
THE OFFICERS ARE WAITING!
53:44
THE OFFICERS ARE WAITING
53:49
In the hall, sir.
53:53
It's got my fiance downstairs.
53:55
I wish to have a word with Thomas in private.
54:00
Yes, sir.
54:06
Thomas, you're not the man I once knew from Eaton.
54:09
You've become greedy and jealous.
54:11
I feel as though I'm about to pass out.
54:13
There's a glass of water next to the telephone.
54:16
Ever the kind host.
54:17
Tell me, Thomas, one thing.
54:19
Anything. I shall tell no more lies.
54:21
The glass of poison water the inspector left out for me.
54:24
What do you suppose I did with it?
54:27
You don't mean you gave me...
54:28
You don't mean...
54:29
Charlie! Charlie!
54:31
No, no, no!
54:36
Oh, how I wish this could have ended differently, Thomas.
54:39
Your lies and deceits have led you inexorably to this end.
54:42
If men allowed their conscience to be governed by avarice...
54:45
and death and destruction shall prevail.
54:47
Betrayed by my brother.
54:59
Betrayed by my fiance,
55:01
almost murdered by my oldest friend.
55:04
Let us hope we never again see a murder at Havisham Manor.
55:22
We will be a little gambling is fun when you're
55:27
with me.
55:28
I love it.
55:29
Russian roulette is not the same without a gun.
55:32
And baby, when it's love, if it's not rough, it isn't fun.
55:36
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
55:41
I'll get him high to show him what I got.
55:44
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
55:49
I'll get him high to show him what I got.
55:53
Can't read lies, can't read lies.
55:55
No, we can't read a mouth from all the place.
55:59
She ain't got me like nobody.
56:01
Can't read lies, can't read lies.
