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June 17, 2024
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The One Act Play that Goes Wrong November 3, 2024- 8PM
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Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Cornell Polytechnic
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Drama Society's
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full production of The Murderer at Havisham Manor.
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I would like to personally welcome you to all be
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my directorial debut in my first production as head of the drama society we are particularly
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excited to present this play because for the first time in society's history we've managed to find
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a
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play that fits the company's numbers perfectly if we're honest a
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lack of numbers has hampered
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past productions such as last year's Chekhov play two sisters
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all last christmases the lion and the
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and, of course, our summer musical, Cat.
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It may interest you to know
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that this will also be the first time the society's been able to stage play at this scale.
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And there's no question that, usually, we have to contend with a smaller budget,
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such as in last year's presentation of Ronald's All's James and the Peach.
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Of course, during the run-up articular play, the Peach spoils,
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and we are forced to present a hastily derived of...
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entitled James where's your peach finally
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we've been able to stage play as it should be and which
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may I say has been exceptionally well cast I'm sure no one will forgot the
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problems we face with
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previous productions such as in last year's presentation of snow white and tall
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broad
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gentlemen of course our previous pantomime another Disney classic ugly
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and the
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beast but now on with the main event which I am confident your
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best show yet so
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without further ado please put your hands together for Susie H .K. Brideswell's
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thrilling whodunit the murder at Havisham Manor
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Charlie are you ready we're all waiting downstairs to raise a glass to your engagement Charlie come
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along now Charlie you've been in that for hours now if I didn't know any better I'd say you're
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having second thoughts about the wedding hang it all Charlie if you won't come out I'll come in
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done it
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He's locked the door.
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Hand me those keys, Perkins.
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Here they are, sir.
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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.
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We're coming in.
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There we are.
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We're in.
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But what's this?
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Sleep surely, Mr. Claymore.
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Darn it, Perkins.
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I hope so.
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I'll take his pulse.
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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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Darn it, Perkins, he can't be.
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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.
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He was right as rain an hour ago.
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I don't understand.
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He was as fit as a fiddle.
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He can't be.
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It doesn't make any sense.
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Of course it makes sense.
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He's been murdered.
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Do you think he was murdered, Mr. Coymoor, or perhaps it was suicide?
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Suicide? Charlie, not possible.
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There never was a man with more zest for life than Charlie.
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He was young, rich, and soon to be married.
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Why on earth would he commit suicide?
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But why on earth would he murder him, sir?
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Charles was such a kind, good man.
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A true philanthropist.
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He never made an enemy in his life.
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Until today, it seems.
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Hang it up.
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Charles Havisham was murdered in cold blood in this very room on this very
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day in this very room shall
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I tell it from the police sir the police they
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wouldn't make it out here for days in this snowstorm I'll telephone
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inspector
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Carter he lives just the other side of the village he'll be here and next to
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no time having the receiver Perkins thank you Perkins
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Good evening. Give me Inspector Carter. I know it's late.
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Sir, I don't care about the weather. There's been a murder. Someone's murdered Charles Havisham.
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That's right. Thank you. He's on his way.
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Inspector Carter?
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They see he's the best darn inspector in the district. He'll crack this case and quick.
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Very good, sir. What should I do?
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Lock every door, man. Not a soul gets out of Havisham Manor until the killer is found.
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yes sir and assemble everyone in here at once sir good
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god just an hour into the
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engagement party and there's already been a murder Florence get out Florence you
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can't be in here my god
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he looks so frail lying there I'm sorry Florence it's
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a shock to all of us his skin is cold to the touch no don't touch him Florence
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I must you mustn't 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 the night of our engagement party?
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Cecil, quick, your brother's dead.
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Right this way, Master Havisham.
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I'm coming, Miss Collymore.
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It can't be.
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Calm yourself, Cecil.
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Calm a stiff drink, Perkins.
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Oh, my God, he's drunk the whole bottle.
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There's not a drop left.
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there's not a drop left hang it all there's another on the shelf
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ah yes this one's full
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this is horrifying i mean who on earth would have a motivation to murder charles haversham
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i can't imagine it's unthinkable
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right here in his own private rooms it's terrible just a week after
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our
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engagement he was a good brother
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well that's the best whiskey I've ever tasted have another to calm your nerves
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thank you Perkins make it a double oh
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my Charles my Charles my head is
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spinning I'm going to become hysterical calm down Florence
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Another whiskey, sir?
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I can't believe Charles sat up here alone drinking
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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 darker side
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to the man many didn't know about.
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It's true.
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Charles's smile was left in just a cord.
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I was fortunate enough to be one of the few people
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Charles truly confided in.
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I've lost a real friend today.
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I'll have Perkins. Hang it, I knew Charles ever since school.
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I don't know how I'll ever recover from this.
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You'll move back home with me. I'm your brother and I'll have it no other way.
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Perkins is right. My brother was hiding a deep sense of melancholy and resentment.
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There's no doubt in my mind, it was suicide.
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Suicide? Cecil, how can 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 was paranoid, jealous, and I can prove it.
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Perkins, hand me his journal.
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from the mantelpiece.
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Yes, sir.
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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 of my heart.
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As I said, driven mad with paranoia and jealousy.
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Thank heavens he's here what a terrible snowstorm good evening I'm
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Inspector Carter take my case
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this must be Charles Havisham I'm sorry this must have given you a terrible shock it
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did
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we're all still reeling naturally are any of you the deceased immediate
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family I'm Cecil Havisham
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I'm his brother.
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I'm Florence Collymore.
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I'm his fiancée.
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Tonight was our engagement party.
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What a sad, sad thing.
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You, have you poured over a stiff drink?
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Yes, sir.
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Let us raise a glass to the man we all loved.
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To Charles.
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Charles!
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Delicious!
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It's just...
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Lovely. Listen, you all must be very distraught, but the sooner I can be in my inquiries,
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the
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sooner we can get to the bottom of this ghastly business. If you'd be so kind as to bring
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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 and prepare this room. 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. Suffocation, strangulation, poison. Before
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fully examining
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the body, I wouldn't like to...
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to say. How could someone do it? Try not to think about it, Miss Collymore. Once I've
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finished downstairs, I'll speak to each of you individually, and then perhaps you can
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get some space to calm your nerves. Thank you, Inspector.
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This is all more than I can bear.
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I'll return presently as soon as I finish examining the
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body.
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Thank you.
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Thank God they've all gone.
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Don't say a word.
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If they find out about us, we'll be suspects.
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You and I were having an affair.
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It doesn't mean we killed him.
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Of course not.
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But that's what the inspector will think.
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It's fine.
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We'll just carry on just as it was.
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Except now you won't be forced to marry my beastly brother.
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And soon we can be together and not keep secrets.
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But please, while we're here, just the two of us,
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let me steal one.
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quick embrace. Cecil, we can't. If we're caught, it would be the end. Oh, Florence. Inspector
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requires pencil. What on earth is going on in here? Sorry, I felt flustered.
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Cecil was
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just cooling my brow. Just cooling her brow? I don't see my sister's brow as any business
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of yours, Havisham. Don't be a prick, Tom. Cecil was only trying to help. Yes,
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Tom. Very
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well. 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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But please, while we're here, just the two of us, let me look at you just once.
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Oh, Cecil.
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Sorry to disturb you, Miss Coymore, Mr. Havisham.
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I've just come to collect the keys to look 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 myself.
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I forgot the inspector.
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notepad. What's in God's name? I was about to faint. Cecil caught
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me. You know Cecil I don't
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appreciate you trying to get your hands on my sister the night of her fiance's death. You ought
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to take better care of her then Collymore. I'm overcome. I haven't got time for this. Now I
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have
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an 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 Goymon, Miss Stapshump.
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I've just come to prepare the room.
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Thank you, Perkins.
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Set them down on the-
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the mantelpiece at last we're alone oh
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Cecil let's run away from here far away together soon my love
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but we must be careful. We mustn't arouse suspicion.
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Cecil, tell me, who do you think killed Charles?
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I don't think there's any doubt he was killed by your brother, Thomas Collymore.
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My brother? What a devil of a situation this is.
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Not so fast, Inspector.
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Why would Thomas want Charles dead?
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Isn't it obvious?
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He's always bitter and possessive when it came to you.
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He didn't like the idea of his best friend marrying his sister.
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Tonight's engagement party 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.
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Just follow my lead.
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I'm sorry to have kept you, but now that I've examined the Baltimore closely, our interview...
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can proceed. Perkins, bring in Charles' personal facts. Where would you like
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them, Inspector?
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Set them down on the mantelpiece. Yes, Inspector.
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Don't go, Perkins. I'd like to ask you a few questions first. Mr.
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Havsham, Ms. Collymore,
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perhaps you could be so kind.
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Give us a moment of privacy.
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Don't you 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 feeling, Perkins?
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I'm a little shaken, sir, but I'll be fine.
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You were close to Charles, have you, Sean?
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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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Contrary, I've barely taken an answer.
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Charles was such a kind, good 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.
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Evening, Inspector.
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Once, briefly, at the local police station.
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Of course they didn't notice.
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Once. Briefly.
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I had lived!
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He came in as a consultant on a fraud case I was working on.
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How long have you been working at Habersham, Manor?
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Eighty years.
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Eight years?
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Eight years. And have you enjoyed your time here?
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Yes, sir. My time with Mr. Habersham has been a joy.
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I feel as though 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 again, I'll be in my quarters.
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Perhaps you could be so kind
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as to send in France Collimon on your way out.
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No need! I'm already here.
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Don't ask too much for me, Inspector.
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I feel fragile as glass.
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Don't harass the Carter. She's been through a lot tonight.
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At last. Collimon, you found me a pencil.
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Yes, Inspector.
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Thank you and my notebook.
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I know I'd left them somewhere.
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must speak to Miss Collymore alone. Very well. I'll be in the library Florence. Don't
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fret Miss
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Collymore. My questions will be brief and to the point and then you can get some rest. Firstly how
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old are you Miss Collymore? 21. I'll make note of that. How
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long ago did you first meet your
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fiance? Only seven months ago but my brother has known him for years. When were you due to be
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married? In the new year. Well.
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That's enough notes for now, Miss Collymore.
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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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Could anyone have benefited from your fiancé's death?
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Not even Cecil.
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Don't tell me to calm down!
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Calm down, Miss Collymore!
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I wasn't having an affair.
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Don't raise your voice to me, Inspector.
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You were having an affair!
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What letter?
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Then how do you explain the letter on the mantelpiece?
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I didn't write that letter.
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You wrote that letter!
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You've read my letter? Where'd you find it?
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Addressed to Cecil, written in your hand, declaring your love for him,
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and how the thought of marrying Charles repulsed you.
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Charles read it.
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You've read my letter? Where did you find it?
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In Charles' pocket.
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Charles read it? Then it was...
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Or murder, conceived by you and Cecil Havisham, so you could run away together.
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How can you say such a thing?
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It's true.
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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 wanted to kill 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 fiancé was murdered in this very room 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 to Scotland Yard.
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Scotland Yard will not listen to the complaints of a murderess.
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You-
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Diabolical beast, how can you?
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I won't stand for this.
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Accuse me again and you'll be sorry.
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What's all this shouting?
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What is this, Inspector?
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I'm merely interviewing Miss Collie Moore, nothing more.
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Lawrence, calm down, stop shouting.
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She's having one of her episodes.
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Snap out of it.
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You're hysterical.
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Come back here this instant.
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She's.
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Run off. I'll fetch it back. You stay here, Cecil. I don't say any inspector has some questions for
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you. You're Charles' brother, after all.
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I'm sorry, Inspector. She's badly shaken. We all are. It's getting late.
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Eleven o'clock already.
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Well, Inspector, do you have any questions for me?
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Oh, yes, Mr. Havisham. Similar questions to those I asked Miss Collymore.
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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?
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Up and down.
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Ever since father died, there's been a rather more strain on our 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 looks the spit of Charles, doesn't he?
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He did, ever since he was quite young.
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You the junior by four years?
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Almost four, yes.
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And didn't I know it, Charles always patronized and embarrassed me throughout our childhood.
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He always thought he knew best, and father always...
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took his side. If he ever didn't get his way, he was unbearable. He sounds far from
21:08
ideal brother. Sounds like you hated one another. I won't lie, Inspector. Me
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and
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Charles never truly saw eye to eye, but if you're suggesting I had something to
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do with his death, you'd be mistaken. I see. It's
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a dark night, Cecil. Inspector?
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You can barely make out the trees. What are you saying?
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Inspector. I'm saying tonight would be the perfect night for you to murder your
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brother. What on earth gave you that idea? The letter I found in Charles's pocket
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addressed from Miss Collymore to yourself. You know about that? As it seems to
21:44
Charles. Well bravo Inspector. You found out about Florence and I but it
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proves
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nothing. We didn't have a thing to do with Charles's murder but I can tell you
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who does. Who? Thomas Collymore. Collymore but he
21:59
Charles was school friends were they not? He's a dangerously unhinged man with the devil of a
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temper and Florence is his sister. I've said it before and I'll say it again he couldn't give
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up his sister to any man much less his old school chum. Tonight's engagement party made him lose
22:13
control and he lashed out at Charles. A crime of the passion perhaps but there it is. Thank you
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Cecil you've been most helpful. Perhaps you could send in Thomas Collymore only to follow more than
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one line of any credit time to get to the bottom of this. At once inspector anything to help the
22:27
progress of your investment.
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Hang it all, Charles. Who could have killed you? Everyone under this blasted roof seems guilty.
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That's strange. There's something underneath these cushions.
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Allegra. Allegra.
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Allegra. Allegra. Allegra.
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A ledger?
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You know, as a boy,
23:16
I always dreamed of a play.
23:19
It would all go right
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for once.
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But dreams don't come true, I guess.
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But now, I just, I just, is there something that
23:29
you know that I don't?
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Is there, is there something, there's not, there can't be, is there really a
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ledger with Charles's initials inscribed on the cover?
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What's inside?
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Notes?
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Bills?
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What's this?
23:52
last will and testament of Charles Havisham, dated only today?
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Let me see.
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I, Charles Havisham, he by amend my last will and testament
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to leave my money, Havisham mana, and all of its contents
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and grounds to one good lord.
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Thomas Collymore for you, Inspector.
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Thank you.
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Now tell me, did Charles have a study where he kept his papers?
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Second door on the right.
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I'll return presently.
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Take your time, Inspector.
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Did you find Florence?
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She ran out onto the grounds.
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Tell me, Thomas, what would your feelings...
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about Charles and Florence's engagement.
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I was overjoyed, of course.
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I love Florence and I love Charles.
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I couldn't have it proved more of the matter.
24:56
But Thomas, it's well known
24:58
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.
25:21
What the devil is it?
25:22
Your accountants, Collymore.
25:23
At 11.30 in the evening?
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Good evening, yes.
25:32
Thomas Collymore speaking.
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It is inconvenient, yes!
25:36
My recent deposits.
25:38
What of them?
25:40
Discreptancies?
25:41
What are you talking about, man?
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Gone?
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Gone wet. 9,000 pounds stolen. Good God, man.
25:48
Perkins, get in here.
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Yes, sir.
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Perkins, fetch me my bank book.
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Yep. Bank book, sir.
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How could you allow this to happen?
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This is an absolute disgrace.
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I shall report you to your superiors.
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Who am I speaking with? Mr. Fitzroy.
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I'll write their name down.
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I'll have you know that this telephone call has put me in a very difficult position.
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I shall hang up the phone this instant.
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What is it, Collie Moore?
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Money stolen from my account.
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Good Lord.
26:26
£9,000 stolen from my private savings.
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Most irregular.
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What a ghastly business.
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First my oldest friend murdered in cold blood,
26:33
and now I find myself on the edge of financial ruin.
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This evening could get no worse.
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Thomas, I have a confession.
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I wasn't going to say-
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anything but well the inspector seems to have found out and blasted him tired of keeping secrets
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spit it out cecil well florence and i were having an affair what
26:51
you and my sister now calm down
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collie more i knew it you were always a snout in the grass it's not what you think
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we're in love
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my sister does not love you how dare you put your hands on her your own
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brother's fiance it's
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No one's your father hated you.
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Don't speak about my father that way, Colliemore.
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Well, it seems that there is no doubt about who killed Charles anymore.
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He was killed by his own vile little brother in a fit of jealous rage.
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I shan't stand for this, Colliemore.
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You'll be sorry you ever laid fingers on my sister Havisham. You'll be sorry.
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Gunshots in the library!
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By Jove!
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Dear God, what's going on?
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I don't know. I was in here when I heard screams from downstairs.
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Get in here now!
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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.
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What's going on?
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Isn't it obvious?
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Cecil has lost control.
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Surely not.
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He killed Charles, right?
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Driven mad by his love for you,
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and now he knows he found him out.
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I cannot bear it.
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Kessel would not do such a thing.
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Of course he would, the blasted lunatic.
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You used to trust people, Tom.
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You've changed.
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This is a fine mess we've gotten ourselves into.
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The worst I've seen in 88 years of 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 Kessil...
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Cecil!
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Cecil is doing this.
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Try to relax, Miss Gleymore.
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I shall faint.
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You shan't faint, confound it.
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What a devil of a situation this is.
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Not so fast, Inspector.
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We're all going to survive tonight, you hear me?
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Take cover!
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Great Scott!
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Good heavens!
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I'm me.
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Don't panic, Cecil's crossing the landing.
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We must lock him out.
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Where are these keys to the door, Perkins?
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Here they are, sir.
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Quickly, Perkins, hand them to me before Cecil...
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Good Lord!
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Cecil's dead?
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Double murder!
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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.
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I was engaged to Charles, but Cecil was mine and I
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was his. I loved him. There, there, Miss Claymore.
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Through tears, how will I go on? But who could have killed him? That's a good question, Mr. Claymore.
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And one we need to answer quickly if we ought to get out of this house alive. Oh, Inspector,
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you're giving me a chill. Perkins, pour salt another scotch. Of course, Inspector. Now tell
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me,
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is there anyone?
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know of still in the grounds other than the four of us. Not us all. The staff all go home at the
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weekends, except for Perkins, of course.
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Good God! I needed that. Does anyone have access to the grounds? No one,
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Inspector.
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I'm the only one with the master key and, as instructed, I locked and bolted the
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doors as soon as you arrived. Then who could have killed him? That is a good
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question, Mr. Guillermo.
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And one we need to answer quickly if we all want to get down to this house alive.
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Oh, Inspector, you're giving me a chill.
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Perkins, pour salt and 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
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us?
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Not a soul.
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The staff all go home at 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 a mind.
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Master Key, and as instructed, I locked and bolted the doors as soon as you arrived.
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Then who could have killed him?
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That's a good question, Mr. Gullymore.
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And one we need to answer quickly if we already doubted this house alive.
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Oh, Inspector, you've given me a two.
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Perkins, poor Saul, 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 a soul.
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The staff all go home at 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 master key, and as instructed, I locked in both of the doors
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as soon as you arrived.
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Then who could have killed him?
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That is a good question, Mr. Colleymore.
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And one we need to answer quickly if we are to get out of this house alive.
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Oh, Inspector, you can be married too.
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Perkins, pour a salt, another scotch.
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Of course, Inspector.
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Now tell me.
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Is there anyone you know of still in the grounds other than the four of us?
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Not us, though.
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The staff all go home at 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 master key, and as instructed, I locked and bolted the doors as
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soon as you arrived.
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Then who could have killed him?
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That is a good question, Mr. Coley.
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And one we need to answer quickly if we almost get down to this house alive.
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Oh, Inspector, you're giving me a chill.
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Perkins, pour salt, another scotch.
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As you wish, 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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Staff all go home at 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 master key, and as Instra-
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I locked and bolted it all as soon as you arrived.
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Then who could have killed him?
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That is a good question, Mr. Colleymore.
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And one we need to answer quickly if we ought to doubt this house alive.
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Oh, Inspector, are you giving me a chill?
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Perkins, pour us all another scotch.
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Of course, Inspector.
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Now tell me, is there anyone you know of still in the grounds other than the four of us?
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Not us all.
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Staff all go home at the weekends, except the 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 master key,
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and as instructed, I locked in both of the doors as soon as you're right.
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Then who could have killed him?
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No one could have killed him, except for the people in this room.
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You're right. It's one of us.
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Hang it all. I'm stuck in a room full of murderers.
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Blast him. Blimey.
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One of you killed Charles and Cecil Habersham,
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and I shan't leave until the matter is solved.
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You, bring the...
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outside yes inspector lend you hand Perkins
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Thank you.
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So, let us go over the facts.
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Oh, it's such a terrible night.
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Florence, you engaged your marriage to Charles,
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a man who, according to your letter, despised.
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Not only this, but you were having an affair with his brother.
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Cecil, it seems plausible to me that you both murdered him so you could be together.
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Oh, stop it, Inspector.
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Cecil's dead too now, and I certainly didn't kill Charles.
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What's going on in...
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You're lying, Florence. You killed him. She's having another of her hysterical episodes.
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Try to calm down, Miss Gullymore.
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Florence, behave with some decorum. Remember yourself.
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Someone ought to fetch her medication.
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I'll go. Someone's locked the door. Good God, we're trapped.
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My God!
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You killed your fiancé, Florence.
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What do you have to say for yourself?
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I'm an honorable woman, Inspector.
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You're lying, Florence.
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I can't send another second of this, Inspector! You're all beasts!
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Did you enjoy killing your fiancé, Miss Cullymore?
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How dare you make such an accusation, Inspector!
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Calm down, Florence, really!
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Can't send another minute in this room!
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If I can't get out of the door, I shall descend from the window!
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My God! She's trying to climb out the window!
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Two stories high!
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Not the window!
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I am no murderer!
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Calm yourself, Miss Collymore.
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You and Cecil Habersham both have plausible motives for murder, but not the true motive.
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What are you saying, Inspector?
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I'm saying the true motive belongs to Perkins.
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Me, Inspector?
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You, Perkins, a little earlier today, I stumbled across Charles' newly written Last Minute Testament,
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did it only today, declaring he was to make Perkins the sole beneficiary...
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of his inheritance. Surely not Perkins. This is all a mistake. Save your
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planning for a police station. Cuff him Thomas.
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I'll drive you there myself once the snowstorm must pass. That shan't be for
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hours the snow is at its peak.
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It's not true, I tell you.
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Surely Perkins didn't kill Cecil as well?
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Of course he did.
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Cecil found him out and Perkins killed him to keep him quiet.
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This is all a misunderstanding.
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I haven't murdered anyone.
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But I know who has.
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You know who killed Charles?
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I do.
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The inspector did.
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What on earth?
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You did and I know why.
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Shut your mouth, Perkins.
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You did it because Charles removed the police money you were.
38:55
You said you had several
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rendezvous with Charles
38:58
before at the local police station.
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You said he was a concern on a fraud case you were working on.
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What's of it?
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Charles came home that evening, very intrigued by the whole case.
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He decided to look into the matter personally
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and found out the reason why no arrests had been made
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because the man committing the fraud
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was yourself.
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You were the embeasling!
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The perpetrator.
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the perpetrator. You can't prove it. But Charles could, and that's why you killed him. Never.
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I know your secret, Inspector. What are you going to do? Kill me too? I
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will. Confound it.
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What a devil of a situation this is. Not so fast, Inspector.
39:39
Charles? Mr. Havisham? Charlie, I thought you were dead. You're
39:45
alive? It's not possible.
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I'm afraid it is. You couldn't kill me that easily.
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How did you survive?
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I simply did not drink that poisoned water you left out for me this afternoon.
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How did you know it was me?
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I told Perkins, we've been working together all along.
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Ever since we last met at the police station, it became clear you thought I was on to you.
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It was at this point I became afraid you'd try to kill me.
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For months now I've had my guard up and tonight you fell into my trap.
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You've been hiding on the grounds ever since this afternoon when you planted the poison.
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I thought it was strange you got here so quickly in such terrible weather.
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And then you found Charles Will and his ledger and tried to pin the whole thing on me.
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You darn crafty devil.
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Crafty indeed.
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Pagans here, it's as innocent as I am.
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Remove those handcuffs this instance.
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Drop the gun, inspector.
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I'm me!
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Never. I came here to kill you, Charles, and I won't leave until the job's done.
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It's over, Inspector. I could prove your guilt in a second.
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I have the evidence in my study. Fetch the papers, Perkins.
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Yes, sir.
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Lower your weapon, Inspector. It's over.
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Please, Inspector. You're frightening me.
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You ought to be frightened.
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You monster, you tried to kill...
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You monster, you tried to kill Charles and you killed Cecil.
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How could you?
41:11
All right, it's true. I tried to kill Charles, but I didn't want anyone near Cecil.
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In fact, when I heard you and he were having an affair, I was overjoyed.
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I had the perfect man to pin it on until my accomplice blundered in.
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It's true. And your accomplice, I regret to say, has been my friend ever since we're in school.
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Isn't that right, Thomas Collymore?
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It's true. I'm the inspector's accomplice. I helped to move the money.
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Brother, I'm surprised at you. I don't know what you've become.
41:37
I'm so ashamed. I met Inspector...
41:39
here a few months ago down at my club. We found together that we could steal
41:42
money from the police's Sanji Fund account easily. Carter had the access and
41:46
I had the facility to move the money fast and keep it secure. I saw a thought
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until tonight. Line! I don't know what page we're on mate. I
41:54
don't know what page we're on mate!
41:56
As for Cecil? As for Cecil that was more a crime of passion. Simple as
42:02
that.
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Cecil, but I loved him. He was my only. Cecil, but I loved him.
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He was my only...
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Thank you, Perkins.
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Now fetch my pipe from the study.
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Yes, sir.
42:12
Now I hold in my hand a written list of every fraudulent transaction
42:15
Thomas Corleymore and Inspector Carter made.
42:18
This can't be true.
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I won't believe it.
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This can't be true.
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I won't believe it.
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I can't believe it.
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But it is true.
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When I found out that Cecil was interfering with you, Florence, my own sister,
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well, it was more than I could bear.
42:30
Your sword had a fast-sickened me, Florence.
42:32
You broke my heart.
42:33
No, Charlie, you mustn't.
42:35
I made a mistake, please take me back
42:38
I'll be yours all over again
42:39
Take back a woman who's betrayed me, never
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Charlie, you're all I have
42:44
Love me, please, don't cast me a sign
42:46
I shall be an outcast in the town
42:48
My friend shall speak to me, let me be your wife
42:52
Charlie, I cannot bear
42:54
I cannot bear in another second
42:56
That'll be the police to arrest you, Bella
42:58
Silence, Florence, you're nothing to me now
43:00
This is the worst night of my life
43:03
No, no, no.
43:06
This is the worst night of my life.
43:08
No, it is the worst of mine.
43:10
But Thomas, Carter had your full agency.
43:12
What do you mean?
43:14
He never intended to share the money with you.
43:16
Let me summarize.
43:16
I love you, Charlie.
43:18
Inspector Carter found out that I discovered you and he were both embettling police money.
43:23
So you had to...
43:23
I still got the ring, Charlie.
43:25
We can make it work.
43:26
Let him kill me.
43:27
Plenty of poison water for me to drink.
43:30
Then a mistake...
43:31
Incredibly believing I was dead, Inspector Carter tried to pin my matter on Cecil and
43:35
Florence for the affair until your accomplice blundered in and shot my brother Cecil.
43:39
Carter then tried to pin my matter on Perkins after finding my will on the ledger.
43:44
Take me back, Charlie, if you know it's good for you!
43:47
Except what you didn't know, Thomas, was that Carter made 9,000 pound withdrawal from your
43:51
private accounts this afternoon after affirming someone for my matter.
43:54
Plan to flee, taking every penny.
43:56
I think it's time to open your attache case, Inspector.
44:03
the nine thousand pounds he allowed you to take all the risks by storing the
44:07
stolen money in your private accounts isn't that right inspector all right
44:10
it's true I tried to forge I for just ignore the bank and I took out every
44:15
penny I had embargoed in your accounting catching this quickly and phoning you so
44:18
soon you rogue I trusted you you made a mistake there Carter and I'm afraid it's
44:23
y'all last
44:29
Bang! I have my fingers!
44:32
The officers are waiting in the halls.
44:49
The officers are waiting in the halls, sir.
44:51
Excellent. I escort my fiancé downstairs, Peckins. I wish to have
44:55
word with Thomas in private. Yes, sir. Thomas, you're not the man I know from Eton. You've
45:01
become greedy and jealous. I'm sorry, Charles. I feel as though I'm about to pass out. There's
45:05
a glass of water by the telephone. Thank you, Charles. Every kind host. Drink it up. Most
45:09
kind. Now tell me, Thomas, one thing. Anything. I
45:15
shall tell no more lies. The glass of poison
45:17
water the inspector left out for me this afternoon. What do you suppose I did with it? Well, I
45:22
don't know what you
45:23
mean? You don't mean you gave me that. Charlie, Charlie, no, no, no. Oh,
45:32
how I wish this could
45:33
have ended differently. Thomas, your lies and decease have led you inextricably to this
45:37
end. If men allow their conscience to be governed by avarice, then death and destruction shall
45:42
prevail. Betrayed by my brother. Betrayed
45:50
by my fiancee.
45:51
in Olmos Madad by my oldest friend.
45:53
Let us hope we never again see him madder at Havasham Manah.
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Thank you.
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It doesn't matter if you love.
