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June 17, 2024
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The Play that Goes Wrong November 4, 2023 8PM PtGW - 11/4 (8PM).m4v
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Welcome. Welcome to Hillview's
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PAC and to our sister company. The Cornell
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Polytechnic Drama Society is here from England. They flew over and rented the pack,
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which was a little surprising. But we're happy they're here. They're terrific.
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And we're learning a lot from them.
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They have nine casts, including a cast of fifth
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graders, which go the week after next.
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That's going to be exciting.
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Yeah, so it's been really, really, really wonderful to have them here.
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So first, no flash photography, please, and no food or drink in the auditorium.
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And I'm just going to turn this over to their technical director and then to
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their director
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for their own announcement.
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And so this is Trevor, their technical director.
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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 set 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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Clear.
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Leave it! Just leave it! We haven't got time!
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Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Cornell Polytechnic
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Drama Society's full production of The Murder at Havashar Manor.
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I would like to personally welcome you to what will be my directorial debut
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as 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 fits 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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such as...
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last year's chuck -off play, Two Sisters. Or
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last Christmas's, The Lion and the Wardrobe.
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Or indeed our summer musical, Cut. It
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may interest you to know that this will be the first time the
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society has been able to stage a play of this scale. It is no question, we
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usually have to
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contend with a small budget-
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such as in last year's presentation of Roe Dolls, James
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and the Peach.
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Of course, during the run of that particular show, the Peach spoiled
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and we were forced to present a hastily devised alternative entitled,
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James, where's your Peach?
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Finally, we can afford to stage a play as it should be
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and, which may I say, has been accepted.
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Well cast I'm sure no one will forget the casting difficulties we faced before
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such as in such as in our
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Christmas presentation of Snow White and the Tall Broad Gentleman or
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indeed our previous year's
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pantomime another Disney classic ugly and the Beast
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I forgot some of my lines just write them on your hand and don't misspell them just get off
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But now, on with the main event, which I'm confident will be our best show yet.
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So, without further ado, please put your hands together for
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Susie H .K. Brineswell's thrilling whodunit,
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The Murder at Hammershow 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.
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Come along now, Charlie. You've been in there for hours now.
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If I didn't know any better, I'd say you're having second thoughts about the wedding.
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Hang it on, Charlie. If you won't come out, I'll come in.
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Darn it, he's locked the door. Hand me those keys, Perkins.
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There they are, Mr. Coleymore.
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Thank you, Perkins. Let's get the store open.
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We're coming in, Charlie. We're coming in.
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We, ah, we're in.
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But what's this, Charles unconscious?
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Asleep, surely, Mr. Collymore.
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Darn it, Perkins, I hope so.
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I'll check his pulse.
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Blast, I knew something was wrong.
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It's so unlike Charles to disappear like this.
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Sir, he's dead!
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Dead, Donna Perkins, he can't be. He was my closest friend.
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He's not breathing, sir, and there's no hint of a heartbeat.
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I'm dumbfounded. He was right as rain an hour ago.
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I don't understand. He was fit as a fiddle. He can't have died. 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 Florence?
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In the dining room, sir. Shall I fetch her?
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Not yet. The last thing you need is for her to have one of her hysterical episodes.
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Yes, sir. Do you think it was murder, sir? Or perhaps it was suicide?
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Suicide, Charlie? Not possible. There was never a man more possessed for life than Charlie.
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He was young, rich, and soon be married. Why on earth would he commit suicide?
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But why on earth would anyone murder him?
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Charles was such a good man. Generous. Kind. Achoo!
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Philanthro piece?
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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 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 want to make it out here for days in this snowstorm.
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I'll telephone Inspector Carter, he lives just on the other side of the village.
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He'll be here next in no time. Hand me the receiver, Perkins.
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Thank you, Perkins. 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 Habersham.
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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-ton inspector in the district.
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He'll crack this case in quick.
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Very good, sir, and what shall I do?
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Lock every door, man.
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Not a soul gets out of Habershire 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 now we're into the engagement party, there's already been a murder.
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Get out, Florence!
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You can't be in here!
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No, 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, Florence, you shocked yourself.
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He's getting cold to the touch.
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No, don't touch him, Florence!
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I must!
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You mustn't!
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Unhand me!
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Oh, Charles, one last embrace.
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I cannot bear to see my sister in such grief.
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Who could do such a thing?
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The night of our engagement party.
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Cecil, quick, your brother's dead.
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This way, Master Eversham.
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I'm coming, Miss Coymore.
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Brother, dead?
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It can't be!
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Calm yourself, Cecil.
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Pour him a stiff drink, Perkins.
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Aye, away, sir.
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Oh, my God, he drunk the whole bar.
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Oh, there's a-
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There's not a drop left.
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F.
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There's not a drop left.
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Hang it, there's another one on the shelf.
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Of course, sir. Yes. This one's...
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It's horrifying, I mean, who on earth would have the motivation to murder Charles Habersham?
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I can't imagine.
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It's unthinkable right here in his own private rooms at Habersham Manor.
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It's terrible, just a week after our engagement.
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Here is your drink, sir.
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He was a good brother.
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That's the best whiskey.
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I've ever tasted.
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Have another to calm your nerves.
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Thank you, Perkins.
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Make it a double.
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Oh, my Charles, my Charles, my head is spinning.
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I'm going to become hysterical.
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Calm down, Florence.
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Another whiskey, sir?
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Yes.
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I can't believe Charles sat 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,
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a darker sight to the man that many didn't know about.
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It's true. His smile was
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up in just a...
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I was fortunate enough to be one of the
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only men he ever truly could find it in.
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I've lost a real friend
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today. Hang it, Perkins.
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I knew Charles ever since school.
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I don't know how I'll ever recover from this.
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You'll move back home with me. I'm your brother
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and I'll have it no other way. Perkins is right.
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My brother was hiding a deep sense of mind-carned resentment.
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There's no doubt in my mind it was suicide.
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Suicide? Cecil, how could you say that? It was murder, murder in the first degree.
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Nonsense. The man was driven by a matter of paranoia and jealousy and I can prove it.
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Perkins, hand me the journal from the...
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...mantle piece.
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What? Oh.
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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, despair engulfs my soul.
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But I love Charles with all my heart.
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As I said, driven by a matter of paranoid jealousy.
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The Inspector!
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Thank heaven he's here.
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What a terrible snowstorm.
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Good evening, I'm Inspector Carter.
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Take my case.
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Yes, Inspector.
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This must be Charles Habersham.
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I'm sorry, this must have given you all a time.
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terrible shock. It did. We're all still reeling. Naturally. Are any of you the deceased's
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immediate family? I'm Cecil Habersham. I'm his brother. I'm Florence Collimer. I'm his
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fiancée. Tonight was our engagement party. What a sad, sad thing. You, have
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you poured
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everyone a stiff drink? Yes, Inspector. Here
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you go. Here you go. Let us raise the glass
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to the man we all love.
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To 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 your hand, Perkins.
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Then lock all the doors to the house and prepare this room.
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I'll conduct my inquiries in here afterwards.
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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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Thank you.
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How could someone do it?
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Try not to think about it, Miss Collymore.
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Once I finish downstairs, I'll speak to you each individually.
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Then perhaps you can get some space to calm your nerves.
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Thank you, Inspector. This is all much more than I can bear.
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I'll return presently.
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As soon as I finish...
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Examining the body.
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Thank you.
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Thank God they've all gone.
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Don't say a word.
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If they find out about us, we'll be suspect.
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You and I are 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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That's what the inspector will think.
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We'll just carry on as if everything's just as it was.
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Except now you won't be...
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and 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 while we're here, just the two of us,
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let me steal a quick embrace.
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Cecil, we can.
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If we're caught, it'd be the end.
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Oh, Florence, requires a pencil.
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What on earth is going on in here?
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Sorry, I felt flustered.
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Cecil was 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.
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Have a sham.
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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, then. If you'll excuse me, I have...
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The pencil?
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Thank God he's gone. The man's such a nuisance.
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He's my brother.
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I took it just once.
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Oh, Cecil.
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Sorry to disturb you, Miss Corleymore, Mr. Havisham.
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I've come to collect the keys to lock us all in steroid.
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They're by the telephone, Perkins.
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Think, Dennis, think!
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This one, 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, Sus, the love makes me forget myself.
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Forgot the inspector's notebook. 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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I don't appreciate you trying to get your hands on my sister the night of her fiancé's death.
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Well, you ought to take better care of everything, Collymore.
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I'm overcome.
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I haven't got time for this.
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I have the inspector's notebook.
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notebook, and 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 made my heart beat on my chest.
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You guys send me into a dream.
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Oh, Cecil.
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Oh, Cecil?
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Oh, Cecil.
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Oh, sassel!
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Sorry to interrupt you again, Mr. Havisham.
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Miss Crowley Moore.
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I've just come to prepare the room.
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Put them on the mantelpiece, Perkins.
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Oh, my God.
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At last, we're alone.
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Oh, Cecil, let's run away from here.
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Supermother, for we must be careful.
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We mustn't arouse suspicion.
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Cecil, tell me, who do you think he'll kill Charles?
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There's no doubt in my mind.
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He was killed by a brother, Thomas Collymore.
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My brother?
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What a devil of a situation this is.
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Not so fast, Inspector!
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But why would Thomas want Charles dead?
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Isn't it obvious? He was always 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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He started together tonight at a gadget party, and it drove him half mad and he snapped and killed Charles.
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If it is, Thomas, what happens 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'd try and 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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I'm sorry to have kept you, but now that I've inspected the body more closely, our interviews can
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proceed.
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Perkins, bring in Charles' personal thefts.
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Where do you want them, Inspector?
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Set them down on the... on the mantelpiece.
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As you wish, Inspector.
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down to go Perkins I'd
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like to ask you a few questions first miss Collymore
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mr. Habersham perhaps you'd be surprised to give us a moment as 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.
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But you go ahead.
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How are you feeling, Perkins?
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A little shaken, sir.
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Be...
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You were close with Charles Havisham.
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Yes, sir. Very close.
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You don't appear very upset by his death.
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On the...
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Kuntay.
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I've barely taken it in.
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Oh, he was such a kindly, charming man.
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It's true.
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You've met him?
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Once. Briefly at the local...
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Evening, Inspector.
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Briefly at the local police station.
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Of course they didn't notice.
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Police station.
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He came in as a consultant on a fraud case I was working on.
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I lived.
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Fraud case I was working on.
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I see.
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How long have you been working at Havisham Manor?
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80 years!
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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 Heber Shem has been a joy.
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I feel that since I've come here,
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I've not only been seen as a friend,
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but as a butler.
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Oh, wait, I messed up my line.
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Uh, this is...
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I'm gonna have to tell my therapist about this.
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I'll just pretend that I said something different.
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Um, uh, uh, oh...
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Oh, a friend, confidant.
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If you need me again, I'll be in my quarters.
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Exits.
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Ah!
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Do you want me to do anything, inspector?
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Pops, you could...
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Pops!
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Why are you laughing?
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This isn't funny!
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Pops!
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Pops, you could...
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Get 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, I mean I feel fragile as glass.
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Don't harass her, Carter.
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She's been through a lot tonight.
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At last, Collymore, 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 left them somewhere.
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Now I must speak to Miss Collymore alone.
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Very well, then.
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the library Florence. Don't fret Miss Collymore my questions
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will be brief and
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to the point and then you can get some rest. Firstly how old are you Miss
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Collymore? 21. I'll make a 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
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are you due to be married? In the new year. Well that's not
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notes for now, I think, Miss Collymore. When do you love someone? There's no other thing
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is rushing, Inspector. Did you ever think you were rushing into this marriage? Why wouldn't
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I love him? Did you love him, then? How could anyone have benefited? Can you think of anyone
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who might have benefited from your fiancé's death? Cecil? Not even Cecil.
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Don't tell me to calm
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down. Calm down, Miss Collymore. I wasn't having an affair. Don't you raise your voice to
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me,
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Inspector? You were having an affair.
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What letter?
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Then how do you explain the letter on the mantelpiece?
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I didn't write that letter.
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You wrote that letter.
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You read my letter?
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Where did you find it?
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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 read my letter?
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Where did you find it?
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In Charles' pocket.
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Charles read it.
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Then it was suicide.
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Or murder.
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Conceived by you and...
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Cecil, have a damn, so you can run away together.
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How could you even 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 wanted 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 this upsets you.
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Upsets me? How dare you?
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My fiancée was murdered in this very room a matter of hours ago,
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and I find your manner most up-of-fitting.
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I shall make a formal complaint to Scotland Yard.
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Scotland Yard will not listen to the complaint.
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You diabolical beef! How can you? I shan't stand for this.
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Accuse me again and you'll be sur-
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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 Collymore, nothing more.
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Florence!
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Calm down!
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Stop shouting!
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She's having one of her hysterical episodes.
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snap out of it you're hysterical come
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back here this instant
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she's run off I'll fetch her back you
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stay here Cecil I dare say the inspector
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has some questions for you you were Charles's brother after all
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I'm sorry, Inspector. It's been quite a night, and it's getting late.
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Eleven o'clock already?
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Well, Inspector, do you have any questions for me?
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Oh, yes, Mr. Habersham. Similar questions to those I asked Miss Collymore.
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By the way, 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, our relationship was rather more strained.
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It was no secret that our father cared for Charles more than myself.
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This is your father in the poetry, is it not?
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It is.
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He looks the spit of Charles, doesn't he?
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He did, ever since he was quite young.
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You were the junior by four years?
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Almost four, yes. And didn't I know it?
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Charles patronized and embarrassed me throughout her childhood.
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He always thought he knew best, and father always took his side.
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If he didn't get his way, he was unbearable.
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He sounds far from the ideal.
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brother it sounds like you hated one another I won't lie inspector me and
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Charles never truly saw eye-to-eye but if you're suggesting had something to do
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with his death you're mistaken I see it is a dark night Cecil
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inspector you can barely even make up the trees what are you saying inspector
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I'm saying Cecil but tonight would be the path
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night for you to murder your brother inspector please me and my brother had
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our differences but deep down we cared for one another and yet you had an
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affair with his fiancee what on earth gave you that idea the
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letter I found in Charles's pocket from Miss Collymore to yourself you know
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about that as it seems did Charles well
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bravo inspector you found out about
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Florence tonight but it doesn't mean a thing we didn't have a thing to do
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Charles' death. But I can tell you who does.
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Thomas Collymore.
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Collymore? But he and Charles were old friends, were they not?
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He's a dangerously unhinged man with a devil of a temper and Florence is his sister.
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I've said it before and I'll say it again. He couldn't give up his sister to any man,
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much less his old school chum. Tonight's engaging party made him so angry he laughs
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out of Charles,
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a kind of passion for us, but there it is.
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Thank you, sister. You've been most helpful. Perhaps you could fetch Thomas Collymore.
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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 of this.
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At once, Inspector. Anything to help to pursue your investigation.
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Hang on, old Charles. Who could have killed you?
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Everyone under this blasted roof seems guilty.
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That's strange. There's something underneath these cushions.
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A ledger?
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Oh, Ledger!
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You think it's funny, don't you?
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Here, you just keep on laughing.
30:44
I bet you've never even been on a play of this scale, let alone directing it.
30:51
We worked really hard on this.
30:55
Don't pity me, a
31:05
letter, with
31:12
Charles' initials inscribed on the cover, what's inside, let's
31:16
see, notes, bills, what's this?
31:21
that last will and testament of Charles Havisham
31:24
dated only today.
31:27
Let me see.
31:28
I, Charles Havisham,
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hereby amend my last will and testament
31:33
to leave my money, Havisham manor,
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and all its contents and grounds to one.
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Good Lord.
31:39
Time is kind more for you, Inspector.
31:42
Thank you, Cecil.
31:43
Tell me, did Charles have a study where he kept his papers?
31:46
Second or to the right, Inspector.
31:48
I'll return presently.
31:49
Take your time, Inspector.
31:59
Where did you find Florence?
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She ran out to the grounds.
32:18
Tell me, Thomas, what were your feelings about Charles and Florence's engagement?
32:22
I was overjoyed, of course.
32:24
I love Florence and I love Charles.
32:26
I couldn't approve more of the matter.
32:28
But Collymore, it's well known that you're protective of your sister.
32:33
I'll get it.
32:40
Good evening.
32:45
It's for you. What the devil is it?
32:48
Your accountant, Collymore, at 11.30 in the evening?
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Yes.
32:58
Yes, Thomas Collymore speaking.
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This is inconvenient. Yes!
33:05
My recent deposits. One of them.
33:09
Discrepancies?
33:12
Good lord.
33:13
Gone? Gone where?
33:15
What are you talking about, man?
33:18
9,000 pounds stolen from my private savings.
33:22
Perkins, get in here!
33:31
Yes, sir?
33:34
Perkins, fetch me my bank book.
33:53
How could you allow this to happen?
33:55
This is an absolute disgrace.
33:57
I shall report it to your superiors.
33:59
Who am I speaking with?
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Mr. Fitzroy?
34:02
I'll write that name down.
34:06
Fitzroy.
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I'll have you know that this telephone call
34:13
is from a very difficult position.
34:14
I don't hang up the phone this instant.
34:17
What is it, Collymore?
34:18
Money stolen from my account.
34:20
Good Lord.
34:21
9,000 pounds stolen from my private savings.
34:24
Most irregular.
34:25
What a ghastly business.
34:26
First, my oldest friend murdered in cold blood,
34:28
and now I find myself on the edge of finance or ruin.
34:30
This evening could get no worse.
34:32
Thomas, I have a confession.
34:34
I wasn't going to say anything,
34:35
but while the inspector seems to find out,
34:36
and blasted, I'm tired of keeping...
34:38
secrets. Oh, spit it out, Cecil. Well, Florence and I have an affair. What? You
34:46
and my sister. Calm down, Collymore. I always knew you a snake in the grass. It's
34:51
not what you think. We're love. My sister does not love you. Your umbrella's beyond saying.
34:57
It's disgusting. No wonder your father hated you. Don't
35:03
speak about my father that way, Collymore.
35:06
Well, it seems there's no doubt about
35:11
who killed Charles anymore.
35:13
It was his own little brother and a bit of jealous rage.
35:19
I shan't stand for this, Cullymore.
35:21
You'll be sorry you ever laid a finger off on my sister, Habisham.
35:25
You'll be sorry!
35:40
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
35:55
Gunshot to the library!
35:57
Boy Joe.
35:59
Dear God, what's going on?
36:02
I don't know, Inspector. I was in here when I had schemes from downstairs.
36:07
Get in here now, Flores. It's not safe down there.
36:17
What?
36:18
Thomas, I'm frightened.
36:21
Going on?
36:22
Isn't it obvious? Cecil has lost control.
36:27
Kessel, surely not.
36:30
He killed Charles tonight, different mad by his love for you, and now he knows we found him out.
36:35
I cannot bear it. Kessel would not do such a thing.
36:39
Of course he would. The blasted lunatic.
36:42
You used to trust people, Tom. You've changed.
36:46
This is a fine mess, sir. The worst night I've seen in eighty...
36:54
Eight years of service.
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Save me, brother, save me.
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I shan't let anyone hurt a hair on your head, Florence.
37:05
I'm panicking.
37:06
I cannot believe...
37:07
Kessel?
37:08
Cecil!
37:10
Cecil is doing this.
37:12
Try to stay calm, Miss Collymore.
37:16
I shall faint.
37:18
You shan't faint, confounded!
37:20
What a devil of a situation this is!
37:23
Not so fast, Inspector!
37:49
We're all going to survive tonight, you hear me?
37:54
Take cover! Great Scott!
37:57
Dear heavens!
37:58
I'm me!
37:59
Don't panic! Cecil's crossing the landing!
38:01
We must lock him out!
38:02
Where are the keys to the door, Perkins?
38:04
Here they are, sir!
38:08
Shiny! Here they are, sir!
38:11
Quickly! Hand them to me before Cecil!
38:14
Good Lord!
38:17
Cecil's dead!
38:20
I'm going for murder!
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time of death
38:33
quarter to midnight
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Cecil no no
38:36
I loved him
38:39
I know it was wrong
38:40
I know it was engaged to Charles
38:41
but Cecil was mine and
38:47
I was his
38:48
I loved him
38:50
There, there, Miss Collymore.
38:57
Through tears, how will I go on?
38:59
But who could have killed him?
39:01
That's a good question, Mr. Collymore.
39:04
And one we need to answer quickly.
39:06
We all want to get out of this house alive.
39:08
Oh, Inspector, you've given me a chill.
39:11
Perkins, pour us all another scotch.
39:14
Of course, Inspector.
39:16
Now, tell me.
39:18
Is there anyone you know still on the grounds other than the four of us?
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Not a soul.
39:24
To start off, I'll go home on the weekends except for Perkins, of course.
39:29
Good God, I needed that.
39:31
Does anyone have access to the grounds?
39:34
No one, Inspector.
39:35
I'm the only one with the master key and asson truck that I locked and bolted the doors as soon
39:40
as he arrived.
39:41
Then who could have killed him?
39:42
That's a good question, Mr. Collymore.
39:47
And one we need to answer quickly if we all want to get out of this house alive.
39:52
Oh, Inspector, you've given me a chill.
39:56
Perkins, pour us all another scotch.
40:00
Of course, Inspector.
40:02
Now, tell me, is there anyone you know of still on the grounds other
40:07
than the four of us?
40:09
Not a soul.
40:10
The staff all go home on the weekends except for Perkins, of course.
40:16
Good God, I needed that.
40:18
Does anyone have access to the grounds?
40:22
No one, Inspector.
40:24
I'm the only one with the master key,
40:26
and as instructed, I locked and bolted the doors
40:28
as soon as he arrived.
40:30
Then who could have killed him?
40:31
That's a good question, Mr. Crawleymore.
40:36
And one we need to answer quickly
40:39
if we all want to get out of this house alive.
40:42
Oh, Inspector, you've given me a chill.
40:45
Perkins, pour us on another scotch.
40:48
Of course, Inspector.
40:50
Now, tell me, is there anyone you know of
40:54
still on the grounds other than the four of us?
40:58
Not us all.
41:00
The staff all go home on the weekends,
41:02
except for Perkins, of course.
41:05
Good God I needed that.
41:07
Does anyone have access to the grounds?
41:11
No one, Inspector.
41:13
I'm the only one with a master key and as a truck that I locked and bolted the doors as soon as he arrived.
41:19
Then who could have killed him?
41:20
That's a good question, Mr. Carlymore.
41:25
And one we need to answer quickly if we all want to get out of
41:30
this house alive.
41:32
Oh, Inspector, you've given me a joke.
41:35
Perkins, pour us all another.
41:39
Of course, Inspector!
41:43
Now, tell me, is there anyone you know still on the grounds
41:48
other than the four of us?
41:52
Not ourselves!
41:54
The staff all go home on the weekends except for Perkins!
41:58
Of course!
42:01
Good God, I needed that!
42:03
Does anyone have access to the grounds?
42:08
No one, Inspector!
42:10
I'm the only one with the master key, and as in shock did I locked him
42:15
both of the doors as soon as he was!
42:18
Then who could have killed him?
42:20
That's a good question, Mr.
42:26
Collymore!
42:27
And one we need to answer quickly if we all want to
42:32
get out of this house alive!
42:35
Oh, Inspector, you've given me a chill.
42:40
Perkins, pour us all another scotch.
42:43
Of course, Inspector.
42:46
Now, tell me, is there anyone you know still on the
42:51
grounds other than the four of us?
42:55
Not a salt.
42:58
The staff all go home on the weekends except for Perkins.
43:03
Yes, of course! Good God, I needed that!
43:07
Does anyone have access to the grounds?
43:12
I'm the only one with the master key and has a check that I locked the bolt through the doors as soon as he
43:17
whined!
43:20
Then who could have killed him?
43:23
No one could have killed him except for the people in this room!
43:34
thank you you're right it's one of us
43:39
dear god I'm stuck in a room full of
43:41
murderers one
43:47
of you killed Charles and Cecil Habersham tonight and we shan't
43:51
leave this house until the matter is solved you take this body outside yes
43:56
yeah lend your hand Perkins
44:04
Thank you.
44:51
So, let's go over the facts.
44:54
Oh, it is such a terrible...
44:56
Florence, you were unengaged to be married to Charles, a man who, according to
45:01
your letter, you despised.
45:03
Not only this, but you were having an affair with his brother.
45:07
Cecil!
45:10
Cecil, it seems plausible to me that you both killed Charles so you could be together.
45:16
Oh, stop it, Inspector. Cecil's dead too now, and I certainly didn't kill Charles.
45:20
What's going on, Inspector?
45:21
You're lying!
45:23
Florence, you killed him.
45:30
Florence, remember yourself.
45:34
Behave with some decorum.
45:37
Someone ought to fetch her medication.
45:41
I'll go.
45:43
Someone's locked the door.
45:46
Good God, we're trying.
45:50
My God.
46:01
You killed your fiancé, Florence, what do you have to say
46:06
for yourself?
46:19
I'm an honorable woman, Inspector.
46:22
You're lying, Florence. You killed him.
46:26
I won't send another second of this, Inspector. You're all beasts.
46:32
Did you enjoy killing your husband, Miss Collimer?
46:35
How dare you make such an accusation, Inspector?
46:38
Calm down, Florence. Really.
46:41
I won't send another minute in this room.
46:43
If I can't get out the door, I shall descend from the window.
46:47
My god, she's trying to climb out of the window.
46:52
Florence, stay here.
46:55
You must answer for your crimes.
47:00
You can't leave, Florence.
47:03
You killed Charles and Cecil, and you have to
47:09
answer.
47:12
I am no murderer.
47:16
Calm down, Miss Collymore. Both of you and Cecil have plausible motives for the murder, but
47:21
not the true motive.
47:22
What are you saying, Inspector?
47:24
I'm saying the true motive belongs to Perkins.
47:27
Perkins?
47:28
Me, Inspector?
47:31
You, Perkins. Little earlier I stumbled upon Charles' newly written Last
47:36
Will and Testament,
47:37
dated only today, declaring that he wanted to make Perkins the sole
47:43
beneficiary...
47:44
of his inheritance.
47:45
Surely not Perkins.
47:46
This is all a mistake.
47:48
Save your pleadings for the police station.
47:53
Cuff.
47:57
Cuff him, Thomas.
48:09
Is it on yet?
48:20
I'm scared, Robert.
48:32
Thank you, Robert.
48:33
You know, you're my best friend.
48:38
I'll drive you to the...
48:40
police station myself as soon as the snow storm has passed that won't
48:45
be for hours the snow is
48:47
at its peak it broke oh god it's
48:59
not me I tell you surely Perkins didn't kill Cecil as well
49:04
of course he did Cecil found him out and Perkins killed him to keep him
49:08
I'm FLEE!
49:24
This is all I'm understanding!
49:27
I didn't kill anyone, but I know who has!
49:31
You know who killed Charles?
49:32
I do!
49:34
The End!
49:42
You did it and I know why.
49:45
Shut your mouth, Perkins.
49:46
You did it because Charles knew about the police money you were embezzling?
49:51
Nonsense.
49:53
You mentioned you had several Wenday vows with Charles before
49:58
at the local police station.
50:00
You said he was a consultant on the Fod case we were working on.
50:04
What of it?
50:05
Charles came home that night very intrigued by the whole case.
50:09
He found out the reason why no arrests were made was because a man committing the fraud was
50:15
yourself!
50:18
You were the embeasling...
50:20
Wait, that can't be right.
50:22
The poor potato. You were the poor potato.
50:25
You can't prove it.
50:27
But Charles could, and that's why you killed him.
50:31
I...
50:32
I know your secret, Inspector. What are you going to do now?
50:35
Kill me, too?
50:37
I will. Confound it.
50:42
What a devil of a situation this is.
50:45
Not so fast, Inspector.
50:52
Charles?
50:53
Mr. Havisham?
50:55
Charlie, I thought you were dead.
50:56
You're alive? It's not possible.
50:59
Oh, I'm afraid it is.
51:00
You couldn't kill me that same time.
51:04
Easily.
51:06
How did you survive?
51:07
I simply didn't drink the poisoned water you left out.
51:10
What, you're chaining me up again?
51:13
I can't do this, man!
51:18
How did you know it was me?
51:21
I told Perkins.
51:23
We've been working together all along.
51:26
After we last spoke at the police station...
51:28
It was clear you thought I was onto you.
51:30
It was at this point I became afraid you tried to kill me.
51:33
For months now, I've had my guard up.
51:35
And tonight, you fell into my trap.
51:38
You were hiding in the ground since this afternoon when you planted the poison.
51:43
I thought it was strange you got here so quickly in such terrible weather.
51:49
And then you found his will and the legend decided to pin it on me.
51:53
You darn crafty devil!
51:56
Indeed, Perkins here is as innocent as I am.
51:59
Remove those handcuffs this instant.
52:02
They're not handcuffs, it's wrong.
52:04
Yeah, I know.
52:05
I didn't pay attention to knot tying class!
52:11
Robert, I can't have a friend who doesn't know knot tying.
52:16
I'm afraid I'm going to have to officially friend break up with you.
52:20
How dare you!
52:27
Wait! I lost my only friend! I just keep landing myself in
52:32
these positions! I hate my life!
52:37
Can we please get on with the script?
52:39
Oh yeah! What's the next line?
52:41
I don't know. Where are we? Do you remember?
52:45
Remove those handcuffs.
52:47
Oh yeah, remove those handcuffs this instant.
52:49
Oh yeah, we already did that.
52:50
Bye!
52:52
Drop the gun, Inspector.
52:55
Aye, me!
52:56
Never! I came here to kill you, Charles.
52:59
And I won't leave until the job is done.
53:11
It's over, Inspector. I could prove your guilt in a second.
53:14
I have the evidence in my study.
53:16
Fetch the papers, Perkins.
53:18
Yes, sir!
53:18
Oh, no!
53:20
No, uh, there, guys, I improvised.
53:25
Just go.
53:27
Can you just...
53:37
Get off.
53:42
Lower your weapon, Inspector.
53:44
It's over.
53:45
Please, Inspector, you're frightening me!
53:48
You are...
53:49
to be frightened you monster you tried to kill you monster you tried to kill charles
53:54
and you
53:54
killed cecil how could you i'll admit i did try to kill charles but
54:00
he never went anywhere near
54:01
cecil in fact when i discovered you and he were having
54:06
an affair i was ever joyed i had the
54:09
perfect mind to pin it on until my accomplice blundered in it's true and
54:14
your accomplice i
54:15
regret to say has been my friend
54:17
ever since we were at school.
54:18
Isn't that right, Thomas Collymore?
54:22
It's true.
54:22
I'm the inspector's accomplice.
54:24
I hope to move the money.
54:25
Brother, I'm surprised that you...
54:30
I don't know what you've become.
54:32
I'm so ashamed.
54:34
I met Inspector Cotta here down at my club a few months ago.
54:37
We found between us we could steal money from the police
54:39
to send your friends' accounts easily.
54:40
Cotta had the access, and I had the facility
54:42
to move the money fast and keep it secure.
54:45
thought until tonight. Line. I
54:50
don't know what page you're on, mate. I don't know what page you're on, mate.
54:56
As for Cecil. As for Cecil, it was a crime
55:01
of passion, simple as that. Cecil, but I loved him, he was my only. Cecil,
55:07
but I loved him, he was my only. Thank you, Perkins. Now
55:12
fetch my
55:13
from the study yes now I
55:24
hold in my hand a written list of every fraudulent
55:26
transaction Thomas Collymore and Inspector Carter made this can be true I
55:34
won't this can't be true I won't believe it I can't believe it but it is
55:39
true when
55:39
I found that he was interfering with you
55:41
Florence my my my own sister
55:46
it was more than I could bear oh
55:52
your sordid
55:54
affair sickened me Florence you broke my heart
56:09
Let me be your wife.
56:13
Press the door, Perkins.
56:14
Charlie, I cannot bear a second.
56:16
Charlie, I cannot bear another second.
56:18
Look at me.
56:21
Silence, Lawrence.
56:22
You are nothing to me now.
56:24
This is the worst night of my life.
56:26
No, no, no.
56:28
This is the worst night of my life.
56:30
No, it is the worst of mine.
56:34
But Thomas, Carter had you fooled, didn't you?
56:37
What do you mean?
56:38
He never intended to share the money with you.
56:41
Let me summarize.
56:42
I love you, Charlie!
56:47
Inspector Carter knew I discovered you and he were both embezzling police money.
56:51
So, you hatched a...
56:53
I've still got the ring, Charlie!
56:55
We can make it work!
56:57
To Charlie, planting poison water for me to drink,
57:01
then mistakenly believing I was dead.
57:03
Inspector Carter tried to pin my murder on...
57:06
Cecil and Florence because of their affair until your accomplice, Thomas,
57:11
landed in and shot my brother Cecil. Carter then tried to pin my murder on
57:16
Perkins instead after finding my will in the ledger. Except
57:22
what you didn't know,
57:23
Thomas, was that the inspector made a 9,000 pound withdrawal from your private
57:27
accounts this morning and after framing someone for my murder planned to flee,
57:31
taking every penny.
57:33
I think it's time to open your attaché case, Inspector.
57:58
The £9,000!
58:00
He allowed you to take all...
58:01
the risk by storing the stolen money in your private accounts isn't that right inspector all
58:06
right it's true i forged your signature at the bank and took out every penny i
58:12
didn't bargain
58:13
with your accountant catching on this quickly and telephoning you so soon you rogue i
58:18
trusted
58:18
you you made a mistake that caught him afraid at your last bang
58:24
ah my fingers uh uh the officers
58:28
awaiting our dignity
58:29
It's stuck.
58:30
The officers are waiting and the whole...
58:54
The officers are waiting.
58:57
In the hall, sir!
59:04
Excellent.
59:05
Escort my fiancé downstairs, Perkins.
59:07
I wish to have a word with Thomas in private.
59:10
Yes, sir.
59:18
Thomas.
59:24
Yes?
59:33
Thomas, you're not the man I knew from eating. You've become greedy and jealous.
59:38
I'm sorry, Charles. I feel as though I'm about to pass out.
59:40
There's a glass of water next to the telephone.
59:43
Oh, thank you, Charles. I'm the kind host.
59:45
Drink it up.
59:46
Most kind.
59:48
Tell me, Thomas. What thing?
59:50
Anything, Charles. I should tell no more lies.
59:52
The glass of poison water...
59:54
the water the inspector left out for me.
59:55
What do you suppose I did with it?
59:57
Well, I don't know.
1:00:00
You mean, you didn't get the...
1:00:03
Charlie, no!
1:00:05
No, no!
1:00:13
Oh, how I wish this could have ended differently.
1:00:19
Thomas, your lies and deceits have...
1:00:22
you inexorably to this end if men allow their conscience to be governed by avarice
1:00:27
then death
1:00:28
and destruction shall prevail betrayed by my brother
1:00:43
betrayed by my fiance and almost murdered by my oldest
1:00:48
friend let us hope
1:00:50
we never, never again see a murder at Habashtemberg.
1:01:18
with me I love it
1:01:19
Russian roulette is not the same
1:01:21
without a gun and baby
1:01:23
when it's love if it's not rough
1:01:25
it isn't fun
1:01:26
I'll get
1:01:32
him high and show him
1:01:33
what a guy
1:01:39
I'll get him high and show him
1:01:41
what a guy
