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June 10, 2024
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The One Act Play That Goes Wrong November 11, 2023 3 PM
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welcome everyone uh i think we we um
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might have some return visitors right from uh wonderful
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wonderful yeah this i feel like if we if we ran
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this show two more weekends we'd be selling out
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just from word of mouth yeah this has to be the most continuous
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laughter that i've i think the
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pac has has seen
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so thank you.
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Thanks for supplying that.
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Yeah, we're very happy to have sponsored
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the Cornell Polytechnic Drama Society
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for today's production of The Murder at Havisham Manor.
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Just a quick reminder, no flash photography, please,
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and no food or drink in the PAC.
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Otherwise, I'm going to turn it over
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to the technical director, Trevor,
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from the...
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the Drama Society for a few announcements. Thank you, Trevor.
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Hello, ladies and gentlemen. First of all, turn off
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your phones. Secondly, if anyone finds a lady
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the Gaga CD in the auditorium, I need that back, please.
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Anyways, enjoy.
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Claire!
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Leave it, just leave it.
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We need the...
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We haven't got time.
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Good evening, ladies and gentlemen,
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and welcome to the...
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Cornell Polytechnic Drama Society's full production of The Murder
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at Havisham Manor.
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I would like to personally welcome you to my directorial
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debut and my first production
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as head of the Drama Society. We are particularly excited to present
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this play because for the
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first time in the society's history, we have managed to find a play that fits the company's
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perfectly. If we're honest, the lack of numbers has hampered
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past productions.
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Last year's Chekhov's play, Two Sisters, or last
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Christmas's The Lion and the
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Wardrobe, and of course our summer musical, Cat. It
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may interest you to know
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that this will also be the first time society has been able to stage a play
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the scale.
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question that we usually have to contend with the small budget such as in last year's presentation
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of royal dolls james and the peach of
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course during the run of that particular show the peach
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sports and we're forced to present a hastily devised alternative entitled
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james where's your
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peach finally we can afford a stage of play as it should be and
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which may i
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I say has been exceptionally well cast.
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I'm sure no one will forget the problems
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with casting before, such as in our Christmas presentation
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of Snow White and the Tall, Broad Gentleman,
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or indeed our previous year's pantomime
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under the Disney classic Ugly and the Beast.
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Duak-du, duak-du!
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I think I...
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I forgot some of my lines.
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Just write them on your hand and don't misspell them.
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Okay.
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But now, on with the main event,
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which I am confident will be our best show yet.
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So without further ado,
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please put your hands together for Susie,
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HK Bridewell's thrilling whodunit,
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the murderess have a shamana.
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Charlie are you ready we're all waiting downstairs to raise a glass your engagement
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Charlie come along now Charlie you've been in there for hours now
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If I didn't know, you bet I'd be thinking you're having second thoughts about the wedding.
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Hang it all, Charlie.
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If you don't come out, I'll come in.
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Darn it.
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He's locked the door.
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Hand me those keys, Perkins.
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They are, sir.
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Thank you, Perkins.
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Now 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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Um, there we are.
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We're in.
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But what's this?
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Charles, unconscious?
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Asleep, surely, Mr. Collymore?
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Darn it, Perkins, I hope so.
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Oh, I'll check his pulse.
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Blast, I knew something was wrong.
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It sounded like Charles, it does appear like this.
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Sir, he's dead!
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Wait, I thought there was supposed to be a sound effect.
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My whole life's a lie!
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Dun-dun-dun.
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Darn it Perkins he can't be he's my closest friend. He's not breathing sir and there's no int
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of a heartbeat. I'm dumbfounded
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He was right as rain an hour ago. I don't understand. He was fit as a fiddle.
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He can't have died. It doesn't make any sense
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Of course it makes sense. He's been murdered
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See your whole life's not a lie. Anyways, um
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Um, do you want me to fetch Miss Collie, Marissa,
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please?
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The police, the police, they wouldn't make it.
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He had days in this snowstorm.
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Oh, police.
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It was snow.
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Let it go.
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I'll tell Inspector Carter.
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He lives just on...
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side of the village. He'll be here in next no time. Hand me the receiver,
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Perkins.
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Thank you, Perkins. Good evening. Give me Inspector Carter.
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Yes, I know it's late. Sir,
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I don't care about the weather. There's been a murder. Someone's murdered Charles have a sham.
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We're not happy.
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about this. That's right. Thank you. He's on his way. Inspector
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Carter? They say he's the best
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darn inspector in the district. He'll crack this case and quick. Very good, sir. And what shall I do?
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Look, every doorman, not a soul gets out of Habersham Manor until the killer is found.
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At once, sir. And assemble everyone in here. Right away,
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sir.
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Good gorgeous, an orange engagement and it's already been a murder.
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Florence, get out.
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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 fair lying there.
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I'm sorry, Florence. It's a shock to all of us.
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His skin is cold to the touch.
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No, Florence, don't touch.
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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, would nast embrace.
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I cannot bear to see my sister in such grief.
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Who could do such thing 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 Collymore.
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It can't be.
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Call me yourself, Cecil.
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Perkins, poor Miss Diftrick.
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Right away, sir.
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Oh my god, he drunk the whole bottle. There's
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not a drop left.
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There's not a drop left.
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Hang it all. There's another on the shelf.
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Of course, so this one's full.
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This is horrifying. I mean, who on earth would have the motivation to murder Charles Havisham?
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I can't imagine.
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It's unthinkable. Right here in his own private rooms at Havisham Manor.
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It's terrible. Just a week after our engagements.
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Thank you Perkins, it was a good brother.
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That's the best whiskey I've ever tasted.
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I can see that.
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Have another to comb your nose.
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Oh, my Charles, my Charles, my head is spinning, I'm going to become hysterical.
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Come down, Florence.
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Another whiskey, sir?
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Yes, yes.
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I can't believe Charles sat up here alone,
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drinking, when he was supposed to be downstairs with us.
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My brother wasn't as happy as he led people to believe.
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Underneath that cheerful mask lay a darker side to the man many didn't know about.
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It's true! His smile was often just the...
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God! I was fortunate enough to be one of the only men he ever truly confided in.
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I've lost a evil friend today.
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We all have Perkins hanging on you 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 on your brother and 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 question in my mind, it was suicide.
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Suicide? Cecil, how could you say that? Of course not. It's murder. Murder in the first
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degree.
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Nonsense. The man was paranoid, jealous, and I can prove it. Perkins!
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Hand me his journal from the mantelpiece.
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Thank you.
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Why, just look at the last entry.
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I feel...
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Dear Florence does not love me. The night of our engagement party despair engulfs my
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soul.
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But I love Charles with all my heart.
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As I said, driven mad with paranoia and jealousy.
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The Inspector!
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Thank heavens he's here. What a terrible snowstorm.
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Good evening. I'm Inspector Carter. Take my case.
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This must be Charles Havisham. I'm so-
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This must have given you all a terrible shock. It did. We're all still reeling
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Naturally are any of you this the deceased's immediate family. I'm Cecil Havisham.
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I'm his brother
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I'm Theron's Collingwell. I'm his fiancee. Tonight was our engagement party. What a sad
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sad thing
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You have you poured one a stiff drink? Yeah, yes
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inspector
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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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It's delicious.
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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 I can get to the bottom of the scarcely business.
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If you'd be so kind as to bring the body downstairs.
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so I can examine it.
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Yes, Inspector?
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I'll lend you hand, Perkins.
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And like all the doors to the house, prepare this room.
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I'll conduct my inquiries in here afterwards.
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Inspector?
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Any ideas on the cause of death, Inspector?
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Could be a number of things.
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Suffocation, strangulation, poison.
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Before fully examining the body, I wouldn't like to say.
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How could someone do it?
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You're just going to body him like that?
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Uh, how could someone do it?
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Try not to think about it, Miss Colliemore.
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Once I've finished downstairs, I'll speak to you each individually,
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and then perhaps you can get some space to calm your nerves.
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In fact, this is all more than I can bear.
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I'll return presently as soon as I've finished
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examining the body.
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Thank God they've all gone.
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Don't say a word.
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They'll find out about us.
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We'll be suspects.
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You and I were happy.
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an affair, what of it? It doesn't mean that we killed him. Of course not, but that's the inspector
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will think. It's fine. We'll just continue as though everything was just as it was. Well,
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except now you won't have to marry my beastly brother. And soon we can be together and not
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keep secrets. But please, while we're here, just the two of us, let me steal one quick embrace.
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Oh, Cecil, we can't if it could be. The end.
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What on earth is going on in here?
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Sorry, I felt...
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Thrusted! Cecil's just cooling my brow.
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I don't see how Mrs. Brow is any business of yours, Havisham.
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Don't be a prig, Tom. Cecil's only trying to help.
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Yes, Tom.
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Very well. If you'll excuse me, I have the pens.
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I don't have the pencil.
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Thank goodness he's gone. That man's such a nuisance.
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He's my brother.
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Let me look at you just once.
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Oh, Cecil.
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Sorry to disturb you, Mr. Colleymore, Mr. Havisham.
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I've...
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Come to collect the keys to lock us all inside.
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They're by the telephone, Perkins.
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Ow! My hand!
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Oh, the phone.
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Is this a real working phone?
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I can call my wife on it.
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Oh, Ethel, she would be so happy.
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Oh, no, wait.
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Dang it, Dennis, you're on stage.
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Tick-tock, tick-tock.
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Think, Dennis, think!
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You've got it.
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I fell off the doors at once.
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You don't think Perkins suspects us, do you?
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That old fool.
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Of course not.
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Oh, Cecil if makes me forget myself.
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I forgot the inspector's notepad.
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What in God's name?
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I was about to faint.
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Cecil caught me.
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You know Cecil.
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I don't appreciate you trying to get your hands
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on my sister the night of her fiance's death.
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You ought to take better care of her than Collymore.
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I'm overcome.
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I haven't got time for this.
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Now I have the inspector's notepad, I'll be on, come on.
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The notepad.
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Stop staring at me!
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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 dream. Oh, Cecil.
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Oh, Cecil.
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Oh, Cecil!
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Oh, um, sorry to interrupt you again, Mr.
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Havisham, Mr. Collymore.
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I've just come to prepare the room.
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Thank you, Perkins.
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Put them by the mantel.
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Put them by the mantelpiece.
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Thank you.
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I think I forgot to take my pills today.
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I think I'm seeing things.
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Can you guys see her?
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Ah, yes, we can.
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Oh, then we all show a delusion.
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We're all schizophrenics in here!
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Yeah!
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Oh.
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Last or alone.
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Oh, Cecil, turn away from here.
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Soon, my love.
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But we can't.
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We mustn't arouse suspicion.
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Cecil, tell me.
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Who do you think killed Charles?
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There's no question in my mind.
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He was killed by your brother, Thomas...
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My brother, what a devil of a situation this is.
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Not say, Foster, Inspector.
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Wait, why are you here?
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Why would Thomas want Charles dead?
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Isn't it obvious he was 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 saw you two tonight.
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At the engagement party, and it drove him half mad, and he snapped and killed Charles.
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But if it is, Thomas, what if he finds out about you and I?
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I don't think there's any question about it.
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He would try to kill us just like he killed Charles.
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Oh, I feel faint again.
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Don't worry, Florence. Follow my lead.
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I'm sorry to have kept you, but now I have examined the body more closely.
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Our interview can proceed.
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Perkins, bring in Charles' personal facts.
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Where do you want them, Inspector?
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Set them down on the mantelpiece.
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As you wish, Inspector.
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Don't go, Perkins!
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I'd like to ask you a few questions first.
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Mr. Havisham, Miss Colliment, if you'd be so kind as to give us a make-
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it's privacy naturally don't just
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stand there Perkins take a seat I don't
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smoke
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but do you go ahead how are you feeling Perkins
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He you were close with Charles have a sham
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Yes, sir
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Close you don't seem very upset by his dad
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Conte I barely take it in. Oh, he was such a kindly charming man.
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It's true
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Once
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Briefly, at the local police station, he...
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Evening, Inspector.
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Once, briefly, at the local police station...
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Of course they didn't notice.
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Police station...
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I ad-libbed.
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He came as a consultant, oral fraud case I was working on.
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I see.
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How long have you been working at Havishow Manor?
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Eighty years.
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80 years?
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8 years.
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And have you enjoyed your time here?
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My time with Havashem 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 butler, but as a friend!
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A confidant!
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Wait, did I get my accent longer, stupid Dennis?
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If you need me again, I'll be in my...
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quarters exits exits exits
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if you'd be so kind as send in Florence Collymar on your way out no
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need I'm
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already here tell us too much of me inspector if you're fragile as glass
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don't harass the cottage men through a lot tonight at last Collymar you found
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me a pencil
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Yes, Inspector.
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Thank you! And my notebook?
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I knew I'd left them somewhere.
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Now I must speak to Miss Colliemore alone.
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Very well. I'll be in the library, Florence.
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Don't fret, Miss Colliemore. My questions will be brief and to the point.
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And then you can get some rest.
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Firstly, how old are you, Miss Colliemore?
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I'll make...
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Note of that?
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How long ago did you first meet your fiancée?
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Only seven months ago.
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But my brother has known him for years.
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When we do, we're married.
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Well, that's enough notes for now, I think, Miss Collymore.
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When you love someone.
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There's no such thing as rushing in, 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-
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love him then? How could anyone have benefited? Can you think of anyone who
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might have benefited from your fiance's death? Cecil! Not even Cecil! Don't tell
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me to calm down. Calm down, Miss Collymore. I wasn't having an affair. Don't raise your
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voice to me, Inspector. You were having an affair. What letter? Then
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how do you
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explain the letter on the mantelpiece? I
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didn't write that letter. You wrote that
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You've read my letter? Where did you find it?
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I'd address to Cecil, wringing your hand, declaring your love for him.
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The whole thought of marrying Charles repulsed you.
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Charles wrote it?
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You've read that letter? Where did you find it?
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In Charles' pocket!
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If Charles wrote it, then it was suicide.
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Or a murder conceived by you and Cecil Havisham so you could run away together.
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How could you even say such a thing?
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It's true. Cecil and I were having an affair. We loved each other.
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But that's all. Neither of us wanted to hurt Charles.
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let alone kill him. It's my job to ask the difficult questions, Mr. Colliemore.
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I'm sorry if this upsets you. Upsets me? How dare you? My
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fiancée was murdered in this
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dairy room a matter of hours ago. I find you a man I must unfitting. I shall make a full
26:28
complaint in Scotland Yard. Scotland Yard will not listen to the complaints of a murderess.
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You diabolical beast. I won't stand for this, Inspector. Accused me again. What's all this?
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What's all this shouting?
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What is this?
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I'm merely interviewing Miss Collie more, nothing
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more.
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Florence, calm down. Stop, stop shouting.
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Um, she's having one of her episodes.
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Snap out of it. You're hysterical.
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Come back here this instant.
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She's run off. I'll fetch her. You stay, Cecil. I dare say to the inspector.
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I have some questions for you. You are Charles' brother after all.
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I'm sorry, Inspector. She's badly shaken.
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It's been quite a night, and it's getting late.
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Eleven o'clock already.
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Well, Inspector, do you have any questions for me?
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Oh, yes, Mr. Havisham.
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those I asked Miss Collymore. Well, fire away, Inspector. I'm at your service. Indeed. You
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and
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your brother, did you get along well? Up and down. Ever since father died,
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there was a bit more
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strain on our relationship. It's no secret he cared for Charles more than myself. This
27:54
is your
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father in the portrait, is it not? It is. Is. He
28:00
looks the spit of Charles, doesn't he? He did.
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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
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throughout our entire childhood.
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He always thought he knew best,
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and father always took his side.
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If he ever didn't get his way, he was unbearable.
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He sounds far from the ideal, brother.
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It sounds like you hated one another.
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Inspector, please, me and my brother...
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My brother had our differences, but deep down we care if you're suggesting
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I had something to do with his death, you are mistaken.
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I see. It's a dark night, Cecil.
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Inspector?
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You can barely even make out the trees.
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What are you saying, Inspector?
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I'm saying, Cecil, that tonight would be the perfect night for you to murder your brother.
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Inspector, please. Me and my brother never truly saw eye to eye, but...
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but deep down we cared for one another.
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And yet you had an affair with his fiancée?
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What on earth gave you that idea?
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A letter I found in Charles' pocket from Miss Collymore to yourself.
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You know about that?
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As it seems, did Charles.
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Well...
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Bravo, Inspector.
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You've found out about...
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Florence and I, but it proves nothing.
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We didn't have a thing to do at his death.
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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,
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He's a dangerously unhinged man with a devil of a temper,
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and Florence is his sister.
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again.
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He can stand the thought of giving his sister up to any man,
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much less his old school chum.
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Tonight's engagement party
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made him half mad,
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Killed Charles. Crime of passion, perhaps, but there it is.
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Thank you, Mr. Havisham. You've been most helpful.
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Perhaps you could fetch Thomas Collymore on your way out.
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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 with the process of your investigation.
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Hang it all, Charles. Who could have killed you?
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Everybody under this blasted roof.
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seems guilty. That's strange. There's something underneath these cushions.
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Allegra? Allegra? Allegra?
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Allegra? Allegra? Allegra? Allegra?
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A ledger!
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Well, stop laughing!
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You think it's so funny!
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This whole play is just not coming right!
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Well, you to the ledger?
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I certainly don't!
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Oh, a ledger, with
31:32
Charles' initials inscribed onto the cover.
31:35
What's inside, notes, bills, what's this, the last
31:41
lentestiment of Charles Havisham dated
31:43
only today?
31:48
Let me see.
31:49
I, Charles Havisham, hereby amends my last lentestament
31:54
to leave my money, Havisham manor, and all its contents and grounds to one.
32:00
Good Lord!
32:03
Thomas Collymore for you, Inspector.
32:05
Ah, thank you, Cecil.
32:07
Tell me, did Charles Vestadi wake up to all his papers?
32:10
Of course.
32:10
Second door on the right.
32:12
I'll return presently.
32:14
Take your time.
32:27
Did you find Florence?
32:29
She ran out onto the grounds.
32:38
Okay.
32:47
What was that?
32:48
Oh.
32:58
Ooh, that's...
33:01
Very heavy painting.
33:07
So, tell me, Thomas, what were your thoughts on Charles and Florence's engagement?
33:12
I was up...
33:13
I love a droid, of course. I love Lawrence and I love Charles.
33:17
I couldn't have proved more of the matter.
33:21
But, Colliemore, it's well known that you're protective of your sister.
33:26
Come on!
33:27
Oh, I'll get it. Oh.
33:30
You're not getting that.
33:32
It's not physically possible.
33:39
Good evening.
33:41
It's for you. What the devil is it your accountants calling
33:47
more at?
33:50
That's 1130 evening. Yes
33:58
Good evening. Yes Thomas calling we're speaking it is inconvenient. Yes
34:03
My recent deposit what of them?
34:07
Disruptancies, what are you talking about?
34:10
Go on, go on where?
34:14
9,000 pounds on a good accord, man.
34:17
Perkins, get in here.
34:18
No, please don't.
34:24
Perkins?
34:25
I think I forgot to take my meds again.
34:28
Perkins, can you fetch me my bank book, please?
34:35
Oh, this is uncomfortable.
34:38
Uh, bank books, sir.
34:43
Thank you, Freckins.
34:46
This is an absolute disgrace.
34:48
I shall report you to your superiors.
34:51
Who am I speaking with?
34:53
Mr. Fitzroy.
34:54
I'll write that name down.
34:57
Other way.
35:00
Your parents will, other way.
35:02
Sorry, wait, why are you laughing at me?
35:06
Stupid Dennis!
35:13
I shall have you know
35:16
that this telephone call
35:18
has put me in a very difficult position.
35:20
I shall hang up the phone this instant.
35:26
What was it, Collymore?
35:28
Money, stolen from my accounts.
35:30
Good God.
35:31
9,000 pounds stolen from my private savings.
35:34
Most irregular.
35:36
What a ghastly business.
35:37
First my oldest friend murdered in cold blood,
35:40
and now I find myself on the edge of financial ruin.
35:43
This evening could get no worse.
35:46
Well, Thomas, I have a confession.
35:49
I wasn't going to say it at first,
35:51
but blast it, the inspector seems to have found it out,
35:54
and I'm tired of keeping secrets.
35:56
Spit it out, Cecil.
35:57
Well, Florence and I are having an affair.
36:00
WHAT?!
36:04
You and my sister!
36:07
Now calm down, Collymore.
36:09
I knew it. You were always a snake in the grass.
36:13
It's not what you think. We're in love.
36:15
My sister does not love you.
36:16
How dare you lay a finger on her?
36:19
Young brother's fiancé. It's disgusting.
36:21
No wonder your father hated you.
36:25
Don't speak about my father that way, Collymore.
36:29
Well, it seems...
36:30
there's no doubt about who killed Charles now.
36:32
He was killed by his own vile little brother
36:34
in a fit of jealous rage.
36:36
I shan't stand for this, Collymore.
36:38
You'll be sorry.
36:39
You ever laid a finger on my sister, Havasham?
36:40
You'll be sorry.
36:56
Oh, hi, Ryan.
36:59
Oh wait, I messed
37:06
it up. I'm really sorry, Ryan.
37:19
Gunshots in the library!
37:21
Boy, Joe!
37:23
Dear God, what's going on?
37:25
I don't...
37:26
No, Inspector, I was in here when I had schemes from downstairs.
37:29
Get in here now, Florence. It's not safe down there.
37:35
Thomas, I'm frightened.
37:38
Don't worry, Florence. You're safe in here.
37:42
What's going on?
37:45
Isn't it obvious? Cecil has lost control.
37:49
Cecil, surely not.
37:51
He killed Charles tonight, driven mad by...
37:54
his love for you, and now he knows
37:56
we've found him out. I cannot
37:58
bear it. Kessel would not do such
38:00
a thing. Of course he would, the blasted
38:02
lunatic. You used to trust people,
38:04
Tom. You've changed.
38:06
This is a fine
38:08
mess, sir. The worst night
38:10
I've seen in eighty
38:18
of service.
38:20
Save me, brother. Save me.
38:23
Don't worry, Florence, I shan't let anyone hurt a hair on your head.
38:27
I'm panicking, I can't believe-
38:29
Kessel?
38:33
Cecil is doing this.
38:35
Try to stay calm, Miss Coleymore.
38:39
I shall faint.
38:41
You shan't faint, confound it, what a devil of a situation this is!
38:45
Not so fast, Inspector!
38:55
Hi, Jonathan. You're doing great. You're my best
39:00
friend.
39:04
We are all going to survive tonight. You hear me?
39:11
Take cover!
39:13
Great score!
39:15
Good endings!
39:16
I'm me!
39:18
Don't panic, Cecil's crash and landing!
39:20
We must lock him out!
39:22
Why are the keys to the door, Perkins?
39:23
Hey there!
39:25
Sir?
39:30
Here there, sir!
39:31
Quickly, Perkins, hand men to me before Cecil-
39:38
Good lord!
39:42
Cecil's dead?
39:45
A double-
39:58
Time of death, quarter to midnight.
40:02
Cecil, no, no, I loved him, I loved him.
40:05
I know it's wrong, I know it was engaged in Charles, but Cecil was smiling.
40:13
I was his, I loved him.
40:14
him. There, there, Miss Collymore.
40:23
Through tears, how will I go on? But who could have killed him?
40:27
That's a good question, Mr. Collymore. And one we need to
40:32
answer quickly, if we all want to get
40:34
out of this house alive. Oh, Inspector, you've given me a chill. Perkins, pour us all another
40:39
scotch.
40:42
Of course, Inspector.
40:46
Now tell me, is there anyone you know of still in the grounds other than the four of us?
40:52
Not a soul.
40:54
The staff will go home at the weekends, except for Perkins, of course.
40:59
Go on, I need that.
41:01
Does anyone have access to the grounds?
41:03
No one, Inspector.
41:05
I'm the only one with the master key and as instructed, I locked and bolted.
41:11
the doors as soon oh god the audience staring at me as
41:16
soon as you then who
41:21
could have killed him that's a good question mr.
41:26
Collymore and one we need
41:28
to ask quickly if we all want to get out of this house alive oh inspector
41:34
you've
41:34
given me a chill Perkins poor soul another scotch of course
41:39
inspector? Now tell me,
41:41
is there anyone you know of still
41:43
in the grounds other than the four of us?
41:45
Not a soul. The staff will go home
41:47
at the weekends, except the pagans, of course.
41:50
Good God, I knew that. Does anyone have access
41:53
to the grounds? No one, inspector.
41:56
I'm the only one with
41:57
a master key, and as instructed,
41:59
I locked and bolted the doors
42:00
as soon as you were high.
42:02
Then who could have killed him?
42:04
That's a good question.
42:07
Mr. Collymore and one we need to answer quickly if we all want
42:12
to get out of this
42:13
house alive. Oh inspector you've given me a chill. Perkins pour
42:18
us all another
42:19
scotch. Of course inspector. Now
42:24
tell me is there anyone you know of still in the
42:27
grounds other than the four of us. Not a soul. The staff will go here in the weekend
42:32
except the Perkins. Of course.
42:36
Thank you.
42:38
Good quality of that.
42:40
Is anyone of access to the grounds?
42:43
No one, Inspector.
42:44
I'm the only one with a master key, and as instructed,
42:48
I locked and bolted the doors as soon as you arrived.
42:54
Then who could have killed him?
42:57
That's all.
43:00
Good question, Mr. Colleymore.
43:04
And one we need to answer quickly, if we all want to get out
43:09
of this house alive!
43:11
Oh, Inspector, you've given me a chill!
43:14
Perkins, pour us all another scotch!
43:16
Of course, Inspector!
43:19
Now tell me, is there anyone you know of still in the grounds other
43:25
than the four of us?
43:26
Not at all!
43:27
The staff will go hem at three guns, except for Perkins, of course!
43:31
Pfft!
43:32
Because we're neither that!
43:33
Has anyone access to the grounds?
43:36
No one, Inspector!
43:38
I'm the only one with the master key, and as I took it, I locked and bolted the doors
43:43
as soon as you arrived.
43:47
Then?
43:48
Who could have killed him?
43:51
That's a good question, Mr. Carlymore.
43:56
And why we need to answer-
43:59
Quickly, if we all want to get out of this house, I'll lie!
44:04
Oh, Inspector, you've given me a chill!
44:06
Pelicans, pour us all into the scotch!
44:09
Of course, Inspector!
44:13
Now tell me, is there anyone you know of still in the grounds?
44:19
Other than the four of us!
44:21
Not a soul!
44:22
The staff are going to have it the weekend, except for Pelicans, of course!
44:27
Good God, I needed that.
44:28
Does anyone have access to the grounds?
44:32
No one, Inspector.
44:34
I'm the only one with the master key.
44:36
And as instructed, I locked and bolted the doors
44:41
as soon as you hived.
44:50
Then he could have killed him.
44:56
No one could have killed him except for the people in this room!
45:06
You're right. It's one of us.
45:08
Hey, tall! I'm stuck in a room full of murderers!
45:14
Blast and blimey!
45:16
One of you killed Charles and a lavish arm tonight,
45:19
and we shan't leave this house till the matter is solved.
45:22
You, take this booty outside!
45:23
Yes, sir!
45:25
I'm gonna do hands, Perkins.
45:43
Well, just improvise, you know?
45:45
You gotta take your shot.
45:49
You know, like Hamilton, that's the musical we're doing.
45:51
doing. Right? No. Well, yeah, but this guy's,
45:57
I mean, Hamilton, he just got shot, right?
46:00
No. But Hamilton gets shot. Dude, no. Well,
46:06
yes, but like, no. I think you need to check
46:10
your history facts, because if I know one thing, it's Hamilton got shot
46:15
on the eve of
46:17
April 1st, 19...
46:19
06!
46:24
Can you put your feet like...
46:32
We'll get you to safety, Lin-Manuel Miranda!
46:37
Help me, guys!
46:43
So...
46:47
let's go over the fox oh it's such a terrible night florence
46:53
you were engaged for mario charles
46:55
a man who according to your letter you despised not only this but you were having an affair
47:00
with
47:00
his brother cecil cecil it seems plausible to me that
47:06
you both murdered him so you could be
47:07
together oh stop it inspector cecil's dead too now and i certainly didn't what what
47:13
is
47:16
this inspector. Oh, and he's Hamilton's
47:21
wife, Eliza. How are you doing, Eliza? Please stop
47:26
it.
47:32
Oh, you Angelica. She sings that cool song, you know, Satisfied.
47:43
Okay.
47:48
Behave some decorum!
47:53
Someone ought to fetch her medication!
47:57
Oh, God.
48:00
Darn it, someone's locked the door.
48:03
Good God, we're trapped!
48:06
Trapped?
48:06
My God!
48:12
oh is this the room where it happens well yes but
48:17
like no no wrong play man
48:19
it's not even a musical you killed your fiancee Florence what do you have to say
48:23
for yourself oh I have an idea you like a millionette
48:28
hello I'm Joe and I'm here
48:32
to teach you comedy okay
48:44
I want to start another minute of this, Inspector.
48:46
You're all beasts.
48:47
Did you enjoy killing your husband, Miss Collymore?
48:50
How dare you make such an accusation, Inspector?
48:54
Calm down, Florence.
48:56
I want to start another second of this.
48:57
If I can't get out of the door, I shall slide it from the window.
49:01
Oh, my God, you're trying to climb out of the window.
49:05
Don't go out of the window.
49:06
It's tall and you'll hurt.
49:08
yourself. It's three stories up. Don't go out of the window. I
49:14
need to interview you
49:15
more. Oh, dear. Now? Oh, no. Oh, goodness.
49:20
Don't go out of the window. Oh, dear. I am
49:23
no murderer. Calm yourself, Miss Quillimore. You and Little Havisham both
49:29
have plausible
49:29
motives for murder, but not the true motive. What are you saying, Inspector? I'm saying
49:34
a true motive belongs to
49:36
Perkins Perkins oh I get it we're not doing Hamilton we're doing high school
49:41
musical you shall pay you're being accused of
49:46
a murder oh yeah you
49:51
Perkins
49:52
a little earlier I stumbled across Charles newly written last will and
49:55
testament it is only today planning that Charles wants to make Perkins the
50:00
beneficial beneficiary of his inheritance surely not Perkins
50:04
Save your plane for the police station. Cuff him, Thomas.
50:12
Please don't do anything good.
50:19
I'll drive it in myself as soon as the snowstorm has passed.
50:22
That won't be for hours. The snow is at its peak.
50:25
Surely Perkins didn't kill Sussle as well.
50:28
Of course he did.
50:29
Chup, set, per, set.
50:32
I still found him out, and Perkins killed him to keep him quiet.
50:35
This is all a misunderstanding.
50:37
I didn't kill anyone, but I know who has.
50:41
You know?
50:42
Who killed Charles?
50:44
I do.
50:47
The Inspector Dead!
50:53
Oh no, my voice is all tired out.
50:55
Now I won't be able to sing Stick to the Status Quo.
51:01
And get your head in the game! Everybody, sing with me! Ow!
51:07
Okay, um, you killed him?
51:18
Uh, poppycock.
51:20
You did it and I know why!
51:22
Shut your mouth, pack-ins!
51:24
You did it because Charles didn't know about the police money you were.
51:29
Embezzling?
51:30
Nonsense!
51:32
You mentioned you read several
51:34
one day vows
51:36
with Charles before at the
51:38
local police station. You said
51:40
he was consulted on the fraud
51:42
case you were working on.
51:44
What's of it? Charles came home that night
51:46
very intrigued
51:48
by the whole case.
51:50
He found out the reason why no arrests were made
51:52
was because the man committing the fraud
51:54
was your own!
51:56
WAS YOURSELF! YOU WERE THE IMBEZO-
52:01
No, wait, that can't be right.
52:03
You were Troy Bolton?
52:06
Oh, you were the poop-a-tator! You were the poop-a-tator!
52:11
You can't prove it!
52:14
But Charles Corden, that's why you killed him.
52:18
I know your secret, Inspector. What are you going to do now?
52:22
KILL ME TOO-
52:26
I will
52:28
Hold on
52:31
I found it
52:32
Oh, this is a Hamilton
52:34
You're doing the duo
52:35
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
52:39
The Ten Duo Commandments
52:42
What a devil of a situation
52:44
This is
52:45
Not so fast in speckle
52:51
Charles
52:53
Mr Havisham!
52:54
Charlie, I thought you were dead.
52:56
You're alive.
52:57
It's not possible.
52:58
Oh, I'm afraid it is.
52:59
You couldn't kill me that easily.
53:04
How did you survive?
53:05
I simply didn't drink the poison water you left out for me this afternoon.
53:09
How did you know it was me?
53:10
I told Perkins, we've been working together all along.
53:14
Ever since we last spoke at the police station, it was clear you thought I was onto you.
53:18
It was at that point I became afraid you'd try to kill me.
53:20
For months now I had my guard up and tonight you fell into my trap.
53:25
You were hiding in the grounds ever since this afternoon when you planted the poison.
53:29
I thought it was strange you got here so quickly in such terrible weather.
53:34
Oh now it's the typical, it's the thing Eliza and Angelica fight over Hamilton.
53:40
And then there's Aaron Burr who shoots Hamilton.
53:43
Please don't.
53:49
And then you found Charles's will.
53:52
Sorry, uh, sorry, uh, Aaron Burr.
53:56
Um, then you found his will and the legend decided to pin it on me.
54:00
You darn crafty devil!
54:02
Crafty indeed.
54:03
Perkins here is as innocent as I am.
54:06
Uncut those handcuffs this instant.
54:13
Drop the gun, inspector.
54:16
Amy!
54:18
Never! I came in to kill you, Charles, and I won't leave until the job's done.
54:22
It's over, Inspector. I can prove your gift in a second.
54:25
I have to evidence my study. Fetch the papers, Perkins.
54:29
Yes, Lin-Manuel Miranda.
54:42
Lower your weapons, Inspector. It's over.
54:45
Please, Inspector, you're frightening me!
54:47
You ought to be frightened!
54:49
You monster, you tried to kill-
54:51
You monster, you tried to kill Charles and you killed Cecil. How could you?
54:56
I'll admit, I tried to kill Charles, but I never went anywhere near Cecil.
55:00
In fact, when I discovered you and he were having an affair, I was overjoyed.
55:05
I had the perfect man to pin it on until my accomplice blundered in.
55:09
It's true. And your accomplice, I regret to say.
55:13
has been my friend ever since we were at school.
55:15
Isn't that right, Inspector?
55:18
You mean Thomas Collymore?
55:20
Thomas Collymore.
55:23
Yeah, it's true.
55:24
I'm the inspector's accomplice.
55:26
I helped him move the money.
55:28
Brother, I'm surprised at you.
55:32
I don't know what you've become.
55:33
This is not going to end well.
55:35
I'm so ashamed.
55:37
I met Inspector Carter here a few months ago, down at my club.
55:40
We found two...
55:41
us we could steal money from the police sundry funds accounts easily car to the access and i
55:46
had the facility to move the money fast and keep it secure also i felt until tonight line
55:57
i don't know a page wrong mate as for cecil as
56:02
for cecil that was more kind of fashion
56:05
simple as that cecil but i loved him he was my only cecil but i loved him
56:09
was my own name. Told you so. Thank you, Perkins. Now fetch my pipes from the
56:14
set study. Yes, sir.
56:17
Now I hold in my hand the written list of every fraudulent transaction, Thomas Collymore
56:22
and
56:23
Inspector Cotta May. This can't be true. I won't believe it. This can't be true. I
56:28
won't believe it.
56:29
I can't believe it. But it is true. When I found out he was interfering with you.
56:37
You
56:38
Florence my own sister. Well, it was more than I could bear your assorted affair. Second me Florence.
56:44
You broke my heart
56:45
I made I made a mistake please take him back. I'll be yours on over again.
56:50
Take back a woman who betrayed me never
57:05
Look at me!
57:07
Silence, Florence. You're nothing to me now.
57:09
This is the worst night of my life.
57:10
No, no, no!
57:13
This is the worst night of my life!
57:15
No, it is the worst of mine.
57:17
But Thomas, Carter had you fooled, didn't he?
57:21
What do you mean?
57:22
He never intended to share the police money with you.
57:25
Let me summarize.
57:26
I love you, Charlie!
57:33
Inspector Cotton discovered you and he were
57:38
both embezzling police money.
57:40
So he hatched a...
57:41
I still got the rain, Charlie! We can make it work!
57:45
...planned to kill me, planting poison water for me to drink.
57:48
Then mistakenly believing I was dead.
57:51
He then tried to pin it on Cecil and Florence because of their affair.
57:55
Interior accomplice, Thomas, blundered in and shot my brother Cecil.
57:59
He then tried to pin it on...
58:01
after finding the will in my ledger.
58:03
Take me back, Charlie, if you know it's good for you!
58:08
Except what you didn't know, Thomas,
58:10
was that the inspector made a 9,000-pound withdrawal
58:13
from a private saving this morning
58:15
after framing someone for my murder.
58:17
Plan to flee, taking every penny.
58:20
I think it's time to open your attache case, inspector.
58:24
Good luck.
58:34
You can do this.
58:44
The 9,000 pounds?
58:53
That's a lot of money.
59:00
He allowed you to take all the risks by storing the stolen money in your private accounts.
59:04
Isn't that right, Inspector?
59:07
It's true.
59:08
I folded your signature at the bank and took out every penny.
59:12
I hadn't bargained with no accountant catching up this quickly and telephoning you so soon.
59:17
You rogue!
59:20
You made a mistake, Dad Carter, and I'm afraid it's your last.
59:32
Bang!
59:33
Ah, my fingers!
59:34
The officers are waiting in the hall.
59:39
Oh, ding, that bit stuck.
59:41
The hall sucks.
59:47
Save me, Mommy.
59:56
The officers are waiting in the hall, sir.
1:00:02
Uh, uh, uh, uh, excellent.
1:00:06
Escort my fiancé downstairs, Perkins.
1:00:08
I wish to have a word with Thomas in private.
1:00:12
Yes, sir.
1:00:16
Thomas, you're not the man I knew from Eaton.
1:00:19
You've become greedy and jealous.
1:00:21
I'm sorry.
1:00:22
Thomas Charlie I feel as I'm about to pass out there's some water by the
1:00:25
telephone thank you Charles ever the kindest drink it up
1:00:29
most can't tell me Thomas one thing anything
1:00:36
Charles I shall tell no more
1:00:38
lies the glass of poison water you left out for me this afternoon what do you
1:00:42
suppose I did with it well I did not
1:00:50
what do you mean Charlie
1:00:59
Charlie no Thomas
1:01:07
you're
1:01:13
not the man I need from
1:01:14
eaten I fear as though I'm about
1:01:18
to faint oh how worse this oh
1:01:23
how worse this could have ended differently Thomas
1:01:26
your lies and deceits have left you inexorably to this end if men allow
1:01:30
their conscience to be governed by aris the death and destruction shall prevail
1:01:34
betrayed by my brother was
1:01:44
that guns and chips
1:01:49
Betrayed by my fiance, almost murdered by my oldest friend, let's
1:01:55
hope we never again
1:01:56
see a murder at Havisham Manor.
1:02:14
When you're with me
1:02:15
Russian roulette is not the same
1:02:18
Without a gun
1:02:19
And baby when it's love
1:02:21
If it's not rough it isn't fun
1:02:23
Oh, oh, oh, oh
1:02:28
I'll get him high
1:02:29
Show him what I got
1:02:31
Oh, oh, oh, oh
1:02:36
I'll get him high
1:02:37
Show him what I got
1:02:40
Can't read love, can't read love
1:02:42
I know.
