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First broadcast 22nd January 1989.

Country squire Marcus Waverly and his wife Ada ask Poirot to help before their son Johnnie is kidnapped.

David Suchet as Hercule Poirot
Hugh Fraser as Captain Hastings
Philip Jackson as Chief Inspector Japp
Pauline Moran as Miss Lemon
Geoffrey Bateman as Marcus Waverly
Julia Chambers as Ada Waverly
Dominic Rougier as Johnnie Waverly
Patrick Jordan as Tredwell
Carol Frazer as Jessie Withers
Sandra Freeman as Miss Collins
Robert Putt as Rogers
Patrick Connor as Hughes
Phillip Manikum as Sergeant
Jona Jones as Constable
Jonathan Magnanti as Policeman
Samantha Beckinsale as Barmaid

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00:00Come on, you have a good one.
00:1050,000 pounds?
00:3250.
00:33The last letter said 30.
00:35And the one before that, 25.
00:37You didn't tell me there was another one.
00:41I didn't take it seriously.
00:43Damn it all, Ada, this is England.
00:45People don't go around kidnapping children.
01:07Come on, Carl, try your other car.
01:19Careful, Mummy, mind the car.
01:25Careful, Mummy, mind the car.
01:32Come on.
01:50Miss Lemont.
02:02Yes, Mr. Porro.
02:04It is nearly 11 o'clock.
02:07It is important that I have my tisane punctually.
02:10Of course, Mr. Porro.
02:12It's nearly complete, you see.
02:14My system.
02:15Ah.
02:16Every one of your cases classified and cross-referenced five different ways.
02:22Five?
02:23Oh, yes.
02:25In this cabinet, names of witnesses.
02:28In this, name of perpetrator, if known, victim's trade of profession.
02:33Type of case.
02:35Abduction.
02:36Addiction.
02:37Adultery.
02:38See also under marriage.
02:40Bigamy.
02:41See also under marriage.
02:42Bombs.
02:43See also under marriage.
03:05Mr. Waverly, to see you, Mr. Porro.
03:20Mr. Waverly.
03:25Good morning.
03:26How do you do?
03:27Thank you, Miss Lemont.
03:30You may now go back to your filing.
03:33Miss Lemont dreams of the perfect filing system,
03:37besides which all other filing systems will sink into oblivion.
03:41This morning, she is close to the breakthrough.
03:50Now, what brings you to consult?
03:52Hercule Poirot.
04:03They've accepted me.
04:04Accepted?
04:05Lemont.
04:06You remember I was trying to enter the Lagonda?
04:08I got the entry form this morning.
04:10Not that I can make head or tail a lift.
04:12How exciting.
04:14There's another Lagonda entered by Tommy Branston.
04:17Have you done racing before?
04:19No.
04:20Well, not really.
04:21Who's in with Poirot?
04:23A Mr. Waverly.
04:24A Mr. Waverly.
04:25It's the case.
04:27This morning, I received this.
04:34You have not paid.
04:36Your son will be taken from you at 12 o'clock tomorrow, the 29th.
04:40It will cost you 50,000 pounds to recover him.
04:4450,000?
04:47Damned impartiments.
04:49But do you have 50,000 pounds, Mr. Waverly?
04:51Well, I dare say I might be able to raise it.
04:55I see.
04:57You don't really think they'll do anything, do you?
05:00Mais certainement.
05:01I see no reason to doubt it.
05:03Good God.
05:04Please allow me to introduce you to Captain Hastings, an associate of mine.
05:07Mr. Waverly, a client.
05:09How do you do?
05:10How do you do?
05:11Mr. Waverly has received letters threatening to kidnap his son.
05:15Really?
05:17In England?
05:19Could be some band of foreigners, you know.
05:22Some gang.
05:23These letters give no indication that the writer is a foreigner.
05:30Is there anyone you suspect, Mr. Waverly?
05:32Good God, no.
05:34No one who might bear you the grudge?
05:36Don't think so.
05:38No.
05:39Very well.
05:40Poirot must himself intercede.
05:43Have you shown to Scotland Yard this latest letter?
05:46No, I came straight to you.
05:48It didn't seem much to point.
05:49It didn't seem interested the first time.
05:51I understand your feelings, monsieur.
05:53But now we have once again to interview the intrepid Chief Inspector of Jeppe.
05:58I don't want to be away from home too long.
06:02Five minutes.
06:03No more, monsieur Waverly, for me to pack a bag.
06:07And then we shall board the next train, having seen the inspector on the way.
06:11Oh, I can drive you down.
06:12No, no, mon ami.
06:13I would not dream of imposing on you.
06:15Oh, she could do with a bit of a run.
06:17It is not a dog, Hastings.
06:20We'll meet you the other this afternoon.
06:28Miss Lemon.
06:29Captain Hastings and I will be away until tomorrow.
06:31Hold the castle.
06:32Chief Inspector Jack can see you now, gentlemen.
06:47Well, well, well.
06:48Good morning, Chief Inspector.
06:49This is an unexpected pleasure, Mr Poirot.
06:50Mr Waverly.
06:51Mr Waverly.
06:52Mr Waverly has received another letter.
06:53Oh?
06:54Mr Waverly felt that Scotland Yard was not convinced about the seriousness of the case.
06:57So he came to you, eh, Mr Poirot?
06:59Mr Waverly?
07:00Mr Waverly has received another letter.
07:02Oh?
07:03Mr Waverly felt that Scotland Yard was not convinced about the seriousness of the case.
07:10So he came to you, eh, Mr Poirot?
07:12Mr Waverly is a man of fine judgement and intelligence.
07:15Perhaps this is a serious matter.
07:17You think so, eh?
07:19I think better the safeness than the sorrow, Chief Inspector.
07:25Very true, Mr. Poirot, very true.
07:27If you've got unlimited manpower.
07:30We see a hundred of these every day, Mr. Waverley.
07:33If we was to go chasing about after every one...
07:35A hundred, Chief Inspector?
07:38Well, perhaps not a hundred.
07:40Mustn't be too literal, Mr. Poirot.
07:43Every day?
07:46Every week, anyway.
07:48This is some disaffected employee, some envious neighbour.
07:52We're wasting our time, Mr. Poirot.
07:54No call to take umbrage, Mr. Waverley.
07:56I'm a simple country squire.
07:58I pay my taxes, and I'm used to something in return.
08:01Now I know better.
08:03There are a lot of taxpayers, Mr. Waverley.
08:05There are even quite a lot of country squires.
08:07If we was to...
08:08You're not only uncooperative, sir.
08:11You're damned offensive.
08:13As you so rightly point out,
08:15you were paying me to exercise my judgment and discretion
08:18as to what is a serious threat to public order and what is not.
08:21And this is not.
08:23Your superior shall hear of this.
08:29I hope he enjoys it as much as I have.
08:38That policeman's a fool.
08:40Ah, no.
08:41Jap is a good policeman.
08:44Prevention of crime is not what policemen are best at.
08:47They would need to have one constable for every citizen
08:50and go everywhere with him.
08:52But fortunately for the human race,
08:55most of us have our own little policemen up here.
08:59But this kidnapper has perhaps no little policemen.
09:06The police man.
09:07The police man.
09:08The police man.
09:09The police man.
09:10The police man.
09:16communicate to the police man that he guards up here.
09:19The police man.
09:24You might have some sort of tournot.
09:42C'est magnifique.
09:44This is the new house,
09:46built by an ancestor of mine in 1760,
09:49when the old manor was destroyed by fire.
09:51And you are adding to your kinsman's great work?
09:53No, we embarked on our program of restoration about five years ago.
09:58We've had to stop for a bit,
10:00but I hope we can get going again soon.
10:05There have been Waverless in these parts for 400 years.
10:07400?
10:08And this land around the earth is all yours?
10:11No.
10:12Not anymore.
10:14Used to be,
10:15as far as you could see from the roof.
10:19But, uh, not anymore.
10:23Marcus, you're back.
10:36Hey, darling.
10:37This is Mr. Hercules Cuaro.
10:41Enchanté, madame.
10:44Hercu.
10:44What?
10:45Not Hercules,
10:47but Hercule.
10:49Oh, quite.
10:50A famous detective.
10:51I know.
10:53I'm so glad you're here, Mr. Cuaro.
10:56We didn't know where to turn.
10:58The police will apparently do nothing.
11:01One is forced to pay for peace of mind out of one's own pocket.
11:04But Captain Hastings has told me your charges are quite reasonable.
11:09Indeed.
11:10Oh, well, I didn't specify, of course, just, uh, in general terms.
11:14Ah.
11:14You have got here with alacrity, my friend.
11:1775 minutes, door to door.
11:18Touched 80 on the hog's back.
11:20Huh.
11:21Captain Hastings is besotted by cars.
11:25He was kind enough to tell me about the 24-hour race he's going in for.
11:30We have serious business here, Hastings.
11:33Let us not lose sight of this.
11:35Oh.
11:35Oh, the kidnapping business, you mean?
11:37Yes, I had a word with Mrs. Waverly about that.
11:39I don't think there's too much to worry about.
11:41Work of a crank, those letters, I'd say.
11:43That's very reassuring, Hastings.
11:46But we must not try to walk before we can jump, eh?
11:50I will see the house now, Monsieur Waverly.
11:52By all means.
11:53Well, uh, this is the sitting room.
11:55Opens out onto the terrace, through the French windows.
11:58There.
11:58Oh.
11:59And this is the south side of the house, yes?
12:02Exactly.
12:03And this room is communicating with the library.
12:08Ah.
12:09Bon.
12:12Thank you, Mr. Poirot.
12:16All will be well, madame.
12:25Kidnapping is an easy job, mon ami.
12:29Easy?
12:29That child could have been abducted at any time since its birth.
12:36Well, four years ago?
12:39Well, I don't see that that revances as much.
12:42Au contraire.
12:43It advances us enormously, but enormously.
12:47We must ask ourselves why they make things difficult by warning the Waverlies.
12:55Well, some cases are simple, and some are très compliqués, but all are of interest, eh?
13:13Because all you understand rests solely on the character of the participants.
13:18Certainly.
13:19Certainly.
13:20Forgive me.
13:21It's difficult to make casual conversation when tomorrow we may.
13:25He's ready for bed now, Mrs. Waverly.
13:27Say goodnight, Johnny.
13:28Ah, so this is the famous Johnny Waverly.
13:29Goodnight, old chap.
13:30I can't.
13:31I can't.
13:32I say.
13:33That's rather fine.
13:34You see, Hastings?
13:35A fellow enthusiast.
13:36Come and tuck me up, mon ami.
13:37I'll come up in a minute, darling.
13:38Thank you, Mrs. Withers.
13:39Goodnight.
13:40Goodnight.
13:41Goodnight.
13:42Darling.
13:44Come on, darling.
13:45Come on, darling.
13:49I'll come up in a minute darling thank you Mrs. Withers good night
14:08darling come on darling it'll be all right certainly it will be all right
14:18madam at noon tomorrow Johnny will be surrounded by his friend by his mother
14:24his father Hastings by Poirot no one will kidnap Johnny Waverley
14:48in the future
14:55I'll be right back
14:57I'll be right back
14:59by the way
15:01I'll be right back
15:03to my house
15:05and I'll be right back
15:06and to my house
15:09and to my house
15:11and my house
15:12and my house
15:14It's Mrs. Waverly. She's been taken ill.
15:26Suddenly woke up with dreadful craps.
15:28Doctor's with her now.
15:29Craps?
15:30Must have been something she's eaten.
15:32I'm sorry.
15:33I'm sorry for work.
15:44I'm sorry.
16:14Bonjour, mon ami.
16:17You slept well?
16:19Fine.
16:20Excellent.
16:22And now we enjoy the famous English breakfast.
16:25Well, you may.
16:29What are you having, Hastings?
16:31Well, I think it's kedgery.
16:33Certainly rice.
16:34Can't find anything else in it.
16:40But, Hastings, where is this?
16:44This famous English breakfast?
16:45Well, didn't you notice at dinner last night?
16:47Just one potato each.
16:48Not a big one.
16:49One cutlet.
16:50Mais oui.
16:51But from an English dinner, one expects no more.
16:54But breakfast?
16:56I wonder if they're not short of money, you know.
16:58A fire wasn't lit in my room last night.
17:00Ah, well, get them here.
17:03Now.
17:04This instant.
17:06Every man jack of them, Treadwell.
17:08Very good, sir.
17:11Oh, good morning.
17:13Bonjour, Monsieur Waverley.
17:14And how is Madame Waverley this morning?
17:16She's still weak.
17:17She won't be able to get up today.
17:19Ah.
17:19But there's worse.
17:23Look at this.
17:26In my own bedroom.
17:28I went for my bath.
17:30I wasn't more than ten minutes.
17:31When I got back, there it was, pinned to my pillow.
17:33Just three words at twelve o'clock?
17:36The nerve of the fellow.
17:37Precisely.
17:39There's a traitor somewhere.
17:40Someone on my staff.
17:43Well, I know a trick worth two of that.
17:46What are you going to do?
17:48Sack them.
17:49Sack the lot of them.
17:50Unless one of them owns up, of course.
17:53Treadwell will stay, of course.
17:54He's been here since I was a boy.
17:57And Miss Collins.
17:58I'm sorry, Miss Collins?
18:00My wife's secretary.
18:01Nothing wrong with her.
18:04My God.
18:05I can't abide a traitor.
18:08The staff are assembled.
18:10Mr. Waverley.
18:11Thank you, Treadwell.
18:13Monsieur Waverley, I ask you to reconsider.
18:16The emptier a house is,
18:18the easier it will be for a miscreant
18:20to move about unseen.
18:22Nonsense.
18:24Mr. Poirot, you stick to your job,
18:25and I shall stick to mine.
18:27Then we shan't fall out.
18:29But to empty a house a few hours
18:30before the threatened abduction
18:31seems to me to be...
18:33the height of folly.
18:35How dare you, sir!
18:36You call me a fool!
18:37I'm doing what I consider best
18:40for the defense of my son.
18:41Allow me to be the judge of that.
18:43I cannot prevent you, monsieur.
18:47Quite.
18:47He is stubborn.
18:57That one has things.
18:58He is stubborn.
18:58He is stubborn.
18:58That one has things.
19:00Mon dieu, wonders will never stop.
19:24The chief inspector, Japp.
19:27Light up in a straight line.
19:30A change of path, chief inspector?
19:33Yes, you might say that, Mr. Poirot.
19:35Come on, strain yourself up.
19:36Or you might say,
19:36I don't want to see some poor amateur
19:38get himself in a fix.
19:39Ah, you are too kind, chief inspector Japp.
19:42Your great heart will be your downpour.
19:45True, true.
19:46Now then, where's the simple country squire?
19:51You'll find him in the hall,
19:53sacking all his stuff.
19:55Oh, dear.
19:56Got out of bed the wrong side, didn't he?
19:58Perhaps.
20:00Bon chance.
20:08One of you is responsible.
20:10I expect an answer.
20:22Well, I'm waiting.
20:29Not too fast, mind.
20:31Don't worry.
20:31I won't go over 18.
20:33Kilometers?
20:34Miles.
20:37Whatever happens, Hastings,
20:39it must be back before twerence.
20:41I will not be treated in this manner.
20:44There is nothing more to be said, Mrs. Withers.
20:45There is a great deal more to be said, Mr. Waverley.
20:48I will not...
20:48You may pack your bag
20:50and collect a week's wages from Miss Collins.
20:53And what am I supposed to tell Johnny?
20:55You will say nothing to him.
20:58He is in Miss Collins' care for the moment.
21:01You may go, Mrs. Withers.
21:09What are you doing here?
21:11Morning, Mr. Waverley.
21:12I've brought some men down with me.
21:14I'll disperse them around the house,
21:16if that's agreeable to you, sir.
21:18You were doing the building work up at Waverley, were you?
21:21We'll be again soon.
21:22That's all he keeps telling me.
21:24Ted, I'll believe it when I see it.
21:27I don't reckon she cares about the house,
21:29that sort of thing.
21:30Really?
21:31No.
21:32The whole place could fall down,
21:34as far as she's concerned.
21:37She's the one with the money.
21:39No, you'd never know it,
21:41the way she carries on.
21:43Ted.
21:45Right, one man at the head of the path
21:47that leaves the stables there.
21:49Right, Beecham, at the head of the stables.
21:51Yes, sir.
21:51One man by the main door, of course.
21:53I was born by the front door.
21:55Yes, Erwin.
21:56Two on the perimeter.
21:58George Smith.
22:00And a couple here by the, uh...
22:02Simon's quarters.
22:02That's it.
22:09And scrambled eggs, was it?
22:11Mr. Delmar.
22:12And the litter of sausages.
22:14Oh, yes, sir.
22:15They were kidneys.
22:16Kidneys, yes.
22:17What about bacon?
22:19Crisp.
22:19Of course.
22:21And tea?
22:22Or a nice pint of home brew?
22:24Beer?
22:25For breakfast?
22:26Two pints, please.
22:27But, Hastings, we've got to be back before 12.
22:31Plenty of time.
22:34Right you are, gentlemen.
22:38What an admirable young woman.
22:41So, Hastings,
22:42the renovations at Waverley Court will continue.
22:46I didn't trust that builder, you know, Poirot.
22:48Seems to me he resents the Waverleys.
22:50Perhaps.
22:52Perhaps.
22:52Perhaps.
23:01Two men went to mow, went to mow a meadow.
23:06Two men went to mow, went to mow a meadow.
23:10Two men, one man, and his dog, went to mow a meadow.
23:15Two men, one man, and his dog, went to mow a meadow.
23:19Three men went to mow, went to mow a meadow.
23:23Three men, two men, one man, and his dog, went to mow a meadow.
23:28Good.
23:29Four men went to mow, went to mow a meadow.
23:33Four men, three men.
23:35Four men, three men.
23:36Johnny will be in here with me, with perhaps you here by the windows, and Poirot guarding
23:57the door into the hall.
23:59I don't know about that, sir.
24:00If there was to be any rough stuff, I don't know if Mr. Poirot would be the first person
24:04I'd think of.
24:05Brainwork, yes.
24:06Rough stuff, dubious.
24:08What about his colleague, Hastings?
24:11That'd be more like it, sir.
24:16Do you know what I think?
24:18I think someone's tampered with this.
24:20Someone's tampered with this to keep us out of the way.
24:25How would they have known we were going to use the car?
24:28Ah.
24:29Carefully.
24:38Gently now, Johnny.
24:40Stroke her gently.
24:41She likes it.
24:44She likes you.
24:45How are you feeling now, darling?
24:53Oh, I feel heaps better.
24:55Must have been something I ate.
24:57Well, you just stay in bed and rest.
25:00I'm going to take Johnny down with me now.
25:03Why can't he stay?
25:05Well, he'll be happier downstairs.
25:07And Miss Collins can stay with you.
25:17Bye-bye, darling.
25:18Come on.
25:19Up you come.
25:21Sure you don't need me?
25:22No, no.
25:23You keep Mrs. Waverly company.
25:24Just for half an hour.
25:27Bye.
25:33Well, it's not the carburetor, anyway.
25:35This is not what I long to hear, Hastings.
25:38Eh?
25:39I want to hear what it was.
25:42Not what it was not.
25:45Better still, I want to hear the motor.
25:47Ah.
25:52And two blasts on the whistle, if anyone's apprehended.
25:55Right, sir.
25:55The men all in position?
25:56Yes, sir.
25:57Where the hell is Poirot?
25:59They went out in the car, sir, just as I was arriving.
26:03Right, Sergeant, keep the men on their toes.
26:04Sir?
26:05In the car?
26:06Do you know where they were going?
26:08They didn't confide in me, sir, I'm afraid.
26:10Hmm.
26:22Oh, my God.
26:52BEEP BEEP BEEP
27:22Hey, hey.
27:52Hey, hey.
28:22Hey, hey.
28:52Hey, hey.
29:04We've got him.
29:05We've got him.
29:08Sneaking through the bushes.
29:10He's got the whole dope out.
29:13Fit on him.
29:14We've got him.
29:15We're sneaking through the bushes.
29:18He's got the whole dope out.
29:20Look at this, sir.
29:29Do you know this matter?
29:30Never set eyes on him.
29:32Here's a pretty parcel, if you like.
29:33A bottle of chloroform, cotton wool pad,
29:36and a letter addressed to you, Mr. Waverley.
29:38I don't know anything about this.
29:40I was given that to deliver.
29:41Oh, boy.
29:42By a gentleman. A gentleman I met on the road.
29:47You should have paid up.
29:49To ransom your son will now cost you $70,000.
29:54In spite of all your precautions,
29:56he has been abducted at 12 o'clock on the 29th, as I said.
30:03I should have paid up, should I?
30:05You think you could...
30:15Johnny.
30:1912 o'clock?
30:27What about you?
30:57Mon dieu, the agony.
31:08Are you going to do something, or are you not?
31:12When the time comes to act, Poirot will act.
31:19A pleasing little problem, eh?
31:21Obscure and charming.
31:24Someone fools us all simply by putting the clock forward
31:27ten minutes.
31:30Pleasing. Charming.
31:33My child has been kidnapped.
31:37Ah, oui, madame, but he is safe.
31:41Rest assured, those miscreants will take the greatest care of him.
31:44Is he not to them the goose that lays the golden eggs?
31:49Nobody's seen hiding a hair of that car.
31:54I've given the Surrey police a full description,
31:57but he'll probably switch cars as soon as he can,
32:00or go to earth somewhere.
32:02What about the ruffian you caught?
32:04Name's Joe Rogers, so he says.
32:06He's sticking to his story, anyhow.
32:09Perhaps Poirot can move him.
32:12With all due respect, Mr. Poirot,
32:14if my lads can't shift him...
32:15I can't shift him.
32:25Poirot, shell act.
32:29Ah!
32:30Captain Hastings!
32:32The poiture!
32:32It is recovered?
32:34Damn thing was out of petrol!
32:35The gauge is stuck at full!
32:37Come, we have work to do.
32:39The boy's gone.
32:39I know.
32:40One of the bobbies told me.
32:49Bonjour, Monsieur Rogers.
32:51Yeah.
32:52He's saying good day, you ignorant man.
32:54I would like you, please,
32:59to tell me your story again, Monsieur.
33:03How you came into possession of the package.
33:06Well, I told him all that.
33:10Tell me.
33:11Well, this geezer gave it to me, didn't he?
33:13Did he?
33:14Well, I just told you.
33:15And what did he say, this geezer?
33:20He said I was to take the package
33:21and to deliver it to the big house
33:23at the side door, he said.
33:25Well, he gave me a ten bob note, he did.
33:27He said I was to deliver it
33:29at ten to twelve, spot on.
33:31And what time did you meet him?
33:33Do you know?
33:34Yeah, I'll do as it happens.
33:36It was a quarter past ten.
33:40And can you describe him?
33:42Well, there was something queer about him.
33:47He wasn't tall, well, no taller nor me.
33:50And he wore a tache.
33:51Bad?
33:52Moustache.
33:54And he was all dressed up
33:55in a sort of grey uniform.
33:58With leggings and a cap.
34:00Like a chauffeur, you mean?
34:01Oh.
34:03How old a man was he?
34:04Oh, I don't know.
34:06It's funny, though.
34:08His voice was queer, too.
34:10You know what?
34:11You know that fellow
34:12running round here in a monkey suit?
34:14The toffee-nosed one.
34:16The toffee-nosed monkey suit?
34:18You know, he's either a butler or something.
34:20Anyway, if he was to have a son,
34:22that's just what this geezer
34:24would have looked like.
34:26Like Monsieur Treadwell's son.
34:28Don't get excited, Mr. Poirot.
34:30Mr. Treadwell was with Mr. Waverley
34:32every minute between ten o'clock
34:33and half past.
34:34I got that from Mr. Waverley already.
34:37But has Monsieur Treadwell
34:38got a son?
34:41There's some other explanation.
34:45We'll present it, sir.
34:48Thank you, Monsieur Jap.
34:49You have been most helpful.
34:51And you, Monsieur Rogers.
34:54Oh, well, thanks very much.
34:56Never you mind about that, my lad.
34:57I'm taking you down the local lock-up.
35:00What's the charge?
35:01Fragrancy.
35:02You can't do that.
35:03I've got ten bob in me pocket.
35:05Tell the magistrate all about it.
35:06Come on, lads.
35:12I'm going back to London
35:14to organise a search there.
35:15The answer is here, my friend.
35:17Not in London.
35:19That's as may be, Mr. Poirot.
35:21But the boys in London,
35:22I'll lay odds on that.
35:24Good day to you.
35:25Ah, Monsieur Treadwell, come in.
35:50Come in and sit down.
35:52I would prefer to stand, sir,
35:55if it's all the same to you.
35:56By all means.
36:00You have worked here for many years, huh?
36:03Thirty years, sir.
36:05I came as an underfootman.
36:07Of course, there was a much larger staff in those days.
36:10I see.
36:11So if anyone knows the family secrets,
36:13it would be you, Nespers.
36:13I'm sure, sir,
36:16there are no secrets in the Waverley family.
36:19Of course not.
36:20Mr. Waverley is the most upright of men.
36:22He and his father before him.
36:24Of course.
36:26And Madame Waverley?
36:28A happy marriage, huh?
36:30I'm sure, sir,
36:31Mrs. Waverley is a fine woman.
36:35Of course, she has made changes.
36:38This is not the sort of establishment
36:39that she was brought up to
36:40for all her money.
36:41Quite.
36:44But, uh,
36:45well, I think she's beginning to appreciate
36:48the Waverley way.
36:51Miss Collins,
36:51can I ask you about the boy's nurse?
36:53She'd only been here for about six months.
36:56Was she trustworthy?
36:57Eminently, I should have thought.
36:59And she'd left the house
37:00by the time of the kidnapping anyway.
37:02Quite so, quite so.
37:06She may have had accomplices inside the house.
37:09Was there anyone she was particularly friendly with?
37:11Anyone on the staff?
37:13I'm sure I couldn't say.
37:15I don't listen to chittle-tattle
37:17from below stairs, I'm afraid.
37:18Oh, no, no, quite.
37:19I didn't know, Mrs. Yes.
37:21Oh, excuse me.
37:22I did not know you were still in here.
37:24No, no, that's fine.
37:25We were just about finished.
37:26Eh, Miss Collins?
37:27You're sure?
37:28Oh, yes, thank you.
37:33Merci, mademoiselle.
37:42Anything?
37:43What about you?
37:45Oh, I learnt a lot from Monsieur Treadwell.
37:48And?
37:49There is one thing I do not understand.
37:53I don't understand any of it.
37:54No, no, no, mon ami, it is simple.
37:56But for the one thing.
38:00Here is the child, eh?
38:01Here, in this room.
38:04Guarded by his father and the inspector, Jabb.
38:06Now, the false alarm is raised
38:10and the inspector and Waverly foolishly rush out,
38:14leaving the child undefended, yes?
38:17Yes.
38:17Bon.
38:19Now, the kidnapper comes in
38:21and takes away the child.
38:24Where?
38:26What do you mean, where?
38:28Well, they cannot go out this way.
38:30Waverly and the inspector have just gone
38:32and there is still a policeman
38:33standing not 20 meters away.
38:36This way, yes.
38:42But to what end?
38:46The front of the house
38:48has a policeman outside the door.
38:51The back door, likewise.
38:54That side of the house
38:55is where Rogers has been caught
38:56and excitement reigns.
39:01A problem, eh?
39:02I see what you mean.
39:03The tower!
39:05Come on.
39:06The tunnel!
39:08What tunnel?
39:09A lot of Catholic houses
39:11used to have priest holes.
39:13Places where the priests
39:14used to escape to
39:15if the king's men
39:16came looking for them.
39:18Where is it, this tunnel?
39:26Sacré!
39:27Where does this lead?
39:32It comes out of the mausoleum,
39:34about half a mile away.
39:35Uh-huh.
39:38I need a...
39:39a lamp de poche.
39:40What is that, a lamp of the pocket?
39:42A torch?
39:43Torch!
39:44Oh, I've got one in the car.
39:45Bon.
39:45Who would know of the existence
39:48of this, monsieur Waverley?
39:49Not easy to say.
39:51A few people
39:52who've visited the house,
39:53I suppose.
39:55Mainly just family.
39:57I see.
39:58Servants?
39:59One or two of them,
40:00I suppose.
40:01Miss Collins?
40:02Oh, no.
40:03I'm sure not.
40:04Treadwell?
40:05Oh, he's bound to,
40:06I suppose.
40:07He's been with us so long.
40:08And the child's nurse?
40:11Missy's with us?
40:13I wouldn't have thought so, no.
40:15Here we are.
40:15One each.
40:17Good.
40:18Come, Captain Hastings.
40:19We embark on a voyage
40:20into darkness.
40:26I'll come with you.
40:28No, no, no, no, no.
40:28Captain Hastings and I
40:29must go along.
40:31There's some steps going down.
40:38Forward, Mumbran.
40:50Tell me.
40:51What do you make of this case?
40:54You don't expect me
40:54to think in the dark, do you?
40:56Ah, Hastings,
40:57the little grey serers,
40:58sometimes they work
40:58even better in the dark.
41:01But always we come back
41:02to the same question.
41:04Why would anyone
41:05warn the Waverleys
41:06before they kidnap
41:08the child?
41:08I suppose they hoped
41:09to get the money
41:10without actually being
41:11forced to do it.
41:12But this does not alter
41:12the fact that they were
41:13making a thing difficult
41:14that was perfectly easy.
41:17If they do not specify
41:18a time or date,
41:20nothing would be easier
41:21for them to wait
41:22their chance,
41:22carry off the child
41:23in a motor one day
41:24when he is up
41:25with his nurse.
41:26I suppose so.
41:30I can see a light
41:31up ahead.
41:33Good.
41:34I'm bored
41:35with this tunnel.
41:38Very sweet.
42:00Very nice.
42:01See, the car could be
42:11waiting here
42:11well away from the house.
42:14The child could be
42:15brought through the tunnel
42:16to the car.
42:19The driver makes
42:20the gateway hooting
42:21as he passes
42:22inside of the house.
42:23It is a farce.
42:29Nothing more.
42:37Everything goes to show
42:38that there was an accomplice
42:40inside the house.
42:42The mysterious poisoning
42:43of Madame Waverley.
42:44Poison?
42:44Ah, my poor Hastings.
42:47So innocent.
42:48But, no, no, no, no, no.
42:49It is nice.
42:51But surely you cannot imagine
42:53it was by accident
42:54that Madame Waverley
42:56was conveniently
42:57kept out of the way
42:58on the day
42:58of the kidnapping.
42:59Good God.
43:01Point number two.
43:03Someone in the house
43:04must have pinned
43:05the final note
43:06to Monsieur Waverley's pillow.
43:08Yes, I see that.
43:09Point number three.
43:11The putting on
43:12of the clock
43:12ten minutes.
43:13All inside jobs.
43:16Now,
43:17we have four people
43:18inside the house.
43:20Madame Waverley
43:21and Miss Collins
43:22we can exclude.
43:23The one is
43:24what do you say,
43:25elite?
43:27Bedridden, yes?
43:29The other,
43:30Miss Collins,
43:30is with her.
43:31Well, that only leaves
43:32Mr. Waverley
43:33and Treadwell.
43:34So it does.
43:34I've had enough
43:42of this case.
43:45There is a train
43:46to London
43:46in 40 minutes.
43:48Well, I'll drive you
43:49to London.
43:50No, no, no,
43:50Hastings.
43:51I take the train.
43:57Ah.
43:58Where are you going?
44:05Oh, Captain Hastings
44:06is being kind enough
44:07to drive me
44:08to the station.
44:08Thence I shall
44:09proceed to London.
44:11But the case,
44:12my son,
44:14you haven't done anything.
44:15But I have done
44:16everything, Monsieur.
44:17Then where is he?
44:21I will give you
44:22the address.
44:23It's a blank sheet.
44:30Because I am waiting
44:31for you to write
44:32it down for me.
44:36You will take
44:37Captain Hastings
44:38and me
44:39to the boy
44:40now.
44:43If you do not,
44:45Madame Waverley
44:46will be informed
44:46of the exact
44:47sequence of events
44:48that made up
44:49this dusted
44:50lip cram.
44:53He's all right.
45:06He's well careful.
45:08Of that I have
45:09no doubt.
45:10I have no doubt.
45:16Uh-oh.
45:16Oh, my God.
45:46Jessie?
45:53Daddy?
45:58Daddy!
46:01Johnny's nurse.
46:03Of course, of course.
46:06You are Mr. Treadwell's daughter.
46:08Niece.
46:16I am sure your ingenuity will be equal to the task of explaining the boy's reappearance.
46:34If I did not believe you to be a good father at heart, I would not be so willing to give
46:40you another chance.
46:43I'll do anything to avoid a scam.
46:48Precisely.
46:50Appearances are what matter, eh?
46:52That was why it was intolerable that your wife should call a halt to the restoration work
46:56on the house.
46:58Having a rich wife is not the same as being rich oneself, monsieur.
47:04Don't worry.
47:07I've learned my lesson.
47:09Good.
47:09Your name is an old and honored one.
47:14Do not jeopardize it again.
47:20I shall be sending you my bill.
47:34Drive, Captain Hastings.
47:36Good.
47:36Good use.
48:00Good use.
48:00won't you let me into the secret how did you know it was obvious who sends away
48:18the servants can write the notes who can drag his wife who can put the hands of
48:23the clock forward who can establish an alibi for his faithful retainer
48:27Treadwell has never liked his mistress mrs. Waverley but he is devoted to his master
48:38there were three of them in it Waverley Treadwell and his niece Jessie Withers who gets herself sacked
48:49as noisily as possible so that she can arrange the decoy Rogers pick up the boy from the mausoleum
48:55and drive him away to the little cottage in the woods it was apparent Hastings I shall see you in London
49:07why won't you let me drive you Hastings the train has one advantage over the car he does not often run
49:22out of cold