First broadcast 3rd August 2008.
Miss Marple is visiting an old school friend, Lady Camilla Tressilian, along with an eclectic group: Neville Strange and his wife Kay, his former wife Audrey and her childhood friend and cousin Thomas Royde, Ted Latimer (who is something of a gigolo and very attracted to Kay Strange) and finally Freddie Treves, a retired solicitor.
Geraldine McEwan as Miss Marple
Julian Sands as Thomas Royde
Zoë Tapper as Kay Strange
Paul Nicholls as Ted Latimer
Greg Wise as Nevile Strange
Saffron Burrows as Audrey Strange
Julie Graham as Mary Aldin
Tom Baker as Frederick Treves
Eileen Atkins as Lady Tressilian
Greg Rusedski as Merrick
Wendy Nottingham as Mrs Rogers
Amelda Brown as Barrett
Peter Symonds as Hurstall
Eleanor Turner-Moss as Diana Brinton
Guy Williams as Dr Lazenby
Jo Woodcock as Alice
Alan Davies as Superintendent Mallard
Ben Meyjes as Inspector Tipping
Thomas Arnold as Jones
Stewart Bewley as PC Williams
Mike Burnside as George
Miss Marple is visiting an old school friend, Lady Camilla Tressilian, along with an eclectic group: Neville Strange and his wife Kay, his former wife Audrey and her childhood friend and cousin Thomas Royde, Ted Latimer (who is something of a gigolo and very attracted to Kay Strange) and finally Freddie Treves, a retired solicitor.
Geraldine McEwan as Miss Marple
Julian Sands as Thomas Royde
Zoë Tapper as Kay Strange
Paul Nicholls as Ted Latimer
Greg Wise as Nevile Strange
Saffron Burrows as Audrey Strange
Julie Graham as Mary Aldin
Tom Baker as Frederick Treves
Eileen Atkins as Lady Tressilian
Greg Rusedski as Merrick
Wendy Nottingham as Mrs Rogers
Amelda Brown as Barrett
Peter Symonds as Hurstall
Eleanor Turner-Moss as Diana Brinton
Guy Williams as Dr Lazenby
Jo Woodcock as Alice
Alan Davies as Superintendent Mallard
Ben Meyjes as Inspector Tipping
Thomas Arnold as Jones
Stewart Bewley as PC Williams
Mike Burnside as George
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00:00:00Such captivating green eyes
00:00:24Those tender and sweet eyes
00:00:29Those never, ever mean eyes
00:00:33They're so loving and true
00:00:37The sea beneath the blue skies
00:00:43Reflecting your green eyes
00:00:47Do you know something, Miss Marple?
00:00:51I rather suspect that you and I both shared a secret passion.
00:00:56Do we, Mr. Cheebs?
00:00:58Murder.
00:00:59Murder, Miss Marple?
00:01:01Oh.
00:01:03Well, I'm not quite sure that I would describe it as such.
00:01:06Detective stories, they get it all wrong, don't they?
00:01:08Always begin with the murder when the murder should come at the end, don't you think?
00:01:12In certain cases, perhaps.
00:01:15But then again, I...
00:01:17Yes, Miss Marple, I think it'll be safe to say I'm pretty expert in these matters.
00:01:20Oh, without a doubt, Mr. Cheebs.
00:01:23You've devoted a whole lifetime to the law.
00:01:25And 99 times out of 100, the murder evolves over years, with all the causes and events bringing certain people to a certain place at a certain time.
00:01:32Oh, what's the word?
00:01:33All...
00:01:34What's the word?
00:01:35Converging, Mr. Cheebs?
00:01:37That's it.
00:01:38Converging.
00:01:39Converging towards a given spotter.
00:01:41Then it comes, wallop!
00:01:43The zero hour.
00:01:44The zero hour.
00:01:45All converging.
00:01:46Converging.
00:01:47Converging.
00:01:48Towards...
00:01:49Zero?
00:01:50Yes.
00:01:51Bullseye!
00:01:52Towards zero.
00:01:54Towards zero.
00:01:56The zero hour.
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00:02:25I bumped into Monty yesterday.
00:02:29Did you?
00:02:31She's asked us to join them in Monty in July.
00:02:36And that needs to be divine.
00:02:39It's too sickening we can't.
00:02:43We can't, can we?
00:02:46No, we can't.
00:02:50I don't want to go to Dreary or Devon.
00:02:52We have to.
00:02:53I owe it to Camilla.
00:02:55I know I'm going to suck up to her a bit.
00:02:57It's not a question of sucking up.
00:02:59It's a question of affection.
00:03:02Old piles of dosh.
00:03:06You know she hates me.
00:03:08Of course she doesn't.
00:03:09It's all about Audrey, I know it is.
00:03:11I mean, she's never forgiven me.
00:03:13She's old.
00:03:15Her generation finds divorce hard to take.
00:03:19She even thinks you behaved badly.
00:03:22I did.
00:03:23Just because Audrey chose to make such a frightful fuss.
00:03:28She had a nervous brain now.
00:03:30She was playing up.
00:03:32You have to learn to lose gracefully.
00:03:34You have to accept these things.
00:03:36She did.
00:03:38She divorced me so we could marry.
00:03:41Anyway, you two have nothing in common.
00:03:43She's just like a mangled old dishcloth.
00:03:47She gives me the creeps.
00:03:55Perhaps we should join Bunty down in Monte Carlo.
00:03:58What about Devon, Camilla?
00:04:01You can always pop down in September.
00:04:02But I thought she's always there in September.
00:04:05Audrey, you mean?
00:04:06Yes, of course, Audrey.
00:04:08Well, we can't be there at the same time.
00:04:15Preposterous.
00:04:16The boy must be barking.
00:04:17It does seem rather odd.
00:04:18It's wives making friends.
00:04:21Oh, it's too revolting.
00:04:22No, no, no.
00:04:23It can't be Neville's idea.
00:04:25Must have come from that ghastly trollop he married.
00:04:27Well, people tend to be a little more relaxed nowadays about this sort of thing.
00:04:30Not under my roof.
00:04:31And it's only because Matthew, God rest his soul, was so devoted to the boy that I allow
00:04:35that scarlet toad creature here at all.
00:04:37I do not like her.
00:04:39The way she pursued Neville until his marriage was in tatters.
00:04:43No, I blame her entirely for the whole thing.
00:04:45Well, Neville had a little to do with it.
00:04:48Well, of course he did, stupid boy.
00:04:50But if it hadn't been for that harlot's persistence, poor Audrey, what that woman's been through.
00:04:58And she was so nearly such a good wife.
00:05:00If only she'd been a little more athletic.
00:05:05Nowadays, there's simply no...
00:05:11Discretion?
00:05:12Exactly.
00:05:13So girls like Kay Mortimer go around stealing other people's husbands and gather about with
00:05:18entirely unsuitable types like that young man who's always hanging around her.
00:05:22Ted Latimer?
00:05:24Yes.
00:05:25Touch of the dago, I suspect.
00:05:27Unless he wears makeup, which wouldn't at all surprise me.
00:05:29Well, he's a friend from her Riviera days.
00:05:31And I'd very much like to know how he manages to live the way that he does.
00:05:36By his wits, I would imagine.
00:05:38I expect he'll be loafing about at Easterhead while they're here.
00:05:42Oh, why can't everyone leave me in peace?
00:05:46Old Freddy Treves practically next door at the Balmoral Court.
00:05:49Thomas Roy, boring as all senseless with tales from a lair.
00:05:55And Miss Marple, of course.
00:05:56Oh, and of course, Marple.
00:05:59A sketching holiday, I ask you.
00:06:02She'll be over at Easterhead, too.
00:06:04Mmm.
00:06:05Marple and the Jiggler.
00:06:07Well, now, there's a thought.
00:06:09No doubt she'll be poking her nose in everywhere.
00:06:12She was just the same at school and such a ghastly swat.
00:06:14Perhaps you'd prefer that I put Neville off.
00:06:18Oh, no.
00:06:19Let them all do what they want.
00:06:21With any luck, I'll be dead by September.
00:06:28Pierce.
00:06:28Pierce.
00:06:38Advantage Strange.
00:06:44His backhand's good.
00:06:48I'll give him that.
00:06:50I wasn't expecting to see you here.
00:06:53Oh, you know me.
00:06:54Never miss an opportunity.
00:06:57And how's the devoted wife today?
00:07:00I'm absolutely furious.
00:07:06Pierce.
00:07:07I've never got it into his head all this time that Audrey and I,
00:07:10Audrey, mind, that we should become bosom buddies.
00:07:17What on earth for...
00:07:18I haven't the faintest idea.
00:07:20Have you ever heard of anything so stupid?
00:07:22And he wants us all to go on a jolly holiday together down to Camilla's in Devon.
00:07:26I don't know what's got into him.
00:07:29When are you going?
00:07:30September, apparently.
00:07:31It's bound to be her doing.
00:07:34Sneaky little cat.
00:07:35Don't worry, sugar.
00:07:36I'll be there to hold your hand.
00:07:38I'll book a room again at that hotel across the bay.
00:07:45Advantage Merrick.
00:07:46Oops.
00:07:57Out!
00:08:00The ball was out.
00:08:02It was in you.
00:08:03Yes, it was.
00:08:05Game 7 championship Merrick.
00:08:086'3",
00:08:092'6",
00:08:106'4".
00:08:12That's Neville's trouble.
00:08:13He's too bloody sporting.
00:08:24I must say, my dear,
00:08:26I found Neville's suggestion quite disgusting.
00:08:28It might, you know, be rather a good thing.
00:08:30But you can't want to be here with that dreadful woman.
00:08:32It's not that bad.
00:08:33And if Neville wants it.
00:08:35But do you want it?
00:08:37That's the question.
00:08:39Yes?
00:08:43My God.
00:08:44What is it?
00:08:46For a second there, I thought it was Rita Hayworth.
00:08:48You stupid child.
00:08:50And he caught his own thing.
00:08:52A rude, horrible creature.
00:08:56How are you?
00:08:58Irresistible.
00:08:59We've been so looking forward to this, darling, haven't we?
00:09:01We couldn't wait.
00:09:03Hello, Camilla.
00:09:04Kay.
00:09:05Yes.
00:09:06Settled in?
00:09:07Yes, thank you.
00:09:10Naughty boy.
00:09:15This is all perfectly ghastly.
00:09:17Thomas.
00:09:29Hello, Mary.
00:09:32How lovely.
00:09:34Seven years.
00:09:36Nearly eight.
00:09:37Is it really?
00:09:38That's too long.
00:09:39How's the plantation?
00:09:46Damned hard work.
00:09:47Rubber, isn't it?
00:09:49Yes, but I'm thinking of branching out into Sago.
00:09:52Sago?
00:09:55Well.
00:09:57Nothing's changed much around here.
00:09:59Oh, except for that vile new hotel.
00:10:08Nice of the old girl to put me up.
00:10:32I hope that he hasn't been a bother.
00:10:34It's a godsend, believe me.
00:10:36Audrey's particularly looking forward to seeing you.
00:10:39Is she?
00:10:41Things have been very difficult with Neville and his wife there as well.
00:10:44His idea, apparently.
00:10:46Not a very good one, as it turns out.
00:10:48Mr. Treede, sir, welcome back to the Balmoral Court.
00:11:05Oh, Mrs. Rogers, the old gap all speak and span.
00:11:08There's been a slight change of plans, sir.
00:11:10Oh?
00:11:11But I'm sure you won't be disappointed.
00:11:13There she is, stately as a galleon.
00:11:19Yes, dear old gull's point.
00:11:21No, stop.
00:11:48What the devil?
00:11:51Oh, I'm so sorry.
00:11:53I didn't mean to startle you, but I thought...
00:11:57Ah.
00:11:58Yes, I'm afraid I've always tended to stand too near the edge.
00:12:03Yes, it is rather tempting, isn't it?
00:12:05Had to fetch this.
00:12:06Thought I'd get some air.
00:12:08But Neville's strange.
00:12:10I know.
00:12:11Jane Marple.
00:12:13I've just popped in to see Camilla and came up here to try a little sketch.
00:12:17Friend of hers, aren't you?
00:12:18Oh, yes.
00:12:19We go back a long way.
00:12:21On and off.
00:12:21Such a pity about Wimbledon, Mr. Strange.
00:12:25That boy who beat you.
00:12:26Barry.
00:12:27Merrick.
00:12:28Flash in the pan, I'm sure.
00:12:30The best man on the day.
00:12:34Sporting life.
00:12:35Oh, how fascinating.
00:12:38You must tell me all about it this evening.
00:12:41This evening?
00:12:41That would be nice.
00:12:45Goodbye, then, Mr. Strange.
00:12:47This is all I could find.
00:12:52The illustrated post.
00:12:54That'll do, I suppose.
00:12:57Neville?
00:12:58I'm so sorry, Neville.
00:12:59I thought you were speaking to me.
00:13:02Oh, that's...
00:13:03I'm so sorry.
00:13:11Who the hell are you?
00:13:12Roy.
00:13:13Thomas Roy.
00:13:14Oh, yes.
00:13:15The man from Malaya.
00:13:16That's right.
00:13:17Well, if I owe you, I'd go back.
00:13:18Pronto.
00:13:20All right.
00:13:22Hello, there.
00:13:23Strange.
00:13:24Are you all right?
00:13:26The wife, I suppose.
00:13:27In a manner of speaking.
00:13:29Yeah.
00:13:30I'd better go now.
00:13:36So, here we all are.
00:13:40Is Camilla not joining us?
00:13:42I'm afraid not, Miss Marple.
00:13:44Nowadays, she prefers her own room.
00:13:46Is your hotel comfortable?
00:13:48Oh, yes.
00:13:49Most comfortable, thank you.
00:13:51Yes.
00:13:52It's not a bad old dive.
00:13:54And top-notch brilliance.
00:13:55We should all come over one day.
00:13:57It's got a lovely sandy beach.
00:13:58I was thinking of going sailing tomorrow.
00:14:01I'd like that.
00:14:02We could all go sailing.
00:14:03I thought you were playing golf.
00:14:04I can play another day.
00:14:09Do you play golf, Kay?
00:14:12Hardly.
00:14:13She'd be good if she took the trouble.
00:14:14She's got a natural swing.
00:14:20Do you play games, Audrey?
00:14:23No, I don't.
00:14:25So, you and Camilla were at school together, Miss Marple?
00:14:28Yes, indeed.
00:14:30There's a thought.
00:14:31The two of you in boaters and gym slips?
00:14:34How long have you known Camilla, Mr. Treves?
00:14:37Oh, we go back years.
00:14:39Through Matthew, that's how I know her.
00:14:41Matt and I took silk together, yeah.
00:14:43And whenever I'm down in this part of the world,
00:14:45I always make sure I see the old girl.
00:14:48Mr. Treves is staying close by at the Balmoral Court.
00:14:51We always have the same suite, don't you, Mr. Treves?
00:14:53Not this year, unfortunately.
00:14:55Some cock-up with the booking, so they put me up top.
00:14:58Oh.
00:14:59Good job.
00:14:59They've got a lift.
00:15:01Ticky-ticker, you see.
00:15:03Still, sharp as a knife, eh, Mr. Treves?
00:15:06Oh, yes.
00:15:07I haven't forgotten who I am yet.
00:15:10I say, that medic's doing rather well, isn't he?
00:15:14Gave you a damn good thrashing at any rate, eh?
00:15:23Move the table, Neville.
00:15:42Teddy, dance with me.
00:15:44Oh, that hair-flame-red unforgettable.
00:16:01Oh, that hair-flame-red unforgettable.
00:16:31Oh, that hair-flame-red unforgettable.
00:16:45The lady-ship's compliments, Miss Marple,
00:16:47and she would be glad to see you up in her room.
00:16:51Excuse me.
00:16:58Everyone behaving themselves?
00:17:00Yes.
00:17:01It was the most delicious dinner.
00:17:02I expect the Gigolo put that dreadful racket on,
00:17:05or was it the frightful Kay?
00:17:06They seem to be having a good time.
00:17:08It's not a bloody dance hall.
00:17:12Sketching, eh?
00:17:14Been I did long?
00:17:16Nope.
00:17:17But I must say...
00:17:18Oh, it's good with your hands, weren't you?
00:17:21Needlework, pottery, all that sort of nonsense.
00:17:23Too fiddly for me.
00:17:25Much preferred to be stomping around a pitch with a stick in my hand.
00:17:28I remember.
00:17:29The only exercise I get now is lifting these damn things to my lips.
00:17:37We weren't that bad-looking, were we, Jane?
00:17:40No.
00:17:41I think we were...
00:17:42Look at us now.
00:17:43Two old crocs waiting to drop off the twig.
00:17:47So, what do you think to the harem?
00:17:50I'm not sure.
00:17:52I just can't fathom how a chap could leave Audrey for Kay.
00:17:56It does happen.
00:17:57Of course it happens.
00:17:59But if you were a man, wouldn't she drive you off your nut?
00:18:02Perhaps it won't last.
00:18:04He may marry again.
00:18:05Maybe even return to his first wife.
00:18:08To Audrey?
00:18:09Hmm?
00:18:09Oh, no, never.
00:18:10No, she's too proud.
00:18:11Oh, where love is concerned, pride is a quality more often spoken of than acted on.
00:18:16You don't mean she might still hold the candle for him.
00:18:19Oh, no, no, no, she's behaving perfectly in an impossible situation, whereas Neville is behaving very badly indeed.
00:18:30And I'll find my hand.
00:18:31And I'll find my hand.
00:18:32Food.
00:18:33Ah, Miss Barbell, does Mr. Royal Pleasant care for a dance?
00:18:37Oh, that's most kind of him, Mr. Treves.
00:18:40But I think perhaps not.
00:18:42Just as well.
00:18:43Just as well.
00:18:44Probably killed me.
00:18:45Oh, that young fellow knows his onions.
00:18:49Yes.
00:18:50Quite the professional.
00:18:51Rather decorative, too.
00:18:54I wonder what he does for a living.
00:18:57One can only imagine, eh?
00:18:59I sense you're quite a shrewd observer, Mr. Treves.
00:19:02You're a shrewd observer yourself.
00:19:04You know something, Miss Marple?
00:19:05I rather suspect that you and I both share a secret passion.
00:19:09Do we, Mr. Treves?
00:19:12And what would that be, I wonder?
00:19:14Murder, Miss Marple.
00:19:17No.
00:19:20Time for your tonic, my lady.
00:19:24Waste disposal on the men, Barrett?
00:19:30Oh, no, my lady.
00:19:32I'll be forever a slave to my bowels.
00:19:35I see they've acquitted the morphine murderer.
00:19:47It was in The Times this morning.
00:19:48Morphine murderer?
00:19:49Jumped the gun calling him that in the first place.
00:19:52Accidental overdose, they decided.
00:19:54You sound sceptical, Mr. Royd.
00:19:56Well, it sounds pretty dodgy to me, where there's smoke and all that.
00:20:00I knew a case once.
00:20:02Oh, perhaps not.
00:20:03Oh, do go on, Mr. Treves.
00:20:05Oh, it concerned two children.
00:20:07They were playing with bows and arrows, and one shot an arrow through the other one's eye, and the poor child died.
00:20:13A regrettable accident, the inquest concluded.
00:20:16Was that it?
00:20:17Yes.
00:20:18That was, of course, another side to the story.
00:20:20A farmer, sometime previously, happened to have noticed the child who fired the fatal shot.
00:20:25Practicing.
00:20:26You mean, it might not have been an accident at all?
00:20:30Well, I don't know, but it was stated at the inquest that neither child had ever used a bow and arrow before.
00:20:35What did the farmer do?
00:20:36He did nothing.
00:20:38Perhaps he felt the child should be given the benefit of a doubt.
00:20:41But you're in no doubt, are you, Mr. Treves?
00:20:44It was murder, Mrs. Strange, particularly ingenious and planned down to the last detail.
00:20:49And what was the reason?
00:20:51A childish revenge for a perceived injustice?
00:20:54But to keep hold of that intent, quietly practicing day after day, and then the final piece of acting, with the accident and the pretense of grief, that could only stem from the wickedest mind.
00:21:11Well, now, there's food for thought.
00:21:14What happened?
00:21:15A change of name.
00:21:17The child is now an adult somewhere in the world.
00:21:20The question is, does that person still have a murderer's heart?
00:21:25It was a long time ago.
00:21:27But I would recognize my little killer anywhere.
00:21:31Surely not.
00:21:33Oh, yes.
00:21:37Because of a certain physical peculiarity.
00:21:40But I'd best not dwell on the subject.
00:21:43I shall be on my way.
00:21:45Oh, have another drink, Mr. Treves.
00:21:47Why not come out for a little?
00:21:49I think I shall go to bed.
00:21:51Do excuse me.
00:21:52I must see that Lady Trisillian's settled.
00:21:53You've danced me off my feet, Teddy.
00:21:54Simply must go to bed.
00:21:55Good night, everyone.
00:21:56Good night, Teddy.
00:21:57Good night, Teddy.
00:21:58Oh, there's a plan of foot to come to Easter Head tomorrow.
00:22:00Whenever you're ready, Miss Marple.
00:22:01That's very kind of you, Mr. Lannan.
00:22:02I nearly forgot.
00:22:03There's something I have to get from the car.
00:22:04What?
00:22:05Oh.
00:22:06Oh.
00:22:07Oh.
00:22:08Oh.
00:22:09Oh.
00:22:10Oh.
00:22:11Oh.
00:22:12Oh.
00:22:13Oh.
00:22:14Oh.
00:22:15Oh.
00:22:16Oh.
00:22:17Oh.
00:22:18Oh.
00:22:19Oh.
00:22:20Oh.
00:22:21Oh.
00:22:22Oh.
00:22:23Oh.
00:22:24Oh.
00:22:25Oh.
00:22:26Oh.
00:22:27Oh.
00:22:28Oh.
00:22:29Oh, what a restless young man.
00:22:34A friend of Mrs. Strange, I understand.
00:22:37Of Kay Strange, yes.
00:22:40Confusing, isn't it, having two of them in the house.
00:22:45More uncomfortable, I would imagine, for the original Mrs. Strange.
00:22:49I expect so.
00:22:50You were brought up together, weren't you?
00:22:54You and Audrey Strange.
00:22:55Yes.
00:22:56Oh, you must know her well.
00:22:58Why did she come, Mr. Royd?
00:23:01I suppose she didn't like to refuse.
00:23:04I wonder why he would be anxious for such a reunion.
00:23:07I really don't know. It's stupid of him, if you ask me.
00:23:11Good night.
00:23:12Good night.
00:23:15I'm so sorry about that.
00:23:17Your coat, Miss Marple.
00:23:23You must come again.
00:23:25You seem to have cheered her up enormously.
00:23:28What have you got there?
00:23:31Dance records. Kay asked me to bring them over.
00:23:35She didn't say.
00:23:42Ted?
00:23:45We'll make a move. Murder's out front.
00:23:49Goodbye.
00:23:51Treat.
00:23:52Hmm? Treat.
00:23:55I'll walk you back, shall I?
00:23:57Yes.
00:23:57Yes.
00:23:58It's a beautiful night.
00:23:59Yes.
00:24:00Do you know, I think I might join you.
00:24:01A little air would be lovely.
00:24:11Delightful evening.
00:24:15Miss Alden.
00:24:16Well, Thomas, you gave me a shock.
00:24:25I've been down to the ferry for a bit of a walk.
00:24:28No nightmare.
00:24:29Shh.
00:24:30Shh.
00:24:31Quiet as the grave, which is perhaps why I feel somewhat more at home.
00:24:37Damnation.
00:24:39What's wrong?
00:24:39It lifts out of order.
00:24:40I'm going to have to walk up.
00:24:42Well, you could always come back and stay the night.
00:24:44Now, it sounds fit as a fit.
00:24:45Oh, as a fiddle.
00:24:47Let me come up with you.
00:24:48I wouldn't hear of it.
00:24:49If I go slowly, slowly, one step, two step, up the wooden hill.
00:25:00Good night, ladies.
00:25:01Good night, Mr. Treves.
00:25:02Good night.
00:25:03Good night.
00:25:03Good night.
00:25:04Good night.
00:25:04Good night.
00:25:35Don't run off, John.
00:25:37There's a bit.
00:25:43John Olds!
00:25:44Such an odd story Mr. Treves told last night, wasn't it?
00:25:48The child and the bow and arrow.
00:25:50Yes.
00:25:52Sent a shiver up my spine.
00:25:56He's such a funny old stick.
00:25:59Fancy war, no?
00:26:01See you later.
00:26:02Kay and Ted go quite well together, don't they?
00:26:04You could be good.
00:26:05I suppose they do.
00:26:08They like the same things, have the same opinions.
00:26:11They lead such different lives from me.
00:26:15I quite envy them.
00:26:17And even you, with all your unhappiness.
00:26:20I've had experiences that I should probably never have.
00:26:25I envy you, too.
00:26:27I really do.
00:26:29It can't be much fun for you, living with Camilla.
00:26:32Well, I'm well-fed, comfortably housed.
00:26:37Thousands of women don't even have that.
00:26:44Poor old Thomas.
00:26:46I'll go and have a word.
00:26:48Old Thomas.
00:26:48He's dead.
00:26:57Please don't call us.
00:26:59Please don't call us.
00:27:01I don't know.
00:27:31I don't know.
00:28:01You enjoying yourself down here, Mr Latimer?
00:28:06As much as I'd enjoy myself anywhere.
00:28:10They don't like me, Miss Marple.
00:28:12The Gold's Point mob.
00:28:15I'm an outsider, see, and they don't take to outsiders.
00:28:18You don't take much to them, I suspect.
00:28:21What is it particularly you don't like about them, Mr Latimer?
00:28:24They're smug.
00:28:25That's what I don't like.
00:28:27Really pleased with themselves.
00:28:30Shot off from the common herd.
00:28:32I'm sorry you feel like that.
00:28:34It's true, though.
00:28:35Perhaps they may from time to time appear, as you say, somewhat smug.
00:28:38But really, you know, inside, I'm sure they're quite human.
00:28:42Whatever their faults, I don't believe Malice to be one of them.
00:28:46You're not very happy, are you?
00:28:54Have you always been in love with her?
00:28:58And she?
00:28:59I thought so.
00:29:05It's all strange came along.
00:29:07Are you still in love with her?
00:29:16Shouldn't you go away from the answer, Latimer?
00:29:20You're only letting yourself in for more unhappiness.
00:29:29Sweet old thing, aren't you?
00:29:36By the way, I've got your earring.
00:29:38Oh, good.
00:29:39I hate being without earrings.
00:29:40Why is that?
00:29:42Because of this.
00:29:43Oh, yes, old bouncer bits.
00:29:45You had a sore paw or something.
00:29:47Yes.
00:29:48And I stupidly bent down to stroke him.
00:29:50I was very young.
00:29:52It was just after your family took me in.
00:29:54It was quite nasty, but you can hardly see a thing now.
00:29:57But still, I know it's there.
00:29:59Why did you marry him?
00:30:05I fell in love.
00:30:06Why?
00:30:08What attracted you?
00:30:09You hate him, don't you?
00:30:11Hardly surprising, is it?
00:30:13He's got everything I have.
00:30:16I'm just dull old Thomas with a gummy arm.
00:30:20He married the only girl I've ever cared for.
00:30:24But you've always known that, haven't you?
00:30:27I know you don't care for me.
00:30:29Even as children, you preferred Adrian.
00:30:31He had a schoolboy crush.
00:30:33Mr. Christ, it'd have been me in that car and not him.
00:30:36Don't.
00:30:36Thomas, please.
00:30:37There's something I don't understand about that.
00:30:42About what?
00:30:43Adrian's death.
00:30:45Well, it's really very simple.
00:30:47He died in a car accident.
00:30:50What was he doing down here?
00:30:52Why didn't he visit Camilla?
00:30:54Should I know?
00:30:55I'm beginning to think it isn't so simple as just another accident on a country road.
00:31:01Hello, Audrey.
00:31:03Roy.
00:31:05I'll stretch my legs.
00:31:06It is all right between us, isn't it?
00:31:18Yes.
00:31:19Of course.
00:31:19I mean, we're good friends, isn't all right?
00:31:22Yes.
00:31:23Why wouldn't we be?
00:31:27Audrey.
00:31:31Your wife wants you.
00:31:33Kay, you mean.
00:31:34That's what I said.
00:31:41You're my wife, Audrey.
00:31:52Miss Alden, her ladyship wants to see you at once.
00:31:56Oh.
00:31:57Oh, Mary, I'm so glad you're back.
00:32:07Camilla, what is it?
00:32:08It's Freddy Treves.
00:32:10He's dead.
00:32:11Dead?
00:32:12Yes, isn't that terrible?
00:32:14Would you go to the Balmoral Court and ask if there's anything we can do?
00:32:17Yes, yes, of course.
00:32:19I gather Mr. Treves was dining with you at Gulls Point last night.
00:32:22Yes, Doctor.
00:32:23How did he seem?
00:32:25Very well.
00:32:26Well, this heart business, you just never know when it's going to hit you.
00:32:32I had a look at his medication, and it was clear he was in a pretty bad way.
00:32:37He was always so careful.
00:32:39I'm sure he was, Mrs. Rogers, but any extra strain, however slight, and bingo.
00:32:44Such as walking upstairs?
00:32:46Absolutely.
00:32:47Although I'm sure he would have avoided that.
00:32:49Oh, yes.
00:32:50He always used the lift, always.
00:32:52Except last night.
00:32:53What do you mean, Miss Alden?
00:32:54Well, the lift was out of order, wasn't it?
00:32:57No, it wasn't.
00:32:58It hasn't been out of order for weeks.
00:33:02What a terrible thing.
00:33:04Yes.
00:33:06Perhaps it was some sort of misunderstanding or a practical joke.
00:33:10That's not very funny.
00:33:11You bastard!
00:33:11This is not what you think.
00:33:15It's exactly what I think.
00:33:17You just can't keep away from her, can you?
00:33:19Oh, for God's sake, Kay.
00:33:20I'll leave you alone.
00:33:21Yes, I wish you would.
00:33:23Yes, that's right.
00:33:24Run away.
00:33:24You've got what you wanted.
00:33:26This has absolutely nothing to do with her.
00:33:27Blame me, if you like.
00:33:28Oh, I do like making me look like an idiot.
00:33:32What sort of man are you?
00:33:34A pretty poor one.
00:33:35You come after me.
00:33:37You divorce your wife.
00:33:38It's no good, Kay.
00:33:38We don't belong.
00:33:39I won't let you go back to her.
00:33:44I'll kill you first.
00:33:46And her too.
00:33:47I expect you'll be glad when things get back to normal.
00:34:05Do you still play the piano?
00:34:08I'm afraid I've let it slip.
00:34:10You used to play rather well.
00:34:11It's what you like music.
00:34:13I've wondered how you could manage an octave.
00:34:15Your hands are so small.
00:34:17You've got a long little finger.
00:34:19Hmm.
00:34:19That means you're selfish.
00:34:22Is that true?
00:34:24Yes, it is.
00:34:26If you're unselfish, you have a short one.
00:34:29Your left hand's what you're born with,
00:34:30and your right hand's what you make of your life.
00:34:32Now, Neville here is a very interesting case,
00:34:35aren't you, darling?
00:34:36Look how small his left hand little finger is.
00:34:40Whereas his right ones...
00:34:42They're quite long.
00:34:44Which shows just how selfish he's become.
00:34:47An old wife's tale.
00:34:52And you know all about them, don't you?
00:34:56How long is it now you've been with Lady Tresillian?
00:35:00Oh, well, um...
00:35:01I came when my father died, so, uh, going on 15 years now.
00:35:06Tell us about your arm, Mr. Royd.
00:35:09It happened when I was a child.
00:35:12I was jammed in a door during an earthquake.
00:35:16It left me rather lopsided.
00:35:18Oh, God!
00:35:20Stop it, Mr. Royd, please!
00:35:22I think I might pop over to Easterhead,
00:35:33catch Lassimer for a game of billions.
00:35:35Will you take the car?
00:35:37No, very.
00:35:39It's pouring.
00:35:40I know.
00:35:41I'm going to bed.
00:35:44What a killing head.
00:35:46Good night.
00:35:47Good night.
00:35:49Night.
00:35:54Well, it'd better be on.
00:35:55If you please, sir, Lady Tresillian would like a word.
00:36:08There are certain things, Neville,
00:36:09that I will not permit in my house.
00:36:11Now, I have no wish to listen to anybody's private conversations.
00:36:15But if you and your wife insist on brawling in full view...
00:36:18I'm sorry about that.
00:36:19You wish Kay to divorce you
00:36:21so that you and Audrey can remarry.
00:36:22Is that right?
00:36:24That's the gist of what you've heard.
00:36:25I will not allow it.
00:36:28I would have thought that's my business.
00:36:30You've used my house to make contact with Audrey.
00:36:33Or else she's used it.
00:36:34She's done nothing of the sort.
00:36:35Kay is your wife.
00:36:36She has rights of which you cannot deprive her.
00:36:39You've made your bed, now lie on it.
00:36:41It's got nothing to do with you.
00:36:43It has everything to do with me.
00:36:45And Audrey, what's more, leaves this house tomorrow.
00:36:48You can't do that.
00:36:49Don't you raise your voice to me.
00:36:50I will not have it.
00:36:53The first blow smashed the bone and killed her.
00:37:15The second one was just to make sure.
00:37:17How long has she been dead?
00:37:18I'd put it between ten and midnight.
00:37:21And this is what hit her, is it?
00:37:23Presumably.
00:37:25She must have been hit with the back of it.
00:37:28Well, that's a bit awkward.
00:37:31Damned awkward.
00:37:32The whole thing's awkward.
00:37:34She was struck, you see, on the right temple.
00:37:37Whoever did it must have stood here
00:37:38on the right-hand side of the bed
00:37:40looking towards the head of the bed.
00:37:42There's no room on the left.
00:37:43Left-handed?
00:37:44That's the easiest explanation.
00:37:46The Nibelik's right-handed, sir.
00:37:49Perhaps it didn't belong to the man who used it, sir.
00:37:52Supposing it was a man?
00:37:53It's heavy enough for anyone
00:37:54to have landed a terrible swipe.
00:37:56But you couldn't swear this was the weapon,
00:37:58could you, Doctor?
00:37:59I'd need to analyse the blood in the head.
00:38:02Do you think she was awake when she was hit?
00:38:05She looks very astonished.
00:38:06Unless she slept like that.
00:38:08Oh, lovely set of prints, sir.
00:38:10Very obliging chap.
00:38:12He leaves you the murder weapon.
00:38:14Good set of prints.
00:38:15It's a wonder he didn't leave you his card.
00:38:17I'll bet a seat of Barrett.
00:38:18Who?
00:38:20Lady Tresillian's maid.
00:38:21She was found in a coma early this morning
00:38:23by the young housemaid Alice.
00:38:25She's the one who found the body.
00:38:27She'd been doped with barbiturates.
00:38:29Had she now?
00:38:30She could have rung for help
00:38:31till she was blue in the face.
00:38:32Her maid was out for the count.
00:38:33Someone had spiked her cenopods.
00:38:35I've not heard that one before.
00:38:38So, someone who knew all the household routine.
00:38:40That's where you come in, old chap.
00:38:43This is Thomas Roy,
00:38:44an old friend of the family.
00:38:46Audrey Strange.
00:38:47And this is Neville Strange
00:38:50and Kay Strange, Neville's wife.
00:38:52Morning.
00:38:54And this lady?
00:38:55Oh, I'm sorry.
00:38:56This is Miss Marple.
00:38:58Jane Marple.
00:39:00Yes.
00:39:00Good morning, Superintendent.
00:39:01I don't believe we've met.
00:39:04No, madam.
00:39:05But a colleague of mine,
00:39:07Colonel Melchid,
00:39:08has spoken of you
00:39:09on more than one occasion.
00:39:10Well, I hope.
00:39:12Well, he's certainly spoken of you.
00:39:14Dear Colonel Melchid.
00:39:18Does anybody recognize this?
00:39:23Is that what's...
00:39:25horrible?
00:39:28Looks like one of mine.
00:39:30Can I see?
00:39:31Golf as well as tennis, sir?
00:39:41Oh, yes.
00:39:44I saw you at Wimbledon.
00:39:47My daughter's a great fan of tennis.
00:39:49He's particularly keen on that Merrick, chap.
00:39:52Certainly knows how to hit a ball, doesn't he?
00:39:55So, ladies and gentlemen,
00:39:57if you've no objection,
00:39:58we'd like to take your fingerprints.
00:39:59It's purely a matter of routine, you understand.
00:40:01If you'd care to make your way into the study,
00:40:02you'll find Detective Sergeant Jones
00:40:04waiting in there
00:40:05with his kit.
00:40:08Oh, sir.
00:40:16I wonder if you've got any idea, sir,
00:40:18who Lady Drusillian's solicitors are?
00:40:20Yes.
00:40:21Asquith and Trelawney have salted you.
00:40:23Thank you, sir.
00:40:23I need to look into the estate.
00:40:25You mean, who inherits the money?
00:40:27That's right, sir.
00:40:28The will and all that.
00:40:29Well, I don't know about her will.
00:40:31I don't think she had much of her own,
00:40:32but as to the bulk of her property...
00:40:34Yes, Mr Strange?
00:40:35It comes to me and my wife,
00:40:37under the will of her late husband, Sir Matthew.
00:40:39He was my official guardian, you see.
00:40:41He and Lady Drusillian looked after me
00:40:43when my parents died.
00:40:44He left the estate in trust for his wife
00:40:46only during her lifetime.
00:40:48Any idea of the amount?
00:40:49Not offhand, no.
00:40:52Somewhere in the region of...
00:40:54100,000?
00:40:57Each?
00:40:58Between.
00:40:59A tidy sum, nonetheless.
00:41:01Is it?
00:41:02Yes.
00:41:02Although, uh...
00:41:04I've plenty of my own.
00:41:12At what hour did Mr Strange leave the house?
00:41:1620 past 10, sir.
00:41:19Or thereabouts.
00:41:20I left the front door on the latch, sir,
00:41:23for when he came back from Easterhead Bay.
00:41:26Do you remember what time that was?
00:41:28About half past two, sir.
00:41:30I heard voices.
00:41:32Then a car drive away.
00:41:35And then I heard Mr Neville come upstairs.
00:41:38You heard something?
00:41:39I couldn't help it, sir.
00:41:41See, I was going up to bed
00:41:42and I had to pass her ladyship's door
00:41:44and heard her and Mr Neville
00:41:46going at it and her and tongs.
00:41:48Do you remember what was said?
00:41:49Well, I wasn't listening, like.
00:41:52Where'd you find this?
00:41:53Bundled at the bottom of Mr Strange's wardrobe.
00:41:56And look at this.
00:41:59Looks like blood to me.
00:42:00And it's spattered all the way up the sleeve.
00:42:03Well done, Williams.
00:42:04And there's something else, sir.
00:42:06Red hair, see?
00:42:07Ear on the cuff.
00:42:09And there's brown hairs
00:42:11on the collar
00:42:12and right shoulder there.
00:42:15Well, well.
00:42:16A regular blue beard,
00:42:18our Mr Strange.
00:42:19His arm around one wife
00:42:20and the other wife's head on his shoulder.
00:42:22And look at this, sir.
00:42:23Could mean he was trying to wash the blood off.
00:42:33Where's that lead to?
00:42:35Mrs Strange's room.
00:42:37It's locked.
00:42:39On this side?
00:42:40The other.
00:42:42On her side, eh?
00:42:44This is where Barrett always kept the Sanipods, sir.
00:42:47God, nasty little things.
00:42:49She used to put them into silk at midday
00:42:51and they stood there till she went to bed.
00:42:52So anybody could get at them.
00:42:54No prints on the packet, I suppose,
00:42:56or the glass?
00:42:57Only Barrett's, apparently.
00:42:59Easy enough just to drop the stuff in, anyway.
00:43:02An inside job, don't you think so?
00:43:04Excuse me, sir.
00:43:06But I've done all the prints
00:43:07and only one set matches those on the Niblick.
00:43:09Neville Strangers, I presume.
00:43:20Hand in your escape, Miss Barkley.
00:43:21Oh, Superintendent.
00:43:23You shouldn't really be up here, you know.
00:43:24That's why I'm on my way down.
00:43:26Now, there was something I was going to tell you.
00:43:27The thing is, Miss Barkley...
00:43:28About the night before last.
00:43:29Ah, yes.
00:43:30Poor Mr Treves.
00:43:31We were dining at Gunn's Point.
00:43:33Is this something that could wait?
00:43:34Do you think, Miss Barkley?
00:43:35No, I'm quite sure it couldn't, Superintendent.
00:43:37And after dinner,
00:43:38Mr Treves told us the most tragic story
00:43:40that occurred some years ago.
00:43:42Two children playing with bows and arrows
00:43:43and one of them ended up dead.
00:43:45Shot through the eye.
00:43:46Did he?
00:43:46Yes, I know.
00:43:47Accidents will happen.
00:43:48But that's just it, Superintendent.
00:43:50Mr Treves was convinced that it was not an accident,
00:43:52even though the child was acquitted,
00:43:54but quite intentional.
00:43:55Planned down to the last detail.
00:43:57Miss Barkley, we really must...
00:43:58Because of a certain physical peculiarity,
00:44:01he'd recognise the murderer anywhere.
00:44:03Did he specify what?
00:44:05No, I'm afraid he didn't.
00:44:06This'll have to wait.
00:44:07There's more.
00:44:08When Mr Treves returned to the hotel,
00:44:10he found the lift out of order.
00:44:13Look, I don't really see...
00:44:15But apparently it wasn't.
00:44:16It seems someone put the placard there by accident.
00:44:19Accidents will happen.
00:44:20Yeah, and poor Mr Treves,
00:44:21who had a very weak heart,
00:44:22had to climb the stairs and died.
00:44:23And I can't help feeling, Superintendent,
00:44:25that the placard was put there not by accident,
00:44:27but by design.
00:44:30Murder on the off chance, you could say.
00:44:34Because he'd recognised at dinner.
00:44:36The person who shot the animal.
00:44:38But please don't let me keep you.
00:44:44Good morning.
00:44:48A bit late, wasn't it, sir?
00:44:50Are we going off to Easterhead?
00:44:51Well, it's quite lively over there, Superintendent,
00:44:53as I'm sure you know.
00:44:54And this is something of an early-to-bed household, isn't it?
00:44:57I took a key.
00:44:59But not your wife.
00:45:01She had a headache.
00:45:03Please go on.
00:45:05I was about to go up to change.
00:45:07Into what?
00:45:08I'd been wearing a blue suit.
00:45:12My best, as it happens.
00:45:13And as I proposed taking the ferry,
00:45:14I thought I'd change into an older one.
00:45:17Dove grey.
00:45:19Anthracite lining.
00:45:21Double-breasted.
00:45:21We'd just like to get everything clear, sir.
00:45:24Do continue.
00:45:25I was about to go up and change
00:45:26when Hurstall told me that Lady Tresillian wanted to see me,
00:45:30so naturally I obeyed the summons.
00:45:33You were the last person to see her alive, I think, sir.
00:45:35You were the last person to see her?
00:45:36Yes.
00:45:38I suppose I was.
00:45:39How long were you with her?
00:45:40Twenty minutes or so.
00:45:42Then I changed, hurried off,
00:45:44just about caught the ferry.
00:45:46Then at the hotel,
00:45:47eventually tracked down Latimer.
00:45:49We had a game of billiards,
00:45:50and before we knew it,
00:45:51it was two o'clock.
00:45:53Last ferry had gone by then, of course.
00:45:55So Latimer very decently gave me a lift back.
00:45:58It's quite a way all around the estuary.
00:46:01He dropped me off about half past.
00:46:03That chat with Lady Tresillian,
00:46:06all right, was it?
00:46:07Why shouldn't it?
00:46:08Well, the thing is, sir,
00:46:09some of your conversation was overheard.
00:46:15We had a slight disagreement.
00:46:17It was nothing.
00:46:18What about, sir?
00:46:20Well, as a matter of fact,
00:46:22she ticked me off.
00:46:24Nothing unusual there.
00:46:25Old Bird was an expert.
00:46:27Divorce and all that.
00:46:28She wouldn't have it,
00:46:29so we both got a bit heated.
00:46:31But we parted on perfectly friendly terms.
00:46:33That Niblick, Mr. Strange,
00:46:36any reason why it would have your prints on it?
00:46:40It's my club.
00:46:41Of course they'd be on it.
00:46:43But I certainly didn't bash her over the head with her.
00:46:45No, what I mean is, sir,
00:46:46is there any reason why the prints would show
00:46:48that you were the last person to have handled it?
00:46:50That can't be true.
00:46:54Somebody else must have handled it afterwards,
00:46:56someone wearing gloves.
00:46:58Not without smudging your prints, sir.
00:47:00It isn't true.
00:47:01It simply isn't true.
00:47:03And perhaps you can explain
00:47:04why the sleeves of your blue suit
00:47:05are stained with blood.
00:47:07That's ridiculous.
00:47:09I wasn't even wearing that suit.
00:47:11Did you cut yourself, Mr. Strange?
00:47:13No, I did not.
00:47:16Surely you can't think I did such a thing.
00:47:18You must realise, Mr. Strange,
00:47:20that we already have sufficient evidence
00:47:21to request a warrant for your arrest.
00:47:25What?
00:47:26But we've decided to give you the benefit of the doubt.
00:47:30For now.
00:47:45I had a headache.
00:47:48So I went to bed early.
00:47:50The next thing I knew,
00:47:51that wretched girl Alice was screaming the house down.
00:47:54Your husband, Mrs. Strange,
00:47:56did he happen to pop in to see how you were
00:47:57before he went off for the evening?
00:48:00No.
00:48:01So you didn't see him from the time you went to bed
00:48:02until you got up this morning, is that right?
00:48:05Yes.
00:48:06I noticed the door between your rooms was locked.
00:48:10Who locked it?
00:48:10Mrs. Strange?
00:48:16Mrs. Strange?
00:48:17What?
00:48:18The bedroom door.
00:48:19Who locked it?
00:48:21I did.
00:48:23We'd had a row earlier on, if you must know.
00:48:27I was furious with him.
00:48:30Absolutely furious.
00:48:32Oh, dear.
00:48:32What was all that about, then?
00:48:36That bloody woman.
00:48:38It's all her fault.
00:48:40She's making him behave like a perfect idiot.
00:48:42And which woman would that be?
00:48:43His first wife, for goodness sake, Audrey.
00:48:48She got him down here in the first place.
00:48:51Neville says it was his idea, but it wasn't.
00:48:54It was she who put the idea into his head
00:48:56and made him believe he'd thought of it himself.
00:48:58Why would she do a thing like that?
00:49:01Because she wants to get her hands on him again.
00:49:04She's never forgiven him for running off with me.
00:49:06And this is her revenge.
00:49:09She's got him wrapped around her little finger.
00:49:12Why didn't you object to coming here, Mrs. Strange?
00:49:15Because it would have looked as though I were jealous.
00:49:18Aren't you?
00:49:19Well, of course I am.
00:49:21I've been jealous of Audrey from the start.
00:49:24Neville's always felt guilty.
00:49:26I'll never quite forget her.
00:49:31Anything you'd care to add, Inspector?
00:49:33No, sir.
00:49:41Well, thank you, Mrs. Strange.
00:49:43We have to ask a good many questions,
00:49:44especially with your husband inheriting so much from Lady Tresillian.
00:49:48£50,000.
00:49:50As much as that.
00:49:53Very generous.
00:49:55We get it from old Sir Matthew's will, don't we?
00:49:58You knew all about it, then?
00:49:59Oh, yes.
00:50:00He left it to be divided between Neville and Neville's wife after Lady Tresillian's death.
00:50:06I must say, I didn't like her.
00:50:09Probably because she didn't like me,
00:50:10but it's too horrible to think of someone coming along and cracking her over the head.
00:50:16Do you know that Lady Tresillian has left her maid Barrett a legacy?
00:50:20Yes, I did.
00:50:21And that she left you one, too?
00:50:23Yes.
00:50:24Do you know how much?
00:50:25Enough to live on.
00:50:28Lady Tresillian was aware of how very little I have of my own.
00:50:33I always come here in September,
00:50:35and my husband, my ex-husband, wanted to come, too,
00:50:39and asked if I'd mind.
00:50:40It was his suggestion?
00:50:42Yes.
00:50:43Not yours?
00:50:44It was his suggestion.
00:50:46And you agreed?
00:50:48One doesn't like to be disobliging.
00:50:50But you were the injured party?
00:50:52Yes.
00:50:52And you don't feel any branker against him?
00:50:55Not at all.
00:50:58You have a very forgiving nature, Mrs. Strange.
00:51:01Are you on friendly terms with the present, Mrs. Strange?
00:51:04I don't think she likes me very much.
00:51:06Do you like her?
00:51:08I think she's very beautiful.
00:51:11Well, thank you, Mrs. Strange.
00:51:13It's most helpful.
00:51:22You're wrong about Neville, you know.
00:51:24We were married for eight years.
00:51:27He would never kill anyone for money.
00:51:29I do wish you'd believe it.
00:51:33There was any peculiarities yet, sir?
00:51:36They're all bloody peculiar, if you ask me.
00:51:39Audrey's a distant cousin.
00:51:41She lost her parents when she was nine,
00:51:43and my family took her in.
00:51:45She and the second Mrs. Strange
00:51:48haven't been getting on too well, have they, sir?
00:51:50I can't say that I've noticed.
00:51:52You know we found Mr. Strange's fingerprints on the weapon?
00:51:55Yes, he told us.
00:51:56And some blood on the sleeves of his jacket,
00:51:58the same group as Lady Priscilian transpires.
00:52:01Do you think he did it, Mr. Roy?
00:52:03I think it's most unlikely.
00:52:05Can you think of anyone who seems more unlikely?
00:52:07No, I can't.
00:52:08Don't wait her.
00:52:09Mom, shh.
00:52:10We're now beginning to think the murderer was left-handed.
00:52:13Well, then, that narrows down your options,
00:52:15doesn't it, Superintendent?
00:52:18I'd taken my senna and was getting into bed
00:52:20when my lady's bell rang.
00:52:24Did you notice what time it was?
00:52:26Twenty-five past ten.
00:52:29Then, as I went down,
00:52:30I spotted Mr. Neville on the stairs.
00:52:33He was just going out.
00:52:36Did you see what he was wearing?
00:52:38His grey double-breasted.
00:52:40Oh, he did look worried.
00:52:43Then I went in for her ladyship,
00:52:45and she was so drowsy, poor dear,
00:52:49she couldn't remember why she'd rung.
00:52:53And that was the last I saw her.
00:52:59Is there anyone who doesn't like you very much, Mr. Strange?
00:53:03I don't think so.
00:53:04Someone you might have injured in any way.
00:53:06Well, there is, uh, one person.
00:53:09My first wife, Audrey.
00:53:11Oh.
00:53:12But I can assure you she doesn't hate me.
00:53:14She's behaved like an angel.
00:53:15You're a very lucky man, Mr. Strange.
00:53:18I can't say I'd like the case against you,
00:53:20but it would have stood up in court.
00:53:22Probably hanged you.
00:53:23Sorry, I don't understand.
00:53:26After you left her last night,
00:53:28Lady Tresillian rang for her maid.
00:53:32Then Barrett must have seen her...
00:53:34Alive and well.
00:53:35What's more, before she went in to her mistress,
00:53:37she saw you leaving the house.
00:53:38But the niblick, my, my fingerprint...
00:53:44No, she must have been killed with something else.
00:53:46The club put there to throw suspicion on you,
00:53:48except, of course, you're right-handed.
00:53:51Are you sure there's no one who'd like to see you hang?
00:53:55We took Mr. Strange across at 10.30 last night.
00:53:59And did you see him after that?
00:54:01Did you see him after that?
00:54:03No, sir, we didn't bring him back.
00:54:04Have you come across a bloke called Latimer?
00:54:08Edward Latimer, staying over at Easterhead?
00:54:10Oh, yes, yes, handsome young chap.
00:54:13Looks a bit foreign.
00:54:15Could be here.
00:54:16Didn't see him last night, sir.
00:54:18Though I did see him this morning.
00:54:19He popped over first thing.
00:54:21Came back a few hours ago.
00:54:28Neville came over last night.
00:54:30He was very down in the mouth of something.
00:54:31Told me he'd had a row with Lady Trisillian.
00:54:36And I know things had been a bit ropey with him and Kay.
00:54:38He seemed quite glad to see me for once.
00:54:41Couldn't find you at first, I understand.
00:54:43Can't think why.
00:54:44I was here.
00:54:45All the time, sir.
00:54:47Well, I may have strolled out for a bit.
00:54:50Do you know, there was a real stink here last night.
00:54:53Strange noticed it, too.
00:54:56Trains, I suppose.
00:54:58Or a dead rat.
00:54:59Under the floorboards.
00:55:00So when Mr Strange had found you...
00:55:03We played billiards.
00:55:04We had a drink or two and then I drove him back.
00:55:06He'd missed the ferry by then.
00:55:07And I dropped him off around 2.30.
00:55:10Oh, just one more thing.
00:55:12You popped over to Goals Point this morning, didn't you?
00:55:15Yes.
00:55:16Any particular reason?
00:55:18To pay my respects.
00:55:20Not that they've ever paid me any.
00:55:23But you like to do the right thing, don't you?
00:55:26Oh, he's too pleased with himself for my taste, sir.
00:55:29He's just the type of smash his own granny's head if he thought he could get away with it.
00:55:32Why would he do it, though?
00:55:33He doesn't stand a game.
00:55:34Well, he's a bit fudgy about what he's up to before a strange trapped in now.
00:55:38Oh, I don't believe it.
00:55:39Oh, Superintendent, Inspector, I'm so glad I've caught you.
00:55:44You seem to pop up everywhere, don't you, Miss Marple?
00:55:46Yes, I do, don't I?
00:55:48Well, I'd love to stay and chat.
00:55:49You really must get off.
00:55:50Oh, I quite understand, Superintendent.
00:55:52It's all very convenient, isn't it?
00:55:54What is Miss Marple?
00:55:56The nip-bick and poor Barrett in a coma.
00:55:58A little too convenient, perhaps.
00:55:59Maybe the culprit look rather foolish, don't you think?
00:56:02And if the culprit were, for the sake of argument, Mr Strange,
00:56:05he may be many things, but a fool, he certainly isn't.
00:56:08Come on.
00:56:10Miss Marple, we really don't have the time.
00:56:12Oh.
00:56:12Uh, something else.
00:56:15Sir, we've got to go.
00:56:17Nobs.
00:56:19I beg your pardon?
00:56:20The fender knob is in the bedroom next door to the first floor bathroom.
00:56:22I popped in there this morning by mistake,
00:56:24and one of them seemed to be different from the other.
00:56:28Of course, it might have been my imagination.
00:56:32Please don't let me detain you.
00:56:34You don't want to miss the boat now, do you?
00:56:37That's it.
00:56:51That's what she meant.
00:56:52The left one is brighter than the right.
00:56:55Check them out, Jones.
00:56:56I'm worried, Thomas.
00:57:04Really very worried.
00:57:07Mr Treves...
00:57:08Why are you worrying about him?
00:57:10Well, I've been wondering.
00:57:12That story he told about the child who shot the arrow,
00:57:15well, why exactly he told it?
00:57:17There's prints on the right-hand one, sir, but none on the left.
00:57:24Then this is the one we want.
00:57:28Those prints will be the maids,
00:57:29which means this one has been cleaned twice.
00:57:35Look, sir.
00:57:38Love.
00:57:40I've been trying to remember.
00:57:42He told it so very deliberately,
00:57:44and he said he'd recognise the person,
00:57:46as though he already had.
00:57:48I mean, why should he do that?
00:57:51You don't think he knew Camilla was going to be murdered, do you?
00:57:54I don't think that's very likely.
00:57:56I don't think that's very likely.
00:58:12A word, if I may, sir.
00:58:23It won't take a minute.
00:58:42You inherit, as I understand it,
00:58:46half the late Sir Matthew's estate.
00:58:47Am I right, sir?
00:58:49Yes, that's right.
00:58:50Who inherits the other half?
00:58:52I told you, my wife.
00:58:54Yes, but which one, Mrs Strange?
00:58:57Audrey, of course.
00:58:58She was my wife when the will was made.
00:59:00The bequest is quite simply worded.
00:59:02Our divorce makes no difference whatsoever.
00:59:04I take it Mrs Audrey Strange is fully aware of this?
00:59:07Yes.
00:59:08And the present, Mrs Strange?
00:59:10Kay.
00:59:10Well, I expect she is.
00:59:13We've never really talked much about it.
00:59:14I think you'll find, sir,
00:59:16that she's under the misapprehension
00:59:17that the money comes to you and the present, Mrs Strange.
00:59:35What the hell are you looking at?
00:59:36I'm sorry.
00:59:37Always lurking around, aren't you?
00:59:39I didn't know you were in here.
00:59:40Bad smell.
00:59:41Come on.
00:59:42Oh, she's got it down to a teen,
00:59:43pathetic little look.
00:59:45And Neville's falling for it.
00:59:46Hook, line and sinker.
00:59:47No, Kay, that's not it.
00:59:49Well, you won't get him.
00:59:50And you won't get his money either.
00:59:52You've got it all wrong.
00:59:53I've got you bang on from the start.
00:59:55You're a scheming little bitch.
00:59:57And the sooner you get out of our lives,
00:59:59the better.
00:59:59Audrey, you won't get out of our lives.
01:00:00Audrey, you won't get out of our lives.
01:00:03Audrey, no!
01:00:07No, you don't.
01:00:11What do you do?
01:00:12I was just...
01:00:14I was...
01:00:16Oh, my poor darling.
01:00:21There's nothing I want anymore.
01:00:22You're so unhappy, aren't you?
01:00:30And you're shivering.
01:00:34Audrey, I understand.
01:00:35I do understand.
01:00:47Now it's...
01:00:48Now.
01:00:49Now.
01:00:50You'll always be mine.
01:00:53Until the day you die.
01:01:05Donald, come here!
01:01:20Dear, oh, dear.
01:01:21Oh, Donald, you are naughty.
01:01:23Down!
01:01:24Oh, dear.
01:01:25He's very excited, isn't he?
01:01:27I'm so sorry, Miss Marple.
01:01:28He just seems to be getting worse and worse.
01:01:31He's simply honking, isn't he?
01:01:33Yeah, yes, he does seem to be a bit...
01:01:35Oh, you can smell him for miles.
01:01:38I caught him bouncing on a dead fish down on the beach.
01:01:41Oh.
01:01:41I'm sure you'd love that, wouldn't you, Donald?
01:01:44Oh, he did.
01:01:45He found it flat out amongst the rocks.
01:01:47I tried washing him in the sea, but it didn't make a bit of difference.
01:01:50He needs a good soaping, don't you, Donald?
01:01:54Do you know?
01:01:55I smelled exactly the same thing in the billiards room the other night.
01:01:58Donald had run off again, naughty boy.
01:02:02And I looked simply everywhere for him.
01:02:03When I popped into the billiards room, it hit me.
01:02:07Poof.
01:02:08I still couldn't find him.
01:02:10Which night was that, Miss Brinton?
01:02:11Oh, I can't remember exactly.
01:02:13But that nice Mr. Latimer was there, with the tennis player.
01:02:18Swoom.
01:02:19The same smell, you see?
01:02:21Oh, Donald, really!
01:02:24Oh, Donald, behave!
01:02:26Oh, I'm so sorry!
01:02:28Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
01:02:46Thank you for gathering again at short notice.
01:02:48I realise it's an inconvenience to have a house full of policemen when you're trying
01:02:51to digest your breakfast, but there are one or two things.
01:02:56Who does this belong to?
01:02:59Is it yours, Mrs. Strange?
01:03:01No.
01:03:02No, it isn't mine.
01:03:03Miss Alden?
01:03:04No, it's not my colour.
01:03:06And it's certainly not mine.
01:03:08You sure it isn't yours, Mrs. Strange?
01:03:09Perhaps you'd like to try it on?
01:03:10And she's already told you, Mallard, it isn't hers.
01:03:24Hmm.
01:03:25Snug fit.
01:03:27Maybe it is mine.
01:03:28I'm always losing them.
01:03:30It probably is yours, Mrs. Strange.
01:03:31I found it outside your window, pushed down into the ivy, along with its pair.
01:03:35Look here, superintendent!
01:03:38Whatever word.
01:03:40You're welcome.
01:03:42Whatever word.
01:04:09we've been finding some very curious things mr strange this for instance which consists as you
01:04:31see of a steel fender knob screwed and taped into the handle of a tennis racket little doubt i
01:04:36would surmise that this is what was used to kill lady tressilian where on earth would you find that
01:04:41looks like audrey's old racket the knob had been cleaned and put back on the fender but the
01:04:47murderer had neglected to clean the screw we found a trace of blood on that mr strange in the same way
01:04:52the handle and the head of the tennis racket have been taped together again and thrown into a cupboard
01:04:55where they would doubtless have remained if detective sergeant jones haven't been looking
01:05:00for something of the kind any fingerprints just one on the tape binding the racket
01:05:05of course you're not going to tell me whose print it is the jacket you wore at dinner on the night of
01:05:12the murder had brown hairs on the collar they're mine i suppose they were a lady's hair so and red
01:05:20hairs on the sleeve well i expect they'd be k's and the others they might be audrey's i caught my cufflink
01:05:29in her hair the other night in which case the brown hairs would be on the cuff
01:05:36what exactly are you implying there's a trace of powder on the inside of the jacket column the same
01:05:42as used by audrey strange which suggests to me that on some occasion she must have worn it
01:05:50and then there are the gloves this is the left-hand one stained with blood she is left-handed isn't she
01:05:57to strike lady tracillian with the right hand would have been very awkward the bed being where it was
01:06:04but for a left-handed person
01:06:08no trouble at all are you quite sure this little get-together was your idea sir
01:06:14you're suggesting that audrey killed lady tracillian just to get her hands on the money
01:06:18i'm not suggesting anything of the sort from first to last this crime has been directed at
01:06:24you mr strange ever since you left her she's been brooding on how to get a revenge in the end she
01:06:29decided to have you hanged for murder she chose an evening when you'd quarreled with lady tracillian
01:06:35wore your jacket so it would be stained with blood left your niblick in the room knowing we'd find your
01:06:40prince on it but the one thing she couldn't account for was her ladyship bringing for barrett
01:06:45which meant that barrett saw you leaving the house can't be true i swear to god it cannot be true
01:06:50audrey's never born a grudge against me you have the whole thing wrong he's right superintendent
01:06:59you see i don't believe that mr strange did leave audrey at all i rather think that she left him
01:07:06for adrian royd isn't that so mr strange when audrey was taken in by the royd family
01:07:15great rivalry developed between the two boys but then she married mr strange and that was an end
01:07:19to the matter adrian however bided his time and finally made his move they planned to run away
01:07:26together then adrian was killed in a car accident that is the reason audrey went to pieces
01:07:33mr strange behaved with the utmost chivalry he arranged that she should divorce him and that he
01:07:41would take the blame i didn't know anyone knew one hears things sees things gradually a picture forms
01:07:53so audrey has no reason to hate never strange on the contrary she has every reason to be grateful
01:08:00and when he arranged this visit she didn't feel she could refuse audrey strange superintendent has no motive
01:08:08motives one thing facts are another facts showed that i was guilty not so long ago am i being asked to
01:08:17believe that there's someone who hates both you and audrey strange someone who should the plot against
01:08:23you fail have laid a trail that led directly to her do you know of such a person mr strange
01:08:30do you miss marple superintendent may i have a word please
01:08:39do you want me don't you
01:08:57mrs strange i have a warrant for your arrest on the charge of murdering camilla trisillian on monday
01:09:02last september 10th i must caution you that anything you say will be taken down
01:09:07and maybe use some evidence at your trial it's almost a relief no no audrey say nothing but why not
01:09:12neville i'm glad it's over i always knew it was you i knew you were up to something didn't i tell
01:09:19you neville okay please oh shut up k for god's sake why don't you look after her all right i should
01:09:25take you away from a lot of them let me come with you no never
01:09:28you stay it's the only thing i can do audrey dear thomas
01:09:38i better call my sister of course mr strange but first there's a little something i have in mind
01:09:48you're sick deep breaths mrs strange very good for nausea
01:10:00well ladies and gentlemen what a very odd case this has been one of the oddest i've ever known
01:10:05and in keeping with the pervading oddness i'd like to ask miss marple here to take the floor
01:10:10thank you superintendent what the hell is this a wi meeting the sooner you shut up mr latimo the
01:10:20sooner we can get back i'll be as quick as i can i assure you poor mr treves a night he died said
01:10:25it's something quite pertinent the detective stories usually begin with the murder itself but from
01:10:31his long career at the bar he'd observed that murder usually comes at the end zero hour he called
01:10:40it and it's zero hour now lady drissillian's death you mean no miss alden not lady drissillian's death
01:10:47i am talking of the murder of audrey strange you see this is a crime that has long been planned
01:10:54down to the smallest detail with one object and one object only but audrey strange should be hanged
01:11:00by the neck until she was dead and very cunning it was too first there was the faked evidence against
01:11:09neville strange which we were meant to see through yes indeed and having been presented with one lot of
01:11:15faked evidence it wasn't thought likely we consider a second edition but when you come to look at it
01:11:20all the evidence against audrey strange could have been faked the weapon taken from her fireplace the
01:11:26gloves hidden in the ivy the prints found on the roll of tape taken from her room and then there was
01:11:31the way she behaved when she was arrested practically admitted her guilt didn't she but if audrey was a
01:11:38victim why arrest her i have to do my duty sir we have to act on the evidence and at the time there
01:11:44was no evidence to the contrary until miss marple came along quite by chance i was um chatting to a
01:11:52fellow guest at the hotel a young lady by the name of diana brinton the girl with that pesky little dog
01:11:58yes yes donald donald a pleasant young girl but possessed of rather a fanciful imagination she reads a lot of
01:12:08historical novels you see and she happened mentioned seeing late one night the night of the murder in
01:12:14fact a figure on the other side of the day a figure what exactly do you mean well a figure a figure getting
01:12:21out of the water and climbing a rope which hung from a window up there well i of course thought nothing
01:12:27of it late at night she may have been half asleep and as i say she has an active imagination but in the
01:12:33light of later events i began to think there might be some substance to what she said so it was an
01:12:40outsider after all someone who came from the other side of the river yes someone who wasn't seen between
01:12:4710 30 and a quarter past 11 that night and who might have swum across and back hey mr latimer
01:12:54but i can't swim everybody knows i can't swim kate tell them
01:13:10yeah mr latimer pushed him she pushed him didn't anyone see
01:13:15he can't swim can he can't swim can he oh we told you that teddy
01:13:22joe he's going under
01:13:26teddy
01:13:28are you all right mr latimer of course he's not all right you might have killed no chance of that
01:13:51mr strange jones here is highly proficient in the life-saving department and look at the bright
01:13:56side at least it's eliminated him from our inquiries and he can't have been mr roid climbing that rope
01:14:01because of his arm which brings us to you doesn't it mr strange
01:14:11are you seriously suggesting i swam across the river climbed into the house killed lady
01:14:19tressilian and then swam back again yes we are simply extraordinary and what about the rope you
01:14:28left it there yourself before you caught the ferry so in other words i framed myself did i i rather think
01:14:36you did priceless absolutely priceless and why the hell should i want to kill camilla you didn't but
01:14:46you did want to hang the woman who'd left you for another man and the fact that it entailed killing
01:14:50a woman who'd been something like a mother to you didn't seem to worry you in the least you're a bit
01:14:56unhinged aren't you
01:15:01i'm not the one who's unhinged have been ever since you were a kid
01:15:05i looked up that old bow and arrow case see it was the same then wasn't it anyone who does you an
01:15:10injury has to be punished flicked you on the raw didn't it when audrey left you so you had to think
01:15:15up something special for her and what better than to get her hanged pity you didn't have the brains to
01:15:20pull it off all that nibbling stuff powder on the collar hair on the cuffs we knew what you were up to
01:15:27all along laughing into our sleeves weren't we miss marvel i'm afraid it was all rather childish but
01:15:33you see like so many murderers you thought you were being so clever when in fact you were being really
01:15:37rather stupid stupid stupid
01:15:45it was the perfect plan worked out to the last detail and you never would have guessed it if
01:15:53if you miss marble weren't such an insufferable busybody watch it strange and if that old fool
01:16:00troops hadn't set you all thinking because he recognized your long little finger didn't he mr
01:16:04strange which is why you rushed around to his hotel and put the sign on the lift knowing full
01:16:09well the state of the poor man's heart he deserved it and so does audrey
01:16:18she deserves everything she's gonna get
01:16:20how dare she run off and leave me me for that miserable little bastard adrian royce
01:16:33he shall hang
01:16:36you've got to hack her
01:16:40and i want to be there to hear her lousy neck crack
01:16:44i was afraid of him as soon as we were married
01:16:51a word or a look but then i'd fancy i'd imagined it and that i was mad
01:16:57and so it was for years until adrian reappeared and told me he still loved me
01:17:03and suddenly my world fell into place
01:17:05we were planning to run away together and that's why he was down here just a year ago
01:17:13but the day i went to meet him he never came killed in a crash and i can't help thinking that neville
01:17:20had something to do with it i think you might be right neville was very solicitous said no one need
01:17:25know and that i could divorce him i felt so grateful but i never felt i've really escaped
01:17:32when he suggested we should all come down here i couldn't refuse
01:17:37the story mr trees told the out of water sign on the lift even when camilla was killed i didn't
01:17:43make the connection when did you realize when he was cleared i saw him looking at me and i knew
01:17:50and you miss marple one thing then another the smell in the hotel for instance which that girl
01:17:56recognized in the billiards room when mr strange was here it suddenly came to me perhaps he himself was
01:18:01the source of it and i could only think of one way in which he would have come into contact with a dead
01:18:06fish
01:18:15he must be quite a strong swimmer because he had very little time
01:18:22my theory was confirmed when i saw a piece of wet rope in the box room
01:18:27and then after he'd got back into the house he put on his other suit took the weapon which he had
01:18:36fixed beforehand and made his way to camilla's room
01:18:45we won't go into that then he slipped back out of his clothes down the rope swam back here to meet mr
01:18:52latimer then after mr latimer had driven him back he had all night to clear up his traces and set the
01:18:58scene then of course there was the bell the bell by camilla's bed i nearly got it the morning after
01:19:09the murder when i saw a window pole and the bell wires on the ceiling
01:19:14it was very very clever mr strange he rang the bell for barrett from outside in the passage after his
01:19:25row with camilla so that when barrett came down she'd see him leave and thus he'd have his alibi
01:19:33poor camilla didn't know what she'd run for because she hadn't run at all he struck her backhanded
01:19:47by the way his backhand was always his strong point
01:19:50good morning miss marvel good morning
01:20:00is that the girl i saw neville climbing the rope yes it is if it weren't for her i must thank her
01:20:07no no no no my dear don't move i've nearly finished
01:20:11it was raining wasn't it the night of the murder yes it was if you just um
01:20:29she must have awfully good eyesight yeah perhaps she eats her carrots
01:20:36yes miss marvel
01:20:42well as the superintendent says the police have to act on evidence so i thought i'd help them along
01:20:48a bit by suggesting there was a witness fortunately mr strange's confession has rendered that redundant
01:20:56so what you imagined actually happened do you have gift for this sort of thing miss marvel
01:21:02yes sometimes i think i do
01:21:20miss marvel would it spoil your sketch if i
01:21:22No, no, of course not, my dear.
01:21:47In fact, quite the contrary.
01:21:52In fact, quite the contrary.