First broadcast 15th February 1987.
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00:28["Sweet Child O' Mine"]
00:42-...phone ringing...
00:44...ringing...
00:46...ringing...
00:48...ringing...
00:50...ringing...
00:52...ringing...
00:54...ringing...
00:57...a temple, a Lismoth temple...
00:59...CBE I think...
01:01...oh God how dreadful...
01:03...oh God...
01:05...oh God...
01:07...really bad...
01:09...come this way...
01:11...this way...
01:13...I was at Professor Wanstead's home office...
01:15...ah, yes sir...
01:17...he had a cloth cap on...
01:19...tweed or something...
01:21...and a rather garish sweater...
01:23...I saw him very briefly...
01:25...if you want me I'm staying at the Golden Boar...
01:27...Abbey Deuces...
01:29...ah, very good Professor...
01:31...I hope the news from the infirmary will be...
01:33...quite, quite...
01:47...ah, there she is...
01:55...please...
02:01...did you get what you wanted?
02:05...I saved you an eclair I think...
02:07...ringing...
02:09...ringing...
02:11...ringing...
02:13...ringing...
02:15...ringing...
02:17...ringing...
02:19...ringing...
02:21...ringing...
02:23That's the professor from that tour party, isn't it?
02:44God, he wanted to do that one to the tourists as well.
03:14No.
03:31What on earth's going on?
03:43A very plain stone for someone who's been loved as much as she has, don't you think?
04:13Yes.
04:46Here we are, Aunt Jane. It should be quiet enough up here.
04:49Would you like me to fetch you a cup of coffee?
04:51No, thank you.
04:53Listen.
04:56I heard that when we were in the church.
05:09Well, well.
05:12Ah, Professor Wanstead. Hello.
05:14I've got some bad news, I'm afraid.
05:17Miss Temple has been seriously injured.
05:20Miss Temple?
05:22What do you mean, seriously?
05:24She hasn't recovered consciousness yet.
05:26The answer is we don't know.
05:29I don't think she'll live.
05:41You said it could have been an accident, Professor.
05:50Does that suggest the possibility that it was not?
05:53Possibly not.
05:55A stone statue fell from the gallery.
05:59I saw a man.
06:01He was wearing a cloth cap and a brightly coloured pullover.
06:04Hardly the sort of thing you'd wear if...
06:07Well.
06:10Not unless you wanted to be conspicuous.
06:16Oh, ghosts, ghosts.
06:20Mr Raphael is a ghostly puppet master,
06:23jerking us this way and that, setting us puzzles
06:26and laughing at us from beyond the grave.
06:29Oh, I'm sorry, Professor.
06:31You can hardly know what I'm talking about.
06:34I have to confess, I do, I'm afraid.
06:36I, too, am one of Mr Raphael's puppets, Miss Marple.
06:40Before Mr Raphael died,
07:05I received a summons to come on this tour.
07:08Ah!
07:10Sorry?
07:11Nothing.
07:13Sorry.
07:17Please.
07:21Yes, anyway.
07:22As far as I can tell, I was to remain in the shadows,
07:25a sort of supernumerary player, in case...
07:32Well, anyway, you've been in good hands.
07:36But what was your own interest in this affair, Professor?
07:40Mr Raphael's other puppets were involved, it seems.
07:43I'm a psychologist.
07:44I specialise in criminal psychology.
07:47I've been attached to the Home Office for some years now.
07:50I assessed Mr Raphael's son, Michael, when he was first arrested.
07:55There seemed every likelihood then that he'd be charged with murder.
07:59And was he insane?
08:03No.
08:05No.
08:07Tell me, Miss Marple, may I ask what you've discovered so far?
08:12So far, it just concerns a murdered girl, that's all, really.
08:16Verity Hunt.
08:18Miss Temple taught her, the Bradbury Scotts were her guardians,
08:23and Mr Raphael's son, Michael, was engaged to be married to her.
08:28But the most significant fact of all was that Verity Hunt was loved.
08:34Miss Temple hinted that she died because she was loved.
08:38Oh, I do wish Miss Temple had said more.
08:41You don't think she said more to anyone else, I suppose?
08:44Well, she wrote a letter.
08:47Well, she said she was going to, and as far as I can remember,
08:51I got the impression she didn't want to write it.
08:54It was going to be a bit of a pig.
08:56Yes, yes, it would be.
08:58What did she know?
09:01Whom did she know, I wonder?
09:24It occurs to me, Professor, that Miss Temple was not a woman to waste her time.
09:28She must have thought that someone here in Abbey Deuces was going to tell her something.
09:32Either that person was her attacker, or else...
09:37Or else what, Aunt Jeff?
09:39Or there is somebody else in this business.
09:42Somebody we know nothing about.
09:47Oh.
09:50Oh.
09:53I think we should look at that.
09:58Telephone message from Mrs. H. Oldcastle.
10:02Archdeacon Brabisson left this address four or five years ago.
10:09Well, that's certainly somebody I know nothing about.
10:12No, indeed.
10:15An archdeacon.
10:28No, I'm sorry. I've got a very bad line. I can hardly hear you.
10:31Hello, butlers. Wrong way.
10:33Oh, Colonel Walker. Not that way.
10:37This is Clarence Ross. You really...
10:40Miss Marple, could you?
10:42The King Alfred Room. Thanks so much.
10:44Could you, Mr. Peel? Heavens, thanks.
10:47Oh, God. Come on, Florka.
10:49Oh, my God.
10:51Oh, my God.
10:53Oh, my God.
10:55Mr. Peel. Heavens, thanks.
10:57Oh, God. Come on, Florka.
10:59Miss Rambly. Miss Rambly.
11:01Professor Wanstead. Professor Wanstead.
11:04Telephone.
11:09The infirmary, sir.
11:11Oh. Wanstead speaking.
11:14Ladies and gentlemen, if you could all sit down just for a moment, please.
11:22Now, then.
11:24I want you all to know that Miss Temple has regained consciousness briefly.
11:28So we can hope... I mean, I don't know if...
11:32Anyway, as you know, we were to have carried on to Stratford this evening,
11:36but I'm afraid that'll be impossible now, until Monday or Tuesday at least.
11:40The police are being very cooperative,
11:42but they will have to have statements from everyone,
11:45and there will be a certain amount of checking up to do.
11:50You see, Miss Temple asked specifically for me...
11:53Yes, sir, I gather.
11:55And how is she? Well, they don't think she'll recover.
12:06Oh, isn't that Anthea Bradbury-Scott?
12:13I'm sorry for those Bradbury-Scott girls.
12:16The world's changed, and they haven't changed with it.
12:53Elizabeth.
12:56Elizabeth.
13:11Well...
13:17Jane Marple?
13:19Yes. Is Jane Marple here?
13:24Verity.
13:27Ask them about Verity.
13:31The truth.
13:36The truth was buried with her.
13:50There's been a change. Something's happened.
13:53Yes, all right.
14:20Now that she's dead, it'll mean an inquest, of course.
14:23Yes. Yes, I suppose it will.
14:28Tell me, um...
14:30What?
14:32Why did you really come on this tour?
14:35For the reasons I gave.
14:37Sorry, but, you know...
14:40Put it this way.
14:42You don't strike me as particularly altruistic.
14:45Why should you pay any attention to the whims of a dead man?
14:48Oh, I see. For the money.
14:51Didn't I say?
14:53Broadrib and Schuster have been instructed to pay me.
14:56And very well.
14:58Academics don't eat off gold plates, you know.
15:02Professor?
15:04Yes?
15:08I was thinking, Professor,
15:10apart from this mysterious archdeacon Brabhism,
15:13whom poor Miss Temple was trying to reach when she was murdered,
15:16I think there are three things to follow up.
15:19Now, Lyle, Michael Raphael?
15:22Yes?
15:24I think he should be found, don't you?
15:27Ah, ah-ha, yes, yes, of course.
15:29I'll, um...
15:31Mind you, according to Schuster,
15:34he's living like a tramp in London.
15:36But, yes, I'll have a go.
15:38Will you be...
15:40If I go to London, I mean.
15:42Oh, yes, Lyle, of course I will.
15:44Professor.
15:45At your service.
15:46This young girl, Nora Brent,
15:48who disappeared at the time of the murder,
15:50I understand she lived in Abbey Deuces.
15:53Well, I just wondered...
15:55If I might do some research for you.
15:57Well...
15:58Willingly.
16:01Hello.
16:03We came straight over when we heard.
16:06What a horrid thing.
16:07Do we know how she is?
16:10Miss Temple died at five o'clock.
16:15Oh, my God.
16:20I'm very sorry.
16:22Very sorry.
16:24We came over, actually,
16:26to say you'd be most welcome, of course, Miss Marple,
16:29to stay on at the manor house as long as you like.
16:32Oh, that's most kind of you.
16:33Are you sure I wouldn't be any trouble?
16:35Not in the least.
16:37That's settled.
16:38Good.
16:39We'll look forward to seeing you later this evening, then.
16:53Are you sure?
16:55Oh, yes.
16:57I'm quite sure.
16:59That's the third line of inquiry.
17:02Mr. Raphael intended me to go there to discover something.
17:06Well, I haven't discovered it.
17:11Perhaps I haven't asked the right question.
17:20Bother it.
17:22I expected this.
17:24Close weather.
17:31Verity.
17:37Did you know her?
17:40I had no idea.
17:43You do mean Verity Hunt, I suppose.
17:47I have no idea what I mean, I'm afraid.
17:50Poor Miss Temple said it before she died.
17:54Just that.
17:56Verity.
17:58Of course, it means the truth, but...
18:02Oh.
18:03Oh, dear.
18:04Have I said something I shouldn't?
18:06I'm so sorry.
18:08That's all right, Miss Marple.
18:11My sisters were extremely fond of her, that's all, and...
18:15She was killed.
18:17Quite dreadfully.
18:18Murdered.
18:19Anthea, for heaven's sake.
18:20They found her body in a ditch.
18:24She was a girl we cared for.
18:29Very much.
18:31She lived here for a number of years.
18:36I was very fond of her.
18:39I didn't say that you...
18:45She was terribly fond of you.
18:49She...
18:51Her life should have been...
18:54She...
19:00Everything.
19:05Excuse me.
19:07For God's sake, I didn't mean that...
19:10Oh, dear.
19:14We were all fond of Verity.
19:17But to Clotilde, she was like a daughter,
19:20so we never mention her, unless we can help it.
19:26I believe I told you Michael Raphael was a bad lot.
19:31What he was wrong about was that he was a good man.
19:36Michael Raphael was a bad lot.
19:40Well, he was rather more than that, I'm afraid.
19:43Assault, forgeries, trouble with local girls,
19:48stories of violence.
19:50And then a girl in the village disappeared.
19:53Nora Brent.
19:55She's never been found.
19:58Then Verity was murdered.
20:01Naturally, the police questioned Michael Raphael.
20:06The last time she was seen alive was in his car.
20:11We have no proof, of course, but...
20:17Anyway, her body was discovered six months later.
20:22Clotilde had to go and identify it.
20:26Verity had been strangled and her head beaten in.
20:32My sister has never got over it.
20:37SHE SIGHS
20:39THUNDER RUMBLES
20:45SHE WHIMPERS
20:48SHE WHIMPERS
21:04SHE WHIMPERS
21:07SHE WHIMPERS
21:19No, I'm sorry, madam. Mr Peel checked out yesterday morning.
21:22Thank you for your help.
21:24Good morning, ladies.
21:26So, you're not going with the main party, then?
21:30No, we're not.
21:31No, we've agreed that this tragedy
21:33has made the whole idea of the tour seem rather futile.
21:36Or distasteful, actually.
21:38Yes, I agree.
21:40There's a memorial service for Miss Temple on Wednesday.
21:43Is there? Oh, good. I shall go to that.
21:46Yes, we'll stay on for that and then we'll see.
21:49It's left us feeling very flat.
21:51Quite, quite.
21:55Well...
21:57Better be getting on.
21:59Quite so.
22:04DOOR OPENS
22:18DOG BARKS
22:22DOORBELL RINGS
22:29Mrs Brent? Yes?
22:31My name's Wanstead, Home Office.
22:33Could I come and have a word with you about your daughter?
22:37Are you sure you don't want anything?
22:39No, thank you really, Mrs Brent. I had a coffee at the hotel.
22:42Oh, well, I'll just get myself an orange squash then.
23:02BIRDS CHIRP
23:15People said I spoilt her.
23:17Well, perhaps.
23:19Oh, you should have seen her as a kid.
23:22Little face and ringlets.
23:24Nora could turn her head, I can tell you.
23:27Never lost the art of that, she didn't.
23:30People said I should have watched her better after Keith walked out.
23:34Well, of course, I could have done.
23:38Could have.
23:40But you can't run people's lives for them, can you?
23:43And if you don't have some fun when you're young...
23:46Where do you think she is now?
23:50What?
23:52You sounded before as if you knew where you thought she might be now.
23:57Well, I know where she is, all right.
23:59You do?
24:03She's dead.
24:05That's what.
24:07Poor little cow.
24:11Must be.
24:14Oh, she'd go off.
24:16She'd always be off.
24:18Scare the lights out of me.
24:20But if it wasn't much good, she'd be back soon enough.
24:24When she was happy, it was worse.
24:26Sometimes she wouldn't be in touch with me for days, the little bint.
24:31But they'd always be the call, sooner or later, so...
24:35Well, I didn't worry much at first.
24:38We knew each other, you see.
24:45I couldn't believe it.
24:48Not really.
24:50Not deep down.
24:54For weeks, I couldn't.
24:58Then in the end, I realised it would be nonsense not to.
25:03I mean, she would have been in touch somehow, something.
25:08Little soft cow knew what I was like.
25:11She would want to talk to me.
25:14No.
25:16She's dead and gone.
25:19Someone got her.
25:23Poor little...
25:31Yes, I'm... I'm sorry.
25:37Well...
25:40What was your interest, then?
25:43Another girl disappeared at the same time.
25:47Oh, yes.
25:49The hunt girl up at the manor house.
25:51Yes. Yes, she did.
25:55My Nora knew her, you know.
25:57No, I didn't know.
25:59Oh, yes. Miss Hunt took quite a shine to my Nora.
26:03Oh, she was an innocent.
26:05She liked to ask Nora things.
26:09She didn't have a mother, you see.
26:11She had her guardians.
26:13Oh, those two old maids.
26:15Not quite what I'd choose if I wanted to ask what to do with a man.
26:19No, quite, if that's...
26:22Well, of course.
26:24She was in love, wasn't she?
26:26Was she?
26:28Yes, with that chap Raphael up at the big house.
26:33Do you think he had anything to do with Verity's death?
26:39Oh, I don't say nothing about that.
26:43Are you sure you wouldn't like an orange squash?
27:02Bye-bye, Mrs Watson.
27:07Oh, dear.
27:10Oh, dear.
27:13Yes, dear?
27:15Oh. Oh, dear, oh, dear.
27:18What is it?
27:20Will I make so many mistakes these days?
27:22Oh, well, let's see if we can sort this one out, shall we?
27:25Oh, well, if you could, I'd...
27:27Yes, I've been extremely stupid.
27:30A parcel. You see, I send them clothing.
27:33Pullovers and children's woolies, you see.
27:36Send them to who, dear?
27:38A charity.
27:40And I did it up and I dressed it and I had it sent off.
27:43And then when I was having my second cup...
27:45I do like a large cup of tea for breakfast, don't you?
27:48Oh, yes. I realised I'd sent it to the wrong address.
27:51I meant to send it to the London Dock Welfare Association.
27:56I'm staying up at the manor house, you know,
27:59and I think Mrs Glynn brought it in.
28:01Oh, now, would that be Saturday?
28:04Saturday.
28:06Saturday.
28:08Oh, yes, yes, Saturday.
28:10Well, it wasn't Mrs Glynn, you know, dear.
28:12It was Miss Anthea.
28:14Who was it? Oh, really? Oh, how very kind of her.
28:17Now, let me see. What was it now?
28:19The East Ham...
28:21It was definitely East Ham.
28:23Women and children's...
28:25clothing something.
28:27Appeal, I think. Appeal, yes.
28:29That's it. Appeal. Yes.
28:31East Ham. Yes, the Reverend Matthews.
28:34Such a good family and such a very difficult mission.
28:37Yes. Oh, my goodness, what a memory.
28:40I'm afraid the parcel's gone off, though.
28:43Yes, well, thank you so much.
28:45You've relieved my mind. Thank you very much.
28:47That's all right, my dear.
28:49Bye-bye now.
29:04Raph?
29:15Raph? Could be anywhere his work takes him, couldn't he?
29:18His work?
29:22Here. Who are you?
29:24Oh, a friend.
29:26And you don't know what Raph does?
29:28Go on. Knock off!
29:35KNOCK ON DOOR
29:42Miss Marple, Broderick.
29:44Telephone message.
29:46She has a small commission for us.
29:49She wants us to trace a parcel for her.
29:52You can't go in there!
29:56I'm sorry, Mr Broderick. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
29:59It's all right, Miss Rampalli. It's all right.
30:02Now, how about some tea?
30:04Tea. Certainly. Tea.
30:19What's going on, Broderick?
30:22I beg your pardon?
30:27Listen.
30:29Someone, some bloke, sniffing around after me, asking questions.
30:34I don't like it.
30:37Tell him to lay off.
30:39Right!
30:41Now.
30:46Well, Tristan.
30:51Whom do you suppose he means?
30:53I have no idea.
30:55I cannot conceive of anyone wishing to inquire after such an unsavoury person.
31:05Surely he hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows.
31:09Yet, O love, tis thou dost call.
31:12Thou wilt be our all in all. Amen.
31:26How bright will be
31:30A star in the night
31:36The darkness deepens
31:41Not with me now bright
31:46When our lovers
31:51Our lovers
31:55Day and night must sleep
32:00Help of the helpless
32:05O, what I bring thee
32:22I hope you don't mind my asking,
32:25but are you by any chance Archdeacon Bramerton?
32:29Yes. Yes, I am.
32:33I believe we once had an acquaintance in common,
32:37Mr Rathfield.
32:39Yes, quite right.
32:41He died not long ago.
32:43Is that why you're here?
32:46In a manner of speaking.
32:48I believe I am here at his bidding too.
32:51There seems no other explanation.
32:54I'd meant many times to return here from Australia,
32:59and suddenly there on my desk was an air ticket.
33:03The airline assured me there was no mistake.
33:05It was in my name.
33:07At the airport in London, another ticket was waiting for me to Abbey Deuces.
33:11I arrived here to be greeted by this tragic news,
33:15and even that seemed stage-managed somehow.
33:18Archdeacon, there's someone I'd like you to meet.
33:21There she is.
33:24Mr Rathfield's bloodhound.
33:27His avenging angel.
33:30She looks so harmless, doesn't she?
33:33Her camouflage is perfect,
33:35because she is partly just what she seems,
33:39a gossipy old village lady.
33:42But her logic is ruthless,
33:45and her powers of synthesis formidable.
33:48And above all, she never lets go.
33:53I look forward to meeting her.
33:58Berity, of course, I'd known since she was a child, and she was...
34:03Well, she was blessed with a quality of goodness and simplicity
34:08which at times was quite unnerving.
34:12Miss Temple described her as a shining girl.
34:16Yes, that's exactly right, she was.
34:19She was.
34:22It was she who first came to me.
34:25She believed Michael would change, she said.
34:28I tried to explain that people hardly ever change, not essentially.
34:33Her reply was simple.
34:37Did I not believe in the redemption of the individual?
34:42I can see her now.
34:45Her simplicity, her strength, her belief.
34:51I can tell you I felt ashamed at the time.
34:55Soiled by the world.
34:57And when I saw them together, I knew she was right.
35:01I'd advised many people who were about to marry,
35:04none were better suited than they were.
35:07They had a trust and understanding of each other
35:12which was rare, very rare.
35:16Shining.
35:34Mr Raphael. Raph.
35:37Oh, you don't know him?
35:39Well, he's a sort of...
35:42Well, I don't know, a sort of people's advocate.
35:47He'll face up to officials on behalf of some of these poor fellows
35:51who pass through our hands when they consul populace.
35:57He's quite an educated chap, you know.
36:00Considered a bit of a saint.
36:03Because I'm an official, so I don't see much of the saintly side.
36:08The Pharisees get the sharper side of his tongue.
36:12We're donkeys and glummox and I don't know what.
36:21Oh, Miss Marple. You're still here. Oh, good.
36:24Would you do us a favour and dine with us this evening?
36:28Oh, well, that's very kind of you.
36:31I'd rather think I'm expected back at the manor house.
36:34Well, now, that I call jolly unfair.
36:36They've had you to dinner every night.
36:38I bet they could stretch a point.
36:40Do join us. We've been having such an interesting time.
36:44Miss Barrow and I could walk you over to the manor house after dinner.
36:48Are you dining here tonight, Miss Marple?
36:50Miss Cook has very kindly offered me a place at her table.
36:53Well, you know, I don't think the Bradbury Scots would mind.
36:57In fact, I think Mrs Adams would be quite pleased
37:00not to have to provide for an extra person.
37:03Well, I'll telephone, shall I?
37:05And thank you so much. I do hope to join you.
37:10I shall drive you back to the manor house.
37:13Oh, thank you. I shall be glad of that, yes.
37:15Why are you dining with them?
37:17Because I think that I may learn something.
37:27Oh!
38:09Thank you, Mrs Adams.
38:11Oh, Mrs Adams, I'm afraid we shall need a fourth cup.
38:15Miss Marple should be with us any moment.
38:18That you are.
38:28INDISTINCT CHATTER
38:31INDISTINCT CHATTER
38:55And did you learn something?
38:57Oh, yes.
38:59Good night, Miss Marple. Good night.
39:01Good night.
39:07Well, that was instructive.
39:10Yes. Yes, it was.
39:19I do think it was peculiar of Jane Marple not to dine with us.
39:23She's probably being polite.
39:25Trying not to make a nuisance of herself.
39:28She had ample opportunity to see we were reduced to one servant.
39:32There was rather more to it than that, I believe.
39:35She said she was hoping to learn something.
39:38I wish she'd play bridge.
39:40She's being polite to Benny, I expect.
39:43Fed up with the Zeke!
39:45Will you stop fiddling with that wretched machine!
39:49God! God!
39:52God!
39:59THUNDER RUMBLES
40:07Thank you, Professor.
40:09Are you absolutely sure?
40:11Oh, I should be safe enough now.
40:14CLATTERING
40:27Good.
40:29Ready? Yes.
40:43So you're off tomorrow, Miss Marple?
40:46Yes. I've achieved what I came for.
40:50My little commission.
40:52Really? Commission?
40:55From whom?
40:57From Mr Raphael.
40:59I feel I can tell you now.
41:01What was your commission?
41:03Such a generous man.
41:05I'm sorry. What did he ask you to do?
41:08Well, he asked me, or rather he relied upon me
41:11to use my small gifts in certain areas,
41:14and he spoke of justice.
41:16That justice roll down like the water
41:19and righteousness like an everlasting stream.
41:23Yes. Good heavens.
41:25Do you know, I've just realised how much I've imagined
41:28Mr Raphael's intentions in this matter,
41:30but I feel sure I'm right.
41:33Isn't it odd?
41:35It all started with that poor, delightful girl,
41:39Verity, your ward.
41:41When Mr Raphael was dying,
41:44he realised he wanted justice done.
41:47He wanted her murderer brought to book at whatever cost.
41:51So he made some arrangements.
41:54And do you know now who the murderer was?
41:57Yes, I know now.
42:00Well, I'm sure we'll all be glad
42:03when this business is cleared up.
42:06Who is it?
42:08It's a question of proof.
42:10The burden of proof.
42:12I dare say I shall be able to dig it up,
42:15but in the meantime, of course.
42:21Tenzing.
42:24How did you get in?
42:26Mrs Adams said she'd put you out.
42:28Oh, you're soaking.
42:30Oh, come on.
42:32Mrs Adams must have left a window open.
42:34We'd better go and check.
42:36Yes, well, it's late.
42:40I'll take this through.
42:45Would you like a milky drink, Miss Marple?
43:02No, thank you.
43:33Good evening, Miss Bradbury-Scott.
43:41I saw your light on.
43:43I wondered if I'd drunk my milky drink.
43:48What?
43:50I haven't, I'm afraid.
43:53I didn't think it'd be good for me.
43:56I think you know what I mean.
43:59If you want some more milk, I'll go and get it for you.
44:04I shouldn't drink it if you did.
44:07What an extraordinary person you are.
44:11Is this a little foible of yours, or what?
44:15Once upon a time, Miss Bradbury-Scott,
44:18a young girl lived in this house,
44:21well-loved, innocent, untouched.
44:27Too well-loved, too innocent, too untouched.
44:32So when a young man came to claim her,
44:35as you knew one day he must,
44:38her very innocence was the star which guided her to love him.
44:43A miserable, depraved delinquent.
44:47I don't want to talk about this.
44:50Whatever he was, you nurtured the girl
44:53Whatever he was, you nurtured the girl who believed him redeemable.
44:58She couldn't have.
45:01God knows what he must have said to her.
45:04My beautiful, splendid girl, she couldn't.
45:07She'd have realised.
45:09Which you never gave her the chance, did you?
45:12The strength of your love must have been frightening, Miss Bradbury-Scott.
45:19How did you kill her?
45:24What?
45:30Verity was found in a ditch,
45:34with her head smashed.
45:38Do you think,
45:41loving that girl the way I loved her,
45:45do you think I could have done that to her?
45:49No, of course not.
45:52Of course you couldn't.
45:55Then what the hell are you talking about?
45:59I'm talking about Verity.
46:02Not Nora Brent, whom you battered to death and then identified as Verity
46:06when her body was found.
46:09What an act of sacrilege that must have been to your princess.
46:14Must have cost you dear, that.
46:18You put Verity to sleep
46:21just as she had woken to the beauty of life.
46:25She was trying to escape the servitude of your love.
46:29She wanted a normal woman's life.
46:32She wanted reality.
46:35You returned her to Fairyland.
46:38And now...
46:40And now?
46:42She's safe now from any unsuitable princes.
46:48Sleeping beauty lies in the ruins.
46:53And flowers grow round her.
46:58Yes.
47:00Yes.
47:02No, Miss Bradbury-Scott.
47:04She's a rotted corpse and there is no one to kiss her awake.
47:09You foul old woman.
47:14You!
47:16Hag!
47:22You won't leave here alive.
47:25I believe I shall.
47:33So...
47:36It's over at last.
47:42Thank God.
48:06I'll go to my room now.
48:09If you don't mind.
48:13I'm sure that will be quite all right.
48:36You're sure?
48:38Quite sure.
48:50Tilly?
48:52Come to you, Tilly!
48:54Come to you!
48:57Tilly!
48:59Oh, Tilly!
49:01Tilly?
49:03Tilly!
49:07Tilly!
49:10Tilly!
49:16Tilly!
49:24Leave her alone.
49:27You can't help her now.
49:30I've never been happy, never.
49:33Even when she had Verity, she was terrified of losing her.
49:40She planted this in her memory.
49:42I wanted her to get rid of it, to try to help her to forget.
49:47She would never have done that.
49:51This marks Verity's grave.
49:55That rather plain stone in the graveyard is where Nora Brent is buried.
50:11Oh, thank you, love.
50:14Well done.
50:17We'll be away now, Miss Marvel.
50:19Oh, goodbye. Goodbye and thank you so much.
50:23All a day's work, you know.
50:25Goodbye. Goodbye. Goodbye.
50:27Oh, Professor, I want you to meet my guardian angels.
50:30By courtesy of Mr. Raphael, Miss Cook and Miss Barrow have been my bodyguards.
50:35Most efficient.
50:37Nice to have met you, Professor. Miss Cook.
50:39Goodbye, Professor. Miss Barrow.
50:41On your way, then, Barrow.
50:47The police have found this on Clotilde's desk.
50:50From Elizabeth Temple.
50:52Oh.
50:54It confirms what you thought.
50:57It implicitly accuses Clotilde Bradbury-Scott of Verity's murder.
51:02It's extraordinary.
51:04She offers to help her confess as if it was...
51:08I don't know, something quite everyday.
51:12And it cost her her life.
51:15The man in the cloth cap and the sweater was Clotilde.
51:21Miss Temple obviously couldn't realise what danger such a letter would put her in.
51:26So Jason Raphael's faith in his son is justified at last.
51:30Oh, no, Professor. It wasn't like that at all.
51:32Mr. Raphael wanted justice for the dead girl,
51:36even if it meant the sacrifice of his son.
51:38Do you think he'd considered that?
51:40Oh, yes.
51:42I flatter myself that's why he chose me.
51:45He knew I wouldn't flinch,
51:47even if it meant sending Michael to the galleys.
51:51He called me Nemesis, you know.
51:53And he wasn't being entirely humorous.
52:12Well?
52:36You've found me.
52:39What do you want?
52:42They know who murdered Verity.
52:45Oh, yes, isn't it?
53:15What a paradise.
53:34Shouldn't we go, Professor?
53:37No, I don't think so.
53:40What are you doing?
53:46I don't know. I mean, I don't know.
53:57Thank you for coming, Miss Marple.
53:59I'm Michael Raphael.
54:01Oh.
54:03How do you do?
54:05Professor.
54:07Hello, Andre.
54:08Oh, la, la, la.
54:10Well done.
54:11Oh, well, you know,
54:13this was in another envelope addressed to me.
54:17It's for you.
54:19For me?
54:20Undoubtedly.
54:29Oh, it's from your father.
54:32Farewell.
54:36Thank you, Miss Marple, my Nemesis.
54:40Shall we meet again?
54:43Yours, Jason Raphael.