First broadcast 18th December 1983.
A well-known stage actress asks the Beresfords to help her but when they arrive at the house she is staying at, she is already dead.
Francesca Annis as Tuppence Beresford
James Warwick as Tommy Beresford
Reece Dinsdale as Albert Batt
Tim Brierley as James Reilly
Mark Farmer as Page Boy
Geoffrey Greenhill as Police Sergeant
Constantine Gregory as Bulger Estcourt
Christopher Johnston as P.C. Bamford
Roger Kemp as Inspector Jeavons
Valerie Lilley as Ellen
Patrick Marley as Lord Leconbury
Linda Marlowe as Gilda Glenn
Anne Stallybrass as Dorothea Honeycott
Paddy Ward as Barman
A well-known stage actress asks the Beresfords to help her but when they arrive at the house she is staying at, she is already dead.
Francesca Annis as Tuppence Beresford
James Warwick as Tommy Beresford
Reece Dinsdale as Albert Batt
Tim Brierley as James Reilly
Mark Farmer as Page Boy
Geoffrey Greenhill as Police Sergeant
Constantine Gregory as Bulger Estcourt
Christopher Johnston as P.C. Bamford
Roger Kemp as Inspector Jeavons
Valerie Lilley as Ellen
Patrick Marley as Lord Leconbury
Linda Marlowe as Gilda Glenn
Anne Stallybrass as Dorothea Honeycott
Paddy Ward as Barman
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01:00it's like falling off a horse just what I was thinking we don't get on again at
01:22once we'll lose our nerve having botched up this job where's the next horse
01:27coming from honestly I don't know where I went wrong but bet my bottom dollar
01:32the countess is stolen and I'd have sworn Jasper Edmonton and snitched it
01:36complete waste of time following him around the golf course the countess was
01:39about to confess I'm sure of it on the last green I grilled him he was quaking
01:44what happens along comes the local inspector and says the second footman
01:50done second footman mind you a well-known thief with a string of
01:54convictions admitting his guilt and no bones about it and I thought this getup
02:00would do the trick still I suppose a stolen necklace isn't really a father
02:05Brown problem even bought the right kind of umbrella for a father Brown case one
02:09needs a certain kind of atmosphere one wants to be doing perfectly ordinary
02:14things and then bizarre things start to happen you mean it should come out of
02:17the blue unexpected mm-hmm mysterious exactly well I better get out of these
02:22togs before we leave for London perhaps something bizarre will happen on the
02:25way to the station upon myself it is Tommy
02:34haven't seen you since we were demon oh darling this is mr. Escort Bulger to his
02:40friends I sail chap how do you do I didn't know you'd taken orders I see you
02:48a blinking Parson oh yes miss Glenn won't you join us miss Glenn this is
02:56Tommy Beresford an old army chum of mine we made the world safe from any more
03:00wars this is um this is my sister miss Beresford how do you do of course we'd
03:10recognize you anywhere miss Glen secrets of the heart what a wonderful play I
03:14thought so too yes at the Globe wasn't it we saw it three times twice twice and
03:21the pillars of fire at the Playhouse twice once once oh well won't you take a
03:27seat oh are you really a priest a Roman Catholic priest very few of us are what
03:33we appear but I do listen to confessions I think he's pulling your leg miss Glenn
03:41if you're not a priest I don't see why you're dressed as one fair enough unless
03:46you're a a what a criminal flying from justice no he's the other way round I
03:56say what about a cocktail oh no thanks Bulger we're leaving in a moment know
04:01anything about the trains back to London old man yeah you've missed the five
04:06o'clock I'm afraid there's another at 635 is it far to the station
04:1110-minute walk from the hotel take a shortcut down Morgan's Lane Morgan's
04:15Lane heard about the ghost a there's a cemetery at the side of the lane do you
04:22see and rumor has it that a policeman was killed in the course of duty years
04:26ago rises from his grave and walks his old beat up and down Morgan's Lane
04:41there aren't really such things as ghosts are there there are many people
04:45in Hadrington swear they've seen you said you wouldn't follow me my dear if
05:04we're going to be married you mustn't have any secrets from me you fool I'm
05:09only here to make it all possible
05:21that's Lord Leckinbury rumor has it she's going to marry him title still has
05:27some sort of glamour I suppose oh yes and Leckinbury's not impoverished by any
05:30means oh she'll be in clover beautiful creature of course but the brains of a
05:35rabbit where does she come from nobody knows they're pretty near the gutter I
05:39dare say I didn't look very pleased to see him well she's not very pleased to
05:43see anyone between ourselves there's something just mysterious about her
05:48being here at all why she's not staying at the hotel I was in this very bar last
05:54night when she came in and ordered a drink well I tried to engage her in
05:58conversation you know how it is old man and you a priest yes well anyway she
06:05snubbed me snubbed me quite crudely I'm blessed if I know why yes that that is
06:09odd but by the way what are you doing here me old man in Hadrington I live
06:16here I'm the cement works on the cliff road outside of town well must be off
06:23just time for a round of golf before dinner with my wife jolly nice to see
06:28you old chap and you old man we must have a bus together next time I'm up in
06:33London so long goodbye cheerio old man bye Valter oh how do you know it's for me
06:44there's no name for the priest she said miss Gilda Glen thank you
06:58I'm not sure but I think you might be able to help me please be at the White
07:04House Morgan's Lane at 6 o'clock you have to pass it on the way to the
07:08station you're sincerely Gilda Glen how extraordinary
07:13is that because she thinks you're a priest I think it's because it's
07:17finally sunk in that I'm not
07:28Oh
07:30Oh
07:32Oh
07:34Oh
07:50yeah
07:53hell that's what I say hell and damn old women is what I say good evening
08:05oh all right kick up a row about it have me thrown out it won't be the first time
08:09you only said good evening yeah well why shouldn't we say what we think why
08:13should we go about bottling up our feelings I didn't notice that you were
08:16sir please sir yeah we don't mind sir please quieten down
08:21disturbing the other customers I beg your pardon be a little pleasant
08:24perhaps yeah I don't feel pleasant that's a small rum and lime juice that'll
08:30make you feel better sir no you see I feel like getting hold of someone by the
08:32throat and throttling him to death just anyone or someone in particular
08:37someone very particular I'm strangling them it's very interesting
08:42won't you tell us more
08:47my name is Riley James Riley you may have heard of me I wrote a volume of
08:54pacifist poetry good stuff although I say so pacifist poetry yes and why not
09:01nothing nothing I'm for peace all the time all the time to hell with war and
09:08to hell with women hey begging your pardon father you are absolved my son
09:13but I don't quite see the connection mr. Riley no well now did you see that
09:21creature who was trailing herself around here just now
09:24Gilda Glenn she calls herself and I've worshipped her for years from afar or at
09:30close quarters she cared for me once when she lived here before she went on
09:35the stage and I could make her care again so what's stopping you I want to
09:44know if she has a heart if she does then it's on my side but if she sells herself
09:48to that muck heap which muck heap would that be Leckinbury of course his
09:53lordship Leckinbury the mountain climber I'd have seen strangler with my own
10:00hands sorry father
10:15what an excitable fellow very excitable what time is it darling
10:21half-past five so what do we do now next train to London or Whitehouse Morgan's
10:29Lane how can we resist
10:47I suppose we're mad yes but thoroughly intrigued I mean just look at the list
10:52of characters a ravishing blonde actress she is rather smart right now
10:58mind for some reason Lord Leckinbury the scaler of mountains and rich suitor
11:03James whatever his name is right half out of his wits for love of Gilda Glenn
11:09loud of mouth but probably soft on action and your friend Bulger it's
11:14shifty I thought oh this must be the cemetery
11:23it's getting worse soon we shall be able to see a house of any color unless it's
11:28right on the street
11:33beginning to feel jumpy darling the mist and the silence what footsteps behind us
11:47I can't hear anything no no silly of me don't be so nervy darling
11:59there they are again can't you hear them no listen it's imagination they're in
12:08front of us now Tommy don't say you can't hear them yes yes I can hear
12:15something I think they're behind us somebody on their way to catch the
12:21London train perhaps
12:45Oh
13:00thank heavens good evening to you
13:06there's a gent what seems to be in a hurry father sort of person always would
13:17be in a hurry they've let him in friend of yours no not exactly but I do happen
13:28to know who he is name of Riley ah is that the White House that's right miss
13:33mrs. Honeycutt's place a nervous party you might say scared of burglars always
13:40asking me to look around the house middle-aged ladies get like that
13:44sometimes you happen to know if there's a rather flamboyant young lady staying
13:49here now you come to mention it father a young lady did go in at the gate about
13:55three or four minutes ago I saw her as I was coming up the road wearing a fur
14:00coat can't say I noticed rightly miss but she had a bit of rabbit round her
14:04neck Gilda Glen what not the actress yes if I'd known that I'd have asked for
14:12her autograph but what's she doing in Adrington nearest theatres 30 miles
14:17away yes it is a bit odd isn't it well I'd best be getting along good evening
14:24evening it's ten past six darling let her go in
14:33what's happened here did you ever see the like of that that fella comes here
14:57asks for the young lady and then runs upstairs without as much as a bigger
15:01leaf and she lets her to screech like a wildcat yes what was that was she
15:06frightened or surprised or what heaven knows poor dear and then he comes
15:10rushing down again with a white face on him like he's seen a ghost now what could
15:14be the meaning of it all who are you talking with Alan here's mrs. mrs.
15:20Honeycutt yes we've called to see miss Glen who you have have you and who might
15:28this person be this this is my sister come in here please
15:52please sit down thank you
15:58our name is Beresford then to begin with mr. Beresford you will excuse me if I
16:04say that I don't hold with the Roman Catholic religion oh well of course
16:09we're all entitled to our own opinions and I never thought to see a priest in
16:13this house but if Julia has gone over to the Scarlet Woman I dare say it might be
16:19worse Julia gone over to the Scarlet Woman it's only to be expected leading
16:24a life like hers is miss Glenn here in the house she is mind you I don't approve
16:32marriage is marriage and your husband's your husband as you make your bed so
16:37must you lie on it I don't quite understand I thought as much
16:43Gilda was the name she took when she went on the stage you may go up and see
16:49her after I have spoken my mind actually she sent us a message after I
16:54have spoken my mind two days ago after all these years think of it she turned
17:03up here and asked me to help her wanted me to see this man and persuade him to
17:08give her a divorce her husband exactly I told her straight out I'd have nothing
17:14whatsoever to do with it divorce is sinful as I know you'll agree father oh
17:21absolutely absolutely nevertheless I couldn't refuse shelter to my own sister
17:28Gilda Glen's your sister yes didn't she tell you Julia is my younger sister wait
17:37a minute mrs. Honeycutt I am still not yet quite clear your sister is married
17:44that is what I said when she was 17 she eloped with a man some common fellow
17:51far below her station and our father an Anglican minister mind you I never met
17:56him was he from here in Edrington I have no idea what was his name that's an
18:05extraordinary thing now but I can't remember of course it is nearly 20 years
18:10ago since I heard it my father forbade it to be mentioned and I have refused to
18:15discuss the matter with Julia but she didn't stay with him long I can tell you
18:19that she ran away to go on the stage and called herself Gilda Glen her husband's
18:25name isn't Riley by any chance I told you I can't remember it may have been
18:34acting I have never been inside a theater in my life I hope you'll be
18:39shocked with wickedness now she means to marry some bigwig but apparently her
18:46husband is standing firm not to be bullied and not to be bribed I admire
18:53him for it but if she wanted you to persuade him to give her a divorce he
18:58must be around here somewhere I would presume so mrs. Honeycutt I mentioned
19:04the name Riley because he was the man who was here just now oh you saw him I'd
19:15been in the kitchen giving orders to Ellen I just got back into this room
19:19when I heard Gilda let herself in she hesitated for a moment or two in the
19:25hall and then went upstairs about three minutes later I heard this terrible
19:31rat-tatting at the front door I looked into the hall Ellen was opening the
19:35front door and this man rushes upstairs without a word a few moments later he
19:39rushes down again like a madman mrs. Honeycutt your maid said there was a
19:45scream from somewhere upstairs yes mrs. Honeycutt hasn't it occurred to you
19:49that something might have happened to your sister nothing ever happens in
19:53Badrington nevertheless I think we should go upstairs at once please lead
19:58the way
20:24ah
20:28she she's dead I'm afraid she is oh no no better not
20:53oh
21:04mrs. Honeycutt have you got a telephone a telephone no no God darling I'm gonna
21:14try and get that policeman he was Riley of course it certainly looks like it
21:18except he didn't strangle her I shall be a tick
21:26well why would I need a telephone I said before nothing ever happens in
21:33Badrington
21:51must have been a terrible shock for you but before we talk about it mrs.
21:57Honeycutt I think I must be frank with you can't believe it she's dead my sister
22:05mr. Beresford and I are married he's not a priest we're private detectives and
22:11we're down here in Badrington working on a case must have been that man passing
22:15in here but why why we'll try and find out he must be her husband yes yes Riley
22:24that was the name I remember now he wouldn't give her a divorce mrs.
22:29Honeycutt do you feel up to answering a few questions questions oh yes yes I'll
22:38try thank you do you remember what time it was when your sister came in what
22:45time yes yes I do it was exactly eight minutes past six eight minutes past six
22:52no but how can you be so exact so sure because that clock loses five minutes
22:58every day and I always set it on every evening by my watch and your watch is
23:02always accurate never loses or gains a second it was my father's well that time
23:06would agree with another witness now tell me would it have been possible for
23:12someone to have come in without your noticing and to have been waiting for
23:15your sister upstairs I don't see how that could have been possible unless he
23:20climbed up the drain pipe at the back do you mind if I have a quick look
23:25round oh will you be all right I shall have to be shanty until until the police
23:34and people arrive why don't you lie back try closing your eyes hmm and I'll be
23:43back in a minute
24:13Constable Constable hello again father you're needed at the White House
24:31something up the young lady you saw going in Gilda Glen she's been killed
24:36killed you say yes constable right sir we'd best be getting up there toot
24:41sweet
24:54for heaven's sake miss tell me what's going on it's mrs. honeycutt sister she's
25:02dead she's dead but she only came in I don't believe it
25:11she's been killed glory be to God it's not possible I'm afraid it is where in
25:20that then the police will be here yes asking questions who's this what's that
25:35heaven protect us I'm scared out of my wits now just a minute
25:41and apart from this man bursting in this evening has anyone else been around to
25:45the house asking for miss Gillette only one a couple of days ago a man did he
25:50leave his name no miss and what did he look like I don't remember I was doing a
25:56fires and anyhow miss Glenn wasn't in but you would recognize him if you saw
26:01him again oh I shouldn't I or someone very like are you sure it wasn't the
26:07same man that came tonight yes miss hmm and what were you doing when this fellow
26:14burst in this evening I was pulling the curtains in the missus's bedroom and
26:18what time did you say that was it was six o'clock or a smidgen after and then
26:25you ran down and opened the door yes I ran down to answer it and him the
26:30murderer all the time well we're not certain about that yet
26:36aren't we well then who else would it be the missus and me being the only two
26:42people in the house I've looked upstairs there's nothing Oh Oh constable what a
26:57relief to see you good evening mrs. honeycock I understand you had a bit of
27:01trouble here it's my sister upstairs with my own eyes
27:06awful terrible no mrs. honeycock we mustn't take on must we dead so I've
27:12been informed so I best go upstairs and take a look see I'm better if you stay
27:18down there mrs. honeycock with Ellen
27:22Oh
27:25God save us madam
27:34dear oh dear oh not a pretty sight you didn't touch anything when you found her
27:41like this no of course not and I mustn't either or the inspector will
27:46give me beans you were you took it for granted that she was dead well just look
27:57at her the priest said he could see that she was dead look here constable I think
28:07you better know here and now that I'm not a priest no sir no my wife and I
28:12this is my wife our private detectives we're down here looking into the theft
28:17of a diamond necklace Oh the Adrington house shindig then was it you two that
28:22solved it actually no no actually there's a second footman that did it we
28:30all knew that but not so easy to prove I had to prove a lot of things that we
28:36know mm-hmm well I'd best be getting in touch with headquarters
28:58just making sure that nothing's touched look here constable you said you saw
29:04that's right sir are you sure she was alone oh she was alone all right sir
29:09and between then and when you met us nobody came out oh not a soul sir you
29:13would have noticed if they had but of course miss stands to reason nobody came
29:18in or out unless by some back way until that Riley chap and we better collar him
29:24in double quick time now I shall be back with a detective inspector shortly
29:28neither of you is to leave the house is that clear yes yes I understand I see
29:33what you would like to accompany me down to the police station oh dear
29:46look at that see as he swung round the gate post not very bright to leave a
29:53thing like that that's blood that is
30:23we've already picked up Riley and I'll take a statement from him when I get
30:28back to the station now I want to make sure once more that none of you touched
30:35anything when you were in miss Glenn's room oh we were most careful and mrs.
30:39honeycutt only took one step into the room and I didn't even dare look but
30:45when you left the room mr. Beresford you didn't lock the door no I I didn't I
30:50suppose I should have done but when he went for help there was only mrs.
30:54honeycutt myself and the maid in the house so far as you know of course and
31:01when you saw this man Riley running from the house was he holding anything in his
31:04hand I didn't notice anything nothing constable no sir nothing that I could
31:10see you'll be looking for a blunt instrument I suppose oh yes indeed the
31:20poor woman's head was severely damaged her skull fractured we can't find
31:24anything in the room that could have done it or on the staircase or in the
31:28hall I see now mr. and mrs. Beresford what are your plans I expect you'd like
31:34us to stay in Adlington I'd appreciate it since you found the
31:37body the Grand Hotel yes I'll be in touch you wait here till the wagon comes
31:44yes sir of course how did you get into the house I forced my way in I had to
31:53find out why she come back to Adrington after all these years then what did you
31:57do I ran upstairs and opened all the doors until I oh god it was touched it
32:10blood all over my hands I think I may have shouted but I'm afraid I don't
32:16remember very clearly no sir calm yourself and try and tell me I ran out I
32:26swung around the gatepost that's why my hand print was on it look we were lovers
32:33once years ago but we're never married I've just never forgotten her
32:48it's the murder weapon that's what this case hinges on do you think Riley could
32:52have thrown whatever it was out of the window search the grounds
32:55no brandy please good lord Bulger would you like a drink
33:00oh thanks LV I thought you two'd gone to London we thought you were having
33:07dinner with your wife ah that was a little white lie actually yes a matter
33:20of fact I went off to see Julia miss Glenn did you know her before before what
33:25on that before she was killed again when she was still Julia man yes as a
33:32matter of fact I did we've just come from the house good heavens what were
33:36you two doing there after you left here earlier she sent me a note asking for
33:40help help without what I think she guessed I wasn't a priest oh I see I
33:47would have thought that was obvious to anyone this is my wife oh oh I say what
33:56are you two doing in Edrington we're private detectives working on a case
33:59down here good lord that's worse thank you did you see Gilda no and who
34:06answers the door oh I didn't go in by the front door actually why not I've
34:12been trying to see her for a couple of days and the maid always answer the door
34:15and said she wasn't at home so how did you gain entry as they say I climbed
34:21through a window at the side then up the stairs to her room oh so you knew which
34:26was her room well the door was open and you know I could see a theatrical trunk
34:29with stickers on it and so forth she wasn't there so I came down the stairs
34:33not the way I came you by any chance remember what time it was oh really yes
34:39I do it was directly after I left you about half past five and I didn't see
34:44her we saw her at about a quarter past six oh what did she want she didn't say
34:49no she was dead what go off it don't put a chap's leg I don't believe you she'd
35:01been murdered but but who could have done such a thing
35:11oh lord what the devil do I do now if you take the advice of an old chum you'll
35:17go straight to the police station and tell the inspector your whole story yes
35:20yes of course I suppose you're right what about my wife well if the inspector
35:25checks your story and believes old Jevons will believe you all right I mean
35:28not exactly unknown in these parts but will my wife what's your say a certain
35:39James Riley has been apprehended and will appear in court today charged with
35:43the murder of miss Gilda Glenn the well-known actress oh then a lot of
35:47kerfuffle about her career what about yours Gilda Glenn West End star was
35:51brutally murdered last evening at the home of her sister mrs. Dorothea
35:55Honeycutt miss Glenn age 31 oh only 31 oh come on Tubbins where's your
36:03well-known spirit of generosity sorry James Riley age 35 no fixed abode so on
36:09and so forth inspectors respect sir ma'am and would you please come down to
36:17the station of course any idea what about mr. Estcourt man good heavens
36:24where is he held overnight sir Bulger in jail yes of course we'll come
36:32straight away thank you sir
36:46and a very good morning to you my first customers of the day good morning we
36:51were all don't tell me let me guess you've lost your cat actually no flat
36:56tire no flat battery no assault and battery certainly not you come to make a
37:03complaint against mr. Jasper Adrington for not stealing a valuable necklace I
37:09knew you are you mr. mrs. Beresford and you're here to see mr. Escort right come
37:16with me then well the thing is that I asked to be held overnight you asked
37:34good heavens why well I told my wife that I'd be in London at a business
37:40dinner the business dinner being with Gilda Glenn something of the sort well
37:44we had a little problem to discuss so why did you ask to see us well I'll
37:49tell you mrs. Beresford even though I asked to be held old Jevons is pretty
37:53suspicious of my story you didn't tell him the truth oh yes of course well all
37:59the salient points but not the whole truth and nothing but the truth it may
38:06seem strange old man but I'm a happily married chap to children that sort of
38:10thing I've only ever strayed from the straight and narrow once and that was
38:15with exactly stupid of me of course and I wrote a couple of letters blackmail
38:22oh no I don't think so that's what's so odd she always said that if she ever saw
38:27me again she'd return them to me but what did she say when you met her in the
38:30hotel bar do you know man she said the most extraordinary thing she said she'd
38:35become so fond of me that she wanted to keep the letters as a sort of memento
38:39did you believe her well of course I did a gentleman never doubts a lady's
38:44word did she say why she was in Adrington some sort of business she had
38:49to settle did she mention anything about her engagement to Lord Leckinbury oh
38:55yes she explained the whole thing she said that as she wasn't getting any
38:59younger she had a future to consider you knew she was married married
39:06Gilda oh I don't believe it why not well she was far too interested in her
39:13career between ourselves I offered to marry her once having first of course
39:20got rid of your wife yes stupid of course divorce mind you when you say got
39:25rid of of course but she wasn't interested no and said nothing at all
39:31getting rid of her husband divorce I mean no absolutely not married but do we
39:39know who to not yet so Bulger yesterday at half-past five you went to the White
39:46House you got in through a side window and spent five minutes that's all and
39:50then I left on its engine and as far as you are where nobody saw you nobody oh
39:57I'm not surprised I'm a suspect I still don't see what we can do there well
40:03Tommy's a bright sort of chap that like in the war putting two and two together
40:07and I can see you're pretty keen to mrs. B thanks Bulger well I'm sure if you
40:12could put on your thinking caps you'd find out who killed her or at any rate
40:15it wasn't me all right Bulger we'll do our best I say old man
40:23thanks frightfully by the way what did you do with your golf clubs my golf
40:29clubs yes the commissioner said that he saw you leave the hotel with him oh yes
40:34well I left them leaning up against the wall of the house when I climbed through
40:37the window and picked them up again when you climbed out that's right
40:44oh it all sounds pretty incredible doesn't it yes but then so do lots of things
40:56chill out Bulger
41:07you saw her yourself last evening nice little lady I thought. bit nervy perhaps
41:13well being an actress all those men chasing her what men exactly well our
41:19mr. Estcourt for one always had an eye for the girl I was under the impression
41:24he was a very happily married man have you met mrs. Estcourt no I can't say I
41:30have then there was this chap Riley we saw him last night dangerous I thought
41:36quick-tempered well you know what actresses are good evening sir evening
41:43where on earth have you been oh sleuthing detecting on all this time may I have one of those
41:48please yes so what have you found out well it looks on the surface as that must
41:54be either Riley or Bulger now I'm pretty sure that they can both prove they're
41:58not the husband about Bulger's how do we know his story is true because he's the
42:02sort of chap who when he's in a tight corner tells the truth
42:06murderers who look like that sort of chap yes good point but anyway he left
42:11the hotel five minutes after she did he said he broke into the White House and
42:16went into her room but she wasn't there so where was she I think she was with
42:22her husband somewhere trying to persuade him to give him a divorce
42:26then what? Queen Salve. so? who knows. thank you so if I might philosophize for a
42:38moment well you can always try thank you darling trouble with getting at the
42:42truth is that we're all such credulous creatures we tend to accept evidence as
42:46gospel but what is it really just an impression created by the mind and
42:52conveyed by the senses but supposing we've got the wrong impression give
42:57example and draw a map well for instance when we hear a double knock on the front
43:02door and the rattle of a letterbox we say there's the post what we really mean
43:05is that we heard a double knock on the front door and the rattle of a letterbox
43:08yes nine times out of ten we'd be right you'd be the post well done but supposing
43:14just supposing the tenth time it's a small boy playing a trick on us. I'd give him up for it.
43:20yeah but you see what I'm driving at. no. oh darling of course I do continue it
43:28well I may be going potty but I think I have an answer. well? what we need is a
43:36sort of reenactment. I'll need you to be Gilda Glen. oh good casting. mrs.
43:42honeycott to be mrs. honeycott. Ellen to be Ellen. exactly and anybody to pretend
43:48to be the murderer. you darling? oh no no I'm father Brown coming up with a
43:53solution at the end. which is? do you know it's so incredible I'm not even
44:01going to tell you until I'm sure.
44:11good morning. morning. morning ma'am. still hanging about Edrington? we're rather
44:20intrigued by what happened yesterday. but I understood that Riley chap had
44:24been apprehended. open and shut case my super tells me. on the surface it
44:29certainly looks like it. and since he says he didn't do it. oh he says that
44:33does he? we thought that we try to reconstruct the crime. what like they do
44:37in stories? yes but perhaps you'd like to give us a hand. well I don't see why not.
44:43this is my morning break. of course it'll have to be under the rose.
44:53right first Ellen and mrs. honeycott are in the kitchen discussing supper. the
44:58missus had given preference to fillet of soul as against pork chops although I
45:02maintain that Monday was no day to venture fish. no yes of course. so you and
45:09mrs. honeycott are in the kitchen in here? that is correct. so would you go
45:13into the kitchen please? of course. Ellen? start discussing supper. now supposing
45:22Gilda Glenn who has her own key mind you lets herself in at the front door
45:27darling with a man who was probably her husband. a constable would you mind? I
45:33don't know sir it's difficult. come along constable. very well miss. anything to
45:38oblige. so whilst mrs. honeycott and Ellen are in the kitchen discussing the
45:43merits of fish versus pork chops. righto darling. Gilda Glenn and her husband come
45:49in and go upstairs. obviously she is trying to persuade him to give her a
45:54divorce. we're still here. yes right hang on a bit. go on arguing. and Gilda goes
46:01on up here? yes that's right with her husband. constable? come along husband.
46:09mrs. honeycott has missed all that and comes out of the kitchen back into the
46:14drawing room. mrs. honeycott? mrs. honeycott? oh there you are. I came from here and
46:22went back to the drawing room. that's right through to the drawing room. I'm
46:27still here. hang on a bit. and we're still up here. all right. and I'm here. I know.
46:34now mrs. honeycott not realizing that her sister is already in the house
46:41starts to put her clock right. what are you doing? I'm putting my clock right.
46:48right. oh I mean jolly good. now while all that has been going on the husband starts
46:55to come down the stairs. constable? come. would you come downstairs please? right you are sir.
47:00and go out of the front door.
47:10mrs. honeycott you hear that door slam and think it's your sister coming in but
47:17in fact it's the murderer going out. and I'm dead. that's right. yes come down darling.
47:23I'd like you to watch this bit. now Ellen who's still in the kitchen.
47:27Ellen! there you are. you go upstairs to draw the curtains in mrs. honeycott's
47:33bedroom. she just missed seeing the murderer. mrs. honeycott said that she
47:40thought her sister paused before going upstairs but in fact that was the moment
47:45between the front door closing and Ellen going upstairs not Gilda Glen. a few
47:51seconds later there was a knock at the front door. yes yes but we didn't hear
47:57the scream until Riley came in. yes sir just before he ran downstairs. yes well
48:03it was my bet it was Riley who screamed finding Gilda Glen dead. a terrible shock
48:09for him. surely must have been this Riley person. you're forgetting the murder
48:13weapon mrs. honeycott. nothing found on Riley. so what are the other
48:19possibilities? grappling iron? courtesy Lord Leckinbury? golf club? courtesy
48:26Bulger Est Court? or a rolling pin? courtesy Ellen. but Tommy if it wasn't
48:39Riley surely we would have seen whoever it was. yes we did. his name is Bamford
48:52and directly he stepped out of the front door just now. he was arrested. what on earth
48:59are you talking about? a truncheon found in the marshes. courtesy police constable
49:07Bamford
49:12Gilda Glen's husband
49:31well I'm glad we exonerated Lord Leckinbury with his hobnailed boots and
49:36grappling irons shilling up a drain pipe. and to think I nearly went for
49:39Bulger in his golf club. or a lump of cement. rather sad to realize that
49:44policemen have the same weaknesses as the rest of us. yes not having the
49:48outlet of Riley's violent words. led to violent action. but tell me what did put you
49:54onto his track? I telephoned Albert in London. he checked that Julia Manners of
50:00Adrington eloped to Scotland with a man called Bamford. they were married but she
50:03ditched him after a few months and became Gilda Glen. wasn't until a few
50:07years ago that he returned here and joined the police force. clever chap Tommy.
50:13thank you darling. so what do you say to us catching that train we missed yesterday?
50:17oh yes please. nothing ever happens in Adrington. I say you're a smart pair.
50:22they brought in that policeman fellow and let me go. I can't thank you enough.
50:26anytime Bulger. what about a spot of bubbly old man? oh no thanks old man. we're
50:31just off to London. oh well let me give you a lift at least. oh thank you Bulger.
50:36that would be lovely. I think he only meant to the station darling. no he didn't.
50:40he meant all the way to London didn't you Bulger? well as a matter of fact yes
50:49why not?