- 6 months ago
Part 3 of 6 of the 1987 mystery. John Field discovers the dead body of Nathaniel Mustard in Tindell's Pond, a nuclear waste dump that was owned by Charles Tindell. Superintendent Thorne has learnt that Makepeace discovered the illegal practice and reported Tindell, who was later jailed and hanged himself, and suspects the woman in the recording was his wife. Field and Dan Maitland confront a representative of Fane & Browning, a rival company over the fact that Nathaniel Mustard once worked for him and suspect he was hired by them to damage their rival Dinslow Chemicals' chances in the merger bid. Maitland sees an old flame, Bea Tarnigan at the same hotel, but later Field becomes jealous of Maitland after he meets his mistress Kate MacRenny by chance at the tennis court and becomes interested in her. Thorne locates the widow Alison Tindell and her son Rupert and learns that Rupert does not have an alibi for the time of Makepeace's death. But little does Thorne realize that his wife Millie plans some investigating of her own that could put her in grave danger...
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00:00Superintendent Lance Thorne is investigating the murder of merchant banker Charles Makepeace,
00:07whose widow Isabel is a strong suspect.
00:10Another suspect, Charles' assistant John Field, leading a big takeover battle for Dinslow Chemicals,
00:17has discovered the murdered body of the man responsible for riots outside the Dinslow plants.
00:23Thorne's investigation turns up a tape recording of death threats made to Charles
00:29by Alison Tindall, whose late husband was involved in the chemicals battle.
00:34But Mrs. Tindall has disappeared without trace.
00:59The End
01:08The End
03:42You have me followed.
03:43That's right, sir.
03:45Why?
03:46Well, let's just say I judged it desirable.
03:49Because Charles Makepeace, huh?
03:51Look, Mr. Field, you went back to the car-sillman offices on the night Charles Makepeace died,
03:56and now we find you here in the middle of nowhere with yet another corpse.
04:00Now, I'd call that rather curious, wouldn't you?
04:05Yes, but I didn't kill him.
04:09Somebody did.
04:09Thugs!
04:22You have to lie on the police to take it.
04:25You're hardly suggesting that Fane and Browning employ professional troublemakers.
04:30What we are suggesting is that dirty tricks can get out of hand.
04:34Now, Mustard's operation...
04:35As I've made clear, we have absolutely no record of this man Mustard.
04:40He was on your payroll.
04:41I mean, since he retired.
04:45Well, still, he worked for you for years.
04:49And now he's dead.
04:51Killed.
04:53And dumped him some very nasty chemical waste.
04:56I saw him.
04:56Now, none of this would do Fane and Browning's image any good if it came out.
05:03And you should have that, Gus.
05:04You're the PR.
05:07Need it come out?
05:08Depends.
05:10It could win us the take-home.
05:13But it would certainly do harm to the industry as a whole, our clients included.
05:18So we prefer not to use it.
05:19But we do want the demos stopped.
05:22I accept no liability as far as that goes.
05:27Do you know the name Summit Videos?
05:29No, I don't think so, no.
05:31Oh, it's odd.
05:33Well, they've been covering the Dinslow demonstrations.
05:36You know, when that security guard was killed.
05:39Yeah, it's dreadful business.
05:40Dreadful.
05:41You hired them.
05:44So see what you can do.
05:46Well, the press just may get hold of this.
05:49And quickly.
05:52Yes, I'll, um, I'll see what I can do.
05:56Yeah, we'll do that.
05:58Good, good.
05:59Now that's all over.
05:59How about a brandy?
06:00Oh, no, thanks.
06:01I have a party of MPs waiting to be briefed.
06:04Thanks for the lunch and the, uh, stimulating conversation.
06:09Sure, I'm sure.
06:10Do you play poker, Gus?
06:12Uh, yeah, I would do if I knew of a game.
06:14I know of one.
06:15How about I give you a call?
06:17Yeah, not until after the take-over.
06:20Too busy until then.
06:21Well, see you on the battlefield.
06:27See you later, Gus.
06:28It behaves as if butter wouldn't melt in his mouth.
06:42It's got the most devious brand in the city.
06:44Thank you very much, Joe.
06:47Bea?
06:48Bea Tynigan?
06:49My God, it is you, isn't it?
06:53It is.
06:55Last time I saw you, you were just a schoolgirl.
06:59Dan!
07:00Dan Maitland!
07:01Oh, look at you now.
07:02You're not a schoolgirl any longer, are you?
07:04John, this is Bea.
07:05Beatrice.
07:05Lady Beatrice Tonegan.
07:06How do you do?
07:07John Field, a new colleague of mine.
07:09Well, how long?
07:09Five, six years?
07:11It's been a while.
07:12You'll join us for a drink, won't you?
07:13I can't.
07:14Why not?
07:14Honestly, Dan, I'm meeting Daddy.
07:16He gets cross if I drink at lunchtime, and he can always tell.
07:19What harm can a little glass of claret do?
07:21Come on.
07:22Oh, well.
07:23How is the old man?
07:24Oh.
07:25Bea's father's the Earl of Glen Cray, a great slayer of the horned deer.
07:28Daddy's furious because he's had to give up shooting.
07:30I met Philip the other day.
07:33Philip?
07:33You remember Philip, of Philip and Ollie.
07:36He said he'd see me in Washington somewhere.
07:38That's right, that's right, that's right.
07:40Ollie, old cats and cheese.
07:43I was going to ask you, remember Ira.
07:46Ira the rudish.
08:01Goodbye.
08:02Thanks very much.
08:03That was the Norfolk police, sir.
08:06They found the Tyndals, mother and son.
08:09Good.
08:10About time.
08:11Good.
08:15Good.
08:15Good.
08:16Good.
08:17Good.
08:23I don't know.
08:53I don't know.
09:03Excuse me.
09:21Can you tell me how this address is?
09:23Yeah, just out the gate, left, second on the left.
09:26Carl, that's right, isn't it?
09:31What's that, mate?
09:34Yeah, up there, second on the right.
09:36No, out the gate, second on the left.
09:39No, no, no, no, it's up there, second on the right.
09:51Well, I suppose you must be one of those.
10:21No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
10:39What about my tea?
11:09Hello. Does a Mrs. Alison Tindall live here?
11:12Yes.
11:13We're from the City of London Police.
11:15Perhaps you could ask her if we could have a word with her.
11:18You'd better wait.
11:19Perhaps we could come in.
11:20No, you could not. Not until I find out if she wants to see you.
11:28Well done, Sergeant.
11:32It's two fellows who said they're police officers.
11:36Show them in, Ellen.
11:49You can come in this way.
11:56Go on.
12:03Lynn tells me you're police officers.
12:05That's right, madam.
12:06Detective Superintendent Thorne and Sergeant Ballantyne.
12:09City of London Police.
12:11Detectives?
12:13I can't think why she'd want to see me.
12:16Ellen, my tea.
12:20You are Mrs. Alison Tindall, widow of the late Charles Tindall.
12:24Oh-ho.
12:25Oh, you know all about me.
12:27Do you have a son, Mr. Rupert Tindall?
12:29Are you saying that you've never heard of Charles Makepeace?
12:30I am trying to remember.
12:31Wasn't he the minister who was sacked last week?
12:35Mr. Makepeace was the executive of a merchant bank called Car Silman.
12:36He was murdered ten days ago.
12:37Oh, I'm sorry.
12:38Mr. Makepeace supplied the evidence that led to your husband being imprisoned.
12:39Oh, I'm sorry.
12:40Mr. Makepeace was the executive of a merchant bank called Car Silman.
12:44He was murdered ten days ago.
12:45Oh, I'm sorry.
12:46Mr. Makepeace supplied the evidence that led to your husband being imprisoned.
12:47Really?
12:48Are you asking me to believe that you didn't know that?
12:49Yes, I am.
12:50I am.
12:51I am.
12:52I am.
12:53I am.
12:54I am.
12:55I am.
12:56I am.
12:57I am.
12:58I am.
12:59I am.
13:00I am.
13:01I am.
13:02I am.
13:03I am.
13:04I am.
13:05I am.
13:06I am.
13:07I am.
13:08I am.
13:09I am.
13:10I am.
13:11I am.
13:12I am.
13:13I am.
13:14I am.
13:15I am.
13:16Well, that's strange.
13:17Mr. Mandeville of the Department of Environment has admitted giving that information to your
13:21husband.
13:22Yes, you really.
13:23Well, you have heard of Mr. Mandeville.
13:26Yes, I've remembered.
13:28I had a Mr. Mandeville used to work for us, for my husband.
13:34And have you also remembered that Charles Makepeace was the man who informed on your husband?
13:39I've remembered that too.
13:42Perhaps I've tried to suppress the unhappy memory.
13:46We've made a new life for us here.
13:49I was brought up here.
13:51Look what you're doing!
13:52I'm very sorry.
13:59Now, Mrs Tindall, I have to ask you why you made abusive phone calls to Mr Makepeace.
14:09Hello. All right.
14:29Listen, you'd better get back home.
14:32There's two police officers asking your mother some questions about you.
14:36What have you done, Rupert?
14:38For God's sake.
14:54There he goes again.
15:08Sure you felt anger about what Mr Makepeace had done.
15:22My son and I had suffered.
15:24Of course I felt anger.
15:26But you deny you ever shouted abuse on the telephone.
15:30I hardly ever raise my voice.
15:36We have reason to believe that you made a number of such calls to Mr Makepeace.
15:42Have you?
15:44Perhaps you went away, Mrs Tindall.
15:46But Charles Makepeace recorded your calls.
15:58Mrs Tindall, I want some straight answers to my questions about the murder of Charles Makepeace.
16:04Now, where were you on the night of June?
16:06My mother was here.
16:08All right, Rupert.
16:10She hasn't walked since my father died.
16:12All right, Rupert. Sit down.
16:18And perhaps I'd better ask you the questions I was putting to your mother.
16:22By the murder of Charles Makepeace.
16:24By the murder of Charles Makepeace.
16:26He was here with me all the time.
16:28All the time.
16:30Mrs Tindall was very quick to give Rupert an alibi.
16:52Rather convenient, wasn't it?
16:54What do you think, sir?
16:56Check the times of trains to and from London.
17:02Right. Let's go and have a look at this foundry where he works.
17:06Oh, why do you always have to interfere?
17:12The police went on and on at him.
17:16I thought it was the right thing to do.
17:20Well, this is a family affair. It's not your business.
17:24Just keep your hands off him.
17:26Look, he is over 21, you know.
17:28You've seen this yet?
17:30You'd better read it and digest it fast.
17:32It's Lafayne and Browning rejection circular.
17:34Well, they were quick.
17:36They're digging deeper than I expected.
17:38They must be preparing this since the first whisper of a Dinslow bid.
17:40Look at this graph they've plotted of Dinslow mergers,
17:42showing trading performance going down every time.
17:44Are the statistics out of line?
17:46Selective.
17:47They're claiming the bids are con,
17:48but the terms of the offer give them nothing to do.
17:49And the other point is the difference.
17:50I don't know.
17:51I don't know.
17:52You've seen this yet?
17:53You'd better read it and digest it fast.
17:56It's Lafayne and Browning rejection circular.
17:58Well, they were quick.
17:59They're digging deeper than I expected.
18:01They must be preparing this since the first whisper of a Dinslow bid.
18:04Look at this graph they've plotted of Dinslow mergers,
18:07showing trading performance going down every time.
18:10Are the statistics out of line?
18:11Selective.
18:12They're claiming the bids are con,
18:14but the terms of the offer give them nothing at all.
18:17Well, I'll take it with me.
18:19Have a lunch.
18:21With a broker.
18:23The girl you picked up at the tennis court.
18:25Kate?
18:26She's a stockbroker.
18:29I'm having lunch with the financial editor of the Daily Telegraph, John.
18:33See you later.
18:42No.
18:43Tindall's the manager.
18:44Rupert.
18:45I'm the foreman.
18:46Something wrong, is there?
18:47Just routine inquiries.
18:48So, which of you is in charge?
18:49He's supposed to be.
18:50He's hardly ever here.
18:51Always skiving off in the van.
18:52Do you happen to recall if he skived off on the night of the 8th of June?
18:54No.
18:55No.
18:56No.
18:57No.
18:58No.
18:59No.
19:00No.
19:01No.
19:02No.
19:03No.
19:04No.
19:05No.
19:06No.
19:07No.
19:08No.
19:09No.
19:10No.
19:11No.
19:12No.
19:13No.
19:14No.
19:15No.
19:16No.
19:17No.
19:18No.
19:19No.
19:20No.
19:21No.
19:22That was a Tuesday.
19:23I don't remember that.
19:25It was only three weeks ago.
19:30I suppose I can look in the boat.
19:38Well, if it's not too much trouble.
19:44Hey, look.
19:49Here, here it is. Tuesday.
20:00I was working late that night. I stayed on.
20:03I can when I like.
20:06I was making this cart for my grandson for his birthday.
20:10I was here till twelve.
20:13I kept wondering where the old Rupert had got to with the van.
20:16See, I had this order to take over to Cromer.
20:20Well, that's an hour's drive.
20:23The time I got back, Mrs. Adele to paint me.
20:26Supper was all burnt.
20:27So I'm not cooking you supper if you're pissing about in Cromer till midnight, this time of night.
20:32Totem the old and all.
20:35I think I can't stand it, burnt totem the old.
20:37I thought that answered all your questions.
20:53Not quite, Mr. Tindall.
20:57You told us that you spent the evening of June the 8th at home with your mother.
21:00That's correct.
21:01And that you never left the house?
21:03Well.
21:04We've been informed that you went off in the van at about four o'clock that afternoon and didn't return until after midnight.
21:10Who told you that?
21:12Where'd you go in the van, sir?
21:13Er.
21:14To London, perhaps?
21:15London?
21:16I made a delivery.
21:22And then I was with Ellen.
21:25She'll confirm that.
21:27I dare say, sir, but up until now you've insisted that you were at home with your mother all evening.
21:30I must have confused the evenings.
21:33And your mother made the same mistake, did she say?
21:35I suppose she must have done.
21:37Very curious, wouldn't you say?
21:42Hated Charles Makefeest, did you?
21:45No.
21:46Certainly not.
21:49Really?
21:50You didn't hate the man responsible for your father's death?
22:00You don't think any of this environmental man's going to stick to dinner?
22:30Dinslow, do you?
22:31Oh, I wouldn't go that far, John.
22:34Chemicals are almost another name for pollution.
22:36For all that, Dinslow are a pretty responsible outfit.
22:39What about Fine and Browning?
22:41You must have then got a lot of research for them in the past.
22:44Many times.
22:46It feels strange to be talking about Dinslow without Charles being here.
22:49Oh, yes, of course.
22:50You two go back a long way.
22:51To the war.
22:52He was my commanding officer in the Navy.
22:54Aren't you on the same boat?
22:56Destroyer.
22:57Charles was a captain.
22:58I was Jimmy the One.
22:59First officer.
23:00Yeah.
23:01We lost sight of each other for about 20 years after that.
23:04And then I bumped into him quite by chance one day while I was up in the city.
23:07I was looking for a loan.
23:09They turned me down.
23:11Charles arranged it.
23:13And then after, he put quite a lot of his own money into my company.
23:16It's ridiculous.
23:18He's hardly seen a penny of it back.
23:19And here we are on the verge of a big breakthrough.
23:21Oh, well.
23:24I hope you're still going to keep me as a consultant.
23:27Oh, no doubt about it.
23:29You're number one in industrial pollutants.
23:32About Fain and Browning.
23:33Last week, we signed a contract with one of the big multinationals.
23:37That's why Charles upped his stake with us.
23:40It should pay off about 20% in the next couple of years.
23:43Be a nice windfall for his wife.
23:44Mm-hmm.
23:44About Fain and Browning.
23:48We'll see what their research has come up with.
23:49One of their subsidiaries.
23:51Oh, do tell me about it.
23:53It's quite interesting.
23:55It's something the Americans have been playing with for years.
24:01What's the latest figure from the receiving banks?
24:04Our levels of acceptance are up to 7%.
24:06Mm.
24:09Sluggish.
24:10Right.
24:11Now, what's wrong with our campaign?
24:14Oh, nothing inherently.
24:17The major shareholders like Heritage
24:19always hold back to the first closing date.
24:21The main thing is to convince them
24:23that we're not wrecking the environment.
24:26Now, with regard to the coach tour idea...
24:28The coach tour?
24:30What, a crate of ale and a trip round the estate.
24:34Mostly, we'd invite major shareholders
24:37and brokers, fund managers,
24:40for a luxury tour of selected Dinslow sites.
24:42Prove there's nothing in these environmental smears.
24:45It's basically good PR.
24:47With your permission,
24:48I can get my colleague onto it straight away.
24:50Well, Dan Maitland.
24:52Yeah.
24:52He'll know what to do.
24:54Slap up meals, loads of booze,
24:56four-star hotel.
24:57Could be very good.
24:58Should soften the buggers up.
24:59I like it, I like it, I like it.
25:03And Maitland's just the chap
25:04to give it that touch of class.
25:06Yeah.
25:07You can get in on with the market analysis.
25:15There's a pile of stuff in your desk.
25:19Nothing urgent.
25:20I'm not in the mood.
25:22I got a message when I was at Dinslow.
25:24The Office of Fair Trading
25:25is querying the combined market share
25:27in the pharmaceutical subsidiaries.
25:29Well, that was bound to happen.
25:31It's crazy.
25:32Dinslow plus Phelan and Browning
25:34only equaled 22% at the British market.
25:36So what are you worrying about?
25:38I'm worrying about the fact
25:40that it could be referred
25:41to the Monopolies Commission.
25:55Whereabouts in Norfolk
25:56is this cast-iron place?
25:57Norfolk's not that far, is it?
26:04No, why?
26:06Well, I've been looking
26:07for a cast-iron supplier.
26:10See, I thought we could have
26:11a gazebo in the garden.
26:14Just about here.
26:20So, I'll pop up to Norfolk
26:22and buy some from your murderer.
26:23Maybe I could even get
26:27a confession out of him
26:28at the same time.
26:31Don't you even think about it, Millie.
26:33Do you hear?
26:35Okay.
26:37I was only trying to help.
26:45Diana.
26:46Where the hell's the shortlist
26:47of names for the coach tour?
26:49I haven't got it.
26:50What do you mean,
26:51you haven't got it?
26:52Mr. Maitland has it.
26:53What a useless bastard.
26:55What's he done with it?
27:08Dan's gone, I'm afraid.
27:09He caught the six o'clock
27:10flight to Boston.
27:12He was frightfully drunk.
27:14You know about his father,
27:15of course?
27:16No.
27:17He's had a heart attack.
27:18Oh, I see.
27:24They said he'd better hurry
27:26if you wanted to see him alive.
27:29I'm sorry.
27:29You bankers.
27:53Don't you ever relax?
27:55Go fishing?
27:56Don't believe in blood spores.
28:01Would you like to see someone
28:03something that does go fishing?
28:07Griselda!
28:07Griselda!
28:07Griselda!
28:08What is it?
28:20An otter?
28:20No, it's an African pygmy hippopotamus.
28:25Is it really?
28:39You've never seen an otter before?
28:42No, not in London.
28:45Dan was going to look after her
28:46till I got back from Austria.
28:48I've been phoning all day
28:49trying to find someone else.
28:50I'm in a terrible fix.
28:51Can you think of anyone?
29:05The garden's looking lovely.
29:08Oh, don't be silly.
29:10Colin is going to wreck and ruin.
29:14I can't be bothered with it.
29:15But you were always such a keen gardener.
29:20Charles called you the original green finger.
29:23Well, it's not enough.
29:26And that's the reason, well,
29:29one of the reasons why I wanted to see you.
29:31Really?
29:31I want to start up my firm again.
29:36What?
29:37I'll have to call it something different.
29:39I sold the name,
29:40but it'll be the same.
29:41Fashion.
29:42I see.
29:44I assumed,
29:47forgive me, Isabel,
29:48that Charles
29:48would have left you enough.
29:51Oh, it's not the money, for heaven's sake.
29:53It's something I want to do.
29:55Why?
29:56You said I loved gardening.
29:57Well, I did.
29:58And now I hate it
29:59because of nothing else.
30:00You were a very, very successful businesswoman once, Isabel.
30:05I'm sure you can do it again.
30:07I can, if I have the capital.
30:10So you see, Colin,
30:11I need the money.
30:13Money?
30:14Charles's investment.
30:15Well, it's my investment now.
30:18It's worth 40,000 pounds, I believe.
30:21You're saying that you want me to buy back
30:24Charles's investment in my firm?
30:27Yes, that's right.
30:30That's almost funny.
30:34What are you talking about?
30:35Well,
30:36when you invited me here today
30:38to,
30:40in part,
30:40discuss financial matters,
30:42I brought some papers with me.
30:44You're not going to believe this, Isabel,
30:46but I was going to invite you
30:47to increase your investment.
30:50What do you mean?
30:51Charles wanted to put in another 10,000.
30:55I assumed you knew.
30:58Anyway,
30:59I have it all in a letter.
31:00Of course,
31:16it's not binding in law,
31:18but,
31:18uh,
31:19I hoped I could persuade you
31:22to honour it.
31:23I didn't know anything about this.
31:26Well,
31:27you see when it's
31:27dated just before his death.
31:32Your firm's not in trouble,
31:34Colin,
31:34is it?
31:35No.
31:36But if I have to buy back your holdings,
31:38it might make things pretty sticky.
31:39Oh,
31:42dear.
31:43You lost your best friend
31:45and a vital investment
31:46all at one blow.
31:52I'll tell you what I'll do.
31:55I'll postpone everything for one month,
31:57and I look for alternative finance,
32:00and you do the same.
32:01And then we'll meet
32:02and review the situation.
32:05I don't want to make your life difficult,
32:07Colin,
32:07I really don't.
32:09But I am serious
32:11about the business.
32:36You can get on with that.
32:38Great.
32:39And you can tell Ellen
32:47she's too late
32:47to come out with me now.
32:51She'll have to get on
32:52with that bloody trust.
32:53Can I help you?
33:10Oh, hi.
33:11Hi.
33:12This is terrific stuff.
33:14You see, what I want
33:20is I want, oh, wait.
33:23I'm forgetting.
33:25I think his name is Rupert.
33:27Rupert Tindall.
33:29He's the manager.
33:31Is he here?
33:32I'm afraid you've just missed him.
33:34And he won't be back.
33:35And he won't be back
33:36sort of noon.
33:38Ah.
33:40I really wanted to see him.
33:42Well, he don't live far away.
33:45So you could give me his address?
33:47I'll just go and get it for you.
33:48Well, you know, look.
34:02I'll come do it again.
34:08HE CONTINUES
34:38Mr. Wallis, isn't it? Heritage Trust.
34:44That's John Field, Carl Silver. Very good to meet you.
34:47I wonder if we could have a talk later.
34:50I think you'd be interested in hearing about Dinslow's positive attitudes towards environmental safety.
35:02Ladies and gentlemen, we are now approaching our first stop of the day.
35:06And Dinslow's fully computerised Shelton Plum.
35:11This is a batch reaction unit incorporating full safety measures.
35:26Good morning, John Field.
35:27If we could keep them on the move, then they're separate, you know.
35:30That's what they're going to do. Thank you.
35:33Morning.
35:36Good trip.
35:37Morning.
35:39Morning.
35:41That's the way to see the sights.
35:43Oh, well, nothing for our broker friends.
35:45When you want an ace report, eh?
35:50I hope you'll be satisfied, Mr. Wallis.
35:52Good morning.
35:56Morning.
35:56Good morning.
36:01Good morning.
36:01Good morning.
36:02Good morning.
36:07Good morning.
36:11Good morning.
36:16How are you doing here?
36:18I'm admiring all this lovely machinery.
36:21You weren't on the guest list.
36:22No.
36:23What my firm was.
36:25I'll be doing an analysis for our clients.
36:28You've been neglecting me, John Field.
36:31That's the other way around.
36:34I hear you've been seeing Daniel Mayden.
36:35Look, I'm sorry about that.
36:53It just seemed amusing.
36:55Yes, he's very amusing.
36:57By now, he's probably one of the richest men in America.
37:00Is he?
37:01Well, I wonder if he'd marry me.
37:03It would be quite nice to have millions, if I can't have you.
37:09I notice we're not covering all the storage areas, Mr. Field.
37:33I notice we're not covering all the storage areas, Mr. Field.
37:39Thank you, Mr. Field.
37:40Thank you, Mr. Field.
37:41Thank you, Mr. Field.
37:42Hello.
37:43What do you want?
37:44Who are you?
37:46I'm Millie Cardington.
37:48I've come from the foundry.
37:51Well, they said that Rupert Tindall would be here.
37:55He's gone to the chemist for me.
37:56It won't be long.
37:56I want to talk to him about some cast-iron work.
38:04All right, you'd better wait.
38:05You stood me up.
38:16I've been waiting here all this time at the foundry.
38:19Sorry, Ellen.
38:21Yeah, well, listen, there's been someone here asking for you.
38:25Seemed very keen to get hold of you.
38:27Asked for me by name?
38:29That's right.
38:31Christine gave her your home address.
38:33I don't know what's keeping him.
38:59Because if they haven't got my pills at the local,
39:01can they still have gone into Yarmouth?
39:02That's a long way, isn't it?
39:07So what?
39:09He's very good about those sort of things.
39:11But if you'd rather not wait...
39:13I do want to wait.
39:16You see, I want him to design something for my garden.
39:20I admire the quality of his work.
39:23Yes, my Rupert's very clever.
39:25Yes.
39:26Yes, my friend loved his work.
39:29And as soon as I saw it, I felt just the same.
39:31You're lucky to have such a lovely view.
39:39I want him to design a gazebo for my garden.
39:44Oh, well, if you're going to wait, you'd better come in and have a cup of tea.
39:47Yeah.
39:49We've been slow, laying down about 50 miles worth of pipeline.
39:54I hope we should be coming on some world another six months or so.
39:57But we're working hard towards it at the moment.
39:59Hello, John.
40:00Are we winning?
40:02You're still in the race?
40:04What are you doing back here?
40:05Well, I've come to see some of the action.
40:07Driven most of the night.
40:09How's your father?
40:10He's recuperating nicely.
40:12He's agreed to have a bypass operation.
40:14My guess is he'll prove to be a morgue.
40:16So I still need the job.
40:17Yes.
40:19Well, I don't need you here.
40:20I need you back at the base.
40:21You can finish off the market analysis, all right?
40:22When's it needed?
40:23Tonight.
40:23I'll have it.
40:29Where are you going to be this evening at about nine?
40:31In my office, of course.
40:32You're seeing a lot of that girl?
40:34Why?
40:35What does it matter?
40:36It's just she's probably working for the opposition.
40:39They'd just love to get their hands on some nice juicy little tidbits.
40:43I don't think it's a good idea you're seeing too much of her.
40:47I'll have it ready by a letter.
40:49See you in my room.
40:53D'Eldren?
40:59Do you know anything about D'Eldren?
41:08Impressive stuff.
41:10Hope you can keep it up.
41:23Catch you later.
41:32Catch you later.
41:45We get very few visitors here.
41:47When I lived in London, I lived a very social life.
41:55When my husband dies, six months ago, I...
41:59Oh, damn!
42:03Hang on, I'll get something.
42:05Over there.
42:06No, not that one.
42:07That one.
42:08That's it.
42:08What a shame.
42:12Never mind.
42:13It wasn't valuable.
42:16It must have been very hard on you.
42:19Losing your husband?
42:20We've had our troubles.
42:22That's better.
42:24What kind of trouble?
42:26Oh.
42:26You wouldn't believe half of it.
42:28Somebody...
42:31Well...
42:32He was an enemy of our family.
42:35You know, there's a dustpan in that cupboard there.
42:40What's he mean, an enemy?
42:44He was responsible for my husband's death.
42:49He's been murdered.
42:51That's not all.
42:54The police are trying to prove a case against my Rupert.
42:59You're not saying that the police think your son is a murderer?
43:21No.
43:30Millie?
43:37Millie?
43:46The police frame, people.
43:49Everybody knows that.
43:51He left away my greed.
43:56I should miss him.
43:58I couldn't bear it.
44:02All the same, I just sometimes think...
44:05But why should he?
44:08What?
44:10Run away?
44:12If your son is innocent, then surely...
44:16He didn't murder this guy.
44:19It wasn't.
44:21It wasn't murder.
44:22It was simple justice.
44:34Enjoying the tour, Mr. Boyce?
44:36It's a spendy trip.
44:38There's no point, Mr. Field.
44:39Why isn't the, er, Stainton plant on the itinerary?
44:42Stainton?
44:43Dinslove had the guts to close it down.
44:46I think we're both aware of the possibility
44:48of some pretty strong legislation coming up
44:50over the environmental health and safety areas
44:52after the next election.
44:54Dinslow have been ready to take up the challenge.
44:57Good.
44:58Just a shame I won't be able to give Dinslow
44:59the kind of report I would have liked.
45:01That's a pity.
45:02Why not?
45:03The Eldrin.
45:04It's a pesticide out of fashion now, superseded.
45:07There are 30 tons of it in one of the storage areas.
45:10The compartment started to deteriorate and pretty soon it'll leak.
45:13It's a flammable substance.
45:15Must have been there, oh, two or three years.
45:18You're a chemist, Mr. Wallace.
45:20No, but I know as much about chemical hazards as many who are.
45:24Well, actually, I'll look into this matter.
45:27And I'm sure on maintenance people are looking after things at the moment.
45:30Pity.
45:31Thought at last I found a chemical firm that had got its safety right.
45:34This is an isolated case, Mr. Wallace.
45:36I'm confident that we can convince heritage shareholders of our high standards.
45:42There's a business side, too.
45:43Nobody wants the Eldrin anymore.
45:45Dinslow should have foreseen the problem and taken care of it.
45:49It's a question of bad housekeeping.
45:52I'll have to make a report to our shareholders.
46:02It's getting so late.
46:03I think I'm going to have to start...
46:05Oh, here he is.
46:07Oh.
46:08You've got a visitor.
46:10Sorry.
46:12I had to go into Yarmouth.
46:14She's come to talk to you about...
46:16Oh, yes.
46:17I want you to make a gazebo for my garden.
46:19You were recommended by a friend.
46:22Who's that?
46:23Mrs?
46:24Thorn.
46:25Cardington, sorry.
46:26It's Millie Cardington.
46:28But you said Thorn.
46:30Cardington.
46:31Millie Cardington.
46:32Thorn?
46:33Was the name of that policeman?
46:34Yes.
46:35Of course it is.
46:36Of course it is.
46:37Superintendent Thorn.
46:40Are you connected with him?
46:43Are you his wife?
46:45I just want to buy some cast iron.
46:47You see, the thing is, this friend...
46:49You've come here on police business, haven't you?
46:53Mrs. Thorn?
46:54What's the Ayunt 1890s?
46:55You've had to go.
46:56I have to live and die.
46:58Are there?
46:59Yes, you've never met.
47:00We're there.
47:01Really?
47:02We're too old.
47:03I love you, Mrs. Thorn.
47:04Still, shall we drink tea?
47:05Yes, then we explode?
47:06I'm sorry.
47:08And if you're cold, no sweat it, Pues I never go.
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