- 10 months ago
First broadcast 23rd August 2003.
Detective Adam Dalgliesh is called in to investigate a death at the theological college where he once studied.
William Willoughby - Ronald Treeves (as Will Willoughby)
Tom Goodman-Hill - Eric Surtees
Jesse Spencer - Raphael Arbuthnot
David Calder - Sir Alred Treeves
Martin Shaw - Commander Adam Dalgliesh
John Fortune - Commissioner Harkness
Alan Howard - Father Sebastian Morell
Robert Hardy - Father Martin Petrie
Jeff Rawle - Father Peregrine Glover
John Clegg - Father John Betterton
Clive Wood - Archdeacon Matthew Crampton
Teddie Thompson - Liz Crampton
James Curran - Parishioner
Julia McKenzie - Margaret Munroe
Alex Hassell - Peter Buckhurst
Hugh Fraser - George Gregory
Janie Dee - Emma Lavenham
Freda Dowie - Agatha Betterton
Emma Rydal - Karen Surtees
Maggie McCarthy - Ruby Pilbeam
Jonathan Coy - Clive Stannard
Richard Huw - Doctor George Manion
Roger Morlidge - Inspector Roger Yarborough
Detective Adam Dalgliesh is called in to investigate a death at the theological college where he once studied.
William Willoughby - Ronald Treeves (as Will Willoughby)
Tom Goodman-Hill - Eric Surtees
Jesse Spencer - Raphael Arbuthnot
David Calder - Sir Alred Treeves
Martin Shaw - Commander Adam Dalgliesh
John Fortune - Commissioner Harkness
Alan Howard - Father Sebastian Morell
Robert Hardy - Father Martin Petrie
Jeff Rawle - Father Peregrine Glover
John Clegg - Father John Betterton
Clive Wood - Archdeacon Matthew Crampton
Teddie Thompson - Liz Crampton
James Curran - Parishioner
Julia McKenzie - Margaret Munroe
Alex Hassell - Peter Buckhurst
Hugh Fraser - George Gregory
Janie Dee - Emma Lavenham
Freda Dowie - Agatha Betterton
Emma Rydal - Karen Surtees
Maggie McCarthy - Ruby Pilbeam
Jonathan Coy - Clive Stannard
Richard Huw - Doctor George Manion
Roger Morlidge - Inspector Roger Yarborough
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00:01:27Shut up!
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00:02:25My son was a mystery to me.
00:02:55I should remember the double first in economics wished to study for the priesthood.
00:03:00Especially that vice-ridden medieval pile.
00:03:03Commander Dalgish has childhood links with the college.
00:03:08I spent many happy summers there when I was in my teens.
00:03:13My father was a clergyman.
00:03:15I've asked the commander if he will visit St. Anselm's in a semi-official capacity to see if there are any aspects of your son's death which have not been researched.
00:03:30Obviously without upsetting the college authorities.
00:03:33If not upsetting people were a prerequisite, we would still be living in holes in the ground.
00:03:37Well, it's the Garden of Eden.
00:03:39St. Anselm may have seemed to you like the Garden of Eden when you were a trial commander but you're going to be very disappointed if you expect to find that today.
00:03:48St. Anselm may have seemed to you like that.
00:03:49I'm sorry.
00:03:57Thank you, Mr. Hanson.
00:03:59Thank you, Mr. Lester.
00:04:00Thank you, Mr. Lester.
00:04:01of course, a plastic cup and a paper plate would do just as well.
00:04:15You were out of the country when the inquest was held, sir.
00:04:18i washed my hands of ronald when he insisted upon following his vocation and you're not
00:04:27satisfied with the verdict of accidental death i expected an open verdict accidental death
00:04:34surprised me is your concern suicide or murder i expect your report
00:04:44my concerns always constitute any other business i'm just saying one day it would be nice to have
00:05:07them inscribed on the agenda one day father peregrine errant car parking in the nocturnal
00:05:14use of washing machines might be all we have to discuss today is not that day today we are
00:05:23discussing the impending visit of the archdeacon and his burgeoning desire to close us down the man's
00:05:30a barbarian a barbarian with enormous influence in the diocese who needs to find massive savings and
00:05:37looks upon us as out of date and elitist how has elitist become such a dirty word i mean manchester city
00:05:46the church of england is in financial crisis and anselm's is small and yes elitist but it is
00:06:00expensive to run you don't have to be a rocket scientist to understand the archdeacon's thinking
00:06:07so how do we stop him well yes father john there's the question
00:06:15i know you're here
00:06:38I know you're here, yambrer!
00:06:45Yambrer!
00:06:54Two other guests coming this week.
00:06:58Clive Stannard will be here tomorrow.
00:07:00Another barbarian.
00:07:02And the other, well, Father Martin.
00:07:06Yes, Commander Adam Dalgleish of New Scotland Yard is arriving this morning for two days.
00:07:15At the request of Sir Aldred Treves,
00:07:19he'll be taking a second brief look into the circumstances of poor Ronald's death.
00:07:25But we've had the inquest. What more does he want?
00:07:29It's the last thing we need while we're fighting for survival.
00:07:32And if word of his presence here gets out, it'll look as if there has been a cover-up.
00:07:40Do you mean he'll be raking it all up again, Sebastian?
00:07:43I think this is him now!
00:07:54Where's he parking?
00:07:57Adam Dalgleish is a man of discretion.
00:08:01He's not just a policeman.
00:08:03Most of you will know some of his poetry.
00:08:06If you're planning for the weekend, Roger Yarborough's coming.
00:08:19Adam!
00:08:21Robert Martin?
00:08:24You expected me to be dead.
00:08:26No.
00:08:27Don't rack your brains trying to be delicate.
00:08:31It wasn't that.
00:08:33I...
00:08:33There you go.
00:08:34Trying to find words to contradict the truth of your expression.
00:08:40You've parked unwisely.
00:08:42Oh, I deal with that later.
00:08:44Very much alive, as is St. Anne's house.
00:08:47Very much alive!
00:08:48Do you think we don't have problems enough without inviting Roger Yarborough?
00:08:55How is he a problem?
00:08:57Because you believe what he says or because you don't?
00:09:04Stand up when you're speaking to me.
00:09:06Yes, Father Sebastian.
00:09:08The man persecuted the archdeacon after his first wife's death.
00:09:11You mean after he murdered her?
00:09:13Crampton is looking for excuses to close us down.
00:09:19And you recklessly jeopardize our position by pursuing a petty vendetta.
00:09:24Is child abuse petty?
00:09:27Is murder?
00:09:30You may be descended from our founder, Raphael,
00:09:33but if you go on like this,
00:09:35you'll be overseeing our demise
00:09:37and asking you to put him off.
00:09:43Mrs. Crampton.
00:10:04To the archdeacon.
00:10:06Oh.
00:10:06For all his help last week.
00:10:08That's very kind.
00:10:13You!
00:10:15Stop!
00:10:16What do you think you're doing?
00:10:17Matthew!
00:10:19I beg your pardon?
00:10:22I'm sorry.
00:10:24Misunderstanding.
00:10:29She's been dead four years.
00:10:33Let it go.
00:10:33I'd forgotten how beautiful it was.
00:10:47Yeah.
00:10:49The archdeacon, Crampton, feels very strongly
00:10:51that all our treasures should be removed
00:10:55and it may be that he'll get his way.
00:10:58Removed?
00:10:59To a cathedral, perhaps, where more people could see them
00:11:03and greater security would be possible
00:11:06but there are those who say he'd simply
00:11:09sell them all off.
00:11:12And give the proceeds to the poor?
00:11:13Of course.
00:11:18Our founder gave these things to be placed here
00:11:22and here I think they should stay.
00:11:26Well, that's one thing I wouldn't mind seeing
00:11:29the back of.
00:11:30The doom.
00:11:32Unfortunately, it's a fixture.
00:11:35The last judgment still always manages
00:11:38to unsettle me.
00:11:43Ronald Treebs, father?
00:11:44Something set Ronald apart.
00:11:48I think he felt he knew more about the real world
00:11:52than did the rest of us.
00:11:54Did he?
00:11:55Well, in many ways it was the real world
00:11:59he was trying to escape.
00:12:01The priesthood was his only chance
00:12:04of superseding his father.
00:12:07Sir Aldred might wield enormous influence
00:12:09in matters secular
00:12:11but only an ordained priest
00:12:14can have power over the human soul.
00:12:17Did Ronald have any particular friends at college?
00:12:20Not among the ordinands, no.
00:12:22He was very close to Margaret Munro
00:12:25who does the laundry.
00:12:26It was she, unfortunately,
00:12:30who found him.
00:12:31I say unfortunately
00:12:32because she'd lost her own son
00:12:35not so very long ago.
00:12:38He was in the army
00:12:39and I'm not sure
00:12:40that she ever really
00:12:41got over that.
00:12:44My son used to like
00:12:45having the radio on
00:12:46with the cricket
00:12:47if he was ill
00:12:48when he was a boy
00:12:50if it was summer.
00:12:53Measles and so on.
00:12:55Not that you're allowed
00:12:56to get the measles nowadays.
00:12:59That's why you've all got
00:13:00these other things coming in.
00:13:02Build you up the measles.
00:13:04Mumps, etc.
00:13:06Chicken pox.
00:13:07Brought you some books.
00:13:23I'll stop by later.
00:13:25Good of you.
00:13:27Is there no cricket on?
00:13:29All finished.
00:13:30It's when you need it.
00:13:35It's over.
00:13:36It's when you need it.
00:13:37It's when you need it.
00:13:38It's when you need it.
00:13:39It's when you need it.
00:13:40It's when you need it.
00:13:41It's when you need it.
00:13:42It's when you need it.
00:13:43It's when you need it.
00:13:44It's when you need it.
00:13:45It's when you need it.
00:13:46It's when you need it.
00:13:47It's when you need it.
00:13:48It's when you need it.
00:13:49It's when you need it.
00:13:50It's when you need it.
00:13:51It's when you need it.
00:13:52It's when you need it.
00:13:53It's when you need it.
00:13:54It's when you need it.
00:13:55It's when you need it.
00:13:56It's when you need it.
00:13:57It's when you need it.
00:13:58It's when you need it.
00:13:59It's when you need it.
00:14:00Raffaelle, how is the translation going?
00:14:16Actually, I haven't had as much time as I'd hoped.
00:14:19Well, then, we'll work on it together.
00:14:23What's your honest opinion of Father Sebastian?
00:14:25I get the impression your own opinion is the more eminent.
00:14:31The man's got no bloody balls.
00:14:32That would certainly explain his singing voice.
00:14:42You were always down here as a boy.
00:14:44We always knew where to find you.
00:14:46In the waves.
00:14:50Collecting driftwood.
00:14:52Or messing about in the old boathouse.
00:14:54Ah, the boathouse.
00:14:58It was a girl.
00:15:01Sadie.
00:15:03Mrs. Nelson used to be cook.
00:15:05Yeah.
00:15:06Her granddaughter.
00:15:08She would have been about your age.
00:15:11You never remarried,
00:15:14Adam?
00:15:16No.
00:15:17No.
00:15:17So this is where Margaret Munro found Ronald.
00:15:33Yes, sir.
00:15:34All this was an overhang.
00:15:36You'll sometimes see things
00:15:38buried in the sandstone.
00:15:42Bits of amber.
00:15:43Old bones, you remember.
00:15:45Perhaps he was rooting about.
00:15:48And if you're beneath an overhang,
00:15:50of course, you run the risk of it collapsing on top of you.
00:15:53In 50 years' time,
00:15:56the encroachment will be complete.
00:15:59For St. Anselm's,
00:16:01it'll be under the waves.
00:16:03Like the lost villages.
00:16:07Is it possible that Ronald was hiding something?
00:16:12Or looking for something that was hidden?
00:16:13I don't suppose we'll ever know.
00:16:17Will we, Adam?
00:16:21No!
00:16:22No!
00:16:27It's a terrible way to die.
00:16:30I often think of it.
00:16:34And?
00:16:36When do you think of it?
00:16:37Father Sebastian talked of suicide.
00:16:40I don't believe her.
00:16:44I don't want to.
00:16:48I don't know.
00:16:51We failed him, unforgivably.
00:16:58Oh!
00:17:00Nearly fell.
00:17:01No more.
00:17:03Emma Lavenham.
00:17:05Literary research fellow at Cambridge.
00:17:07We seconded her to lecture on poetry to the Order.
00:17:11Adam Dalglish.
00:17:12How did you do?
00:17:13The poet?
00:17:14Yes.
00:17:15And policeman.
00:17:17I'm sorry.
00:17:18No, no, no.
00:17:18It's all right.
00:17:19We're finished.
00:17:20I was just...
00:17:21I'll carry on with my walk.
00:17:24It's very nice to meet you.
00:17:25And you too.
00:17:28She's a brilliant girl.
00:17:29We're lucky to have her.
00:17:30She's engaged to an extremely prominent linguist back in Cambridge.
00:17:39John!
00:17:41Your scarf!
00:17:42It!
00:17:44Yes!
00:17:48I'll carry on with it.
00:17:49Yes.
00:17:49I can't do it.
00:17:50I can't do it.
00:17:51It's all right.
00:17:52You're lucky to have a friend.
00:17:54You're lucky to be your wife.
00:17:55Yes, it's all right.
00:17:56I can't do it.
00:17:57I love you!
00:17:58I'm all right.
00:17:59I've got an extremely big deal.
00:18:00I could do it.
00:18:01I'm not interested in my life.
00:18:03Yes, I'm not interested in her.
00:18:04Let that be.
00:18:04You're lucky to be here.
00:18:06You're lucky to be here.
00:18:06You're lucky to be here.
00:18:08Archdeacon, we weren't expecting you until the weekend.
00:18:25The schedule for the removal of items most at risk.
00:18:29Starting with the altarpiece later this month.
00:18:32Rafa, Rafa, suppose I just went away.
00:18:36Do you think the Archdeacon would leave St Anselm's alone?
00:18:40It's Ronald dying.
00:18:42It's put us to the top of his agenda. It's not you.
00:18:44I was just thinking that if I wasn't there...
00:18:46You exist, John. Face it.
00:18:49If anyone should disappear, it's the Arch-Bloody Deacon.
00:18:58May we enter?
00:19:06By removal, you mean requisition.
00:19:11If the altarpiece and the other items were removed, you'd have no need of keys.
00:19:17What's it worth, do you think?
00:19:19Three million? Five?
00:19:21Well, if you get away with forcibly removing our Founders' endowments, will you leave us in peace?
00:19:29You'll have to read the document.
00:19:30Why do I have to read the damn document when you're standing right in front of me, quite capable of an answer?
00:19:36The conditions here aren't right for the preservation of great works like these.
00:19:43The humidity, the lack of real high security, the risk of accidents.
00:19:53Ronald Treves told you, did he?
00:19:55Do you wish to punish him further?
00:19:58What the hell do you mean by that?
00:19:59Have you ever asked yourself, Sebastian, how an institution like this, supposedly infused with love and light, could drive a young man like Ronald to his death?
00:20:07It was an accident. Read the coroner's report.
00:20:10Do you think harbouring a convicted paedophile in a place where young men come to follow their vocation sends out a good message?
00:20:17Father John has served his sentence and deserves to be left in peace, leaving aside whether he was guilty in the first place.
00:20:25Left in peace would be one thing. Feather-bedded and salaried is another.
00:20:29I think we can safely say this meeting is concluded.
00:20:35Not quite.
00:20:38There's something else here at St Anselm's, isn't there?
00:20:41Something more valuable than all the works of art put together.
00:20:46Something powerful enough to threaten not just the Church of England, but the whole Christian faith.
00:20:51The papyrus.
00:20:53The papyrus. The St Anselm papyrus. You're the warden. You're charged with its safekeeping.
00:21:00I want it handed over at the weekend.
00:21:06In the meantime, I'll leave you to lock up the house of God.
00:21:10Come in.
00:21:26Mrs. Munro?
00:21:31Oh, it's... it's you, Mr, um...
00:21:33Darvish.
00:21:34Do you know why I'm here?
00:21:38About, um...
00:21:40Ronald Treves, yes.
00:21:42Um, on the doorstep.
00:21:45Oh.
00:21:46Can I make you a cup of, uh...
00:21:48Tea? It would be very nice.
00:21:50Right. Tea.
00:21:52Leaks.
00:21:58Now, they'll be from Eric Surtees, caretaker.
00:22:01He's got a kitchen garden, and he's, uh...
00:22:04He's kind of like that.
00:22:05Thinks of people when they're, uh...
00:22:09I'll wash those after.
00:22:13You were close to Ronald. This must be a hard time for you.
00:22:17A hard time? It is.
00:22:19A hard time.
00:22:21You, uh, worked here long, Mrs. Munro?
00:22:24Oh, Margaret.
00:22:26Six years.
00:22:27Uh, just the laundry.
00:22:29Uh, not the personal laundry.
00:22:31Um, just the sheets and towels, you know.
00:22:33Uh, Ruby, Mrs. Pilbrim, she does some personal laundry for some people,
00:22:38but I, um...
00:22:39Well, I used to work at the hospice at Ashcombe House.
00:22:43It's good with the terminal ear.
00:22:46But, uh, I was a nurse there, but my heart's poor,
00:22:50and, uh, the work was...
00:22:51So, I applied here, and the duty's much lighter,
00:22:55much lighter than a Ashcombe.
00:22:56Can you tell me about Ronald, Margaret?
00:22:59What is there to say?
00:23:01Um, he was a boy.
00:23:03They don't seem like boys here sometimes,
00:23:05um, so clever in these outfits they wear,
00:23:08but, um, that's what they are,
00:23:11and that's all he was, whatever some people might say.
00:23:14Uh, he was a boy.
00:23:16Whatever some people might say?
00:23:19They said he was arrogant, some of them,
00:23:22and said he, uh, didn't choose his friends too wisely.
00:23:27I heard that he didn't have many.
00:23:29Only Peter, really.
00:23:31Peter Buckhurst.
00:23:33And that was hard for Peter,
00:23:34because Raphael didn't like Ronald.
00:23:37Raphael?
00:23:39But the senior student.
00:23:42And why didn't Raphael like Ronald?
00:23:46Who knows with him?
00:23:48He's got a big kingpin.
00:23:49You're either in or you're out.
00:23:52Did you have someone in mind
00:23:54when you said that Ronald didn't choose his friends wisely?
00:23:57They said he was friends with the archdeacon,
00:24:01with, with Mr, um, Crampton.
00:24:03And Mr. Crampton isn't well liked around here.
00:24:12Could you tell me about how you found Ronald?
00:24:15My journal.
00:24:16No, no, no, I'd rather we went over it afresh,
00:24:19if you wouldn't mind.
00:24:23It was his cloak and his cassock I saw first,
00:24:26and folded beside each other.
00:24:30And then I saw the cliff had fallen,
00:24:33big clumps of sand and bits from the top tops of grass.
00:24:37I knew straight away what had happened,
00:24:39and I started digging with my hands.
00:24:41Where?
00:24:42Where?
00:24:43And then a piece of wood I found.
00:24:47And I kept thinking,
00:24:48would it be better to go for help?
00:24:50And then I...
00:24:51I felt something so.
00:24:54And I...
00:24:55He was wearing corduroy trousers,
00:25:03and he was kneeling, sort of.
00:25:07And I...
00:25:08Then I remembered,
00:25:19all cloaks have name tags in them,
00:25:23so I ran across.
00:25:27I picked it up.
00:25:28And it was Ronald's.
00:25:35Then I heard a car coming along the road,
00:25:38right away off,
00:25:38and all of a sudden,
00:25:40I didn't want to be there on my own.
00:25:42I ran back up the steps.
00:25:45It was a professor,
00:25:46Mr Gregory,
00:25:47he came down and...
00:25:48Where is he?
00:25:49That way!
00:25:49And we dug some more.
00:25:52And I remember,
00:25:53I started to pull him out,
00:25:55and Mr Gregory shouted,
00:25:57stop!
00:25:58Said we should leave him,
00:25:59as he was,
00:26:00and leave his clothes as well.
00:26:01That there was nothing we could do.
00:26:03But I wanted to be sure.
00:26:05And Mr Gregory
00:26:06took off his glove,
00:26:08and placed his fingers
00:26:10against Ronald's neck,
00:26:11and he...
00:26:12Is there something?
00:26:21No, no.
00:26:22Oh.
00:26:23He was dead, of course.
00:26:26And we went and got
00:26:28Father Sebastian,
00:26:29Father Martin,
00:26:30and the police came,
00:26:31and the ambulance.
00:26:35Very nice,
00:26:36the ambulance men.
00:26:41Campton mentioned it by name.
00:26:44He's determined to get it.
00:26:46The papyrus is perfectly safe,
00:26:48won't it?
00:26:49It would be safer still
00:26:50in my keeping.
00:26:52Are you saying?
00:26:53You think
00:26:54I'll give it up?
00:26:56He's got the bit
00:26:57between his teeth.
00:26:58You don't know
00:26:59what he's like.
00:27:04Where is it?
00:27:07The papyrus
00:27:08remains my responsibility
00:27:10until the time of my death.
00:27:12After that,
00:27:13it will be yours
00:27:14to do with
00:27:15as you wish.
00:27:19I'm not sure
00:27:20I like the tone of that.
00:27:21Then I apologise.
00:27:30So,
00:27:31when you heard
00:27:33the coroner's verdict
00:27:35of accidental death,
00:27:37did you have a strong sense
00:27:39of whether he was right?
00:27:42Whether it was suicide,
00:27:43you mean?
00:27:48The ordinance
00:27:49do a reading
00:27:50before dinner
00:27:52in the refectory.
00:27:53They take it in turns,
00:27:54those that want to.
00:27:57Ronald started saying
00:27:58he wanted to do one,
00:28:00but not a reading,
00:28:02more a...
00:28:03a...
00:28:04he wanted something
00:28:05off his chest.
00:28:06And what was it
00:28:08he wanted to say?
00:28:10He didn't tell me
00:28:11and
00:28:11he never did it,
00:28:13so...
00:28:15Something that was troubling him?
00:28:16did you mention this
00:28:29during the investigation?
00:28:31Stick to facts,
00:28:32that's what he said,
00:28:33Father Sebastian.
00:28:34Don't go bothering them
00:28:35with all your...
00:28:37father.
00:28:37I...
00:28:38I just wanted
00:28:39to be sure
00:28:40that you were all right,
00:28:41Margaret.
00:28:41I am father,
00:28:42thank you.
00:28:43And your cardigan's
00:28:45nearly ready.
00:28:46Oh,
00:28:46splendid.
00:28:50When you asked
00:28:51for what I thought
00:28:52about the verdict,
00:28:53you didn't mean murder.
00:28:58I just wanted
00:28:59to know your thoughts.
00:29:07There's an atmosphere,
00:29:09Father.
00:29:10I don't know
00:29:11if it's me
00:29:12going over things
00:29:13that people thought
00:29:14they'd put behind them
00:29:15or the Archdeacon's plans
00:29:16or Ronald Treve's death
00:29:19or simply
00:29:20your memories
00:29:21of this place
00:29:22becoming unsettled.
00:29:26Expecting your sister,
00:29:27Eric?
00:29:29She's late.
00:29:31Man,
00:29:32a few words.
00:29:37Mr. Surtees.
00:29:51I hear it's you
00:29:52we have to thank
00:29:52for saving the church.
00:29:57Putting out the fire.
00:29:59It was you,
00:29:59is that right?
00:30:01Well,
00:30:02Father...
00:30:02I don't use that term.
00:30:04Father.
00:30:05You can call me
00:30:06Archdeacon.
00:30:08A candle,
00:30:09was it?
00:30:10I heard about it
00:30:11from Ronald Treves.
00:30:13We used to chat
00:30:13about life
00:30:14at St Anselm's.
00:30:16He'd keep me up to date.
00:30:19Ronald?
00:30:20He'd visit
00:30:21and we'd talk.
00:30:26Perhaps,
00:30:26er,
00:30:27you and I
00:30:28should talk,
00:30:29Eric.
00:30:29No,
00:30:30no,
00:30:30I don't think...
00:30:31Not much of a talker,
00:30:32is that it?
00:30:33More of a doer.
00:30:35But tell me this,
00:30:35Mr. Surtees,
00:30:36what exactly
00:30:37is it you do here?
00:30:40Caretaker, Father.
00:30:42Or Archdeacon.
00:30:43Hmm.
00:30:44It won't last,
00:30:45Mr. Surtees,
00:30:45it can't.
00:30:47I hope they've made
00:30:48that clear to you here.
00:30:50If the bishops themselves
00:30:51are laying off
00:30:51chauffeurs and cooks,
00:30:53do you really suppose
00:30:53your position
00:30:54is more crucial
00:30:55to the smooth running
00:30:56of the Church of England?
00:30:58We'll continue
00:30:59this conversation
00:31:00at the weekend.
00:31:01Father John,
00:31:01wait!
00:31:02Wait!
00:31:02Wait!
00:31:02Wait!
00:31:02Wait!
00:31:02Wait!
00:31:02Wait!
00:31:04I'm going to tell you
00:31:05that I was going to be
00:31:06with you.
00:31:06I'm going to tell you
00:31:07my father told me
00:31:09somebody brought a baby
00:31:10to the College
00:31:11after my time.
00:31:12Oh!
00:31:13Someone brought a baby to the college after my time.
00:31:17Someone related to the woman who founded the college, Agnes.
00:31:21Agnes Arbuthnotty.
00:31:23It was her great-niece Clara who abandoned the baby into our care, as it were.
00:31:29What became of her?
00:31:30Well, we never saw her again.
00:31:32She spent some time in France, I believe.
00:31:34And she died at the Ashcombe House Hospice not far from here.
00:31:38When?
00:31:39Ten years ago.
00:31:40More, more.
00:31:42And the child?
00:31:42Well, Raphael, he's to be ordained very soon.
00:31:48Here?
00:31:49Yes, well, it was Father John and his sister Agatha who really brought him up.
00:31:58Now, it isn't one of those productions where they mumble all the time, is it?
00:32:04Right.
00:32:08You!
00:32:09How dare you address my brother?
00:32:14John, come here.
00:32:16Come here immediately.
00:32:18You're not welcome here, you know.
00:32:20Not welcome at all.
00:32:23We wish you were dead.
00:32:25We wish you were dead.
00:32:26All of us.
00:32:27Wait till the weekend.
00:32:33Peter Buckhurst.
00:32:36My name's Al Gleish.
00:32:37I'm a police officer.
00:32:38I'd like to speak to you about Ronald Treves.
00:32:39Margaret Munro said you were friends.
00:32:43He's dead.
00:32:46Yes.
00:32:46Before he died, did he, um, say anything to you?
00:32:49Did he mention about getting something off his chest?
00:32:52He said almost nothing for two weeks before he died.
00:32:56Hmm.
00:32:56Raphael, this is, uh...
00:33:03Ronald didn't have anything on his chest.
00:33:05He had an enormous chip on his shoulder is what he had.
00:33:08Said he was like me, abandoned.
00:33:11Unlike me, he hasn't got a raving lunatic trying to destroy his home.
00:33:15That's the man you should be investigating, Archdeacon Crampton.
00:33:18He killed his first wife and got away scot-free.
00:33:21Oh?
00:33:23Who are you?
00:33:24You know who I am.
00:33:29It's here, you know, Crampton.
00:33:30It's skulking about.
00:33:35He destroyed Father John, pushed through the child abuse charges.
00:33:39Didn't matter that Father John hadn't done anything.
00:33:42And he murdered his wife, you say?
00:33:45I know what happened.
00:33:47So does the man who was in charge of the case against Crampton.
00:33:50Roger Yarborough.
00:33:51Inspector Yarborough.
00:33:51They suspended him because he wouldn't give it up.
00:33:55They said he was hounding Crampton.
00:33:58Well, someone needed to.
00:34:02Crampton's the man you should be talking to.
00:34:03The college has a beautiful facade.
00:34:17Expensive and desirable as your automobile undoubtedly is.
00:34:21I don't think it enhances it.
00:34:25Surprised you haven't resorted to wheel clamps.
00:34:27And risk delaying your departure.
00:34:32Another transgressor?
00:34:34A great avenger of transgressions, I understand.
00:34:38I've met Emma.
00:34:46Briefly.
00:34:47As you may recall, the tradition is the first course is eaten in silence, while one of the ordinances gives a reading.
00:34:56Emma, you know, this is George Gregory, our professor of Greek, and Raphael Abusment.
00:35:05We've met.
00:35:06And Dalgleish.
00:35:07On Abusment's holiday?
00:35:09What was Crampton doing here today?
00:35:10We'll talk later.
00:35:11Are you here to haul us all over the coals, Mr Dalgleish?
00:35:14We rather felt the coroner's court was the last word on the ultimately dampening subject of Ronald Dreeves.
00:35:20The commander is here on the flying visits.
00:35:22A formality, really, to reassure Sir Hallred.
00:35:25Trying to threaten Father John after what he did to him.
00:35:28I said we'll talk later.
00:35:30A formality?
00:35:31Sir Hallred received a letter suggesting he look further into the matter.
00:35:36I'm here to do that.
00:35:38No, a letter from home.
00:35:40An anonymous letter.
00:35:41Intriguing.
00:35:42Please, take the seat.
00:35:43People really do send anonymous letters.
00:35:47I'm taking today's reading from a book of poems called A Case to Answer by Adam Dalgleish.
00:35:54No need to hide your light under a bushel, Commander.
00:35:57First poem's called A Confession.
00:35:59Raphael, please.
00:36:01Grace, first.
00:36:09Karen, this is me.
00:36:11I don't want to leave another message.
00:36:15If you're there, pick up.
00:36:18It's just, the archdeacon, he was talking to Ronald.
00:36:24He said,
00:36:25Karen, please pick up.
00:36:28You there?
00:36:30I need you.
00:36:32Tell me what I do.
00:36:33Aren't we blessed that it's been so mild today?
00:37:01There's been talk of storms on the way.
00:37:04So I'd like to get a walk in before bed.
00:37:06Take a torch.
00:37:08Yes, it can be shockingly dark once one leaves the lights of the building.
00:37:14White or red, sir?
00:37:15What's the white?
00:37:16A court on charlemagne.
00:37:18One of the few pleasures of our studious and ascetic life here.
00:37:21A really first-class wine cellar.
00:37:24That and the excellent cooking and the beauty of the setting.
00:37:27And the Byrne-Jones paintings on the walls.
00:37:31And the van der Weyden in the church.
00:37:32We don't do so badly, do we, Sebastian?
00:37:34Despite our disavowal of worldly pleasures.
00:37:37I wasn't aware you had made such a disavowal, George.
00:37:41I forget sometimes with all the shining examples around and about,
00:37:44and I'm nothing but a wretched and unrepentant sinner.
00:37:46Ah, just keeping the conversation going.
00:37:51I'm sure the commander isn't writing any of this down.
00:37:57If I'm making people uncomfortable, perhaps I should eat in my set.
00:38:00No, no, no, it's not you, Adam.
00:38:04We all have a lot on our minds with the archdeacon returning to tell us our fate.
00:38:11But we are all under suspicion, a bit, till you've made your report, aren't we?
00:38:19Everyone felt very sorry about Ronald.
00:38:21I suppose we all wonder whether we could have done more to help him.
00:38:25Oh, I'm terribly sorry. I do beg your pardon.
00:38:30Perhaps we could inaugurate a new topic of conversation.
00:38:38Raphael, would you like to kick us off?
00:38:40It'd be consolations of beauty, perhaps.
00:38:44Perhaps.
00:39:10Come in.
00:39:14Oh, Eric.
00:39:16What?
00:39:17Are you coming in?
00:39:19I meant to come and say thank you for the leaks.
00:39:22No, I was just waiting for Karen and I just...
00:39:24She's late again.
00:39:26No, mobile's off.
00:39:27Oh, well, I expect she'll be here before long.
00:39:33Did he come round here?
00:39:35The policeman, Mr Dalgleish.
00:39:36Policeman.
00:39:39Asking about Ronald.
00:39:42Crampton.
00:39:45He said Ronald told them about the fire in the church.
00:39:48He said Ronald told them a lot of things.
00:39:51I wondered if he...
00:39:52What the policeman want?
00:39:55Oh, there she is now, this Karen.
00:39:57What the policeman want?
00:39:59Well, he wanted to talk to me about Ronald.
00:40:01About what I remembered.
00:40:02Ronald.
00:40:03Ronald.
00:40:04Yeah.
00:40:08Did you say anything about me?
00:40:10Mr Dalgleish?
00:40:12Ronald!
00:40:13What sort of thing, Eric?
00:40:16Eric?
00:40:18Eric!
00:40:18Eric!
00:40:19Come on, I'm freezing.
00:40:29They used to say
00:40:35that you could hear the bells ringing beneath the waves.
00:40:40The drowned churches.
00:40:41The last call of a lost civilisation.
00:40:43Did you know Ronald Tree?
00:40:50I taught him Greek.
00:40:52What about the coroner's verdict?
00:40:58Can you really imagine him giving any other
00:40:59with those four black-clad crows
00:41:01glaring down at him from their perch every day?
00:41:04Are you suggesting that the priests had some influence?
00:41:06Oh, I'm making a joke.
00:41:08But I have to say that if death can have an upside,
00:41:10I mean, let's face it, it can.
00:41:12It had to be seeing the cool and unruffled Sebastian
00:41:14so beside himself.
00:41:16You don't like him.
00:41:17I don't like Bob Bossett.
00:41:19Yeah.
00:41:21What about religion?
00:41:23Not for me, either.
00:41:25What keeps you here?
00:41:26Well, there are pleasures to be had,
00:41:28even in this isolated life.
00:41:30Walks on the beach amongst them.
00:41:32I said I'd stop on the way up for shopping.
00:41:36He's in a big panic about things these days.
00:41:38You're getting like Dad.
00:41:42So what do you look at me?
00:41:44You're probably wondering why you're in such a bloody flat.
00:41:46And there's a policeman.
00:41:47Oh, Eric!
00:41:49Chill out!
00:41:51I'm here.
00:41:52You're going to put me in a mood.
00:41:55I'm here.
00:42:00That's probably him.
00:42:02Policeman.
00:42:03Yeah, well, I'd better watch where he's going.
00:42:05I'm here.
00:42:08You won't find any answers here now, Commander Dalgleish.
00:42:21No.
00:42:22Matthew Crampton.
00:42:25Is it Ronald Treves you're investigating?
00:42:29Murder, isn't it?
00:42:30You're a specialism.
00:42:31Is there some reason why I should tell you?
00:42:35It might affect the plans for the future of the college.
00:42:37It has a future, then.
00:42:39You've been listening to rumours.
00:42:42It breeds them, this place.
00:42:44Removing paintings from the walls might give rise to speculation.
00:42:48I'm often accused of wanting to shut down St Anselm's.
00:42:52It's not me who'll inherit millions if it closes.
00:42:55But they haven't told you about Agnes Arbuthnot's will.
00:43:01That they inherit what could amount to ten million pounds, the four priests in residence.
00:43:07Sebastian, Martin, Peregrine, John.
00:43:12But they inherit the college and whatever its contents at the time of closure.
00:43:18Clearly not.
00:43:19In the matter of his first marriage, the Archdeacon was certainly unfortunate.
00:43:33She was young, unstable, totally unsuited to her role.
00:43:37And she was, was, or swiftly became an alcoholic.
00:43:43How did she die?
00:43:45An overdose of aspirins, I believe.
00:43:47Of course, Raphael is convinced that the Archdeacon administered them.
00:43:53And you?
00:43:54What do you believe?
00:43:56That it's between Crampton and his conscience, I'm afraid.
00:44:04Who's the beneficiary of Agnes Arbuthnot's will?
00:44:08What on earth can that have to do with Ronald Treves?
00:44:15Me.
00:44:15And the other three priests.
00:44:19That is, if St. Anselm's closes.
00:44:23And we do not intend to let that happen.
00:44:28And Raphael?
00:44:30Well, he's the direct descendant of our founder.
00:44:33Sadly illegitimate.
00:44:34Agnes Arbuthnot's will states clearly that the heir must be legitimate within English law.
00:44:41That's how Raphael is, and always will be a poor bastard.
00:44:47Ruby, you gave me a shock.
00:45:16I saw you finish your run.
00:45:17I thought he'll be ready with his laundry.
00:45:30Barefoot in the breakers.
00:45:32It's surely the poet I'm talking to now, not the policeman.
00:45:34What's that, a towel?
00:45:38You've come prepared.
00:45:40Be my guest.
00:45:41You're leaving today?
00:45:57Yes, this afternoon.
00:45:58I'll, um...
00:46:01I'll probably be teaching, so...
00:46:06That's a bit stupid.
00:46:13Um, we'll be walking up together.
00:46:15I mean, have you finished here?
00:46:17Yes, I am.
00:46:17Uh, the towel.
00:46:20Aren't you going to use it now?
00:46:21Oh, um...
00:46:23No, I...
00:46:24I thought I might swim, but...
00:46:26Oh.
00:46:26I'm going to use it now.
00:46:56What are you doing?
00:47:13Ah, I...
00:47:14I spilled something!
00:47:16Do you see him on the day he died?
00:47:31Robert!
00:47:33Ronald, no, no, no.
00:47:34Uh, this is a day that, uh, Karen, my sister, is coming up from London.
00:47:40Um, I'm usually on the lookout for her on those days, so...
00:47:43So, you would have seen him if he'd come this way?
00:47:47No.
00:47:50No, no, I-I don't think I would have, no.
00:47:58Pride and joys.
00:48:01Pride and joy, whatever.
00:48:04Slaughter them yourself?
00:48:04No.
00:48:05No.
00:48:05No, I couldn't slaughter a fly in me, at least all then.
00:48:11Yeah.
00:48:12Farmer, I know, does that.
00:48:19Karen?
00:48:19It's Commander Del Gleish.
00:48:21Oh.
00:48:22Looking into Ronald's, uh...
00:48:23I'd better shift this or I'll go and get a note on my windscreen.
00:48:26It's worth some plans in.
00:48:27I've been asking your brother for his thoughts on Ronald Dreeb's death.
00:48:32Lonely.
00:48:34That's what he looked like to me.
00:48:36I'd have said suicide, but I can't say I really knew him.
00:48:39Get an impression, though, don't you?
00:48:40You know, from little things.
00:48:43I'm a journalist, so I use all that.
00:48:45Same as you, I suppose.
00:48:47Always trying to work people out.
00:48:48And do you think that you've worked Ronald Dreeb's out?
00:48:51I'm just bullshitting.
00:48:52I hadn't knew which one he was.
00:48:54Ciao.
00:48:55Mrs Pilbim's made you some porridge, Peter.
00:49:02Oh, for God's sake, how many times do I have to drill it into...
00:49:06I had the most incredible recollection yesterday
00:49:17while I was talking to that policeman.
00:49:21When you're better, I'll tell you all about it.
00:49:25So, your time's up.
00:49:28Yes.
00:49:29Back to the yard this afternoon.
00:49:31Uh-huh.
00:49:32I'm addressing a conference in Stockholm.
00:49:34What does this mean?
00:49:35British Council?
00:49:37Interpol?
00:49:43Come back and see us when you can.
00:49:45Well, I hope I've been the best man for the job here.
00:49:49Oh.
00:49:50You're familiar with the place.
00:49:52You know our ways.
00:49:53Someone coming in fresh might have been able to differentiate
00:49:56better between what was then and what's now.
00:50:00Oh, father.
00:50:01Clive Stenhardt.
00:50:02Clive, this is Adam.
00:50:04Adam Dalgleish.
00:50:04Yeah, Clive Stenhardt.
00:50:05Research papers.
00:50:08It might look impressive, but I'm only here for the wine cellar
00:50:11on a weekend in the country, if you want to know the truth.
00:50:14Excuse me.
00:50:16Do you want a hand with all that stuff?
00:50:18I see him sometimes, Ronald.
00:50:26The sand hole in his eyes, his mouth.
00:50:31Suffocated.
00:50:33Stifled.
00:50:36Sometimes I think I'm cursed.
00:50:40You were a good friend to Ronald.
00:50:43Perhaps the only one he had.
00:50:48Is there anything else that's occurred to you since we spoke?
00:50:52It doesn't matter how trivial.
00:50:54Mm-hmm.
00:50:58Would you pray for me?
00:51:11Yes.
00:51:18I'll be very glad to see the back of him.
00:51:32We can put that wretched incident behind us once and for all.
00:51:38I'll be very glad to see the back of him.
00:51:50We'll have to go for a while.
00:51:52One more time.
00:51:52We'll be sure we've been Judd.
00:51:54We're preaching.
00:51:57It's the best of her.
00:51:59We'll be happy.
00:51:59We'll be happy to see the back of her.
00:52:01I'll be happy.
00:52:02We'll be happy.
00:52:02I'll be happy.
00:52:03I'll be happy.
00:52:04We'll be happy to see the back of your wife.
00:52:05So, let's go.
00:52:35Oh, my God.
00:53:05Oh, it's you.
00:53:17I must have dropped off.
00:53:18Oh!
00:53:19Oh!
00:53:20Oh!
00:53:22Oh!
00:53:23Oh!
00:53:24Oh!
00:53:25Oh!
00:53:26Oh!
00:53:28Oh!
00:53:29Oh!
00:53:30Oh!
00:53:31Oh!
00:53:32Oh!
00:53:33Oh!
00:53:34Oh!
00:53:35Oh!
00:53:36Oh!
00:53:46My dear Adam, seeing you again after so long has left me with many emotions.
00:53:53I feel a disproportionate and probably wholly misplaced pride in seeing what you've become.
00:54:04But I have a strong sense you're allowing your past to determine your present.
00:54:13Let an old man impress on you this is a mistake.
00:54:17Our time on earth is limited and we must spend it wisely.
00:54:24All my life I've stood by, taken the reasoned path, turned the other cheek.
00:54:32I didn't fight to keep the job I loved when Sebastian wanted it, though I knew I was the better warden.
00:54:40And now the whole college is under threat and what do I do?
00:54:45I pray.
00:54:46In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost.
00:54:51Amen.
00:54:54I always thought God was on our side in this and beginning to wonder if he's on the Archdeacon's.
00:55:00I feel a time is coming when only action will win the day.
00:55:11Forgive my temerity when I say that you must open yourself to the possibility of love
00:55:19and allow the acquiescence of the heart.
00:55:23And to live always in grief and regret is to denigrate God's greatest gift.
00:55:33You will be as sorry as we all were to learn of the death of Margaret Monroe.
00:55:39She passed away peacefully the night you left and is to be cremated.
00:55:49Thy kingdom come.
00:55:59Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
00:56:03Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses.
00:56:10Forgive us our trespasses.
00:56:14Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
00:56:16Thy kingdom come.
00:56:17Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
00:56:19Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses.
00:56:25No sign of a struggle.
00:56:27The only struggle that took place was between her and the Ascanic attack.
00:56:31It was brief and conclusive.
00:56:34What about poisoning?
00:56:35If I thought she'd been poisoned, do you think I'd have pronounced death by natural causes?
00:56:40I'm going to authorize an autopsy.
00:56:42Are you calling me incompetent?
00:56:43You expected her to die of a heart attack.
00:56:45You may have been predisposed to find the tribute.
00:56:47I'm sorry, but it still sounds like you're calling me incompetent.
00:56:50Perhaps you're predisposed to hear that as well.
00:56:53Paranoid now too, am I?
00:56:56I'm also off duty.
00:56:58Adam!
00:56:59Who discovered the body of Father?
00:57:00Adam, what are you doing here?
00:57:01Margaret Monroe.
00:57:02Who found her?
00:57:03What?
00:57:04I need to know, Father.
00:57:05She died in her sleep and...
00:57:06Father, who found her?
00:57:07Nothing whatsoever.
00:57:08It seemed odd or different.
00:57:09Does my house silly or insignificant?
00:57:10Please think very carefully.
00:57:11Mrs. Spilby.
00:57:12Her glasses, that's all.
00:57:14For knitting, she used to wear her reading glasses.
00:57:18If she was watching television, she'd wear her other ones.
00:57:20And it was her other ones she had on.
00:57:21It's probably nothing.
00:57:22Wouldn't she have been knitting while she was watching television?
00:57:23No.
00:57:24The cable knit for Father Martin's cardigan was too complicated.
00:57:25In any case, the television wasn't on.
00:57:26What about the pattern? Was it on her lap?
00:57:27No.
00:57:28No.
00:57:29No.
00:57:30No.
00:57:31No.
00:57:32No.
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00:58:24Father Martin was right.
00:58:39It has helped me, writing down all the details.
00:58:43Something important did happen.
00:58:46And I need to make the account complete.
00:58:54He's here again.
00:59:14Morning.
00:59:17Eric.
00:59:19The leaks that you gave to Margaret Munro.
00:59:23I'll get my sister.
00:59:24Eric.
00:59:25No, I just wondered if you wrapped them yourself in the newspaper.
00:59:32Can you recall what newspaper it would have been?
00:59:34Good morning.
00:59:35What is it?
00:59:36Can't you see the effect you have on it?
00:59:38The newspaper that your brother used to wrap the leaks he gave to Margaret Munro.
00:59:45He only buys one.
00:59:46The Sol Bay Gazette and couldn't have been this week's because that's in there.
00:59:50So, er, last week's.
00:59:57It's all right.
01:00:02Well, thank you.
01:00:04I'm just coming.
01:00:07Weekend Exodus.
01:00:08Are you leaving too?
01:00:10Not at the moment.
01:00:11I've saved you to the front seat.
01:00:19Actually, I'm not leaving today.
01:00:22Me neither.
01:00:23Oh, really?
01:00:24Hmm.
01:00:24I've found to come.
01:00:26Well, see you at dinner, then.
01:00:29He knows nothing, you know.
01:00:31It's out of leash.
01:00:32Nothing about Ronald.
01:00:34I saw him the day he died running past the piggery.
01:00:36He was in state.
01:00:38Did you mention it to the police?
01:00:41Well, they asked if...
01:00:43whether I thought he had any reason to commit suicide running past the piggery.
01:00:46It didn't seem like a reason.
01:00:46What the hell are you doing in here?
01:01:00Have you brought the papyrus?
01:01:01Answer my question.
01:01:03Why is Dargleish here again?
01:01:05I've been given the go-ahead by the diocese for the removal of the first of the artworks.
01:01:16Why do you hate us, Archdeacon?
01:01:18What is it that we've done that you find so very irksome?
01:01:22I don't hate you, Sebastian.
01:01:25But if you're looking for factors over and above your lack of cost-effectiveness,
01:01:29your elitism and your over-privileged status,
01:01:32you might take a look at your untroubled saintliness.
01:01:35A quality derived solely from absenting yourselves from the grubby taint of reality.
01:01:40Oh, and don't we send our priests out into grubby reality?
01:01:44Armed with a talent for Greek translation and a taste for expensive wine.
01:01:47Then what are you offering?
01:01:49Worship at lower unit cost?
01:01:53Churches decked out from Ikea?
01:01:56St Anselm's sold off for a drug rehab unit?
01:02:00The Crampton Project, maybe.
01:02:03Crammed full of alcoholics.
01:02:07Would that secure your ascendance in the bean counters' hierarchy?
01:02:12You're never called to account here.
01:02:14None of you.
01:02:15You treat Commander Dargleish as though he's trespassed on your personal fiefdom.
01:02:19Who knows what other corruption, what secrets you might be hiding.
01:02:23Likewise, Archdeacon, likewise.
01:02:31Before Commander Dargleish arrived, I'd been re-reading my account of finding Ronald's body.
01:02:37As I unwrapped the leaks, that scene on the shore was fresh in my mind.
01:02:44And then things came together as clear as a photograph.
01:02:49And I remembered every gesture, every word spoken, everything.
01:02:54Except the names.
01:02:55It was 12 years ago.
01:02:59But it could have been yesterday.
01:03:02I knew that I must tell the person most concerned.
01:03:05Once I'd done that, I would keep silent.
01:03:10Two hours ago, I told what I knew.
01:03:14You must stay tonight.
01:03:17Three have requested an autopsy of Margaret Van Roval.
01:03:21He must do as you see fit, Adam.
01:03:27I want to know being wonderful.
01:03:30In Margaret's journal, she talks about a secret.
01:03:34About talking to the person most concerned.
01:03:39It wasn't you?
01:03:42No.
01:03:44Did you know she used to work at Ashcombe House before she came here?
01:03:47It's where Raphael's mother died, Clara.
01:03:49Yes, at different times, I think, Adam.
01:03:59She asked me to pray for her.
01:04:02And did you?
01:04:07No.
01:04:08No.
01:04:08No.
01:04:22No.
01:04:26No.
01:04:27Good day for it.
01:04:42Don't get this in London.
01:04:44Well, I'm here.
01:04:51Plus, I don't know how welcome I am up there at the moment.
01:04:54Father Martin thinks the world of you.
01:04:55He speaks very highly of you, too.
01:04:59Well, he's orphans in the storm.
01:05:02Are you?
01:05:04An orphan?
01:05:07I lost my mother young.
01:05:09And a sister.
01:05:11My father loved far more than me.
01:05:15Car crash.
01:05:18Hmm.
01:05:20Conversation stopper, isn't it?
01:05:23I thought I might as well put it in a nutshell.
01:05:25Well, why?
01:05:31I don't know, really.
01:05:35Maybe I thought I'd seen the last of you, too.
01:05:42What's your nutshell?
01:05:45Have you got one?
01:05:45I don't suppose you came down here to be interrogated.
01:05:52No, no, no, no.
01:05:52You surprised me, that's all.
01:05:56My being here or my question?
01:06:01Both.
01:06:01You give a good impression of a man immune to surprise.
01:06:08Do I?
01:06:09I imagine it might spill over from your work.
01:06:14The temptation must be to keep your private life on predictable lines.
01:06:19I don't know if you know very much about my private life.
01:06:23I suppose I'm guessing.
01:06:29And perhaps I shouldn't be.
01:06:36I was going to come and see you.
01:06:38I made my mind up sitting here.
01:06:40Raphael said he saw Ronald Treves in a state of distress the day he died, running towards the beach.
01:06:51I don't think he told you.
01:06:53No, he didn't.
01:06:54Then I'm glad I did.
01:06:56That nutshell.
01:07:09You lost your wife.
01:07:12Father Martin told me.
01:07:15In childbirth.
01:07:18And the baby.
01:07:19I thought perhaps I was ready to say it myself.
01:07:34I think it's going to rain.
01:07:37Come on.
01:07:39We'll get soaked.
01:07:49I have to go now, Mr. Stannard.
01:08:01So if you'd like to borrow the book.
01:08:04I'll read it here.
01:08:05I'll read it here.
01:08:19No stone left unturned, eh, Clive?
01:08:47I'll read it here.
01:09:05Raphael.
01:09:11Have you put Yarbrough off?
01:09:14He can't reach him.
01:09:14Have you told him Archdeacon Crampton is going to be here?
01:09:20I told you I can't reach him.
01:09:22And he's talking about taking the altarpiece.
01:09:27He can't do that.
01:09:29He can't just start ripping stuff off the walls.
01:09:31Then get hold of Yarbrough.
01:09:34Keep him away.
01:09:35I had told Inspector Yarbrough he could use this set.
01:09:54Now I find that you're back.
01:09:55I've told them that you get priority.
01:09:57Though I don't really know why you should.
01:09:59Now Emma Lovenham's staying too.
01:10:01If everyone gave notice of their comings and goings,
01:10:03none of this will be necessary.
01:10:05Most of the ordnance are away for the weekend.
01:10:07There's plenty of rooms where I am.
01:10:08Is the last sleeper up there?
01:10:10Please.
01:10:10It's fine.
01:10:11Don't do start changing everything.
01:10:13Are you staying here this weekend, Inspector?
01:10:14We need to talk.
01:10:15I am.
01:10:15Anybody else anyone would care to invite?
01:10:17A male voice choir, perhaps?
01:10:19Are you sure you're going to be okay up there?
01:10:20Roger's had some setbacks, but he's on the mend.
01:10:24He's been a great help to me.
01:10:26I just want to get back to work.
01:10:29I'm trying hard to hang on to my faith, Commander.
01:10:32The spiritual atmosphere here, it helps.
01:10:36The peace.
01:10:37Can't say there's much chance of peace with the Archdeacon here.
01:10:43The Archdeacon?
01:10:44Look at Crampton.
01:10:47Do you good to face up to the man, Roger?
01:10:54Is that wise, putting them together?
01:10:57Kill or kill.
01:11:06Who invited that man here?
01:11:09Which man?
01:11:10You know which man.
01:11:11Yara, I've just seen him.
01:11:12I didn't invite him.
01:11:14You didn't prevent it.
01:11:16He was suspended from the force.
01:11:18Did you know that?
01:11:19Because of the way he treated me.
01:11:22Hounding me with his allegations when Barbara died.
01:11:26Hounding me beyond all reason.
01:11:28Inspector Yara is in need of retreat.
01:11:34The gloves are off, is that it?
01:11:38How else to dirty my hands?
01:11:42It's you, isn't it?
01:11:58You that's behind this.
01:12:02Speak to me, boy.
01:12:05He was like a father to me.
01:12:08Before.
01:12:08John Betterton.
01:12:10It would never have got to court if you hadn't pushed for it.
01:12:12He pleaded guilty.
01:12:14He pleaded guilty so that those boys wouldn't have to purge themselves.
01:12:17Is that what he told you?
01:12:18I spoke to them.
01:12:20After he went to prison, I spoke to them.
01:12:22They're as good as admitted they'd made it up.
01:12:23Rubbish.
01:12:24Do you think I wouldn't know if he was a paedophile?
01:12:25I think you would know, yes.
01:12:29He's an innocent.
01:12:31That's all.
01:12:32Or he was until you got hold of him.
01:12:35You did it for your own sick reasons, your own sick conscience, and the guilt of killing your wife.
01:12:42Say that again, and you'll never be ordained.
01:12:47Be sure of that.
01:12:48None of us will need further exhortation to pray once more for our dear friend, Margaret Monroe.
01:13:10In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
01:13:20Amen.
01:13:20Amen.
01:13:21Sorry, I beg.
01:13:23You've surely exhausted our humble library by now, Clive?
01:13:26I beg your pardon?
01:13:27A true scholar always finds more than meets the eye.
01:13:31Be seated, please.
01:13:33And feel free to talk.
01:13:38We are dispensing with a reading.
01:13:41No, we're not.
01:13:45He is certainly very well aware that I do not drink that.
01:13:51Ruby, would you be so kind as to fetch the Archdeacon a soft drink of his choice?
01:13:58This is the first chapter from Anthony Trollope's Barchester Towers.
01:14:06Archdeacon Grantley sits beside the bed of his dying father.
01:14:09Get me some water.
01:14:10In the latter days of July, in the year 1850,
01:14:13a most important question was for ten days hourly asked in the cathedral city of Barchester,
01:14:19and answered every hour in various ways.
01:14:23Who was to be the new bishop?
01:14:24There was little chance that his friends who now have been in the office will soon return to him.
01:14:32No more, we're ready to find this.
01:14:34There's going to be trouble in there.
01:14:36So soon to be out, we think we're making a decision.
01:14:42Thus he thought long and sadly, in deep silence,
01:14:46and then gazed at that still living face,
01:14:48and then, at last, dared to ask himself whether he really longed for his wife's,
01:14:54oh, I'm sorry, his father's death.
01:14:58Get up!
01:15:01You think that's me?
01:15:04You think that speaks to me?
01:15:07Is that what you all think?
01:15:10That those words will break me down?
01:15:12That any words spoken in this slough of depravity and insinuation will pierce me?
01:15:20You don't know me, boy.
01:15:23None of you do.
01:15:27Keep your food. I have sustenance enough.
01:15:29I don't know me, boy.
01:15:44No one has been seated.
01:15:45I don't know you.
01:15:46But best was the best.
01:15:48I don't know you.
01:15:50Please.
01:15:50I don't know you.
01:15:52I don't know you.
01:15:52I don't know you.
01:15:53I don't know you.
01:15:54I don't know you.
01:15:55I don't know you.
01:15:57YouTube, you can't be.
01:15:57May the Lord God Almighty grant us a quiet night
01:16:10and a perfect end.
01:16:13Amen.
01:16:27I was talking to a young priest last week, newly ordained.
01:16:40He'd recently had cause to call at the old vicarage,
01:16:44six-bedroomed house, detached.
01:16:48Three or four years ago, before it was sold to raise money,
01:16:51it would have been his home.
01:16:53He lives in a small semi on a new estate nearby.
01:16:58He said to me, Archdeacon,
01:16:59if I was living in that huge old house,
01:17:03I don't think I could look my parishioners in the eye.
01:17:09That young priest is the future of our church.
01:17:15A church that will not survive to meet the needs of a violent,
01:17:19troubled and increasingly unbelieving century
01:17:22unless it returns to the fundamentals of the faith.
01:17:27a church
01:17:28that will not survive
01:17:33unless it descends from its ivory tower
01:17:36and embraces the truth of the gospel,
01:17:41embraces the people as it finds them,
01:17:45embraces life as it is lived.
01:19:23You're in shreds.
01:19:24Your nerves are shot.
01:19:25What's left for you?
01:19:27You killed her.
01:19:29I won't be defeated.
01:19:32I will not.
01:19:34I say you will.
01:19:43Say it.
01:19:46I will.
01:19:48Say it.
01:19:50I will.
01:19:51I will.
01:19:58I will.
01:19:59I don't know.
01:20:29Barbara.
01:20:34Barbara!
01:20:59God forgive me.
01:21:01Granton.
01:21:11Granton.
01:21:20Granton.
01:21:22Granton.
01:21:24Granton.
01:21:26Granton.
01:21:28Granton.
01:21:30Granton.
01:21:32Granton.
01:21:34Granton.
01:21:36Granton.
01:21:37Granton.
01:21:38Granton.
01:21:40Granton.
01:21:41Granton.
01:21:42Granton.
01:21:43Granton.
01:21:44Granton.
01:22:00What?
01:22:02Where are you?
01:22:22Give us some trespasses.
01:22:32Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
01:23:02Oh, no, God, help me.
01:23:05I've written something.
01:23:22I've written something.
01:23:26I've written something.
01:23:30Oh, God.
01:23:45Come away, Father.
01:23:51Come away.
01:23:52It's all right.
01:23:53Oh, God.
01:23:55What have we done?
01:24:00You won't come away, didn't you?
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