Where Are You Juliet by Rosemary Timperley

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Where Are You Juliet by Rosemary Timperley was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1987. Story: Rowena moves into a flat which is strangely haunted by the presence of its previous owner, Juliet. Where is she? What is the mystery surrounding her disappearance? Rowena's life becomes dominated by the missing girl - the haunting presence of Juliet in the flat driving her to find the answers. Written by Jill Hyem based on the novel Juliet by Rosemary Timperley. Staring Julie Berry as Rowena/Juliet. Bernard Carter ...... Frank Moorey Maggie ...... Linda Gardner Twist ...... Jonathan Tafler Richard Malengry ...... Edward de Souza Leo Bartlett/Hari Patel ...... Sean Barrett Serinder Patel ...... Seeta Indrani Ralph Gordon ...... Graeme Kirk Mandy ...... Hannah Lavender Mrs Smith ...... Sheila Grant Miss Wright/Nurse ...... Joan Campion Henry ...... James Quinn Directed at BBC Manchester by Kay Patrick   Do you enjoy the variety on Oldtuberadio? Like, Share and Subscribe to be notified of our new shows #radio #crime #thriller #drama To Support this channel please visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oldtuberadio https://ko-fi.com/oldtuberadio98 https://www.patreon.com/oldtuberadio https://locals.com/Oldtuberadio

Transcript

00:00:00Mr. Carter?

00:00:13You'll be Miss Craig?

00:00:15Yes.

00:00:16Spot on time.

00:00:17Come in.

00:00:20We'll go straight up, shall we?

00:00:22First floor, you said?

00:00:23That's right.

00:00:25There's just the three flats.

00:00:27Myself on the ground floor here,

00:00:29and there's a lady at the top.

00:00:30Very nice type.

00:00:32I'll lead the way.

00:00:36It's a pleasant area.

00:00:37The park and the river.

00:00:39You're a stranger to Richmond?

00:00:41Yes.

00:00:41I've always lived in North London.

00:00:44I thought it was time for a change.

00:00:45I was born in this house.

00:00:47I thought of selling out when my mother died,

00:00:48but you know how it is.

00:00:51Here we are.

00:00:53The living room.

00:00:55Oh, nice and airy.

00:00:57Oh, and a separate phone.

00:00:58I meant to ask about that.

00:00:59Yes.

00:01:00The previous tenant had it installed.

00:01:02There's a socket in the bedroom, too, through here.

00:01:06Kitchen.

00:01:08Small but compact.

00:01:10Bathroom and toilet.

00:01:12It's just what I'm looking for.

00:01:13It's yours, if you want it.

00:01:17I'll be frank.

00:01:18I've had several look at it,

00:01:19but they weren't the right sort.

00:01:21Students and such.

00:01:23One has to be careful.

00:01:25When did Juliet move out?

00:01:27How did you know her name?

00:01:30I...

00:01:30I don't know.

00:01:33I suppose I must have seen it on the doorbell.

00:01:35Where are you, Juliet?

00:01:46By Jill Hyam.

00:01:48Based on a novel by Rosemary Timperley.

00:01:51With Julie Berry as Rowena.

00:01:53Anything else, sir?

00:02:02Yes.

00:02:03Good morning.

00:02:04I'd like to watch some newspapers.

00:02:05I've just moved into the neighborhood.

00:02:07You wish them to be delivered?

00:02:08Please.

00:02:09A daily and two Sundays.

00:02:12What is your name?

00:02:14Craig.

00:02:14Thank you very much, sir.

00:02:15C-R-A-I-G.

00:02:18And the address?

00:02:2135.

00:02:22Pope's Hill Road.

00:02:24Flat 2.

00:02:26Julie's flat.

00:02:28You knew her, did you?

00:02:29Oh, we know everyone around here.

00:02:31They all come into the shop.

00:02:32Welcome to the hill, Miss Craig.

00:02:35Bernard told me he had found a most suitable tenant.

00:02:38Bernard?

00:02:38Your landlord, Mr Carter.

00:02:40Oh.

00:02:40He is a good friend of mine.

00:02:41We play snooker every Saturday night.

00:02:44I will see to the order, sir.

00:02:46Which papers do you want, Miss Craig?

00:02:48I will see to you, Miss Craig.

00:02:56Um, 9401392.

00:03:00Who's that?

00:03:01My name's Rowena Craig.

00:03:03May I speak to Juliet?

00:03:05I'm afraid she's not here.

00:03:07When will she be back?

00:03:08She won't.

00:03:09She doesn't live here anymore.

00:03:11You're joking.

00:03:12She left last week.

00:03:14But where's she gone?

00:03:17I don't know.

00:03:18You must know.

00:03:19I'm sorry.

00:03:19I only moved in today.

00:03:20I'm in the midst of unpacking.

00:03:22She'd have left an address.

00:03:24I'm afraid I can't help you.

00:03:26You'd better contact Mr Carter, the landlord.

00:03:34Yes?

00:03:36Hi.

00:03:37I'm Maggie upstairs.

00:03:39Maggie Lansom.

00:03:40Thought I'd look in.

00:03:41Oh, hello.

00:03:42Rowena Craig.

00:03:44Mr Carter told me you were moving in.

00:03:46Be nice to have someone else around.

00:03:50Hey.

00:03:51You've done wonders.

00:03:53It's already looks lived in.

00:03:55It's the books.

00:03:56My flat's still like a morgue.

00:03:58But then I didn't bring too much.

00:04:01He's welcome to it all.

00:04:03The HP payments too.

00:04:05Your husband?

00:04:06Yes.

00:04:07I finally walked out.

00:04:09You've no children?

00:04:11No.

00:04:12Luckily.

00:04:14Although when I look back, ten ruddy years, it'd be nice to have something to show for it.

00:04:20Yes.

00:04:22You divorced?

00:04:23No.

00:04:24I steered clear of marriage.

00:04:26Sensible you.

00:04:27That's what I'm after now.

00:04:30Independence.

00:04:31How long have you been here?

00:04:33Best part of a week.

00:04:35So you're new too?

00:04:36Henry Fowler, bloke who had my flat, moved out the week before your predecessor.

00:04:41I forget her name.

00:04:43Juliet.

00:04:44Well, that's right.

00:04:45Then you won't know where she's moved to either.

00:04:47Someone phoned earlier.

00:04:49According to Mr Carter, she's just up and off.

00:04:51If you ask me, there's something odd about it all.

00:04:54How do you mean?

00:04:55I was up at the local last night.

00:04:58People went sort of quiet when I said I'd moved in here.

00:05:02The woman in the newsagents acted rather strangely.

00:05:05Perhaps there was a scandal.

00:05:07Your Juliet eloped with my Henry.

00:05:09Except he left before her.

00:05:12Perhaps she's carpeted with the meter money then.

00:05:14She must have blotted her copybook somehow.

00:05:17Old carpet slippers went on and on about wanting respectable tenants.

00:05:20Like us?

00:05:24Coffee?

00:05:25If it won't hold you up.

00:05:26I could do with one too.

00:05:27Sit down.

00:05:28I'll put the kettle on.

00:05:29Thanks.

00:05:34I've been traipsing the streets all day looking for a job.

00:05:38Got one in the end.

00:05:39Start next week.

00:05:40Doing what?

00:05:41Just perical work.

00:05:43But it's a start.

00:05:45What do you do?

00:05:46I'm a writer.

00:05:47Of sorts.

00:05:48It's great for living from articles while trying to write the great novel.

00:05:52Perhaps this flat will bring you luck.

00:05:55Hey.

00:05:56Don't want to lose this.

00:05:57What's that?

00:05:58Cassette.

00:05:58Bravell.

00:05:59It's down the side of the chair.

00:06:01Here.

00:06:02You like classical stuff, do you?

00:06:04Yes.

00:06:06Only this isn't mine.

00:06:08Oh.

00:06:09Must be Juliet's.

00:06:10Juliet.

00:06:28Juliet.

00:06:32Are you there, Juliet?

00:06:33Just coming.

00:06:37Thank God.

00:06:38Some woman told me that...

00:06:40I'm afraid it's true.

00:06:42It was me you spoke to.

00:06:45I'm sorry.

00:06:47That music.

00:06:48I thought...

00:06:49She left the cassette behind.

00:06:51I was going to give it to the landlord, but he's out.

00:06:53I know.

00:06:54I've tried his bell.

00:06:56I should have checked first.

00:06:57Have you come far?

00:06:59Bayswater.

00:07:00Is Henry in?

00:07:01The guy upstairs.

00:07:02He may know where she's gone.

00:07:03He's no longer here either.

00:07:05He left before she did.

00:07:06For God's sake, what's going on?

00:07:10I go away for a month and everyone splits.

00:07:13Would you like to come in and wait?

00:07:15I expect Mr. Carter will be back soon.

00:07:18Do you mind?

00:07:20Sorry I was a bit short on the phone.

00:07:22Only I've been away in Italy and I was dying to tell Juliet all about it.

00:07:27We usually get together Saturday evenings, but I couldn't wait.

00:07:30I'm sure Mr. Carter will have an address.

00:07:32It's odd, seeing someone else's things around.

00:07:40Not that Juliet had much.

00:07:42Not personal stuff.

00:07:45I tell her she should have been a nun.

00:07:49Whereabouts in Italy were you?

00:07:52Venice.

00:07:53I paint, you see.

00:07:55You were in the right place then.

00:07:57Venice is an artist's paradise.

00:07:58That's what Juliet said.

00:08:01She persuaded me to go.

00:08:03Even lent me the fair money.

00:08:06She believes in my talents, you see.

00:08:09The only one who does.

00:08:11That's how I first met her.

00:08:13Not by Hyde Park.

00:08:14I was trying to flog some paintings.

00:08:18We got talking.

00:08:20It started to rain, so we went for a coffee.

00:08:24Where the hell can she have gone?

00:08:27So, here I am.

00:08:30In my new home.

00:08:34I can't believe I've really made the break.

00:08:36Perhaps now I should be able to get you out of my system.

00:08:46I've filled the place with all my clutter.

00:08:52It should feel like my flat.

00:08:55And yet it doesn't.

00:08:59Coming, Miss Craig.

00:09:01Everything's to your satisfaction, I trust?

00:09:04Yes, thank you.

00:09:05So, what can I do for you?

00:09:08Someone called to see you last night.

00:09:11A friend of Miss Evesham's.

00:09:12I was out till late.

00:09:14He said he'd be in touch with you.

00:09:16Ralph Gordon, his name was.

00:09:18I thought I should tell you.

00:09:21Most kind.

00:09:22If anyone else should call,

00:09:25where shall I say she's gone?

00:09:27Your guess is as good as mine, Miss Craig.

00:09:30But what about letters?

00:09:31Surely she'll...

00:09:32I expect she'll notify me in due course.

00:09:34Not that she had much correspondence.

00:09:37Was there anything else?

00:09:40No.

00:09:41Nothing.

00:09:45There was, though.

00:09:47I meant to give him the cassette.

00:09:49But somehow I couldn't.

00:09:53It was as if...

00:09:54As if she wanted me to keep it.

00:09:57Hello.

00:09:58Me, Juliet.

00:10:15I'll be late tomorrow night.

00:10:16I'm sorry, it isn't...

00:10:17There was an important meeting earlier.

00:10:18Expect me when you see me.

00:10:19This isn't Juliet.

00:10:20Isn't that 9401392?

00:10:23Yes, it is, but...

00:10:24Then may I please speak to Miss Evesham?

00:10:26I'm trying to tell you.

00:10:28She's no longer living here.

00:10:29I'm the new tenant.

00:10:31Now, where's she moved to?

00:10:32I don't know.

00:10:33Neither does the landlord.

00:10:34I find that extremely difficult to believe.

00:10:37Well, it happens to be true.

00:10:39Are you sure she didn't leave any instructions?

00:10:41Quite sure.

00:10:43And now, if you wouldn't mind, I'm trying to get some sleep.

00:10:52Oh, for crying out loud.

00:10:55Yes.

00:10:55About time.

00:11:00I rang you twice last week.

00:11:01Where were you?

00:11:02If it's Juliet Evesham you want, she doesn't live here anymore.

00:11:05Oh, come on, Julie.

00:11:06Pull the other one.

00:11:07Okay for Wednesday, as usual.

00:11:08It's true.

00:11:09She left last week.

00:11:13Are you a friend of hers?

00:11:14I've never even met her.

00:11:16Well, she...

00:11:17She sublet you, then?

00:11:18No.

00:11:19The flat was empty.

00:11:20I took it.

00:11:21That's all.

00:11:22Well, if you hear from her,

00:11:25will you tell her Twist called?

00:11:28Say I need to talk to her.

00:11:30Twist, you said?

00:11:31Yeah.

00:11:32At least, that's what she calls me.

00:11:35You swear she's gone?

00:11:37Yes.

00:11:38I'm sorry, Twist.

00:11:43Now, I'm going to leave you off the hook.

00:11:45Oh, don't, Juliet.

00:11:55I'm going to leave you off the hook.

00:12:25Oh, where is she, then?

00:12:27I don't know.

00:12:29She's left the flat.

00:12:30I'm living here now.

00:12:32Well, Julie wouldn't do that without telling her mother.

00:12:35You're her mother?

00:12:36Well, I've been away the week.

00:12:37She never said nothing about moving.

00:12:40And what about Sunday?

00:12:42I'm sorry, Mrs. Evesham, but I don't wish...

00:12:44What?

00:12:45My name's Smith, same as Julie's.

00:12:48Evesham's just a fancy name.

00:12:49But I thought you...

00:12:50She is there, isn't she?

00:12:52She's trying to choke me off.

00:12:54No.

00:12:54Look, tell her it's urgent, would you, dear?

00:12:57I'm sorry, Mrs. Smith, but she left here ten days ago.

00:13:00Honestly.

00:13:00Oh, my God.

00:13:07Where are you, Juliet?

00:13:09Who is it?

00:13:28Oh, morning, Maggie.

00:13:29Don't let me disturb the muse.

00:13:30Oh, the muse is sleeping in.

00:13:32It's only me that's up.

00:13:33Won't keep you.

00:13:33Only I bumped into the postman and he gave me this parcel.

00:13:37It's for your Juliet.

00:13:39I wish you'd stop calling her mine.

00:13:41Sorry.

00:13:43You all right?

00:13:44I had a bad night, that's all.

00:13:47Strange bed.

00:13:48Strange phone calls, you mean.

00:13:49People asking for Juliet.

00:13:51Do you think she was on the game?

00:13:53I did wonder.

00:13:55Perhaps old carpet slippers found out and gave her the push.

00:13:58They don't really sound like...

00:13:59Clients?

00:14:00One was her mother.

00:14:02Never mind.

00:14:03They'll stop phoning soon.

00:14:05So, uh, what do we do with the parcel?

00:14:09Leave it on the whole table, I guess.

00:14:11Let carpet slippers worry about it.

00:14:13Wonder what's in it?

00:14:14We'll never know.

00:14:15Unless we have a squint.

00:14:16No, Maggie.

00:14:17She says, trying to look disapproving.

00:14:20Go on, it'll give us a clue.

00:14:23Well.

00:14:24Oh, my head.

00:14:27What's the matter?

00:14:29Didn't you hear?

00:14:31What?

00:14:31That bird.

00:14:34It's like being in the country here, isn't it?

00:14:37Are you going to open it, then?

00:14:39All right.

00:14:41Looks like something to wear.

00:14:43It is.

00:14:43What is it?

00:14:44A nightdress.

00:14:46Very snazzy.

00:14:47Real silk.

00:14:48Must have cost a bomb.

00:14:49Someone with taste.

00:14:50Oh, there's a card.

00:14:51What's it say?

00:14:52Friday as usual, question mark.

00:14:54Love R.

00:14:55I wonder who R is.

00:15:03Oh, no.

00:15:05I shan't answer it.

00:15:08Please.

00:15:09All right, I'm coming.

00:15:20Sorry to trouble you, but is Juliet there?

00:15:23No, I'm afraid not.

00:15:25Do you know when to be back, please?

00:15:28Who are you?

00:15:30Mandy, her daughter.

00:15:31Oh.

00:15:32Hello.

00:15:34Only she didn't turn up at school on Sunday.

00:15:37She comes every other week.

00:15:39I've been expecting a letter, but there was nothing.

00:15:43Where's your school, Mandy?

00:15:44Near Dorking.

00:15:46Oh, you have come a long way.

00:15:47Wasn't too bad.

00:15:48Does anyone know you're here?

00:15:52No.

00:15:53It's games this afternoon.

00:15:54I said I would have a cold.

00:15:56I thought Juliet might be ill.

00:15:59The fact is, Mandy, your mother doesn't live here anymore.

00:16:03I've taken over her flat.

00:16:05You mean, she's found somewhere else?

00:16:08I suppose so.

00:16:10I'm sure she must have written.

00:16:12Yes.

00:16:13The letter must have gone astray.

00:16:15You'd better tell your headmistress when you get back.

00:16:18Yes.

00:16:20Goodbye, then.

00:16:21No, wait a minute.

00:16:23Have you had any lunch?

00:16:24No.

00:16:25I skipped it.

00:16:26Well, I haven't either.

00:16:27Come upstairs.

00:16:28We'll have a sandwich.

00:16:32I hope cheese and tomato are all right.

00:16:35Yummy.

00:16:37It's a nice flat, isn't it?

00:16:39I used to wonder what it was like.

00:16:42Haven't you been here before?

00:16:43No.

00:16:44She never let me come.

00:16:45I can't think why.

00:16:46It's much nicer than those grotty rooms you had when I was little.

00:16:50Where do you go on the holidays, then?

00:16:52Nowhere.

00:16:53I stay at school with Miss Wright.

00:16:55There's usually a few other girls, too.

00:16:58And Juliet takes me out.

00:17:00Where can she be?

00:17:01I'm sure you'll hear something soon.

00:17:04Tuck in, then.

00:17:06Thanks.

00:17:09Are all those books yours?

00:17:11Yes.

00:17:13I'll look at them later.

00:17:15Of course.

00:17:16Borrow some, if you like.

00:17:17Damn, I really.

00:17:18I love reading.

00:17:19I'll show you my favourites when I was your age.

00:17:22What a nice afternoon, it's turned out.

00:17:24If only Juliet was here, too.

00:17:32I saw her back to school afterwards.

00:17:37Left her at the gate.

00:17:41She's a lovely child.

00:17:43Just the sort of daughter I'd have liked.

00:17:45Why didn't you write to her, Juliet?

00:17:50Why?

00:17:52Why?

00:17:53Why?

00:17:58Hello?

00:17:59Hello, darling.

00:18:00Did you get my parcel?

00:18:01Yes.

00:18:02God, I've missed you.

00:18:04You'll come this Friday, won't you?

00:18:05Just a minute.

00:18:06I'm sorry.

00:18:07It isn't Juliet.

00:18:08What?

00:18:09Then...

00:18:10My name's Rowena Craig.

00:18:12You don't know me, but...

00:18:14Listen, I'm worried about Juliet.

00:18:17Is something wrong?

00:18:17I don't know.

00:18:18There may be.

00:18:19I wonder if I could talk to you.

00:18:21Are you a friend of hers?

00:18:23Not exactly.

00:18:24Well, very...

00:18:24Please.

00:18:26If you care about her.

00:18:29I could meet you for a drink after work tomorrow.

00:18:33That's about it.

00:18:34No one seems to know where she is.

00:18:36Well, thank you for telling me.

00:18:39Doesn't it seem odd to you?

00:18:41Her not telling her mother or Mandy?

00:18:43Yes.

00:18:44That's not Juliet.

00:18:46She adores Mandy.

00:18:47Slaves away to keep her at that school.

00:18:50Of course.

00:18:51Where does she work?

00:18:52No one in particular.

00:18:53She takes in typing, I think.

00:18:55That sort of thing.

00:18:56She's always pretty vague about her work, and I...

00:18:59Well...

00:19:00Don't ask questions.

00:19:02We never talk about work when we're together.

00:19:06You're wondering about our relationship.

00:19:08People don't send glamorous nighties to any of one.

00:19:10We've known each other for five years.

00:19:15I don't go to her flat.

00:19:17We spend every Friday evening at a hotel together.

00:19:20You're married.

00:19:21I'd have left my wife, but there's the children.

00:19:25There's always the children.

00:19:26We've two boys and a girl.

00:19:27Well, I have to put them first.

00:19:30Juliet understands that.

00:19:32Well, at least...

00:19:34Understanding's one thing.

00:19:36Accepting's another.

00:19:37Ah, you've been there too.

00:19:39Yes.

00:19:40I do love her, you know.

00:19:42Oh, I know.

00:19:45My name's Richard Malangry, by the way.

00:19:47I thought you were keeping it a secret.

00:19:49I feel I can trust you.

00:19:50You can.

00:19:54I know why she left.

00:19:57Oh?

00:19:58At least, it's the only reason I can think of.

00:20:02We had a row the last time we met.

00:20:04The Friday before she moved out?

00:20:06Yes.

00:20:06What was it about?

00:20:07God alone knows.

00:20:08It just flared up.

00:20:11She was edgy when she arrived at the hotel.

00:20:13Wouldn't say why.

00:20:14Suddenly she flew off the handle.

00:20:16Accused me of using her.

00:20:18Said I was only interested in sex.

00:20:19I lost my temper.

00:20:20Guilt, I suppose.

00:20:21And told her if that's how she felt, we'd better call it a day.

00:20:24Whereupon she stormed out.

00:20:25It was all so ridiculous.

00:20:27I didn't mean it.

00:20:29I thought she knew that.

00:20:31I imagine she'd turn up the next Friday and we'd make it all up.

00:20:35But she didn't.

00:20:36Hence the nightdress.

00:20:37An apology.

00:20:38Albeit rather tactless one.

00:20:40That reminds me.

00:20:40I've got the parcel here.

00:20:41You'd better have it back.

00:20:42Oh, keep it.

00:20:43It's no use to me.

00:20:46Did Juliet ever threaten to go away?

00:20:49Finish the affair?

00:20:50No.

00:20:51She doesn't go in for emotional blackmail.

00:20:53But, if she thought I'd had enough.

00:20:58Oh, God.

00:21:02Why didn't I go after her that night?

00:21:05So, that's who R is, Richard Malengri.

00:21:17Did Juliet go because of him?

00:21:21It would explain her leaving no address.

00:21:26But it doesn't account for her not telling Mandy.

00:21:29Hello.

00:21:39Hello.

00:21:40Is that Miss Craig?

00:21:41Yes.

00:21:42Good morning.

00:21:43My name's Wright.

00:21:44I'm headmistress of Ashdown House School.

00:21:46Oh, yes.

00:21:47Hello, Miss Wright.

00:21:48I believe Amanda Evesham spent yesterday afternoon with you.

00:21:52Yes.

00:21:52I brought her back afterwards.

00:21:54I wish you'd come in and had a word with me.

00:21:56I didn't want to get her into trouble.

00:21:58Mandy's got enough to cope with without us nagging about broken rules.

00:22:02Anyway, she told me of her own accord.

00:22:04Oh, good.

00:22:05I wanted to thank you for being so kind to her.

00:22:08It was a pleasure.

00:22:10And to check about her mother.

00:22:12Mandy says she's moved.

00:22:13That's right.

00:22:14And left no forwarding address.

00:22:16I can't understand it.

00:22:18Mrs. Evesham is one of our most reliable parents.

00:22:21She never misses a visiting day.

00:22:23Her friends seem equally surprised.

00:22:25She always keeps us informed of any changes.

00:22:29Well, I'll give it a few more days in case she gets in touch.

00:22:32If you hear anything in the meantime...

00:22:34I'll let you know.

00:22:36Got a pencil?

00:22:37Yes.

00:22:39I'll give you the phone number.

00:22:40Right.

00:22:41It's double eight...

00:22:43Double eight...

00:22:44Double O...

00:22:45Three four...

00:22:46Three four...

00:22:48If Mrs. Evesham gets in touch with us, I'll let you know.

00:22:51I don't think she will.

00:22:53I'm sorry?

00:22:55Give my love to Mandy.

00:22:56I will.

00:22:57Thank you for your help.

00:22:59Goodbye.

00:23:00Goodbye.

00:23:04You're dead, aren't you?

00:23:10Good morning.

00:23:31Oh, good morning, Miss Craig.

00:23:34I've come to settle my paper bill.

00:23:35Oh, one moment.

00:23:38Here we are.

00:23:39Let me see.

00:23:42May I talk to you, please?

00:23:44In private.

00:23:46Yes, of course.

00:23:47Not now.

00:23:48My husband is in the back room.

00:23:49When?

00:23:50He will be out this evening.

00:23:52Why not come round to my flat?

00:23:55You know the house?

00:23:56Yes, I know it.

00:23:59When first I came from India, I had no friends.

00:24:02I spoke only a few words of English.

00:24:04My husband was...

00:24:06He was occupied with matters of business.

00:24:09You have no children?

00:24:11No.

00:24:12I am unable to do so.

00:24:15You must have been very lonely.

00:24:17Yes.

00:24:19Until I met Juliet.

00:24:23Every Monday I came here.

00:24:25She helped me with my English.

00:24:26She explained the British ways to me.

00:24:29Sometimes we went to the cinema together.

00:24:32Do you know what's happened to her, Surinder?

00:24:34That is why I wish to speak to you.

00:24:37It is not right that they should keep it a secret.

00:24:41Is she dead?

00:24:43Yes.

00:24:44She killed herself.

00:24:48Suicide?

00:24:49She took an overdose of barbiturates.

00:24:52Mr. Carter discovered her.

00:24:54But surely...

00:24:54He did not wish the new tenants to find out.

00:24:57He thought it would stop you wanting the flat.

00:24:59Why don't other people know?

00:25:01Wasn't it in the papers?

00:25:02Only in the local one.

00:25:04A few lines on an inside page.

00:25:06She wasn't anyone special.

00:25:09Except to her...

00:25:10Her friends.

00:25:11Yeah.

00:25:12Why did she do it, Surinder?

00:25:15I don't know.

00:25:16She had no reason.

00:25:20Please, Miss Crane.

00:25:22Calm down.

00:25:22That's all very well, but how...

00:25:24I apologise again.

00:25:25I should have told you in the first place.

00:25:27I realise that now.

00:25:28I can understand you keeping it from me, but what about her mother and her friends?

00:25:31Surely they had a right to know.

00:25:32It didn't make them any happier, knowing she was dead.

00:25:34To say nothing of Mandy.

00:25:35What about her?

00:25:37Who?

00:25:38Her daughter.

00:25:39The least you could do was to...

00:25:41You didn't know?

00:25:44No child ever came here.

00:25:45She's at boarding school.

00:25:47Juliet never mentioned any daughter to me.

00:25:49Her mother, yes.

00:25:50She's visited her here.

00:25:53Over painted, always on the scrounge.

00:25:55She seems to have had a lot of secrets.

00:25:57We all have secrets.

00:25:59I dare say you have, Miss Craig.

00:26:02You found her, did you?

00:26:04Yes.

00:26:06On the Sunday morning.

00:26:08At first, I thought she was drunk.

00:26:10There was an empty gin bottle lying on the floor.

00:26:13Then I looked at her more closely and found out she was dead.

00:26:17I rang the local hospital.

00:26:19She was taken away.

00:26:21They found a load of barbiturates in her stomach as well as the alcohol.

00:26:25Couldn't it have been an accident?

00:26:28They said such a large dose couldn't possibly be accidental.

00:26:31Oh, poor Juliet.

00:26:33And she didn't leave a note or anything?

00:26:35No.

00:26:36And the funeral?

00:26:37I was the only mourner.

00:26:39I thought under the circumstances.

00:26:42It seemed I footed the bill, too.

00:26:45Made sure she had the best.

00:26:47I felt it was the least I could do.

00:26:50Well, in a way, I felt responsible.

00:26:53How?

00:26:54She lived in my house, didn't she?

00:26:56I should have known what she was going through.

00:26:59But she always seemed so lively.

00:27:02Hardly ever looked depressed.

00:27:04Getting back to Mandy, Juliet's daughter.

00:27:06She never said a word to me.

00:27:07I'd be grateful if you'd ring her headmistress.

00:27:09Tell her what you've told me.

00:27:10She may want further information.

00:27:12Yes, of course.

00:27:13Anything I can do.

00:27:14And you'll tell anyone else who contacts you?

00:27:16Rest assured.

00:27:17Good night, Miss Craig.

00:27:26Is someone there?

00:27:33Maggie?

00:27:36Who's there?

00:27:37Take it easy.

00:27:38Who are you?

00:27:39What do you want?

00:27:41You're the one I talk to on the phone, aren't you?

00:27:45Twist?

00:27:45That's right.

00:27:46Oh.

00:27:48I came to check if what you said was true.

00:27:50Front door was on the latch, so I went straight up to her flat.

00:27:53Oh.

00:27:54I mean...

00:27:55My flat?

00:27:56Yeah.

00:27:57She wasn't fooling, then.

00:27:59She really has pushed off.

00:28:01Oh, Twist.

00:28:01I...

00:28:02Would you like a coffee?

00:28:07Here we are.

00:28:12Tar.

00:28:15This place don't feel like yours.

00:28:18Still feels like Julie's.

00:28:20Yes.

00:28:23She'd never go off without letting me know.

00:28:25I don't know how to tell you this, Twist.

00:28:27What?

00:28:29Julie's dead.

00:28:30I only found out today.

00:28:35But...

00:28:35But she was young still.

00:28:38Fit as anything.

00:28:39It wasn't natural causes.

00:28:41Some sodding car, was it?

00:28:42No.

00:28:44She took an overdose.

00:28:47But she'd never.

00:28:49Julie wouldn't kill herself.

00:28:51It was her that stopped me doing it.

00:28:53Twist.

00:28:55Tell me about it.

00:28:56It was the first time I met her.

00:29:01I was down by the river.

00:29:03Didn't seem no point in anything.

00:29:05I'd failed my CSEs.

00:29:07Couldn't get a job.

00:29:09My parents didn't want to know.

00:29:10I was all screwed up, sex-wise.

00:29:13For two pins, I'd have jumped.

00:29:16Then someone called out.

00:29:18It was Julie.

00:29:19She brought me back here.

00:29:23I talked to her like I've never talked to anyone.

00:29:27She made me promise I'd never chuck it in.

00:29:30Said I could visit her Wednesdays.

00:29:34I know she wouldn't kill herself.

00:29:36Half of me knows it, too.

00:29:42And yet...

00:29:43If you'd had a row with Richard...

00:29:47If you'd thought it was all over...

00:29:50After all...

00:29:53Didn't I try to do the same?

00:30:00Hello.

00:30:00Is it safe to talk?

00:30:02Who's that?

00:30:03Me, of course.

00:30:04How'd it go?

00:30:05How did what go?

00:30:07That's not Julie, is it?

00:30:09No.

00:30:16Ash Townhouse.

00:30:17Can I help you?

00:30:18May I speak to Miss Wright, please?

00:30:20Who's calling?

00:30:21My name's Rowena Craig.

00:30:22One minute, please.

00:30:24I'll see if she's available.

00:30:26I'm putting you through now.

00:30:29Good afternoon, Miss Craig.

00:30:31I was about to ring you.

00:30:32I wondered if Mr Carter had been in touch.

00:30:34Yes, he phoned this morning.

00:30:35What a dreadful business.

00:30:37Yes.

00:30:39Have you told Mandy yet?

00:30:40She's just left me.

00:30:42I didn't tell her the whole story.

00:30:43She believes it was a heart attack.

00:30:45The rest can wait.

00:30:46Yes.

00:30:48How did she take it?

00:30:49I don't think it's sunk in properly.

00:30:51I will on Sunday.

00:30:52When Juliet isn't there.

00:30:54Actually, that's one of the reasons I was going to phone you.

00:30:58Who?

00:30:58I suppose you wouldn't visit her.

00:31:00Me?

00:31:01She has no one now.

00:31:03There's Mrs Smith, her grandmother.

00:31:05From all accounts, she's totally unreliable.

00:31:07What Mandy needs now is a friend.

00:31:09It occurred to me you might be just the person.

00:31:12Yes, yes.

00:31:17Miss Craig, are you still there?

00:31:19Yes.

00:31:20I wouldn't ask.

00:31:21Only she seems to have taken to you.

00:31:23But please don't feel...

00:31:24No, no.

00:31:26I'd like to come.

00:31:38Flat number two?

00:31:39Yes.

00:31:40You'll be the person I spoke to on the phone the other night.

00:31:42I've talked to several people.

00:31:44You told me you'd taken over the flat from Miss Evesham.

00:31:47Oh, yes.

00:31:48She was meant to see you on Thursday night.

00:31:50I happened to be in the area.

00:31:52Wondered if you'd heard anything further.

00:31:55You'd better come in, Mr...

00:31:57The name doesn't matter.

00:31:58So there it is.

00:31:59I'm afraid that's the explanation.

00:32:01You mean the explanation they've fobbed you off with?

00:32:04What?

00:32:05Or the one you're trying to fob me off with, perhaps.

00:32:08I don't know what you're talking about.

00:32:11Juliet's dead.

00:32:12I've seen the...

00:32:13The dead don't write letters, Miss Craig.

00:32:15What?

00:32:17You mean you've heard from her?

00:32:19Yes.

00:32:20When?

00:32:21Two days ago.

00:32:21But in that case, why come round here asking questions?

00:32:26I wanted to meet you.

00:32:28Why?

00:32:29To find out if you were involved.

00:32:31Involved in what?

00:32:33Either you're a very accomplished actress, or you really don't know what I'm talking about.

00:32:37I assure you, I don't.

00:32:38I'm inclined to believe you.

00:32:42Thanks.

00:32:42I'm a pretty good judge of character.

00:32:44I apologise for taking up your time.

00:32:45No, wait!

00:32:46That's not fair.

00:32:47You come round here, accusing me of God knows what, and then you sail out without a word of explanation.

00:32:53If you've heard from Juliet, I have a right to know what she said.

00:32:56What right?

00:32:57The right of someone whose life has been taken over by the wretched girl.

00:33:00I assure you, the letter said nothing of her whereabouts.

00:33:02What did it say?

00:33:03That's no concern of yours.

00:33:05I'll bid you good evening.

00:33:07Blackmail.

00:33:07It was a blackmail note, wasn't it?

00:33:14Why on earth should you think that?

00:33:17Because I'm a good judge of character, too.

00:33:20Your reasons for coming here can only have been self-interest.

00:33:25You can rely on my discretion.

00:33:28All right.

00:33:29Read it.

00:33:31As you've probably gathered, I have a certain position to keep up.

00:33:36We know all about you and Juliet, Evesham.

00:33:39How would you like other people to find out?

00:33:42£20,000 for our silence.

00:33:46We'll be in touch again.

00:33:48This isn't from Juliet.

00:33:50She's behind it, all right.

00:33:51She's threatened as much before now.

00:33:54I see it all.

00:33:55She stages this vanishing act, gets her cronies to put it around that she's dead,

00:33:59goes off with her partner in crime.

00:34:00Who you thought was me.

00:34:02God, hasn't she wrung enough out of me already?

00:34:04How do you mean?

00:34:05I paid her royally for her services.

00:34:07You must have thought her worth it.

00:34:12My wife's a wonderful woman.

00:34:15Splendid at entertaining, hobnobbing with people.

00:34:18But when it comes to...

00:34:20There are certain things that every week I vowed I wouldn't come.

00:34:25And then, little bitch...

00:34:28Whatever you think, Juliet can't have sent this.

00:34:31She committed suicide a fortnight ago.

00:34:35No.

00:34:36Took an overdose.

00:34:37Impossible.

00:34:37She'd never do that.

00:34:38She's as tough as old rope.

00:34:39I've seen the inquest report.

00:34:41Oh, my God.

00:34:46If this gets out, too, the press will have a fuel day.

00:34:49Is that all you can think of?

00:34:51You'll say she killed herself because of me.

00:34:53And did she?

00:34:54Of course she bloody well didn't.

00:34:55She didn't give two hooks for me.

00:34:57I'll have to pay this bastard off.

00:34:59Can't risk going to the police.

00:35:00You may not hear from them again.

00:35:01I'll hear from him.

00:35:02People don't play at blackmail.

00:35:05No wonder you didn't like him.

00:35:07He couldn't care less about you.

00:35:13Or anyone.

00:35:15Only his precious reputation.

00:35:19Who is he, I wonder?

00:35:28Excuse me, dear.

00:35:30Yes?

00:35:31You must be the one who's taken Julie's flat.

00:35:33I know your voice, don't I?

00:35:35It's her mother.

00:35:35Mrs Smith, that's right.

00:35:38I came to ask the landlord about Julie.

00:35:40Did he tell you?

00:35:41Yes.

00:35:43Not that it needed to.

00:35:45I felt it in my bones.

00:35:47I'm so very sorry.

00:35:48I can say what they're like.

00:35:49It's not true.

00:35:51Well, she wouldn't do away with herself.

00:35:53Not my Julie.

00:35:55Well, she must have waked in the night

00:35:57and forgotten she had the pills

00:35:59and took some more.

00:36:03Not that it makes much difference.

00:36:05Would you like to come up?

00:36:06I expect you could do with a drink.

00:36:08Oh, no, dear.

00:36:08I couldn't face it.

00:36:09Not being in her flat.

00:36:11The pubs will be open.

00:36:12Let's go up to the dragon.

00:36:15She was a lovely girl, my Julie.

00:36:19Classy, too.

00:36:20Know what I mean?

00:36:21She could mix with all sorts.

00:36:23She didn't get much of a start in life, either.

00:36:29Her dad walked out when she was still a baby.

00:36:33And I wasn't much of a mother.

00:36:35Oh, I'm sure you were.

00:36:36Oh, no.

00:36:37I wanted to be, but everything used to get on top of me.

00:36:43I'm no good on my own, and then some fella had come along,

00:36:47and I used to be pretty then, like Julie.

00:36:53There's nothing lost.

00:36:54Did you see much of her life?

00:36:58Oh, she'd come round to my place every other Sunday.

00:37:00Used to pick up the pieces.

00:37:02She'd help me out cash-wise, too.

00:37:04What a good manager, see.

00:37:07Do you know if she left any money?

00:37:10No, Mrs Smith, I don't.

00:37:11No, not as the landlord.

00:37:14Well, there must have been something.

00:37:16She was never hard up.

00:37:17She had this rich bloke in town.

00:37:21Someone high up.

00:37:22And give her anything she wanted.

00:37:26She had a lot of boyfriends.

00:37:29Why not?

00:37:31Enjoy it while you can.

00:37:37It's little Mandy you will suffer most.

00:37:40Yes.

00:37:41Julie must have seen her, right?

00:37:43There'll be a special account or something.

00:37:46I imagine so.

00:37:47She thought the world of that kid.

00:37:50She was a little more than a child herself when she had her.

00:37:52Who was the father?

00:37:55That's a boy down the youth club.

00:37:57You know what teenagers are.

00:38:00Mrs Smith, I'm going to see Mandy on Sunday at her school.

00:38:04Oh, you know her, do you?

00:38:05Not really.

00:38:08The headmistress asked me to go.

00:38:09I wondered if you'd like to come, too.

00:38:11Oh, I'm sorry, dear.

00:38:13I can't.

00:38:15I've got this new friend.

00:38:17Oh, do you see?

00:38:17He's asked me out Sunday.

00:38:19I wouldn't like to let him down.

00:38:21Because...

00:38:23Well, when that Julie's gone, I'll have no one.

00:38:26You do understand, don't you?

00:38:29Yes.

00:38:31I understand.

00:38:36Don't shut the door.

00:38:38Rowena.

00:38:39Someone called while you were out.

00:38:41A Ralph Gordon.

00:38:42Oh, Juliet's artist friend.

00:38:43He wanted to know if there was any news of her.

00:38:46I had to tell him.

00:38:47It was awful.

00:38:47He was really cut up.

00:38:49What did he say?

00:38:50He couldn't believe she'd take her own life.

00:38:53None of them can.

00:38:54He kept saying that Juliet wouldn't let him down.

00:38:56They all think of themselves.

00:38:58And how do they know what went on in our mind?

00:39:01Everyone used to think that Ted and I had the perfect marriage.

00:39:05It's only when you close the door behind you, you're your true self.

00:39:08And not always then.

00:39:11Have you told him yet?

00:39:13The one who sent the nightdress?

00:39:15No.

00:39:16I haven't.

00:39:20It was good of you to let me know.

00:39:22And not only the same.

00:39:23I couldn't spring it on you at the office.

00:39:28Do you know any details?

00:39:30Only that she took an overdose.

00:39:32Along with a large amount of gin.

00:39:35She couldn't have done it intentionally.

00:39:36She must have misread the instructions on the pill bottle or something.

00:39:40That's what her mother said.

00:39:41Her mother would have known her as well as anyone.

00:39:43It must have been an accident.

00:39:46I know what you're thinking.

00:39:48But she'd never have taken an overdose because of a row with me.

00:39:52Suicide's the action of a coward.

00:39:53And if anyone has guts, it's Julie.

00:39:55Oh, God.

00:39:58I'm sorry.

00:39:59Don't mind me.

00:40:01And there's no one else around.

00:40:07She was so alive.

00:40:08Oh, she wasn't all sunshine and laughter.

00:40:13She could be aggressive, hurtful, mocking, as well as all the good things.

00:40:17I wish you could have met her, Rowena.

00:40:22I have.

00:40:23What?

00:40:24Through all of you.

00:40:26And living in her flat, too.

00:40:28I feel her presence all the time.

00:40:33Sometimes I imagine that I hear her voice.

00:40:36She used to be a bit psyched.

00:40:37I sometimes think I'm going round the bend again.

00:40:43I had a sort of breakdown six months ago.

00:40:46They put me on those drugs that made me hallucinate.

00:40:49It's almost like that now, with Juliet.

00:40:52You strike me as sane enough.

00:40:54I thought I was.

00:40:55The move was meant to put the past behind me.

00:40:58Well, you have, haven't you?

00:41:00Juliet's not your past.

00:41:02That's true.

00:41:04In fact, she seems to be providing me with a whole new life.

00:41:08Her mother yesterday.

00:41:10You today.

00:41:11And I'm visiting Mandy on Sunday.

00:41:13Ah, you've met her, too.

00:41:15Yes.

00:41:15I never did.

00:41:16Although Juliet was always talking about her.

00:41:18If only I was free, I could come with you.

00:41:23The three of us could go out for a slap-up tea.

00:41:26It'd be next best of being with Juliet.

00:41:29Then it's as well you can't come.

00:41:33Mandy mustn't ever be second best.

00:41:35You sounded just like Juliet.

00:41:40I don't know how I'd cope without her.

00:41:42You managed to for six days a week.

00:41:45Only because there was Friday to look forward to.

00:41:48Oh, what's the point?

00:42:03All I can say, as a married man and the father of three girls,

00:42:08is that no punishment is bad enough for these young animals.

00:42:11Or indeed for their parents.

00:42:12Surely...

00:42:13It may be fashionable to blame these crimes of violence

00:42:15on unemployment or housing conditions or drugs.

00:42:18But in my opinion, the blame should lie, fairly and squarely,

00:42:21on the shoulders of those who brought them into the world.

00:42:24Alas, that brings us to the end of this week's Another Viewpoint.

00:42:27On the panel were Lady Alicia Turner,

00:42:29Justin Faulkner and Leo Bartlett.

00:42:31Leo Bartlett, of course!

00:42:33What do you think?

00:42:42Oh, it's beautiful.

00:42:44So peaceful.

00:42:46I knew you'd like it.

00:42:48I come here a lot, even in the winter.

00:42:51It's like fairyland when it snows.

00:42:53Yes, it must be.

00:42:55And when it's hot, you can lie in the grass for hours.

00:42:59Just look at the sky through the branches.

00:43:01Juliette liked it, too.

00:43:03Miss Ragg used to let us have picnics up here.

00:43:06Oh, how lovely.

00:43:10I came here yesterday and had sort of a conversation with her.

00:43:15It was as though she spoke to me inside my head.

00:43:18So although she's dead, I know she's still there.

00:43:21I'm sure she is.

00:43:22I wish I knew who my father was.

00:43:25Juliette said she'd tell me all about it when I was older.

00:43:28And now she's dead, she won't be able to.

00:43:31I'm sure if she'd known she was going to die, she would have told me first.

00:43:35Yes, Mandy.

00:43:37I think so, too.

00:43:39Miss Wright said that lots of people have heart attacks

00:43:41and die without knowing beforehand.

00:43:45I'm glad she went in a good way like that.

00:43:47Not hurting or drawn out.

00:43:50Yes.

00:43:51Oh, gosh, it's starting to rain.

00:43:53He'll get safe.

00:43:55Come on, let's run.

00:43:56Hold my hand.

00:43:57Oh, careful, you'll pull me over.

00:43:58Look out for that branch.

00:43:59Would you like a drink, Miss Craig?

00:44:05A door one.

00:44:06I reckon you've earned it.

00:44:08I've enjoyed every minute of it.

00:44:09You certainly seem to have cheered her up.

00:44:11What'll it be?

00:44:12Uh, her gin and tonic, please.

00:44:14I've had another word with your landlord since we last spoke.

00:44:17Oh, yes?

00:44:18I thought he might know something about her finances.

00:44:21I can't believe she'd desert Mandy without making any arrangements.

00:44:24Her mother was asking about that.

00:44:26The fees here aren't exactly cheap.

00:44:28Quite apart from her maintenance.

00:44:30Hmm.

00:44:31What did Mr. Carter say?

00:44:32As far as he knows, she had no bank account or savings.

00:44:36Thanks.

00:44:37There was no checkbook or anything in her handbag.

00:44:41Just a few pounds.

00:44:43Apparently she used to pay the rent in cash.

00:44:45As she did the school fees.

00:44:48I checked with various officials in case there'd been any funny business.

00:44:52I don't know Mr. Carter, of course.

00:44:54I can't see him stealing money.

00:44:55Nor me.

00:44:58No.

00:44:58It all seems above board.

00:45:01What happens about Mandy?

00:45:03She'll get a small government grant for her support.

00:45:06That won't start to pay for the school fees, presumably.

00:45:09She may be able to get a bursary.

00:45:11In any case, I wouldn't dream of sending her away.

00:45:14This is the only home she has.

00:45:17Mr. Carter wondered if Juliet's being broke might have been a reason for her suicide.

00:45:21Not from what I've heard of her.

00:45:23She'd fight back.

00:45:24I agree.

00:45:26And I imagine if you're in her line, you can always raise some ready cash.

00:45:31Her line?

00:45:33Between you and me, I had the impression she was a rather upmarket tart.

00:45:37Not that she looked like one, but then the best don't.

00:45:42I do know of one rich corner, but the flat's hardly upmarket.

00:45:46If it was, I wouldn't be there.

00:45:48She was the sort who'd economise on her own needs for the sake of her daughter.

00:45:51I admired her.

00:45:54She was determined to give Mandy the chances she never had.

00:45:58And in my view, that's not the sort who commits suicide.

00:46:01Good evening, Miss Grace.

00:46:07Oh, hello, Mr. Carter.

00:46:08Sorry, I was miles away.

00:46:10I'm just going to the dragon.

00:46:11I thought you were in.

00:46:13The light's on in your front run.

00:46:15Oh, so it is.

00:46:18Oh, dear.

00:46:19I must have left it on.

00:46:20Her music.

00:46:28She's there.

00:46:29Oh, God, I really am going mad.

00:46:34Don't be so stupid.

00:46:35Get a grip on yourself.

00:46:35It's all in your mind.

00:46:41Good evening, Miss Craig.

00:46:43It is Miss Craig, I take it.

00:46:46I've been entertaining myself.

00:46:48She gave you that cassette, did she?

00:46:50Who are you?

00:46:50How did you get in here?

00:46:51Never you mind.

00:46:53You're the one who hung up the other night.

00:46:55Where is it?

00:46:56What?

00:46:57Don't give me that, sweetheart.

00:46:58Oh, stop, please.

00:46:59When you tell me where it is.

00:47:00I don't know what you mean.

00:47:02Maggie!

00:47:02If that's the girl in my old flat, she's gone out.

00:47:05Everyone's out, except me and you.

00:47:07You're Henry.

00:47:08Yes, I'm Henry.

00:47:10I don't want me share.

00:47:11Just tell me where it is and I'll go away.

00:47:13You're sharing what?

00:47:14I don't know what you're talking about.

00:47:15Oh, yes, you do.

00:47:17He came here the other night, didn't he?

00:47:18I've got me spies.

00:47:19It's you who's blackmailing Leo Bartlett.

00:47:22So you do know what I'm talking about?

00:47:23Only because you...

00:47:24Julie hatched it up with you, didn't she, crafty little cow?

00:47:26No, I didn't even know.

00:47:27Thought she'd pocket the lot, did she?

00:47:28Listen, please.

00:47:29If you haven't got the money, tell me where Juliet's living.

00:47:31She isn't living anywhere.

00:47:32She's dead.

00:47:34You'll have to do better than that, sweetheart.

00:47:36If you don't believe me, look at this.

00:47:38It's from the local paper.

00:47:41Oh, my God.

00:47:44She wouldn't have.

00:47:45What makes you so sure?

00:47:47Maybe if she'd been a different sort of girl.

00:47:49One of the soft types.

00:47:50But Julie wasn't soft.

00:47:52When I tumbled who her thirsty bloke was, I put a bit of pressure on.

00:47:55And there was no weeping or whining.

00:47:56What sort of pressure?

00:47:58It was this man she really fancied.

00:48:01A married bloke.

00:48:02She used to meet him at a hotel every Friday.

00:48:05I said I'd write to his wife.

00:48:07Mess things up for him.

00:48:08If she didn't play ball over Bartlett.

00:48:09You bastard.

00:48:10She didn't take much persuading.

00:48:12She didn't give a toss about Bartlett.

00:48:14They just used each other.

00:48:16He wanted sex.

00:48:17She wanted money.

00:48:18The idea of getting a lump sum appealed to her.

00:48:21She had some plan or other.

00:48:22Plan?

00:48:23That's the impression I got.

00:48:25She was setting up for something in the future.

00:48:26I wonder what.

00:48:27So we worked it all out together.

00:48:29I'd give me notice into old Carter.

00:48:31It was safer if we weren't living in the same house.

00:48:33She'd go on playing up to Bartlett.

00:48:35A couple of weeks later, I'd send him a blackmail note, which I did.

00:48:38And I rang Juliet after I'd sent it.

00:48:41And you answered.

00:48:44I can't believe she's dead.

00:48:47And she was a lovely looking girl.

00:48:50No.

00:48:51There was nothing like that between us.

00:48:53Worse luck.

00:48:54So you hadn't seen or spoken to Juliet since you left the flat?

00:48:56No.

00:48:57And neither did I bump her off.

00:49:00What did you say?

00:49:01Well, someone must have, mustn't they?

00:49:03Could he have been right?

00:49:06Could it have been murder?

00:49:09Could it?

00:49:15You didn't have to take me for a meal, Richard.

00:49:17At least I could do.

00:49:19I'm grateful to you for...

00:49:20Filling your empty Friday.

00:49:23I could have gone home, but I still feel that Fridays belong to her.

00:49:30You look tired.

00:49:31Have you had a dreadful week?

00:49:32It comes over me in waves.

00:49:37If it were someone else I'd lost, I could turn to my wife or a friend.

00:49:41But no one knows about me and Juliet.

00:49:45Except you.

00:49:47Please, talk as much as you like.

00:49:50I still can't believe that she killed herself.

00:49:53Nor do I.

00:49:55But you say the court was convinced of it.

00:49:58Supposing someone killed her and made it look like an accident.

00:50:02No.

00:50:03Well, is it any less plausible than her killing herself?

00:50:05Well, you've no evidence.

00:50:07No.

00:50:07All I'm going on is the things people have said about her.

00:50:10That and this feeling I have that she's trying to tell me something.

00:50:14Are you going to do anything about it?

00:50:16Well, you mean go to the police?

00:50:17No.

00:50:18No.

00:50:18They'd probably write me off as some nutcase.

00:50:20Which I probably am.

00:50:22And anyway, Juliet wouldn't want a lot of muckraking.

00:50:25Her friends' lives being pried into.

00:50:27She was a very loyal person.

00:50:29Yes.

00:50:30But I don't think she'd mind me probing a bit.

00:50:34Let's look at the facts.

00:50:36The landlord found her on the Sunday morning, you said.

00:50:38So, supposing you're right.

00:50:41Someone must have visited her on Saturday evening.

00:50:44Yes.

00:50:45Mr. Carter was up at the Dragon with some friends.

00:50:48Maggie Lansom hadn't yet moved in.

00:50:50There'd have been no one else in the house.

00:50:52Do you think it could have been one of the people who phoned or called round?

00:50:55You said there'd been several.

00:50:57The murderer returns to the scene of the crime.

00:50:59Oh, I don't trust that theory.

00:51:00I'd still well clear myself.

00:51:02I don't think I would.

00:51:04If I'd committed a crime, I'd probably try to behave as if I hadn't.

00:51:08I'd ring up, visit her, appear anxious.

00:51:11Mind you, I'd crack up under the strain.

00:51:12Tell me about these people.

00:51:15Let's go through them one by one.

00:51:17I can't.

00:51:20I did know that there were other men in her life.

00:51:24I didn't ask questions.

00:51:26I know she loved me.

00:51:28That was all that mattered.

00:51:29I'm sorry, Richard.

00:51:30They trusted her.

00:51:32She wouldn't want me to talk about them.

00:51:34Oh.

00:51:35Then I can't be your Dr. Watson.

00:51:37Well, take care, Rowena.

00:51:43If you're right and someone did kill her, they might not like your asking questions.

00:51:51Miss Craig.

00:51:52Good evening, Mr. Carter.

00:51:54Can I buy you a drink?

00:51:55I've already got one, thanks.

00:51:56Are you meeting someone, or will you join me?

00:51:59I'm waiting for Harry Patel.

00:52:02We always have a game of snooker on Saturday nights.

00:52:07I haven't seen you in here before.

00:52:09I've been once or twice.

00:52:11I've been coming here for years.

00:52:13Nice, quiet pup.

00:52:15Used to bring mother here.

00:52:16I came here one lunchtime, with Mrs. Smith, Juliet's mother.

00:52:21Oh, yes.

00:52:23Poor woman.

00:52:25I still say she'd have been better off not knowing.

00:52:29Mr. Carter, may I ask you something?

00:52:31That Sunday morning when you found Juliet, what made you go up to her flat?

00:52:37It was a silence.

00:52:40Usually she'd be playing the radio for Sunday morning.

00:52:43Then I'd hear her go out for the papers.

00:52:45Well, she could have been sleeping in.

00:52:46Not on a Sunday.

00:52:48She always went out for the day.

00:52:50To see her daughter, as I now realise.

00:52:54So you knocked on her door?

00:52:56There was no answer.

00:52:58I felt uneasy.

00:52:59I don't know why.

00:53:00I went downstairs and got the keys.

00:53:03I've spare ones to both flats.

00:53:05I let myself in.

00:53:08You know the rest.

00:53:10That must have been an awful shock.

00:53:12At first, when I realised she was dead, I thought it must be some heart defect.

00:53:19I never dreamed how little I knew her.

00:53:24The barbiturates, the container they were in, it was there, was it?

00:53:28No, there was nothing.

00:53:30But the police said that wasn't unusual.

00:53:32If she'd obtained the stuff illicitly, she'd most likely have kept it in an envelope or a paper bag.

00:53:38But they didn't look for anything like that.

00:53:39No, it's all in a day's work to them.

00:53:42Young women take overdoses all the time.

00:53:46Do you know if she had a regular visitor on Tuesday evenings?

00:53:51Tuesdays?

00:53:52Why?

00:53:53Well, she seemed to have friends most other nights.

00:53:56Can't say.

00:53:56I turned a blind eye where her private life was concerned.

00:54:03Why are you asking all this?

00:54:05Just curiosity.

00:54:07You know what they say?

00:54:09Curiosity killed a cat.

00:54:11Oh, there's Mr Patel now.

00:54:13Hello, Harry.

00:54:15What'll it be?

00:54:15Oh, hello.

00:54:23Can you spare a moment, Sarinda?

00:54:25Yes.

00:54:25Uh, please come in.

00:54:31My husband is out.

00:54:33I know.

00:54:34I saw him at the dragon.

00:54:36Did you tell him you're coming around here?

00:54:38No.

00:54:39It was a spur-of-the-moment visit.

00:54:41I wanted to ask you something.

00:54:43Oh, please sit down.

00:54:44Oh, thank you.

00:54:46Is it about Juliet?

00:54:48Yes.

00:54:50You know something?

00:54:51I'm sorry?

00:54:52I thought perhaps you had found out the reason for...

00:54:55for what she did.

00:54:56I'm afraid not.

00:54:58Then what is it you want?

00:55:00I wondered if you could help me.

00:55:02You obviously knew her well.

00:55:04I had thought so.

00:55:05As far as I know, you were her only woman friend.

00:55:09She must have confided in you.

00:55:11About some things.

00:55:13You know about her daughter?

00:55:15Mandy, yes.

00:55:16I've been visiting her at school.

00:55:19Juliet would be pleased.

00:55:21Do you know if Juliet made any financial provision for her?

00:55:25A will, you mean?

00:55:26Or something of the sort?

00:55:28I don't know, but I'm sure she would do so.

00:55:31She had some money saved, did she?

00:55:33I think so.

00:55:35There's no record of any bank account or savings.

00:55:39Do you know where she kept her money?

00:55:40A building society, perhaps?

00:55:42No, I'm sorry.

00:55:46Do you know if she had some sort of plan in mind?

00:55:50Plan?

00:55:51What sort of plan?

00:55:52I don't really know.

00:55:54No, she said nothing to me.

00:55:56One more thing.

00:55:58You knew about her men friends?

00:56:00They were not friends.

00:56:03They just made use of her.

00:56:04Yes, she spoke of them, but not their names.

00:56:08Do you know if she saw anyone on a Tuesday night?

00:56:11I don't think so.

00:56:13She used to say that Tuesday was her free night.

00:56:15Was that the door?

00:56:17No.

00:56:19I thought it might be Harry.

00:56:21No.

00:56:22I left him playing snooker with Mr. Carter.

00:56:26He does not like me having friends.

00:56:29Except those he chooses.

00:56:31It's all right for him, but not for me.

00:56:34He hated Juliet.

00:56:37But not enough to kill her, surely.

00:56:40And anyway, he was in the pub with Mr. Carter that evening.

00:56:49It could have been someone else's partner, though.

00:56:54A wife who found out about Juliet.

00:56:58Richard Malengri's.

00:57:01Or Leo Bartlett's.

00:57:04Oh, Dan.

00:57:07Hello?

00:57:10Who is that?

00:57:16What's the matter?

00:57:19Talk to me, please.

00:57:24Are you a friend of Juliet's?

00:57:25Was that real?

00:57:34Or did I dream it?

00:57:38A drink, Mr. Bartlett?

00:57:40I wouldn't say no to a scotch.

00:57:42Sorry?

00:57:42Only wine or sherry?

00:57:44Make it a sherry.

00:57:46As you will have gathered, I received your note.

00:57:49Thank you for couching it in such discreet terms.

00:57:53I wasn't sure who opened your post at the Commons.

00:57:56You did recognize me the other week then.

00:57:57I wasn't sure.

00:57:58No.

00:57:59I recognized your voice on the radio.

00:58:02Oh, thank you.

00:58:03That frightful chat program.

00:58:05Still one has to do them.

00:58:06Cheers.

00:58:07Cheers.

00:58:07You said you had some further information on the matter we discussed previously.

00:58:16The blackmail business, yes.

00:58:19I've had no further communication.

00:58:20Oh, you won't have.

00:58:22That's why I asked you to come.

00:58:23To reassure you.

00:58:25So you did know who it was?

00:58:27Oh, not when we last met.

00:58:28I've found out since.

00:58:30I guarantee there'll be no more threats from that source.

00:58:34What an extraordinary woman you are.

00:58:36You should go into politics.

00:58:38No, thank you.

00:58:39All I want is a quiet life.

00:58:41Ah.

00:58:44I suppose you're kept busy at weekends as well as in the week.

00:58:47I have to sweat up to the constituency, keep the flag waving.

00:58:50It's pretty marginal.

00:58:52And you do that every weekend when Parliament's sitting?

00:58:54Yes, unless I'm abroad.

00:58:56Trade delegation or some such.

00:58:57I was in Hong Kong at the beginning of May.

00:59:00So you were away when Juliet died?

00:59:02Yes, as a matter of fact.

00:59:03I was over there for ten days.

00:59:05That's why I didn't know what happened until you told me.

00:59:09Did your wife go with you to Hong Kong?

00:59:11Yes, we combined it with a holiday.

00:59:14What is all this?

00:59:16Nothing.

00:59:17I'm just trying to build up a picture of Juliet's last few days.

00:59:21Well, you can leave me out of it.

00:59:23Come in, Miss Cray.

00:59:24I'm glad you called.

00:59:26Oh?

00:59:27Why's that?

00:59:28I was dying to tell someone.

00:59:30I've just sold two of my Venice paintings.

00:59:32Oh, well done.

00:59:33Not a bad price, either.

00:59:36Oh, excuse the shambles.

00:59:38But I bet it doesn't make the ideal studio.

00:59:42Some samples of my work.

00:59:45What do you think?

00:59:46Oh, I can see why Juliet had faith in you.

00:59:49Not everyone's cup of tea, but I'm damned if I'll compromise.

00:59:52You're right.

00:59:53It's unique.

00:59:55This bloke who bought the paintings, he has a gallery.

00:59:58He's interested in exhibiting some of my work.

01:00:01That is good news, Ralph.

01:00:02Oh, why can't Juliet be here to celebrate?

01:00:09What's the matter?

01:00:11This is her, isn't it?

01:00:14This canvas here?

01:00:16Yes.

01:00:17I don't go in for portraits as a rule.

01:00:20She's just like Mandy.

01:00:23Like who?

01:00:24Someone else I know.

01:00:26Impossible.

01:00:28There's no one like Juliet.

01:00:31I still can't believe I shan't see her again.

01:00:34Ralph, you told me she lent you the fare to Venice.

01:00:39Yes.

01:00:40Well, she called it an investment.

01:00:42I said I could pay her back when I made it big.

01:00:44Did she pay you in cash?

01:00:46Yes.

01:00:47Why?

01:00:48You don't know if she had a bank account or anything.

01:00:51I haven't a clue.

01:00:53Here's some others of her.

01:00:55I shan't find another model like her in a hurry.

01:01:01How selfish she is.

01:01:04About then all artists are.

01:01:07He only saw her in terms of himself.

01:01:10He said he wouldn't have harmed her, though.

01:01:13Besides, he was still in Venice.

01:01:14That weekend.

01:01:17Leo Bartlett was in Hong Kong.

01:01:18I've checked that.

01:01:21Could Henry have...

01:01:23No.

01:01:24What was he who put the idea of murder in my mind?

01:01:27Who then?

01:01:30Was Tuesday really a free night?

01:01:32Or did someone visit her?

01:01:36Was it the person who sobbed on the phone?

01:01:38Or did I dream that?

01:01:40I don't know what's real.

01:01:42I must...

01:01:42Someone behind me.

01:01:47They're following me.

01:01:49No, don't look round.

01:01:50Don't be so stupid.

01:01:52Why should anyone...

01:01:53If you're right, and someone did kill her,

01:01:56they might not like you asking questions.

01:01:58No, it can't be.

01:01:59Don't look round.

01:02:01Cross over.

01:02:02There.

01:02:12That's better.

01:02:14I'll cut through the alley.

01:02:15No one now.

01:02:26I must have him.

01:02:29Oh, my God.

01:02:34Hey, wait!

01:02:35No, don't!

01:02:36Keep your hair on!

01:02:38Twist!

01:02:40I thought it was you.

01:02:42I've been trying to catch you up.

01:02:43Ever thought of entering the London Marathon?

01:02:47Did I scare you?

01:02:49I thought it might be a mugger.

01:02:52Oh, sorry.

01:02:53I wanted to tell you something.

01:02:56Guess what?

01:02:56I met this girl at my evening class and we're going out.

01:02:59Oh, that splendid twist.

01:03:02Julie always said it had happened.

01:03:06Hello?

01:03:10Hello?

01:03:11I'm sorry, you'll have to speak up.

01:03:13I can't hear you.

01:03:16I'm sorry.

01:03:21Who did you want?

01:03:22To help her.

01:03:25I only don't have to cry.

01:03:29Hello?

01:03:31Hello?

01:03:32Who is that?

01:03:33I'll be with her soon.

01:03:40What do you mean?

01:03:46I...

01:03:46Hello?

01:03:47Hello?

01:03:48Can you hear me?

01:03:50Speak to me, please.

01:03:52Whoever you are.

01:03:54Hello?

01:03:55Oh, God, what do I do?

01:03:56Maggie!

01:04:03Maggie!

01:04:04Yes?

01:04:04Can you come down?

01:04:06What's the matter?

01:04:07I've just had this phone call.

01:04:08Not another of Julia's past.

01:04:10Whoever it is threatened to kill himself.

01:04:12What?

01:04:12You sure?

01:04:13They've already taken something.

01:04:14You'd better keep him talking.

01:04:15It is a man, is it?

01:04:16I couldn't tell.

01:04:17The voice was so blurred.

01:04:18And I think they've just passed out.

01:04:20Oh, Lord.

01:04:20Can you hang on by the phone in case they come through again?

01:04:22I'll use Mr Carter's phone to ring the police.

01:04:25Hello.

01:04:25Oh, hello.

01:04:27Is anyone there?

01:04:29Please try to speak to me.

01:04:31No joy.

01:04:32Just silence.

01:04:33It's horrible.

01:04:34I'll take over.

01:04:36Did you get the police?

01:04:37Yes.

01:04:37They said leave the receiver off the hook while they try to trace the call.

01:04:40Meanwhile, if I get any response, I'm to find out the address.

01:04:44Hello?

01:04:45Hello.

01:04:45Are you still there?

01:04:46I'll stay with you.

01:04:47Thanks.

01:04:48Shall I make a coffee?

01:04:49I could do with something stronger.

01:04:51It's over half an hour.

01:04:53I hope to God they get there in time.

01:04:55Hello?

01:05:00Hello?

01:05:01Can you hear me?

01:05:02Who can it be?

01:05:03I don't know.

01:05:05What exactly did the person say?

01:05:07Something about being sorry.

01:05:09For what?

01:05:10No, no, no, no.

01:05:12I haven't a clue.

01:05:14Perhaps they quarreled with Juliet.

01:05:16I don't even know they meant Juliet.

01:05:18They didn't mention her name.

01:05:19It could have been a wrong number.

01:05:20It must have been for Juliet.

01:05:23Oh, I bet you wish to hell you'd never moved in here.

01:05:26It's not exactly what I anticipated.

01:05:30I'm beginning to have second thoughts, too.

01:05:33About coming here?

01:05:35About leaving Ted.

01:05:36Don't laugh.

01:05:38Has he contacted you?

01:05:39He wouldn't know how, even if he wanted to.

01:05:41Funny, he drove me round the bend, and yet I don't think I'm cut out for this half-life.

01:05:50It's so lonely.

01:05:52Yes, it is.

01:05:54You're used to it.

01:05:55You've always been on your own.

01:05:57I thought I was getting my freedom, but it's just another sort of prison.

01:06:00You'll get used to it, too.

01:06:02I worry about him as well, how he's coping.

01:06:05He's hopeless at looking after himself.

01:06:07He'll learn.

01:06:09Either that or he'll find some other slave.

01:06:12Would you mind if he did?

01:06:14Yes, I would.

01:06:16Crazy, isn't it?

01:06:18Why don't you get in touch with him?

01:06:20Oh, someone's there.

01:06:21Hello?

01:06:23Speaking.

01:06:23Oh, thank God.

01:06:24It's the police.

01:06:25Yes.

01:06:27Hmm?

01:06:29Oh.

01:06:32I see.

01:06:35No, it doesn't.

01:06:37Yes, of course.

01:06:38I'll be waiting.

01:06:40Goodbye.

01:06:41They're sending someone round.

01:06:43They got there in time?

01:06:44Yes.

01:06:44At least they think she'll be all right.

01:06:46An ambulance is on the way.

01:06:47She?

01:06:48Who was it?

01:06:49A woman called Gardner.

01:06:51According to the landlady, her husband walked out on her.

01:06:54So it wasn't anything to do with Juliet?

01:06:57No.

01:06:58I'm definitely going to get in touch with Ted.

01:07:01I'm supposing it...

01:07:03Oh, I'm sorry.

01:07:05If she survives, she'll have you to thank.

01:07:08Let's hope she feels like that.

01:07:13Excuse me.

01:07:15Nurse?

01:07:15Well, can I help you?

01:07:17I believe you have a Mrs Gardner in this ward.

01:07:20She was brought in last night.

01:07:21Ah, yes.

01:07:22Stomach pump.

01:07:22She was lucky.

01:07:24Which bed is it?

01:07:25The end one, with the curtains round it.

01:07:30Mrs Gardner?

01:07:38I knew you'd come.

01:07:41Mrs Swift?

01:07:43Why didn't you know me?

01:07:45I wasn't expecting...

01:07:48They said it was a Mrs Gardner.

01:07:50We used his name when we took the flat.

01:07:53The man you told me about?

01:07:55It was lovely to begin with.

01:07:58But then he buggered off like all the rest.

01:08:00Left me to pay the rent.

01:08:02I'm sorry.

01:08:03I always let you down.

01:08:06I'd have done the same to you, Julie.

01:08:09Once you'd lost your looks, you'd have ended up like me.

01:08:14I only did it for you, Julie.

01:08:17Did what?

01:08:18Only because I loved you.

01:08:19You know that, don't you?

01:08:21It was not Julie.

01:08:26No.

01:08:27I'm Rowena Craig.

01:08:29You remember?

01:08:30You tried to phone me last night.

01:08:32I wanted you to explain to her.

01:08:36I will.

01:08:37I will.

01:08:38If you'd tell me about it.

01:08:40Tell me about it.

01:08:41It was the Saturday night before I went to Yarmouth.

01:08:51I called round.

01:08:54She'd promised me some spending money.

01:08:57She was lucky I'd never seen her before.

01:09:00Really low.

01:09:01Putting back the gym.

01:09:06She told me it was over with her bloke.

01:09:08This one she really went for.

01:09:10I thought, it's starting already.

01:09:16She's unhappy now.

01:09:18What does it be like when she's 40, 50?

01:09:24And suddenly I saw it clear what I had to do.

01:09:28You gave her the pills?

01:09:31It was like a little voice was telling me to.

01:09:34Where did you get them?

01:09:36Oh, I had some in my bag.

01:09:38Doctor hands them out like smarties.

01:09:42They're all that keeps me going.

01:09:44You put them in her drink?

01:09:46I wondered if she'd taste them.

01:09:49She was half cut.

01:09:51Didn't notice what she was at.

01:09:54Oh, oh, Julie.

01:09:56You do understand, don't you?

01:09:59I couldn't bear it for you to go through what I have.

01:10:02I was only thinking of you.

01:10:03What about Mandy?

01:10:04Didn't you consider her?

01:10:06Well, that child, she'd never have gone that way.

01:10:09Men using her.

01:10:11Her using them.

01:10:14She could have married a nice, respectable fella.

01:10:17I told her to get rid of it.

01:10:22No.

01:10:23What do you think it was like for me,

01:10:25seeing her carrying his child?

01:10:28A filthy bastard.

01:10:31Sharing my bed and all the time.

01:10:35Oh, poor little Julie.

01:10:38You should have done away with it.

01:10:41No.

01:10:42Keeping Mandy was the best thing I ever did.

01:10:43But, I mean...

01:10:45You...

01:10:45You are, Julie, aren't you?

01:10:48No.

01:10:49You don't look like her, but you're her inside.

01:10:52Oh, you do understand, don't you?

01:10:54If I hadn't loved you so much, I wouldn't have done it.

01:10:58I did try to come to you, but it stopped me.

01:11:03Don't worry, though.

01:11:04I'll be with you soon.

01:11:06No, you mustn't talk like that.

01:11:07I will.

01:11:07I know I will.

01:11:08And I'll make it up to you, then.

01:11:11Oh, you do forgive me, don't you, Julie?

01:11:15Oh, please, so you do.

01:11:19Say, I forgive her.

01:11:21Yes, Mother.

01:11:23I forgive you.

01:11:26More squash, Mandy?

01:11:28Yes, please.

01:11:30Isn't this super?

01:11:32Perfect.

01:11:33I don't know when I last had a picnic.

01:11:37I bet all those squash you lent me.

01:11:38Well, it reminds me, I have some more in my bag.

01:11:41The Happy Prince was my favourite.

01:11:42I knew you'd like that.

01:11:44Swallow, swallow, little swallow.

01:11:47You will come every Sunday, won't you?

01:11:49If you want me to.

01:11:51And in the holidays, you can come over to me sometimes.

01:11:54We'll have picnics in the park.

01:11:55Maybe take a steamer up the river.

01:11:57Great.

01:11:58Wasn't it lucky you moved me to Juliet's flat?

01:12:01She likes you, too.

01:12:02She told me.

01:12:04When?

01:12:05Last night in bed.

01:12:06I wish I had something of hers.

01:12:11Just a little thing to keep.

01:12:14I'll see what I can do.

01:12:15Like a fairy godmother.

01:12:17No promises, mind.

01:12:19If not, how would you like a portrait of her?

01:12:22Oh, yes.

01:12:23How on earth would you...

01:12:24Wave my magic wand.

01:12:26Why are you married, Rowena?

01:12:32I fell in love with the wrong person.

01:12:34Didn't you love you?

01:12:36Not enough.

01:12:37Must have been mad.

01:12:39Oh, Mandy.

01:12:40Hello?

01:12:55Hello, Rowena.

01:12:56Richard Malengri speaking.

01:12:57Hello, Richard.

01:12:58How are you?

01:12:59Surviving.

01:13:02How are the investigations going?

01:13:04They're not.

01:13:06I realised as soon as I got home how ridiculous it was.

01:13:08No one would murder a girl like Juliet.

01:13:11We did get a bit carried away.

01:13:14I don't suppose we'll ever know the truth.

01:13:16Well, perhaps this is well.

01:13:17Life is full of unsolved mysteries.

01:13:19Yes.

01:13:22Um, what I really phoned about was Friday.

01:13:25Our dinner arrangement.

01:13:26Oh, yes.

01:13:28Do you mind awfully if we call it off?

01:13:30Only Kate, my wife, wants us to go down to her parents for the weekend.

01:13:35It'll give us longer if we drive down on Friday evening.

01:13:38That's all right.

01:13:41I'll...

01:13:41I'll give you a ring sometime, Rowena.

01:13:44Fine.

01:13:46Goodbye for now.

01:13:47Bye.

01:13:56He won't.

01:13:57He'll pick up the strands of his life.

01:14:02And in time, he'll forget all about you.

01:14:07I suppose they all will.

01:14:10Except your mother.

01:14:13She'll never forget.

01:14:14It's all right.

01:14:16She's with me now.

01:14:18What do you mean?

01:14:20Juliet?

01:14:21Juliet?

01:14:23Juliet?

01:14:24Juliet?

01:14:27Queen Mary's Hospital.

01:14:45I'd like to inquire about a patient.

01:14:46Mrs. Smith...

01:14:47Um, Gardiner.

01:14:48It's Ward 7.

01:14:49I'll put you through.

01:14:50Ward 7.

01:14:54Night Sister here.

01:14:55Good evening.

01:14:56I'm sorry to trouble you.

01:14:57I wondered how Mrs. Gardiner was.

01:14:59Is that a relative?

01:15:01No.

01:15:02Just...

01:15:02a friend.

01:15:04I'm sorry to tell you, but Mrs. Gardiner just had a stroke.

01:15:08She passed away a few minutes ago.

01:15:09Take a seat, Mrs. Craig.

01:15:29That one's comfiest.

01:15:30It was, uh, my mother's favourite.

01:15:32Yeah.

01:15:35What can I do for you?

01:15:36Or, uh, perhaps you felt like company.

01:15:38I came to tell you something.

01:15:41That woman who was taken to the hospital the other night, she's dead.

01:15:45A stroke.

01:15:47Poor soul.

01:15:48It was Juliet's mother.

01:15:51But I understood it was someone called...

01:15:54Mrs. Gardiner.

01:15:55That was the name she gave the landlady.

01:15:57I didn't know it was her till I visited the hospital.

01:16:00Then she must have taken the overdose because of Juliet.

01:16:05Yes.

01:16:06That poor little girl.

01:16:07Her mother and her grandmother.

01:16:13If only I'd known she had a daughter.

01:16:18Mr. Carter, I asked you once about her belongings.

01:16:23Oh, yes.

01:16:25What did happen to her things?

01:16:27You said you removed what little there was.

01:16:30Yes.

01:16:31I wondered if there was anything Mandy could keep.

01:16:34There was nothing of value.

01:16:35The police looked everything over.

01:16:37No decent jewellery.

01:16:38Not even a watch.

01:16:40What about her cassette player or radio?

01:16:42Whatever she played her music on.

01:16:44Oh, that.

01:16:45It was only a cheap thing.

01:16:47I gave it to the boy over the road.

01:16:48I see.

01:16:49Check if you don't believe me.

01:16:50Why shouldn't I believe you?

01:16:51Oh, no, she wouldn't have minded.

01:16:53And there was nothing else?

01:16:55No books or ornaments?

01:16:57I'm afraid not.

01:17:00My dresses.

01:17:01Dresses.

01:17:03What about her dresses?

01:17:05I put them aside to give to charity.

01:17:08Have you still got them?

01:17:09You have, haven't you?

01:17:11What if I have?

01:17:12Where are they?

01:17:13In a case in the bedroom, if you must know.

01:17:16I'd be meaning to take them to the Oxfam shop.

01:17:18May I see them?

01:17:19What for?

01:17:20They might do for Mandy when she's older.

01:17:21I don't think so.

01:17:22If I could have a look.

01:17:23No, stop!

01:17:24Sorry to raise my voice, but I really don't think...

01:17:29Why don't you want me to look at them?

01:17:31It's no concern of yours.

01:17:33Why, Mr Carter?

01:17:34Because they're mine.

01:17:35Yours?

01:17:37It's little enough to ask, isn't it?

01:17:39Just a few of her clothes.

01:17:42Won't you show them to me?

01:17:44Please.

01:17:48What's the difference now she's gone?

01:17:50I got rid of her shoes and the everyday things.

01:18:02Just get these.

01:18:07So pretty, aren't they?

01:18:11So soft.

01:18:15She used to wear them for me.

01:18:18That was all.

01:18:20Just dress up to please me.

01:18:24On Tuesday nights?

01:18:25I'd go up to her flat.

01:18:28In return, she...

01:18:29She had the place rent free.

01:18:33Don't look at me like that.

01:18:36You must despise me.

01:18:37No.

01:18:39I'm just...

01:18:40Sorry.

01:18:44After Mother died...

01:18:47I was so lonely.

01:18:48There was no one.

01:18:52Then...

01:18:53Julie came here.

01:18:56Oh, Julie.

01:18:58Julie.

01:19:00Maybe I could have saved you.

01:19:03Saved her?

01:19:06If I'd known she was so unhappy,

01:19:08maybe I could have talked her around.

01:19:11That's not what you meant, was it?

01:19:12Of course it was.

01:19:13How could you have saved her?

01:19:15Leave me alone.

01:19:16You did go up on the Saturday night, didn't you?

01:19:18It wasn't the Sunday morning.

01:19:19And she was still alive.

01:19:22Only just...

01:19:23She was...

01:19:24scarcely breathing, but...

01:19:26I might have been able to do something

01:19:29if I tried.

01:19:33Why didn't you?

01:19:37This black feeling came over me.

01:19:41I thought,

01:19:42if I can't have her,

01:19:45why should anyone else?

01:19:47She'd given a notice that morning, you see.

01:19:51Told me she was leaving

01:19:53to set up a house with someone.

01:19:55Oh?

01:19:56So,

01:19:57I left her there.

01:20:00I went up again in the morning,

01:20:03praying it was all a bad dream.

01:20:07But it wasn't.

01:20:10Oh, Julie!

01:20:11I doubt you could have done anything.

01:20:14I'll never know what I...

01:20:16Who was it she was going away with?

01:20:19She didn't say.

01:20:20Are you sure she didn't mention his name?

01:20:23It wasn't a man.

01:20:25It was a woman.

01:20:29I cannot believe that mound of earth is Juliet.

01:20:34It was you, wasn't it?

01:20:36That she was planning to go away with?

01:20:38Yes.

01:20:39You will not tell anyone

01:20:41if my husband knew it.

01:20:42Oh, I promise.

01:20:44We planned it for many months.

01:20:47She knew how unhappy I am.

01:20:50Harry has only contempt for me.

01:20:53If I had given him sons,

01:20:54perhaps it would be different.

01:20:57To him,

01:20:58I am only an unpaid shop assistant.

01:21:02I wanted something for myself.

01:21:06And Juliet?

01:21:06She too wished to finish with the kind of life she had.

01:21:11She expected to receive a large sum of money.

01:21:14We were going to find a flat in another area.

01:21:16I would help her start a business.

01:21:19She was hoping, after a while,

01:21:21to provide a home for Mandy.

01:21:25What about...

01:21:26Richard Malengri?

01:21:28I thought she didn't tell you their names.

01:21:29He was different.

01:21:31But she knew that his wife and children would always be first.

01:21:36She was afraid that one day he would come to love her less,

01:21:40and then he'd...

01:21:41Tell her very gently that it was all over.

01:21:45That is what she said.

01:21:47She was right.

01:21:48She knew if she tried to explain to him,

01:21:50he would talk her out of it.

01:21:52So she made a quarrel and ended it all with angry words.

01:21:56So that was it.

01:21:57We were planning to go away the week after she died.

01:22:00Then, on Sunday morning,

01:22:02Mr Carter came into the shop and told Harry what had happened.

01:22:06Could not believe it.

01:22:09Still can't.

01:22:11It was an accident, wasn't it?

01:22:13Yes, it was.

01:22:17I knew she wouldn't let me down.

01:22:22Come in, Maggie.

01:22:23Oh, you are there.

01:22:25I was sitting in the dark.

01:22:26Communing with Juliet's ghost.

01:22:30I'll be glad to be shot at this house.

01:22:32You're leaving?

01:22:34Yes.

01:22:35I did what you suggested.

01:22:36Gave Ted a ring.

01:22:38He came down for the day.

01:22:39Missed his football, would you believe?

01:22:41We had a long talk.

01:22:43First time we've ever really talked.

01:22:46So you're going back?

01:22:47We reckon it's worth another try.

01:22:49Oh, I'm glad.

01:22:51Well, I'll see you tomorrow before I go.

01:22:54I'll miss you.

01:22:56Old carpet slippers will soon find someone to replace me.

01:22:59Meanwhile, you've still got Juliet for company.

01:23:02No, I think she's gone.

01:23:04Juliet, you haven't gone, have you?

01:23:15You're still here.

01:23:16I can feel it.

01:23:20Is there something else?

01:23:23What is it?

01:23:24Tell me, Juliet.

01:23:25Look.

01:23:28Look where?

01:23:28For what?

01:23:31For the carpet.

01:23:32What about it?

01:23:34Look.

01:23:35Where?

01:23:37Over here?

01:23:38You mean where it's come untacked?

01:23:41There's nothing here.

01:23:43Yes, there is.

01:23:44In the event of my death, which I do not anticipate at the time of writing, all my money is for my daughter.

01:23:58But I don't demand a solution and action around the school.

01:24:03I trust you get a man who writes in the history, and a man who is not enough to manage it itself.

01:24:12My savings are in the deposit count, under the name of Julia Smith, and under the bank specified below.

01:24:20No one knows in this account that's not you who are reading this.

01:24:24I trust you to go to my own disinterests for me, and I'll die and date.

01:24:31I will.

01:24:34You know I will.

01:24:39Juliet?

01:24:42Where are you?

01:24:47Goodbye.

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