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00:00I honestly have no idea why Teddy wants to meet.
00:16Well, perhaps given your new position of authority, he wishes to extend an olive branch.
00:22President to president.
00:24Espionage is more likely.
00:25To find out what the player's summer show is.
00:28Not that I've managed to decide what it is yet.
00:31All in good time, Mrs. Devine.
00:33Why here?
00:35Between us, Father, I've heard that the Hambleston Amateur Dramatic Society...
00:40Hands?
00:41...is withering on the vine ever since Teddy took over from...
00:46Emerald!
00:47Nice to see you here.
00:49Oh, I am so glad to see you both.
00:51I don't suppose you happen to know.
00:54Best to hear it direct from the horse's mouth.
00:58Surely this can't be for hats.
01:05Not just for hats, I hope.
01:10Isabelle.
01:12Simply divine to see you.
01:15And Father.
01:19Emerald.
01:20Teddy.
01:20Welcome to Kembalston Manor.
01:24Kembalston?
01:25It's time to unite, Isabelle.
01:28Look, I'm not going to sugarcoat this.
01:31Hads is in a bit of a pickle.
01:33Most of the cast have departed.
01:35Amicably, this is the most ambitious production I've ever directed.
01:40We open at the end of the month, so needs must.
01:44Will you join us?
01:46Well, to perform in an actual theatre would be thrilling.
01:50What is the play, if you don't mind my asking?
01:52Oh, I think you'll approve, Father.
01:55Life imitating art and all that.
01:57Behold, the most perfect murder.
02:01Hambleston's answer to The Mousetrap.
02:02A worldwide premiere.
02:04Written by a priest, I see.
02:06Who's a big fan of yours, actually.
02:09You didn't tell me he was coming.
02:12It's you.
02:16It's literally you.
02:19Yes, it is.
02:21Father, may I present Hambleston's new priest, Father Lindsay?
02:27This is the most exquisite moment of my entire life.
02:32Oh, is he dead?
02:37No, he just fainted.
02:39Oh, splendid.
02:40So, Isabel, what say you?
02:43Are you ready to make some magic?
02:45Might I just apologise again for yesterday?
02:57It's just, you are something of an inspiration to me.
03:01Just one question.
03:03We know who done it, but not as yet how done it.
03:07The play seems to be missing an ending.
03:10Ah, therein lies the rub.
03:12Haven't quite figured it out yet.
03:14Shouldn't you have done that before you started writing it?
03:18Welcome, all.
03:21And may I introduce the genius behind our remarkable sets.
03:26Herman Jolly, the Kembleford players.
03:29They're going to ruin all my good work, aren't they?
03:34Oh, nice to meet you, too.
03:37Teddy, the cost of hiring the Royal Theatre.
03:41We are amateurs.
03:43A dirty word, which I am removing from HADS.
03:47Behold.
03:49HADS.
03:51Amateurs are the lifeblood of this company,
03:53which was founded to enrich local lives.
03:56Like poor Sandy.
03:58Yeah.
03:58This production is too much.
04:00If you don't like it, do you know where the door is?
04:02Perhaps as founder of HADS, you could show Emerald some respect.
04:06One of our backstage stalwarts, Bonnie Codling.
04:09Who'd do well to stop her prattling.
04:13And you wonder why we're hemorrhaging members.
04:15May I suggest we proceed with the auditions?
04:17We open in three weeks.
04:22Good morning.
04:23Thank you for your moral support, Edgar.
04:26Yeah, perhaps you could even audition, sir.
04:29I think not.
04:31Yeah, I don't think I'm going to bother either.
04:33Have you read the part of Tabitha?
04:35She dances the Charleston.
04:36Oh, I do love the Charleston.
04:39Oh, you should definitely audition.
04:41Might I suggest you audition too, Father?
04:44Or perhaps a backstage role.
04:46The priest was written with you in mind.
04:49No acting required.
04:54Guided by God,
04:57I have surmised that someone here must be responsible.
05:01But how I hear you ask,
05:03when everyone was together during that fateful shot,
05:08it is, quite simply,
05:10the most perfect murder.
05:16Bravo, Father.
05:18He is awfully good, isn't he?
05:22To play my wife,
05:25Lady Ursula Etherington,
05:26Mrs. Devine.
05:28Well deserved.
05:30And our daughter,
05:31the socialite, Tabitha,
05:33shall be played by Brenda.
05:35There wasn't much competition.
05:37Don't you dare sell yourself short.
05:39You were wonderful.
05:40Sergeant Goodfellow,
05:41you will be Inspector Crabtree.
05:43Ah, marvellous.
05:45At least he finally gets the job.
05:49Yes, you'll be Horace,
05:51victim of the dastardly murder.
05:53Oh, only one small scene.
05:55No, no, there is another one.
05:56There's a corpse.
05:58Even you can manage that, Father.
05:59And the part of Father Green
06:02goes to Chief Inspector Sullivan.
06:06I didn't audition.
06:08It's just that
06:09we're in need of one more male.
06:12And everyone knows
06:13what a marvellous Benedict you were.
06:15So.
06:17No, absolutely not.
06:18Edgar,
06:19this has to be a success.
06:21And there's no one else.
06:23He'll do it.
06:24Splendid.
06:25Now, as well as playing
06:27Fanny Tinkle,
06:28our frumpy maid,
06:31No acting required.
06:32Emerald will be
06:33in charge of costumes,
06:35and Bonnie will be
06:36assisting with make-up,
06:37and also assisting
06:38with set construction.
06:40No, no, no, no.
06:41I'll take anyone else.
06:42Do you see what he's like?
06:44Please, please, everyone.
06:46The only way
06:47this play is going to be
06:49the success it deserves to be
06:51is if we all unite.
06:54Then I need to know
06:55how the play ends.
06:57How did the murder happen?
07:00Crumbs,
07:00that's the problem
07:02with an impossible murder.
07:03I've written myself
07:04into something of a corner.
07:06Perhaps I could assist.
07:07Thank you, Father,
07:08but this is my problem alone.
07:10It'll come to me.
07:12In good time,
07:13I heard, Father.
07:15The clock,
07:15as they say,
07:16is ticking.
07:49I've laid my reputation on this, Father.
07:58If it doesn't go well, I'll be deposed.
08:00I'm sure everything will be quite...
08:04Oh, gosh!
08:06It's magnificent!
08:09At least my work will be admired, could you?
08:12For once, stop being such a braggart.
08:16And I need a word with you later.
08:19Happy birthday, Emerald, from all of us here.
08:22Oh, thank you.
08:24That is so thoughtful of you all.
08:28Priorities, people.
08:30We open in two days.
08:33Everything all right?
08:35I've done it!
08:38I've actually done it.
08:42A rush of inspiration from the Lord himself.
08:46Who knew this murder lark could be such jolly good fun?
08:49Oh, ingenious!
08:51Well done, Father.
08:52Oh, nobody will see that coming.
08:55How did you come up with this?
08:59Oh, it just sort of popped into my head.
09:01Sometimes I do astound myself.
09:03I've never read such far-fetched tripe in all my life.
09:10Oh.
09:11Perhaps I should stick to my day job.
09:14I think it's splendid, Father.
09:17This really is going to be a seminal production.
09:20It's a simply, simply, simply, beastly, beastly business.
09:32One would rather be miserable on the back of a roll
09:34than happy on a bicycle.
09:37Well, how did you find out?
09:39I overheard him right here from the hiding hole.
09:43The what?
09:45Honestly, Mummy, you can be so oblivious sometimes.
09:51Oh, thank goodness sake.
09:53Where's Herman?
09:55I haven't seen him all day.
09:57Isn't that his jacket?
09:59Will somebody please find Herman?
10:02I trust this is some kind of a joke.
10:15I'm afraid not, Mr. Sadwick.
10:19He's dead.
10:32You sure you're all right?
10:35Yes, thank you, Father.
10:36I'm just not a huge fan of dead bodies.
10:39Then perhaps it's best you both leave me to it.
10:42Note the blunt trauma wound to the back of the head.
10:47And judging by the rigor mortis, he's been dead.
10:50I'd say for at least six hours.
10:52Yes, I can make my own deductions.
11:02Father, would you mind not tempering with the ceiling of crime, please?
11:08Apologies, Chief Inspector.
11:10Now, if you would both kindly...
11:12I trust you will let us know the outcome of the pathologist's report.
11:15Good fellow.
11:16Come now, fathers.
11:17Let us do our job.
11:18Of course, Sergeant.
11:21A thousand apologies.
11:32Perhaps it is for the best.
11:35I don't mean because he's dead.
11:37God rest his soul.
11:38I mean, we don't have to go through with this troubled production.
11:43Fiddlesticks.
11:44We must honour Herman's work and memory by forging ahead.
11:49It's what he would have wanted.
11:51Aren't you forgetting that Herman was also our stage manager?
11:54Not for a second, Bonnie.
11:55Which is why I'm promoting you to the position.
11:59I'll do my best.
12:00As soon as the police are done,
12:02we get back to work.
12:04We open tomorrow.
12:19You didn't remove police evidence, did you?
12:22God forgive me.
12:23I thought it rather more important that you saw it.
12:29Intriguing.
12:30I have invited us all here tonight to unite the family.
12:37But now the family, and indeed my heart, have been torn apart.
12:45Like an old copy of the Hambleston Gazette.
12:51Perhaps ripped rather than torn, what do we all think?
12:54I think you should such a threat and get off stage!
12:57Sorry, everyone.
12:58Sorry.
12:58Can we please just get on with it?
13:01Bonnie!
13:03Ding dong!
13:04I wonder who that could be.
13:11Daddy!
13:12The inspector's here.
13:14Then show him in.
13:16Well, he's not actually here.
13:19I could stand in.
13:21Good grief, no.
13:23Where is Sergeant Goodfellow?
13:25I'm in the middle of a murder investigation at the moment.
13:28Who is the last person to use this?
13:29I found a spot of blood on it.
13:33Luminol has revealed much more.
13:35Despite an attempt made to wipe the spanner clean, we were able to locate a fingerprint.
13:39So, now I need fingerprints from all of you.
13:42We are in the middle of a dress rehearsal.
13:46Albeit without any dress.
13:47Could this not wait?
13:49It's my spanner.
13:50But I didn't hit him.
13:53Although you were at each other's throats on a daily basis.
13:56Bonnie Codling, I'm arresting you on suspicion of the murder of Herman Jolly.
14:00You are not obliged to say anything, but anything you do seem may be given in evidence.
14:06Could things get any worse?
14:12The chief inspector thinks I went back to the theatre last night, killed Herman, then locked up.
14:18I'm not the only one with keys.
14:20Who else?
14:22Just Teddy.
14:23And Emerald, I think.
14:26How long have things been fractious between you and Mr Jolly?
14:30Only three years.
14:32Ever since I moved from Oxford.
14:34I suppose he reminded me of my father.
14:37In what way?
14:38He was a sadist and a bully too.
14:41It was almost a blessing when he disowned me.
14:43For any particular reason?
14:47Giving in to sin.
14:48I see.
14:53This was found in Mr Jolly's pocket.
14:57Cost of materials.
14:58But it couldn't have cost this much.
15:02Well, Teddy would have been furious.
15:04Indeed.
15:04Thank you, Miss Godlin.
15:08Very helpful.
15:11What's going to happen with the play?
15:14Well, important as that is, you are my main priority and I will do all I can.
15:22Oh, I've suddenly come all a-quiver.
15:30But why, my love?
15:32Tell me.
15:34Tell me that Bonnie's release is imminent.
15:38Miss Codling is still under arrest, I'm afraid.
15:41Perhaps I could step in as stage manager.
15:44Hmm.
15:45I suppose beggars can't be choosers.
15:48Right.
15:49Let's pick it up, everybody.
15:51Can't you feel it?
15:53A chill tearing through the house.
15:55Almost as if the ghost of Horace was trying to tell us something.
15:59Cue howling wind.
16:04Howling wind.
16:05Hello?
16:08Howling wind.
16:11Um, I'm a bit tied up at the moment.
16:14I give up.
16:20Knock, knock.
16:21Go away.
16:24I'm afraid this won't wait, Mr Sadwick.
16:29You knew what Herman Jolly was up to.
16:33I trusted him.
16:35Then he cleaned out the society account.
16:38Two thousand pounds.
16:41How did this society come by such a large amount of money?
16:45I sold my butcher shop.
16:48That money was my nest egg.
16:50And I put it all in one basket.
16:53You confronted him on the day he died?
16:55Yes.
16:56And he grovelled.
16:57Do you honestly believe that I'd do anything to jeopardise this production?
17:05No.
17:07I don't, Mr Sadwick.
17:09All my life, I've dreamed of treading the boards as a pro.
17:14But I've never had the guts.
17:19I'm not getting any younger and this is my last chance.
17:23I've managed to lure an agent down from London to see the opening night.
17:32He's not going to come to just any amateur production.
17:36So you see, Father, if this play fails, so do all my dreams.
17:41Then perhaps, Mr Sadwick, you should proceed with rehearsals.
17:45I understand the costumes have arrived.
17:50Have they?
17:52Oh, well then, Father, perhaps the day is not lost.
17:56Yes.
18:06Yes, I think that'll do.
18:08Very nicely.
18:10Well done, Emerald.
18:11What shall you find out, then, Father?
18:12Next!
18:13I don't think our director would risk jeopardising his own play.
18:16However, I do suspect him of having quite a nasty temper.
18:20Oh, dear.
18:22What about Emerald?
18:24Emerald.
18:24I saw the way that Herman looked at her when she opened that birthday card.
18:28Which upset her greatly.
18:37Suits you, Edgar!
18:41Ah, sir.
18:49Be very careful.
18:50That's what you say, Sergeant.
18:52Sorry, sir.
18:53There is, um, something you might want to hear, sir.
18:56In private.
19:02I know exactly what you're looking for, Father.
19:04Great minds.
19:06I could do with some help.
19:09Oh, dear.
19:10Hold it with me.
19:16Ah-ha.
19:19Ah-ha.
19:20We do make a good team.
19:23A very happy birthday.
19:26Love from Sandy.
19:28Oh, who is Sandy?
19:30Indeed.
19:32However,
19:34same handwriting.
19:37Bingo.
19:37Well, what do you think?
19:49Emerald, you have surpassed yourself.
19:52Let us just make it the best it can be, shall we?
19:56Mrs. Baptiste, may I have a word?
20:01Yes.
20:01I'm afraid that'll have to wait, Father.
20:04We have some good news and some bad news.
20:06Oh, for pity's sake, ma'am.
20:08I need some good news.
20:09Miss Codling will be released this evening.
20:15Praise the Lord.
20:18The day is saved.
20:19And the bad news?
20:21The fingerprint we found on the spanner was yours, Mrs. Baptiste.
20:26There's no doubt.
20:30Emerald?
20:31I'm sorry for ruining everything.
20:36But why?
20:38Can we go now?
20:41This is a living nightmare.
20:46How am I supposed to cope without my fanny tinkle?
20:51Teddy, all is not lost.
20:52I have an idea.
20:57I think you're mad.
20:58We're open tonight.
20:59What other choice do we have?
21:02I know all the lines.
21:03And thankfully, Ursula is only on stage with a maid once.
21:07Right.
21:08How are you going to make that work, then?
21:10I'm sure Mrs. Devine has an elegant solution.
21:12Thank you, Father.
21:14This play has to be a success.
21:16Or I'll be the shortest serving president in history.
21:19Besides which, I want to do my best for Father Lindsay.
21:24I thought he worked murderer.
21:25Brenda?
21:26What?
21:27He had a key and all.
21:28Saw him lock up with it last night.
21:30Don't be so ridiculous.
21:32Although, why on earth would Emerald do such a thing?
21:38Father?
21:40That, ladies, is what I intend to find out.
21:43I'll see you both at the theatre later.
21:56Am I going to home, Father?
21:59I very much hope not.
22:02Father Lindsay, may I?
22:04Did you attack Mr. Jolly because of this?
22:13Who is Sandy?
22:16Sandy's dead father.
22:19He was barely a man when he came to Hampelston.
22:23An orphan who lived in the abandoned barn and chipping where.
22:26Oh, my skinny little boy.
22:32Who needed me as much as I needed him.
22:35Did you lose someone?
22:39My son.
22:41And husband.
22:43In the last war.
22:45Before I came here on the wind rush.
22:47I'm so sorry.
22:49Hads give Sandy a purpose.
22:51Bonnie and I used to take turns to cook for him.
22:56And I even found him a job.
23:00Delivering for Teddy.
23:02Things were getting better.
23:05May we ask how he died?
23:08Last year.
23:09During a Hads meeting.
23:11We all heard a gunshot.
23:13Teddy, Bonnie, Herman and I.
23:15We left the pub.
23:16And we went to check on Sunday in his barn.
23:18And there he was.
23:21On the ground.
23:23Still warm.
23:24Oh, he was gone.
23:26And the murder just vanished into the night.
23:29Never to be found.
23:31Oh.
23:34Father.
23:36Would you excuse me?
23:38Not feeling too tickety-boo.
23:46Take it you realised who sent it.
23:49Why torment you?
23:54I went to ask him and...
23:58He said...
24:01I should leave Hads or I might end up like Sandy.
24:06He said he knew who murdered him and he was glad Sandy was dead and I don't know why.
24:13He just kept laughing and laughing and I saw red.
24:20And before I knew it...
24:22And then you closed the compartment?
24:30No.
24:32It must have closed itself.
24:35Believe me, Father.
24:37I was going to tell the police after the plea ended.
24:41I'd never let Bonnie take the blame for my crimes.
24:44Well, you see, that's it, Mrs. Baptiste.
24:47I'm not entirely sure it was your crime.
24:50I'm afraid, Father, everything that's happened, it's all my fault.
25:07Oh, dear.
25:12Where the devil is Father Brown?
25:15He'll be here any second.
25:17Father will not let you down.
25:18He'd better not.
25:19Everybody.
25:21Tonight needs to go perfectly.
25:24I thought Sandy's death sounded familiar.
25:28My research for the play.
25:30Subconsciously, I must have integrated it.
25:33Inadvertently, solving how done it on your final page.
25:37Consider the hooks on the wall and the trajectory of the bullet.
25:41Mr. Jolly's reaction now makes perfect sense.
25:44At least it wasn't the quality of my writing.
25:47Herman Jolly killed Sandy with a pre-set mechanism.
25:51The perfect murder, indeed.
25:52Well done, Father.
25:53I'm not feeling especially pride at the moment.
25:56My play may be exceptional, but a man is dead and Mrs. Baptiste is facing the noose.
26:01No.
26:02Someone else is responsible.
26:03When Herman Jolly's body was discovered, the door to the compartment was jammed.
26:09And there was this.
26:13Ah.
26:14Stage make-up.
26:17Ah.
26:18Grease paint was used to seal the air vent.
26:23So Herman Jolly asphyxiated after the assault.
26:27But why?
26:28Oh, dear.
26:33Certainly he was from Oxford.
26:39Crumbs.
26:41The play.
26:46Apologies.
26:46Apologies.
26:47Oh, my God, man.
26:48You trying to give me a heart attack?
26:50Daddy.
26:50Shh.
26:51I'm calm, remember.
26:53Yes.
26:53Yes.
26:54Calm, everyone.
26:56Tally-ho!
26:58And break a leg, metaphorically speaking.
27:00I would like, if I may, to present to you the story of a most diabolical family, and indeed, the most perfect murder.
27:24I know full well why you have invited me here this evening.
27:33Pounds, shillings, and pence.
27:36That's all I am to you lot.
27:38Dear brother, no.
27:40No, Uncle.
27:42You mean the world to us.
27:44Horace, I love you.
27:46Oh!
27:48Purely as a brother-in-law.
27:50I'm quite sure your considerable wealth is immaterial to the family.
27:55In that case, none of you will ever see a penny of my money ever again.
28:06It's all going so well.
28:19Horace!
28:20Horace, are you...
28:21Oh!
28:21Oh!
28:22Oh!
28:23My dear, dear brother!
28:26But where is the murderer?
28:28How could they disappear into sin air?
28:31This all made sense to you, didn't it?
28:33When you read the final page.
28:35I'm sorry?
28:37Has Sandy died?
28:43Oh, to think that my uncle will never move another muscle again!
28:48But now...
28:53I really wish that you hadn't said anything.
28:57I've been torn apart.
28:59You will have to stage manage now.
29:02Have faith, Father.
29:03I have an old copy of the Ampest.
29:05Me?
29:07Oh, dear.
29:08Where's Mrs. Tinkle?
29:19That maid of yours.
29:20I could murder a cup of tea.
29:21Oh, dear wife, you could go and get Fanny.
29:30Oh, yes.
29:32I shall do exactly that.
29:43Tea for the inspector.
29:46Have a biscuit and all.
29:48I shall do exactly that.
29:49I shall do exactly that.
29:50I shall do exactly that.
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30:00I shall do exactly that.
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30:08I shall do exactly that.
30:09I shall do exactly that.
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30:12I shall do exactly that.
30:13I shall do exactly that.
30:14I shall do exactly that.
30:15hello bonnie i have to go now father of course but first you had to come and say goodbye to your
30:40son well then father i know you're itching to tell me what's what yes pray tell guided by god i have
30:52surmised that someone here must be responsible but how i hear when everyone was together during that
31:03it's quite simply the most powerful person where's father brown you made me look more of a fool than i
31:14already feel edgar i've no idea i'm gonna kill him and bonnie and you
31:21yesterday you talked about giving in to sin
31:28was sandy taken from you as a baby
31:34i assume three years ago you heard he'd come to hambleston so you followed him here from oxford
31:42and joined heads to get to know your son life of children's homes and then he ran away
31:51what chance did he have father he had no one he had you and mrs baptiste
32:00until mr jolly intervened for what reason i'm not quite sure
32:05when i saw his reaction to the mechanism on the final page i came back here saw the hooks
32:14and found where the gun was i knew he'd killed my boy
32:20when i confronted him and he was already in a bad way
32:32he didn't even deny it what's it to you anyway he was my son
32:39he was a little sneak that's what he was what
32:44spying on me saw my hand in the till at teddy's he was going to grass
32:49if you killed him for that he deserved everything he got
32:55and guess who i told teddy the thief was
32:58it appears i need a doctor chop chop woman
33:04what are you doing
33:07i take it that you remove the grease paint in the morning
33:19try to
33:20i just knew my boy wasn't a thief
33:25did sandy know who you were
33:27no
33:28because i'm ashamed father
33:31of what i let happen to me
33:34i'd never told anyone he was my son
33:36and because of my cowardice
33:40he never knew he was loved
33:42i think he did
33:45very much loved
33:47at least now i have justice for my boy
33:53but what will i do now father
33:55when you have to repent of this murder
33:59go to the police and confess
34:01i'm not sorry that man is dead
34:04i can never repent for what i've done
34:07if you want to be truly at peace
34:11and to see sandy again one day
34:14it is exactly what you must do
34:18my darling girl
34:28why are you wearing that
34:30because i've realized haven't i
34:33that uncle horace was a bachelor
34:36so who is most likely to inherit
34:38his spondulics
34:40who
34:40well he didn't much care for you
34:43are you quite sure about that
34:49oh thank you to keep your opinions to yourself bunny
34:53me mummy
34:55i'm going to be rich
34:57richer than my wildest dreams
35:00behold i have recreated the most perfect murder
35:25this is never going to work
35:26inspector please if you will
35:30here we go father
35:31and where did i get the gun from
35:42your study lord etherington
35:46i was framed
35:49i think not
35:51you were the one who invited everyone here this evening
35:55you've been on your uppers for some time
35:58your only option was to kill your brother for your inheritance
36:02providing yourself with the most perfect alibi
36:06myself
36:07but you did not count
36:10on my god-given detection prowess
36:13all right yes
36:15i admit it
36:17just spare my family
36:19i acted
36:20i acted alone
36:21must be nice for him to get it right for once
36:24and now you must repent for the sake of your immortal soul
36:30and that ladies and gentlemen
36:33concludes this evening's most
36:36imperfect murder
36:39they love me
36:56my whole life
37:13is a habit to change
37:15forever
37:16there was an agent
37:17out there tonight
37:18oh
37:19we must invite him backstage immediately
37:22i'm afraid he's just left
37:23oh
37:24what did he say
37:25he said the play was a hoot
37:27a new genre of comedy murder mystery
37:30it wasn't meant to be a comedy
37:32what did he say about me
37:35he said your performance was tragically
37:39yes
37:41comic
37:42could i propose a toast
37:56to sandy
37:58to sandy
38:01who i'd like you all to know
38:06was my son
38:07and i have to go now
38:13where
38:15chief inspector
38:16can i have a word
38:17certainly
38:19look who i found
38:30well
38:33emerald
38:33turns out
38:36you were right
38:37i've really put the ham into hamleston
38:41i'm pulling the show
38:43except
38:45we're sold out
38:47every night this week
38:48what
38:49the show is a hit teddy
38:51word of mouth apparently
38:53although how we could recreate that performance i'll never know
38:58so they're coming to laugh at me
39:00well
39:01you must have been very entertaining
39:03maybe that's enough
39:05maybe
39:07will you take it back
39:12hats
39:14only if we can work together this time
39:18well that's just lovely
39:24although you and i will be going our separate ways won't we
39:28with the greatest
39:30of pleasure
39:30mrs divine
39:31and my sincere thanks
39:34bless me father for i have sinned
39:46it has been three days since my last confession
39:48since then i've been instrumental in one murder and an unfortunate incarceration
39:54i feel quite wretched
39:57you are not responsible
39:59you shone light onto a distressing mystery
40:03and it was solved
40:04that is kind of you to say
40:07but these past few days have made me realize that
40:11murder
40:12is never to be taken lightly
40:14an important lesson
40:17they say never meet your heroes father but in your case i'm very glad i did
40:22you're not at all like my uncle said
40:25uncle
40:27whom i believe you know quite well
40:29actually he used to tread the boards in the footlights long before he was canon
40:33canon fox
40:37he asked me to let you know that he'll be checking in on you very soon
40:39i look forward to that
40:43i think i'll stick to my vocation for the moment
40:46indeed
40:48transpires that i'm not an exceptional playwright after all
40:51though i do seem to have a talent for this sleuthing lark
40:54perhaps you should devote yourself to your flock
40:57for the time being
40:59right oh father
41:01i do hope the next time we meet is much less eventful
41:05yes
41:06father
41:08amen to that
41:11you
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