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Terra.Anatolia
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00:00Finally, here he is, the great man himself.
00:03Detective, please let me introduce you to Nigella Fletcher.
00:06She is my third cousin twice removed, er, something like that.
00:10A second cousin thrice removed, actually.
00:13Oh, it's a pleasure to meet you, Mrs. Fletcher.
00:15Miss, sadly unmarried, but please let me say assuredly the pleasure is all mine.
00:22Your renown stretches right across the pond and back again.
00:25Oh, thank you, thank you.
00:28And what brings you all the way to Toronto?
00:30She's an author.
00:32Nigella has written A Penny Dreadful.
00:34Well, Tommy, hardly A Penny Dreadful.
00:37It's a proper novel, despite the subject matter.
00:41Which is?
00:42Why? Murder, of course.
00:44I'm sure he'll be interested.
00:46Nigella is on a speaking tour promoting her book,
00:49so I said I'd show the finest police station in all the colonies.
00:52I'm hoping to set a novel in your fair city.
00:55And who better than to show Miss Fletcher the inner workings of the Toronto Constabulary
00:59than the great detective himself, William Murdoch.
01:03And on that note, I shall take my lovely wife to lunch.
01:05Oh, well, we're not going to that dreadful public house, are we?
01:08There's nothing wrong with Ryan's hot pot.
01:10Au revoir.
01:11All right.
01:11Au revoir.
01:12Well, Detective Murdoch, I am your humble student.
01:17Oh, um, would you do me the honour of signing this?
01:21I really enjoyed your book.
01:23It has given me numerous ideas.
01:25Just let me get a pen.
01:31So you're saying science is a better determinant of guilt
01:35than looking someone in the eye?
01:37The eyes can lie.
01:39Science never does.
01:40Yeah, but it's not invaluable.
01:42True, but it can help to determine the direction
01:44one's investigation should take.
01:46Well, that's interesting.
01:49Yeah, but what if...
01:50Excuse me.
01:51Oh.
01:53Detective Murdoch?
01:54Yes.
01:55Yes, of course.
01:55I'll be right there.
01:58Henry!
02:00Uh, yes, sir?
02:01Miss Fletcher, allow me to introduce you
02:04to Henry Higgins Newsome,
02:07one of our finest constables.
02:09Oh, well, thank you, sir.
02:10I do what I can.
02:11Then please be so kind
02:13and show Miss Fletcher
02:15the ins and outs of your complex work.
02:18Oh, all right.
02:20Right.
02:23Well, it's no easy job being a police constable,
02:27let me tell you.
02:28The road is often fraught with danger.
02:32Well, you look well able to handle it.
02:35Oh, thank you, Miss.
02:37I remember one time I was...
02:38Hello?
02:53Detective Murdoch, Toronto Constabulary.
02:56I...
02:57Detective?
03:03Ralph Wells.
03:05Mr. Addison is in there.
03:17Gentlemen, thank you.
03:19I'll take it from here.
03:19I'm with the detective.
03:34Miss Fletcher, please.
03:36This is a crime scene.
03:38Then this is indeed my lucky day.
03:40Please don't touch anything.
04:05Of course.
04:06Anything.
04:11Where is Constable Higgins?
04:13Oh, I lost him about an hour ago.
04:15It wasn't much to it.
04:17Your desk sergeant very helpfully told me where you were,
04:19so I thought I'd come to where the action is.
04:22Well, now you've seen it.
04:26What, you want me to go?
04:27Yes.
04:28But...
04:29Please.
04:33Teddy?
04:34Teddy Roberts?
04:38Joe!
04:40Finally!
04:41This is the last station house on my list.
04:43I thought I'd never find you.
04:44What are you doing here?
04:45I came to visit my friend in the big city.
04:48What about your farm?
04:49Fields weren't ready for planting, so I thought...
04:50Hey.
04:51I got a friend in Toronto.
04:52Maybe I should come and see this place for myself.
04:56So I'll show you around.
04:57I can't.
04:58I'm on shift.
04:59Later, then.
05:01Sure.
05:02Do you mind if I just leave this here?
05:04I'm gonna go kick around for a few hours.
05:06Are you gonna be all right?
05:09What, you think the big city's gonna eat me up?
05:11You don't need to be worried about Joe Enns.
05:14He knows how to handle himself.
05:16Teddy?
05:16Teddy?
05:19So what part of full cooperation didn't you understand?
05:22Sir.
05:23I heard you told Nigella to leave you alone.
05:26Not in so many words, but she was interfering with our investigation.
05:29She simply wants to learn from you.
05:32I promised her that you would cooperate.
05:34Oh, I'm sure it was a misunderstanding.
05:36Here, Detected, I've got something for you.
05:38What is it?
05:39Well, as best as I can reckon, a full list of all who attended Mr. Addison's retirement party.
05:46Mr. Wells provided it after you threw me out of the office.
05:49You see that, Murdoch?
05:50A bracken reed, possibly, somewhere down the line.
05:55Now, if you'll excuse me.
05:58Where are you going?
05:59To the morgue, sir.
06:00Well, take Nigella with you.
06:02She may as well get a look at the nitty-gritty.
06:04I like nitty-gritty.
06:07So what specialised trainee do you have, Miss Hart?
06:10I have a medical degree.
06:12But most of what I gleaned is from working with that man there.
06:15And his wife, of course.
06:16Oh, yes, the former coroner.
06:19Still, quite the position.
06:21A real achievement for a woman like yourself.
06:26What have you been talking?
06:28He's killed with a small-bore weapon, likely a .22 calibre.
06:31Do you think he could be self-inflicted?
06:33Possible.
06:34Detective, take a look at this.
06:37If you would excuse me.
06:39Oh, sorry.
06:40Yes.
06:42There are chases of fabric found in the wound.
06:45Hmm.
06:46That explains it.
06:47The gun must have been wrapped in it.
06:49Therefore, no one heard the shot.
06:51Especially if the party was quite raucous.
06:54Don't you think?
06:55Very good.
06:57Well, I suppose those who can't do right.
07:01So what's the next step, detective?
07:04Well, in the morning I shall be interviewing all those who were present at the party.
07:08In the morning?
07:10Yes.
07:10Oh, that's excellent.
07:13You can attend my reading tonight.
07:15Oh.
07:17Amelia Turnberry and Janet Maloney were the dearest of friends.
07:22They had known each other since childhood and grew up in harmony, despite the difference
07:29in both their class and religion.
07:32Amelia was to the manor born.
07:35Or at least she carried herself as such.
07:38Whilst Janet would never have been given the chance to rise above the station, their religion
07:44permitted.
07:44And it was on that cold November day that Janet went missing.
07:55I'm not sure how much more I want to hear of this.
07:58Oh, don't be daft, Margaret.
07:59It's just a work of fiction.
08:01I know she's a relative, but she's pretty good, eh?
08:03Even though I say so myself.
08:05She does have a keen eye for detail.
08:07Most women do, and it's bloody annoying.
08:09Thomas!
08:10Why don't you let her sit in on your interviews?
08:16Do you think that's a good idea?
08:18Well, you've just said yourself she's got a keen eye.
08:20Let's see what her hearing's like.
08:26Well, if he killed himself, he denied everyone else the pleasure.
08:31I take it he was not well liked?
08:33He was a liar.
08:35He promised me a partnership.
08:36I waited for him to retire, thought I'd hear the magic words.
08:41Nothing.
08:42And that made you angry?
08:44Uh, Miss Nigella Fletcher, she's assisting me on this.
08:49Well, Miss Fletcher, of course that made me angry, but I wouldn't kill him.
08:54I don't believe anyone at the firm would have done that.
08:56Besides, we were in the outer office, celebrating his retirement.
09:00Did no one hear the gunshot?
09:02No.
09:02And you didn't see anyone go into his office?
09:06We were having a party.
09:08Nobody was paying rapt attention to come-ins and go-ins.
09:11You said no one at the firm would kill him.
09:13Now, can you say the same for his clients?
09:16Oh, Mr. Addison had his share of enemies.
09:19Who were they?
09:20Who were they?
09:20Well, the last one to openly threaten him was Adam Burke.
09:27Well, that is a shame.
09:29Trevor was looking forward to retiring.
09:32You were friends?
09:33We were good friends before his wife died.
09:36After that, he became bitter, unpleasant to be around.
09:39I see.
09:40You were overheard uttering threats.
09:43No reason to lie about that.
09:45Our last conversation was an angry one.
09:47Oh, what happened?
09:48You're that writer, aren't you?
09:51Nigella Fletcher?
09:53I am.
09:53My wife was at your reading last night.
09:56She said your book was a corker.
09:58Oh, well, tell her thank you for me.
10:01If we could.
10:03Um, what were you and Mr. Addison arguing about?
10:08He was representing me in a real estate deal, and he cheated me.
10:12How so?
10:13Found it after the fact he was working both sides, buyer and seller.
10:19Oh, isn't that illegal?
10:20It is if it's not disclosed.
10:22Trevor made out like a bandit.
10:24Overvalued the property as well.
10:26I paid much more than I should have.
10:28So, yes, I was angry.
10:31But I wasn't at the party last night, and I certainly didn't kill him.
10:36I take it you can confirm your whereabouts?
10:40I certainly can.
10:42Now, can I ask you, when is your next novel coming out?
10:48Oh, well, it's just in the plotting stage at the moment, and that's why I'm here.
10:53I'm actually thinking of, um, setting it in, in Toronto.
10:56No, I...
10:57Henry?
11:05Did a man named Joanne's calling last night?
11:08Yes, he was wondering where you were.
11:09Why didn't you tell me?
11:10You weren't around.
11:12Did he say where he might be?
11:14I'm not your secretary, Roberts.
11:18Are you worried about him?
11:19Well, he's a trusting fellow.
11:21And in this city, it's good reason to worry.
11:25Well, excuse me.
11:27I need to talk to Detective Murdoch.
11:29I'll take you, too.
11:31And thank you, Henry.
11:32That's right.
11:35She was one step up from the dolly mop.
11:37So that was Mr. Addison's private secretary?
11:40Samantha Leon.
11:41And if that's what you want to call it, go ahead.
11:44He took her on shortly after his wife died two years ago.
11:47Why would this Miss Leon want to kill Mr. Addison?
11:51Well, he finally came to his senses and fired her.
11:55She threatened to kill him.
11:57Seems she's made good on it.
11:58Why are you not interviewing Miss Leon?
12:09We will in time, but for now, we are returning to the scene of the crime.
12:13But why?
12:14When we know who the criminal is.
12:16We don't.
12:17All we have is an accusation.
12:19And every moment that the examination of physical evidence is delayed,
12:22the more chance there is for error.
12:24Oh, I see.
12:25And I've now received new information about the crime.
12:34He said he was a friend of yours.
12:36So you threw him in the cells?
12:38It's what's done to those found drunk and disorderly.
12:40Friend of the police or not.
12:42Are you going to charge him?
12:45You should.
12:46But I'll let it pass.
12:48This time.
12:55Joe, wake up.
13:02Oh, daddy.
13:05Oh.
13:08We all right?
13:10Yeah, yeah.
13:11Yeah, yeah, yeah.
13:13Now that was a whale of a night.
13:15All right.
13:16Let's get you out and cleaned up.
13:18Let's see.
13:19You sure got a lot to offer.
13:21I can take a big bite out of it.
13:23Oh.
13:23Looks like it bit you back.
13:24Let's go.
13:26Lady copper?
13:30Now I've seen everything.
13:31Up and out.
13:33Joe.
13:33Hold your horses.
13:34Do you know her?
13:38I do.
13:40Is she taken?
13:41Oh.
13:41What are you doing?
13:49Well, there is obviously blood on the desk, but I'm endeavoring to find traces of it elsewhere,
13:54which could point to the killer's next steps.
13:58But there is nothing.
14:02The painting.
14:05What about it?
14:06It's askew.
14:11It's empty.
14:18How much money was in there?
14:20I don't know.
14:22Who else was aware of this safe's existence?
14:25Only me, Mr. Addison, and the Trollope.
14:28Have you spoken to her yet?
14:30By all accounts, she wasn't at the party.
14:32That's true.
14:34But she very well could have been in this office.
14:37Take a look at this.
14:41Now.
14:43Now that is clever.
14:44It leads to the street.
14:46Mr. Addison had it built years ago when his wife was still alive.
14:50It gave whomever he was entertaining a chance to make a hasty exit if Mrs. Addison were ever
14:56to arrive unexpectedly.
14:58Ah.
15:00Excellent.
15:01So what happens now?
15:04Constables will look into the backgrounds of each of the employees at Mr. Addison's firm,
15:09and then they will also compare their finger marks for those that were found on the safe.
15:13And if they don't match?
15:14We'll then look at the finger marks of known criminals in police database.
15:18Tedious work.
15:20What?
15:20Necessary.
15:22Right.
15:23Oh.
15:23Where are we now?
15:25Miss Samantha Leon's current place of employment, the dart and dagger.
15:29Oh.
15:29What can I say?
15:34He made promises to me he never kept.
15:36Of course I hated him.
15:37So you weren't troubled by his death?
15:39He fired me, and look where I am now.
15:42Oh, so this is his fault?
15:44I used to work behind a bar, and I would have never let it get to this state.
15:48Miss Fletcher, please.
15:49Of course it's his fault.
15:51He promised to take care of me.
15:53Oh, men rarely tell the truth when a lie can always get them what they want.
15:59Now, if someone had betrayed me, like Mr. Addison betrayed you, I would have done the same thing.
16:05Miss Fletcher, I must insist, please.
16:09Sorry, detective.
16:11Miss Leon, your finger marks are a match for some of those found on Mr. Addison's private safe. Care to explain?
16:18After he fired me, I snuck into his office. You do know about his secret passage?
16:22I do.
16:23Well, I used it to get all of the money he had promised me.
16:27But he had changed the combination.
16:29So you return later, and in a fit of rage, you killed him.
16:33Oh, it's certainly what I would have done.
16:36Well, I am not you, and unlike you, I do have time for my ship to come in.
16:40Oh, just admit it, you killed him.
16:42Miss Fletcher, that is enough.
16:49Thank you for your time, and my apologies.
16:52I'm sorry.
16:59I thought if I pressed her, she'd blurt out something useful.
17:02I apologize.
17:03It's just so thrilling working next to you.
17:05I endeavor to be better in the future.
17:08But does it look true?
17:10That a gambit like that works from time to time?
17:13And sometimes it just serves to scare them off.
17:16This is my...
17:18This is a police investigation.
17:20Not yours.
17:21I understood.
17:28I had watched Amelia Turnberry and Janet Maloney for some time.
17:35The two were arrogant and insufferable.
17:40Janet had recently rebuffed my advances, and Amelia mocked me relentlessly.
17:45The two spent hours in the pub drinking for free of the kindness of the desperate men.
17:52But I had no interest in being one of those men.
17:57And if you would like to know what happened next, this fine establishment has multiple copies of my volume available.
18:14Miss Fletcher, I've read your book numerous times.
18:18Oh, thank you.
18:20And numerous times you adopt the persona of the killer.
18:23Was there a reason for that?
18:24Uh, well, I think it's important as a writer to identify with all your characters.
18:33Um, suspect, victim, and killer.
18:37And how do you do that?
18:39Well, it's not that hard.
18:41For example, have you ever imagined killing someone who's done you harm?
18:46More than once.
18:50Oh, not you, dear.
18:54Then all you have to do is turn your imaginings into reality.
19:01Oh, on paper, of course.
19:03Oh, that's awesome.
19:04That's awesome.
19:06That's awesome.
19:16Constable Roberts, I need you to find out all you can about an Iris and Adam Burke.
19:33He's a real estate agent.
19:35You think they're involved in the murder of that lawyer?
19:37They're persons of interest.
19:38Right away, sir.
19:39So, Murdoch, how is my third cousin twice removed working out?
19:43Well, she certainly has the Brackenreed blood in her.
19:46You say that like it's a bad thing.
19:48Spurgeon, how are you faring?
19:50Well, let's just say now I've seen everything.
19:53How's that?
19:54A man your friend was found gambling with thinks one of the people at the table stole $20 off him.
19:59So, a criminal in the act of committing a crime is reporting a crime against him?
20:03That's about the sum of it.
20:05You know, sometimes I do miss the country.
20:09Well, the country isn't all sunshine and light.
20:10So, she's been harassing a suspect.
20:17Can't say that's something we've not done.
20:19Yes, but we're police officers.
20:21She is not.
20:23I have to say, though, it's a shame that there are no female coppers on the job.
20:27A morality officer is not a copper.
20:29I see.
20:31And why is it a shame?
20:33Well, if a woman is giving you the gears, it wouldn't take long before you would confess to anything just to get her to turn off the tap.
20:40Sir.
20:41It was a joke.
20:42I was joking.
20:43But I do admit, sometimes you women see things that us men are too thick to see.
20:47That's better.
20:48Anyway, Murdoch, I want to thank you for all your efforts.
20:55It won't be much longer.
20:56She'll be leaving soon.
20:57Understood.
20:58Sir, you weren't at the reading last night.
21:00It was darts night at Ryan's.
21:02I wouldn't miss that just for someone reading a book, relative or no relative.
21:07Detective Murdoch.
21:09A Miss Samantha Leon just called.
21:12She needs you.
21:18Oh, don't worry.
21:22She's not dead.
21:23It's amazing the skills one can pick up when one takes a new job.
21:27What happened?
21:28She came in here all full of fire, accused me of murder, said a woman like me is a disgrace to all women.
21:35I asked her to please leave me alone, and when she didn't, I did this.
21:48Ah, the robe has returned.
21:52I thought you had a spot of bother.
21:53Are you all right?
21:54I thought if I talked to her, woman to woman, well, she'd reveal something.
21:59Well, she revealed a cosh from behind the bar.
22:01That's something I wish I had been aware of.
22:04Look, what I did was wrong, Detective, and I sincerely apologize.
22:10Yes, but it wasn't the first time.
22:13Sometimes I get carried away.
22:15Nigella, go home.
22:16Margaret's waiting for you.
22:17Well, let the detective do his job.
22:24So this Miss Leo?
22:25Well, so she might be involved, but I fear Miss Fletcher's actions have made her wary.
22:32I'll get her off your bike.
22:34Sir, I've looked into the backgrounds of both Mr. and Mrs. Burke.
22:38And?
22:38Nothing out of the ordinary, and both can account for their whereabouts of when Mr. Addison was killed.
22:43Very good, thank you.
22:45May I take an early lunch?
22:46I'm hoping to meet a friend from back home.
22:48Yes, of course.
22:51How is young Robert's fitting in?
22:52Quite well, actually.
22:54I feel he may be bound for better things.
22:56It's a shame his collar will hold him back.
22:59Well, look at you.
23:18What do you think?
23:19Pretty swish.
23:21Definitely swish.
23:23How were you able to afford that?
23:26Here's the thing.
23:27I woke up in the cells, found there was $20 in my pocket.
23:32You didn't know you had $20?
23:33Well, I did a bit of gambling with a couple of fellas last night, and I guess I won.
23:40You guess?
23:41Things got a little hazy as the night woman.
23:42Enough about my good fortune.
23:46Tell me a bit about that morality officer.
23:50She's quite proper.
23:52I doubt that she'd be interested in you.
23:56No offense.
23:58We'll see about that.
24:03Hey, I thought we were having lunch.
24:04Sorry, Teddy.
24:06Froggy's going courting.
24:06Before you go, sit, please.
24:11Please.
24:16So, one of the men you were gambling with says someone stole $20 out of their pocket.
24:24Oh.
24:26That's a shame.
24:29What about it?
24:32Well, I just think it's funny that you found $20.
24:36Let me tell you, Teddy.
24:39Joe ends is a lot of things.
24:42Not all of them good, but he ain't no thief.
24:47Right.
24:48I apologize.
24:49Well, no murder is undetectable.
25:05Given time, forensic evidence will reveal any method of death.
25:09But just because you find the method does not mean to say you found the perpetrator.
25:14Well, that's Detective Murdoch's job.
25:16Fortunately, he's very good at it.
25:18You must have seen some horrible things.
25:21I have.
25:22Last week, I examined a man's...
25:24Um, let's keep our talk of the grotesque of the morgue, shall we?
25:27Perhaps we could talk about the weather, or...
25:30Well, would you look at that.
25:33Somebody's enjoying a shopping spree.
25:35And at the most expensive shop in town, no less.
25:38Thomas makes me cover my eyes when we walk by.
25:41Now, that woman is a suspect in Mr. Addison's murder.
25:46And apparently, a very large amount of money was stolen from Mr. Addison's firm.
25:51And walking out of the most expensive shop in town?
25:54You think she's a killer?
25:56I certainly think it's possible.
25:57Miss Fletcher?
26:06Um, before you start, Tommy has spoken to me,
26:10and I do realise I have been an unnecessary burden.
26:14Ooh, a book.
26:16Have you been enjoying it?
26:17More than I thought I would, yes.
26:20What can I do for you?
26:22I saw Miss Leon exiting Madame Pommery's dress shop.
26:30Is that?
26:31Yeah.
26:32Well, I did wonder.
26:34I mean, how could she afford to shop there?
26:38I'm just a concerned citizen providing the police with some information.
26:48Detective Murdoch?
26:50Yes.
26:50I'll be right there.
26:56Do you promise to stay out of my way?
27:05Teddy?
27:07Teddy?
27:07Joe?
27:09Teddy?
27:10Decided to spend some time with your old friend.
27:14What's wrong?
27:14A couple of men following me.
27:15Men? What men?
27:16I don't know.
27:17It might have been a couple of the fellas I was playing cards with.
27:19Might have?
27:20You know, it's a bit foggy.
27:22Teddy, let me in, please.
27:22I think I'm in trouble.
27:24All right.
27:32Looks like he's not the only one.
27:33I don't know.
27:34Somebody must have followed her back from the shop and robbed her.
27:51Well, that's one theory.
27:53I suppose so, but if she did kill Mr. Addison, then she got what she deserved.
27:58Is that from the law firm?
28:00It appears to be.
28:02So, I was right about her all along.
28:04Here it is.
28:22Same caliber bullet that killed Mr. Addison.
28:26Coincidence?
28:27What do you think, Miss Hart?
28:30The more time I spend in here, the less inclined I am to believe in them.
28:34So, she killed Mr. Addison, and then someone used the same weapon to kill her?
28:40Wouldn't you say so, Detective?
28:42I would not.
28:43What would you say?
28:44I would say that there is something terribly convenient about all of this.
28:50Miss Hart?
28:51Well, Detective, I shall await the time that you come to the same conclusion that I have.
29:01You sound very certain of that.
29:05It's, um, it's my final reading tonight.
29:08Will you be there?
29:10I will endeavor to attend.
29:13Detective.
29:15Your telegram from Dr. Ogden has arrived.
29:18Thank you, Paul.
29:21Oh.
29:24Right, and I would like to send another, please.
29:29Yes, sir.
29:31Amelia was beside herself.
29:34Her dearest friend had been missing for over three days.
29:39And the police did nothing.
29:44It only strengthened her belief that the life of a young woman meant nothing to the powers that be.
29:49But Amelia could not accept the fact that her best friend was dead.
29:56She knew she was out there, somewhere, suffering.
30:00And at that moment, Amelia did something she knew the police would never do.
30:08Dedicate her life to finding the fiend who had killed her friend.
30:14All the while afraid that she herself may be the next victim.
30:22Now, you can rest assured that though my character holds the police in very low regard,
30:35that is certainly not the case for the author.
30:38However, I have been fortunate to have borne witness to the skills and acumen of the great Detective Murdoch.
30:48And I have been more than a simple witness.
30:58In fact, we are well on the way of solving a dastardly murder case in this fair city.
31:06What are you doing in my home?
31:15Thirsty.
31:17And he's got our money.
31:18I didn't take your money.
31:19Never said you did.
31:21Then what?
31:22Rick here stole money at the poker game, left it in your coat pocket by accident.
31:26That doesn't make any sense.
31:28I was tree sheets, taught his coat was mine.
31:30Signed it over.
31:30I can't.
31:35Why?
31:36I spent it.
31:38You little ways.
31:39I used to believe it's not your business.
31:41It sure is.
31:42I'm a police constable.
31:43You're a copper.
31:46That's rich.
31:47Leave now or you're in trouble.
31:48We'll leave when we get what we're owed.
31:52Strip off those glad rags.
31:54Teddy?
31:55We're getting something out of this.
32:00I don't think you have a choice, Joe.
32:04Do what the man says.
32:18Sir?
32:18What have you, Henry?
32:20I found nothing.
32:20All of the employees at Addison are accounted for and none of them have ever been found guilty of any wrongdoing.
32:25It may have been that secretary all along, sir.
32:28Don't be so sure.
32:29Miss Fletcher.
32:29I know you told me to stay out of it, but I think I've found something of interest.
32:34Thank you, Henry.
32:36What have you found?
32:37Something your constable didn't.
32:39Then what's that?
32:41Well, your suspicion that this was not a random robbery got me thinking.
32:48Now, could this attack be by someone who knew that Miss Leon stole the money?
32:53Someone known to her.
32:55Exactly.
32:56And look at this.
32:59Now, it seems that until two years ago, Miss Daphne Potter did not exist.
33:07Not exist.
33:09What do you mean?
33:10There is no record of her assistance before she became an employee at Addison's firm.
33:19None.
33:20No.
33:20There's no record of previous employment.
33:23There's no birth record.
33:25Nothing.
33:25Nothing.
33:26She is a phantom.
33:30And may I come with you?
33:32I very much doubt I could stop you.
33:33Miss Daphne Potter, what are you doing?
33:45I'm leaving.
33:46Simply collecting what is mine.
33:49And it appears some things are not.
33:53He was my ex-husband.
33:58No one knew.
34:00The two of you were divorced, but you continued to work together.
34:05Well, I didn't have a choice, and he paid me well.
34:10Why did you tell no one of this?
34:14Trevor had just started his firm.
34:17He feared that knowledge of our divorce would hurt his career, so he insisted that we keep
34:24our past relationship a secret.
34:26He also told me I would be well taken care of when he retired.
34:30And then Samantha Leon came along.
34:34She certainly did.
34:36And she stole his heart.
34:37No.
34:39My husband would have fallen for a turn of the ankle in a woman of low character.
34:47For two years, I watched them carrying on.
34:52It was humiliating.
34:54Didn't he fire her?
34:56Oh, it was a ruse.
34:57I saw it as plain as day.
34:59Miss Leon, you brought disgrace to this firm.
35:02You're dismissed at once.
35:03Please.
35:04Please.
35:04Please.
35:12The steam chip tickets were all the proof that I needed.
35:16He was going to leave with her and the money.
35:21That money was mine.
35:24I sat and watched them in humiliation for two years.
35:28He was not going to give it to her.
35:31She didn't steal the money, did she?
35:34Well, you know the answer to that.
35:37I went to rub it in her face.
35:39When I had...
35:40She was having none of it.
35:41So I made it look like a robbery.
35:48You murdered two people.
35:51Two people who denied me the life that I deserve.
35:55Please escort Miss Potter to the cells.
36:08Miss Potter to the cells.
36:16Sir, telegram you requested just arrived.
36:18You wanted to see me?
36:29Yes.
36:30You apprehended Miss Potter?
36:32I did.
36:33Oh, until I started looking into Miss Potter's background.
36:37I was convinced that Miss Leon was the killer.
36:41But you never thought that, did you?
36:42Well, I found it difficult to believe that deposit slips would be something that Mr. Addison kept in his private safe.
36:49And that led you to believe that they were planted.
36:52What about the money?
36:53What we found in Miss Leon's home was a paltry sum.
36:56Over $5,000 was stolen and we only recovered $50.
37:01Hardly enough to justify murder.
37:03That's a curious phrase.
37:04Does anything justify murder?
37:06That is a question I wanted to ask you as an author.
37:10Please, have a seat.
37:14I finished your book.
37:16Did you like it?
37:17I did.
37:18I did.
37:18Very much.
37:19And you have quite an imagination.
37:22Well, it is a blessing and a curse.
37:26Sometimes I scare myself with what my mind comes up with.
37:30I can imagine.
37:31I mean, sometimes I get taken away with my thoughts.
37:36I hardly know what's real and what isn't.
37:39But you, you must be a very strong man to still believe in goodness after all the nasty business you've seen.
37:47Oh.
37:52What's this?
37:53It's a telegram I received from my wife.
37:56I thought you might find it interesting.
37:58Why would I think that?
37:59Well, as you know from my book, my wife was a coroner.
38:04She and I worked together to solve hundreds of murders.
38:08She currently resides in England.
38:10In her current position, she has access to confidential information, such as coroner's reports.
38:18Oh, is that right?
38:19Yes.
38:19And one such coroner's report looks at the murder of a Felicity Dowling.
38:28And she was murdered in the same town that you resided in almost 20 years ago.
38:36Oh, well, I did not know they'd found her body.
38:40Oh, you knew her?
38:42I knew of her.
38:44I moved away from town just after she disappeared.
38:47In fact, she was the inspiration for my novel.
38:51I think she was much more than that.
39:02Since you've arrived here in Toronto, you have come across the bodies of two murder victims.
39:08Perhaps I'm more like you than you would care to imagine.
39:20I doubt that.
39:21In this particular coroner's report, the coroner goes into great detail about Miss Dowling's injuries.
39:31It's very specific.
39:33And these details were only known to the coroner and the investigating officer, and somehow, yourself.
39:42The first cut severed her Achilles tendon.
39:51This rendered her immobile.
39:55I would have all the time I needed.
39:59And the gag provided me with the silence I desired.
40:06The second cut, again, was only to wound.
40:14I took great pains to avoid all the major arteries.
40:21I wanted her alive as long as possible.
40:28So she could truly pay for what she had done.
40:32In listening to you, I was struck.
40:36You sounded much less like someone reading, and more like someone remembering.
40:45You have no proof?
40:47No.
40:49But I do now have something that I can offer the Sheffield police that they didn't have before.
40:57And what's that?
40:58A suspect.
40:59A suspect.
41:02When did you know?
41:07A second reading.
41:13I will say I didn't do it.
41:16I would expect no less.
41:19But you were right about something you said earlier.
41:24What was that?
41:28Sometimes the eyes don't lie.
41:30You could have brought my bag to me.
41:44Could have.
41:44No, instead, you want to parade me around and you're naked in the...
41:47Oh, Lord.
41:53Everything under control, Constable Roberts?
41:55It is.
41:56It is.
41:56It is.
41:56It is.
41:56It is.
42:00The city treating you well, Mr. Enns.
42:04I've had better times in my life.
42:08Cover yourself, or I'll have no choice but to write you up.
42:10Do you still think I have a chance with you, too?
42:21I didn't think so.
42:24Are you a sweetheart?
42:25I don't know.
42:27You are, aren't you?
42:29Okay, I've got to get mates before dates, but if you want my advice...
42:33I don't think I'll be taking advice from the man walking down the street in his PVDs.
42:37And Nigella admits to being heartbroken when Miss Dowling announced her engagement to a man Miss Fletcher loved.
42:51And that's motive?
42:52You know, Thomas, I never did trust her.
42:56She seems sort of ghoulish.
43:00So you're charging her with murder?
43:02Well, no, I can't.
43:03Then why is she in the cells?
43:05I'm charging her with interfering in a police investigation.
43:08Well, that won't stick.
43:10I all but told her to get involved.
43:11Yes, but I can keep her in our cells until a detective from Sheffield arrives.
43:17Justice will be done.
43:18Well, that's that, then.
43:20I'm sorry, sir.
43:22Oh, that's all right, then, look.
43:23But do me a favor.
43:25Next time I have a relative that visits, please do not arrest them.
43:29Come on, Margaret.
43:30Oh.
43:58Bye-bye.
43:58Bye-bye.
43:59Bye-bye.
44:00Bye-bye.
44:02Bye-bye.
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