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00:00Something different for me. Every day's the same.
00:04I thought you'd hired me to work on an actual case.
00:07This is the job I'll hire you to do. Do it or don't do it.
00:09I'm trying my best to do as he asks, forge a working relationship.
00:13On behalf of Scotland Yard, I would like to welcome you all to our new clerical office.
00:17I look forward to working with you.
00:30I look forward to working with you.
01:00You're going to be late.
01:05I know, I know.
01:07You look nice.
01:10How are things to Scotland Yard?
01:12Wonderful.
01:13Inspector Blake is such a gentleman, so considerate.
01:16Quite the nicest person I work for.
01:19Thank you for that.
01:20You don't count.
01:21Again, thank you.
01:23I'll do them.
01:25And yes, I'll do them properly.
01:27Now, get your things and go.
01:29Butt coat, hat, bag now.
01:31Good morning, my dear.
01:33Oh, Barnabas, I'm so sorry.
01:34I don't have time for breakfast.
01:36I need to be in early today.
01:38So much to do.
01:39This is the third time this week we will miss breakfast together.
01:41And it is the cornerstone of our day.
01:43There's Tina Pop, bread and jam on the table.
01:46Lizzie will keep you company.
01:47Miss Scarlet?
01:48What?
01:48What?
01:49Hmm.
01:56Scarlet?
01:58Mr. Potts?
02:06I've never seen Ivy this happy, Mr. Potts.
02:08So we all have to make adjustments.
02:10I am aware of that.
02:19I do not wish to be seen as a stick in a mud, but I am a man of routine.
02:25Because without routine, Miss Scarlet, there is anarchy.
02:27Well, I am a very busy day ahead of me.
02:33Clarence is visiting his mother for a few days and I'll be alone in the office.
02:37So perhaps I can trouble you for one more break in your routine?
02:41To assist me with the dishes.
02:43Miss Scarlet, I am yet to take my morning tea, let alone peruse the latest headlines.
02:48Mr. Potts?
02:49Miss Scarlet, if we work together, then Ivy will be free this evening to give you time
02:53and attention rather than doing the washing up.
02:59Anyway, but I have a specific method when it comes to the cleaning of dishes, which I
03:06must insist we adhere to.
03:09Right.
03:10Right, indeed.
03:13I do confess, it's been difficult to tear myself away from this morning's news.
03:19The front page stories are grimly compelling.
03:22Are you aware of the Thames Reaper?
03:25I am indeed.
03:26I've been following the story with great interest.
03:29Four murders in three short months.
03:32And then nothing.
03:34Until now, he has written a letter to the morning herald,
03:38advising he plans to kill again.
03:41Goodness.
03:44It sent a chill down my spine when I read that the Thames Reaper is back.
03:49We will not be safe in our beds until he is caught.
03:54It pains me to say this.
03:56There are times when I truly believe there is something rotten at the heart of this great nation.
04:04Intriguing.
04:05You don't mind if I take this, do you, Mr. Potts?
04:08What?
04:08No, no, no, Miss Scarlet, Miss Scarlet.
04:14Anarchy!
04:14All right.
04:44All right.
05:15I think you need to refer back to what you said already.
05:18Indeed.
05:19Mr. Barnes?
05:19What?
05:21My name's Eliza Scarlet.
05:23I wondered if I might have a moment of your time.
05:261,200 words by 4 o'clock.
05:281,200?
05:29Yes, sir.
05:30That'll do, lady.
05:36Well, if you're looking for work, I already have a secretary.
05:40I'm a private detective, Mr. Barnes.
05:43And I would very much like to help your newspaper solve the mystery of the Thames Reaper.
05:48You have some information?
05:51I have a number of theories and insights, as well as leads that...
05:55Madam, I'm the editor of a national newspaper.
05:58I have no shortage of people who chase up leads.
06:00They are called journalists.
06:01And this building is full of them.
06:05It's been almost a year since the first murder.
06:08And no one, not the police, not your newspaper, nor any of your competitors, has the slightest idea who this Thames Reaper is.
06:15This case needs fresh insight.
06:19And I will work around the clock, seven days a week, to bring you answers.
06:24And you would want to be paid for that, I presume?
06:28Well, that is customary when someone provides a service, yes?
06:31Hmm.
06:36You bring me something new, something I don't already know, and then perhaps I will hire you.
06:45Mr. Bailey, my name's...
06:57I know exactly who you are.
06:58There are not many lady detectives in London.
07:01Pleasure to meet you, Miss Gull.
07:04I hear it was you who broke the story of the Thames Reaper.
07:09Guilty as charged.
07:11In fact, these are my notes.
07:15Oh, 1,200 words by four o'clock.
07:17Exactly.
07:19So, um, what brings you here?
07:23Well, I also have an interest in the Reaper case.
07:26And now that he's returned, I ask that your editor hire me to do my own investigation.
07:30Well, uh, best of luck.
07:32The man has short arms and very long pockets when it comes to paying even his own staff.
07:37Well, we've agreed that if I do find any new information, he will indeed pay me a fee.
07:41And it occurred to me that, um, well, perhaps it might benefit us both if we share any insight that we might have on the case.
07:49The Reaper stories transformed the fortunes of the Morgoneros.
08:01We were on the verge of closing due to poor sales.
08:04It's a dreadful thing to say, but these murders have kept us all in a job.
08:08How did the story come to your attention?
08:13In November of last year, a body was found on the banks of the Thames near London Bridge.
08:19A young man in his early twenties appeared he'd drowned.
08:23There was little other information, not even his name.
08:26Normally I would have ignored it, but it was a slow news day, so I wrote a couple of hundred words that ended up hidden away on page six.
08:32No other newspaper reported it, and I gave it no more thought.
08:35Then, the next day, a letter arrived.
08:44It was typed on plain paper and written all in lowercase.
08:49It simply read, Edward Sleeps by London Bridge.
08:53I had no idea what it meant, but the mention of London Bridge made me think of the drowning the day before.
08:58I spoke to a police contact and managed to get the name of the dead man.
09:02As the letter said, it was indeed Edward.
09:06Edward Turnbull.
09:09Had his name been released to the public?
09:12No.
09:13And the letter was posted the day before my story was published.
09:17Compelling evidence that whoever wrote the letter murdered the victim.
09:20What happened then?
09:23I wrote a bigger story, mentioning the mysterious letter.
09:28It was a full-page article, this time on page two.
09:33Word began to spread.
09:35Sales went up.
09:38Mr. Barnes, our editor, requested follow-up articles, pouring over every detail.
09:41By the end of the week, it was front-page news.
09:47Three weeks later, another body was found.
09:50In a different part of the river.
09:52And another letter arrived.
09:58Again, the location and name correct.
10:01Again, it was lowercase, anonymous, and formatted in the same precise fashion.
10:06It became our front-page stories for days, if not weeks on end.
10:12Circulation began to rise.
10:14I've never seen Mr. Barnes so happy.
10:16Then keep it up.
10:17I shall do.
10:18Won't you?
10:19Good lad.
10:24And the next victim was a month later.
10:28Found up the river near Richmond.
10:30It was around this time, someone in our office, I can't remember who,
10:34began to use the moniker.
10:36The Thames Reaper.
10:38I didn't like the name.
10:40But Mr. Barnes insisted we used it.
10:43There is something of a circus ringmaster about him.
10:48And the fourth victim followed the same pattern?
10:50Exactly the same.
10:52But that was six months ago, and I believe that's been an end to the killings.
10:55Until yesterday, when he wrote again.
10:58This time simply saying, I have returned.
11:01Morning, Bob.
11:15Good morning, Ivy.
11:16For filing.
11:17Oh!
11:17Get a move on.
11:18What?
11:19What?
11:19Come on.
11:21Come on.
11:22Come on.
11:22Come on.
11:25Morning.
11:26Morning, Ivy.
11:33Morning.
11:38Come.
11:41Morning, Inspector.
11:41Miss Woods.
11:43How are you today?
11:44Very well, thank you.
11:45You carry on like this.
11:46You'll be stronger than any man here.
11:48I've managed to find those records from Clark.
11:52And, well, that's the original.
11:54These are the copies.
11:55Most efficient.
11:57And how is Miss Scarlet coping without you?
11:59Well, she's been very accommodating.
12:01So there'll be a hot dinner waiting for you when you return home this evening?
12:06I wouldn't go that far.
12:07Was there anything else you needed?
12:11Yes, but I think you have quite enough to deal with already.
12:13Nonsense.
12:14What is it you need?
12:15The new desk sergeant.
12:16What's his name?
12:17Bernard.
12:18He has written up a duty log for last night, but his handwriting is illegible.
12:21Leave it with me.
12:22I'll type it up and you'll have it in an hour.
12:23That's exactly what I hoped you would say.
12:26Oh, and these need to be copied and filed.
12:28They're urgent, sir.
12:29You would rather they didn't go in the general filing train?
12:32You read my mind.
12:33I'll see to it myself.
12:35Miss Woods, you're a credit to this department.
12:58What are the postmarks on the letters?
13:05From all over the city, each one from a different borough.
13:07And where are the letters now?
13:09With the police, which is rather vexing since each body was found in the river at a different
13:14location.
13:15The case spans several jurisdictions.
13:17It's the City of London Police, the Surrey Police, the Bow Street Division.
13:25You really think you can find something new?
13:29I can certainly try.
13:33And you've no idea why he's resurfaced?
13:35Not a clue.
13:37Mr. Biley?
13:38Yes.
13:41Telegram for you, sir.
13:47I'm being called back to the office.
13:49Another letter's arrived.
13:50Thank you, Mr. Stephens.
14:02I would estimate he's been in the water for a day.
14:06Perhaps a little longer.
14:07There's minimal discoloration of the soft tissue with only slight bloating.
14:17There's an open wound to the back of the head.
14:19Possible blunt trauma injury.
14:21Were you here when he was pulled out?
14:28Yes, sir.
14:30Was he lifted or dragged?
14:33Sir?
14:34Did his feet touch the ground?
14:36No, sir.
14:41Inspector Blake?
14:45Inspector Blake.
14:47Miss Scarlet.
14:51Your business is to see me or him?
14:54Well, both.
14:55May I introduce Mr. Bailey from the Morning Herald?
14:58He's the journalist covering the Thames Reeper story.
15:01You believe this is connected?
15:02I do, yes.
15:03Another letter arrived at our office not one hour ago.
15:10Caleb sleeps by Limehouse Docks.
15:18You're working with his newspaper?
15:19Oh, in a manner of speaking.
15:21I'll need you to give a statement.
15:24Gladly.
15:25Yes.
15:26I was talking to Mr. Bailey.
15:28I do not need a statement from you, Miss Scarlet.
15:30Unless there's something you can tell me that he cannot.
15:34Well, I've just begun my investigation, so not at present, no.
15:37Then I bid you good day.
15:38Let's go Miss Scarlet back to her carriage.
15:40Ah, Mr. Potts.
16:03I'm in urgent need of background information for a case.
16:06May I remind you of our agreement regarding your access to these premises?
16:13You need to state in writing the nature of your business, the name of your client, and the duration of your stay.
16:18With one day's notice.
16:24Is this about the washing up?
16:26No.
16:28Well, not just that.
16:29I'll give you my word.
16:30You will not have to clean another dish for the next week.
16:34Month.
16:34And I want a cooked breakfast or dinner on the days when Ivy is otherwise engaged.
16:42Very well.
16:43I accept.
16:44Hmm.
16:45I take it you can cook?
16:47I'm as good as they come.
16:50Hmm.
16:53We must make haste.
16:55I have a staffing shortage at Orgate Mortuary, which requires my attention.
17:01Understood.
17:01You might be interested to know, Mr. Potts, that it's the Thames Reaper that I'm investigating.
17:07He's killed again.
17:08Indeed.
17:11We've received no cadavers today, so the body is most likely still at the scene or in transit.
17:16It's just background information that I require on his previous victims.
17:20I assume that even though the bodies were found in different parts of the river, that the records have been kept here.
17:24Oh, that is correct.
17:26Yes, we are the central office for all such documents.
17:30Indeed.
17:31Indeed, we have a designated section for all the bodies pulled from the Thames.
17:36Yeah, drunks, careless boatmen, suicides.
17:41We receive four or five bodies from the river each month.
17:46More in February.
17:48Why February?
17:49It's Valentine's Day.
17:52Many young men propose to their sweethearts and are rejected.
17:54I might throw myself in if Ivy doesn't marry me soon.
18:01This job of Ivy's is new and exciting at the moment, but things will settle down.
18:05She used to think they always knew in exciting months.
18:21Details of the coroner's reports on the other victims.
18:23You got access to the coroner's reports after one day.
18:27I wrote to them for months and didn't get a thing.
18:29I have a friend at the city mortuary.
18:32Well, he's not exactly a friend.
18:35It's a long story.
18:37As you know, the cause of death for the previous four victims was drowning.
18:43There was no obvious defense wounds, which, well, would suggest that the killer was someone with physical strength, capable of holding their victims underwater.
18:53My theory has always been that he's some kind of manual worker.
18:57A docker, perhaps.
18:58That was my thinking, too.
19:00The victims were all men in their 20s and 30s, perfectly capable of fighting back.
19:04And certainly the third victim, Alexander Sochnev.
19:08The Russian, yes.
19:09He was well built and over six feet tall.
19:10I noticed there were very few details on his file, just the basics.
19:15Not even a next of kin.
19:17Any idea where I can get more information on him?
19:19As I said, each body was found in the river at a different location.
19:24The main frustration with this case is that the information is spread out across a variety of different police jurisdictions.
19:31There is someone I could perhaps ask for help.
19:39Absolutely not.
19:40It's just a small favor.
19:42A small favor?
19:43That could cost me my job.
19:45I'm not getting you confidential police files, Lizzie.
19:48If you want them so badly, ask Inspector Blake.
19:51He's a very nice man.
19:52So he keeps saying?
19:53He won't change my mind, Lizzie.
19:55You shouldn't ask such things of me.
19:57You're right.
20:00I'm sorry.
20:01I'm sorry.
20:02I shouldn't have asked.
20:04Apology accepted.
20:05Just.
20:09Fine.
20:09I'll ask Inspector Blake.
20:11What time will you finish?
20:12Oh, not for another couple of hours.
20:15Some things to finish up.
20:17First in, last out.
20:19Don't overdo it.
20:20You need your rest too.
20:21I'll be fine.
20:22Now go on.
20:23Off you, Pop.
20:25I'm not five.
20:27You are to me.
20:28How many times, Miss Scarlet?
20:47The door was open.
20:49And I knocked.
20:55I'm here to propose a deal.
20:58One that I believe is mutually beneficial.
21:03The Thames Reaper killings began before you took up your post at Scotland Yard.
21:07The case notes and evidence are spread across London in different police divisions.
21:12And it would take you days, if not longer, to gather the information.
21:15What you need is a concise summary of all the key leads and clues to date.
21:20Names, dates, maps, coroner reports, together with condensed notes and working theories from the last year to the present day.
21:31I've been taking a keen interest in the case.
21:33So I can see.
21:34The latest killings falls under your jurisdiction, but the others don't.
21:41But, given that Scotland Yard is now investigating the case, I'm sure that a request could be sent to gather all the evidence here.
21:48I'm surprised you didn't ask Ivy.
21:49I'd never put her in that position.
21:54So, what do you say?
21:57Hire me and I'll help you catch him?
22:01Why isn't she being paid by the Morning Herald?
22:03And don't lie, remember I can tell.
22:06No, you can't.
22:08My fee's yet to be negotiated.
22:10But, given that the editor would sell his own grandmother for a story, I can't imagine getting money from him would be much more a problem.
22:16If you solve this, he'll pay you more than I can.
22:18It's not just about the money.
22:20Nor is it about the glory of catching him.
22:22Well, maybe just a little.
22:25It's, um...
22:27It's an itch that I just have to scratch.
22:31It's a puzzle to solve, and that puzzle's more likely to be solved working with you.
22:36Working for me?
22:37Semantics.
22:40So, was that an offer?
22:44It was.
22:45On one condition.
22:54I cannot work for both your newspaper and the police.
22:59I'm sure you understand that it's a conflict of interest.
23:03I do.
23:04Absolutely.
23:07You've been very accommodating, thank you.
23:10I've quite restored my faith in your profession.
23:13I haven't had the best experience with journalists.
23:16Neither have I.
23:18In truth, I'm not sure how much longer I'll continue in my present career.
23:21I come from a family of doctors.
23:25My father and three older brothers.
23:29You're something of a black sheep, Mr. Bailey.
23:31Apparently so.
23:32Do you have any siblings?
23:34No.
23:35It's just me and my parents have both passed away.
23:39I'm sure they'd be proud if they could see you now.
23:40I assume you won't be able to share any working theories Scotland Yard might have.
23:51No.
23:52I won't.
23:54No.
23:54The conversation is closed.
23:56And all that is left to say is...
23:58Best of luck, Ms. Scarlet.
24:08I'm not going to tell you...
24:09One more time!
24:10I'm not going to tell you...
24:11Good morning, Ms. Scarlet.
24:17Inspector Blake.
24:18Have you severed your dealings with the newspaper?
24:20I have.
24:22Is that true?
24:23I thought you could tell when I was lying.
24:27Very well.
24:28Come along.
24:31Where are we going?
24:32We have an identification for the latest victim.
24:36I could not believe my eyes when I saw who it was.
24:40Caleb Hunt.
24:42Junior clerk at Allgate Mortuary.
24:45One of my colleagues took delivery of his body yesterday afternoon.
24:48I was out visiting some of the other mortuaries which now fall under my jurisdiction.
24:54Perhaps Ms. Scarlet has mentioned that I've recently been promoted?
24:58She did not.
24:59But congratulations, Mr. Potts.
25:04As you know, there was no identification with the body.
25:06So my colleague, Mr. Wormsley, having never met Caleb, felt to recognise him.
25:11I, on the other hand, met Caleb's acquaintance several times at Allgate.
25:15What can you tell us about him?
25:18A rather odd fellow.
25:21Withdrawn.
25:22Few, if any, friends.
25:25And that's his timekeeping.
25:27Well, I did not exaggerate when I say it was most unsatisfactory.
25:30So, when he did not turn up for work yesterday afternoon, it rang no alarm bells.
25:36Has the post-mortem been completed?
25:37Last night.
25:42Fracture of the skull, just above the nape of the neck.
25:46Most likely at the course of death.
25:48Not drowning like the others.
25:51Oh, the lungs of a drowned cadaver would be filled with water due to involuntary inhalation.
25:56His lungs were empty.
25:58So he was dead before he entered the water?
26:01There were scuff marks on the heels of his boots.
26:03I would wager he was dragged to the river and been killed somewhere else.
26:05Where did he live?
26:08Limehouse.
26:09Not far from where his body was found.
26:12Do you have the address?
26:12Something else about this latest murder that's different from the others.
26:29The letter sent by the reaper arrived the same day that the body was found.
26:34One of the others, it was a day later.
26:36What do you think caused this change in behaviour?
26:39Perhaps something forced him to panic?
26:43Or someone?
26:44Come on.
26:45Caleb's lodging room must be up here.
26:49Good God.
27:05That man was obsessed.
27:19Caleb Hunt's murder was no random killing.
27:25Go to Scotland Yard and get some men to help with the search.
27:28I've sent a message to the yard.
27:36Uniform will be here shortly to help with the search.
27:39We're perfectly capable of searching the room ourselves.
27:42It's called following procedure, Miss Scarlett.
27:44We should try it sometime.
27:46Besides, we may miss something.
27:48I make it my business not to miss a thing.
27:54Cheerful fellow, wasn't he?
27:55Still, everyone needs a hobby, I suppose.
28:02He worked in the mortuary and saw first-hand the victims.
28:05Perhaps he was carrying out his own investigation.
28:07Perhaps.
28:09Or he got too close to the killer's identity and became the next victim.
28:14It's also the possibility that he himself was the killer.
28:18Perhaps the last victim fought back and killed him in self-defence.
28:22I would wager this was a key to a safe deposit box.
28:38I've seen similar before.
28:41It's a Nazi mod that a man who lived in such squalor would have need for a safe deposit box.
28:44It's not only valuables people wish to hide.
28:48Secrets, too.
28:50We need to find out how many banks in London have safe deposit boxes.
28:53I would guess it's between 20 to 30.
28:55I will then need to apply for multiple warrants for multiple banks.
28:57That will take time.
28:59So I doubt we'll be able to pursue this leave for at least a few days.
29:03Or we could just go here.
29:04Bank of Switzerland, Threadneedle Street.
29:07Box 17.
29:07This is most irregular.
29:21Nevertheless, I think you'll find everything covered in the search warrant.
29:25So if you would be kind enough to open box 17?
29:28If you insist.
29:29May I ask, is the box in question registered to a Mr. Caleb Hunt?
29:38The bank does not hold lists of client names here.
29:43No names, no questions, absolute privacy.
29:47I would have thought that was obvious.
29:49Inspector, can you please sign here?
29:58And here.
29:59And here.
30:17Nothing.
30:21Might you be able to give us a description of the account holder?
30:25There are many boxes and many clients in this bank.
30:28I merely give them access to the room.
30:29I don't sit here to see which client opens which box.
30:33What a ridiculous suggestion.
30:35Herr Klinsmann, I shall take you straight down to Scotland Yard,
30:38waste many hours of your time for no other reason than I find your rudeness extremely irksome.
30:42But what I can tell you is that there are two clients registered to this particular box.
30:50Each has their own key.
30:51And the account holder information is not kept here, you say?
30:53It is kept in our head's office in Switzerland.
30:57Then please send a telegram and request the information.
31:01Does your warrant cover Switzerland, Inspector?
31:04No.
31:06But it will.
31:11Pompous jumped up, little clerk.
31:21I can't abide any kind of rudeness.
31:24I seem to remember you were rather rude to me when we first met.
31:27Getting the warrant will take some time.
31:29Given that it's another country, I'll need to speak to the Foreign Office.
31:31Let's meet again when I have what we need.
31:34Well, in the meantime, I'll go through the case notes and see if there's anything I missed.
31:37I thought you made it your business not to miss a thing with Scarlet.
31:51Back to the station.
32:01Good day, Miss Scarlet.
32:13But, er, Mr. Bailey?
32:15I apologise for interrupting.
32:17I won't keep you.
32:18No, er, please.
32:27I have come to make you an offer, to which you will say no.
32:32The whole thing should take no longer than a minute, and then I will let you get on with your day.
32:38I'm listening.
32:41Now that you're working for Scotland Yard, our editor has become far more interested in you.
32:47Mr. Barnes wishes to offer you a fee to pass on any information that you glean from working with Scotland Yard.
32:53All in the strictest confidence, of course.
32:56Does he now?
32:57He wishes me to offer a fee of ten pounds.
33:00However, he confided I have the leeway to go to twenty, if you are a tough negotiator.
33:06Which, I assume you are.
33:09Well, you assume correctly.
33:11But, I'm afraid the answer is no.
33:15Which is what I told my editor you would say.
33:16But he threatened to dismiss me if I didn't at least try.
33:20And, that was me trying.
33:26Well, I shall leave you to your business.
33:29However, our paths may not cross again, so there is something else.
33:35I wondered, might you be free tomorrow evening to dine?
33:43Not to discuss the case, you understand.
33:45Just as, well, as two people who wish to go out to dinner.
33:53Oh.
33:53I shall give you some time to think on it.
34:03You know where to contact me.
34:06Good day, Miss Scarlet.
34:07Good day, Miss DeVaney.
34:23Good Lord.
34:35Good evening, Miss Scarlet.
34:37Mr Potts.
34:39Ivy's not home yet, I'm afraid.
34:42It's nine and eight o'clock.
34:43Why do I bother?
35:03What's troubling you, Miss Scarlet?
35:05I'm tired, I'm hungry, and I don't have the skill or the patience to cook anything edible.
35:09I thought you said you could cook.
35:10Well, I lied.
35:13Sorry, that was uncalled for.
35:18Cooking is a mystery to me, and one that I cannot seem to fathom.
35:22Cooking is no mystery.
35:24Science, plain and simple.
35:26Chemistry, to be precise.
35:35Up you get.
35:37What?
35:38Why?
35:39I am going to teach you how to cook.
35:42Well, you can cook.
35:43Mr Potts.
35:45I don't think I've survived on my own all these years.
35:48In fact, my plum pudding is really rather delicious.
35:52See, cooking is all about preparation.
35:55We do not try to improvise, or, God forbid, see it as some sort of artistic endeavour.
36:00Instead, we plan, plan, and plan again.
36:04If you say so.
36:04I do indeed.
36:05Now, let's clear this little lot up and start afresh, shall we?
36:14So, that's the potatoes done in the bowl.
36:17And we put the bowl at the top of the line, because...
36:24We want all our ingredients in order of usage.
36:27Very good.
36:29Oh.
36:30Oh.
36:30Ah!
36:33It's strangely serene.
36:35It's a feeling quite alien to me when it comes to cooking.
36:38I like this approach.
36:39Well, I, too, find cooking a relaxing pursuit.
36:44However, I must admit I prefer to win Ivy cooks for me.
36:48She's, after all, a wonderful cook.
36:51And a wonderful woman.
36:54Ivy thinks a great deal of you, Mr Potts.
36:57A great deal indeed.
36:58Right.
37:03On to the next stage.
37:07The cooking.
37:08Ah!
37:09The water is now at boiling point.
37:11At an exact temperature of 212 degrees Fahrenheit.
37:15Potatoes, if you please.
37:19Um.
37:22I really must congratulate you, Miss Collard.
37:25You have proved to be an excellent student.
37:28Diligent.
37:29Willing to learn.
37:30Thank you, Mr Potts.
37:31Hmm.
37:32I wish I could say the same for some of my students at work.
37:36In particular, and I don't mean to speak ill of the dead.
37:39Poor Caleb.
37:41Try as I might to teach him, he was not a good student.
37:45I had to correct his administrative errors on more than one occasion.
37:49Including on a cadaver involved in the very case you're working on at the moment.
37:53The, um, the Thames Reaper?
37:55Hmm.
37:55I had made a woeful mistake.
37:59However, I'm a man of detail and Judy corrected it, so no harm done.
38:03What mistake?
38:04Thank you, Mr. Stephens.
38:14Sir.
38:20Take it down, lads.
38:22Sir.
38:22I want everything carefully itemized.
38:27Yes, sir.
38:31So gentle does it.
38:33It needs to remain intact.
38:36Inspector Blake, can I have a moment?
38:38Miss Scarlet.
38:39Last night, I had a conversation with Mr. Potts about Caleb Hunt.
38:48Obviously, I didn't go into details about what we found here, but what I did learn was that, as a junior clerk, one of his responsibilities was to log the possessions found on the corpses that were brought into the mortuary.
38:58According to Mr. Potts, he was rather slapdash.
39:03Sometimes he'd miss things out.
39:05Sometimes he'd make spelling mistakes.
39:07And this was exactly the case with the third victim, a Russian named Alexander Sochnev.
39:13Caleb misspelled the Russian's name.
39:15He spelt Alexander with an X and Sochnev with an F.
39:19Mr. Potts noticed a few days later and corrected it.
39:21But by that time, the reaper had already sent the letter to the newspaper with the exact same spelling mistakes.
39:29So Caleb passed on the identities of the dead to whoever wrote the letters?
39:32Probably in return for money.
39:35And that's why the letters to the newspaper took a couple of days after each body was found.
39:39The reaper had to wait for Caleb to send the information.
39:41Sir?
39:41Sir?
39:51And what have you been up to, Caleb?
39:59It's a blackmail letter.
40:02Caleb Hunt requesting more money since his last demand was ignored.
40:06And if he doesn't receive the money, he can expose the truth about the Thames reaper.
40:12And he was the recipient of the letter.
40:16This is Sidney Barnes' editor, The Morning Herald.
40:21This is ludicrous.
40:30I am no murderer.
40:32I am the editor of a national newspaper.
40:35There is no Thames reaper, Mr. Barnes.
40:37You made him up.
40:38The bodies were just some poor souls found in the Thames.
40:41Accidental deaths, suicides.
40:44And with the help of Caleb Hunt providing identities,
40:46you were able to claim the deaths were the work of some figment of your imagination.
40:50Why on earth would I want to do that?
40:54Perhaps to increase circulation because your newspaper was failing.
40:56I've never even met this Caleb Hunt.
40:59Really?
41:01He was blackmailing someone to give him money in return for his silence regarding the reaper's identity.
41:06And according to his letter, that someone was you, Mr. Barnes.
41:10And I believe this is what accounts for Caleb's murder.
41:12I've had no dealings with this man.
41:18Come.
41:22Sir.
41:23The Bank of Switzerland have confirmed your name as the registered account holder
41:37for a safe deposit box used by Mr. Hunt.
41:41I believe this was a drop-off point for money between the two of you to pay for his services.
41:45I will not say one more word before speaking with my lawyer.
41:55Barnes is denying it, of course, but there's enough evidence to charge him.
42:03Perhaps in the future you might ask before opening my new bottle of whiskey.
42:06Well, I was waiting for a rather long time.
42:13Perhaps if you'd allowed me to attend the questioning.
42:16Are you negotiating with me, Miss Scarlet?
42:20Um, yes.
42:24Perhaps in the future you may attend.
42:27I will think on it.
42:30I will need a full report of the case on my desk, first thing.
42:34First thing?
42:36That's what I expect from my men.
42:37I'll not make exception for you.
42:40Of course.
42:42Is that a problem?
42:44Are you otherwise engaged this evening?
42:48It was a possibility, yes.
42:55Good day in Twitch, Blake.
43:06I may not be home for dinner.
43:15At this rate, neither will I.
43:16You're dining out?
43:19Um, possibly.
43:23With Inspector Blake?
43:25No, not Inspector Blake.
43:27Why would you assume that?
43:28Well, you've been spending much time together recently.
43:30There's someone else.
43:32Someone you haven't met.
43:34Who?
43:35I just said it was someone you haven't met.
43:39He seems like a nice enough man.
43:42But?
43:42I'm not sure I will go.
43:45I don't know him well.
43:47That's the point in spending time together, Lizzie.
43:50Like me and Barnabas.
43:52It wasn't love at first sight.
43:54It was for him.
43:55But once we spent more time together,
43:58we got closer.
44:01Speaking of Mr. Potts...
44:02I'll let you get on.
44:09Scarlet?
44:10Mr. Potts.
44:17Barnabas?
44:18What are you doing here?
44:20I have some exciting news.
44:21Reverend Harvey has had a cancellation next month.
44:25So he wondered if we'd like to book it for our wedding day.
44:29I'm at work, Barnabas.
44:31I'm very busy.
44:32Inspector Blake is waiting on some notes,
44:34not to mention my other duties that I'm neglecting.
44:37But you're shifting soon.
44:38I was hoping to escort you home.
44:41I will be working late this evening.
44:44Again?
44:46I really must get on.
44:49Very well, my dear.
44:52Very well.
45:01I got your note.
45:15I booked a table at Barron's.
45:18Oh, lovely.
45:19Lovely.
45:25You heard about your editor, Mr. Barnes?
45:27The whole office has.
45:31I never warmed to the man,
45:32but I did not think I'm capable of such deceit.
45:36I don't know the full story, of course.
45:38But we have all evening for you to enlighten me.
45:40Do not worry, Miss Scarlet.
45:48I merely tease.
45:50I shall not be trying to coax any information out of you.
45:53I'm very much off duty.
46:00Shall we?
46:01Come.
46:16I got those files ready for you, Inspector.
46:18Miss Woods,
46:19why are you still here?
46:22Oh, well, I had to finish those reports,
46:24and then there was the filing to do
46:26and the log books to transcribe.
46:27But another hour or so, and I'll be done.
46:30You cannot work this amount of hours.
46:32You'll make yourself ill.
46:34I'm fine.
46:35Please.
46:44You do not look fine.
46:50Perhaps I've bitten off more than I can chew.
46:52The truth is, between your needs
46:56and the rest of my duties,
46:58the volume of work is great indeed.
47:02But I still want to do my very best for you, Inspector.
47:06For everyone.
47:09Miss Woods, you're clearly not coping.
47:14So I believe we need to rethink your position.
47:16It's beyond comprehension
47:23that a man could behave such a way.
47:25Not to mention how humiliating it is personally for me.
47:31The paper will be a laughing stock when the news breaks.
47:33And so will I.
47:35I've just spent the last year
47:36writing about a killer who doesn't have to exist.
47:39Perhaps I'll make a career change.
47:42How's the private detective business these days?
47:44Yes.
47:46I apologize.
47:50I promised not to talk about the case
47:52and that is all I've done.
47:55Let us talk about something else entirely.
47:59Like how elegant you look.
48:03I'm only sorry I did not have time to change.
48:05I'd do you an injustice, Miss Scarlet.
48:09You're too kind, Mr Bailey.
48:11As for the case,
48:15I'm more than happy to discuss it.
48:18And the crucial piece of evidence against Mr Barnes.
48:23There was a safe deposit box
48:25in a bank on Threadneedle Street.
48:27It's a place where money was deposited
48:28between your editor
48:30and the mortuary clerk, Caleb Hunt.
48:33We found the clerk's key to the box,
48:36but as yet, no luck with the key
48:38that belonged to Mr Barnes.
48:39Intriguing.
48:42And now I know why.
48:45Because you have it on your key ring, Mr Bailey.
48:47When we left your office,
48:52it wasn't you talking about the case
48:54that unsettled me,
48:55so it was watching you lock up your desk.
49:01And when we arrived at the restaurant,
49:03contrary to what I told you,
49:03I didn't go to the powder room.
49:06I went to the cloakroom
49:07to search your coat.
49:09You invented the Thames Reaper story.
49:19You tried to cover your tracks
49:21by posing as your editor
49:23when you hired Caleb
49:24and did the same
49:25when you secured the safe deposit box.
49:27But when Caleb blackmailed you
49:29with a threat of exposing what you'd done,
49:31you killed him.
49:33I'm not sitting here
49:37and being insulted by this nonsense.
49:39You yourself said the paper
49:40was on the verge of closing.
49:42This was your way
49:43to improve circulation, wasn't it?
49:52I sent a message to Scotland Yard
49:53the moment I found the key.
49:57Lance.
49:57Mr. Bailey was in peace.
50:17It's just been cuffed.
50:19I doubt it'll take much
50:20to get a full confession.
50:25I take it you would like
50:26to attend the questioning.
50:29Yes.
50:30Very much so.
50:33But perhaps next time
50:33you might wish to wear
50:34something a little
50:35less eye-catching.
50:36Barnabas.
51:01Ivy?
51:02You should not be out alone
51:03at this time of night.
51:04I have some use.
51:06Some very exciting use.
51:10Inspector Blake
51:11has asked me to dedicate myself
51:14to his work only.
51:16Like his assistant.
51:18Oh.
51:19Oh, I'm bursting with pride,
51:23my dear.
51:24I've missed you.
51:26I've missed you.
51:28Will you miss me no longer?
51:29From now on,
51:31my house will be more civilised.
51:34What say we have a nice glass of sherry
51:38by the fireside to celebrate?
51:40I wholly endorse that idea.
51:44Perhaps while we sip the sherry,
51:46we can discuss the wedding date
51:48that Reverend Harvey has offered.
51:51Let's just enjoy the evening together,
51:53Barnabas.
51:54We'll talk about it another time.
51:55Of course, my dear.
51:58Of course.
52:00Another time.
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