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00:01I'm Book and I run a bookshop. You must be here about the job.
00:05You know where I've come from, don't you?
00:07I have a little hobby on the side and I find it's taking me away from the shop more and more.
00:11Well, you must stay with us, mustn't you? Now that you've got the job.
00:14What exactly is it you do?
00:16I sell books.
00:17Yeah, but that's not all, is it? Yesterday, out there at a bomb site.
00:21So you don't think they died in an air raid?
00:23Inkerman Street was already empty, wasn't it, Mr. Bessart?
00:26Scheduled for demolition.
00:28It's a chaotic world, Jack. I have a system.
00:32Do you think it was suicide?
00:34Why would a chemist kill himself with something as horrible as prussig acid?
00:38It's murder.
00:39There's a daughter, isn't there?
00:41A right money-grabbing little cow.
00:43And then she has the gall to run off with him.
00:47Well, Dad was convinced that Mickey was thieving.
00:49Got the chemist's will through, sir. Daughter doesn't get a beam.
00:55This is a sacred charge, you understand that?
00:57I wouldn't ask this of you if I didn't think you were ready more than that.
01:01That you were the one creature on this earth to whom I could entrust this.
01:05This message must go to Trotty and to no one else.
01:09Is that clear?
01:11Is that clear?
01:13Good boy. Off you go.
01:27Morning.
01:28Morning.
01:29Uh, Doc, stay.
01:31Can I help you?
01:34Oh.
01:35Yes.
01:37With wallpaper, that is. It's a little early for that.
01:40For what?
01:42Never mind.
01:44I'm looking for a Mrs. Book.
01:46You found her.
01:47Wow, that's a crying shame.
01:49What is?
01:50You're married, that is.
01:52Can I help you?
01:55Yeah, yeah.
01:56You got a message from your husband.
01:58Said you were having problems with your alternator.
02:00Why?
02:01In the car.
02:02It's what I do, see, cars.
02:04I see.
02:05I missed a book sent for you, did he?
02:07Yeah.
02:08Yeah.
02:09I mean, no idea why he didn't go with someone more local, but I'll not say no.
02:13Got to go where the work is, right?
02:15Great.
02:17Oh.
02:19Got a light.
02:21Yeah.
02:22Yeah, yeah, hang on.
02:23Somewhere here.
02:24One minute.
02:25Um.
02:28What the hell have they got?
02:31They had a reading somewhere.
02:34Where's that last book at you looking at?
02:36Um.
02:39Ah.
02:41Here we are.
02:49Ta.
02:51So you are a mechanic, Mr...
02:55Mickey.
02:56Mickey Hall.
02:58And, uh, yeah.
02:59Yeah, I've got a garage.
03:00Mile end.
03:01All yours?
03:02Well, no, me and the, um...
03:05Oh, yeah.
03:06Yeah, all mine.
03:08I see.
03:10Um.
03:12If you'll excuse me a moment.
03:14I need to lay my hands on a...
03:16Well, find my car.
03:19Right-o, yeah.
03:20Well, I ain't going anywhere, so I'm, uh...
03:35The very man.
03:37Oh, good morning, Mrs Buck.
03:39Ah.
03:40Morning, Eric.
03:41I wonder if you'd be an absolute darling for me, Eric.
03:43Anything for a lady?
03:44As I recall, Sheila's a proud owner of a rather splendid Daimler.
03:47Yeah, she's got a car on this.
03:48Yeah, is she in?
03:49Can I just pop in to ask to borrow the car?
03:51Nothing about that.
03:52I'm sure she wouldn't mind.
03:53It's just parked round the back.
03:54I'll get the keys for you.
03:56Hello.
03:57Hello.
03:58What's up?
03:59Ah.
04:00Puncture, I think.
04:01As bald as daddy.
04:02I told him these wheels won't get me to Cambridge.
04:05I don't suppose you could help me out.
04:06It's not really my department.
04:07I'm just looking after the place.
04:08I'd be most awfully grateful.
04:09Oh, yeah.
04:10All right.
04:11I'll see what Mickey's got.
04:12Oh.
04:13Thanks, Elvis.
04:14Oh.
04:15Thanks, Elvis.
04:16Oh.
04:17Thanks, Elvis.
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04:20Thanks, Elvis.
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04:35Hello.
04:36There must be a repair kit back here somewhere.
04:37I really appreciate this.
04:38I feel like he puts things in those random places.
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07:29The ordinary, I mean, you have enough trouble starting it?
07:33You didn't mention it.
07:36Maybe I should put my specs on.
07:38Maybe.
07:38Thank you very much, Mr. Hall.
07:49That was, uh...
07:50That was quite a ride.
07:52Yeah, not at all, love.
07:55And, uh...
07:55Any time you want to go a bit further.
08:01Sunday, maybe?
08:05Desperately tempting, though, that is.
08:07I find I'm washing my hair that evening.
08:09Besides...
08:10Besides?
08:11I think perhaps your dance card may soon be a little full.
08:18Quick word, Mr. Hall.
08:20Well, isn't this nice?
08:33Who are you?
08:34We thought, Mr. Hall, that it was high time we had a little chat.
08:37Listen, I know my rights.
08:39Straight out of the block.
08:41Disappointing.
08:41Dear me, Mr. Hall.
08:43One point deducted already.
08:44Point?
08:44What are you talking about?
08:46Listen, you can't stick anything on me.
08:48There you go again.
08:50Aye?
08:51Textbook.
08:52Quotidian.
08:53Banal.
08:54What?
08:55You see, the inspector and I have been through this routine a hundred times.
08:58A thousand.
08:59You have no idea how tedious it is having to listen to the same old stock responses from gnarly old lags like something from the musical.
09:07Hold your hand out, you naughty boy.
09:10Hold your hand.
09:10That's probably enough of that.
09:11So here's the question that you would ask, were it not for your fear of me dinging you.
09:18Why would I want to kill poor Mr. Harcup?
09:21Well, why would I?
09:22I wouldn't hurt a fly.
09:23I never did it.
09:25But you admit to going to the shop.
09:35Yeah.
09:36Yes, all right.
09:37I went there to talk things through.
09:39To reason with him.
09:39Now me and Marula got a little one on the way.
09:41Oh, did you go with the express intention of filching the Jade Elephant and replacing it?
09:46That's a dirty lie.
09:47Oh, bravo.
09:48Haven't heard that one in a while.
09:50Should have put copper at the end, though.
09:51What?
09:52That's a dirty lie.
09:52Copper is much more effective.
09:54But you ain't a copper, is you?
09:56Oh, fair point.
09:57No, I ain't.
09:58Isn't.
09:59Aren't.
10:00But I do have a special letter from Churchill.
10:04So?
10:04Anyway, you can't prove that I did that.
10:06No, but it's very probable you'll admit.
10:08What happened then?
10:09I waited outside the shop.
10:13I knew he'd be in.
10:14He never goes anywhere except Mondays and Thursdays.
10:16Played dominoes down the pool.
10:18I waited too well after seven, but there was no sign of him.
10:20So you went into the flat?
10:22No sign of him.
10:24But first she come out.
10:25Who?
10:26The char.
10:28Mrs. Dredge.
10:30Coming out of chemist, acting all shifty.
10:32Yeah, well, you know all about her.
10:33She had something in her coat.
10:35Trying her best to keep it hidden.
10:39Didn't let her see me, obviously.
10:41When was this?
10:43About six.
10:44Now go on.
10:47Then someone else come.
10:48But it's my Piccadilly Circus on your name, look.
10:50Couldn't see him properly, what me eyes and that.
10:52Oh, yes, we've heard all about him.
10:54But it was a hymn.
10:57I do know the difference, mister.
10:59Your reputation precedes you.
11:03And he was all bundled up.
11:06Scarf.
11:07Overcoat.
11:10After he left, I went to the flat.
11:14The door was shut, but I know my way around a lock, so...
11:17In I went, and...
11:19That's when I found him.
11:24Marula's dad, that is.
11:25Stone dead.
11:26So naturally, you thought you should call the police.
11:29Well, that wouldn't have been a very wise thing to do, would it?
11:31I almost just legged it.
11:34And then I remembered about the ornaments.
11:38The jade figures.
11:40Months ago, he told me about how precious they was.
11:42I...
11:42I thought no one's gonna miss one of them, aren't they?
11:46Alas for you, that wasn't quite the case.
11:50I had my little chess set with me.
11:51So I swapped one.
11:59Then I took off.
12:00Straight home, I swear.
12:02I never killed Harker.
12:04I never even touched him.
12:05He was dead when I got there.
12:06All right, son.
12:06Maybe you're telling the truth.
12:08Maybe you're not.
12:09But let me assure you, if you are lying,
12:11if you think you can take Scotland Yard for a ride,
12:13I'll come down on you so hard,
12:15what you won't be able to see straight till Christmas.
12:19I'll throw the bloody book at you.
12:22Inspector.
12:30Do we believe him?
12:31Bent as dog's hind leg.
12:33Yeah, but is he a murderer, though?
12:35I need to think.
12:40Do you have time to queue?
12:43I'm planning a casserole.
12:59Vicious, stop me, Moorine, love.
13:01Chance would be a fine thing.
13:03Ha, ha, ha, ha.
13:06There.
13:08Come on, Enid.
13:10Sharp now.
13:10It's not going to wrap itself.
13:13Yeah.
13:15She's new.
13:22Out of the way, you.
13:23We'll be all bleeding, eh?
13:26Right.
13:27You're watching.
13:29Over, over.
13:30Under.
13:31Under.
13:33There we go, lovely.
13:34Bye.
13:35All right, come on in.
13:37Let's be having you.
13:41So now to turn you vegetarian.
13:44Our cat brought home a pigeon the other night.
13:48And?
13:49Well, Mrs Bliss was sorely tempted.
13:52We had plenty of pigeons in the war.
13:54Nothing wrong with a bit of pigeon.
13:55Yeah.
13:57Yeah, I know, but now it's all over.
13:58I mean, we want to weigh him a bit higher, don't we?
14:02We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the Starlings.
14:05Right, bugger this.
14:09All right.
14:11Excuse me.
14:12Police business coming through.
14:13Coming through.
14:14Police business.
14:14Police business.
14:16Sorry.
14:16Sorry, madam.
14:17Police business.
14:18Thank you very much.
14:18Oi!
14:19But you're bloody telling like the rest of us.
14:21I'm so sorry, madam.
14:21It's an urgent police business.
14:23One minute.
14:23Oh, madam.
14:24Sorry, I could just ask you to take a few steps outside.
14:27It's an urgent police business.
14:32Afternoon, Eric.
14:33Afternoon, sir.
14:35Now, stewing steak.
14:37I've kept it aside, sir.
14:38You are a prince amongst men.
14:41Oh.
14:43You've got something just there.
14:44Eh?
14:46Oh, excuse me.
14:48Powdered egg.
14:48Bit of a rush breakfast.
14:51How's Sheila?
14:52Well, sir.
14:53Well.
14:54She's driven up to Sheffield.
14:55A nice family.
14:57Yes.
14:59Terrible about George Arkham.
15:01He certainly is.
15:03I knew I.
15:04I'll wager old Basart won't shed any tears.
15:08Huh?
15:08I never got on.
15:10Many are running during the Blitz.
15:13Arkham was a stickler for the rules.
15:15Always on at Mr. Basart for being too slack.
15:18Blackout curtain, showing light, that sort of thing.
15:21Rob your tick.
15:25Right then.
15:26Where are we up to with the murders?
15:28Murder?
15:29There's only one, as far as I know.
15:31Uh, yes.
15:33Well, Mrs. Dredge says she saw the chemist at approximately 6 p.m.
15:37We have only her word for that.
15:39Yes.
15:40Hang it in!
15:41But Mickey Hall did say he saw her leaving the shop around that time with something in her coat she wanted to keep hidden.
15:47Um, and she has a strong motive now we know she inherits the law.
15:50Uh-huh.
15:51So, Harcup appears to have died somewhere between 6 and 10, according to Dr. Calder.
15:57An awful lot could have happened in those four hours.
15:59Weird.
16:00Now, we're presuming the killer called round.
16:03No sign of forced entry.
16:06So, Harcup knew them?
16:07Probably.
16:07I've told you this before.
16:09Hear me out, Mr. Harcup, please.
16:11It's about Maruna.
16:13I suppose you'd better come through.
16:17So, he let them in.
16:20There was some sort of chat.
16:22Ah!
16:24The killer proceeds to pour prussic acid down his throat.
16:32Harcup croaks.
16:33Literally, I should imagine.
16:35But why did he take just the one piece?
16:39Why do I want to grab the love?
16:42Then it would look like burglary.
16:44Whereas he wanted to make it look like suicide.
16:47There we are, sir.
16:48Oh, bless you, Eric.
16:49Oh, um, anything for dog?
16:51I'll spoil you.
16:52You do.
16:53Would you like it, rats?
16:55No, no, no.
16:55He won't mind.
16:57Toodle-pip.
16:58Enjoy your day, gentlemen.
16:59See you later.
17:00See you later.
17:05Ho-ho, Beryl.
17:07Hello.
17:08Mrs. Dredge has motive and opportunity.
17:11Mickey Hall, motive and opportunity.
17:13What about Marula?
17:15Mickey says the bundled-up stranger is a man.
17:17Yeah, but then he would.
17:18If they were in it together.
17:22Did they know that Harcup was going to disinherit them?
17:27Hello, Jack.
17:29Sir?
17:30Ah, ah, ah.
17:31Not for you.
17:40What have you done?
17:42Oh, tidied up.
17:45Tidied up.
17:46Oh, dear.
17:48Well, you said you wanted things cataloguing.
17:50So I need to put it in a proper order.
17:53You've only done these shelves so far.
17:56Yeah, sorry.
17:57Takes time, you know.
17:58Thank God.
17:59Put it all back.
18:01Eh?
18:01Put it all back just as it was.
18:03I told you I have a system.
18:04You said that-
18:05Catalogue it, I said.
18:06Not desecrate it.
18:08Christ.
18:10Bulk.
18:14I'm sorry.
18:17Me said soon as men did, eh?
18:24Well, I think I might have done something right.
18:26You found something?
18:29Yeah, I have.
18:30Yeah, I have.
18:32It's been cleaned recently.
18:36The residue you can see.
18:38That's remains of silver polish.
18:40Meaning?
18:41Meaning that it got into the ground recently.
18:44Probably dropped.
18:45Oh, something far more sinister.
18:49What are you getting at?
18:521665, year of the plague.
18:54Yeah.
18:55Very specifically, the year of the plague.
18:57Not a year or two before.
18:58Capital.
19:01Too convenient.
19:02Horribly.
19:03Where better to hide a tree than in a forest?
19:0711 skeletons in the plague pit from the 17th century and the 12th from 1946.
19:13Oh, bloody hell.
19:16You said earlier, murders, plural.
19:19Yes.
19:21Linked?
19:21Oh, I should think so.
19:23Top of the class, Jack.
19:24Really, I should give you the afternoon off to go to the pub.
19:26So, I will.
19:28More specifically, the bull.
19:30Where the late Mr. Harkup used to play dominoes.
19:32Take Nora.
19:33Nora?
19:34I believe you've met.
19:36She's good at this sort of thing.
19:38You could learn a lot.
19:46Ah.
19:48Something.
19:49Very much something.
19:54What's this?
19:55A list of addresses and a very particular question.
19:58I'd be ever so grateful if you'd go on a little field trip for me.
20:01All right.
20:02If you cook tonight.
20:04I am.
20:05Casserole.
20:05Oh, casserole.
20:06Oh, casserole.
20:07Ah.
20:07Oh, casserole.
20:07Oh, casserole.
20:10Oh, my God.
20:40Oh, my God.
21:10Very irregular, this.
21:15Kiddies on the premises.
21:17I'm not a kid.
21:18You look like one.
21:20Appearances can be very deceptive.
21:23I'll have a drink if that's what you're worried about.
21:25That would make it worse.
21:27She'll have a lemonade.
21:28Oh, what?
21:30And I'll have a bottle of mild, please.
21:33All right?
21:35Thanks.
21:38You'll have to get these.
21:39What?
21:40I haven't got any money.
21:41I know.
21:43Ask Mr. Book.
21:44We'll advance you your wages.
21:45There you are.
21:53Thanks.
21:53Take the change.
21:58You assign, Mr. Harker?
22:01That's right, son.
22:02Every Monday and Thursday.
22:04Sit just over there.
22:05Mr. Well-beloved, the butcher.
22:08Mr. Bass Hart, the RP warden.
22:11Mrs. Akers from the junk shop.
22:13Mr. Quillen, the tailor.
22:15It's like happy families.
22:18Mr. Toovey from the cobblers.
22:19Mr. Harker.
22:20Mr. Oh, God rest his soul.
22:23Yeah.
22:26Are you with the coppers, then?
22:33In a manner of speaking.
22:35I mean, I don't mind.
22:36You know, I was in the force myself back in the day.
22:40Ah, poor old Harker.
22:42Didn't seem the type.
22:44You know, to do himself in.
22:46But then, do they ever.
22:48I know.
22:49No, we had a teacher.
22:51Life and soul drowned herself in a weary of a man.
22:53How was he?
22:54When you last saw him?
22:56Well, that's the thing, you see.
22:58I saw Mr. Harker just the day before.
23:01Oh.
23:01Yeah, very out of character it was.
23:04Yeah, he marched in here in the middle of the day.
23:07He was a man of very regular habits.
23:10So, it did seem a bit queer.
23:13Yeah, it seemed like he had a lot on his mind.
23:16Said he was sitting on a secret.
23:19Obviously, eating him up a bit.
23:21Did you get it out of him?
23:22The secret?
23:24Ah, not at first.
23:25No.
23:25More than my life's worth, he said.
23:28He said that?
23:29His very words, son.
23:31And the next day?
23:33Dead.
23:34Did he, um, elaborate?
23:40Yes, son.
23:41Eventually, he did.
23:45Now, Mr. Harker was a very upright citizen.
23:49You see, he suspected one of his pals was cheating at Spotty's.
23:56Spotty's?
23:58Spotty's.
24:02Domino's.
24:03Oh, that was smashing.
24:18Well, Kez's uses.
24:21Better than what you're used to.
24:24Oh, yeah.
24:26So, uh, you were saying, uh, Scarlet Fever?
24:31Well, that's what brought us together, yes.
24:35We met on the Scarlet Fever ward when we were, what, both 12?
24:40And so, what?
24:42You fell for each other right from the off?
24:45Uh, it wasn't quite like that, no.
24:48Profitable day?
24:54I'm not sure.
24:56I put my foot right in it.
24:58Oh?
24:59I tried to tidy Mr. Book's bookshelves.
25:02I mean, I don't think I did too much damage, but...
25:06And then I was out and about with Nora, detecting.
25:10Well, it certainly put some colour in your cheeks.
25:14So, go on, then.
25:14Well, if you didn't fall for each other straight away,
25:19when did you know?
25:23You'll forgive me, my dear,
25:24but we'll have to know each other rather better
25:26before such confidences are exchanged.
25:29Oh, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
25:30I didn't mean to overstep, but...
25:32No, not at all. You haven't.
25:35I do hope we'll become fast friends, Jack.
25:39It's complicated.
25:41That's all.
25:44Book and I weren't separable for years.
25:48And then...
25:50Life got in the way.
25:58Love is where it falls, isn't that what they say?
26:08Couldn't trouble you for a lie, could I?
26:10Sorry, I...
26:11I don't smoke.
26:17Sure?
26:17I don't know.
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