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00:00Hellooo!
00:13Father?
00:15That's right, but probably not the one you were expecting.
00:19Oh, H.A.
00:22Father? Mrs. Sullivan?
00:25How nice to see you again, Miss Palmer.
00:29Father Lindsay!
00:32What a lovely surprise.
00:34It is indeed.
00:35I come bearing this electrifying invitation.
00:39Oh, Lord Silk is throwing a surprise soiree for my uncle to welcome him back from Rome.
00:45Just the ticket to celebrate before his consecration.
00:48I'm quite sure my uncle wouldn't want any of you to miss it.
00:51It's not exactly something to celebrate, though, is it?
00:53I'm sorry?
00:54What Brenda means is we'll be there.
00:56Splendid.
00:58Also, I must confess to be in need of a favour.
01:02Preparations for the mass of consecration are frightfully behind.
01:05I don't suppose...
01:07Father Lindsay, I'm at your complete disposal.
01:09As is Brenda.
01:10You are.
01:11Marvellous.
01:12Chance to show off your new secretarial skills, Miss Palmer.
01:15Jolly good.
01:16And regarding the party, Mum's the word.
01:20Toodlepip.
01:21Oh dear.
01:23A party with Canon Fox and Father Lindsay.
01:27What could possibly go wrong?
01:29What indeed?
01:30Well, isn't this just spectacular?
01:44Must cost a fortune to eat.
01:48Why is this party in Hambleston anyway?
01:59Lowly Father Fox.
02:01Used to be parish priest here, long before Father Lindsay.
02:05Thank you all so much for coming.
02:07Mrs. Nettles, how'd you see you here?
02:10As my parish secretary, Mrs. Nettles is in charge of the consecration committee.
02:14Oh.
02:15Tell me these aren't the reinforcements you promised me.
02:19Well, yes.
02:20Mrs. Sullivan couldn't organise the opening of an envelope and I wouldn't trust that Palmer
02:25girl to run her back.
02:26We can't hear you, you know.
02:27It's just that St Mary's really hasn't been the same since Mrs. McCarthy left.
02:32This is going to be a disaster, thanks to you.
02:35Oh.
02:36Oh dear.
02:37What a delightful woman.
02:39Mrs. Nettles is aptly named.
02:42Oh.
02:43It must be him.
02:45Everyone round the back.
02:46Quickly.
02:55Bishop-elect Fox.
02:58Oh, Osmond.
02:59How was Rome?
03:01Unbearably hot.
03:02But His Holiness and I saw eye to eye on a great many things.
03:06To say I'm bursting with pride is an understatement.
03:10I'm sure I've seen that contraption somewhere before.
03:13Shall we join Lord Silk in the garden?
03:16I have a number of stipulations concerning my consecration mass.
03:20The first of which is that Father Brown must not be allowed within a mile of it.
03:25Oh.
03:26Really?
03:27Trouble follows him around like a foul smell.
03:30Although, not for much longer, I'm pleased to say.
03:33You know, I really couldn't think of a better place to write the most important speech of my life.
03:38Absolute serenity is a must.
03:40Hooray!
03:41Surprise!
03:42Oh, how nice.
03:43Damien.
03:44Welcome back to our humble abode.
03:45Such an honour to host you before your midday.
03:46The honour is all mine, Lord Silk.
03:47Lady Martha, it is good to see you.
03:48It's been far too long, Bishop-elect.
03:49Farmer!
03:50Farmer!
03:51I don't believe we've had the pleasure.
03:52This is Father Brown of Kembleford fame.
03:53Pleased to meet you, Lord Silk.
03:54Lady Martha, it is good to see you.
03:55It's been far too long, Bishop-elect.
03:56Farmer!
03:57I don't believe we've had the pleasure.
03:58This is Father Brown of Kembleford fame.
03:59Pleased to meet you, Lord Silk.
04:00Lady Martha.
04:01Your reputation precedes you.
04:02I'm a chum of Lady F's.
04:03Do you see?
04:04Oh, a bit of a sleuth right here.
04:05Quite simply, the best.
04:06Canon Fox.
04:07May I offer my warmest wishes in advance of your consecration,
04:11and extend an invitation to St. Mary's at your earliest opportunity.
04:14Great minds, Father.
04:15I'm a chum of Lady F's.
04:16I'm a chum of Lady F's.
04:17Do you see?
04:18Oh.
04:19A bit of a sleuth right here?
04:21Quite simply, the best.
04:23Canon Fox.
04:24May I offer my warmest wishes in advance of your consecration,
04:28and extend an invitation to St. Mary's at your earliest opportunity?
04:32Great minds, Father.
04:34Paying you a visit was at the top of my agenda.
04:37Bishop-Elect.
04:38Mrs. Nettles.
04:39It's been such a long time.
04:41Perhaps I could trouble you for a while.
04:43Actually, I could do with settling in.
04:45Oh, let me show you to your room.
04:47The rest of you enjoy the party.
04:49The Bishop-Elect will join us in due course.
04:57This place is incredible.
04:59You're very lucky.
05:00Strictly between us, Brenda.
05:02I find it stultifying.
05:03Stulti-what?
05:04It comes with certain expectations.
05:08With any luck, I'll be leaving soon.
05:10Why is that then?
05:11To fulfil my dream.
05:13Of reading English at Cambridge.
05:15Oh, wow.
05:17My dream is to be a parish secretary.
05:19But I don't think that'll actually happen.
05:21Why ever not?
05:23Sometimes you just have to take a leap.
05:25Your task's for Sunday.
05:27No mistake, so you have to answer to me.
05:31Charm really isn't her forte.
05:33She just tried to enlist me.
05:36It's Father Lindsay I feel sorry for.
05:41Well, here he is.
05:42The man of the moment.
05:44Bishop-Elect, I can't tell you how proud I am to know you.
05:52To have supported your charitable endeavours and ambitions.
05:57All of which shows my appreciation for your unwavering support.
06:02For being there when I lost my dear wife, Grace.
06:07And for making my son Bertie.
06:09See sense.
06:11His sacrifice.
06:13Makes me so proud to this day.
06:15Not to mention your guidance of Martha.
06:19Who valiantly keeps her mother's spirit alive.
06:22So, without further ado, a toast to Bishop-Elect Fox.
06:27Bishop-Elect Fox.
06:29Thank you, Lord Silk.
06:31I'm indebted to my most honourable of friends.
06:34And to you all for coming.
06:36Especially Father Brown.
06:38As it enables me to make a very exciting announcement.
06:41You, Father, will be my guinea pig, so to speak.
06:45For a new endeavour for our diocese.
06:47A sort of pastoral exchange.
06:50You'll take over a parish in the Highlands of Scotland.
06:54While we welcome Father MacDougall to St Mary's.
06:57You can't do that.
06:59It is merely temporary, of course.
07:01Just for a year.
07:02Or two.
07:03Thank you, everyone.
07:04Shall we resume the music?
07:05Let us celebrate.
07:06Callum Fox.
07:07May I have a word?
07:08Please.
07:09This is my home.
07:10My flock.
07:11My family.
07:12Father, think how much better a priest you'll be without the distraction of your extracurricular activities.
07:27Canon, I dispute.
07:28Besides which, your endeavours with Flambeau and Father Lazarus have made you ignominious in the Vatican.
07:33Which doesn't reflect at all well on me.
07:34I see.
07:35Now, Campbellford needs a fresh start.
07:36And you can't cause nearly as much trouble amongst the sheep, can you?
07:52That private ward, Canon?
07:55Yes, indeed, Mrs. Nettles.
07:57No time like the present.
07:58I'll make that visit to St Mary's first thing, Father.
08:01We can go over the finer details of your departure then.
08:05What's taking so long?
08:10Oh, there you are, Father.
08:13I'm afraid Canon Fox has made up his mind.
08:19Heavens above.
08:20To add insult to injury, Father McDougall will be bringing his own parish secretary.
08:25I'm sorry, Mrs. Sullivan, although you may stay on as housekeeper, Miss Palmer.
08:29Oh, what would you do?
08:30I don't believe this is happening.
08:32Well, let's try and look on the bright side, shall we?
08:37Perhaps it's for the best?
08:38The best?
08:39Yes, well, I mean, I will be able to do my job properly.
08:43No offence, Father.
08:44Okay.
08:45None taken.
08:46Please stop talking.
08:47Don't forget, I was demoted because of him.
08:49This could be a fresh start for both of us.
08:54Well, you made a pig's ear of that.
08:56Just like you do with your investigations.
08:58You'd be lost without Father Brown.
09:00And so would I.
09:05Excuse me.
09:06Oh, dear.
09:07That girl I've done for you.
09:10You will regret this.
09:12Mrs. Nettles, I think it's time you left.
09:15With pleasure.
09:18I'm afraid I feel a migraine coming on her.
09:21Thank you, everyone, so much for coming.
09:23But now, I think we should let the bishop-elect recover from his journey from Rome.
09:28I want to wring his neck.
09:39Perhaps you should make yourself scarce when Cannon Fox arrives, Miss Palmer.
09:44Hello.
09:45Just what we need.
09:47I am sorry, Father, about this awful business.
09:51I don't suppose you've seen my uncle, have you?
09:54I was supposed to meet him nearby for breakfast an hour ago.
09:57Perhaps he got waylaid at Silk Manor?
09:59Indeed.
10:00I'll pop my head in.
10:02I'll accompany you, if I may.
10:04I would like to appeal one more time to his better nature.
10:09Father, I can think of nothing I'd like more.
10:15We didn't want to bother him.
10:17I just assumed he needed a good night's sleep.
10:26Cannon Fox!
10:28Damien.
10:30It's locked.
10:34If I may.
10:40What on earth are you doing?
10:51Well done, Father.
10:52Thought you'd approve.
10:58Oh, my word!
11:01Oh, dear.
11:04Head between your knees.
11:14Looks like this was used as a weapon.
11:17The word of God himself.
11:19Given the bloody assault,
11:21the broken glass on the inside of the opened door,
11:24and the absence of the bishop-elect,
11:26I surmise that he's been abducted.
11:29You mean kidnapped?
11:30But why?
11:33Yes, sir.
11:34Thank you, Father.
11:36When did you last see Cannon Fox?
11:37Oh, we had a nightcap just after 10pm,
11:40then he retired here.
11:43I've telephoned quite literally everywhere.
11:46There's nowhere to be found.
11:47Good fellow, let's get this place dusted for prints.
11:49Well, you are, sir.
11:50Curious.
11:52What happened here?
11:55Intriguing.
11:57Fathers, please, not again.
12:01Oh, yes.
12:02Sorry.
12:03A thousand apologies.
12:04Inspector.
12:05Important guests are arriving from all over the globe.
12:08It would be a disaster if the bishop-elect does not attend tomorrow.
12:13I will use all resources at my disposal.
12:16We'll find him.
12:18May I ask who else stayed in the house last night?
12:21Justin, Martha and myself.
12:22The staff had all gone home.
12:24Then, as soon as we're done here,
12:25I'll start with the woman who threatened Cannon Fox yesterday.
12:28Inspector, I think it best if Father Lindsay and I leave you to it.
12:33Oh, really?
12:35Oh, yes.
12:37Toodle-pip.
12:39Fathers?
12:42Are you really accusing me of kidnap, fathers?
12:46The thought hadn't entered our minds, Mrs Nettles.
12:49We are merely trying to understand what happened yesterday.
12:52You said to Cannon Fox after all I've done for you.
12:55What did you mean by that?
12:57What we talked about is strictly confidential.
13:02But let's just see.
13:04I know where the bodies are buried.
13:07Or, indeed, where they are not.
13:09Are you trying to use confidential information for personal gain?
13:14To what end, Father?
13:16Perhaps you believe you should share in Cannon Fox's elevation.
13:20Cannon Fox should have taken me with him in the first place,
13:22not left me here to fester with this hapless... comedian.
13:27I think that your attitude is incompatible with the post of a parish secretary.
13:33I think your puerile investigations are incompatible with the vocation of a priest.
13:39Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a consecration to prepare for.
13:43Mrs Nettles, this is actually...
13:46Yes?
13:47...my study.
13:50Goodbye, fathers.
13:56Oh!
13:57You can expect the police at any moment.
14:00I gather they're very keen to interrogate you.
14:13Ah, there you are, Father.
14:15Something I thought you should know.
14:17The butler heard Ray's voices last night, about ten o'clock.
14:21Cannon Fox and Lord Silk.
14:22Then I will return and follow that up.
14:26I feel duty-bound to retrieve my future bishop.
14:30Even though he wants to banish you to the other end of the country?
14:33Brenda, it could be a way to stop this ridiculous exchange.
14:36I'd best get on.
14:38Good luck, Father.
14:40Likewise, Sergeant.
14:41Father Lindsay is on his way to the pro-cathedral.
14:44Are you still able to lend him a hand?
14:46I'm not sure what the point is without the star of the share.
14:49Well, I'll do anything to get away from Edgar at the moment.
14:52And I'm taking these to charity.
14:55Do you think anyone will want them?
14:57Erm, no.
14:59I wholeheartedly agree, Father.
15:02Shall we?
15:11I've had a letter from Cambridge.
15:22Oh, yes?
15:23They've offered me a place.
15:25I'm so proud of you, Martha.
15:27Just a shame about the timing.
15:28The timing?
15:30Well, as I retire from your mother's charitable work,
15:33you'll be expected to step into the breach.
15:36But, Father, it's all I've ever wanted.
15:38Well, you wouldn't want to let your mother down, would you, Martha?
15:42Of course not.
15:44My Lord, Father Brown.
15:47There you, Martha.
15:49Lord Sooke, may I have a word?
15:51I'll leave you both to it.
15:53Take a seat, Father.
15:56Scotch?
15:58No, thank you.
16:00Now, I gather there were raised voices in this very room last night
16:05between you and Cannon Fox.
16:06The notorious detective at work.
16:11Yes, we had a debate about charitable endeavours.
16:17I'm a major donor to the diocese, Father,
16:21furthering the interests of my dear late wife.
16:24Which are?
16:26She was abandoned as a child by an unmarried mother.
16:29Her work at the Good Refuge meant everything to her.
16:33Ah, recently closed down.
16:34Hmm.
16:37Yet, uh, Damien and Cannon Fox didn't feel it was a priority to establish a new residence.
16:44But where are these women to go now, Father?
16:47I implored him to think again.
16:49What was his response?
16:51He said he would.
16:52So, Father, now I need you to find him, so he can make good on that promise.
16:57St. Mary's Presbytery.
16:58Father, it's me.
16:59Colonel Fox.
17:00Call off the search.
17:01I assure you I'm fine.
17:02Where are you?
17:03Where are you?
17:04Indulging in a period of contemplation before my consecration.
17:07Somewhere private.
17:08I see.
17:09And for what it's worth, I regret what I said yesterday about you not making trouble amongst the Highland cattle.
17:17I understand.
17:18Thank you, Father.
17:19Thank you, Father.
17:20May God be with you.
17:22He's sending me a message.
17:23On Friday, he said that I wouldn't be able to cause trouble amongst the sheep.
17:24Not Highland cattle.
17:25Not Highland cattle.
17:26And he said that I wouldn't be able to cause trouble amongst the sheep.
17:27Not Highland cattle.
17:28Somewhere private.
17:29I see.
17:30And for what it's worth, I regret what I said yesterday about you not making trouble amongst
17:31the Highland cattle.
17:32I understand.
17:33Thank you, Father.
17:34May God be with you.
17:35I understand.
17:36May God be with you.
17:39He's sending me a message.
17:42He's sending me a message.
17:45On Friday, he said that I wouldn't be able to cause trouble amongst the sheep.
17:50Not Highland cattle.
17:52He's telling me something's wrong.
17:53So he really has been kidnapped?
17:56Yes, but why?
17:58And by whom?
18:00We had no luck identifying the source of the telephone call, I'm afraid.
18:04And found nothing of interest at Mrs Nettle's house or Silk Manor.
18:08Can you imagine the embarrassment when he doesn't turn up to his own consecration?
18:13Which is exactly why I have my superiors breathing down my neck.
18:17And we have two hours left.
18:21It's time we collected Mrs Nettle's.
18:23Actually, would you mind if I had a quick word with Isabel for us?
18:28Oh.
18:36I'm so sorry.
18:37Finally.
18:39Thank you, Edgar.
18:40See, that wasn't so hard, was it?
18:42Oh, no, no, no, no.
18:43I'm so sorry that this is difficult to see now.
18:47But I honestly believe that you will come to see this as a positive change.
18:51And why is that?
18:54Spending time in our new home and to visit Eddie.
18:57And for holidays.
18:59I mean, I earn enough for both of us.
19:02I can keep you now.
19:04You deserve that.
19:04But can't you see?
19:05I don't want to be kept.
19:06And I detest.
19:11These.
19:11Mrs. Sullivan, calm down.
19:26From now on, call me Mrs. Devine.
19:32Oh, dear.
19:33Father, just in time, you won't believe what has happened.
19:37Look at the state of the place.
19:40Has anything of value been taken?
19:41Not as far as we can see.
19:44I think we can assume that information was the target.
19:47And given that this was once Cannon Fox's study, pertinent to his kidnapping.
19:54Bravo, Father.
19:55That's all very well, but, Mrs. Sullivan, I needed to be at the Pro Cathedral an hour ago.
20:02We'll meet you there later.
20:03Good luck, fathers.
20:05Miss Palmer, given your burgeoning secretarial skills, perhaps you could ascertain whether anything is obviously missing.
20:11I'll do my best.
20:12I keep returning to what Mrs. Nettles said in here yesterday, that she knew where the bodies were buried.
20:21Did she mean literally?
20:22What if she meant Bertie?
20:28My uncle's diary.
20:3519th of May, 1944.
20:37Breakthrough with Bertie's silk.
20:40He signed up as per my advice.
20:43Making him see sense.
20:45That would explain why Lord Silk was so grateful to Cannon Fox in his speech.
20:50I recall that Lady Martha didn't look too happy to hear that.
20:53What if she blamed Cannon Fox for her brother's death?
21:00Mrs. Sullivan!
21:07Mrs. Sullivan!
21:08We need to get to Silk Manor.
21:13I can see if I can borrow that van.
21:15Your investigative skills are needed here, Miss Palmer.
21:18Father, I have a rather novel idea.
21:22We could take Tyndall.
21:24But it would require some expert coordination.
21:31Bravo, Father Lindsay.
21:33I do seem to be getting the hang of it.
21:36Arrgh!
21:43A thousand apologies.
21:45Accepted.
21:47We must hurry.
21:49Time is not on our side.
21:51Of course.
21:53Come along, Tyndall.
21:55The race is not yet won.
21:57One hour, Chief Superintendent.
22:05You'd better find him.
22:07I have no choice but to get ready.
22:10Perhaps all of you should do the same.
22:12I'll see you there.
22:13How can I help you, Father?
22:16Your brother, I presume.
22:19Our glorious Bertie.
22:21Taken far too soon.
22:23We used to love this place.
22:24Tearing down the corridors, getting lost in the hidey holes.
22:28Now it feels like a prison.
22:30You must miss him terribly.
22:32I think about him all the time.
22:34But I can't pretend he was happy here, either.
22:38He never quite got along with my father.
22:40What happened to your mother?
22:41She died, giving birth to me.
22:47I'm so sorry.
22:49It seems it is my destiny to carry on her good work.
22:52I am to turn down my place at Cambridge.
22:55My father's wish.
22:56Perhaps your mother's wishes would have been quite different.
22:59Perhaps she would have preferred you live your own life,
23:02rather than one prescribed by her absence.
23:05My father doesn't think so.
23:07I couldn't help noticing how you reacted to his speech on Friday.
23:12Bertie was exempted with a nervous disposition.
23:15Yet, it transpires that thanks to the Canon Fox's intervention,
23:19he signed up and was a lamb to the slaughter in Normandy.
23:23Lady Martha, I must ask,
23:24are you responsible for what has happened to Canon Fox?
23:27I am not going to dignify that with an answer.
23:31Now, fathers, if you'll excuse me, I really must get ready.
23:34Of course.
23:35We will see ourselves out.
23:36What do you think, father?
23:50I think Lady Martha has the most compelling motive.
23:54So what do we do now?
23:56We must go to the pro-cathedral and tell them that the consecration must be postponed.
24:00Do you think you can face another spin?
24:14Miss Palmer!
24:18Mr Trotter said I could have it till four, as long as I clean it out after.
24:22Your ingenuity knows no bounds, Miss Palmer.
24:25Thank you, father.
24:26But who is? Quite the fishy whiff.
24:29Yeah, sorry.
24:30Well done, Miss Palmer.
24:31Did you find anything?
24:33Erm, just this.
24:35Miss Fylde.
24:36Looks like Mrs Nettles isn't that good at a job after all.
24:39Heavens no.
24:40She's appalling at anything actually secretarial.
24:42It's from the war office.
24:45Eleven years ago.
24:46The favour has been granted and must never be spoken of again.
24:49Mrs Nettles said she knew where the bodies were vellied or not.
24:57Perhaps on this occasion, Canon Fox was doing a good deed.
25:03Of course.
25:05The hidey holes.
25:07The what?
25:08You two, go.
25:09Hold them off as long as you can.
25:11I will get in there.
25:13Good luck, father.
25:15Godspeed.
25:15Godspeed.
25:19Godspeed.
25:20Godspeed.
25:26I don't know.
25:56I don't know.
26:16Colonel Fox, are you all right?
26:20It took you so long.
26:22Well, your whereabouts were not immediately apparent.
26:24I know who did this.
26:26And why?
26:27Yes, yes, just get me out of here.
26:29We will get you to your consecration on time.
26:34I'm afraid not.
26:38I really wish you hadn't interfered, Father.
26:45Just a little ear.
26:47Well?
26:54He'll be here any minute.
26:56Four to five minutes if they're not here by then.
26:58We'll all have egg on our faces.
27:01They'll be here.
27:02I assure you, Father Brown will keep his word.
27:04He'd better.
27:05Or you're going to have to get up there and give everyone the bad news yourself.
27:09Oh, dear.
27:11What is that awful smell?
27:14Oh.
27:17For goodness sake, Rufus, put the gun down.
27:19If I leave now, I can still make it.
27:21You lied to me.
27:24I know what happened.
27:25You know nothing, Father.
27:27Well, you learned something truly shocking at the party.
27:34The Bishop's Palace is where I belong, at your right hand.
27:39Frankly, I can think of nothing worse.
27:41I'm sorry?
27:43Mrs. Nettles, you are undoubtedly the worst secretary I've ever had.
27:47The notion that I'd implore you again is quite ludicrous.
27:51And what if I let slip about what you've done?
27:54How do you think Lord Silk would react to knowing his son is still alive?
28:03You were supposed to be my friend.
28:05He is.
28:06You said yourself that he supported your family.
28:08Bertie went to him for help, faced with intolerable pressure to sign up, but of a painfully nervous disposition, in need of a way out, which Cannon Fox provided.
28:24There might be another way, Bertie.
28:27He betrayed me.
28:30Understandably, you wanted to know the truth.
28:32Put your hand on this, and swear to me, is my son really dead?
28:40Please, Rufus, let it go.
28:42Even if I did know anything, I wouldn't be able to tell you.
28:45Oh, I think you will.
28:47But you lost control.
28:51You attempted to misdirect.
28:54You staged a break-in.
28:55The marks from the priest's hole door gave you away.
29:03Aye.
29:06And your search of Cannon Fox's previous study proved fruitless.
29:10I must know what happened.
29:13Cannon Fox will never break the seal of the confessional.
29:15He is bound by it.
29:17As am I.
29:20You didn't take his confession.
29:22So you will tell me.
29:23Where is Bertie?
29:27I don't know.
29:29Then we're back where we started.
29:31Rufus, I believe you are a good man.
29:35But I think you know why this happened.
29:38What would you do me the courtesy of telling me?
29:46Bertie was full of fear.
29:48Of course he was.
29:49The boy was emotionally incontinent.
29:51He could never have fought in the war.
29:53But you desperately clung to the fiction.
29:56That he signed up and died a hero's death.
29:59Which blinded you to the real truth.
30:02The thing he was most afraid of.
30:06Was you.
30:06Bobby Cog.
30:11Listen to Father Brown.
30:15I'm so sorry, Rufus.
30:18No.
30:20No.
30:21It's lies.
30:23You leave me no choice.
30:25Please God forgive me.
30:26Lord Silk.
30:27Lord Silk, if you do this, you will surely face the gallows.
30:32But if you confess and repent, you may see your son again.
30:37A gift denied to so many parents.
30:45How could he do this to me?
30:51Now that the truth is out, I hope one day you will be able to ask him that question yourself.
30:56That's it.
31:04I won't wait any longer.
31:06It's still a minute.
31:08Go inside and tell them it's all off.
31:12Now.
31:13Mrs. Nettles, has it escaped your notice that you work for Father Lindsay?
31:20Not the other way round.
31:21I have complete faith in Father Brown, who has never let me down.
31:25Hear, hear.
31:28And as if on cue, Tyndall saves the day.
31:32Praise be.
31:33Tyndall?
31:34Tyndall the tandem.
31:39Apologies for cutting it a bit fine.
31:41Where is Lord Silk?
31:43I'm afraid he will not be in attendance.
31:46My vestments.
31:47Now, at once, Uncle.
31:49Mrs. Nettles, please announce there will be a short delay.
31:52Me?
31:53Chop, chop, Mrs. Nettles.
31:57You need to put that away.
32:11Amen.
32:22Amen.
32:23Amen.
32:24Amen.
32:25Most reverent Father,
32:55Our Holy Mother, the Catholic Church,
33:00demands of me to promote the priest here present
33:05to the heavy office of a bishop.
33:25The Holy Mother, the Catholic Church,
33:55and the Holy Mother, the Catholic Church,
34:25which have served to highlight that I am only as effective
34:28as those who work tirelessly in my diocese,
34:33those priests who go beyond the call of duty
34:36and without whom I would not be standing before you today.
34:41Isabel?
34:59All's well that ends well.
35:06Sir, Lord Silk is now safely held in custody.
35:09Thanks to Father Brown, as opposed to you.
35:12Thank you for Bertie.
35:17I'll write to him.
35:19I'm sure he'll be in touch.
35:21But your father will need you now.
35:23I'll go and see him.
35:25And Bertie, of course, from Cambridge.
35:28I've been offered a place which I'm going to accept.
35:31And what of your mother's charitable interests?
35:33My father can pay someone to look after them.
35:36I've come to realise they're not my burden to bear.
35:39Goodbye, Bishop Fox.
35:40Thank you, Lady Martha.
35:48Congratulations, my lord.
35:49I was hoping, my lord,
35:58after what has happened,
36:00you might reconsider the clerical exchange.
36:04Father Brown, you have been truly indispensable
36:06these last few days.
36:08But Father MacDougall is on his way here.
36:12The priest must be sent to take his place.
36:17And you must send him back.
36:20Father Brown saved your life.
36:23Were you sure the bishop's some respect?
36:25Oh, put a sock in it, Mrs. Nettles.
36:28Bishop Fox.
36:29I've had my own clashes with Father Brown,
36:31but his contributions to Kembleford
36:33far outweigh his duties as a priest.
36:36He has helped me.
36:37No.
36:38In fact, he has solved many a case,
36:42ably assisted by my beautiful wife.
36:45And me.
36:46Yes.
36:46Please, I implore you,
36:49do everything in your power
36:51to keep Father Brown in his rightful place.
36:54The inspector's right.
36:55We need Father Brown.
36:56Please, don't send him away.
36:58These are moving tributes,
37:00but wheels have been set in motion
37:02that I cannot stop.
37:03I'm sorry.
37:08Uncle.
37:09Bishop.
37:10My lord.
37:12If it is essential
37:13that a priest be sent in return,
37:16then I will send myself.
37:18husband, no.
37:20In fact, it will be the greatest honour of my life
37:22to do this for the greatest man I've ever met.
37:25I refuse.
37:26And I refuse your refusal.
37:28I've always wanted to visit the highlands of Scotland.
37:30I hear they have very strange cattle.
37:32Well, I am not going there with you.
37:35I must confess to feeling relieved.
37:38And as Father MacDougall is bringing his own parish secretary,
37:42looks like you're out of a job.
37:45Ugh.
37:48On your own head, be it.
38:10I don't know what to say.
38:13Say all right?
38:14We all will.
38:16Won't we, Edgar?
38:17Yes.
38:18From now on, I will do just as I'm told.
38:30You're all right, you know.
38:33Sorry I thought you were a murderer when we first met.
38:36And I think you are positively teeming with promise, Miss Palmer.
38:39What a fine parish secretary you'll make one day.
38:42Oh, good.
38:44Because I've got an idea.
38:45Yeah.
38:45Lady Martha and Lord Bertie have been reunited.
38:55Turns out he was working as a librarian in Largs.
38:58Oh, how wonderful.
39:01Father, I will never forget what you did.
39:05I'm just glad I could help.
39:07What an adventure this is going to be.
39:09I can't wait.
39:09Where's Brenda?
39:10You think she would...
39:11Oh.
39:17I thought I'd best make this quick.
39:19There's a parish secretary job going and I think I can do it.
39:23I know you can.
39:23Is this really goodbye?
39:29It's goodbye to the girl who couldn't read.
39:32And was only good at mopping floors.
39:35She's gone.
39:36Thanks to you two.
39:37No.
39:39It was because of you, Brenda Palmer.
39:41If we couldn't be more proud.
39:49Besides, someone needs to look after that one over there.
39:53And I know Father Brown is in the best hands.
39:58Goodbye, Father.
39:58You know what you mean to me.
40:05I'll write every week.
40:07You'll be sick of me letters.
40:09I doubt that.
40:10Will we ever see you again?
40:13Of course you will.
40:15Our best, um...
40:16We've got a train to catch.
40:20I hope it all goes well up there.
40:23I'm quite sure it will.
40:24I hear the English are spectacularly popular in Scotland.
40:27What can possibly go wrong?
40:30And away we go.
40:32Godspeed.
40:34Father.
40:35Mrs Sullivan.
40:37Yes.
40:37I just wanted to say...
40:39I will miss you...
40:41so much.
40:43The feeling is entirely mutual.
40:57End of an era, Father.
41:01And now we have an empty nest.
41:03Because she's flying.
41:06Yes.
41:08She is.
41:08She is.
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