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Mrs Bradley revisits her alma mater and during a school performance of the Mikado, one of the lead singers is murdered. Starring: Dame Diana Rigg, Neil Dudgeon, Peter Davison.
Mrs Bradley revisits her alma mater and during a school performance of the Mikado, one of the lead singers is murdered. Starring: Dame Diana Rigg, Neil Dudgeon, Peter Davison.
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00:00Parapraxis.
00:15Parapraxis?
00:19It's what Dr. Freud would term a slip of the tongue,
00:22or a lapse of memory revealing an unconscious desire.
00:27Not what you might call a useful word, madam.
00:30Then how about paramour, an illicit lover?
00:33How am I supposed to get that into an everyday sentence?
00:36That's the challenge, George.
00:48Better late than never.
00:50Perhaps if we hadn't had to go back for your speech, madam,
00:53I dare say Dr. Freud would have something to say about that.
00:56I dare say he would, George.
01:11This brings great memories.
01:13Happiest days of your life and all that?
01:15The longest, certainly.
01:17How exactly would you define finishing school work?
01:20It's a sort of farm where they grow wives and mothers,
01:23where young women are sent to be finished.
01:26Which is precisely what they will be
01:28if they believe half the twaddle they're taught here.
01:31Home, harmony, humility.
01:33Hogwash.
01:35Quick sticks.
01:36She's here at last.
01:37Don't forget Clementine.
01:38Bye till I see your father afterwards.
01:39Yes, Miss Ferris.
01:40I read the other day that smoking ruins the complexion.
01:41Go on.
01:42Chop, chop.
01:43Go on.
01:44Chop, chop.
01:46Ah.
01:47Ah.
01:48Ah.
01:49Such an honour, Mrs. Bradley.
01:50We thought.
01:51We might have to go on.
01:52We might have to go on.
01:53Go on.
01:54Chop, chop.
01:55Go on.
01:56Chop, chop.
01:57Oh, my God.
02:17Such an honour, Mrs. Bradley.
02:18We thought we might have to start without you.
02:21Our guest of honour, Mrs. Bradley, has been described by the Times, no less, as one of
02:46the country's foremost criminologists and psychoanalysts. She is perhaps more at home lecturing policemen
02:52at Scotland Yard than young ladies at her alma mater. Nevertheless, she has kindly agreed
02:59to give this year's Avadne Flint Memorial Lecture. This will follow the Mercado.
03:16Same here. Boring.
03:22I hope you like Gilbert and Sullivan.
03:25Frankly, Doctor, I wish they'd never met.
03:30If you want to know who we are, we are just men of Japan.
03:38Oh, a million thousand jobs.
03:43Hey, little maids from school.
03:46Hey, little maids from school.
03:48Oh, we, little maids from school, oh, we, little maids from school, oh, we can be.
03:55But here he comes, equipped as suits his station. He'll give you any further information.
04:16What am I waiting for, Mrs. Ferris? Go and find her.
04:30Don't worry.
04:48Don't worry.
04:53Sayonara, Ms. Ferris.
05:06You're the cream in my coffee.
05:09You're the salt in my stew.
05:11You would always be my necessity.
05:14I'd be lost without you.
05:16You're the starch in my coffee.
05:17Heart attack. No doubt about it.
05:20Are you sure, Doctor?
05:21Yes, she had a heart condition.
05:24Just a matter of time, I'm afraid.
05:26Who last spoke to Ms. Ferris?
05:28I did, Madame.
05:30Our head girl, Clementine Prosser Harris.
05:32Did she say she felt unwell?
05:34No, just that she wanted to speak to my father after the show.
05:38Vital, she said.
05:40He's chairman of the board of governors.
05:43Any idea why she wanted to see him, Miss?
05:46Afraid not.
05:48No.
05:52Oh, Ms. Ferris.
05:54Poor Ms. Ferris indeed.
05:56Excuse me, Mr.
05:58Valentine, Max, music tutor.
06:00This is Miss Mona Bunting, motherhood and makeup.
06:02How do you do? May I?
06:03Of course.
06:04I'd better write a death certificate.
06:13That might be premature.
06:16These marks on the door.
06:19The varnish has been scratched away.
06:21Clawed, I'd say.
06:23And there's varnish under Miss Ferris's nails.
06:26It looks to me as though she was desperate to get out, but couldn't.
06:29You're quite sure the door was unlocked, Miss?
06:33Yes, positive.
06:34Oh, thank you, girls.
06:36You may go.
06:39Come along.
06:40Are you suggesting something is wrong?
06:46Probably not, but you should notify the police, just in case.
06:50Please.
06:52But think of the publicity.
06:54Think of Miss Ferris.
06:55Mrs. Bradley, my husband and I have worked ceaselessly to build Hadley Heights's reputation.
07:03We are not having it shot to pieces when the truth is plain to see.
07:08Poor Miss Ferris had a heart attack.
07:11Very well.
07:12No police.
07:13On one condition.
07:17You allow me to satisfy myself.
07:19There's been no foul play.
07:21Do you find the school much changed since you were here?
07:24No, gloomy as ever.
07:26This used to be out of bounds, as I recall.
07:28It's funny.
07:29I actually feel rather naughty just being here.
07:32Well, I hope you'll be comfortable.
07:36Good night.
07:38Oh!
07:40Spiders everywhere.
07:41Oh, I'm sorry.
07:42They give me the creeps.
07:44Same here, Miss.
07:45Good night, Miss Bunting.
07:51Ah, one or two of yours there, madam.
07:54Criminal Minds.
07:56Prison Reform.
07:59Manners Maketh Man.
08:02I didn't write that.
08:03No, A Guide to Everyday Etiquette by Evadney Flint.
08:07Miss Evadney Flint.
08:09She didn't care tuppence for the three R's.
08:12The only thing she was interested in was the three E's.
08:15Elegance, entertaining, etiquette.
08:18If you wanted to know how to address an Archbishop, Miss Flint was the woman for you.
08:23They got her in the end, of course.
08:26Embezzlement, as I recall.
08:27Did you know a gentleman always escorts a lady on the street side to protect her from splashes, footpads and marauders?
08:34Yes, more to the point.
08:35Did you manage to pickpocket that key from Miss Bunting?
08:38Hmm.
08:40Well done, George.
08:41Thank you, madam.
08:43You know, back in Pontefract, they don't call it pickpocketing.
08:45They call it doing a George.
08:48You must be very proud.
08:49There.
09:02One death certificate.
09:06It would have been...
09:08Southern, I take it.
09:11She wouldn't have felt a thing.
09:15And I'm up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire.
09:18Well, goodnight.
09:22I shan't disturb you.
09:29Mr. Sims here in your day, madam.
09:31Yeah, they're all new faces.
09:33Mind my asking, but if you hated this place, why come back?
09:36I will buy two things to get off my chest.
09:39But they can wait.
09:40Yes.
09:48First impressions?
10:12A keen traveller.
10:15Very neat and tidy.
10:17Keeping chaos at bay.
10:18Paris.
10:20Moscow.
10:21Egypt.
10:22Paris, Moscow, Egypt, Egypt,
10:50Diary, fitted with a lock.
10:56Aha!
11:07It's in gibberish, madam.
11:09No, George, it's in code.
11:20So, Miss Ferris was A, neurotic, B, compulsive, C, secretive, to the point of obsession.
11:33Ten bob, you can't crack that code by tomorrow.
11:36You're on, madam.
11:45Sapphire.
11:46What a teacher's pay.
11:47It could be a gift, but then why hide it?
11:58Trouble sleeping, Mr. Valentine?
12:01I'm just on my way for a glass of water.
12:03You don't waste any time.
12:04No sense in letting the trail go cold.
12:06Assuming there is a trail.
12:08Must be quite a shock, sir.
12:10Suspicious death right on your own doorstep.
12:12The only surprise is that in hothouses like this, it doesn't happen more often.
12:15Do you know if Miss Ferris had a regular travelling companion?
12:20She headed the school trip to Rome at Easter?
12:23Otherwise, she was deeply antisocial.
12:25She made a point of holidaying alone.
12:27Really?
12:28Then who took all these films?
12:30Mr. Valentine was right.
12:36These hothouses breed incest and right-booking jealousy.
12:39Do you think any work done at all?
12:41That's for Miss Ferris.
12:42She was a woman obsessed.
12:43Bun.
12:44What indeed?
12:46Good night, George.
12:48Good night, madam.
12:48Splendid, splendid hand, glide, ladies, glide.
13:02Head, head, chin, chin.
13:06Splendid, splendid.
13:09Posture and poise, s'il vous plaît, plum.
13:14Why the nickname?
13:16Anything beats Prunella.
13:18Even plum.
13:20Mrs. Bradley, can I be of help?
13:23What can you tell me about Miss Ferris?
13:26Best art teacher we ever had, excuse me.
13:30There we are.
13:32Ah, there.
13:34That's Eva.
13:36Little Miss Pretty.
13:37Pretty.
13:38She also taught conversation skills and floral displays.
13:41Do you know if she had a lover?
13:44Romances are not permitted during term time.
13:47My wife is most insistent.
13:53My observation system.
13:55So we can see what is going on in all parts of the school, wherever we are.
13:59Eyes in the back of our heads, so to speak.
14:02You're most ingenious.
14:04We've had one or two jewellery thefts.
14:06I rather hoped this would prove a detailed.
14:08Speaking of jewellery, do you know who this belongs to?
14:12It was found in Miss Ferris' room.
14:15Clementine.
14:16Isn't this yours?
14:19Yes.
14:21I reported it stolen last week.
14:23My pearls went missing too, and my watch.
14:27I gather you didn't call the police.
14:29It was a purely internal matter.
14:31And now Miss Ferris has passed on, I think we'd leave it to that, don't you?
14:36Resume, jeanne fille.
14:38Veet, veet.
14:40Heads erect.
14:48Agnes!
14:50It's a baby, not a sack of potatoes.
14:53What's the point?
14:54This is what nannies do.
14:55Yes, but you need to know that nanny's doing it right.
15:02New timetable.
15:03I'm down for art.
15:05Just got the hang of one subject, and now I have to bone up on a mother one.
15:09Merci, mes filles.
15:11Merci, mademoiselle.
15:13And I've got to take over conversation skills and floral display.
15:18Did you hear what Max Valentine said?
15:24I've just got the hang of one subject, then I have to bone up on a mother one.
15:28He meant other.
15:29Touch of the old parapraxis, madame, slip of the tongue, revealing unconscious desire.
15:33Exactly.
15:34Or maybe these dolls triggered thoughts of his mother.
15:38You got that ten bob handy, madame?
15:40You've cracked the code, George.
15:42Well, the most common letter in the alphabet is E.
15:44In the diary, it's F, or possibly T.
15:47So if F or T equals E, and we change every third vowel...
15:51You don't know what you're talking about, do you?
15:53Not a clue, madame.
15:54You're being too complicated.
15:56If F equals E, let's assume that each letter corresponds to the one behind B equals A, C equals B.
16:04In which case, this reads...
16:07Mad, bad...
16:10And dangerous to know.
16:12As Lady Caroline Lamb said of her lover, Lord Byron.
16:18Supposition.
16:20The mysterious Miss Feddis had a secret lover.
16:23Hence the code.
16:24Secret because he's a member of staff.
16:28Max Valentine.
16:30I'll search his room.
16:31You keep him busy.
16:32See if you can find anything in his wallet.
16:36And George.
16:38Go carefully.
16:39I first saw the original of this when I was on holiday in Paris with my late husband and his mother,
16:56who said,
16:58if he's a thinker, I wonder what he's thinking.
17:00To which my husband replied,
17:02probably wishing he'd worn a vest.
17:05At that moment, I knew my marriage was doomed.
17:08Life is just a bowl of cherries.
17:11Don't be so serious.
17:13Life's too mysterious.
17:15You work, you say, you worry so.
17:19But you can't take your door.
17:20This is very good of your sir.
17:23I used to love painting as a nipper.
17:25Walls mainly.
17:27I'd never have guessed.
17:28Life is just a bowl of cherries.
17:40So live and love and it falls.
17:47With birthday love from M.
17:49This is supposed to be a life class.
17:57Miss Ferris promised us a male model.
18:01Well, I do have a copy of a small sculpture by Rodin in my room.
18:04Anything beats bananas.
18:07Well, if I can do two.
18:08No, sir.
18:10No need for a sculpture, surely.
18:13Oh, why?
18:13Are you volunteering your services?
18:15Certainly not.
18:17In that case, I'll get my sculpture.
18:20Well, I mean, on second thoughts, if it would help.
18:24All that meat and no potatoes
18:41Just ain't ripe like green tomatoes
18:45Yeah, I'm waiting, habitating
18:48With all that meat and no potatoes
18:51All that meat and no potatoes
18:55All that food to the alligators
18:57Yeah, hold me steady
19:00I am ready
19:01With all that meat and no potatoes
19:05Did you need me, madam?
19:28No, no, no, no, quite all right.
19:30Take your time
19:31One can't hurry out
19:35Thank you, ladies
19:53Bye, Miss George
19:56Thanks very much
19:57Thank you, George
19:59Hi, Georgie
20:00Thank you, George
20:01In
20:04I'm burning this lot
20:10Nonsense
20:11I like this one by plum
20:13Interesting perspective
20:15I'm afraid I didn't manage to nab his wallet
20:18That went to a slight shorty of hiding places
20:20Four pounds, ten
20:24And an Italian passport
20:26With a photograph of Max Valentine
20:29But bearing the name Massimo Valentino
20:32What about his room?
20:34Nothing
20:35Except a book of poems
20:36Given with love
20:37By somebody whose name begins with M
20:39Mona Bunty
20:41Yes?
20:44Just thinking aloud
20:46Would you give this to Mr. Valentine?
20:47He seems to have dropped it
20:48No, please
20:52I don't want to know
20:53Miss Mona Bunty
21:01Has been appointed deputy principal
21:03Many congrats
21:09I don't want to speak ill of the dead
21:11But I am glad it's you
21:12Thank you
21:13A fob
21:22How unusual for a woman
21:24No choice
21:26Allergies, I'm afraid
21:27Really?
21:29Yes
21:29Is that the Italian embassy?
21:32This is Mr. George Moody
21:33Headmaster at Hadley Heights Academy
21:36Yeah, I'm checking up
21:38On a countryman of yours
21:39Applied for a position here
21:41Mr. Massimo Valentino
21:43Can you help?
21:44Yes, yes, of course
21:45I'll hold
21:45Excuse me
22:01Yes, I'm glad to say to you two
22:23Thanks, bye
22:24I asked George to telephone for some clothes
22:34I hope you don't mind
22:36That's a really top-notch idea
22:38So you ought to patent that
22:39Madam
22:43Dear Miss Ferris
22:49We have pleasure in closing your boat ticket
22:51Final destination, Madagascar
22:54Jenna's bookshop
22:55Dear Miss Ferris
22:56We beg to inform you
22:57The book you ordered is ready for collection
22:59Postmarked
23:01Yesterday
23:02Poor Miss Ferris
23:07A sword, yes
23:09Indeed
23:09May I see the book she ordered?
23:13I hardly think so
23:14She was a very private person
23:16And now she's a very dead person
23:18The Well of Loneliness by Radcliffe Hall
23:29No wonder it's wrapped
23:30It's not book, is it?
23:31No, but it is bound
23:33It's about love between two women
23:35Hmm?
23:37Oh?
23:39Assuming Miss Ferris's secret love
23:41Mad, bad, dangerous to know
23:43Wasn't a man, but a woman
23:44Judging by her reaction
23:46I'd hazard a guess at Mona Bunting
23:48Well, it could be her took those holiday films
23:50But then she did give those poems
23:53To Mr. Valentine with love
23:54Maybe she butters her bread on both sides
23:56Beg pardon?
23:58Question
23:58If Mr. Valentine was in love with Mona Bunting
24:02But discovered she was also involved with Miss Ferris
24:04Could he have been driven to murder out of jealousy
24:08Or even disgust?
24:10Good morning, Doctor
24:12All ready for you
24:15And I've slipped in some extra postcards
24:21Thank you, Mr. Jenner
24:24Good day
24:25Might I inquire what the doctor bought?
24:35Not sure he'd want me to say, Madam
24:37Pity
24:38All these imported books and postcards you sell
24:42Aren't they the kind the police would be rather interested in?
24:45If you must know
24:46He bought Practical Hypnosis by Dr. Jürgen van Gelder
24:49And a book on sexual manners
24:52Sex, George
25:00Beg pardon, madam?
25:02Sex or money
25:03When it comes to murder
25:04It's usually one or the other
25:06Sometimes one can't help thinking
25:10How much simpler life would be without sex
25:13Or what my mother used to call
25:15Matters of the trouser
25:17Then again, as St. Augustine said
25:20Lord, make me chaste
25:21But not yet
25:23What Mrs. Bradley's getting at, Mrs.
25:26Are you...
25:28I mean...
25:29How exactly do you butter your bread?
25:35Are you in love with Mr. Valentine?
25:39And were you also involved with Miss Ferris?
25:46I've been looking for that
25:47If there was a menage a trois
25:51It might have a bearing on her death
25:53Please try and understand
25:57As far as Mrs. Sims is concerned
26:01Even a conventional romance means instant dismissal
26:05Anything at all
26:07Unorthodox
26:09Would lead to utter ruin
26:12Was Mr. Valentine aware of you and Miss Ferris?
26:16Or indeed, vice versa
26:18Not as far as I know
26:20I assume you're the M
26:22Who gave Mr. Valentine a book of poetry
26:24Then you assume wrongly
26:27Are you aware that Mr. Valentine is using a false identity?
26:32Max!
26:34Why?
26:35That's what we'd like to know
26:37Why did you lie to me?
26:40Not here
26:41Keep young and beautiful
26:45I am, I am
26:46It's a duty to be beautiful
26:47Oh, keep young and beautiful
26:49Quicker
26:49Quicker
26:50Quicker
26:51Come on, lady lovely lady
26:52Put her back in the wind
26:54Reach, girls, reach
26:58I've been through the entire register, madam
27:08Girls and staff
27:09Mona Bunting is definitely the only M
27:11Perhaps it's a nickname
27:12Weren't you wearing your brooch when we arrived?
27:14Oh, the school magpie has swooped again
27:17No blaming Miss Ferris this time
27:18Telegram for Mr. Moody
27:20I didn't know we had a new headmaster
27:23Are those Clementine's parents?
27:25Yes, they're taking him on a picnic
27:26We're having champagne
27:27Confidential, signor Massimo Valentino
27:31Not recommended for employment at your academy
27:34Well done, George
27:41What do they call that in Pontefract?
27:44Picking a lock, madam?
27:48Well, well
27:49A suspect in several major jewel robberies in Venice
27:53Our friend Mr. Valentine was tried
27:56But acquitted
27:57Well, no wonder he came over here and changed his name
27:59But why keep all these papers?
28:01Ego, George
28:02Everyone loves to see their name in print
28:04But if Miss Ferris found out he's not who he says he is
28:08He'd want to keep her quiet
28:09And we've just told Miss Bunting
28:11Max!
28:15Talk to me!
28:22Years ago, there was a trial I was cleared
28:25But your name
28:26Where you come from
28:28Everything, it's all lies
28:30I needed a fresh start
28:32You know how people are
28:33How dare you call me a thief?
28:34Careful, sir!
28:35Manners maketh man
28:37Goodbye
28:40Senor Valentino
28:42I suppose it was you that told Mona about my past
28:48Yes
28:49Well, the allegations were untrue
28:51And if you've got some crazy notion that I murdered Miss Ferris
28:55That's nonsense as well
28:56I don't recall accusing you of murder
28:58I'll tell you who you should be talking to
29:00Dr. Sims
29:01Dirty old goat
29:02He's been trying his luck with Miss Ferris for months
29:04If you ask me
29:05She was going to report him to the chairman of the governors
29:07But she never got the chance
29:09Did she?
29:09What exactly are we looking for, madam?
29:21Anything that tells us more about Dr. Sims
29:24Help!
29:26I think I get some more gas from the kitchen and the door's locked
29:29Hear this to George
29:30What's going on?
29:51George
29:52Get the police
30:00Agnes, this is...
30:08Inspector Christmas
30:09Scotland Yard
30:10Tell him what you told me
30:11I was just after some bickies
30:13But the kitchen was locked
30:15And I smelt gas
30:16So, you broke down the door
30:19And then you arrived
30:20Is that right, sir?
30:21I was on my way to get some water
30:22And I heard Agnes shouting for help
30:24I'm sorry, I can't bear the guilt
30:26I poisoned Miss Ferris
30:28You're quite sure this is Miss Bunting's writing?
30:31Positive
30:32Her application to be deputy principal
30:34Identical handwriting
30:36I understand she and Miss Ferris were rivals for the position
30:39Is that relevant?
30:42Motive
30:43Of a sort, I suppose
30:44May I ask why you didn't report the death of Miss Ferris as suspicious?
30:49I was convinced it was just a heart attack
30:51But you thought there was more to it, madam
30:54I had my suspicions, yes
30:55And Miss Bunting's death, in your opinion?
30:58Suicide, as far as one can see
31:00Prompted by the despair at being forced to disguise her true self
31:04Intense guilt at having murdered her lesbian lover
31:08Suicide could have offered her an end to her torment
31:12Could have?
31:13You're not entirely satisfied
31:14It takes a lot to satisfy me, Inspector
31:17Did you say...
31:20Lesbian?
31:22Indeed I did
31:22It doesn't do to deny one's nature
31:25Whatever that may be
31:27Open and shut, as far as I'm concerned
31:31Just the way I like them
31:32And, uh, a chance to meet you
31:35Quite a bonus, madam
31:36I've, uh, read all your books
31:39And I found your lecture on murder in marriage
31:41Fascinating
31:42How kind
31:43If I can ever be of assistance
31:45Henry Christmas
31:46Unusual name
31:48Novelty wears off, believe you me
31:50A real pleasure, Mrs. Bradley
31:52Good day
31:54Goodbye
31:55Charming man
32:00Charming
32:01If you say so, madam
32:02Does anything strike you as odd, George
32:06About this suicide?
32:08In what way?
32:08Are we really to believe that two teachers are dead because of petty rivalry?
32:13And Max Valentine up and about in search of water for the second night running
32:17He seems a remarkably thirsty young man
32:20So you think someone could have knocked her out, then put her head in the oven?
32:25Before locking the door and climbing out of the window
32:28But what about the suicide note?
32:31Easy enough to fake her handwriting
32:33Sheet of tracing paper, steady hand
32:35Bob's your uncle
32:35If so, hypothesis
32:37Whoever murdered Miss Ferris also killed Miss Bunting
32:41Then faked her suicide and her confession to throw us off the scent
32:45Interesting watermark
32:46Looks like the Colosseum in Rome
32:48I think it's time we took a look at the staff files
32:53Find out exactly who we're dealing with
32:55Vicky George?
32:57Oh, madam
32:58I think it's time we took a look at the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff of the
33:28Oh, my God.
33:58I beg pardon, madam, but this etiquette malarkey.
34:01If I were going to a society wedding, how would I address the eldest son of an earl?
34:07Do you attend many society weddings?
34:10Fair point.
34:11But would it be Lord Howes Your Father or the Honourable Howes Your Father?
34:16Oh, I really can't remember.
34:18Well, would a gentleman escort a lady into dinner on this site or this?
34:23A gentleman would know.
34:26Excuse me.
34:41The answer to your question is, Mr Howes Your Father would be a Viscount.
34:46My question is, why would Mrs Sims keep a secret photograph of Max Valentine?
34:52Do you know, madam, the word paramour springs to mind?
34:56I was hoping it would, George.
34:58My second question is, what is he tearing in half?
35:02Certificato.
35:03Italian for certificate.
35:05And you can just make out the letters Z-I-O-N.
35:08Zion?
35:10Some sort of Jewish connection?
35:12You're a liar.
35:13I did not steal your stupid crucifix.
35:15You were the only one in the dorm alone.
35:17If you don't give it back...
35:19I can't.
35:19I haven't got it.
35:21Oh, and trust you two to stick together.
35:23I know all about you two.
35:25You're disgusting.
35:26And you're a snob and a bully.
35:29I hate you.
35:31I'll see you later.
35:35Wholesome creature.
35:36She's always picking on me.
35:38Probably because you're a scholarship girl.
35:40Is it that obvious?
35:42I noticed you darn your stockings just as I did.
35:46You and I, plum, we're birds of a feather.
35:48But you're as rich as Rockefeller.
35:50Oh, my family was rich.
35:52Until my father decided to invest in a gold mine in Basuto land.
35:56A word of advice, plum.
35:58Never invest in Basuto land?
36:00Precisely.
36:01Everything I have, I've earned.
36:04And the one valuable lesson I learned from all the bullying and snobbery I suffered from here
36:09was that it can make you weep.
36:11Or it can make you strong.
36:13She's done enough weeping.
36:15Her parents died when she was six.
36:17Influenza.
36:18Who looked after you, miss?
36:20Nuns in an orphanage.
36:21If you can call it looking after.
36:24But soon, we're going to be one big happy family.
36:27How so?
36:28My parents are adopting plum.
36:30By Christmas, Daddy says.
36:32Real life sister.
36:34Best present ever.
36:36Congratulations.
36:37I know.
36:38I can hardly believe it myself.
36:39What then?
36:40How do you mean?
36:42Dreams.
36:42Ambitions.
36:43Monte Carlo.
36:44Or a flat in London.
36:46And lots and lots of parties.
36:48What more could you want?
36:50I want to be a writer.
36:53All I can remember about my father was him saying,
36:56Read, girl, read.
36:58Books contain all the treasures of the world.
37:00She locks herself away, hours on end,
37:03writing her precious novel.
37:05A novel?
37:06How enterprising.
37:07How enterprising.
37:09I don't suppose you'd have a look.
37:11Give me a few pointers.
37:13I'd be delighted.
37:13Ah, a perfect life.
37:34If it's not too bad,
37:35perhaps you could show your publisher?
37:37Babs.
37:38Babs.
37:46I know about you two, you're disgusting.
37:50What do you think that Agnes girl meant, madam?
37:53I should have thought that was fairly obvious, George.
37:56What?
38:00What?
38:01Young girls like that?
38:04In my day, it was called having a pash.
38:08Short for passion.
38:11Seldom a lifelong state of affairs.
38:16Right, madam.
38:17At least.
38:19Not necessarily.
38:20It was all mean for jealousy.
38:40Our hearts were broken
38:44And angry words were spoken
38:48Now all I have is back
38:51What a delightfully new shout.
38:54Cherries so tenderly
38:56We're very spoken
38:59You have given the name
39:03Do you know
39:03where the tango first originated, George?
39:07I have no idea, madam.
39:08In the brothels
39:09Of Buenos Aires
39:13My life was
39:16Every fall
39:17When we were apart
39:21Why may I make
39:24That great mistake
39:28I told you
39:31Right from the start
39:35T'was all
39:37All that I
39:39Jailers
39:40I proposed to the former
39:42Mrs. Modier to dance
39:43Not Buenos Aires, of course
39:45Amazing, Stoke
39:48Happy birthday, my darling
39:51Wordsworth
39:56Perfect
39:57It's not what you think
40:02And what do we think, madam?
40:03With birthday love from M
40:06It's not how it looks
40:07No
40:08Because M stands for mother, doesn't it?
40:11Which accounts for your Freudian slip the other day
40:13I have really no idea what you're talking about
40:16This is
40:17Oh, you've been looking through my things
40:19I've been looking for a murderer in all the wrong places
40:22Z-I-O-N
40:24It's not Zion
40:25It's part of an Italian word
40:26Adozioni
40:27You were tearing up your certificate of adoption
40:31It broke my heart
40:42But when you're 17 working in a foreign land and find you expecting a baby
40:47What choice do you have?
40:51The father was your employer, I take it
40:53A businessman from Naples
40:55Married to the Contessa Mansi
40:57I was governess to their children
40:59I thought it was love
41:01He said so often enough
41:03But when I told him I was expecting his baby
41:07He called me Putana
41:08Harlot
41:10I was packed off to their country house
41:14Until the baby was born
41:15Then back to England
41:16Alone
41:17But you don't have an Italian accent
41:20My father lost interest when I was six months old
41:23He paid an English family to adopt me
41:26Took me 15 years to track my boy down
41:29Now I take him to lunch like this every birthday
41:33Just the two of us
41:34And the robberies in Venice
41:38I was there on holiday
41:40It was a simple case of mistaken identity
41:42But the people do love to talk
41:44So Mrs. Simms
41:45My mother
41:46Gave me a fresh start
41:48And Massimo Valentino
41:50Became Max Valentin
41:52How long had Miss Ferris been blackmailing you?
41:58How did you know about that?
42:00You were going to make her deputy principal
42:02Even though your files show that Miss Bunting was far better qualified
42:05Why promote the inferior candidate unless she had a hold over you?
42:10Appalling woman
42:11Money didn't interest her
42:14Status
42:14That's all that mattered
42:16And she threatened to tell the school governors about your past
42:19Yes
42:20But I didn't kill her if that's what you're thinking
42:24Who else knows your secret?
42:27No one
42:27Except my husband
42:30Remember, mademoiselle, we are ladies of quality
42:36Legs together, swivel
42:38And out you come
42:40Dainty as a daisy, charming
42:42Mademoiselle, remember
42:45Elegance
42:46Legs together
42:47Swivel
42:49And not too high
42:51Out you come
42:52Pretty as a picture
42:54Charming
42:54It fits the bill, all right
42:56Legitimate children
42:57Foreigners
42:58Scandal
42:58And the school's precious reputation
43:00Much good
43:01If Miss Ferris was a blackmailer
43:03She'd have to be silenced one way or another
43:05Dainty as a daisy
43:05But imagine George
43:07Spending all day, every day
43:10Surrounded by nubile young ladies
43:12I'd do any best
43:14I mean, what effect would it have on a man?
43:16It is
43:16I think we'll do that one more time
43:20Apart from that
43:21Dr. Sims reminds me somewhat of the ancient mariner
43:31Water, water everywhere
43:34Nor any drop to drink
43:35Whether or not he's fallen overboard
43:38Remains to be seen
43:39This is the one that will make my fortune
43:42If you'd like to press the little black button
43:46If that isn't the best thing since
44:15Well, since I don't know what
44:17No, thank you
44:19I've been talking to your local bookseller, Doctor
44:22He told me of your particular area of interest
44:26Hypnotism
44:28Oh, yes
44:30Yes, a fascinating field
44:32Most people read Van Gelder on the subject
44:35But personally, I think Slegman has more to offer
44:38Yes, I've been experimenting with it
44:42As a cure for phobias and other conditions
44:45Really? Such as?
44:47Well, nightmares
44:48Young Plum Fisher suffered very badly when she first arrived
44:52But three or four sessions seemed to do the trick
44:54Who else did you treat in this way?
44:57I really couldn't say
44:58Almost time for your lecture, I believe
45:01Was Miss Bunting one of your guinea pigs?
45:04I'm sorry, I can't discuss patients
45:06Not even dead ones
45:08I can be very discreet when the occasion demands
45:14Miss Bunting had certain sexual proclivities
45:23Of which she was deeply ashamed
45:24And powerless to resist
45:26Oh, yes
45:27Yes, she wanted a cure
45:28Underwent several sessions of hypnosis
45:31But to no avail
45:32Were you aware that Miss Ferris shared these same lesbian proclivities?
45:38Not until you mentioned it, no
45:40Did you ever use hypnosis on Miss Ferris, sir?
45:44Yes, but that was for something entirely different
45:46Was it a physical or a psychological disorder?
45:50Really, Mrs. Bradley
45:51It goes against the grain to discuss patients
45:54Well, we already know she had a severe heart condition, sir
45:57Yes, and I told her she had to be very careful from now on
46:00May I see Miss Ferris' case notes?
46:03Aye
46:03Very well
46:05Well, well
46:18When you broke the bad news about Miss Ferris' heart condition
46:23There was no one else in the room, I take it?
46:24Of course not
46:25But there could have been an eavesdropper outside
46:28Well, it's possible, I suppose
46:31During that same consultation
46:34Did you discuss Miss Ferris' other problem?
46:36The one detailed here?
46:37Yes, I hypnotized her
46:39In fact, she was adamant that nothing should interfere with her holiday plans
46:42Madagascar
46:43I beg your pardon?
46:44She was going to Madagascar
46:46Madagascar
46:48A lush tropical island off the coast of Africa
46:50Famed for its distinctive evolution of flora and fauna
46:54Including some of the world's largest
46:56Spiders
46:57Message from Mrs. Sims
47:05Everyone's here, ready when you are
47:07Mrs. Bradley?
47:12Thank you
47:12Why don't you come and sit down?
47:16I'd like to talk to you about your book
47:18It's very good
47:19Thank you
47:20I have a theory
47:22About why some people write fiction
47:25They want to impose some sort of order on the chaos of the world
47:32To create the neat, happy endings
47:35That life stubbornly refuses to provide
47:39And we all love a neat, happy ending, don't we?
47:44Yes
47:45Especially a girl like you
47:47Yes
47:49Why don't you close your eyes for a moment?
47:54Just for a moment
47:55Good girl
47:57Mrs. Bradley, it'll be much longer
48:11Hard to say, madam
48:12Once upon a time
48:15There was an angry little girl
48:17Furious with the world
48:19Especially her parents
48:21For leaving her all alone
48:22She knew they couldn't help it
48:24But she was still angry
48:26And the anger was so deep
48:29She didn't even know it was there
48:30There were many things
48:32She didn't understand
48:34Why she had terrible nightmares
48:36And a compulsion to steal things
48:39She didn't even want
48:40But had to have
48:42Then, one day
48:44She was caught red-handed
48:46You little thief
48:48Who said that?
48:51Miss Ferris
48:52She saw me take Clementine's ring
48:54And threatened to tell her parents
48:56She can't do that
48:57The adoption's about to go through
48:59She'll ruin everything
49:00But who's going to stop her?
49:03I am
49:04Where are you now?
49:13Shh
49:13I'm outside to study
49:15Eavesdropping on the doctor
49:17And Miss Ferris
49:17She's got a very bad heart
49:20No sudden shocks
49:22Or else
49:23Or else what?
49:25She'll die
49:26And there's something else, isn't there?
49:29She's scared of spiders
49:31No, more than scared
49:33She's absolutely petrified
49:36Three little maids from school, are we?
49:40Three little maids from school, are we?
49:41Three little maids from school, are we?
49:45What now?
49:47I'm watching the micado
49:48And where is Miss Ferris?
49:51In the dressing room
49:51But the door is locked
49:53Yes
49:55No escape
49:57Three little maids from school, are we?
50:27The perfect murder.
50:53Not bad for a scholarship girl.
50:59Everybody's waiting.
51:01What was it your father said about books?
51:04Books contain all the treasures of the world. Why?
51:12I believe this is your crucifix, miss.
51:15Yes. And my watch.
51:19And my brooch.
51:21My purse.
51:24Don't look at me.
51:26That's my crucifix, remember, and my watch. Both stolen.
51:29Or so you said, miss.
51:32Well, anybody could have put those there.
51:35Just as anyone could have forged Miss Bunting's suicide note.
51:39One fatal mistake.
51:41The Coliseum watermark, identical to the watermark on all 206 pages of your manuscript.
51:50Oh, Plum.
51:53No.
51:56We were nearly sisters.
51:59Family.
52:01That's all I wanted.
52:04So much it hurt.
52:05How could I let Miss Ferris ruin my one chance to be happy?
52:11Haven't I been through enough?
52:15Well, haven't I?
52:16Try not to be too hard on her, Inspector.
52:30She's a very disturbed young woman.
52:32I'll do my best, man.
52:35I do hope we'll meet again.
52:36Goodbye.
52:37Goodbye.
52:38Goodbye.
52:55I'm not trying to justify what she did, merely to understand it.
53:00She craved a family, and acceptance in what passes for polite society.
53:07But society is changing.
53:10Last year, we women won the right to vote.
53:14Emilia Earhart flew the Atlantic.
53:17Who knows?
53:18One day, a woman might be Prime Minister.
53:23I was expelled from Hadley Heights.
53:25Had I stayed, I might well have come to believe in home, harmony, humility,
53:32and gone on to lead a life of jam-making and gin rummy and chalfont St. Giles.
53:38So, girls, before you settle for the little life,
53:44remember, the world is now your oyster.
53:48And provided you believe in yourselves, there is nothing you cannot achieve.
53:55There is bound to be some rather lurid publicity, I'm afraid.
54:15Oh, we'll survive.
54:20We're not the dinosaurs, you seem to think.
54:23And people will always need standards.
54:26And you know, Mrs. Bradley, some of us rather like the little life.
54:32We're different.
54:33Not exactly birds of a feather after all, eh, madam? You and Plum?
54:46No.
54:48Apparently not.
54:50Come on.
54:51I suspect we've somewhat outstayed our welcome.
54:54Well, we have if this is anything to go by.
54:56Apparently the Japanese have a saying.
54:59Visitors are like fish.
55:01They begin to stink after three days.
55:03Clever people, the Japanese.
55:09All set. I've tied it to the back.
55:11Thank you. Arrivederci.
55:13Goodbye.
55:15Tied what to the back, madam?
55:16Oh, nothing. Just a little souvenir.
55:19You're the cream in my coffee. You're the salt in my stew.
55:23You would always be my necessity. I'd be lost without you.
55:40You're the starch in my collar. You're the lace in my shoe.
55:45You would always be my necessity, I'd be lost without you
55:50Most men tell love tales, and each tale dovetails
55:55You know each no way, this way is my own way
56:00You're the sail in my love boat, you're the captain and crew
56:04You would always be my necessity, I'd be lost without you
56:09You would always be my necessity, I'd be lost without you
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