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00:04Good day.
00:05A month ago, I could barely handle the attendance register.
00:08Look, correspondence, done, schedule, sorted.
00:12It's like I'm possessed.
00:14Unfortunate choice of words.
00:15Can't wait for Mrs S to come back from her holiday
00:17so I can show him a new filing system.
00:19You've coped admirably without her.
00:23Miss Palmer, why don't you take the rest of the day off?
00:26Oh, thanks, Father.
00:36I'm honoured, but surely it would be easier to attend Mass at the Vatican.
00:43Italian sermons are impossible to sit through, or so I've heard.
00:49Hercule, good to see you.
00:51Although I think these clandestine entrances are no longer necessary.
00:56How could I deny you the thrill, Father?
00:58Besides, I had to check you still have your wits about you.
01:01Ah.
01:02Not a social visit, then.
01:05As you know, the Vigil of the Assumption is coming up.
01:08Thousands will descend upon the Vatican,
01:10expecting to see a highly revered statue.
01:12The Madonna of Soros.
01:15You are here on Reclamation's Department business.
01:19Stolen.
01:20Last year.
01:21The good news is, the man responsible confessed,
01:24and he knows the statue's whereabouts.
01:26And the bad news.
01:27Not long ago, that man tried to kill you.
01:30On this very spot.
01:36Lazarus.
01:38And he will only talk to you.
01:39And he will always complain to her.
01:54And the like, oh, God.
01:56And he will never talk to you.
01:59And the place of sin will never think to you.
02:00All that we've learned,
02:06there, is not only that they are caught to you.
02:07Theples with fear.
02:08And there, isnt that they are�� table.
02:13Forgive the precautions, Father.
02:15I don't normally permit visitors to my most dangerous inmate.
02:19Having met him, I understand.
02:22And you know he has an exceptional mind.
02:25Indeed.
02:27Last month, he offered counsel to the librarian.
02:30An hour later, we had a full-scale riot.
02:33Twelve new patients in the infirmary.
02:36Do not underestimate him.
02:45Stay at arm's length from the bars at all times.
02:48Give him no information, personal or otherwise.
02:50And if he does anything unexpected, pray.
03:06Father Brown.
03:10I knew you wouldn't keep an old friend waiting.
03:13You and I are not friends.
03:16Where is the Madonna of Sorrows?
03:20You won't even ask how I am?
03:23Nasty wound?
03:26Courtesy of a fellow inmate?
03:28You think they let me anywhere near the general population?
03:31Your trial approaches.
03:34Restitution of stolen artefacts will demonstrate remorse.
03:38Forget the trial.
03:39I'm more interested in my favourite adversary.
03:42What have you done with the statue?
03:45Sold it.
03:46Anonymous auction.
03:47But you know where it ended up.
03:49Naturally.
03:50I'll give you a clue.
03:53For a price.
03:54I have no money.
03:57Something else, then.
04:06I'll take whatever's in that pocket.
04:11My travelling stole is of no use to you.
04:17More dangerous than his bedsheets.
04:20Stand back, please.
04:26The clue.
04:28Luke.
04:38What man of you that hath an hundred sheep,
04:41and if he shall lose one of them,
04:45lath he not leave the ninety-nine in the desert
04:47and go after that which is lost till he find it?
04:53What use is that to me?
04:57You're a clever man.
05:00Do your own homework.
05:05Three crowded trains and a bus better suited to cattle.
05:08You should have come in the car.
05:10You drove off without me.
05:13Miss Palmer, who is our guest?
05:15Flambeau's boss.
05:17Partner.
05:18Monsignor Rousseau.
05:21Welcome.
05:22Sorry we had to impose.
05:23That spineless Lazarus wouldn't say one word to me yesterday,
05:28but he spoke to you today.
05:30I think he saw it simply as a way to waste my time.
05:34He gave you nothing to go on?
05:36Almost nothing.
05:38Luke 15.4.
05:40The parable of the lost sheep.
05:43Presumably referring to the lost statue.
05:45Why?
05:46Does it look like a sheep?
05:48The Madonna of Soros is an exquisite, flawless 17th century sculpture of the Virgin Mary.
05:54All right.
05:55You said it were a sheep.
05:57The lost sheep isn't the statue.
06:00It's the person who bought it.
06:04I am sorry we couldn't stay longer.
06:06Not at all.
06:07Eddie doesn't want his mum out staying her welcome.
06:10Besides, I'm eager to catch up on all the excitement I've missed.
06:13Yeah, I'd rather hear there hasn't been any.
06:16But knowing Father Brown...
06:19Please, I won't get in the way.
06:22Flambeau.
06:23How brave of you to show your face while I was away.
06:26Good to see you too, Chief Inspector.
06:29It's just...
06:30Inspector now.
06:32No time to catch up, I'm afraid.
06:34Confidential Vatican business.
06:36My immunity papers.
06:39How's Eddie?
06:40Oh, very well.
06:42Ready to see how far she goes?
06:44Absolutely not.
06:46I told Cardinal Papillon about your little stunt.
06:48From now on, I will be driving.
06:53Look, there's loads of room for me.
06:56Why didn't you show Mrs. Sullivan what you've done with her paperwork?
07:00What was that about my paperwork?
07:14That was a first, overtaken by a pedestrian.
07:17Not every journey is a race.
07:19You forget you work for the Vatican now.
07:21I was hired because I get results.
07:23Sometimes you have to run a red light, pick a lock, throw a punch.
07:31I am a man of God.
07:32I have never thrown a punch in my life.
07:37Monseigneur, it would be prudent if you stayed here as lookout.
07:41When Lazarus is involved, we should anticipate trouble.
07:50Cutting it fine, gents.
07:52The exhibition's almost over.
07:54Bubbly, I won't tell if you don't bother.
07:57I'll abstain.
07:58Miss?
07:59Mary Jackman.
08:00Regrettably Mary.
08:01I've never practiced abstinence myself.
08:04That's very kind, sir, but this is all for charity.
08:08I'm just helping Lady Veronica out.
08:10In that case, tell her we'd love to make a donation.
08:14Hope your pockets are as deep as those eyes.
08:26Oh, please.
08:29Officer Francis.
08:32Curious coincidence.
08:34Must be divine providence, Father.
08:37Indeed.
08:39Not my usual cup of tea, I confess.
08:41And I heard the Shepard family's collection was unmissable.
08:47Afternoon.
08:50Lazarus is prison officer.
08:52A spy?
08:53Let's not jump to conclusions.
08:56He's right, though.
08:58It is an impressive house.
09:00The Shepard family were pillars of the pompous aristocracy.
09:04Until the rebellious daughter inherited everything.
09:07Veronica yearned for excitement.
09:09All the good things money can't buy.
09:12The Shepard's wayward child.
09:15The lost sheep.
09:18There was a time she and I were intimately acquainted.
09:23Veronica.
09:28That's for the waitress in Budapest.
09:31It's good to see you, Hercule.
09:33You haven't lost your delicate touch?
09:36Nor you your charm.
09:37Father Bran, a friend of Flambeau's.
09:40So it's true.
09:41The master thief working for the old enemy.
09:44Nothing ever escaped you.
09:45Quite.
09:46I hear the Vatican plans to exhibit a statue they no longer possess.
09:51A statue you once promised to steal for me.
09:55A detail we shall perhaps withhold from Monsignor Russo.
10:00Your generosity is much appreciated.
10:03Mary will take your details in the donor book outside.
10:10Did you obtain all of this by unorthodox means?
10:14Oh, heavens, what must you think of me?
10:17As if I'd leave my most treasured pieces on display.
10:24Ah, sturdy safe.
10:28Built to deter men like me.
10:30Despite your reputation, you are nothing but honourable to me in most departments.
10:36Voila.
10:37The Madonna of Sorrows.
10:40Tragic effigy.
10:43Many have attested to seeing her weep.
10:45Some might say she's priceless.
10:48I say everything has a price.
10:51Is it not reward enough to spare thousands of pilgrims from disappointment?
10:55I think you know the answer to that.
10:57Allow me.
10:58Since when was I your damsel in distress?
11:02Fine.
11:04I represent the Vatican.
11:06Let's talk financial compensation.
11:08That's the other guests all gone.
11:10I can serve tea in the sitting room if you like.
11:12Thank you, Mary.
11:14Better make it a strong pot.
11:16Follow me, gents.
11:24I know I'm a little disorganised, but I knew where everything was.
11:29Look, this new system is miles better.
11:31It's all about dates in and dates out.
11:34I'm sure I'll work it out.
11:35It's actually easier if I explain it to you.
11:37No, honestly, you've already done so much.
11:38Thank you, Brenda.
11:39All right.
11:41Cup of tea, then.
11:42Perfect.
11:43I'll tell you all about Eddie's experimental cooking.
11:48The Veronica I knew never cared for money.
11:51How about we pause all this while I take you for dinner?
11:52Well, the old signature move.
11:55A candlelit dinner, a velvety bottle of Pinot Noir.
11:59Elegant.
12:00Complex, seductive.
12:02Let me express my gratitude for you being so accommodating.
12:08Given the time is of the essence,
12:11perhaps we should concentrate on the statue.
12:14Relax, Father.
12:16Even if I wasn't spoken for, Flambeau blew his chances long ago.
12:20How much do you have to offer me?
12:29What's going on?
12:30Did you find the statue?
12:32We did, briefly.
12:33We were only gone a few minutes.
12:35Plenty of time for someone to slip in and out and see.
12:38Though breaking into a log safe is another matter.
12:40If you're behind this, Flambeau...
12:42Try pointing that finger at someone who wasn't with you the whole time.
12:46Me?
12:47No, Mary's my dearest friend, and she would never steal from me.
12:51Perhaps you observed something, Miss Jackman.
12:53Oh, I'm not very observant, Father.
12:56Plus, I was in the kitchen making tea.
12:58Guess it'll go to waste now.
13:00Pity.
13:00I was looking forward to something hot.
13:04I'll pop this in the sitting room, in case you fancy it later.
13:08Have you found something, Father?
13:10Cigarette butt.
13:12Careless of the thief to leave evidence.
13:14Unless they wanted us to find it.
13:16Monseigneur, did you notice any of the exhibition guests smoking?
13:19I did not.
13:20Besides, they had all departed before the crash.
13:23Except for the tall gentleman in a blue jacket that I passed on the way inside.
13:27Officer Francis?
13:29Car king.
13:30No.
13:31You are the one who had the statue in sight.
13:33We'll inform the Vatican and await further instruction.
13:36And notify the police.
13:37No, please don't.
13:38I can't have my name linked to a stolen artefact.
13:41And it will be damaging to the Vatican if anyone found out it were missing.
13:44Hmm.
13:48We have a bigger problem.
13:49Well, whoever stole it was acting under instruction.
13:53So Lazarus has an accomplice.
13:57Another day, another wild adventure for Father Brown.
14:00Inserting himself where he does not belong.
14:03When I heard that you had visited that disgrace to the church...
14:07Please accept my apologies, Colonel Fox.
14:09I don't need your apologies, Father.
14:11I need you to leave the reclamations to the professionals.
14:15And to this crook they employed against my advice.
14:19Stay away from Vincent Lazarus.
14:29The Vatican must be in trouble if that's your next bishop.
14:32Hmm.
14:34I won't be joining you for dinner.
14:37Following up on a promising lead.
14:39Let me guess.
14:42Mary Jackman.
14:43Any information could prove vital in catching the accomplice.
14:46I would hate for you to compromise your new position...
14:48...by doing anything that Monsignor Russo could object to.
14:53And I suppose you're planning on staying away from Lazarus...
14:57...as Canon Fox commanded.
15:23What do you know?
15:26Perfect fit.
15:29So, I'm dying to hear if you found that lost sheep.
15:32That clue wasn't for me.
15:34Because you knew that Flambeau was alive and working for the Vatican.
15:39Healed by a magical cup, apparently.
15:41You wanted us to locate the statue for you...
15:44...so your accomplice could take it from under our noses.
15:48Incidentally...
15:50...noticed the familiar face at the exhibition.
15:54I don't like what you're implying.
15:58Merely stating a fact, Officer Francis.
16:02It's no surprise.
16:03I've been fostering his cultural appetite.
16:06This is just a game to you, isn't it?
16:08An intellect such as yours deserves a challenge.
16:12Now, are you ready to purchase your second clue?
16:15I would rather you spoke plainly.
16:18The price is steeper this time.
16:22Your lovely hat.
16:25Are you trying to defrock me?
16:29You know the drill, Father.
16:42My vestments are purely symbolic.
16:46You will never strip me of my faith.
16:49We'll see.
16:53Matthew.
16:5415-14.
16:56Feel free to confer with your friends.
16:59Tell me...
17:00...what happens if I lose this game?
17:05Then in two days' time, I will walk out of this prison unchallenged.
17:12And I will kill you.
17:17He's contacting me at my lodgings when my partner does decide to return.
17:22Oh, maybe I could help you.
17:40Thanks for last night, Monsieur Flambeau.
17:44Are you sure I can't drop you at work?
17:45I'd better take the bus.
17:47Us nurses are rotten gossips.
17:57This is not how the Vatican expects us to conduct ourselves.
18:01The Vatican expects results.
18:03What is it?
18:04Veronica's book of charity donors.
18:06Mary was only too happy to share it with me.
18:08Guess which prison officer left us a dress yesterday?
18:13While you write your reports and wait for your instructions, I'm going to get the statue back.
18:18Actually, I spoke to Cardinal Papillon this morning.
18:20And?
18:22He said that trusting your instincts was our best chance of recovering the Madonna of Sorrows.
18:27No need to apologise.
18:29I can still save the day.
18:33Not reconsidering your vow of non-violence, are you?
18:38Somewhere safe, Miss Palmer.
18:42From now on, we work together.
18:44No more thefts.
18:45No more inappropriate relations.
18:48And it goes without saying, I'm driving.
18:58Miss Palmer, has Flambeau returned yet?
19:01Um, he rushed off with Monseigneur Rousseau.
19:05I would have asked to join, but clearly nobody wants me interfering.
19:09Something on your mind?
19:11Well, she's only gone and undone it all.
19:15Perhaps that's why my things keep migrating.
19:18It took me forever to sort out this mess.
19:21Does Mrs Sullivan know how much thought went into your reorganisation?
19:26Perhaps you should talk to her.
19:28Brenda!
19:29I found this strange book of addresses in the kitchen.
19:33Flambeau said it would lead them to some officer's house.
19:37Matthew 15, 14.
19:39Let them alone, for they are blind and leaders of the blind.
19:43If the blind lead the blind, they will both fall into the pit.
19:48Flambeau is heading into a trap.
19:54Somewhat off the beaten track.
19:59Fitting hideout for an accomplice.
20:01Good thing we have immunity.
20:02From the law, not from God.
20:05Just follow my lead.
20:06That isn't too much to ask, is it?
20:08Depends where you want to lead me.
20:11Lesson one.
20:13Lockpicking.
20:15May God forgive me.
20:24Find anything?
20:25No, the top floor's empty.
20:27We should go.
20:27Not yet.
20:28Nobody's been here for years.
20:29Look harder.
20:31Touché.
20:32Let's see where they leave.
20:34Not so fast.
20:38Security alarm.
20:42You have a lot to learn.
20:43From you?
20:44Yes.
20:46Professional hired to lead this department.
20:48Or so I was led to believe.
20:50Thievery is no profession.
20:52Then we must be unemployed.
20:53That's different.
20:54We're recovering items that are rightfully ours.
20:57By what means?
21:05Same brand.
21:07This is it.
21:08You're really enjoying this, aren't you?
21:10I'd enjoy it more without the running commentary.
21:13No.
21:14You may have convinced Father Brown of your reformed character,
21:17but I cannot support this.
21:18Then go home, Russo.
21:19I work better alone.
21:31Stop!
21:34Not another move.
21:36And if I refuse to comply?
21:39Then you will likely meet an unpleasant fate.
21:57I just saved your neck.
21:59The least you could do is tell me about this Vatican business.
22:02Classified information.
22:03Perhaps if you were still Chief Inspector.
22:06Hurt your plan, though.
22:08You're under arrest.
22:09I suggest you review our immunity papers
22:11before causing a diplomatic incident.
22:14We should have stopped for a cup of tea, Sergeant.
22:16I've been telling old Farmer Ned
22:18to clean his cellar up for years.
22:20This property doesn't belong to Officer Francis.
22:23Who?
22:24I take it this is what you were after.
22:32Once again, Flambeau acted with reckless abandon.
22:36I almost died.
22:37You were ready to abandon me, partner.
22:39It's like you don't want to find the statue.
22:41I beg your pardon!
22:43Well, if you're not helping me, who are you helping?
22:44Enough.
22:47Mercifully, the Lord has spared you both.
22:50Although I do wonder, Monseigneur,
22:53why you are so reluctant to give Hercule a chance.
22:57I was a curator of the Vatican Museum.
23:00My reliquary collection was unparalleled.
23:03An opinion shared by your friend, Father.
23:08Ah.
23:10This is awkward.
23:14Hercule has changed.
23:16I once trusted another man, just like Flambeau.
23:20I considered him a friend.
23:23Until he used me to gain access to the Vatican vaults.
23:27Lazarus.
23:29He cost me my career.
23:32And now, when he has information to share,
23:34he won't even talk to me.
23:36I won't make the same mistake again.
23:42Ah, well.
23:44C'est la vie.
23:46Do not walk away from this, Hercule.
23:48I was promised independence.
23:50My own department.
23:53Go to bed.
23:55Sleep on it.
23:58I'm sorry, Father.
24:00I'm out.
24:01Will you at least stay until the Madonna of Soros is found?
24:06Why should I?
24:09Because the day after tomorrow,
24:11Lazarus plans to vacate his prison cell and take my life.
24:19Father, you might have mentioned that your life's in danger.
24:22You were lucky to escape Lazarus the first time,
24:25thanks to Flambeau's heroics.
24:28I'll show you my scar if you like.
24:29Gosh.
24:30Let's not forget that Lazarus is incarcerated.
24:33For now, you're not leaving us out of this any more.
24:37Agreed.
24:39So, someone took the statue
24:41and led Flambeau into a trap,
24:44presumably Lazarus's accomplice.
24:46I found this in the cellar.
24:49Same brand as the one beneath the safe.
24:51He's taunting us.
24:53I saw Mary like one of those after you dropped her off.
24:55And she gave you that address, right?
24:58Only after I cleverly planted the idea in her head.
25:01Unless she was the clever one.
25:03Brenda, have you been reorganising again?
25:08Sorry.
25:09Please continue.
25:11What possible connection could Mary have with a man like Lazarus?
25:16Why don't we ask her?
25:18She'll be at work, nursing.
25:20She didn't say which hospital.
25:21I don't think she worked in a hospital.
25:24Miss Palmer?
25:25Well, a uniform.
25:26It's more like the ones the nurses wore at Borstel.
25:30Or prison.
25:41It's Mary.
25:47No sign of a struggle.
25:55Foam round the lips suggests poison.
25:57Cool fate.
25:59Hmm.
26:00Perhaps a preventable one.
26:02All this Vatican business is no longer private.
26:06Seven witnesses saw her collapse.
26:08Four staff.
26:09Three inmates.
26:10Vincent Lazarus?
26:12Not on the list, father.
26:14Poison can be slow acting.
26:17Hard to know when and how she ingested it.
26:20Not your job, luckily.
26:23Seems she was playing with fire.
26:26A warder suspected her of exchanging secret notes with a patient.
26:30A sackable offence.
26:32Curious you blame the victim and not the murderer, Officer Francis.
26:36Father.
26:37Please continue.
26:39I confronted her.
26:41She swore whatever was going on was over.
26:44Then half an hour later...
26:48The patient she was communicating with.
26:50Need I ask his name?
26:57The wound on your hand was self-inflicted.
27:00Gaining you access to Nurse Chapman to whom you passed letters.
27:04Letters of instruction.
27:06Was there a question in there?
27:08Why did you take Mary's life?
27:11Had she simply served her purpose?
27:14Or did she turn on you?
27:17I was fond of Mary.
27:20A susceptible mind is a useful one.
27:22But I had no hand in her passing.
27:25Please don't mistake it for part of our game.
27:28I should not have accepted your invitation.
27:32I will not visit again.
27:35Nor could you.
27:37My cell will be empty tomorrow.
27:41But I'll give you one last chance to stop me.
27:46No more clues.
27:48The last one saved your friend's life.
27:50Can you afford to risk it?
27:54I'm running out of clothing.
27:57Indeed.
27:58Your Bible will have to suffice.
28:01The Bible tells us that material possessions
28:05draw us away from spiritual treasures.
28:13One condition.
28:17If I win your game,
28:20you will tell me what happened to you,
28:22what made you despise the church so deeply.
28:27Deal.
28:36But I fear lest as the serpent seduced Eve by his subtlety,
28:42so your mind should be corrupted
28:43and fall from the simplicity
28:46that is in Christ.
28:51St. Paul's warning to the Corinthians.
28:56Visitation's over.
28:57The chapel's ready for your weekly prayer time, Vincent.
29:02Until tomorrow,
29:05Father.
29:11I'm sorry.
29:13I shouldn't have meddled.
29:15It's not that I like the mess.
29:17It's just if something isn't there right in front of me,
29:20I risk neglecting it.
29:21Well, that's what I was trying to help you with.
29:24Filing things by when they actually need doing.
29:26You know,
29:27urgent stuff closest so you don't miss anything.
29:29Gosh.
29:31That's actually rather brilliant.
29:33You having me on?
29:34Well,
29:35what I can't fathom
29:36is why you keep on moving
29:38Father Brown's liturgical things.
29:40Me?
29:40I don't.
29:41Well,
29:42yesterday his hat was off the peg
29:43and his vestments were folded all wrong.
29:46Well,
29:46don't look at me.
29:47You're the one who left his Bible on windowsill this morning.
29:50I thought that was you.
29:54Then who keeps interfering with Father Brown's things?
30:02You know the rules.
30:04Fifteen minutes.
30:25I don't know.
31:10What's going on?
31:23Rest assured, our extensive manhunt will continue overnight.
31:27Just say it, Inspector. He got away.
31:31The warders seem to believe that Lazarus climbed through that hole and vanished into thin air.
31:37A miracle.
31:38We were right. Someone was sneaking into the presbytery at night.
31:44He's hiding gelignite in the father's Bible, concealing a blasting cap in the lining of his hat,
31:53and threading a fuse through his soul.
31:57You smuggled a bomb into prison.
32:00That's not fair. He was tricked.
32:03Officer Francis warned me not to underestimate Lazarus, which is exactly what I have done.
32:15One night, Sergeant.
32:22No sign.
32:24Last month, Lazarus incited a riot at Windchurch.
32:28Another escape attempt?
32:30Or he was observing what happened during a lockdown.
32:35Finding blind spots in prison security.
32:40Like the chapel.
32:43Any smart man would sneak out at night.
32:45An explosion only draws attention.
32:48Unless that was the whole point.
32:52So your minds should be corrupted and fall from the simplicity that is in Christ.
33:00Father, you need some sleep.
33:04What if the explosion was to corrupt our minds?
33:09Distracting us from the simplicity of the only logical conclusion.
33:16Lazarus never left the chapel.
33:25The question is, my dear friend, did he pull the same trick twice?
33:51We need to speak to Officer Francis urgently.
33:56Excuse me, he's coming through.
33:58I'm awake.
34:11I'm all for breaking and entering, Father.
34:13But knocking would have been easier.
34:15Less discreet.
34:16Who knows where Lazarus is?
34:18Which is why I don't make enemies of criminal masterminds.
34:21Even criminal masterminds can't perform miracles.
34:27Lazarus' accomplice couldn't open the safe without the key.
34:30Which I had already purloined.
34:32But they didn't need to.
34:42Simple sleight of hand.
34:48Just as Lazarus never left the prison.
34:51Hercule?
34:52Veronica.
34:53We saw an empty safe and never thought to question which one.
34:56The picture switch took seconds.
34:59The clever thing was convincing us that the statue was stolen while we were out of the room.
35:09The cigarette butt wasn't to taunt us.
35:13It was a fuse.
35:16Slowly burning through the picture cord till it fell to the floor,
35:20alerting us to the imaginary theft.
35:28Flambeau has gone AWOL yet again.
35:30This is going in my report.
35:32And Father Brown's gone with him.
35:34They left a note.
35:36Off to Lady V's.
35:37The statue never left.
35:41Mrs Sullivan, fetch your car keys.
35:44Miss Palmer, telephone the police.
35:45This was his plan all along.
35:47Whatever you've figured out, Father Brown will be one step ahead.
35:50Of me, perhaps.
35:52But I know Lazarus.
35:54Father Brown has figured out only what he wanted him to.
35:59As the serpent seduced Eve by his subtlety.
36:04You are Eve.
36:07Seduced by Lazarus into concealing explosives in my apparel.
36:12So I unwittingly freed him.
36:18And chased his shadow into an ambush.
36:25Congratulations, Father.
36:26I knew you'd get there eventually.
36:28And for the record, I wasn't seduced.
36:31Vincent and I are in love.
36:32Oh, the Sparrow's.
36:34Oh.
36:36How did you meet?
36:38Two years ago, my father died.
36:40And left his unblemished legacy for me to sully.
36:45All those shady deals and running around with the likes of Flambeau
36:48became like a millstone.
36:49And so I sought atonement in the Vatican.
36:52And Father Lazarus heard your confession?
36:55Vincent showed me that the church was in fact a parasite
36:59feeding off my insecurity.
37:01He used you, Veronica.
37:03He set me free.
37:04No.
37:05No, you set yourself free.
37:07Veronica, you know me.
37:10You trust me.
37:12I'm sorry, but Lazarus doesn't love you.
37:14He has no heart.
37:16You're a good man, Hercule.
37:18It really pains me to see you so brainwashed.
37:20May I sit down?
37:30Tell me about your best friend, Mary.
37:33I love Mary.
37:36And she loved you.
37:39Enough to pass what she thought were innocent love letters
37:42between you and a prisoner.
37:45Lazarus.
37:48When did you find out you were helping him escape?
37:52Hercule's questions at dinner made her suspicious.
37:55She went through my bedroom and found Vincent's letters.
37:58I wish I'd burnt them all.
38:00So you poisoned her?
38:01I had no choice.
38:02Don't let him into your head, darling.
38:05Resist.
38:07Right, step on it, Miss Hess.
38:09Oh, that wasn't turning, was it?
38:12No, straight ahead.
38:14You have a choice, Lady Veronica.
38:17You can choose redemption.
38:19Redemption is a lie.
38:20Constructed by men in frocks telling you you're a sinner.
38:23We're all sinners.
38:25Clergy and laity alike.
38:26See, they fool even themselves.
38:28If you choose his path,
38:30you may find distraction.
38:33But you will never find peace.
38:35I just want the pain to stop.
38:38You took a life.
38:39That pain is remorse.
38:41They gave you that pain, Veronica.
38:43But it proves your soul can be saved.
38:46They gave you the disease so they could sell you the cure.
38:51Give me the girl.
38:52Release your shackles.
38:54Repent.
39:04I love you.
39:08Forever.
39:21Good help is so hard to find.
39:24Who's next?
39:27I'll kill you.
39:29He's armed.
39:30You're not.
39:31So soon.
39:33Looks like we'll have to wrap this up.
39:35The only way out of here is with a hostage.
39:37He's right.
39:40Take me.
39:43Clever thinking.
39:50You know,
39:52we could have made a formidable trio.
39:56But, regrettably, three is a crowd.
39:59Hello, old friend.
40:07Don't tempt me.
40:11You enjoyed that, didn't you?
40:14No comment.
40:21All this carnage.
40:23Two lives taken over an old statue.
40:27The statue is part of it.
40:28But the whole picture is no more palatable.
40:34We had a deal.
40:36Did we not?
40:38If I prevailed,
40:39you said you would tell me what happened.
40:42What filled your heart with such bitterness.
40:46And I'm a man of my word, father.
40:49But this game has only just begun.
40:54I look forward to the next round.
41:03Deliberately disobeying my orders.
41:06Aiding a prison break.
41:08Not my finest hour.
41:10Tomorrow I visit his holiness in Rome.
41:13Ahead of my upcoming consecration.
41:16How am I to explain this fiasco?
41:18Tell him the Madonna of Soros has been found.
41:21Thanks to Father Brown.
41:23Oh, what?
41:24I, um...
41:25I imagine he'll be impressed.
41:26Don't you?
41:28All's well that ends well.
41:30No.
41:32No.
41:34I shall speak to you when I return, father.
41:37I look forward to it, Canon Fox.
41:50For Mary Jackman.
41:54Whose only crime
41:56was being a loyal friend.
41:58Well, Veronica will be remembered
41:59only as a monster's accomplice.
42:02Not the remarkable woman I once knew.
42:25Hail Mary,
42:26full of grace.
42:28The Lord is with thee.
42:31Au revoir, madame.
42:32You should visit more often.
42:34Brenda,
42:35Edgar would have a heart attack.
42:37What next?
42:38I'm thinking on it.
42:39I'll keep you posted.
42:40Well, I'm glad you haven't made up your mind.
42:42If I wasn't open-minded, father,
42:44this friendship never would have worked.
42:46Flambeau,
42:47I owe you an apology.
42:49Had I only given you a chance?
42:51The feeling's mutual.
42:52Partner.
42:53Actually,
42:54I've received word from the Vatican.
42:56I'm being restored to my position
42:57as museum curator.
42:59You have earned your independence.
43:05Our flight doesn't depart for a few hours.
43:07We can take the scenic route.
43:10I thank you, father Brown,
43:11for your immeasurable contribution.
43:16See you at the airport, Monsignor.
43:44All right.
43:46I'll see you at the airport.
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