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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.
01:39Bye-bye.
01:42Can we see?
01:59Bye-bye.
02:00Bye-bye.
02:03Bye-bye.
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?
03:30Your 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.
04:12My travelling stole is of no use to you.
04:17No more dangerous than his bedsheets.
04:20Stand back, please.
04:26The clue.
04:28Luke, 15-4.
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.
05:24That spineless Lazarus wouldn't say one word to me yesterday,
05:28but he spoke to you today.
05:29I 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.
05:46Why? Does it look like a sheep?
05:48The Madonna of Soros is an exquisite,
05:51flawless 17th century sculpture of the Virgin Mary.
05:54All right.
05:55You said it were a sheep.
05:58The 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.
06:28It'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 don'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,
07:26pick a lock, throw a punch.
07:31I am a man of God.
07:32I have never thrown a punch in my life.
07:37Monsignor, it would be prudent if you stayed here as lookout.
07:41When Lazarus is involved, we should anticipate trouble.
07:51Cutting 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?
07:58Mary 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.
08:29Officer Francis, curious coincidence, must be divine providence, father.
08:37Indeed.
08:38Not my usual cup of tea, I confess, and I heard the Shepard family's collection was unmissable.
08:47Afternoon.
08:50Lazarus is his prison officer, a 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.
09:10All 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.
09:38Father Bran, a friend of Flambo's.
09:40So it's true.
09:41The master thief working for the old enemy.
09:43Nothing ever escaped to 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.
09:56A 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.
10:26Sturdy 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.
11:17Thanks.
11:20Thanks.
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.
12:01Seductive.
12:02Let me express my gratitude for you being so accommodating.
12:08Given the time is of the essence, perhaps 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.
12:33Briefly.
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 will 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.
13:48We have a bigger problem.
13:50Whoever 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.
14:34I 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.
15:24What 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.
15:38Healed by a magical cup, apparently.
15:41You wanted us to locate the statue for you
15:43so your accomplice could take it from under our noses.
15:48Incidentally,
15:50noticed 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 head.
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, 1514.
16:56Feel free to confer with your friends.
16:59Tell me,
17:00what happens if I lose this game?
17:05Then in two days' time,
17:06I will walk out of this prison unchallenged.
17:12And I will kill you.
17:18Please contact me at my lodgings
17:20when my partner does decide to return.
17:22Well, maybe I could help you.
17:40Thanks for last night,
17:42Monsieur Flambeau.
17:43You sure I can't drop you at work?
17:45Better 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,
18:15I'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
18:23was 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?
19:02He rushed off with Monsignor Rousseau.
19:05I would have asked her to join,
19:07but clearly nobody wants me interfering.
19:09Something on your mind?
19:12Well, she's only gone and undone it all.
19:16Perhaps 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
19:23went 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,
19:45they 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.
20:03From 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.
20:13Lock picking.
20:15May God forgive me.
20:24Find anything?
20:25No, the top floor's empty.
20:26We 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.
21:20I 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.
22:19This 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.
22:51Although I do wonder, Monseigneur,
22:53why you are so reluctant to give Hercule a chance.
22:57I was a curator of the Vatican Museum.
22:59My reliquary collection was unparalleled.
23:03An opinion shared by your friend, Father.
23:08Ah, this is awkward.
23:15Hercule 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.
23:42Oh, 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.
24:34For 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' accomplice.
24:46I found this in the cellar.
24:49Same brand as the one beneath the safe.
24:51He's taunting us.
24:52I 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.
25:04Brenda, 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?
25:17She'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 Borstal.
25:30Or prison.
25:41It's Mary.
25:47No sign of a struggle.
25:54Foam 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 a 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.
26:20Hmm.
26:21Not 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.
26:38Please, continue.
26:39I confronted her.
26:41She swore whatever was going on was over.
26:44And 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 Jackman, 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.
27:27I 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.
27:58Maybe your 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.
28:27Do you?
28:36But I fear lest,
28:38as 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.
28:50St Paul's warning to the Corinthians.
29:10St Paul's warning to the Corinthians.
29:17If 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
29:28so you don't miss anything.
29:29Gosh.
29:31That's actually rather brilliant.
29:33You having me on?
29:34What 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, yesterday his hat was off the peg
29:43and his vestments were folded all wrong.
29:46Well, don't look at me.
29:47You're the one who left his Bible
29:49on windowsill this morning.
29:50I thought that was you.
29:52Oh.
29:54Then who keeps interfering
29:55with Father Brown's things?
30:02You know the rules.
30:04Fifteen minutes.
31:03You know what's up?
31:10What's going on?
31:23Rest assured,
31:24our extensive manhunt
31:26will continue overnight.
31:27Just say it, Inspector.
31:29He got away.
31:32The warders seem to believe
31:33that Lazarus
31:34climbed through that hole
31:35and vanished into thin air.
31:37A miracle.
31:38We were right.
31:40Someone was sneaking
31:41into the presbytery at night.
31:44Hiding gelignite
31:46in the Father's Bible,
31:48concealing a blasting cap
31:50in the lining of his hat,
31:53and threading a fuse
31:54through his stole.
31:57You smuggled a bomb
31:58into prison.
32:00That's not fair.
32:01That's not fair.
32:02He was tricked.
32:03Officer Francis warned me
32:05not to underestimate Lazarus,
32:06which is exactly what I have done.
32:15One night, Sergeant.
32:22No sign.
32:25Last month,
32:25Lazarus incited a riot
32:27at Windchurch.
32:28Another escape attempt?
32:30Or he was observing
32:32what happened
32:33during a lockdown.
32:35Finding blind spots
32:37in prison security.
32:40Like the chapel.
32:42Any smart man
32:43would sneak out at night.
32:45An explosion only draws attention.
32:47Unless
32:48that was the whole point.
32:52So your minds
32:54should be corrupted
32:55and fall from
32:57the simplicity
32:57that is in Christ.
33:00Father,
33:02you need some sleep.
33:04What if the explosion
33:06was to corrupt
33:07our minds?
33:09Distracting us
33:10from the simplicity
33:11of the only
33:12logical conclusion.
33:15Lazarus never left
33:17the chapel.
33:25the question is,
33:28my dear friend,
33:30did he pull
33:31the same trick twice?
33:51We need to speak
33:52to Officer Francis
33:53urgently.
33:56Excuse me.
33:57He's coming through.
33:58I'm awake.
34:11I'm all for breaking
34:11and entering,
34:12Father.
34:13But knocking
34:13would have been easier.
34:15Less discreet.
34:16Who knows where
34:17Lazarus is?
34:18Which is why
34:19I don't make enemies
34:19of criminal masterminds.
34:21Even criminal masterminds
34:22can't perform miracles.
34:27Lazarus' accomplice
34:28couldn't open the safe
34:29without the key.
34:30Which I had already
34:31purloined.
34:32But they didn't need to.
34:42Simple sleight of hand.
34:48Just as Lazarus
34:50never left the prison.
34:51Hercule?
34:52Veronica,
34:53we saw an empty safe
34:55and never thought
34:55to question which one.
34:56The picture switch
34:58took seconds.
35:00The clever thing
35:01was convincing us
35:02that the statue
35:02was stolen
35:03while we were
35:04out of the room.
35:09The cigarette butt
35:11wasn't to taunt us.
35:13It was a fuse.
35:16Slowly burning
35:17through the picture
35:18cord till it fell
35:19to the floor
35:19alerting us
35:21to the imaginary theft.
35:28Flambeau has gone AWOL
35:30yet again.
35:30This is going
35:31in my report.
35:32And Father Brown
35:33has gone with him.
35:33They left a note.
35:36Off to Lady V's.
35:37The statue
35:38never left.
35:41Mrs Sullivan,
35:43fetch your car keys.
35:44Miss Palmer
35:44telephoned the police.
35:45This was his plan
35:46all along.
35:47Whatever you've figured out,
35:48Father Brown
35:49will be one step ahead.
35:50Of me, perhaps.
35:52But I know Lazarus.
35:54Father Brown
35:54has figured out
35:55only what he
35:56wanted him to.
35:59As the serpent
36:01seduced Eve
36:02by his subtlety,
36:03you were Eve
36:06seduced by Lazarus
36:08into concealing
36:09explosives
36:10in my apparel.
36:12So I unwittingly
36:14freed him
36:18and chased his shadow
36:20into an ambush.
36:25Congratulations, Father.
36:26I knew you'd get there
36:27eventually.
36:28And for the record,
36:29I wasn't seduced.
36:31Vincent and I
36:32are in love.
36:33Spare us.
36:34Oh.
36:37How did you meet?
36:38Two years ago,
36:39my father died
36:40and left his
36:41unblemished legacy
36:43for me to sully.
36:45All those shady deals
36:46and running around
36:47with the likes of Flambeau
36:48became like a millstone.
36:50And so I sought
36:50atonement in the Vatican.
36:52And Father Lazarus
36:53heard your confession?
36:55Vincent showed me
36:56that the church
36:57was in fact
36:58a parasite
36:59feeding off
37:00my insecurity.
37:01He used you,
37:02Veronica.
37:03He set me free.
37:04No.
37:05No, you set yourself free.
37:07Veronica,
37:09you know me.
37:10You trust me.
37:12I'm sorry,
37:13but Lazarus
37:13doesn't love you.
37:14He has no heart.
37:16You're a good man,
37:17Hercule.
37:18It really pains me
37:19to see you so brainwashed.
37:20May I sit down?
37:30Tell me about
37:31your best friend,
37:32Mary.
37:33I love Mary.
37:36And she loved you.
37:39Enough to pass
37:40what she thought
37:41were innocent love letters
37:42between you
37:43and a prisoner.
37:45Lazarus.
37:48When did you find out
37:49you were helping him escape?
37:51Hercule's questions
37:52at dinner
37:53made her suspicious.
37:55She went through
37:56my bedroom
37:56and found
37:57Vincent's letters.
37:58I wish I'd burnt them all.
37:59So you poisoned her?
38:01I had no choice.
38:02Don't let him
38:03into your head, darling.
38:05Resist.
38:07Right, step on it,
38:08Mrs.
38:09Oh!
38:10That wasn't
38:11tarny, was it?
38:12No, stay ahead.
38:14You have a choice,
38:15Lady Veronica.
38:17You can choose
38:18redemption.
38:19Redemption is a lie
38:20constructed by men
38:21in frocks
38:21telling you you're a sinner.
38:23We're all sinners.
38:25Clergy and laity alike.
38:26See?
38:27They fool even themselves.
38:28If you choose
38:29his path
38:30you may find
38:31distraction
38:33but you will
38:34never find peace.
38:35I just want
38:36the pain to stop.
38:38You took a life.
38:39That pain is remorse.
38:41They gave you
38:42that pain, Veronica.
38:43But it proves
38:44your soul can be saved.
38:46They gave you
38:46the disease
38:47so they could
38:47sell you the cure.
38:51Give me the girl.
38:52Release your shackles.
38:54Repent.
38:55Repent.
38:56Repent.
38:57Repent.
39:03I love you.
39:07Forever.
39:21Good help
39:22is so hard
39:23to find.
39:24Who's next?
39:27I'll kill you.
39:29He's armed.
39:30You're not.
39:31So soon.
39:33Looks like
39:33we'll have to wrap this up.
39:35The only way out of here
39:36is with a hostage.
39:37He's right.
39:40Take me.
39:43Clever thinking.
39:50You know
39:52we could have made
39:53a formidable trio
39:55but
39:56regrettably
39:57three is a crowd.
39:59Hello old friend.
40:06Don't tempt me.
40:11You enjoyed that
40:12didn't you?
40:14No comment.
40:21All this carnage
40:23two lives taken
40:25over an old statue.
40:26The statue
40:27is part of it.
40:28But the whole picture
40:30is no more palatable.
40:34We had a deal.
40:36Did we not?
40:38If I prevailed
40:39you said
40:40you would tell me
40:41what happened.
40:42What filled your heart
40:44with such bitterness.
40:46And I'm a man
40:47of my word
40:47father.
40:49But this game
40:50has only just begun.
40:54I look forward
40:55to the next round.
41:03Deliberately
41:04disobeying
41:04my orders
41:05aiding
41:06a prison break
41:08not my finest hour.
41:10Tomorrow
41:11I visit
41:11his holiness
41:12in Rome
41:13ahead of my
41:14upcoming consecration.
41:16How am I
41:16to explain
41:17this
41:17fiasco?
41:19Tell him
41:19the Madonna
41:20of Soros
41:20has been found
41:21thanks to
41:22Father Brown.
41:23Oh what
41:24I um
41:25I imagine
41:25he'll be impressed
41:26don't you?
41:27All's well
41:28that ends well.
41:30No
41:32no
41:34I shall speak
41:35to you
41:35when I return
41:36father
41:37I look forward
41:38to it
41:38Canon Fox
41:50for Mary Jackman
41:54whose only crime
41:56was being
41:57a loyal friend
41:58while Veronica
41:59will be remembered
41:59only as a monster's
42:01accomplice
42:01not the remarkable
42:03woman I once
42:04knew.
42:04No
42:25Hail Mary
42:26full of grace
42:27the Lord is with thee.
42:31Au revoir madame.
42:32You should visit
42:33more often.
42:34Brenda
42:35Edgar would have
42:36a heart attack.
42:37What next?
42:38I'm thinking on it
42:39I'll keep you posted.
42:40Well I'm glad
42:41you haven't made up
42:41your mind.
42:42If I wasn't
42:43open minded
42:43father
42:44this friendship
42:45never would have worked.
42:46Flambeau
42:47I owe you
42:48an apology
42:49had I only
42:50given you a chance
42:51the feeling's mutual
42:52partner.
42:54Actually
42:54I've received word
42:55from the Vatican
42:55I'm being restored
42:57to my position
42:57as museum curator.
42:59You have earned
43:01your independence.
43:05Our flight
43:05doesn't depart
43:06for a few hours
43:07we can take
43:07the scenic route.
43:10I thank you
43:10father Brown
43:11for your
43:12immeasurable
43:13contribution.
43:16See you at the
43:16airport
43:17Monsignor.
43:43to be continued.
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