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Father Brown - Season 13 - Episode 08: The Oath of Silence
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00:00No, I'm alone. We're going to park up.
00:02Just up, Brendan. Soak out!
00:09Stop yelling. You're making me nervous.
00:12Almost dying makes me nervous.
00:14You flew past two stop signs.
00:19I didn't want you to be late on your first day.
00:21I appreciate that.
00:23But this was a bad idea.
00:25I'm afraid I'll have to postpone your lessons while I do jury service.
00:29Well, how long will that be for?
00:31I can't say for sure.
00:32And I'm afraid I can't speak about the case once it starts.
00:36I'm more than happy for you and Father Brown to observe.
00:38But there'll be no discussions of any kind about the case.
00:41Understood.
00:42We will withhold our opinions until the case is concluded.
00:46Good luck, Mrs Sullivan.
00:47Thank you, Father.
00:51How am I supposed to improve if I can't practice?
00:54You may be resuming your lessons sooner than you think.
00:57I think this is likely to be a short trial.
00:59Well, how do you know that?
01:01According to the paper, the accused has already confessed.
01:13I've never been to a murder trial before.
01:17Sorry, Father.
01:19I know you knew the victim.
01:21Who was he again?
01:24His name was Arthur Goddard.
01:27He was a good man.
01:29I met him through his daughter, Josie, who attended catechism as a child.
01:35That's her there, on the end of the green dress.
01:40All rise, for his honour, Judge Carmichael.
01:57Will the accused please rise?
02:03Please state your full name for the court.
02:07David Somers Ensley.
02:11You are indicted on one count of murder.
02:14Namely, that on 9th of May, 1955,
02:17you did murder Arthur Goddard, contrary to common law.
02:21Do you understand the charge against you?
02:24Yes.
02:25How do you plead?
02:29Not guilty.
02:30No matter who you have to die.
03:19What's the blimmin' old up?
03:21I'm not sure.
03:23Members of the jury,
03:25I must inform you that the defendant has excused his counsel
03:29and wishes to represent himself.
03:32Something I will allow.
03:36He's fired his barrister.
03:39Is that a good idea, Father?
03:41Not usually, no.
03:44Ladies and gentlemen,
03:46Arthur Goddard lived and worked peacefully as a potter
03:51on his small plot of land all his life
03:54until he was brutally stabbed in his workshop in the dead of night.
04:00Why would this happen?
04:03Because five years ago,
04:06he gave David Ensley a job
04:10after he was released from prison for manslaughter.
04:15By all accounts, Mr Goddard offered him his friendship.
04:19But on the day of the murder,
04:21employees overheard a heated exchange between them
04:26and Mr Ensley was given his marching orders.
04:30Police later received a telephone call from Mr Goddard
04:33as he lay dying.
04:35They caught Mr Ensley attempting to flee.
04:40He had his employer's blood on his coat
04:43and cash in his pocket
04:45taken from the safety deposit box.
04:49Mr Ensley gave a full confession to police
04:52after his arrest,
04:54a confession he now wishes to retract.
04:58But I believe
04:59we will prove beyond a shadow of doubt
05:02that he is guilty of this crime.
05:21I know how it looks,
05:23but I never killed Arthur.
05:26He gave me that money.
05:27I never took it.
05:30and
05:32I only went back to check on him,
05:33so
05:35someone else had stopped him.
05:40And I shouldn't have run.
05:44But I swear he won't me.
05:56Do you think he's telling the truth, Father?
06:00I intend to find out.
06:20I'm not a man of faith, Father.
06:22That's not why I'm here.
06:25I knew Arthur.
06:32And I would like to know the truth.
06:37Were you lying
06:39when you confessed to his murder?
06:42Or did you lie in court
06:44when you pleaded innocent?
06:46I didn't kill him.
06:49That's the truth.
06:51Then why wait till now
06:53to defend yourself?
06:56Because I knew the police
06:59would take one look at me.
07:02The blood.
07:03The money.
07:06Did it?
07:09Assume I was guilty.
07:12Most men would have protested,
07:14nonetheless.
07:17I learned a long time ago.
07:20If you can't win,
07:22don't fight.
07:25But you have decided to fight.
07:27But you have decided to fight.
07:29So perhaps you have faith,
07:31after all.
07:32No.
07:35I'm sure I'll be hanged.
07:38And I had made my peace with that.
07:42But then my solicitor said,
07:44pleading guilty might mean
07:46being locked up for the rest of my life.
07:50I'd rather die.
07:53And your previous conviction
07:55for manslaughter,
07:56were you falsely accused of that too?
07:59No.
08:03I used to want to pick a fight
08:04with the whole world.
08:06Tell he hit a man so hard,
08:09he never got up again.
08:13I deserved what came to me.
08:17I know how wrong it is
08:19to take a life.
08:26Especially a man like Arthur's.
08:33No.
08:35You didn't kill Arthur.
08:39But you are already in the dock,
08:41so I do not have much time
08:42to find the real culprit.
08:44you will have to assist me.
08:45Like to, Father.
08:48But I won't.
08:48Time's up.
08:50By recounting to me
08:52meticulously
08:53everything I ask you to.
08:56Sometimes the clue
08:57is in the smallest detail.
09:09I can't believe they're not even
09:10paying us properly for this.
09:12I'm just about full
09:13the weekly shop as it is.
09:15This blimmin' trial
09:16better not drag on for too long.
09:18Well, in that case,
09:19perhaps we should get started.
09:21So, um,
09:23what does everyone make
09:24of what they've heard so far?
09:26Well, it's obvious, isn't it?
09:28Ends these guiltiest sin.
09:29Oh, it's a bit early
09:31to assume that.
09:32No, it's not.
09:33He confessed.
09:34There could be a number
09:35of reasons why a person
09:36might confess to a crime
09:38they didn't commit.
09:39How would you know?
09:41I take an interest
09:43in murder cases.
09:44Also, my husband's
09:45a police detective inspector.
09:47So, somehow,
09:48are you cleverer than us?
09:49If a man's killed before,
09:51nine times out of ten,
09:52he'll kill again.
09:54It's not fair to judge someone
09:55just because of their past.
09:59I'm not saying
10:01Ends is innocent,
10:02but we need to consider
10:04he might be.
10:10I still think
10:11I could have driven here.
10:14Brenda,
10:14what's the urgency?
10:16I'm sure the verdict
10:17will come soon enough
10:18and then I'm all yours.
10:19I must go.
10:21Oh.
10:23Good morning, Sergeant.
10:24Morning.
10:25Good morning, Father.
10:26Miss Palmer.
10:27What up are you doing here?
10:29We are observing
10:30a murder trial, Sergeant.
10:32You?
10:32I'm testifying
10:33at one of the smaller courts.
10:34Not nearly as interesting
10:35as a murder trial, mind.
10:37Good day.
10:54I shall now read
10:55a statement
10:56given by Police Sergeant
10:57Alistair Flynn
10:58of Sirencester Police Station
11:00who is unable
11:00to attend in person.
11:02The station telephone rang
11:04at approximately
11:051.30am.
11:07When I answered,
11:08I heard a man
11:09in considerable pain.
11:11He gave his name
11:12as Arthur Goddard
11:13of Goddard's Pottery.
11:14He told me
11:15he'd been stabbed
11:16and asked for
11:17immediate assistance.
11:20I then heard
11:21Mr. Goddard
11:22gasp
11:23and cry out
11:24in fear.
11:26He said,
11:28David,
11:30no.
11:34After that,
11:35the line went dead.
11:47Father,
11:48are you sure
11:48you're not wrong
11:49about David?
11:50Why would Arthur
11:51have called out
11:52his name like that?
11:55I am undoubtedly
11:56fallible,
11:57Miss Palmer,
11:58but I think
11:59that Arthur's words
12:00were misleading.
12:08Pardon me
12:09for interrupting.
12:10Do you remember me?
12:12Father Brown,
12:13of course.
12:14My goodness,
12:15it's been so many years.
12:16It has indeed.
12:18A pity to meet again
12:20under such sad circumstances.
12:22I'm sorry
12:23about your father.
12:24This is Miss Palmer,
12:25my housekeeper.
12:27And this is my husband.
12:28Royce Holland.
12:29It's a pleasure
12:30to meet you both.
12:32Poor thing.
12:33She's, um,
12:34she is exhausted.
12:36I'm all right.
12:37It's just hard
12:37watching that brute
12:38defending himself.
12:39You believe
12:40David Ensley
12:41is guilty?
12:42Of course he is.
12:43He took advantage
12:44of my father for years.
12:45He even forced us
12:46to leave my own
12:47mother's funeral.
12:47He struck my husband.
12:49Don't, don't
12:49upset yourself.
12:50It's all in the past.
12:51Let me take you home.
12:53I'd rather be
12:54at the cottage.
12:55All right.
12:56I'll wait in the car.
13:00I've been, uh,
13:01putting my father's
13:02affairs in order.
13:04Would it comfort you
13:05if I paid you
13:06a visit later?
13:08Thank you, father.
13:09I'd like that.
13:15Did I imagine it?
13:16Or could you smell
13:17alcohol on her breath?
13:19No, you didn't
13:20imagine it.
13:22A way of coping
13:23with recent events,
13:24no doubt.
13:36I suppose you don't
13:37believe me anymore, father.
13:38No, my belief
13:39is unchanged,
13:40but I need an explanation.
13:42I met Arthur's daughter.
13:44She said you ejected her
13:45from her mother's funeral.
13:47Arthur wanted her there,
13:48just not her husband,
13:50but he wouldn't go.
13:51I shouldn't have hit him,
13:52but Arthur was upset.
13:55They both left,
13:57but I'll never forget
13:59the look Josie
14:00gave her father.
14:01When was this?
14:02Just a few months back.
14:05So Josie's anger
14:06would still have been palpable
14:07the night her father died?
14:11There was a man
14:12in a big fancy car
14:14who wanted to buy
14:14the pottery, father.
14:16I never got his name,
14:18but I saw him
14:19and called today.
14:22Yes, I noticed him.
14:23Tell me more.
14:26Arthur wasn't interested
14:26in selling,
14:27but the man kept coming back.
14:30With cigars
14:32and bottles of whiskey,
14:33that sort of thing.
14:35But that didn't work.
14:36He sent two men
14:38to try and lean on Arthur.
14:41But I put an end to that.
14:45So Arthur came to depend on you.
14:48Why did he sack you?
14:49Arthur wanted himself that day.
14:52Said I'd made a mistake
14:53with some tiles in kiln
14:55and it cost us a day's takings.
14:57I said it weren't me,
14:59but he...
15:01He called me a liar.
15:03Paid me off
15:03and told me to go.
15:06But I knew something were wrong.
15:08So I went back
15:09later that night.
15:12Send someone
15:14quickly.
15:17David!
15:18No!
15:21Arthur, what happened?
15:26Who did this?
15:27No time.
15:29The police coming.
15:30You'll be blamed.
15:32I don't care about that.
15:33Tell me you did it.
15:34Use that money I gave you.
15:36Get away.
15:39I'm not leaving you.
15:40Please, David, run.
15:44Promise me.
15:45Run.
15:54He fired you to protect you.
16:00I think he knew he was going to die.
16:07I think he knew he was going to die.
16:28I could have sworn I'd bought some biscuits,
16:30but there were none in the cupboard.
16:33It's these pills I take from my nerves
16:35that make me forgetful.
16:37Tea is ample, Mrs. Holland.
16:40Please, call me Josie,
16:42like before.
16:43I'm sorry things had become difficult
16:45with your father, Josie.
16:48Well, he never forgave me
16:49for eloping with Royce
16:50when I was 16.
16:52I must say,
16:53you were rather young.
16:55I was old enough
16:56to know my mind.
16:58My father always blamed Royce.
17:00Daddy always thought
17:01he knew best.
17:03You still seem angry with him.
17:05Can you blame me?
17:08I was his child,
17:09and he loved some stranger
17:10more than me.
17:11I'm sure that's not true.
17:13Isn't it?
17:15Well, he left everything to David.
17:17I mean, I get my mother's
17:18personal things, of course,
17:20but David gets the house,
17:21the factory.
17:24Now do you see why I think
17:25he's guilty, father?
17:27I agree.
17:28An inheritance can be
17:29a strong motive.
17:32Of course,
17:33if David Ensley is hanged,
17:35it will all revert to you.
17:37And you think I'd want it now,
17:39after what's happened here?
17:42Do you recall where you were
17:44the night your father died?
17:48I think Royce was having
17:50a sing-song in the pub.
17:51I must confess,
17:52I'd had a few gins,
17:53which doesn't mix well
17:55with my pills,
17:55so I went upstairs to bed.
17:57You live above a pub?
17:59Royce owns the Raven Tavern.
18:01It's a family business.
18:06You know,
18:07I used to help my dad
18:07in the workshop.
18:11You taught me everything
18:12I needed to know
18:12to run this place someday.
18:15As well as it just
18:16wasn't meant to be.
18:20Mr. Holland,
18:22would you describe for the jury
18:23the events that took place
18:24at your mother-in-law's funeral?
18:26What do you think
18:27motivated Mr. Ensley's
18:29aggression that day?
18:30Well, I believe a reconciliation
18:32between Josie and her father
18:33was possible.
18:35But Mr. Ensley was determined
18:37to prevent that from happening.
18:40So Arthur would keep him
18:41in the will.
18:42But I didn't know about
18:43any inheritance
18:44until a week ago.
18:45Mr. Ensley!
18:45Some solicitor told me
18:47he's making Josie contest it.
18:49He just runs out
18:49one of his cells!
18:50Mr. Ensley,
18:51any further outbursts
18:52and I'll have you
18:53removed to the cells.
18:55I'd like to answer that,
18:56if I may.
18:57Yeah.
19:02My wife
19:03deserved better
19:04from her father.
19:08And if
19:09we have to fight
19:10to get back
19:11what's rightfully hers,
19:14well,
19:14I...
19:16I make no apology.
19:27Oh, hello again.
19:28What can I do for you?
19:30I was hoping
19:31for a favour,
19:32actually,
19:32if you wouldn't mind.
19:34But it needs to be
19:35kept between us.
19:36Go on.
19:37Mrs. S has been
19:38teaching us how to drive,
19:40but she's been really busy
19:40with the trial.
19:41And between you and me,
19:42she shouts a lot,
19:43so I thought
19:44maybe you could do it.
19:46I've got a test booked,
19:47but I haven't told anyone
19:48in case I fail.
19:51I finish work at six.
19:53Oh.
19:54Thanks, Sergeant.
20:00Hello.
20:01Came off a place.
20:06And where was this exactly?
20:12Sir.
20:12Someone's reported
20:13an abandoned car.
20:15And?
20:16And there was blood in it.
20:18Lots of blood, sir.
20:20Right.
20:31The address?
20:38Hello, Father.
20:40Oh, it's good to see you.
20:42What can I get you?
20:43Uh, nothing for me.
20:45Just a moment of your time,
20:46please, Mr. Holland.
20:47Of course.
20:51I heard your testimony
20:52this morning,
20:53and I must admit
20:55it puzzled me.
20:56Why contest
20:57Arthur's will?
20:58Well, if David
20:59Endsley's condemned,
21:00there will be no need
21:01for litigation.
21:02We were told
21:03that the estate
21:04could be tied up
21:05for months that way.
21:06Perhaps.
21:08But what's the hurry?
21:10Oh,
21:11for the sake of
21:12transparency,
21:13I've, um,
21:15I've run up
21:16a few debts
21:17on the horses.
21:20Easily done.
21:21Yeah.
21:21So, you know,
21:23as it happens,
21:24somebody wants to buy
21:25the pottery
21:26and says he's willing
21:27to pay more
21:28for a quick sale.
21:29His name's
21:30Blakely.
21:32Of Blakely
21:33Manufacturing?
21:34Yes.
21:35I was surprised
21:36to see him
21:36at the trial,
21:37but then I suppose
21:38the outcome
21:38is of interest to him,
21:40and I meant
21:40what I said.
21:42Josie has a right
21:43to the sale
21:44of that land,
21:45and it will
21:46more than cover
21:47my debts.
21:49Oh, of course,
21:50I'll come clean
21:51once it's all
21:52settled.
21:54You haven't
21:55told her yet?
21:56No.
21:58She's barely
21:58coping as it is.
22:00Hmm.
22:01She does seem
22:02very fragile.
22:05She said
22:06she took sedatives
22:07the night her father
22:08died and went to bed.
22:09Where were you?
22:11I was here,
22:12working,
22:13and then I went
22:14upstairs and
22:16joined her.
22:18Look, Father,
22:19I can see
22:20why you're suspicious.
22:21Josie,
22:22she was young
22:23when we met,
22:23but we couldn't
22:24help falling in love.
22:25It's just a shame
22:26that her father
22:27never respected that.
22:30I always found
22:31Arthur to be
22:31a fair man.
22:33Well,
22:34you can't always
22:35see the signs
22:36from the outside.
22:38Believe me,
22:39he controlled
22:40Josie
22:41until I helped
22:42her escape
22:43from that house.
23:01looks like it's been
23:02here for several
23:03weeks.
23:05Do you think
23:06whoever owns
23:06it was murdered,
23:07sir?
23:10this was found
23:12empty at the scene
23:13of Mr. Goddard's
23:14murder.
23:16Mr.
23:16Ensley's
23:17fingerprints
23:17were on it,
23:18and according to
23:19the logbook,
23:20the exact amount
23:21of missing cash
23:22was later found
23:23on his person.
23:26I put it to you
23:29that Mr.
23:30Ensley
23:30returned
23:31after dark
23:33and was caught
23:34stealing
23:35from Mr.
23:36Goddard,
23:36which is why
23:37he attacked
23:38him.
23:38That's not who I am.
23:39Mr.
23:40Ensley,
23:40I will not
23:40warn you again.
23:41You must not
23:42interrupt.
23:43You're going to
23:44throw me in,
23:44Salis,
23:44but please let me
23:45say this.
23:46I know what I was,
23:48but Arthur showed
23:48me a better way.
23:49Your Honor,
23:50Mr.
23:50Ensley,
23:50is not in the
23:51witness box.
23:51I loved him
23:52like a father.
23:56And no punishment
23:57can be worse than
23:58knowing I'll never
23:58see him again.
24:08Apart from Bonnie,
24:10can anyone here
24:11genuinely say
24:12the prosecution's
24:13proven their case
24:14beyond a reasonable
24:15doubt?
24:17Mr.
24:17Sharp claims
24:18the inheritance
24:19was Ensley's
24:20motive,
24:20so why would he
24:21steal the petty
24:22cash and make
24:23a run for it?
24:23It makes no sense.
24:25You're the only
24:26one who thinks
24:26he could be
24:27innocent.
24:27The verdict
24:29has to be
24:29unanimous,
24:30so when the
24:31time comes,
24:32you better
24:33vote with us.
24:34I will not
24:35be bullied.
24:36Not if a man's
24:37life hangs in
24:38the balance.
24:44Can I tempt
24:45you,
24:45Father?
24:46They're
24:47imported,
24:48exceptional
24:49quality.
24:50Er,
24:50no.
24:51No,
24:52thank you.
24:52Not one of
24:53my vices.
24:54Ah.
24:56So,
24:57er,
24:57what's this
24:58visit in
24:58Adolf?
25:00Well,
25:00I come out
25:01of concern
25:02for Mrs.
25:02Holland.
25:04I know you
25:05tried to buy
25:05her father's
25:06pottery before
25:07he died,
25:07and I would
25:09hate for her
25:10to be taken
25:10advantage of
25:11in her present
25:11distress.
25:13That's why I'm
25:13dealing with
25:14the husband.
25:15Yes,
25:15but some
25:15might say
25:16that your
25:16recent offer
25:17was a little
25:18premature.
25:21I'm a businessman.
25:23Why wait
25:24to be beaten
25:25to it?
25:26Besides,
25:26it's a generous
25:27offer.
25:28But why buy it
25:29at all,
25:30if I may ask?
25:32You already
25:33own a successful
25:34pottery business.
25:36It's called
25:36capitalism,
25:38father.
25:39The Goddard's land
25:40has a higher
25:40quality of clay,
25:42but the old man
25:43was selling it
25:44for less.
25:45I was sick
25:45of being
25:46undercut.
25:47So you
25:48attempted to
25:48persuade him
25:49to sell?
25:51Once or twice.
25:53Sent my men
25:54round to
25:55negotiate,
25:55but that
25:56thug of his
25:56came at them
25:57with a pickaxe.
25:59How disturbing.
26:01I presume
26:03you reported
26:03this incident
26:04to the police
26:05at the time.
26:08Hmm.
26:09We let it
26:10lie.
26:12Suggesting
26:12David Ensley
26:13acted in
26:14Arthur's
26:15defence.
26:16You can
26:17suggest
26:17what you
26:17like,
26:18father.
26:18Ensley
26:19is the
26:20one in
26:20the dock.
26:21And for
26:21what I can
26:22see,
26:22it's not
26:23going very
26:23well for
26:24him.
26:25Hmm.
26:25Is it?
26:30The
26:30number plate's
26:31registered to
26:32Lester Helms
26:33from Warwickshire,
26:34sir.
26:34His wife
26:35reported him
26:35missing a
26:36couple of
26:36months back.
26:38She gave
26:38me this
26:39to help
26:39us find
26:39him.
26:42If we
26:42ever do
26:43find him.
26:43Good night,
26:44Sergeant.
26:46Good night,
26:46sir.
26:50Ready?
26:56Yeah.
26:57Yeah.
26:58All right.
27:00You know,
27:00it's her.
27:02I've got to
27:03go.
27:04But,
27:04about before,
27:06I'm sorry for
27:06my tone.
27:07I hope we
27:08can...
27:08I'm sorry
27:09too.
27:09I'll see
27:10you tomorrow.
27:15Right,
27:15then.
27:16You don't
27:16mind us
27:16using this,
27:17do you?
27:17Um,
27:18no.
27:19As long
27:20as you
27:20don't lock
27:20me in the
27:20back like
27:21you did
27:21the first
27:21time we
27:22met.
27:23Well,
27:24Mrs.
27:24Sullivan's
27:25taught you
27:25all the
27:25basics,
27:26I expect.
27:28Yeah,
27:29erm,
27:30I know
27:30how to
27:30start and
27:31stop.
27:31It's just
27:32everything in
27:32between.
27:33All right,
27:33let's see how
27:34you do.
27:35Come on,
27:36thank you.
27:38Okay,
27:39you're doing well.
27:42Whoa!
28:05I'll never pass
28:06that test,
28:07will I?
28:07Of course
28:08you will.
28:08You just need
28:09to believe in
28:10yourself.
28:10That and slow
28:11down.
28:12It's not a
28:12rocket ship
28:13you know.
28:14Let's try
28:15again tomorrow
28:15at 6am.
28:16Okay.
28:18Oh!
28:22Thanks for
28:23giving me a
28:23lift,
28:24Sergeant.
28:24No problem.
28:26Mrs.
28:27S,
28:27you all
28:28right?
28:31Father,
28:32I think
28:33there's
28:33something
28:33wrong.
28:34Mrs.
28:35Sullivan?
28:41I'm fine,
28:42I'm just
28:42nervous
28:43nervous about
28:43the verdict
28:44tomorrow.
28:45What am I
28:46doing here?
28:47I should go
28:47home.
28:48Good night.
28:55Murder trial
28:56ends today.
29:03Molly, can I
29:03talk to you?
29:04Why?
29:04We talk all
29:05blimmin'
29:05down.
29:06Someone came
29:06at me last
29:07night.
29:08He seemed
29:08to know that
29:09I've been
29:09speaking up for
29:10Ensley.
29:10Was that you,
29:11that telephone
29:12call you made?
29:13I don't know
29:13what you're
29:14talking about.
29:14He's bribing
29:15you, isn't
29:16he?
29:16I've got no
29:16proof.
29:18He's threatened
29:18to kill my
29:19husband.
29:20You'd better do
29:21what he says
29:21then,
29:22haven't you,
29:22love?
29:22How can I?
29:23He wants me to
29:25make sure
29:25Ensley's found
29:26guilty, which
29:27means he must
29:28be innocent.
29:29So what?
29:31You're going to
29:31risk your husband's
29:32life for some
29:32jailbird.
29:34Just keep your
29:35mouth shut.
29:44The inspector
29:44will be back
29:45in a minute,
29:45father.
29:47Who is
29:48Lester Helms?
29:49A notorious
29:50smuggler, as it
29:51turns out.
29:52Known for
29:52knocking off
29:53items of
29:53luxury shipped
29:54into Bristol
29:55Port.
29:55He's been
29:56missing for
29:56two months.
29:58Murdered,
29:59presumably.
29:59That would
30:00be our guess,
30:01although his
30:01operation hasn't
30:02ended.
30:02If anything,
30:03it's increased
30:03recently.
30:05Suggesting the
30:06killer stepped
30:06into the
30:07dead man's
30:07shoes.
30:08Exactly.
30:09But with no
30:09body found,
30:11we are out of
30:12Leeds.
30:13Ah,
30:14father.
30:15To what do we
30:16owe the
30:16pleasure?
30:18I'm here about
30:19Mrs. Sullivan.
30:20Oh, really?
30:21What about her?
30:23I saw her
30:24yesterday evening.
30:25She seemed
30:26unsettled.
30:27Something about
30:27the verdict.
30:28Has she spoken
30:29to you at all?
30:30No.
30:30Not about the
30:31trial.
30:32No, never.
30:33She went to bed.
30:34Left early this
30:35morning.
30:36Is there
30:36something I
30:36should be
30:37worried about?
30:39Well, probably
30:40nothing.
30:43Passing judgment
30:44is bound to
30:44weigh heavily
30:45on anyone.
31:00that jury's got it
31:02in for me, father.
31:03I know it.
31:05Take courage,
31:06Mr. Inslee.
31:07There is still time.
31:09Now, tell me more
31:10about the businessman
31:11who tried to bribe
31:12Arthur with cigars
31:13and whiskey.
31:15I ask because
31:16it's possible
31:17he's a smuggler.
31:19I wouldn't know
31:19about that, father.
31:21But I can believe
31:22he's a crook.
31:23There are too many
31:24cents smashed up
31:25a batch of tiles.
31:26We lost a week's work.
31:29The day Arthur
31:30sacked you,
31:30he said you had
31:31cost him takings
31:32because of a mistake
31:33in the kiln.
31:34What mistake?
31:35A batch of tiles
31:36have been fired twice.
31:39Twice?
31:41Odd.
31:46The works are locked up.
31:49How can I get in?
31:52There's a key
31:53hidden behind
31:53a loose brick
31:54in factory wall.
31:56Good.
32:12What are you looking
32:13for, father?
32:15Something
32:15that shouldn't
32:16be in a pottery kiln.
32:32Ah.
32:37There we are.
32:40No time to explain.
32:42We need to hurry,
32:44Miss Palmer.
32:45Ladies and gentlemen,
32:46I urge you to come
32:47to the only
32:48natural conclusion
32:49that David Ensley
32:50murdered his employer
32:52on that fateful night
32:52and must face
32:54the full consequence
32:55of the law.
32:58The crown rests,
33:00Your Honor.
33:03Mr. Ensley,
33:05you may begin
33:05your closing statement.
33:12Why the cellar,
33:14father?
33:16Because there is
33:17something
33:17I need to investigate.
33:20If there's any trouble,
33:22go to the telephone
33:24box on the corner
33:25and call
33:26Inspector Sullivan.
33:27it.
33:28I will.
33:36Be careful,
33:37father.
33:48You can't be in here,
33:50father.
33:54Josie,
33:55I expected you
33:56to be in court
33:57to hear the verdict.
33:58I'm not feeling
34:00well today.
34:01Or perhaps you
34:02don't have the stomach
34:03to see an innocent
34:04man condemned.
34:05Why would you say that?
34:07Because
34:09I found
34:10this
34:11in your father's
34:13kiln.
34:13It's a gold tooth.
34:15It belongs to
34:16the rival smuggler
34:17your husband killed.
34:20I don't know
34:21what you're
34:21talking about.
34:22I think you do.
34:27Your husband
34:28persuaded you
34:30to help him
34:31get rid of the evidence
34:33by incinerating
34:34the body,
34:36which would have
34:36been the perfect crime
34:39if your father
34:40hadn't caught
34:40both of you
34:41in the act.
34:45Are you sure
34:46you're not
34:46to work this thing?
34:49Josie.
34:51Dad,
34:53I thought
34:53you'd be asleep.
34:54I saw the light
34:55on in here.
34:57Is this what
34:58you've become?
35:00No,
35:01no,
35:01Daddy,
35:02it's not what
35:03you think.
35:04That man,
35:04he tried to kill
35:05Royce,
35:06and he had
35:06to defend himself.
35:11Please don't
35:12tell the police.
35:14Please.
35:16Just let us
35:16leave,
35:17and you'll never
35:17hear from us again.
35:21I won't tell
35:22anyone.
35:35Arthur would have
35:36kept his word.
35:37He loved you
35:38too much
35:38to turn you in.
35:41But your husband
35:42couldn't risk that.
35:45so he murdered
35:46him.
35:47No.
35:49No,
35:50when we left
35:50my father
35:51was still alive.
35:53It was David
35:54he killed him
35:55to get the
35:55inheritance.
35:56The very next
35:58night,
35:59after your father
36:00had witnessed
36:01the cremation.
36:04How fortuitous
36:05for Mr. Holland.
36:08Perhaps you cling
36:09to this fantasy
36:10because the truth
36:11because the truth
36:11is too much
36:11to bear.
36:13A truth
36:14your father
36:15tried in vain
36:16to make you see
36:17that your husband
36:18is capable
36:20of evil.
36:21You're wrong.
36:22He's a good man.
36:24Look,
36:25Josie,
36:28contraband.
36:31Royce didn't kill
36:32Lester in self-defence.
36:34He killed him
36:35because he got
36:37in his way
36:38as did your father.
36:40Royce would never
36:41do that to me.
36:42He loves me.
36:44He only loves
36:44himself.
36:46Which is why
36:47he starved you
36:48of your family's love.
36:51Josie?
36:52Josie,
36:53are you down there?
36:55Time to make
36:56a choice,
36:57Josie.
36:59A choice
37:00your father
37:00longed for you
37:01to make.
37:02Otherwise the guilt
37:03which torments you
37:04will deepen.
37:07Josie?
37:08Please,
37:08Walter,
37:08you have to go.
37:09I am not leaving
37:10without you.
37:12Come with me now
37:14and tell the court
37:15and the police
37:16of your husband's guilt.
37:18I can't.
37:19You must.
37:21God will not
37:22absolve you
37:23of your sins
37:24unless you face them.
37:28Oh.
37:31Do you break in here?
37:33What kind
37:34of a priest
37:35are you,
37:36Father Brown?
37:38A curious one.
37:39Didn't you hear me
37:40calling you,
37:42Josie?
37:42Oh.
37:45What's he said to you?
37:47You're trembling,
37:48my poor darling.
37:50Here.
37:51It's time
37:52to take your pills.
37:54He's trying to keep you
37:55weak, Josie.
37:57You need to find
37:58your strength.
37:59Take them
38:00and go upstairs.
38:03They will announce
38:03the verdict soon.
38:06David's fate
38:06is in your hands.
38:09Now.
38:09Come on.
38:22Come on.
38:42Inspector Sullivan's on his way.
38:44Is there still time to get to the court?
38:46Well, that's Royce's, but I can't drive.
38:48I can.
38:53Chelsea! Open that door!
38:55You're a grater for the rest of your life!
38:57Arthur gave me that money earlier in the day.
39:02I think he wanted me to leave because he was scared.
39:06Someone.
39:10I only wanted to help him.
39:13That's why I went back that night.
39:17And found him dying.
39:25So they have to say.
39:27Thank you, Mr. Hensley. You may be seated.
39:33I shall now sum up the case.
39:45Miss Palmer, could we possibly go a little faster?
39:48Safety first, Father.
39:58The jury may now retire to start your deliberations.
40:16The jury may now retire to start your deliberations.
40:21Come on.
40:22I can't.
40:24Your Honour, I have something to say.
40:27Don't be stupid.
40:29I can't be a part of this.
40:31Something wrong?
40:32Yes, Your Honour.
40:34Very.
40:37Last night, I've stopped the trial!
40:40What is the meaning of this?
40:41Forgive us, Your Honour.
40:42We have crucial information.
40:44We have already concluded our closing statements.
40:46Any evidence you may have may be submitted on appeal,
40:49if indeed one is granted.
40:51Please let me testify, Your Honour.
40:54Arthur was my father, and I know who killed him.
40:59It was my husband.
41:10If we hadn't gone to the factory that night,
41:13my father would still be alive.
41:17Mrs. Holland,
41:19are you saying that you knew all this time
41:21that your husband returned later to kill your father?
41:24No, Your Honour, I...
41:27I think I just didn't want to believe it.
41:35I'm so sorry.
41:39I've let so many people down.
41:42I've let my parents down.
41:44I know I broke my father's heart.
41:45Arthur loved you.
41:47To the end.
41:52In light of this testimony,
41:54I hereby declare a mistrial.
41:56Mr. Ensley will remain in custody
41:58while the police make urgent inquiries,
42:00and Mrs. Holland will be detained
42:02for further questioning.
42:22Oh, Mrs. Sullivan.
42:24Why didn't you tell us, Isabel?
42:26He threatened to kill you if I did.
42:29It's all right.
42:31We're safe now.
42:32I'm sorry you had to face that alone.
42:39Is that her?
42:40You sure?
42:44Mrs. Baldrige,
42:45wait there, please.
42:47Why?
42:47What's this about?
42:50Need to ask you a few questions.
42:53I haven't done anything wrong.
42:55Come this way, please.
43:03Oh, thank you for coming, Sergeant.
43:05It was parked right there.
43:06I mean, who would steal a car
43:08from outside a presbytery?
43:10I'm sure it wasn't borrowed, Mrs. Sullivan.
43:12Borrowed?
43:12Well, who would...
43:21Brenda Palmer?
43:22What makes you think you can borrow Hercules
43:25without my permission?
43:26Not to mention driving without a licence.
43:28I'm sorry I didn't ask.
43:30I just thought it would spoil the surprise.
43:32I just passed my driving test.
43:34That is stupendous news.
43:37Congratulations.
43:38Well, how?
43:39Last time we practised, you were...
43:40I guess you're a better teacher
43:42than you thought, Mrs. S.
44:10I guess you're a better teacher
44:13than you thought, Mrs. S.
44:13Well, what can I tell you?
44:28Well, what can I tell you?
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