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Father Brown - Season 12 - Episode 08: The Sisters of Aeschylus
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00:00It's got enormous potential.
00:03Oh, that means such a lot coming from you.
00:06Do you have any suggestions?
00:08Of course.
00:09That's what I'm here for.
00:11You must read these books.
00:15Take the rest of the year to rewrite it.
00:17Then we can discuss again in February.
00:22February may be a little late.
00:25I have invited some rather significant publishers to Montague
00:28for reading next Friday.
00:31Next Friday?
00:32I've called in all the favors I can.
00:33Montague's pulled a few strings as well.
00:36Can't you postpone?
00:37Everyone's already RSVP'd.
00:39I thought with a few pointers.
00:42There's not enough time.
00:45But seeing as it's you,
00:49perhaps the Sisters of Hesculus could help.
00:53Who?
01:23They're called the Sisters of Aeschylus.
01:25All exceptional writers moonlighting as literary advisors.
01:29Eva Valeska's Maxine Mortimer and Frances Whitfield.
01:33Frances Whitfield?
01:34I've read several of her books.
01:37Quite ingenious mystery.
01:39I should be reading my extract tonight.
01:42For constructive criticism.
01:44Sounds just like a Parisian salon.
01:47Indeed.
01:47Oh, what?
01:49Why are they coming?
01:50To help with my new novel.
01:52It's high time I was published.
01:54Father Brown will agree.
01:54He's always been so encouraging about my writing.
01:57It's an admirable pastime.
02:00Can you attend?
02:01Your thoughts are so valuable.
02:03Of course.
02:04And you two must both come too.
02:06I'd love to.
02:07Do you mind if I bring Edgar?
02:09Oh, no, the Chief Inspector is already coming.
02:12He's so helpful when it comes to questions about police procedure.
02:14Such a good egg.
02:16I had no idea.
02:17Well, I'll be there.
02:18Wonderful.
02:19And you can say you were right there at the beginning.
02:21I must go.
02:25Oh, dear.
02:27What's wrong?
02:28Father Brown's read Lady Felicia's writing before.
02:31Oh, no.
02:33All right.
03:01Look at this place.
03:04You can't blame me for bringing you here.
03:06We're not concerned about the digs, darling.
03:11We're concerned about staking our reputation on a debutante.
03:17Miss Felice, Chris.
03:20Lady Felicia.
03:22Oh, this is Frances Whitfield.
03:24Oh, your reputation precedes you.
03:27Is it true you worked with Agatha Christie?
03:30I couldn't possibly say.
03:31We crime writers share a sacred bond.
03:34Oh.
03:35And Maxine Mortimer.
03:37Oh, how was your journey?
03:39Nasty, brutish, and long.
03:41Oh.
03:42Well, it's so good of you to be here.
03:44Hornby.
03:44Hornby will show you two rooms.
03:46Drinks in the drawing room in an hour.
03:49Ah.
03:50Miss Mortimer,
03:52I hope that the blue room will rejuvenate you
03:54after your journey.
03:55I can't abide to blue.
03:57Oh.
04:01It's a sizzling romance
04:02between a Russian aristocrat
04:04and a Bolshevik.
04:05I couldn't have put it better myself.
04:10Oh, welcome.
04:12Miss Whitfield,
04:14Miss Malesquez,
04:15Miss Mortimer,
04:16meet
04:16Chief Inspector Sullivan,
04:18Mrs. Devine,
04:19Miss Palmer,
04:19and Father Brown.
04:21Miss Whitfield,
04:23I've read your work with great interest.
04:25Oh, it's a pleasure to meet a fan.
04:27And Monty is a huge fan of yours, Miss Mortimer.
04:29He boasts about the time
04:31you signed his book.
04:33And where is your husband?
04:34Oh, he's at a diplomatic function in Scotland
04:37all week, poor chap.
04:39Well, now we're all here.
04:40Please take your seats.
04:46Do you often advise Lady Felicia
04:49on police matters?
04:51She occasionally pops into the station.
04:53She pops in.
04:58Would you mind?
04:59Oh, yes.
05:02Well, as promised,
05:05an extract
05:06from my new novel,
05:10Moonstruck
05:12in Moscow.
05:15A train journey from hell itself.
05:18We're very lucky
05:19to have made it here alive.
05:20Sherman, Miss Rush,
05:22what are you doing here?
05:23I'm here for the reading,
05:25of course.
05:25Lady Felicia,
05:27I am charmed.
05:28Well, I'm afraid the reading
05:30to the publishers
05:31isn't until Friday.
05:33I was under the impression
05:34that it was tonight.
05:36I'm sorry, Mr. Quinn.
05:39I'll deal with you later.
05:41Tonight is strictly
05:42a private affair.
05:43Well, you've asked me
05:43for a reading,
05:44haven't you?
05:44I'm here now,
05:45so let's hear it.
05:46Once I've had a drink,
05:48of course.
05:49Of course, Sherman.
05:50Everything happens
05:51on your time.
05:52Oh,
05:53business doesn't suit you,
05:54Miss Velasquez.
05:57Go on.
06:00Ah, well.
06:02Now we're sitting
06:03comfortably.
06:07I shall begin.
06:12Fedora looked out
06:13from the cold scullery.
06:15Outside,
06:16the snow was swirling
06:18like the swirling snow
06:20of a snow globe.
06:22Suddenly,
06:23she saw an enormous man
06:25approaching.
06:27His figure was as wide
06:28and tall
06:29as the well-built man
06:30of six foot four.
06:34It was Alexei.
06:37Fedora gazed
06:38at his sharply
06:39chiseled features
06:40which were sharp,
06:41like they'd been carved
06:43by a tool
06:44with a hard edge.
06:47A chisel, perhaps.
06:49But Alexei was a Bolshevik,
06:51and Fedora,
06:52a secretly,
06:54a flame-haired,
06:55aristocratic beauty.
06:58What would become of her
06:59if she could not resist?
07:02Fedora pondered this
07:04thoughtfully
07:04in her mind.
07:06Meanwhile,
07:07although the night
07:08was cold,
07:09Fedora felt a great
07:10rising heat,
07:13and she wasn't
07:14standing near an oven.
07:30Let's refresh our glasses
07:32and then
07:33take a moment
07:34to recover.
07:35Well,
07:36that was interesting.
07:38Yes,
07:39she's an
07:39excellent public speaker.
07:42On that,
07:42we can all agree.
07:44Shall we debrief
07:45in private,
07:46darling?
07:57My dear,
07:58there's nothing
07:59to work with.
08:00Say goodbye
08:01is your good name,
08:02ladies.
08:05Who are you?
08:06Maxine Mortimer,
08:07Sherman Quinn
08:08of Quinn Books.
08:09Maxine.
08:11My,
08:11you've changed.
08:13I don't recognise you.
08:15I think you should
08:17go and sleep it off.
08:18Don't you concern yourself,
08:19Father.
08:20I have been drunk
08:20of this
08:21in front of a bishop.
08:22Come along,
08:23Sherman.
08:24Soda water.
08:25Bishop, bishop, bishop.
08:25Sorry, Father.
08:34May I speak with you?
08:37I thought you should know.
08:39He's not going
08:40anywhere tonight.
08:41Just as well
08:42Hornby found his rooms.
08:44Where would Mr. Quinn
08:46be without you?
08:47Hornby,
08:48get out of whiskey.
08:49Leave.
08:52He's as drunk
08:53as a skunk
08:54with two tails.
08:56Is it always like this?
08:58Working for him?
08:59I don't work for him.
09:01I work despite him.
09:04What do you do?
09:05I'm an owls keeper.
09:08Interesting.
09:08I thought you were a writer.
09:10Right.
09:11Let's deliver on the verdicts.
09:13This should be good.
09:18This dreck
09:19will be laughed
09:20out of every publishing house
09:21in prison.
09:22In defence,
09:23some of the writing has...
09:24It is dire.
09:26I mean,
09:27are we really supposed
09:28to be fascinated
09:28to learn
09:29that Moscow is cold?
09:31It's mentioned, what,
09:3213 times
09:33and as many pages.
09:34If you present this
09:35to publishers,
09:36you'll be blacklisted
09:37for life.
09:39Well, that was
09:40rather unnecessary.
09:41Even I knew
09:42it weren't great.
09:44This is the opinion
09:45of one publisher
09:46and anything good
09:47Quinn Books
09:48ever published
09:49was chosen
09:49by Mr. Quinn Senior.
09:51He's only been dead
09:52for two months
09:53and the place
09:53is already going
09:54to the dogs.
09:55Oh, no, please, please, please.
09:56There'll be enough room
09:56for toadying
09:57at the memorial.
10:00Can we please
10:00get back
10:01to the task
10:01in hand?
10:03Constructive criticism.
10:04Oh, yes, please.
10:06Some of the description
10:07shows promise.
10:08But the details
10:09of the setting
10:10need a lot of work.
10:11You could look
10:12at the similes
10:13in particular.
10:14I couldn't agree
10:15more, Miss Rush.
10:16The characters
10:17obviously require attention.
10:19Does anybody
10:20have anything
10:21positive to say?
10:26There weren't
10:27any errors
10:27in police procedure.
10:29Oh, that's something
10:30at least
10:30in the time we have.
10:32Which isn't much.
10:33We can fix it.
10:42We all agreed
10:43you were in fine voice.
10:45To be quite frank,
10:46Father,
10:47I don't know
10:47what I would have done
10:48without your solitary
10:49face of encouragement.
10:51It was promising.
10:52And I'm sure
10:53that the sisters
10:54of Aeschylus
10:55can help.
10:56Indeed.
10:57Miss Belezquez
10:57has even offered
10:58to open proceedings
10:59with a reading
10:59of her own.
11:01And Laurel's
11:01asked me to come
11:02back tomorrow
11:03for an introduction
11:04to creative writing.
11:06Me.
11:07Well, then you must.
11:09I mean, writing
11:09really does
11:10fire up one's soul.
11:19I'm going to be
11:20working in the library
11:21all morning.
11:22Tell everyone
11:23I am not to be disturbed.
11:24Yes, my lady.
11:25I'll take breakfast
11:26and lunch
11:27at my desk
11:27and snacks.
11:28I have such
11:29a lot to do today.
11:33Right from the heart.
11:35Right from the soul.
11:37I've got...
11:38Maury.
11:52Firm at the mouth
11:53suggests cyanide
11:54poisoning.
11:55Most likely
11:56from the whiskey.
11:5935 pounds
12:01exactly, sir.
12:02Curious.
12:16Scraps of paper.
12:19Yes.
12:20Good fellow.
12:22Would you mind?
12:27Naturally,
12:28everything will come
12:29to light during
12:29our police investigation,
12:31Father.
12:31Naturally.
12:33Like this,
12:34perhaps.
12:40Yes.
12:42Exactly like this.
12:51One monogrammed
12:53signet ring.
12:56Looks like
12:57our victim's
12:58very own.
12:59Sergeant,
13:00we need to find out
13:01who Mr Quinn
13:01was drinking with
13:02last night.
13:04Well spotted,
13:05Father.
13:31What a shame
13:32about your reading.
13:34We were so looking
13:34forward to it.
13:35Yes.
13:36It was the wise
13:37thing to do.
13:38Such a shame.
13:40With more time,
13:41you can rewrite
13:42as we discussed.
13:43That's settled then.
13:45And I'd be happy
13:46to offer
13:46a publisher's perspective.
13:48Anything I can do
13:49to work with the sisters.
13:50We are strictly
13:51a trio of writers.
13:53We do not need
13:54any external
13:55assistance.
13:59It transpires
14:00that Monty
14:01told the diplomats
14:02that my novel
14:02was a homage
14:03to Russian literature.
14:05Why would you say that?
14:07Because that's
14:08what I told him.
14:10The Russian
14:11ambassador
14:12is on his way.
14:13He's in the air.
14:16Then
14:17there isn't
14:18a second
14:19to waste.
14:23Lady Felicia,
14:25you have a way
14:26of saying things
14:27are
14:27like
14:28things that
14:30they already
14:30are.
14:32Your similes
14:33are
14:34similes.
14:36This is like
14:37having a photograph
14:38next to the
14:40real thing.
14:40It adds
14:42nothing.
14:43You see?
14:44So,
14:45I want you
14:47to describe
14:48these pictures
14:50to your partner.
14:51But add
14:52something
14:53with every
14:54description.
14:55You could
14:56say
15:01the sea
15:02is as blue
15:04as the sky.
15:07Good.
15:08Or
15:09the sea
15:11sparkles
15:12like a carpet
15:14of sapphires.
15:15See the
15:16difference?
15:17Try it.
15:21the
15:22lights
15:23sparkle
15:25like
15:26jewels.
15:30Um,
15:34the palm trees
15:35are
15:38wafting
15:39like
15:40leafy
15:42trees.
15:44be free.
15:46More.
15:47More.
15:48More.
15:51So,
15:52your first
15:53writing
15:54assignment.
15:54I'd like
15:55you to
15:56write a
15:56poem.
15:58Me?
15:59Why?
16:00You know
16:01it's my job
16:01to spot talent,
16:02right?
16:03No.
16:04Well,
16:05it is.
16:06I used to
16:06help Sherman's
16:07father find
16:08new writers,
16:09nurture their
16:09work.
16:10What'll
16:10happen to
16:11your job
16:11now,
16:11then?
16:12Who
16:13knows?
16:14But
16:15whatever
16:16happens,
16:17I can
16:17still spot
16:18talent.
16:19One poem,
16:20any forum,
16:22do tomorrow.
16:27flowers bloom
16:29in an
16:29explosion of
16:30colour.
16:30Waters spin
16:31like whirling
16:32dervishes.
16:34Very good.
16:35Lady Felicia,
16:37the birds fly
16:38in the sky
16:38like what?
16:45Bats.
16:48You're
16:49thinking?
16:49That's
16:50good.
16:51Next,
16:52a new
16:53exercise.
16:54Chief
16:54Inspector,
16:55how can
16:56we help
16:56you?
16:57We'd like
16:57to speak
16:58with Miss
16:59Velasquez.
17:01Yes?
17:02You told us
17:03you didn't
17:03meet with
17:04Mr. Quinn
17:04in the
17:05library.
17:06But you
17:06were heard
17:06arguing with
17:08him.
17:08Surely
17:08that's not
17:08enough.
17:08Have you
17:09smoked
17:09this
17:09brand
17:09of
17:09cigarettes?
17:10So?
17:11Bats
17:11were found
17:12in the
17:12library.
17:12We know
17:13the
17:13ashtray
17:13was cleared
17:13after
17:14dinner,
17:14which
17:15puts
17:15you
17:15at
17:15the
17:15scene
17:15at
17:16the
17:16time
17:16in
17:16question.
17:18Ava
17:18Velasquez,
17:19I'm
17:19arresting
17:20you on
17:20suspicion
17:20of
17:21the
17:21murder
17:21of
17:21Sherman
17:21Quinn.
17:25Why did
17:26you lie?
17:28I was
17:29so afraid.
17:31Yes.
17:33Hangin
17:34concentrates
17:35the mind
17:35wonderfully.
17:36A frightening
17:37prospect.
17:39Hangin
17:39doesn't
17:40frighten me.
17:41It's
17:41quick.
17:42Why do
17:43you say
17:43that?
17:44I've
17:45written
17:46things
17:46against
17:47Trujillo.
17:49it's
17:50not
17:50safe
17:50under
17:50the
17:51dictatorship.
17:52If
17:52I'm
17:53sent
17:53back,
17:55you
17:55won't
17:55be
17:56quick.
17:57You
17:58argued
17:58with
17:58Mr.
17:59Quinn?
17:59I
17:59wanted
17:59him
18:00to
18:00release
18:00me
18:00from
18:00my
18:01contract.
18:01And
18:01he
18:01wouldn't?
18:02It
18:02was
18:02his
18:02father's
18:03contract
18:03before
18:04he
18:04died.
18:05When
18:06Sherman
18:06took over
18:06the
18:06company,
18:07he
18:07wouldn't
18:07publish
18:07me
18:08or
18:08let
18:08me
18:08go.
18:10There
18:11was
18:11a ring
18:11found
18:12in
18:12the
18:12library
18:12on
18:13a
18:13chain.
18:15Engraved
18:15with the
18:15initials
18:16S
18:16Q.
18:17Does
18:17that
18:17mean
18:17anything
18:18to
18:18you?
18:18Frances's
18:19necklace.
18:21Do
18:21you
18:21know
18:21why
18:22it
18:23was
18:23left
18:23in
18:23the
18:23library?
18:24Frances
18:25was
18:25often
18:25at
18:25Wynn
18:26Books.
18:26There
18:27were
18:27rumours.
18:30I
18:30don't
18:31know
18:31who
18:31did
18:31this
18:31father,
18:32but
18:33you
18:33have
18:33to
18:33believe
18:33it
18:34wasn't
18:34me.
18:34I
18:35believe
18:35you.
18:36I
18:36can't
18:37go
18:37back.
18:38No.
18:40And
18:40I
18:40will
18:40do
18:41everything
18:41in
18:41my
18:41power
18:41to
18:42ensure
18:42that
18:42that
18:42does
18:43not
18:43happen.
18:53Miss
18:54Whitfield.
18:55Father.
19:03May I
19:04ask,
19:07how well
19:08did you
19:08know Mr
19:09Quinn?
19:10Sherman,
19:11we were
19:12good
19:12friends,
19:13but
19:13I'm
19:13friends
19:13with
19:13lots
19:14of
19:14publishers.
19:15There
19:16was a
19:16signet
19:16ring
19:17found
19:17in
19:17the
19:17library
19:17on
19:18a
19:18gold
19:18chain,
19:19which
19:20I
19:20believe
19:20you
19:21were
19:21wearing
19:21last
19:21night.
19:23The
19:24chain
19:24was
19:24broken.
19:25Sherman
19:25took
19:26it
19:26back
19:26rather
19:26forcefully.
19:28Did
19:28he
19:28hurt
19:28you?
19:29Only
19:30my
19:30feelings.
19:31We
19:32were
19:32close
19:32once.
19:34Ancient
19:34history.
19:35And
19:36yet
19:36you
19:36still
19:36wore
19:37his
19:37ring?
19:37It
19:38was
19:38all
19:38I
19:38had
19:39of
19:39him.
19:40He
19:40didn't
19:40realise
19:40I'd
19:41kept
19:41it.
19:43You
19:43must
19:43have
19:44been
19:44angry
19:45when
19:46he
19:46took
19:46the
19:46ring
19:46back
19:47so
19:47callously.
19:48More
19:49sad
19:49than
19:49angry.
19:51I
19:51couldn't
19:52hurt
19:52Sherman
19:52if
19:52that's
19:53what
19:53you're
19:53inferring.
19:54I
19:55still
19:55love
19:55him.
19:57Loved
19:58him.
20:00If
20:01you'll
20:01excuse
20:01me,
20:02without
20:02Miss
20:02Velasquez
20:03we'd
20:03rather
20:04got our
20:04work
20:04cut out
20:05for
20:05us.
20:05Quite.
20:12both
20:12Miss
20:13Whitfield
20:13and
20:14Miss
20:14Velasquez
20:15were
20:16alone
20:16with
20:16the
20:16victim.
20:17So
20:18one
20:18of
20:18those
20:18two
20:19poisoned
20:19the
20:19whiskey?
20:20If
20:21that's
20:21how
20:21the
20:21poison
20:22was
20:22administered
20:24any
20:25one
20:25of the
20:25guests
20:26could
20:26have
20:26entered
20:26the
20:27library
20:27and
20:27there
20:28is
20:29the
20:29curious
20:29matter
20:30of
20:30the
20:30£35
20:31found
20:32in
20:32Mr.
20:32Quinn's
20:33jacket.
20:33That's
20:34what I
20:34paid
20:34Miss
20:34Mortimer.
20:36Ah
20:36Lady
20:36Felicia.
20:37Now
20:38we've
20:38decided
20:38I'll
20:39give
20:39the
20:39first
20:39reading
20:40but
20:40the
20:41main
20:41thing
20:41is
20:41getting
20:42your
20:42extract
20:42up
20:43to
20:43scratch.
20:44Miss
20:44Rush
20:44will
20:45be
20:45our
20:45guinea
20:45pig
20:45publisher
20:46so to
20:46speak.
20:47I
20:47just
20:47want
20:47to
20:47help
20:47in
20:48any
20:48way
20:48I
20:48can.
20:49It's
20:49all
20:49hands
20:49on
20:50deck
20:50but
20:51be
20:51prepared
20:52I
20:53run
20:53a
20:53tight
20:53ship.
20:54You
20:54do?
20:54I
20:55do.
20:55Come
20:56with
20:56me.
21:03You
21:04have a
21:04strict
21:04timetable
21:05with
21:05assigned
21:06activities
21:07and
21:07constructive
21:08criticism
21:08with
21:09Miss
21:09Mortimer
21:09and I.
21:10Oh I
21:11must
21:11phone
21:11Mrs
21:11Willis
21:12about
21:12the
21:12buffet.
21:15Then
21:15there's
21:15something
21:16I need
21:16to
21:16attend
21:17to.
21:17Excuse
21:17me
21:17Miss
21:18Whitfield.
21:18Well this
21:19is a good
21:19start isn't
21:20it?
21:20No no
21:21this part's
21:21not for
21:22you.
21:22You're
21:23going
21:23downstairs.
21:25Downstairs?
21:26That's
21:27right.
21:39surely you
21:40can't be
21:40serious.
21:41Fedora felt
21:42a great
21:42heat rising
21:43and she
21:44wasn't
21:44standing near
21:45the oven.
21:46Look
21:46around.
21:47Do you
21:47see an
21:47oven?
21:48No.
21:49That's
21:49because a
21:50scullery is
21:51devoted to
21:51washing.
21:52You need to
21:52get to
21:53grips with
21:53your
21:53setting.
21:54Soak it
21:55all in.
21:57Well don't
21:58just stand
21:59there.
21:59Many hands
22:00make light
22:01work.
22:02No no.
22:03Fedora
22:04toils
22:04alone.
22:14Miss
22:15Mortimer.
22:17May I?
22:28Lady Felicia
22:29paid you
22:29£35
22:30which was
22:31the exact
22:32sum found
22:32on Sherman
22:33Quinn's
22:33body.
22:35What are you
22:36implying?
22:37Well
22:38Sherman
22:39Quinn said
22:40you'd changed
22:41since you
22:41last met
22:43and when
22:44Lady Felicia
22:44mentioned
22:45that Monty
22:46had met
22:46you
22:46you looked
22:48fearful.
22:49So I'd
22:50like to
22:50know
22:50who you
22:51really are.
22:55it would
22:56help
22:57Miss
22:57Velasquez.
23:06Maxine and
23:07I were
23:07in love.
23:09We lived
23:10together,
23:10we wrote
23:11together.
23:12We were
23:13very much
23:14alike.
23:15But she
23:16hated public
23:17attention so
23:17I used to
23:18go to
23:18literary
23:18events in
23:19her name.
23:21over time
23:22I became
23:24Maxine Mortimer.
23:27In public
23:28at least.
23:30So this
23:31arrangement
23:32was mutually
23:33agreed?
23:35When Maxine
23:36died she
23:36said I
23:36deserved to
23:37keep the
23:37name that
23:37we built
23:38together.
23:40But I
23:40must keep
23:41on publishing.
23:42But you
23:43did not
23:43do so.
23:45I
23:45didn't let
23:46anyone even
23:46read my
23:46work.
23:48not
23:49sure I
23:49could live
23:49up to
23:50her
23:50name.
23:53The
23:53royalties
23:54were
23:54dringling
23:55but Sherman
23:55still demanded
23:56that I
23:56pay him
23:57everything.
23:58He
23:58was
23:58blackmailing
23:59you.
24:00I
24:00couldn't
24:00afford to
24:01pay him
24:01but I
24:01couldn't
24:02bear a
24:02scandal.
24:04So you
24:05needed a
24:05way out?
24:07I'm not
24:08responsible for
24:09his death
24:09father.
24:12I would
24:12have died
24:13for Maxine
24:15but I
24:16wouldn't
24:16kill for
24:23her.
24:26Don't
24:26give away
24:27my
24:27position.
24:30Wouldn't
24:30dream of
24:31it.
24:34Miss
24:35Whitfield's
24:36schedule not
24:36to your
24:37liking.
24:37It's
24:37draconian.
24:39My hands
24:39are in
24:40tatters.
24:40I cracked
24:41a casserole
24:42dish and
24:42I haven't
24:43written a
24:43word.
24:43What was
24:44I
24:44thinking?
24:45I
24:45wondered
24:45what brought
24:46this on.
24:47Oh I
24:47don't
24:47know.
24:50It's
24:51you see
24:51Monty and
24:52I have
24:52been getting
24:52on so
24:52well recently.
24:54Glad to
24:54hear it.
24:54It was
24:55wonderful.
24:57But he's
24:57so terribly
24:59important you
25:00see and I
25:00just felt
25:00that I
25:01ought to be
25:01too.
25:03I can
25:04think of a
25:05few people
25:05to whom
25:06you are
25:06already
25:08terribly
25:08important.
25:09done.
25:10I
25:11just wanted
25:11to be
25:13known for
25:13something
25:14out in
25:15the world.
25:17Is that
25:17very foolish
25:18of me?
25:19I think
25:20it's
25:20admirable
25:21that you
25:22are exploring
25:23your God
25:23given gifts.
25:24Thank you
25:25father.
25:26And you've
25:27read my
25:27writing
25:27haven't
25:28you?
25:29It's
25:30not that
25:30bad
25:30is it?
25:31Chief
25:32Inspector
25:32Sullivan.
25:33Father
25:34Lady
25:34Felicia
25:35your guests
25:36are free
25:36to go
25:37when they
25:37please.
25:38Miss
25:38Velasquez
25:39has been
25:39charged
25:39with
25:40murder.
25:40Surely
25:41not.
25:41Cyanide
25:42has been
25:42identified
25:43in her
25:43photographic
25:44fixer.
25:45What will
25:45happen to
25:46her?
25:47If she's
25:48found guilty
25:48she'll be
25:49deported.
25:50That will
25:51place her
25:51in grave
25:52danger.
25:54I do
25:55not believe
25:56that she's
25:57guilty.
25:58Belief is
25:59more your
26:00area than
26:00mine
26:00father.
26:01Based on
26:02the evidence
26:03a charge
26:03had to be
26:04made.
26:05Lady
26:06Felicia
26:07I see
26:08that glass
26:09in your
26:09hand.
26:10You're
26:11late for
26:11Miss
26:12Mortimer's
26:12lesson on
26:13character
26:13and bring
26:14the gentleman
26:15the dapper
26:16one.
26:18This is
26:19a novel
26:19about
26:20passion.
26:21An
26:22aristocrat
26:25and
26:26a
26:27Bolshevik.
26:31I
26:32ought
26:32to be
26:32going.
26:33Nonsense.
26:35despite
26:35being
26:36diametrically
26:37opposed
26:37they are
26:39drawn
26:40to each
26:40other
26:41like
26:41magnets.
26:42Alexi
26:43take her
26:44in your
26:44arms.
26:46I don't
26:47think this
26:47is quite
26:48appropriate.
26:48It is an
26:48exercise.
26:49Explore it.
26:53Alexi
26:56I can't
26:57do this.
26:58Stay with
26:58it.
27:00Respond
27:00to her.
27:01Fedora
27:02let us
27:02feel your
27:03desire.
27:11You wouldn't
27:11want me
27:12if you
27:12knew my
27:13secret.
27:14Don't
27:14get into
27:15plot.
27:15Stay
27:16with the
27:16passion.
27:17Sorry.
27:21Alexi
27:22That's
27:23it.
27:24Alexi
27:25look
27:26into
27:26her
27:26eyes.
27:29Stay
27:29with
27:29it.
27:32Oh
27:32Fedora.
27:35Oh
27:35Oh
27:37Oh
27:37Hmm
27:41That really
27:43takes
27:43the
27:43biscuit.
27:44Oh
27:46no
27:46thanks
27:47I'm
27:48full.
27:48There I
27:48am
27:49arranging
27:50food for
27:50our
27:50wedding.
27:51Meanwhile
27:52Edgar and
27:52Lady Felicia
27:53are in
27:53there
27:53knoodling.
27:55If you
27:55ask me
27:56I don't
27:56think
27:56there's
27:57anything
27:57between
27:57them.
27:58I
27:58shan't
27:58be
27:58made
27:58to
27:58feel
27:59like
27:59a
27:59hanger
27:59on
27:59with
28:00my
28:00own
28:00fiance.
28:04Isabel.
28:05Edgar.
28:07I
28:10was
28:10just
28:10leaving.
28:18What's
28:18that
28:19about?
28:19No
28:20idea.
28:21Sorry.
28:22Have you
28:22got any
28:23ideas
28:23for
28:23poems?
28:26Miss
28:27Mortimer
28:27tells me
28:28you've
28:28had a
28:28breakthrough.
28:29Yes.
28:30After all
28:31my time
28:31in the
28:31scullery
28:32I
28:32thought
28:33why not
28:34write
28:34from
28:35Fedora's
28:35perspective?
28:36Excellent.
28:37The first
28:38person
28:38is so
28:39direct.
28:39I
28:40agree.
28:40It's a
28:41big change
28:42but you
28:42can write
28:42through the
28:43night.
28:44An
28:44example
28:45as
28:45promised
28:45a few
28:46pages
28:46I
28:46wrote
28:46in the
28:46first
28:47person.
28:48We'll
28:49hear the
28:49rewritten
28:49story
28:50first
28:50thing.
28:51Last
28:51minute
28:51edits
28:51before
28:52our
28:52guests
28:52arrive.
28:53I've
28:54chosen
28:54a piece
28:54to read
28:54as an
28:55opener.
28:59Will you
29:00excuse me?
29:01I need
29:02to make
29:02a phone call.
29:03We'll see
29:03you tomorrow
29:04for the
29:04reading.
29:05I
29:05wouldn't
29:05miss
29:05it
29:05for
29:06the
29:06world.
29:11I
29:12spoke
29:12to
29:12Sister
29:13Boniface
29:13at
29:14St Vincent's
29:15and she
29:16was
29:16extremely
29:17helpful.
29:17What's
29:18that?
29:20I
29:21found it
29:21in the
29:22fireplace
29:22next to
29:23Mr.
29:23Quinn's
29:24body.
29:25Before
29:26he died
29:27he was
29:28reading.
29:29Then
29:30he threw
29:31the papers
29:32on the
29:32fire.
29:33This
29:34is a
29:34fragment.
29:36Miss
29:36Palmer
29:37is there
29:38any
29:38caustic
29:39soda
29:39under
29:40the
29:40sink?
29:41I
29:41think
29:42so.
29:42And
29:43a
29:43glass
29:43of
29:43water
29:44please.
29:45Iron
29:46tablets
29:46from
29:47the
29:47medicine
29:48cupboard.
29:57With
29:59caustic
29:59soda
29:59otherwise
30:00known as
30:01sodium
30:02hydroxide.
30:05When
30:06mixed with
30:06cyanide
30:13turns
30:14fresh and
30:15blue.
30:16The
30:17paper was
30:17poisoned.
30:18Hmm.
30:19That
30:20writing
30:22is
30:27laurels.
30:30I felt
30:31I felt the
30:31familiar heat
30:32rising.
30:34But there
30:35was no more
30:35of an oven
30:36in my
30:36midriff
30:37than there
30:38was in
30:38the
30:39scullery.
30:41You've made
30:42it worse.
30:43Poppycock!
30:44You could
30:44read something
30:45one of us
30:46has written.
30:47No one
30:47would have to
30:47know.
30:48I'd never
30:48put my name
30:49to something
30:49I haven't
30:50produced.
30:51I do have
30:51some pride.
30:52What else
30:53can we do?
30:54They'll be
30:54here in a
30:54couple of
30:55hours.
30:55Make it
30:56better like
30:56you said
30:57we could.
30:58There isn't
30:59time.
30:59Our reputation
31:00is on the
31:01line as
31:01well, you
31:01know.
31:02If you
31:03just read
31:03something of
31:04ours, you
31:04can have
31:05all the
31:05praise and
31:06we can
31:06all save
31:06face.
31:07I don't
31:07want praise
31:08for the
31:08sake of
31:08it.
31:09If this
31:09is the
31:10best you
31:10can do,
31:11consider me
31:11officially
31:12unimpressed.
31:20Mitrasch.
31:21Yes?
31:21I am
31:22very grateful
31:23to you.
31:25Miss Palmer
31:26is becoming
31:26an avid
31:27writer.
31:28She's
31:29showing promise.
31:31Um, we
31:32need to ask
31:33you something.
31:35The night
31:36Mr. Queen
31:36died, he
31:38said, I'll
31:39deal with
31:39you later.
31:41What did
31:42he mean by
31:42that?
31:45Sherman
31:45had quite
31:46the temper.
31:47You value
31:48your job at
31:49Queen Books
31:50very highly.
31:51don't you?
31:53If Mr.
31:54Queen dismissed
31:55you...
31:55You can't be
31:56suggesting that
31:57I...
31:58Well, did you?
31:58No!
32:02But you were
32:03right.
32:04He did
32:05sack me.
32:16from the
32:17library
32:17fireplace.
32:18It's your
32:19handwriting.
32:20Laced with
32:20cyanide, I
32:21believe.
32:23The page is
32:23from my
32:24daybook.
32:25I record
32:26everything that
32:27happens at
32:28Queen Books.
32:29All these pages
32:30were torn out.
32:31I thought it was
32:32Sherman.
32:33And why did you
32:34think it was
32:34him?
32:35They were all
32:36my notes about
32:37Mr. Quinn's
32:38death.
32:39That was
32:40Sherman's father.
32:41It was a
32:42heart attack.
32:43Sudden.
32:45But the
32:46strange thing
32:46was, I
32:49found his
32:49medicine in
32:50Sherman's
32:51briefcase.
32:54His father
32:55always had his
32:56heart medicine
32:56with him.
32:59What was
33:00Mr. Quinn
33:01Senior's
33:02name?
33:02Samuel
33:03Quinn.
33:04Of course
33:04it was.
33:12Excuse me.
33:18I'm sorry.
33:19We didn't
33:19mean to
33:20offend.
33:22Is it
33:22time?
33:23Yes, I'd
33:24say so.
33:25The
33:25ambassador's in
33:26the front row.
33:27Then lead
33:27the way.
33:29Miss
33:29Whitfield, may
33:32I have a
33:32word?
33:33Father, can't
33:34it wait?
33:34We're about to
33:34go through.
33:35I'm afraid
33:35not.
33:37I hope we
33:38can keep this
33:39brief, Father.
33:45When did
33:46you fall in
33:46love with
33:47Samuel
33:47Quinn?
33:49I'm sorry?
33:51The ring.
33:53The
33:54initials?
33:55It was a
33:56gift from
33:57Sherman's
33:58father.
34:00I don't
34:01quite follow.
34:04When Sherman
34:05mentioned his
34:06father's memorial,
34:07I could not
34:08help notice
34:09your reaction,
34:11presumably because
34:12that was the
34:12first you'd
34:13heard of it.
34:15So you
34:16decided to
34:16consult the
34:17incomparable
34:18Miss Rush's
34:18daybook
34:19book to
34:20find out
34:21the date.
34:23And you
34:24found something
34:24else.
34:28It must
34:29have been
34:30very hard
34:30mourning alone.
34:35It didn't
34:36make sense.
34:37Samuel always
34:38had his
34:38heart
34:38medicine.
34:42when I
34:42read those
34:43entries.
34:47It all
34:47made perfect
34:48sense.
34:53Samuel and
34:54I were so
34:55close.
34:55He told me
34:56everything.
34:57He told me
34:58when he
34:58finally threatened
34:59to cut that
35:00foolish boy out
35:01of his will.
35:02Poisoning the
35:03top right
35:04corners was
35:06a plan worthy
35:07of a crime
35:07writer.
35:07That does
35:09sound like
35:09fiction,
35:10father.
35:11You knew
35:12that Miss
35:12Velasquez had
35:14cyanide in
35:15her photographic
35:15kit.
35:17You knew
35:18Mr. Sherman's
35:19habit when
35:20reading unbound
35:22pages.
35:23And you
35:24believed that
35:26he was
35:26responsible for
35:28his father's
35:28death.
35:29There's no
35:30doubt.
35:30If it weren't
35:31for him,
35:32Samuel would
35:32be alive
35:33today.
35:33So you
35:34confronted him.
35:35There are
35:35dates and
35:36times of all
35:36the arguments.
35:37And she
35:38found his
35:38medicine in
35:39your
35:39possession.
35:40Is it
35:40true?
35:41Did you
35:42take it?
35:43What's
35:43the matter
35:44to you?
35:47I was
35:48like you
35:48were his
35:49fancy woman.
35:50I loved
35:51him.
35:53If you
35:53did anything
35:54to harm
35:55Samuel,
35:55I have a
35:56right to
35:56know.
35:57Nobody
35:58can prove
35:59that I
36:00did
36:00anything.
36:01Still,
36:02if I
36:03were you,
36:03I'd burn
36:04these after
36:05reading.
36:07you knew
36:08that
36:09Sherman
36:09would
36:10seal
36:10his
36:10own
36:11fate
36:13and
36:14destroy
36:14the
36:14evidence.
36:16So you
36:16left him
36:17to die.
36:27just like
36:28he left
36:28his
36:28poor
36:28father.
36:30Samuel's
36:30life was
36:31worth a
36:31thousand of
36:32his.
36:34And what
36:34is Miss
36:35Velasquez's
36:36life worth?
36:38Ava won't
36:38be found
36:39guilty.
36:41But if
36:42she is,
36:44you know
36:45what she
36:45would suffer.
36:48I never
36:49meant for
36:49her to
36:50take the
36:50blame.
36:51You must
36:52confess
36:54to save
36:55her life
36:55and your
36:56immortal
36:57soul.
36:58I can't
36:59father.
37:00No.
37:02Confess
37:03and repent.
37:06it is the
37:07only way
37:07that you
37:08will find
37:08peace
37:09and be
37:10reunited
37:10with
37:11Samuel.
37:14Where on
37:15earth is
37:15Francis?
37:16I could
37:17warm them
37:17up for
37:17you.
37:19Oh,
37:20thank goodness.
37:21I won't be
37:22able to do
37:22my reading,
37:23darling.
37:24Why
37:24am I not?
37:24Something I
37:25must do
37:25for Ava.
37:28No.
37:29Samuel always
37:30told me
37:30you'd go
37:30far.
37:31Look after
37:32the other
37:32sisters for
37:33me, won't
37:33you?
37:36Francis?
37:48You must
37:49give your
37:50work to
37:50the world
37:51now.
37:51It's good.
37:54Maxine would
37:54be proud.
37:58Sorry to
37:59interrupt.
38:00Father Brown
38:01said you'd
38:02like a word,
38:02Miss Whitfield.
38:03Yes,
38:04that's
38:04right.
38:05Shall we?
38:10Good luck,
38:10darlings.
38:18What did
38:18she mean,
38:19Maxine would
38:20be proud?
38:36Thank you all.
38:40It's an
38:40honour to
38:41stand before
38:42such eminent
38:43guests.
38:46And when I
38:47invited you
38:47all here,
38:48I had no
38:48idea what
38:49lay before
38:50me.
38:52And although
38:53I may not
38:53be the
38:54writer that
38:55I hoped,
39:02this
39:04extract
39:08is the
39:09best that
39:10I can
39:10offer you
39:11today.
39:18It's the
39:18ordinary
39:19life
39:21that leaves
39:22the lasting
39:22impression.
39:25Not
39:26carved in
39:26stone,
39:27but fleeting.
39:31Like his
39:32footsteps in
39:33the snow,
39:35I wanted
39:36to lay
39:37my heel
39:37to his
39:38heel,
39:41his toe
39:42to my
39:43toe.
39:45And if
39:46I could,
39:47I would
39:48live here
39:48forever and
39:50remake the
39:51same
39:51imprints in
39:52every new
39:53snowfall,
39:54telling every
39:54passerby that
39:57the man I
39:57loved,
39:58who was so
39:59tragically torn
40:00from me,
40:03was once
40:04here by
40:05my side.
40:20Although I'm
40:21proud to
40:21read these
40:22words to
40:22you today,
40:24they are
40:24not mine.
40:28I've come
40:29to realise
40:29that I am
40:30not a
40:31writer.
40:32These
40:33words belong
40:34to Maxine
40:34Mortimer,
40:37who is
40:38returning to
40:39the spotlight
40:39after a
40:40recent
40:41sabbatical.
40:42Welcome
40:42back,
40:43Miss
40:43Mortimer.
40:48Waiting
40:48for
40:49me.
40:59Well
41:00done.
41:02The
41:02Russian
41:03ambassador
41:03was most
41:04impressed.
41:05Crisis
41:06averted.
41:07Well,
41:08I can't
41:08thank you
41:09enough.
41:09I have
41:10been offered
41:10a deal.
41:12several
41:12deals,
41:13in fact.
41:13That's
41:14very well
41:14deserved.
41:15I'll
41:15send you
41:16all signed
41:16copies.
41:18It is a
41:19shame that
41:19Frances
41:19can't be
41:20here.
41:21Guess
41:21what?
41:22I
41:24shared
41:24Brenda's
41:25poem with
41:26some
41:26publishers.
41:27It's
41:27going in
41:28an
41:28anthology
41:29of
41:29light
41:29verse.
41:31I'm
41:32going to
41:32be
41:32published.
41:39Your
41:40work with
41:41Miss
41:41Palmer is
41:42most
41:42impressive.
41:43Perhaps
41:44being a
41:44writer isn't
41:45a prerequisite
41:46after all.
41:47For being a
41:48sister of
41:49Aeschylus?
41:50On a
41:50trial basis
41:51at first.
41:52But now I
41:53do see the
41:54value of a
41:55publisher's
41:56perspective.
42:11Thank you,
42:12Padre.
42:12Gracias.
42:13Thanks.
42:14De verdad.
42:15You're
42:15welcome.
42:16I'm so
42:16happy you're
42:17back, Miss
42:17Velisquez.
42:19Me too.
42:20How did
42:21it go?
42:22Let's get
42:23you inside.
42:24The others
42:24will want to
42:25see you.
42:25Thank you
42:26so much for
42:27getting her
42:27back safe
42:27and sound.
42:29I've seen
42:30enough of
42:30this.
42:31Isabel.
42:32I do
42:32have eyes,
42:33you know.
42:33I saw
42:34you both
42:35together in
42:35the great
42:36hall.
42:37Oh.
42:37There was
42:38merely a
42:38character
42:39exercise.
42:40Yes,
42:40which I
42:40really,
42:41really didn't
42:42want to
42:42do.
42:43Isabel,
42:45nobody could
42:46hold a
42:46candle to
42:47you.
42:48Well,
42:49that is
42:50reassuring
42:51to hear.
42:52Mrs.
42:52Divine,
42:52I am
42:53mortified that
42:55I gave
42:55you the
42:55wrong
42:55impression.
42:56please let
42:56me make
42:56it up
42:57to you.
42:57It's
42:58fine.
42:59I can
43:00help with
43:00the wedding.
43:01Oh,
43:01you'd love
43:02that,
43:02wouldn't
43:02you,
43:03Mrs.
43:03D?
43:03No,
43:03there's
43:04really no
43:05need.
43:05Not
43:05another
43:05word.
43:07I may
43:08not be
43:08a writer,
43:09but I
43:10certainly
43:10know how
43:11to put
43:11on a
43:11good
43:11do.
43:12And
43:12we
43:12must
43:12all
43:13use
43:13our
43:13God-given
43:14talents.
43:14Isn't
43:15that right,
43:15Father?
43:17Yes.
43:18Well,
43:18then it's
43:18settled.
43:19And we
43:20will make
43:20it the
43:21best
43:22wedding
43:22that
43:23Campbellford
43:23has
43:23ever
43:24seen.
43:26How
43:26kind.
43:28How
43:29kind.
43:29How
43:29you
43:29How
43:58do
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