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First broadcast 21st June 1985.
Pru is asked to discover who stole an old Debussy manuscript from an exclusive piano emporium.
Rosalyn Landor - Pru Standfast
Jill Gascoine - Maggie Forbes
Leslie Ash - Fred Smith
Phyllida Law - Jessica Truscott
T.P. McKenna - Billie Truscott
Michael Thomas - Dev Truscott
Priscilla Morgan - Miss Willis
Philip Voss - Mr. Jenkins
Dermot Crowley - Detective Insp. Flynn
Patrick Marley - Mr. Pope
Osmund Bullock - Sam
Matthew Long - Harry Landry
Jean Harvey - Lady Trensham
Pru is asked to discover who stole an old Debussy manuscript from an exclusive piano emporium.
Rosalyn Landor - Pru Standfast
Jill Gascoine - Maggie Forbes
Leslie Ash - Fred Smith
Phyllida Law - Jessica Truscott
T.P. McKenna - Billie Truscott
Michael Thomas - Dev Truscott
Priscilla Morgan - Miss Willis
Philip Voss - Mr. Jenkins
Dermot Crowley - Detective Insp. Flynn
Patrick Marley - Mr. Pope
Osmund Bullock - Sam
Matthew Long - Harry Landry
Jean Harvey - Lady Trensham
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01:01Oh, typical.
01:04Oh, work's what we need.
01:05Yes, and let's merge in the hothouse at Kew Gardens.
01:09Oh, my feet have died.
01:12I always knew they'd be the first to go.
01:15Oh, the middle of May, the coldest day on record, and we get a bloody power hut.
01:20Shall we play a game?
01:24Well, if you're admitting defeat, we may as well go home.
01:27Now, let's pray.
01:30Dear God, send us a case.
01:32It doesn't matter how little.
01:34And I promise I'll stop hating proof for a whole week.
01:37Well, I don't know if I can manage that.
01:41Eyes?
01:43What?
01:46House of Lambert?
01:49Pianos?
01:51No, I don't think we need a piano.
01:53Yes, we do.
01:54Yes, we do.
01:54We could chop it up and burn it.
01:56House of Lambert.
01:57Purveyors of Pianoportis since the instrument was invented.
01:59Hang on.
02:01Hello.
02:01Prudence, stand fast here.
02:04Yes.
02:06Yes.
02:08Lovely.
02:09Thank you very much.
02:09Bye-bye.
02:11They want us for a little matter.
02:13Oh, a little matter means they won't want to pay.
02:16Look, I've got some shopping to do.
02:17I'll look in on them.
02:18No, I'll go, I'll go, I'll go.
02:20It was my prayer.
02:21I'm the youngest and I need the exercise.
02:23Neither of you.
02:24Pianos equal music.
02:25Well, my mum can play the piano, except for my auntie win.
02:28Music of the most refined sort.
02:32Librarci.
02:36What are you doing?
02:39Writing my diary.
02:43Day one.
02:47Steadily growing weaker.
02:58Come on, Billy.
02:59I have to take her out.
03:01Coming, my dear.
03:04Look, got everything?
03:06Good.
03:06Excuse me.
03:08Walter.
03:09Does the Isle of Wight come to the board?
03:11No, madam.
03:12Oh, well then.
03:13David, have you got that stuff with the laundry?
03:15Yeah.
03:15Oh, my dear lass, I...
03:16I've been absolutely frozen around the needles.
03:19We couldn't, Ryan.
03:20She's absolutely right, you know.
03:28Don't wear that much up.
03:33Now, my dears.
03:36Which one?
03:37This one?
03:37No, no, no.
03:38Two bucks.
03:39Okay.
03:40No, no.
03:40Look at that.
03:41There's a ruler.
03:42Oh, so, and a white one, so it is.
03:44Yeah.
03:44Coming on.
03:46Where's your bag of tricks, Steve?
03:48Pity we couldn't keep our boat.
03:49You could have had fun with it.
03:50Oh, the owners and Callie would have had the best for a long suit.
03:54You know how excitable the French are.
03:56I'm thinking we had to pay to play up.
03:57I hate paying.
03:57Even we can hardly nick an earlfin, my dear.
04:00Coming on.
04:01Bags be, look out.
04:04Out.
04:04You're right.
04:05Wire.
04:06Wire.
04:08I can't bear this table.
04:09It always sticks at the top.
04:11What are we doing next, Pa?
04:12After London, I mean.
04:13Oh, London will be quite enough to occupy us at the moment.
04:16I must do some marketing and make some arrangements.
04:20Is it a big one?
04:22Quite special.
04:23Flyers?
04:25Then where?
04:26Las Vegas?
04:26Too crass.
04:27Palm Beach.
04:29Too boring.
04:31Palm Springs?
04:31Oh, yes.
04:32Very nice.
04:32Where are we staying, my angel?
04:34The best, of course.
04:37We'll get out the car when we get to town, then take a taxi.
04:40Oh, isn't it nice to be back in dear old Blighty?
04:44One does get so tired of the South of France.
04:47All that money.
04:48Mind you, in the last two days, we have altered their balance of payments somewhat.
05:07You've come about the crime.
05:09Yes.
05:10Yes, I have.
05:11Will he belong?
05:12Oh, not Mr. Jenkins, no.
05:14Though he hasn't beat himself recently up.
05:17I'll go and ginger him up.
05:19Mr. Jenkins must have found it.
05:24Exactly a week ago.
05:26We received it on the 15th.
05:27You can see our office down.
05:32I should be most honoured if I could call to play one of your deservedly celebrated pianos.
05:36I'm a train musician, etc, etc, etc, etc.
05:40It seems genuinely not.
05:41Oh, the paper is.
05:42The police checked it.
05:43But he never stayed at the hotel and they don't know anything about him.
05:46That's enough, Miss Willis.
05:48The request didn't surprise you.
05:50We've had them all the time.
05:51The house encourages it.
05:52It exercises the instruments and provides a free demonstration.
05:56And who can tell it won't lead to an order in the future?
05:58You remember him rather better than Mr. Jenkins does.
06:01Yes, well, I...
06:02He rang up before we had a chance to answer the letter.
06:05Mr. Rochester.
06:06It's not his real name, of course.
06:08Well, the police said so.
06:11You were here, Miss Willis?
06:13Yes, well, Mr. Jenkins left it to me.
06:14I mean, there's not much commission to be made out of just being nice to people.
06:18Miss Willis.
06:20What was your first impression?
06:22Well, he was good-looking and polite and the police did a lovely drawing of him.
06:28I explained what he looked like.
06:30I'll get on, Miss Willis.
06:33I showed him in here and he chose the black ground.
06:38The BBC is saving up to buy one.
06:40And started to play Le Jeune Fille Cheveux de L'Anne at Debussy.
06:44He was really very good and seemed quite wrapped up, so I left him to it.
06:49And went about your duties?
06:51Yes.
06:53And then I heard him play it a second time.
06:56And then he came out and thanked me very much and said it was a nice piano and left.
07:02It was some time later.
07:04It was an hour or two later.
07:06I came back in to see if the piano lid was shut.
07:09And it was gone.
07:10The autograph of Debussy.
07:12The pride of our collection.
07:14Nothing else?
07:16He completely ignored a letter from Beethoven asking about our 1783 instrument.
07:20The one with the extra half octave.
07:23It didn't catch on.
07:25An autographed title page from Brahms.
07:27Details of a concert tour in his own hand.
07:30From Chopin.
07:31Anton Rubenstein.
07:32Paderewski.
07:33Ravel.
07:34André Prévin.
07:35Just Debussy.
07:36We must have it back.
07:40Pat.
07:41Hello, Maggie.
07:42Come time, Missy.
07:43Seems like you've fallen on your feet, eh?
07:45Nice.
07:45Very nice.
07:46Ain't you a bit of private?
07:47How's Maisie?
07:48Oh.
07:50Oh.
07:51Right, that is it.
07:52You've met my associate Fred.
07:54Fred Smith.
07:54Detective Inspector Flynn.
07:57He just said that.
07:58So, what can I do for you, Pat?
08:00Oh, I'm just, uh, playing the postman.
08:05Artist's impression.
08:07Five or ten, hair brown, eyes brown.
08:09Oh, sounds just like time.
08:11Anybody I should know?
08:12No, not really.
08:13Still, if we nick him, you can do the collaring, okay?
08:16Okay.
08:16Maybe I can return the favor.
08:18Go on, then.
08:19Middle-aged man, early 50s.
08:21Middle-aged woman, late 40s.
08:22Younger lad, late 20s.
08:24Impeccably dressed, cut-class accents.
08:27Came ashore yesterday in a stolen speedboat,
08:29and then nicked a roller.
08:31Any ideas?
08:35The Truscott's.
08:36Oh.
08:37So they're back.
08:39I should have thought Billy would have given England a miss for a year or two.
08:44Billy Truscott.
08:45I nicked him a few months before I left the force,
08:47had him bang to rights,
08:48but he got off over a technicality lawyer like a bloody gorgscrew.
08:52Well, come on, Maggie.
08:54I've got a lot of legwork.
08:55Hang on.
08:56Where was the roller found?
08:58Outside Maximilian's.
08:59Yeah, of course, the Swanky's restaurant in town.
09:01I bet they're staying at a five-star hotel as well.
09:04Nothing but the best for the Truscott,
09:06especially as they're not paying.
09:07Oh, I know.
09:08We, um, we've circulated their description.
09:10Oh, that won't do you much good.
09:12They're as slippery as eels.
09:13Still, we'll keep trying.
09:15See you, Maggie.
09:16Yeah, right.
09:17Thanks, Pat.
09:17Cheers.
09:19Do you want me to roll a few of these off?
09:24Yeah.
09:25Leave some for Prue,
09:26and then get started on the music shops,
09:29music libraries, places like that.
09:30You've got to get a name.
09:31Me?
09:32I thought we were associates.
09:34I'm curious.
09:36Why are the Truscott's here?
09:38Oh, well, I suppose there's always trouble for someone.
09:41How long did you say you'd work for Mr. Jenkins?
09:44Quite a long time,
09:45but I'd rather not talk about that if you don't mind.
09:48I hope this isn't going to be too expensive.
09:51It's my treat.
09:53Why aren't you out busy looking for clues?
09:57I am.
09:59Mmm, good bunnies.
10:00I don't know how people can eat mustard.
10:03I thought of something else about him.
10:06The young man?
10:07The thief.
10:08I mentioned it to Mr. Jenkins,
10:09but he didn't care.
10:11All the police.
10:13It was the Debussy.
10:15The girl with the flaxen hair?
10:17Well, it wasn't exactly the same one
10:18as you usually hear.
10:20What do you mean?
10:20He couldn't remember it?
10:21No, he had the score.
10:22He took it out of his music case.
10:24Have you seen anything else in the case?
10:25No.
10:26I mean, you didn't notice a tape recorder, for instance.
10:29Tape?
10:30You said he played it twice.
10:32He could have recorded the first one
10:34and played it back while he finished the autograph.
10:37Oh, that's evil.
10:39Stuffed the goody in his music case.
10:41Thank you so much, Bob's your uncle.
10:43It was some extra bars.
10:44A little passage I'd never heard before.
10:47Might as well kill this.
10:48It was after the middle.
10:50You know, um...
10:56It became quite a surprise.
10:59He made it up.
11:01Well, I suppose it sounded like Debussy.
11:05I mean, on the piano.
11:06Not when I played it just now.
11:08You say he had the score?
11:10Yes.
11:12He took it out of his music case
11:13and he put it on the piano.
11:15I only remember because
11:16it was such a grotty old thing.
11:19I mean, I know those scores get mangy,
11:22but this look as if the cat had been out.
11:26Why does that bother me?
11:31How are you getting on?
11:32Silch.
11:34I've asked around.
11:35No one's ever heard of him.
11:36I've asked all the colleges
11:37and you'd think they'd know, wouldn't you?
11:38Hmm.
11:40Hmm.
11:40Do you want to find out something fascinating?
11:42Debussy himself gave the first performance
11:44of Girl with the Flaxen Hair
11:45on September the 17th, 1910
11:47at the Salad Pliel in Paris.
11:48Food geek?
11:49Afterwards, before publication,
11:51he shortened it by eight bars.
11:52He just cut them out.
11:52Maybe he changed his mind.
11:54And the gentleman we're looking for
11:55played them at the House of Lambert, you see?
11:56Well, maybe he's doing his own thing.
11:59Fred, you have heard of Debussy.
12:01Yeah, nice tune to him about the video.
12:03Where's Maggie?
12:04She's doing her own thing as well.
12:06Bye.
12:07Bye.
12:16Have they still got these sweet, green plastic bags?
12:19Hmm?
12:20Ah!
12:21I do certainly love going shopping.
12:24We must be careful, my dear.
12:25Nothing too ostentatious.
12:27We don't bar to attract attention to ourselves
12:29at this particular...
12:32Please look at some costume jewellery, my angel.
12:35Absolutely.
12:36What's up?
12:36I'll speak to Forbes.
12:37What on earth is she doing here?
12:39She's the car who nearly sent me down.
12:41You got away with it?
12:42I'm not anxious to trust her luck a second time.
12:47She's not having much joy, is she?
12:49She knows us as Truscott.
12:51What are we here?
12:51I've forgotten.
12:52Barrington Smythe.
12:53Didn't I hear she'd left the force?
12:55Gone private?
12:56Yes.
12:57Perhaps she's not after us.
12:59Too much of a coincidence.
13:01I don't like it.
13:02It's all right, Pa.
13:03Your chap's done his thing.
13:05No, it's not all right, Deb.
13:06We can't possibly go ahead with that woman nosing around.
13:10She wouldn't remember you, would she?
13:12I shouldn't think so.
13:14Last time we met her, I was a redhead.
13:16Good.
13:18Follow her.
13:19Find out what she's up to.
13:25We have to be sure, my dear.
13:27Or we'll never forget this job and move on to some marriage.
13:30Right.
13:32And you better pay that good-looking young man for putting off the scent.
13:36Good-looking?
13:38You're a taster, man, my precious.
13:40It's becoming really rather bizarre.
13:44Two thousand pounds for that junk.
13:47How outrageous.
13:49Debussy, you say?
13:51I understand you have a collection of his papers.
13:53Yes.
13:54Surprising.
13:55I'd have thought they'd have been in Paris.
13:56Oh, no.
13:57Claude spent quite a lot of time here in England.
13:59In fact, he wrote Le Maire at Eastbourne, of all places.
14:03Is that one of his scores?
14:05No, but I'm hoping you might recognize it.
14:08Oh, good heavens, it's Mr. Rochester.
14:12Mr. Rochester?
14:13Yes, he was here not long ago.
14:17Also asking about Debussy.
14:20He said he was writing a book about it.
14:22Though I would have thought there were quite enough
14:24barographers already.
14:25Do you have the original manuscript score of Girl with the Plexum hair?
14:29No, but we have three of the first book of Prelluance.
14:33The rest are in the Musico in Paris.
14:36I've come to think of it.
14:38That's what he wanted to look at.
14:40Could I have a look too?
14:41Well, I don't see why not.
14:43Yes, I think I can remember the file number.
14:45Could you wait here a moment?
14:46Of course.
14:57Something the matter?
14:59It's not here.
15:00What do you mean?
15:01It's gone.
15:03What, I don't know?
15:04Oh, it's not allowed out of this room.
15:06Perhaps you've misfiled it.
15:07I never misfiled, Miss Steinway.
15:10Then it's been stolen by our friend, Mr. Rochester.
15:13Tell me something.
15:14Apart from Lambert's,
15:15which is the most upmarket piano emporium in the area?
15:19Gottlieb's, I suppose.
15:22Oh, thank you, Mr. Potron.
15:24Oh, thank you.
15:31I don't know.
15:36Oh.
15:42Oh, my God.
15:45Oh, my God.
15:46Oh, my God.
15:47Oh, my God.
15:49Oh, my God.
15:52Oh, my God.
16:33Looking for something?
16:40The door was open.
16:41No, no, no.
16:42It's never open.
16:52Oh!
17:22Excuse me.
17:24Yes, sir.
17:25I've come about the girl with the flaxen hair.
17:29If you mean Phyllis, I'm afraid she's on holiday.
17:32She won't be back until next week.
17:38Will I do?
17:41You will indeed.
17:44But first things first.
17:46I'd like to see the manuscript.
17:48The manuscript?
17:48Don't you read her in the advertisements?
17:53Mrs. Gottlieb, the piano makers, have acquired a hitherto unknown Debussy manuscript of his prelude, The Girl with the Flaxen
18:00Hair.
18:00This far earlier version of the work contains new material of interest to all music lovers.
18:05It will be on display in their showrooms for a week before being presented to the Debussy Museum in Saint
18:10-Germain.
18:10Oh, yes, it's over here.
18:17Oh, yes.
18:20That is interesting.
18:24Could I take a closer look, do you think?
18:28I'm sorry.
18:29Mr. Gottlieb has the only key and he's out this morning.
18:32Oh, it ain't.
18:35I'll, uh, I'll probably come back this afternoon.
18:38Oh, um, sir.
18:41Are you a pianist?
18:43It's one of my favorite pieces.
19:09No wonder.
19:11Sir?
19:13Lunch?
19:14I'd love to.
19:16Half an hour?
19:17No.
19:18For sure.
19:19A bit slack.
19:37Inspector Forbes.
19:39What a pleasant surprise.
19:41Hello, Harry.
19:44How's the fencing game?
19:45Oh, I didn't hear that.
19:48Oh, what's this?
19:50Not bad.
19:51Not good either.
19:52It's paste.
19:54Really?
19:55Mm, just a little present for the wife.
19:57Not at all valuable.
19:58I met her once, didn't I?
20:00Nice woman.
20:02You seen anything of Billy Truscott?
20:03Truscott?
20:04No.
20:05Should I have?
20:06Is it right for Wendy?
20:09My information, gleaned at great expense in imported larka, is that you're seeing a lady
20:13called Wendy in, uh, Camden town.
20:16Now, wait a minute.
20:17Yes, I did see him, quite by chance, of course.
20:20Of course.
20:20What's he up to next?
20:22How would I know?
20:23Because if the Truscott's are here doing a job, they'll want to be out of the country before
20:26the wind drops, which means someone will have to have the money ready.
20:29Someone like you.
20:30I'm a respectable businessman.
20:31You know I am.
20:33Your wife Beryl's still got all those brothers.
20:35Wrestlers, aren't they?
20:36Arms like steel girders.
20:38You know, Maggie, going private has made you very greedy.
20:42I mean, would he tell me?
20:44Yes, Harry, you would say.
20:45You tell me.
20:46Is it a big job?
20:47Well, my guess, only a guess, mind you, is that it is pretty big.
20:53Go on.
20:54I believe there's a rendezvous.
20:56That's all I know.
20:57What the job is, it's none of my business, is it?
21:01Oh, don't stop there, Harry.
21:02No time's sake.
21:04All he said was it was something to do with Marie Antoinette.
21:10Marie Antoinette?
21:16I didn't realise lunch was to be in your flat.
21:18It's a bit of a mess, I'm afraid.
21:20You don't notice it when you're on your own.
21:24Is it, uh, is it too soon to kiss you?
21:28I'm renowned as a shameless hussier, but yes, it is a bit.
21:32I'll see what's for lunch.
21:38What do you do for a living?
21:40For my sins, I'm writing a book about Debussy.
21:42How fascinating.
21:45Claire de Lune, Afternoon of the Fall, Girl with the Flaxen Hair.
21:49Someone else writing a book about him, too.
21:52A chap called Rochester.
21:53Unless that's you.
21:56No.
21:58You do have a name.
22:01Sam.
22:02It's like drawing blood.
22:04Smith.
22:06Original.
22:09I didn't see any book.
22:13The, uh, the score was a joke.
22:16No.
22:16But it's the ordinary version.
22:18It's not even in Debussy's own hand.
22:20Now, why should anyone want to do that?
22:23I mean, who?
22:25Poor Mr. Gottlieb.
22:26I wonder how much he paid for it.
22:28It's as if somebody was trying to trap someone.
22:31It can't be you.
22:33The police.
22:35Has there been a crime in another piano shop?
22:39Apart from writing a book on Debussy, what else do you do?
22:43I, uh, travel the world in search of the girl of my dreams.
22:48It's a long job.
22:51I'm very fussy.
22:51But you must have a hobby.
22:55Do you collect anything?
22:57Musical scores.
23:00Autographs.
23:03Plain glass spectacles.
23:11God, you're beautiful.
23:25That felt faintly for real.
23:27What did you expect?
23:34Something's burning.
23:37Ox tail soup?
23:40Hmm.
23:44Marie-Antoinette.
23:45Marie-Antoinette.
23:49Marie-Antoinette.
23:52Marie-Antoinette.
24:07I got beaten up last night.
24:09It's the clothes you wear.
24:11It attracts the wrong sort.
24:12Who didn't come back?
24:13I was left here to die on my own.
24:15Nobody cared.
24:17Marie-Antoinette.
24:18And then I had to wait for Mr. Palumba to come and make the lock on the door.
24:22Who?
24:23Oh, that's that French bird.
24:25Lost her head.
24:27Well, he's not up our street.
24:28Final outing for famous necklace.
24:30This year's exhibition of the faithful necklace, which once belonged to Marie-Antoinette of France, is to be the last.
24:35For reasons of security, its owner, Lady Trenchham of Baddingley Hall, has decided that it is too dangerous to continue
24:41its annual show.
24:43Well, not the old Truscott family.
24:45They wouldn't dare.
24:46Oh, they dared worse than that.
24:49Baddingley Hall.
24:50Where are you going?
24:50Over the library.
24:52Here, did Prue manage to get that Debussy bit in the paper?
24:54Yeah.
24:55How?
24:56Oh, some lustful editor I expect she's a terrible exploiter of men.
25:00Why the library?
25:02Research, of course.
25:11I'm sorry to hear about your eye, Fred.
25:13Hello?
25:25Anybody home?
25:27Yes.
25:29Such an imprecision.
25:31But I am so proud in this part of the country.
25:35Dorothy De Vere.
25:36Hmm?
25:37Of course, you don't have it from out of here.
25:39Lady De Vere.
25:40Oh, well, you must call me Dorothy, dear.
25:42Lady Trenchham of Willow Grange.
25:44And I need your advice.
25:46Oh.
25:47Oh, well, then you better come through.
25:48We're just getting the place ready for tomorrow.
25:53Tomorrow?
25:55Once a year, we open up for the local charities.
25:58Which is exactly what I came to see you about.
25:59We're doing the same at Willow Grange.
26:02And I thought, who will give me the best advice?
26:05Lady Trenchham of Bradley Hall.
26:09How is your sister, Victoria?
26:12She died.
26:13Oh, yeah.
26:15The Times must have been on strike.
26:17I don't know.
26:19Is something gone?
26:21Oh, no, that's where we put the necklace.
26:23I think more people come to see that than the house.
26:26What's the necklace?
26:27I don't follow.
26:28Well, Marie Antoinette's necklace.
26:30It's been in my husband's family for forever.
26:33You don't need me, Eva.
26:35The one that caused the girl all that trouble.
26:39The one Tyrone Power gave to, oh, Norma Shearer.
26:43In the film.
26:44Yes, that's it.
26:45It spends all its life in a vault underneath the bank.
26:49And I can tell you, that is not cheap.
26:51That, you will find, is the most horrendous expense of opening up your house, the security.
26:56So do be careful.
26:58How do you mean?
26:59Well, that thing alone costs a fortune to convert.
27:03Rings dreadful bells, I suppose.
27:05Oh, no.
27:06It's quite immovable.
27:13And they tell me you can't shoot holes in it, even with a machine gun.
27:17Yes, we've been showing the necklace every year.
27:21But I'm giving it up after tomorrow.
27:23Oh, dear.
27:24Yes, well, the cost of the guards is astronomic.
27:29Of course, they do keep an eye on the snuff boxes and the faibage and the books and the papers
27:35and so forth.
27:35But an armoured truck from London and back again, well, I mean, it costs far more than we make for
27:45the charities.
27:46You're giving me second thoughts.
27:47Yes.
27:48And if I don't have a sherry, I shall fall down.
27:53Burrage.
27:54These days, it's all self-service.
27:57Burrage.
27:58Brinkie Clive.
28:00And two glasses.
28:03There.
28:07Well, that's the trouble with servants these days.
28:10One dare not grumble.
28:13And what did you say your place was called?
28:16Willow Grange.
28:17Oh.
28:18Not terribly far from Badminton.
28:21Sounds much cosier than this.
28:22Oh, my dear.
28:24How I long to have a nice little flat somewhere.
28:28Well, of course, that's where we're lucky.
28:31Your eye's going down nicely.
28:33Well, I added a bit of extra colour for sympathy.
28:36Waste of time.
28:37Hmm.
28:40Actually, there's something to be said for expensive make-up.
28:43She'll have something to say if she catches you at it.
28:46Well, she's got her faults, but she's not mean.
28:50How do I look?
28:52Ravishing.
28:53Well, that's it.
28:55Well, you can't be sure.
28:56Oh, I know how they work.
28:58It's not outrageous.
28:58They're not interested.
29:00Hmm.
29:00It runs in Billy Truscott's family.
29:02His grandfather stole the Mona Lisa.
29:05Well, got it back.
29:06Did they?
29:08There are people today who still think otherwise.
29:11Now, his wife is usually Jessica, but they change their names all the time.
29:14And there's a son.
29:15I can't remember what he's called.
29:17Well, you don't think...
29:19What?
29:20Well, the man who came here.
29:23No, no, no.
29:24It couldn't be.
29:26Unless they know that you're onto them.
29:30They can't know.
29:33I'm not usually that careless.
29:39Yes, can I speak to the superintendent, please?
29:42Maggie Forbes.
29:44Forbes.
29:46Yes, of course it's important.
29:48Police.
29:49Maggie Forbes can't go it alone.
29:52Can't.
29:52I need the resources.
29:53Hello.
29:55Yes, that's right.
29:57You watch it.
29:59Look, can I come round and see you?
30:01Now?
30:03Yes, it is important.
30:06Right.
30:07Thanks.
30:09We'll come round.
30:11What about who's Yip's autograph?
30:13Aren't you supposed to be helping Prue?
30:14Well, I think at this moment in time,
30:17Prue can look after herself.
30:23Well, when do I see you?
30:27I am going to see you.
30:36Well, I have a few things at the other place.
30:39My other place where I work.
30:42See you there, then.
30:50I'll, uh, I'll pick you up after work.
30:53No.
30:54Tomorrow.
30:55I'll meet you here.
31:13Wonders will never cease.
31:14I'm only here as a messenger.
31:17Now, what else?
31:18Nice scent.
31:20Very feminine.
31:22People are looking for you.
31:25Why?
31:26You're a neurotic, and it's none of your business.
31:28It's Ma and Pa's business, brother dear.
31:30It's they who want to know.
31:31I don't give a monkey's.
31:33I stole something from a piano shop.
31:35All on your own?
31:36You try to make a piano?
31:39It was something that I wanted.
31:41I haven't lived all my life with this family
31:42without picking up a few tricks.
31:44But you're no good at it.
31:46That's why we keep you in such style.
31:48You're stupid.
31:49Your head's always full of music.
31:51I don't know how they ever even had you.
31:53Look, are you leaving?
31:55If the people looking connect you to us,
31:57we're all in shtuck.
32:00Ma and Pa want you to be ready
32:02to leave tomorrow.
32:03We're doing a job in the morning.
32:04We meet up at the airport,
32:05and that includes you.
32:06You're only safe where we can keep an eye on you.
32:09Trouble light.
32:11Understood, brother?
32:13Not that I want you alone.
32:15Ma and Pa feel protective.
32:17I wouldn't protect you from a cold.
32:20Are you jealous of me?
32:22Jealous?
32:23You think I want to be sick and untalented
32:25and a pain in the arse,
32:26a rope around everybody's neck.
32:27Oh, go away, Dev.
32:28I'll go away when I feel like it.
32:35I'm not some weak little woman.
32:37Why don't you just stick to your speciality?
32:40That new bird you're chasing,
32:41you want to know something about her?
32:43I know enough,
32:44and I intend to know more.
32:45You moron.
32:47She's a detective.
32:48She's got pictures of you,
32:50police pictures.
32:51She's the one who's after you.
32:53Oh, I know that.
32:55It's a bit of a problem.
32:57Come on.
33:00I'm coming.
33:04I'd have enjoyed that
33:05if you'd let me stay a little longer.
33:07When do I get to see
33:08this famous Debussy collection?
33:12While we're driving?
33:15What's the matter with you?
33:30Well?
33:32Well, what?
33:34I don't know if it's different.
33:36No.
33:39No.
33:39No.
33:40No.
33:41No.
33:42No.
33:42No.
33:43No.
34:13No.
35:01Barge. It's very isolated.
35:04Who wants crimes?
35:12Quaint. Cold. Do you ever sleep here?
35:17In the summer sometimes. But it's mostly for work.
35:22And your treasures, away from prying eyes.
35:27We can't stay long. I have to go on a trip.
35:32Then give me the signature before you go.
35:51And the score from the College of Music.
36:08What have you been after?
36:10It's my job.
36:13That's not to say it's not been more than a job this time.
36:18If you told me where everything came from, I could send it back.
36:21Then you'd sort of be in the clear.
36:23Do a list.
36:25Criminals are usually greedy.
36:28Some are only a little greedy.
36:31Sounds like you're trying to excuse someone.
36:34Maybe I want to.
36:38The House of Lambert will be pleased.
36:41If you're a detective, and I know that you are,
36:45can you just let me go?
36:49I don't want to let you go.
37:21Did you see him again?
37:22I don't want to.
37:23Ask it for you.
37:23Knock him back, chick.
37:46You can say to me.
38:48Help us.
38:53They're going. Where have you been?
38:57They've got it.
38:59Will you let them?
39:00I've just won their fun.
39:03Hang on.
39:04No sweat.
39:11Don't go mad.
39:14You'll get too close.
39:18I'm not going to get mad.
39:22The funny bit is, I don't need all this now.
39:25I should have thought of that before.
39:27Not now, he's here.
39:28Who?
39:29Debussy.
39:31He's here all the time, whenever I want to.
39:33You're a nut.
39:35Claude Debussy.
39:371862 to 1918 is here all the time.
39:40In 1911, a man called Engeldorf asked his friend Claude Debussy
39:44to help him make a very special musical box cylinder
39:48as a present for his niece.
39:50They made it together, side by side.
39:54And I found it in a junk shop in Pimlico.
39:58And all the rhythms, the cadences, there actually is.
40:26It's beautiful.
40:29I have to go, Lenny.
40:33Are you seeing a woman?
40:34Family.
40:40They, uh, they sort of need me, you see.
40:45I admire you for that.
40:48Yes, well, keep on admiring me.
40:55What's up?
40:56Someone just walked over my grave.
40:59What, at your age?
41:03Why are they driving so slowly?
41:05They don't want to draw attention.
41:07They're as good as gold.
41:11I've made you that list.
41:14Now I really must go.
41:17Are you a sex maniac?
41:18Certainly not.
41:19Do you enjoy tying your women up before you have your way with them?
41:22I mean, it must be very awkward.
41:23I dare not trust you.
41:26I love you.
41:28But I mustn't trust you.
41:33Don't go.
41:35It can't all be for an autograph.
41:37I mean, jolly fun, but the joke's over.
41:40It's all I take.
41:41A book.
41:41They travel light.
41:50Now, be a good girl.
41:55I just don't get it.
41:57Oh, yes, but your colleague does.
41:59That's just the trouble.
42:01She's put two and two together and come up with first prize.
42:05My colleague.
42:06So we must make sure she doesn't collect it.
42:09An ex-police woman, they tell me.
42:17I wish we'd had more time.
42:33That's my girl.
42:45Oh, this is hell.
42:48They can't have a go, but we can.
42:50Not too fast.
42:52No.
42:52I wouldn't let you be found dead in that hat.
43:04Hello?
43:05Hello?
43:05Hello?
43:07Yes.
43:12I see.
43:15Well, under the circumstances, I don't seem to have much choice, do I?
43:21And, uh, just where would this be?
43:30No.
43:32No, no.
43:35No, no, no.
43:59Well, this is exciting.
44:01Are we waiting for something?
44:03Never know your luck.
44:12You get back behind the wheel, and when I honk...
44:22I don't know your luck, but I can't.
44:41Grandpa...
44:59Ah, there he is.
45:02Nice quiet place.
45:04Uh-huh.
45:13Hello, Billy.
45:14Have you missed me?
45:18Come along, Sunshine.
45:22I've got to say this, Billy.
45:24It's a fair call.
45:26Which is more, madam, that I can say for you.
45:30And you, Sunshine.
45:31Come on.
45:32Out you get.
45:47Good girl.
45:49Two of us this time, Billy.
45:50Things are looking up.
45:51But there's Jessica.
45:53Who?
45:54It's never been lucky, has it?
45:57Perhaps some old French queen lost her head over it.
45:59Now it's your turn.
46:01I wouldn't bet on it.
46:02Do you ever think, Billy, that sometimes you would have been too ambitious?
46:10I've got an earring that would go with that.
46:15No.
46:18No.
46:19No.
46:28You're late.
46:29Not very.
46:31What happened to you?
46:33Minor accident.
46:34Which means a woman.
46:36I never thought you were a woman, Anna Sir.
46:40Billy and Deb aren't here.
46:41It's come wrong.
46:42operations not called for I know what will you do carry on the plan that's our
46:48rule the plane is soon here's your ticket and your new passport
46:54you're called John Nick do
47:00they'll be here I think not believe that Forbes woman I cannot for the life of me
47:07imagine what drives a woman to be a detective yes we can make life difficult
47:10they won't keep them of course they'll turn up in farm springs before we
47:14finished unpacking yes you've always been like that the three of you they could put
47:19you into three individual lead-lined coffins and you could still find a way
47:22of reading each other's minds that's our strength yes well I could never do that
47:27that's why I'm useless no we still love you darling every family must have its
47:30white cheek let's go look I would make a phone call no sir yes I must it's about
47:37all this trouble she and you you should never do things we have told you and told
47:43you you are no good at it now one thing leads to another and here we are don't
47:47temper please Sam Sam
47:56oh
47:58oh
47:59oh
47:59oh
48:00oh
48:01oh
48:01oh
48:01oh
48:02oh
48:02oh
48:02oh
48:03oh
48:03oh
48:03oh
48:04oh
48:12where have you been up in here for us I could have been dead
48:15we didn't know you were here do we love Sam found the piano shop and the piano
48:18shop found us
48:19you took your time
48:20oh
48:21oh
48:21is that the signature we were looking for
48:23oh well you've got yours we've got ours
48:26untie me
48:27it's always the same with men innit
48:29you shouldn't have fallen for him I did not undo me I hate him
48:32well it was kind of him to ring though wasn't it otherwise you'd have died here
48:35will you please get over it broken hearts don't last as long as people think
48:40no about a week with me here look look it's quite dishy any did you see who does he remind
48:46you of oh yeah you don't untie me yet once you'll live to regret this as you've never regressed
48:50anything in your life before I haven't got you
48:53it reminds me of that bloke that you do on that place
48:57ahhhh
48:58ahhhh
48:58ahhhh
48:59ahhhh
49:01ahhh
49:13ahhhh
49:15ahhhh
49:26ahhh
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