1 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:07,620 - Mummy! Mummy! - Up here. 2 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:08,820 Mummy! 3 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:10,020 Mummy! 4 00:00:10,041 --> 00:00:11,500 We can't find Bella! 5 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:13,384 - Oh, where have you looked? - We've been everywhere. 6 00:00:13,431 --> 00:00:15,340 We've been in the gardens and behind the hall. 7 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:17,700 - We've been to the lake. - Have you asked Mr Brent? 8 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:19,540 - He won't help us. - He doesn't like Bella. 9 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:22,620 Why don't you try Dingle Dell? She often goes there. 10 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:23,696 Yes! 11 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:31,300 Bella! 12 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:32,560 Bella! 13 00:00:32,926 --> 00:00:34,403 - Bella! - Bella! 14 00:00:34,748 --> 00:00:36,548 - Bella! - Bella! 15 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:38,720 Bella! 16 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:40,400 Bella! 17 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:44,920 Here, girl! 18 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:48,720 Bella! Here, girl! 19 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:01,420 There she is. 20 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:02,600 Oh, no. 21 00:01:49,941 --> 00:01:54,489 CREDITS 22 00:02:03,597 --> 00:02:05,476 How did you find me, Mr Pünd? 23 00:02:05,555 --> 00:02:07,980 Oh, it was the Reverend Osborne in Saxby-on-Avon. 24 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:09,920 - He gave me your address. - Oh. 25 00:02:10,411 --> 00:02:12,170 You're investigating Mary's death? 26 00:02:12,191 --> 00:02:13,590 No, Mr Blakiston. 27 00:02:13,611 --> 00:02:17,291 I am investigating the murder of her employer, Sir Magnus Pye. 28 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:20,685 Well, you're wasting your time. I can't help you. 29 00:02:20,839 --> 00:02:23,058 I'm not even sure that I'd want to. 30 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:25,340 You are no friend of Sir Magnus? 31 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:26,900 He took everything I ever loved. 32 00:02:26,920 --> 00:02:28,900 When he offered Mary the job at Pye Hall, 33 00:02:28,920 --> 00:02:30,720 he sucked her into his orbit. 34 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:32,839 She worshipped him. 35 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:35,119 He was an aristocrat, local squire. 36 00:02:35,217 --> 00:02:36,860 She trusted him with everything. 37 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:39,180 And suddenly there was no more room for me. 38 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:42,060 - When did you last see her? - Ten years ago. 39 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:44,140 Oh, but still, you went to her funeral. 40 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:46,504 Of course I did. I loved her. 41 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:49,580 Before the accident, before Sam died, 42 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:51,420 we'd been happy together. 43 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:53,380 She weren't an easy woman, I'll grant you that, 44 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:56,678 but when we first got married, setting up our first home... 45 00:02:57,360 --> 00:02:59,599 oh, those were wonderful days. 46 00:02:59,678 --> 00:03:01,718 And then you lost your son. 47 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:04,600 I was away with the RAF at the time. 48 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:06,900 Mary blamed me for that. 49 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:08,580 Maybe she was right. 50 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:10,580 Although I'm not sure what I could've done. 51 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:12,020 Who do you blame? 52 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:14,020 I suppose I could blame Sir Magnus. 53 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:16,845 He was the one who set up those treasure hunts. 54 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:20,820 He hid the coin that could have drawn my boy into the water. 55 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:23,020 And I suppose that might have given me a reason to kill him, 56 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:24,395 if that's what you're thinking. 57 00:03:24,418 --> 00:03:26,860 Although you might wonder why I waited twelve years. 58 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:29,500 - And what of Brent? - The groundsman? Huh! 59 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:32,240 He was close by. He could've kept an eye out. 60 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,140 He was the one who found Sam. 61 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:37,920 Although by then, it was far too late. 62 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:40,840 I suppose he did what he could. 63 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:43,660 Robert saw them just as they was coming out, 64 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:45,600 and he charged into the water, too. 65 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:51,000 Sam! 66 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:54,960 Sam! 67 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:56,640 Sam! 68 00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:59,340 I'm not sure Robert ever recovered 69 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:01,180 from what he saw that day. 70 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:04,140 - In what way? - His relationship with Mary. 71 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:05,500 Turning his back on me. 72 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:07,380 You have my sympathies, Mr Blakiston, 73 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:08,580 but still, I have to ask, 74 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:11,340 is that the reason you chose not to speak to your own son 75 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:13,940 - at his mother's funeral? - What good would it have done? 76 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:16,733 I've been out of his life for far too long now. 77 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:20,680 And anyway, the two of us was never that close. 78 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:22,900 He was always a very quiet boy. 79 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:24,660 Kept himself to himself. 80 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:26,800 To be honest, I was closer to Sam. 81 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:29,060 Did the two of them get on? 82 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:31,780 Well, they fought like all young boys. 83 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:33,040 There were jealousies. 84 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:35,140 But I'd say yes. 85 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:37,020 And what of Robert and his mother? 86 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:38,980 Everything changed after the accident. 87 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:40,900 To lose a child is so terrible. 88 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,340 I suppose she became over-protective 89 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:44,600 with the one that was left. 90 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:46,580 Suddenly she was all over him. 91 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:48,440 Never let him out of her sight. 92 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:52,400 Thank you, Mr Blakiston. 93 00:04:55,617 --> 00:04:57,914 Oh, um, what can you tell me about Bella? 94 00:04:58,044 --> 00:04:59,203 The dog? 95 00:04:59,227 --> 00:05:00,759 Somebody poisoned her. 96 00:05:00,780 --> 00:05:03,100 It was quite deliberate. Rat poison. 97 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:06,500 We always assumed it was Brent. He hated the dog. 98 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:08,220 He was always complaining about it. 99 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:09,700 Sam was devastated. 100 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:11,540 Why Sam in particular? 101 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:13,140 Well, it was his dog. 102 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:15,880 I bought her for him for his ninth birthday. 103 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:24,660 If you ask me, everything about Pye Hall is cursed. 104 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:26,820 The dog killed. The little boy drowned. 105 00:05:26,840 --> 00:05:28,580 Mary Blakiston. Sir Magnus. 106 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:30,745 If you want the truth, I don't want to spend another minute there. 107 00:05:30,776 --> 00:05:32,260 You may have your wish, James. 108 00:05:32,280 --> 00:05:34,140 We need to meet with Detective Inspector Chubb, 109 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:37,150 but after that, we will be returning at once to London. 110 00:05:37,395 --> 00:05:39,354 Don't tell me. 111 00:05:39,494 --> 00:05:41,380 You know who did it! 112 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:45,285 Matthew Blakiston provided the last piece of the jigsaw. 113 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,000 Well then, do tell me! I want to know. 114 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:51,140 We have a long drive. 115 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:54,040 "We have a long drive. I will explain it all." 116 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:58,600 It's so infuriating because he never did. 117 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:02,420 So you're no closer? 118 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:03,980 No. 119 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:05,580 I'm sorry, Charles, it's all gone. 120 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:06,860 All the notes. Everything. 121 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:09,100 And Claire Jenkins had a copy, but she destroyed it. 122 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:10,780 And that's the closest I got. 123 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:13,760 Well, full marks for trying. 124 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:16,340 - Hmm! - There's, uh... 125 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:18,300 something I need to tell you, Susan. 126 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:20,540 I've approached Peter Kinsale of Harper Collins 127 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:22,400 for the position of CEO. 128 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:25,920 Ah. 129 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:28,420 Cityworld couldn't wait any longer. 130 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:30,640 They've asked me to explore the field. 131 00:06:31,613 --> 00:06:34,012 You know how much I want you to take the job. 132 00:06:34,091 --> 00:06:35,820 I couldn't leave the company in better hands, 133 00:06:35,840 --> 00:06:38,360 but I can't risk the investors walking away. 134 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:40,540 What did Peter say? 135 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:42,060 He had some interesting ideas. 136 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:44,260 He suggested Sophie Hannah be brought in 137 00:06:44,280 --> 00:06:46,160 to finish "Magpie Murders". 138 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:48,500 Oh, you told him about the book. 139 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:51,240 Oh, I had to. Without "Magpie Murders" there's no deal. 140 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:54,820 Yeah. Sophie's a good idea. 141 00:06:54,840 --> 00:06:56,580 She did a great job with "Poirot". 142 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:58,040 That's what I thought. 143 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:00,240 Does she know who did it? 144 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:02,960 She's reading it now. 145 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:10,140 Ah, so this... sounds like a done deal. 146 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:12,740 Nothing's been agreed. There's still time. 147 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:14,500 No, uh... 148 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:16,960 I think you've made the right decision. 149 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:21,000 I think we both have. 150 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,740 We have worked together... how many years? 151 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:28,480 Oh! 152 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:30,800 Too many. 153 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:36,280 How long will it all take? 154 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:39,240 We'll need to make an announcement soon. 155 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:42,960 Hmm! 156 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:47,000 She wants to use my title, by the way. 157 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:50,020 - I'm sorry? - Sophie. 158 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:52,880 She likes "The Magpie Murders". 159 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:56,120 Not "Magpie Murders". 160 00:07:58,136 --> 00:08:01,101 I suppose we'll never know why Alan got so upset. 161 00:08:12,001 --> 00:08:14,792 _ 162 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:38,141 Not "The Magpie Murders". "Magpie Murders". 163 00:08:38,172 --> 00:08:39,860 That's the bloody title. 164 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:42,220 "Cat up nudist". One word. 165 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:44,039 It's an anagram of Atticus Pünd. 166 00:08:44,060 --> 00:08:45,495 Alan loved anagrams. 167 00:08:45,534 --> 00:08:47,859 Darnley. D-A-R-N-L-E-Y. 168 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:50,120 It's an anagram of Ryeland. It's us! 169 00:08:51,349 --> 00:08:53,189 An... 170 00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:58,760 Anagram. 171 00:09:02,625 --> 00:09:03,727 An anagram. 172 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:05,320 I'm off, Susan. Is that OK? 173 00:09:05,738 --> 00:09:08,097 - Yeah. - I've got my check-up at five. 174 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:10,700 - Oh, yes. Hope it goes OK. - Oh, thanks. 175 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:13,140 Oh, by the way, Jemima said hello. 176 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:14,420 Jemima? Have you seen her? 177 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:16,260 I bumped into her at the station a couple of nights ago. 178 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:18,060 - We're gonna meet next week. - Ah. 179 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:19,483 Alice, Alice! 180 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:21,440 Have you got a number for her? 181 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:28,140 - Hey, Chris. - Hey. 182 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:30,760 - Can you do me a favour? - Sure. What is it? 183 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:33,980 My friend was sent an email, 184 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:35,500 but we don't know where it came from. 185 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:36,900 Mm-hm. 186 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:39,620 I forwarded it to myself, but I need to know the source. 187 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:41,580 Well, that's easy. Just look at the metadata. 188 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:44,000 I don't know what that means. 189 00:09:44,738 --> 00:09:46,257 I'll do it. 190 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:49,605 OK, so that's your original IP. 191 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:52,700 Put it into MX Toolbox. Reverse Lookup. 192 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:55,020 And... there! 193 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:57,897 It originated from Clover Books. 194 00:09:58,477 --> 00:09:59,716 What? 195 00:09:59,960 --> 00:10:01,680 Hmm. Nice shot. 196 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:09,380 It's good of you to come out, Jemima. Thank you. 197 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:10,740 It's nice to see you, Susan. 198 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:13,020 Oh! You OK? 199 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:14,140 Yeah. Huh! 200 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:16,500 I'm starting at Channel Four. PA. 201 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:17,960 Oh, that's great. 202 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:21,060 So, I just wanted to talk to you 203 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:22,820 about the manuscript for "Magpie Murders". 204 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:25,060 I know. Charles already emailed me. 205 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:27,420 But I promise you, it wasn't my fault. 206 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:29,060 Oh, no. I'm not blaming you. 207 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:31,500 I photocopied everything Charles gave me. 208 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:33,260 I can't remember how many pages it was now. 209 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:34,820 - It was over three hundred. - Yeah. 210 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:37,051 I did a page count. I always did. 211 00:10:37,074 --> 00:10:39,184 And you didn't leave it in the machine room? 212 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:41,260 No, I gave both copies to Charles. 213 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:44,480 You had just left for Frankfurt, so he said he'd look after it. 214 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:47,640 - And you didn't read it? - Only the page numbers. 215 00:10:50,680 --> 00:10:51,860 Oh, no, wait a minute. 216 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:54,340 You just said that I'd already left for Frankfurt. 217 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:56,380 Yeah. Wednesday morning. 218 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:57,780 No. No, that's not possible 219 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:00,700 because, well, Alan only gave Charles the manuscript 220 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:03,020 on Thursday night when they had dinner. 221 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:05,400 No, it came in the post on Wednesday. 222 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:09,480 I photocopied it straight away, and Charles had it before lunch. 223 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:14,120 - Are you sure? - Yeah. 224 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:16,980 - "Magpie Murders"? - Of course I'm sure. 225 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:18,768 It was our biggest book. 226 00:11:18,877 --> 00:11:20,500 Charles told me not to tell anyone. 227 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:22,360 He wanted to surprise you. 228 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:28,980 Why did you leave so suddenly? 229 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:30,360 Cos Charles asked me to. 230 00:11:32,078 --> 00:11:33,766 He told me 231 00:11:34,406 --> 00:11:36,850 that you were the one who wanted to leave. 232 00:11:37,581 --> 00:11:39,420 That's not true. 233 00:11:39,443 --> 00:11:41,300 I told him I was looking around, 234 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:43,220 that I really wanted to work in TV, 235 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:44,740 but when I came in on Friday morning, 236 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:46,140 he just said it would be better for both of us 237 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:47,900 if I left at once. 238 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:49,631 He paid me a month's wages. 239 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:51,660 That's it. 240 00:11:51,680 --> 00:11:53,200 What? 241 00:12:44,284 --> 00:12:47,469 _ 242 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:01,760 Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! 243 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:06,920 Susan? What are you doing? 244 00:13:07,680 --> 00:13:09,180 I thought everyone had gone. 245 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:11,280 I left something, so I... 246 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:14,167 Ah! 247 00:13:14,680 --> 00:13:15,980 I see you found it. 248 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:17,720 Yes. The missing chapter. 249 00:13:19,680 --> 00:13:21,420 You had it all along. 250 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:23,560 I can explain if you'll let me. 251 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:25,560 I think you should. 252 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:27,227 Would you like a whisky? 253 00:13:27,252 --> 00:13:28,900 Uh! Just a small one. 254 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:30,580 Very good. 255 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:33,865 You must understand everything I've done is for the company. 256 00:13:33,888 --> 00:13:35,900 I had to protect us. 257 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:36,961 See... 258 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:38,608 Oh, God. 259 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:40,479 It's not easy to explain! 260 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:42,720 Well then, why don't you let me? 261 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:45,220 Why don't we start last Wednesday 262 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:46,880 when I was in Frankfurt? 263 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:50,580 That was when the manuscript actually arrived. 264 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:52,540 It was sent to you in the post. 265 00:13:52,560 --> 00:13:55,020 You read it before your dinner with Alan on Thursday night. 266 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:56,205 That's right. 267 00:13:56,306 --> 00:13:59,380 You sent Jemima away. You told her to leave 268 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:01,500 because you didn't want her to tell me 269 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:02,740 that you'd already read it. 270 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:05,000 - She was leaving anyway. - Well... 271 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:08,100 The dinner with Alan was... was horrible. 272 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:09,500 He was drunk. 273 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:11,500 Drunk and threatening. You have no idea... 274 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:12,980 I'm fed up with it all! 275 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:15,380 I'm fed up with Atticus fucking Pünd. 276 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:18,500 You don't know how long I've been waiting to do him in! 277 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:19,600 Alan, please. 278 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:22,780 That same evening he wrote you a letter, 279 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:26,549 effectively apologising for his behaviour. 280 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:28,780 The letter was handwritten. 281 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:30,280 Yes, it was. 282 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:33,900 But an apology wasn't enough, was it? 283 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:37,100 On Saturday evening, you drove up to Abbey Grange. 284 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:38,420 Uh... 285 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:40,580 Incidentally, you gave yourself away about that. 286 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:41,980 I should have spotted it. 287 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:43,260 I'm sorry, what do you mean? 288 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:46,140 Well, when we drove up for the funeral, you were very helpful. 289 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:48,220 Don't worry, Charles. We will get there. 290 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:50,220 Find the pages. Save the company. 291 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:52,200 Turn right here. You want to avoid the road works. 292 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:55,860 You knew about the road works 293 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:57,720 well before we got to them. 294 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:01,580 But a few days earlier, I'd asked you a question. 295 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:04,672 That house of his, Abbey Grange, when was the last time you saw it? 296 00:15:04,703 --> 00:15:07,100 Oh, I haven't been in Suffolk for five or six months. 297 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:09,480 He changed the name. Did you know that? 298 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:13,800 Five or six months. 299 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:16,220 You were doing everything you could 300 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:18,900 to distance yourself from the scene of the crime. 301 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:20,500 But you were lying 302 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:22,300 because you knew about the roadworks. 303 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:23,860 I should've guessed. 304 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:26,680 Are you accusing me of Alan's murder? 305 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:31,380 That's... That's ridiculous. 306 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:34,100 Nobody needed him alive more than me. 307 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:36,500 Apart from anything else, I needed that last chapter. 308 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:38,020 Well, we'll get to that in a minute 309 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:39,200 if that's all right with you. 310 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:41,340 So, once you arrived, you... 311 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:43,600 you parked your car out of sight. 312 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:47,060 As it happens, Andreas had got there ahead of you, 313 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:48,840 and he was with Alan. 314 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:09,100 And that was when you took the photo. 315 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:10,500 You sent it to me 316 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:12,180 because you didn't want me to investigate. 317 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:13,660 You thought I'd give up 318 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:16,600 if I believed Andreas was involved. 319 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:21,040 We've known each other for so many years, Charles. 320 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:25,340 How could you be so cruel? 321 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:28,340 I was afraid for you, Susan. I'll admit that. 322 00:16:28,402 --> 00:16:29,900 Going up there, 323 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:32,860 blundering in with no idea what was at stake. 324 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:34,720 OK. Well then, let's... 325 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:37,440 Let's talk about the stakes, shall we? 326 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:40,734 The sale to Cityworld Media. 327 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:43,860 Your beloved publishing company. 328 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:45,500 All those shares, 329 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:48,500 the millions of pounds you were going to be paid. 330 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:50,900 And he was going to destroy it all. 331 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:51,940 Yes! 332 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:55,020 Because he hated writing murder mysteries. 333 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:57,700 He hated Atticus Pünd. 334 00:16:57,720 --> 00:16:59,260 He thought he was better than that. 335 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:02,820 Alan Conway wanted to be Salman Rushdie or Hilary Mantel. 336 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:04,700 It's extraordinary, really, 337 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:06,780 because the more successful he was, 338 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:08,420 the more miserable he became. 339 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:09,860 He was ludicrous. 340 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:12,380 But then he was diagnosed with a terminal disease, 341 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:14,280 and that changed everything. 342 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:17,400 He didn't need money anymore. 343 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:22,240 Fame wasn't going to help, and actually it disgusted him. 344 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:26,880 But he'd always have this idea that one day... 345 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:29,960 he'd destroy Atticus Pünd. 346 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:33,260 Give him his own version of the Reichenbach Falls, 347 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:35,820 and one that the literary world would never forget. 348 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:37,440 In fact... 349 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:40,320 it was built into the books. 350 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:42,740 "Atticus Pünd Investigates", 351 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:44,420 "No Rest for the Wicked", 352 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:46,764 "Atticus Pünd Takes the Case"... 353 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:50,560 The first letters spell out... 354 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:52,680 an anagram. 355 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:54,940 Of course, it only works 356 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:56,940 if the last book's called "Magpie Murders", 357 00:17:56,960 --> 00:17:59,620 and not "The Magpie Murders". 358 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:02,020 Yes. Alan did tell me that. 359 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:03,560 But an anagram of what? 360 00:18:05,360 --> 00:18:08,560 You know, I only worked it out on the way here. 361 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:10,500 Go on. 362 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:11,920 Do I need to? 363 00:18:12,396 --> 00:18:13,756 You already know it. 364 00:18:14,277 --> 00:18:16,340 It's what he told you when he got drunk over dinner 365 00:18:16,360 --> 00:18:17,860 in that fancy restaurant. 366 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:21,335 What Alan wanted was to destroy the books, 367 00:18:21,561 --> 00:18:22,980 to make them valueless, 368 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,020 because that's what he always thought they were. 369 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:27,680 And this was his torpedo. 370 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:32,620 The actual name of his detective. 371 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:34,899 - Atticus Pünd. - Mm. 372 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:38,340 He knew what he was doing from the very beginning. 373 00:18:38,360 --> 00:18:40,100 Oh, yeah. He'd already jumbled up the letters 374 00:18:40,120 --> 00:18:41,740 to make "Cat Up Nudist." 375 00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:43,680 But there was a second... 376 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:46,400 much worse anagram. 377 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:49,560 - Wasn't there? - Do tell. 378 00:18:50,120 --> 00:18:51,800 Three words. 379 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:59,400 The first is "A". 380 00:19:00,939 --> 00:19:02,619 The second is... 381 00:19:04,040 --> 00:19:06,440 "Stupid". 382 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:11,640 And that leaves a four letter word. 383 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:14,160 And one of the worst... 384 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:18,440 one of the most offensive in the English language. 385 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:23,940 If people had found out, 386 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:27,700 if people had realised that this was "Atticus Pünd", 387 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:30,039 well, it wasn't just the last book that was at stake, 388 00:19:30,099 --> 00:19:31,720 it was the entire series, 389 00:19:31,740 --> 00:19:34,819 and you could forget about any deal with Cityworld Media, 390 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:38,960 and you would have lost millions. 391 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:42,840 And that, Charles... 392 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:45,880 is why you had to kill him. 393 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:48,840 Ah. 394 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:53,160 You're not going to deny it? 395 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,000 I tried to dissuade him. 396 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:00,100 We went up to the tower. 397 00:20:00,120 --> 00:20:02,180 You mean, you persuaded him to take you. 398 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:05,026 Well, he liked to show off the view. 399 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:07,100 But Alan, for God's sake, 400 00:20:07,120 --> 00:20:09,620 your books have brought pleasure to millions of people. 401 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:11,820 - Not to me. - Oh, God, I... 402 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:13,660 I can't believe that you've been planning this all along. 403 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:16,300 - I mean, it's crazy! - Actually, it kept me sane. 404 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:18,420 It reminded me of the rubbish it actually was. 405 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:21,301 But you'll destroy my company, my staff, 406 00:20:21,611 --> 00:20:23,136 my other authors. 407 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:24,900 What makes you think I give a damn? 408 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:26,328 Oh, you go to hell, Alan. 409 00:20:26,375 --> 00:20:27,660 Go to hell! 410 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:29,320 Argh! 411 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:40,480 Ooh. 412 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:44,100 - Do you mind if I have another? - No. Go ahead. 413 00:20:44,120 --> 00:20:45,780 You? 414 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:47,680 No, I'm all right. 415 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:53,940 But killing him wasn't enough, was it? 416 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:55,380 You needed a cover story. 417 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:56,500 You'd read the book. 418 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:58,140 You'd seen something in the final chapter 419 00:20:58,160 --> 00:20:59,620 that you could use. 420 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:02,420 But you had to make sure no one else ever read it. 421 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:04,260 So, you cleared out Alan's office, 422 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:06,660 taking all his notes and earlier drafts, 423 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:08,860 but also, the real prize... 424 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:10,844 a handwritten draft 425 00:21:11,446 --> 00:21:13,017 of the final chapter. 426 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:19,300 The book finishes with a suicide letter. 427 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:21,900 Not from Alan Conway. From Atticus Pünd. 428 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:23,820 That's how the book ends. 429 00:21:23,839 --> 00:21:25,948 He has a degenerative disease, 430 00:21:26,005 --> 00:21:28,347 so he decides to take his own life. 431 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:33,060 "By the time you read this, it will all be finished. 432 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:34,500 "I have achieved great success 433 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:37,299 "in a life that has gone on long enough. 434 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:40,780 "I have left you some notes with regard... 435 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:43,900 "to my condition and the decision I have made." 436 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:46,960 - Does that even sound like him? - Alan clearly wasn't himself. 437 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:54,020 I'm an editor, I really should have trusted my instincts. 438 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:56,840 "With regard to my condition." 439 00:21:58,013 --> 00:21:59,493 It's a little... 440 00:22:00,269 --> 00:22:01,669 stilted. 441 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:04,680 Old-fashioned. 442 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:07,720 That wasn't Alan's voice. 443 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:10,080 It was Pünd's. 444 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:12,380 It's Atticus Pünd 445 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:17,160 writing about the fact that he has very little time left. 446 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:19,360 He's dying. 447 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:23,980 And that's what you needed. 448 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:25,900 I found this. 449 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:27,480 It's from Alan. 450 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:30,180 It's his suicide note. 451 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:32,860 The first half of the letter was the apology, 452 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:36,440 the second half was taken from the book. 453 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:41,720 Together, they told exactly the story you wanted. 454 00:22:42,360 --> 00:22:45,800 Remorse... and then resignation. 455 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:51,420 There's just one small detail you hoped nobody would notice. 456 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:53,560 - But you of course did. - Yes. 457 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:56,220 The letter was handwritten, 458 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:58,600 but you had to find an old envelope. 459 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:00,500 And the envelope was typed. 460 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:02,500 Meaning the whole thing had been faked. 461 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:04,080 Exactly. 462 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:07,020 Well... 463 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:09,820 you seem to have put it all together, Susan, 464 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:12,020 and I must congratulate you. 465 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:14,560 But it does beg one question, doesn't it? 466 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:18,760 What happens now? 467 00:23:20,120 --> 00:23:22,340 - What do you mean? - Are you going to turn me in? 468 00:23:22,360 --> 00:23:24,420 No! I don't need to be involved. 469 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:26,140 I think it would be much better all round 470 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:27,840 if you called the police yourself. 471 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:33,360 You realise they'll send me to prison. I'll get life. 472 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:35,100 I won't come out. 473 00:23:35,120 --> 00:23:37,660 Yes, Charles, that's what happens when you commit murder. 474 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:39,140 I thought you might make some allowances. 475 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:40,260 As you yourself said, 476 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:42,040 we've known each other for a long time. 477 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:45,480 It seems I didn't know you at all. 478 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:49,420 Would you allow me at least 479 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:52,440 to spend the evening at home with my family? 480 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:55,540 Before I make the call? 481 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:58,260 If you don't call them tomorrow, then I will. 482 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:01,200 But yes, you need to explain everything to Elaine. 483 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:03,160 Elaine. 484 00:24:05,360 --> 00:24:06,840 Yes. 485 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:21,000 Ah, I'm going to miss all this. 486 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:23,500 I'm sorry. 487 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:25,960 Are you? You seem more self-righteous to me. 488 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:29,120 You can think what you like. I'm leaving. 489 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:32,680 Good night, Susan. 490 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:37,340 Ah! 491 00:24:37,360 --> 00:24:38,560 Ah! 492 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:41,740 Why did you have to be so bloody obstinate? 493 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:44,780 I didn't want you looking for the missing pages. 494 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:46,980 I don't care about the missing book. 495 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,180 Jesus Christ. 496 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:50,180 All I was doing was protecting myself, 497 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:52,780 - and my family and my future. - Charles! 498 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:54,900 That's what I'm doing now. You made me! 499 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:56,580 Charles, no! 500 00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:57,720 Charles... 501 00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:00,980 Charles, what are you doing? 502 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,560 Please, Charles... Uh! 503 00:25:05,360 --> 00:25:06,600 Oh, Charles... 504 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:10,700 I'm sorry, Susan. I really am. 505 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:12,560 Charles. Charles! 506 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:14,821 Please! 507 00:25:14,841 --> 00:25:16,080 I gave you a chance. 508 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:20,000 You should have taken it! 509 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:53,360 Oh! 510 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:14,160 Susan! 511 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:29,180 Susan! 512 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:31,422 - Susan! - Andreas. 513 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:34,640 It... It was Charles. 514 00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:36,420 It was Charles. 515 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:38,680 That's all right. Come on. 516 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:54,020 You're awake. 517 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:56,100 Thank God. 518 00:26:56,120 --> 00:26:57,340 Katie. 519 00:26:57,360 --> 00:27:00,380 Andreas called and told me what happened. 520 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:02,120 I came down at once. 521 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:04,580 Where is Andreas? 522 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:06,040 He won't be long. 523 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:09,020 Are you all right, Sue? Do you want me to call the doctor? 524 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:10,440 No. 525 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:14,100 Where's Charles? 526 00:27:14,120 --> 00:27:15,600 He was arrested. 527 00:27:16,120 --> 00:27:18,760 Andreas saw him coming out of the building. 528 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:22,860 He killed Alan. 529 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:24,760 It's unbelievable. 530 00:27:28,360 --> 00:27:30,660 - Am I... Oh! - No, you're all right. 531 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:32,540 The doctors have looked at you. 532 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:34,360 You're gonna be fine. 533 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:40,980 How are you, Katie? 534 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:42,560 How's Dad? 535 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:46,420 Let's not talk about that now. 536 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:48,400 No, no. I want to know. 537 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:51,280 Dad's gone. 538 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:54,320 I didn't want to tell you. 539 00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:01,680 No, it's... better that you did. 540 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:25,160 Sorry. 541 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:27,840 You don't have to say that. 542 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:32,060 I should never have got involved in all of this. 543 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:34,480 You told me not to. 544 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:36,960 Here... 545 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:43,700 Mm... It's the smoke. It... 546 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:46,420 It's done something to my lungs. 547 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:49,360 - The doctor said... - I know. I know. They told me. 548 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:51,100 Mm. 549 00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:52,340 - Thank you. - You're welcome. 550 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:53,480 Thank you. 551 00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:59,560 Why were you there... Andreas, at the office? 552 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:02,740 I was looking for you, of course. Why else? 553 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:05,020 I found out that the photograph you were sent 554 00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:07,640 came from Clover Books, and I was worried. 555 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:12,120 What I said to you... 556 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:15,440 Will you ever forgive me? 557 00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:17,440 I already have. 558 00:29:18,919 --> 00:29:20,859 How could I have possibly believed 559 00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:22,300 - even for a minute...? - It doesn't matter. 560 00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:23,780 It doesn't matter. 561 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:26,360 - It's all behind us now. - Hmm. 562 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:30,040 I want to talk about Crete. 563 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:33,980 I just wish it wasn't Alan's money in the hotel, but... 564 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:35,160 I'm not going. 565 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:37,680 Oh, yes, you are. 566 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:41,640 And I'm going with you. 567 00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:44,780 - You're not feeling well. - Ah... 568 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:47,580 - You're hallucinating. - I am not. 569 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:48,820 Yes. 570 00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:51,800 OK. We'll talk about it when you're better, hmm? 571 00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:22,940 Ah! 572 00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:24,980 I was wondering when you were going to show up. 573 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:27,620 - How are you feeling? - Awful. 574 00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:29,700 I mucked everything up. 575 00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:32,820 I accused Andreas, and I nearly got myself killed. 576 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:34,780 You're being too hard on yourself. 577 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:36,500 You solved the crime. 578 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:38,780 The killer has been apprehended. 579 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:41,500 I would say you have done remarkably well. 580 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:43,100 Hmm! 581 00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:45,680 I'll take that as a compliment, coming from you. 582 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:48,400 The missing chapter? 583 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:51,860 Yes. 584 00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:53,560 You have read it? 585 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:55,720 Not yet. 586 00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:58,420 I've read the last pages with the letter, 587 00:30:58,440 --> 00:30:59,740 but not the solution. 588 00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:03,140 I'm not sure I'm quite up to it. 589 00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:04,940 "Magpie Murders". 590 00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:06,060 You solved them? 591 00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:08,300 The detective will always solve the crime 592 00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:10,880 as sure as day will follow the night. 593 00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:15,820 In the world in which I exist, this is an immutable fact. 594 00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:17,740 Ah, yes. 595 00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:19,740 The certainty. 596 00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:21,540 That's why people love you. 597 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:23,340 You wish to know the answer? 598 00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:24,620 Are you kidding? 599 00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:26,300 That's all I want to know. 600 00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:27,420 Then come with me. 601 00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:28,640 Now? 602 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:31,080 You are too busy? 603 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:47,980 Where are we going? 604 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,340 To the Queen's Arms Public House. 605 00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:51,700 And who are we meeting? 606 00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:54,380 It was Joy Sanderling who first came to me for help, 607 00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:57,280 and it is she who must hear what I have to say. 608 00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:00,840 My friends are waiting. 609 00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:09,060 Detective Inspector. James. 610 00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:10,580 Are we ready? 611 00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:12,240 We are indeed. 612 00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:17,100 You asked me to come to Saxby-on-Avon 613 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:20,000 on account of one death, Miss Sanderling. 614 00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:23,340 That was the death of Mary Blakiston 615 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:25,060 just one day after her son, Robert, 616 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:26,700 had been overheard threatening her. 617 00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:28,060 - I didn't threaten her. - Huh. 618 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:29,780 But that is how it was construed. 619 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:32,420 - I never touched her. - I know that. 620 00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:35,020 I know exactly how your mother died. 621 00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:36,820 It was an accident. 622 00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:38,940 That's not what you told me, Pünd. 623 00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:40,940 You said Lady Frances killed her. 624 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:42,180 Oh, she did. 625 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:43,420 Inadvertently. 626 00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:44,860 You will recall 627 00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:47,060 that she told us that she telephoned Mrs Blakiston 628 00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:48,300 on the very day of her death. 629 00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:51,860 It was, I believe, the telephone call that was responsible, 630 00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:54,380 uh, for she also told us something else. 631 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:57,340 This is Atticus Pünd. He's a well-known investigator. 632 00:32:57,360 --> 00:32:59,500 Would you take that, darling? 633 00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:00,980 The telephones don't work upstairs. 634 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:02,260 Nothing works in this house. 635 00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:03,900 It's just one thing after another. 636 00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:06,420 We know that Mary Blakiston was vacuuming 637 00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:07,540 at the top of the stairs. 638 00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:09,720 Let us imagine that the telephone rings. 639 00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:12,900 I rang her the morning she died, 640 00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:14,220 and when she didn't answer, 641 00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:16,740 I thought there must be something wrong. 642 00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:18,700 She cannot answer it in the bedroom. 643 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:20,180 She has to hurry downstairs, 644 00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:22,840 and in her haste, her foot becomes entangled in the wire. 645 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:26,080 Ooh! Oh! Oh! 646 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,020 So, Robert had nothing to do with it. 647 00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:33,040 Exactly. 648 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:35,400 I knew it. 649 00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:38,300 What about the death of Sir Magnus? 650 00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:40,660 That is indeed the question. 651 00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:43,660 The answer is that the two deaths were inextricably linked. 652 00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:45,500 One led directly to the other. 653 00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:48,900 But there is a third death also that we must consider, 654 00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:51,800 a death that took place twelve years ago. 655 00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:54,080 Sam? 656 00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:55,940 Yes. 657 00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:58,860 That is where this story begins. 658 00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:00,980 A lodge house. A room with a view. 659 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:03,740 The collar of a dog that has been killed. 660 00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:04,960 Two brothers. 661 00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:07,180 He was always a very quiet boy. 662 00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:09,080 Kept himself to himself. 663 00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:12,100 To be honest, I was closer to Sam. 664 00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:13,500 Did the two of them get on? 665 00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:15,580 Well, they fought like all young boys. 666 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:17,140 There were jealousies. 667 00:34:17,160 --> 00:34:18,580 But I'd say yes. 668 00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:20,980 - I spoke to your father. - When? 669 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:22,420 This morning. 670 00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:24,860 He gave me an image of two brothers 671 00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:27,500 who were jealous of one another and sometimes came to blows. 672 00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:29,980 The young one was given a dog, Bella. 673 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:31,700 Bella! Here, girl! 674 00:34:31,720 --> 00:34:33,300 Last one to the lake is a rotten egg. 675 00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:35,040 Keep up, Bella! 676 00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:39,560 A terrible thing happened to this dog. 677 00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:43,900 She was poisoned, it seems deliberately. 678 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:45,340 That was Brent. 679 00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:47,100 Why, then, did your mother keep the collar 680 00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:49,620 in a drawer in the room in which she worked all those years? 681 00:34:49,640 --> 00:34:51,560 What was it that she wished to be reminded of? 682 00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:53,900 I don't understand why you're asking this. 683 00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:56,900 I'm trying only to understand the character of your mother, 684 00:34:56,920 --> 00:35:00,300 for there was something else that was told me by your father. 685 00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:03,020 Everything changed after the accident. 686 00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:05,020 Suddenly she was all over him. 687 00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:07,060 Never let him out of her sight. 688 00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:08,720 What was it that changed? 689 00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:11,660 Why? Before, it would seem 690 00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:14,380 that your mother was not close to you, Robert. 691 00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:16,660 But afterwards, you became almost her prisoner. 692 00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:18,540 - I was! - Your father assumed 693 00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:21,660 that it was because she was afraid to lose you. 694 00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:23,600 But could it be... 695 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:26,580 that she knew what you had done, 696 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:29,860 and she was afraid that you might do it again? 697 00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:31,380 What are you talking about? 698 00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:33,220 I'm talking about the fact that as a child, 699 00:35:33,240 --> 00:35:35,980 Robert Blakiston was disturbed to the extent 700 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:38,300 that he killed a dog that had been given to his brother 701 00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:40,620 and later, in a fit of jealousy or anger, 702 00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:43,220 he drowned that brother in the lake at Pye Hall, 703 00:35:43,240 --> 00:35:46,780 an act seen by his mother from the window in the room in which she worked, 704 00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:49,500 the one room in the house that had a view of the water. 705 00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:50,999 No. That's wrong. 706 00:35:51,094 --> 00:35:53,380 - That's ridiculous. - You believe so? 707 00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:56,170 Then I will ask you two questions. 708 00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:02,860 Why was there a need for Robert to throw himself into the water 709 00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:04,500 when Brent, carrying his brother, 710 00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:06,020 had almost reached dry land? 711 00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:07,820 Well, I was fourteen years old. 712 00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:09,180 I didn't know what I was doing. 713 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:11,320 I think you knew exactly what you were doing. 714 00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:13,940 You were disguising the fact 715 00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:15,800 that you were already soaking wet. 716 00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:27,340 And my second question. 717 00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:29,780 Why was Mr Blakiston so opposed to the idea 718 00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:32,780 - of you marrying her son? - I told you. 719 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:34,220 You told me, Miss Sanderling, 720 00:36:34,240 --> 00:36:35,940 what you believed to be the case, 721 00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:38,060 but perhaps you were mistaken. 722 00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:40,380 - No. - I'm sorry? 723 00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:42,040 You are not gonna marry my son. 724 00:36:42,061 --> 00:36:43,101 Mum! 725 00:36:43,121 --> 00:36:44,892 I'm thinking about future generations. 726 00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:46,540 Can't be tainted. 727 00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:47,860 I won't have it. 728 00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:49,700 You're not being serious. 729 00:36:49,720 --> 00:36:52,280 - You can't think that. - I won't even discuss it. 730 00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:55,340 Now, I'm warning you, Robert. 731 00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:57,360 This marriage will not go ahead. 732 00:37:00,124 --> 00:37:02,358 "So future generations 733 00:37:02,700 --> 00:37:04,317 cannot be tainted." 734 00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:08,700 You believed that Mrs Blakiston was referring to you 735 00:37:08,720 --> 00:37:11,640 in a way that was truly reprehensible. 736 00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:14,900 But suppose her words were in fact 737 00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:16,700 addressed to her son, Robert? 738 00:37:16,720 --> 00:37:18,420 Suppose that she was afraid 739 00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:21,260 that he might poison you and your future family 740 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:24,620 with the same madness that had led him to kill his own brother? 741 00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:26,197 No, this is all just words. 742 00:37:26,221 --> 00:37:28,700 You're just making stuff up! You can't prove a word of it! 743 00:37:28,720 --> 00:37:31,220 When there is only one explanation that makes sense, 744 00:37:31,240 --> 00:37:33,620 then that is all the proof that you require. 745 00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:36,980 - No, I've had enough of this. - Oh! No, no, you're staying. 746 00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:39,020 - Go on, Mr Pünd. - Yes, go on. 747 00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:41,420 Let us now enter the mind of Mary Blakiston. 748 00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:44,540 She has a son whom she knows to be dangerous. 749 00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:46,700 She watches him, never lets him out of her sight, 750 00:37:46,720 --> 00:37:49,860 but... she also fears for her own safety. 751 00:37:49,880 --> 00:37:53,140 What will she do should he ever turn on her? 752 00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:55,440 What can she do to protect herself? 753 00:37:56,240 --> 00:37:57,740 She writes a letter. 754 00:37:57,760 --> 00:37:59,722 She writes a letter, 755 00:37:59,980 --> 00:38:02,029 explaining how Sam was killed. 756 00:38:02,079 --> 00:38:03,799 Also, what happened to Bella. 757 00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:07,100 She reveals that her older son is dangerously disturbed, 758 00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:09,140 and she gives it to the one man she trusts, 759 00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:10,620 indeed, whom she reveres. 760 00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:12,700 Sir Magnus Pye. 761 00:38:12,720 --> 00:38:14,660 It is a letter to be kept secure 762 00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:18,692 only to be opened should anything untoward happen to her. 763 00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:20,740 She tells her son what she has done, 764 00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:23,580 and now she has no need to fear him. 765 00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:26,340 Sir Magnus places it in the safe, and there it remains... 766 00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:27,980 Until her death. 767 00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:29,560 until the accident occurs. 768 00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:32,220 Mary Blakiston dies 769 00:38:32,240 --> 00:38:34,660 just one day after her son has threatened her. 770 00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:38,220 And it is at her funeral, Robert realises he's in danger. 771 00:38:38,240 --> 00:38:41,780 You remember, James, what the reverend Osborne told us. 772 00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:44,860 He said that Robert became very upset. 773 00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:46,740 No, no, no, no. It was more than that. 774 00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:50,272 So, although we are here today to mourn her departure, 775 00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:53,680 we must also remember what she left behind... 776 00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:58,620 No... No! 777 00:38:58,640 --> 00:39:03,004 "We must also remember what she left behind." 778 00:39:03,402 --> 00:39:05,580 What she had left behind was a letter 779 00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:08,380 which identified Robert as the killer of his brother 780 00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:10,260 all those years before. 781 00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:12,243 It would have destroyed his life in the village. 782 00:39:12,274 --> 00:39:15,305 It would have ended, Miss Sanderling, his relationship with you. 783 00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:18,940 - So, he tried to steal it. - Exactly. 784 00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:21,020 He broke into Pye Hall the same night 785 00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:22,700 in an attempt to find the letter 786 00:39:22,720 --> 00:39:25,320 before Sir Magnus returned from his holiday. 787 00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:28,180 But he couldn't open the safe. 788 00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:30,340 That's why he faked the burglary! 789 00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:33,260 He stole the silver, he got rid of it in the lake, 790 00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:35,660 dropping the two pieces that Brent later found. 791 00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:38,500 Then, Sir Magnus came home. 792 00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:39,980 Robert arranged to meet him, 793 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:42,640 and we can imagine what occurred. 794 00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:45,740 But she was wrong, sir. You've got to believe me. 795 00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:47,300 But you threatened her. 796 00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:49,260 Half the village heard it. 797 00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:50,900 And the very next day... 798 00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:52,560 That wasn't me! 799 00:39:53,280 --> 00:39:56,260 You wanted her dead. You said so. 800 00:39:56,280 --> 00:39:57,980 And everyone heard you. 801 00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:00,900 I have to say, Robert, I am sickened. 802 00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:02,700 I think you ought to leave. 803 00:40:02,720 --> 00:40:04,760 I believed in you, tried to help you. 804 00:40:12,040 --> 00:40:15,560 After that, there was but one thing to do. 805 00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:25,660 He returned to the study, 806 00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:27,660 burned the incriminating letter, 807 00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:29,220 at the same time transferring 808 00:40:29,240 --> 00:40:31,340 some of Sir Magnus's blood onto the page. 809 00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:33,500 But in his haste, he made an error. 810 00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:35,560 On the desk, I saw it at once. 811 00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:39,700 A typed letter 812 00:40:39,720 --> 00:40:41,940 in a handwritten envelope. 813 00:40:41,960 --> 00:40:44,380 He burned the letter that his mother had handwritten, 814 00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:46,940 but he also burned the typed envelope 815 00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:48,420 containing the threatening letter 816 00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:49,860 that Clarissa Pye had delivered, 817 00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:51,980 leaving behind the envelope 818 00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:55,380 with the handwriting I later recognised as Mary Blakiston's. 819 00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:56,980 Does this not tell you a great deal 820 00:40:57,000 --> 00:40:58,800 about the murder of Sir Magnus? 821 00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:02,900 It's not what is written. It is how it is written. 822 00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:05,240 That is where the solution can be found. 823 00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:07,080 The same handwriting. 824 00:41:09,120 --> 00:41:11,920 It told me almost everything I needed to know. 825 00:41:16,920 --> 00:41:19,560 Is this true, Robert? 826 00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:26,100 It is, isn't it? 827 00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:28,120 Oh, my God. 828 00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:33,080 I did it for you. 829 00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:36,600 For us. 830 00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:38,760 What else could I do? I love you. 831 00:41:40,760 --> 00:41:42,560 I just wanted to be with you. 832 00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:49,280 Better come with me. 833 00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:08,860 I have to say, you were on top form back there. 834 00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:10,500 Ah, you're too kind. 835 00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:12,020 No. Seriously. 836 00:42:12,040 --> 00:42:14,500 It'll make for a bestseller. I'm sure of it. 837 00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:16,280 Is that what matters to you? 838 00:42:17,560 --> 00:42:20,000 Not so much anymore. 839 00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:23,560 I'm leaving publishing. 840 00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:26,080 - I'm going to Crete. - Oh. 841 00:42:26,840 --> 00:42:28,720 I think you'll be happy there. 842 00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:31,160 I hope so. 843 00:42:37,520 --> 00:42:40,780 Do you know what happens to you at the end of the book? 844 00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:42,480 I knew it from the start. 845 00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:44,180 I'm sorry. 846 00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:46,500 Oh, there's no need to be. There are eight books. 847 00:42:46,520 --> 00:42:48,500 Nine now. 848 00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:50,860 I'll not be forgotten. At least for a time. 849 00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:53,560 No, I mean, I'm sorry because... 850 00:42:54,640 --> 00:42:57,320 Well, I suppose it means I won't see you again. 851 00:42:58,080 --> 00:43:00,720 We have separate paths to follow, Miss Ryeland. 852 00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:04,040 I've asked you not to call me that. 853 00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:07,738 It's been a pleasure. 854 00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:10,280 For me, too. 855 00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:14,000 Goodbye, Atticus. 856 00:43:15,120 --> 00:43:16,915 Goodbye, Susan. 857 00:43:46,333 --> 00:43:50,333 CREDITS