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John?

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You came quick.

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They said it would only be
a matter of hours. Aye.

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His elevens are up.

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I beg your pardon?
His elevens.

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Flesh on the back of his neck
standing out like the number eleven.

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That's the mark of death -
I know it well.

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He won't last the night...

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That's my opinion.

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I imagine you has expectations,
eh, missus?

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Of moving in here,
when the master's gone?

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Well. We have...an understanding.

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My uncle has always led me
to believe that the estate

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will be divided equally between
my cousin John and myself.

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Oh, aye?

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Though it's in very poor taste
to discuss such things.

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At a time like this.

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He won't mind. The old devil!

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Mrs Goundry!

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Oh, I know he's a parson,
but he's the very devil!

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I should know. Slaving and doing
for him all these years.

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Still. He's got a reckoning
coming soon, in't he?

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With the Almighty.

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Or someone else.

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Mary?

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Mary, is that you?

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Yes, Uncle. It's me.

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Is there anything that you need?

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I'm dying, Mary.

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Come closer, Mary.

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There's something you must know...

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Long time since
your last visit, sir.

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Yes, indeed.

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I have here the title of a book.

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A book I...

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want.

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The light is very bad, you see,

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and to go traipsing up and down
stairs at my time of life,

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I wonder... I quite understand, sir.
I find it a daily trial myself.

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Oooh, you should hear my knees
when I bend down.

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Yes, yes... Like pistol shots.

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I wonder, is there anyone who could
go and find the book for me?

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Eh? Um...

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Ah, just the fellow.
One of our students, sir.

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Paying his way through
the university.

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Mr Garrett! Yes.

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Have you a minute to help
this gentleman?

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With pleasure, Sniffer. Eh?

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Um...Mr Hodgson.

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Gentleman here's after a book.

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Well, he's come to the right place.

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Right, "Talmud: Tractate Middoth.

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"The commentaries
of Nachmanides, Amsterdam, 1707."

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And what's that when it's at home?

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It's a collection of Hebrew
writings, Mr Hodgson.

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Oh. Very exotic.

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I think I can find this
easily enough.

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Oh, I suppose it's that edition
you want?

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That and no other.

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If it's no trouble.

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None at all.

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Much obliged, I'm sure.

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Won't be a moment.

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Well?

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I'm so sorry. The book's out.
Out? Are you sure?

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Well, I saw a gentleman
take the book off the shelf.

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A gentleman? What...

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..what was he like?

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Oh, shortish. In a sort of cloak.

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Old-fashioned. Like a priest.

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If you don't mind waiting,
he'll be down in a minute.

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I'm sure he'll be here in a bit and
maybe he'll let you have the book.

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No, no. I won't...

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I...I can't wait now, thank you.

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No. Train, you see. I must catch...

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I'll be back. Tomorrow.

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Yes, tomorrow.

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All right. I'll have it ready if...

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Shouldn't have left it so late,
should he?

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Something the matter, chum?

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Oh, no. Not really, George.

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Just that I feel such a bloody fool.

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Oh?

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A gentleman was after this book.

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I told him it was out
and here it is.

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Large as life!

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My mistake.

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Funny, though. Hmm?

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I've not seem him come down.

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Did you see him?

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Old man in a cloak, bald,
had the look of a vicar?

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I fear I was too immersed

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in the Apocrypha of the Book
of Daniel, chum.

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Well. You've found it now.

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I'm sure our customer will be
back for it in his own good time.

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What's that? Yes.

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I've noticed that too.
Last couple of days.

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I assumed it was your...

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Not guilty. Ready rub.

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Doesn't smell too healthy, does it?

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Hmmm...

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Dust?

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Hmm, rum sort of dust.

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Ah! Early start today, sir?

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You have it? You have the book?

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You're going to think me
a bit dim, Mr...?

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Eldred. Why? What's happened?

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What's...wrong?

109
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Well, it hadn't been taken out
at all!

110
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If you don't mind waiting,
I'll go and fetch it now.

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Oh, sorry.

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Excuse me.

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Are you...

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Will you be taking out that book?

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It's just that there's a gentleman
downstairs

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who's very keen to borrow...that..

117
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This is intolerable!

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Sir?

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Is it a long way to that part
of the library?

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Hm? Where our friend is?

121
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Oh. Well, well...I was thinking
myself it was a bit funny.

122
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That young fella's
very swift as a rule.

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I'll just see
if I can conjure him up.

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I beg your pardon?
On the telephone, sir!

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00:10:02,818 --> 00:10:04,978
Ah, is Mr Garrett up there with you?

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You what...?

127
00:10:08,978 --> 00:10:10,978
And...

128
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Oh, dear... Right.

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Well, thank you.

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00:10:18,658 --> 00:10:21,858
Well, I'm sorry to tell you, sir,

131
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but something seems to have happened
that's a bit awkward.

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Mr Garrett's had an attack.

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You mean something...

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00:10:29,938 --> 00:10:33,098
someone has injured him?

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00:10:33,098 --> 00:10:34,978
Oh, no, no, nothing like that.

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No, it seems he was taken poorly,

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and sent home out the back.

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00:10:40,698 --> 00:10:42,098
I see.

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Not a strong constitution,
that young lad, I'd say.

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00:10:49,178 --> 00:10:51,658
Now, sir, as to your book,

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perhaps you might be able
to find it yourself?

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We don't want you disappointed
twice now, do we?

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00:11:00,818 --> 00:11:03,338
No, I think I'd rather wait.

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00:11:04,338 --> 00:11:06,538
These old legs of mine, as I say.

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I'll...I'll make other arrangements.

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'You thought you saw something?'

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I did see something.

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00:11:26,658 --> 00:11:27,898
Go on.

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That smell of dust,
the one you mentioned?

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00:11:32,298 --> 00:11:33,698
Yes?

151
00:11:33,698 --> 00:11:35,018
It was very strong...

152
00:11:36,618 --> 00:11:39,418
Perhaps you got a lungful
and it caused you to take a tumble?

153
00:11:39,418 --> 00:11:41,978
No, no. It was something I saw.

154
00:11:43,858 --> 00:11:45,298
You don't mind this?

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00:11:45,298 --> 00:11:48,378
Oh, no. Mother says it's pretentious
of me, but I don't know.

156
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Gives one a certain distinction,
don't you think?

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Like Stewart Granger or someone.

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Sorry. Go on, something you saw.

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00:12:07,698 --> 00:12:08,738
Oh, sorry.

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00:12:09,898 --> 00:12:11,738
Will you be taking out that book?

161
00:12:14,898 --> 00:12:17,738
It's just that there's a gentleman
downstairs who's very keen

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00:12:17,738 --> 00:12:20,178
to borrow...that...

163
00:12:42,218 --> 00:12:44,498
'Trick of the light. No.'

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The dust, as I say, got on your
chest and gave you a funny turn.

165
00:12:47,458 --> 00:12:52,138
No, George, I know what I say
and it nearly did for me.

166
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So, what are you saying it was?

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00:12:55,178 --> 00:12:56,578
A ghost?

168
00:13:00,578 --> 00:13:03,538
Never heard old Sniffer
say the place was haunted.

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Nor me.

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00:13:06,178 --> 00:13:08,898
I don't mean to seem uncharitable,
chum...

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00:13:08,898 --> 00:13:10,298
But you don't believe me.

172
00:13:10,298 --> 00:13:12,818
Well. Things like that just
don't happen any more, do they?

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Which suggests you believe
that once, they did?

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00:13:15,138 --> 00:13:17,578
We used to think the sun
moved around the Earth.

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And that the moon was
made of green cheese.

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Maybe it is.

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00:13:23,338 --> 00:13:27,258
If I were you, I'd take the chance
to get away for a while, old son.

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00:13:27,258 --> 00:13:29,538
Change of air always works wonders.

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00:13:29,538 --> 00:13:31,458
What about the seaside?

180
00:13:31,458 --> 00:13:33,138
Or somewhere in the country?

181
00:13:33,138 --> 00:13:37,858
Read a few books, eh?
Rather than just cataloguing them.

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I've a couple I could lend you.

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Fully illustrated.

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No, thanks.

185
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Think about it - fresh air,

186
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nice pubs, pretty girls.

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Toodle-oo.

188
00:14:07,338 --> 00:14:11,378
Course it's all go, go, go 
these days. I can recall

189
00:14:11,378 --> 00:14:14,698
the charmingly, leisurely charabanc
excursion to Formby beach

190
00:14:14,698 --> 00:14:16,578
when I was a slip of a thing

191
00:14:16,578 --> 00:14:18,618
and quite a spread was laid on.

192
00:14:18,618 --> 00:14:21,618
But one was content with fish paste
then, wasn't one, Mr Tallyround?

193
00:14:24,218 --> 00:14:28,978
These young people and their ideas,
traipsing all over the Continent.

194
00:14:28,978 --> 00:14:30,498
I don't see the point.

195
00:14:30,498 --> 00:14:33,858
I mean to say they could
go to Morecombe, or Lytham,

196
00:14:33,858 --> 00:14:35,458
for prices such as that.

197
00:14:35,458 --> 00:14:39,898
Or I dare say, at a push, Llandudno,

198
00:14:39,898 --> 00:14:42,778
but that wouldn't do for us,
would it, Mr Tallyrond?

199
00:14:42,778 --> 00:14:48,818
But Burnham, now,
charming and lovely scenery

200
00:14:48,818 --> 00:14:53,018
and very, very reasonably priced.

201
00:14:53,018 --> 00:14:55,298
Do you have anywhere to stay?

202
00:14:55,298 --> 00:14:57,018
Yes, I'm being met.

203
00:14:57,018 --> 00:14:58,138
Oooh.

204
00:14:58,138 --> 00:14:59,418
'Burnham, Burnham!'

205
00:14:59,418 --> 00:15:02,538
Oooh, here we are.
Cases, Mr Tallyrond.

206
00:15:08,938 --> 00:15:10,298
Tickets, please.

207
00:15:10,298 --> 00:15:11,418
What is it?

208
00:15:11,418 --> 00:15:15,898
Ohhh, of course, oh, silly me! Oh,
where have I put the dratted thing?

209
00:15:15,898 --> 00:15:18,498
Of course, in more refined days,
one concealed

210
00:15:18,498 --> 00:15:20,298
the unused portion in one's glove.

211
00:15:20,298 --> 00:15:21,578
I haven't, have I?

212
00:15:22,898 --> 00:15:24,458
Mr Tallyrond...

213
00:15:24,458 --> 00:15:26,138
Hurry, please, would you?

214
00:15:26,138 --> 00:15:27,738
Do you have my ticket remnant?

215
00:15:27,738 --> 00:15:29,938
Sorry, it's just that I'm not
feeling very well.

216
00:15:29,938 --> 00:15:32,618
I'm very sorry, I'm sure.
It's just that I'm not quite myself.

217
00:15:32,618 --> 00:15:34,898
Well, there's no need to be
impertinent. I wasn't.

218
00:15:34,898 --> 00:15:37,258
Good manners cost nothing,
do they, Mr Tallyrond?

219
00:15:37,258 --> 00:15:39,378
I didn't mean to offend you.

220
00:15:39,378 --> 00:15:42,218
It's just as I was saying -
everyone's in a hurry, hurry, hurry.

221
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No refinement, no grace.

222
00:15:44,818 --> 00:15:47,098
Only the other day, I was forced
to open a hotel door

223
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on my own volition...

224
00:16:37,098 --> 00:16:38,618
I can't thank you enough.

225
00:16:38,618 --> 00:16:41,058
You've been so kind to me.

226
00:16:41,058 --> 00:16:43,258
What did the doctor say, Mr Garrett?

227
00:16:43,258 --> 00:16:46,458
Oh, just overwork, that's all.

228
00:16:46,458 --> 00:16:51,778
Nervous strain,
my...my memory's a bit foggy too.

229
00:16:53,338 --> 00:16:55,738
Lots of rest, that's what I need.

230
00:16:55,738 --> 00:16:57,978
Well, we're quite empty at this
time of the season.

231
00:16:57,978 --> 00:16:59,978
So it's very nice for us
to have some company.

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00:16:59,978 --> 00:17:01,458
It's a lovely room, Mrs Simpson.

233
00:17:01,458 --> 00:17:03,778
I feel I'm in very good hands.

234
00:17:03,778 --> 00:17:05,578
What do you do for a living?

235
00:17:05,578 --> 00:17:07,658
I work in a library. Oh.

236
00:17:09,258 --> 00:17:11,818
Cataloguing, research...
That sort of thing.

237
00:17:11,818 --> 00:17:13,458
Helps pay my way through university.

238
00:17:13,458 --> 00:17:15,298
We're not so keen on books,
are we, Mum?

239
00:17:15,298 --> 00:17:18,138
Oh, no, no, no.
They're fine places, libraries.

240
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Fine.

241
00:17:19,778 --> 00:17:21,418
But? Well...

242
00:17:21,418 --> 00:17:24,618
Perhaps he could solve our puzzle.
You see, there's a book...

243
00:17:24,618 --> 00:17:27,698
We don't want to bother Mr Garrett
with our silly problems, Anne.

244
00:17:27,698 --> 00:17:30,378
No, no, I'd love to help,
if I can. Really, I would.

245
00:17:30,378 --> 00:17:33,778
And if it's to do with a book,
well...

246
00:17:33,778 --> 00:17:35,778
I'm in a pretty good position,
aren't I?

247
00:17:35,778 --> 00:17:37,458
Yes, I suppose so.

248
00:17:37,458 --> 00:17:39,978
But we don't even know
the name of the wretched thing.

249
00:17:39,978 --> 00:17:41,618
Well. What's it about?

250
00:17:41,618 --> 00:17:43,618
We don't know that, either.

251
00:17:43,618 --> 00:17:47,098
Except that we don't think
it's in English, do we, Mum?

252
00:17:47,098 --> 00:17:49,138
Don't suppose that's much of a clue.

253
00:17:51,298 --> 00:17:52,938
I'll tell you the story.

254
00:17:52,938 --> 00:17:55,138
That's the best way.

255
00:17:55,138 --> 00:17:57,418
You seem a kind soul.

256
00:17:57,418 --> 00:17:59,378
I'm all ears!

257
00:18:00,698 --> 00:18:03,578
This is going back some 20 years
or more, mind.

258
00:18:03,578 --> 00:18:05,058
Back in the '30s.

259
00:18:06,338 --> 00:18:08,018
I had an old uncle.

260
00:18:09,378 --> 00:18:11,018
A Dr Rant.

261
00:18:15,218 --> 00:18:17,338
'He wasn't a distinguished man.

262
00:18:18,818 --> 00:18:20,378
'And not a nice one, either.

263
00:18:24,098 --> 00:18:25,978
'He was a priest.'

264
00:18:25,978 --> 00:18:28,978
Though I'm sure I don't know
how he got to be one.

265
00:18:28,978 --> 00:18:31,418
He never did any duty,
as far as I could tell,

266
00:18:31,418 --> 00:18:33,098
in the late part of his life.

267
00:18:33,098 --> 00:18:36,698
And he wasn't what you'd call
Christian in his ways.

268
00:18:36,698 --> 00:18:40,178
He hadn't any wife or family,

269
00:18:40,178 --> 00:18:42,778
only one niece, that's me,

270
00:18:42,778 --> 00:18:47,058
and one nephew, my cousin John.

271
00:18:49,258 --> 00:18:51,418
Though he didn't
really like either of us.

272
00:18:51,418 --> 00:18:54,058
Uncommonly warm, Uncle,
for this time of year.

273
00:18:55,658 --> 00:18:59,898
You can feel the chill setting in,
though, John. Autumn's coming.

274
00:19:01,618 --> 00:19:04,578
A pair of prize beauties,
aren't you, eh?

275
00:19:04,578 --> 00:19:05,698
Eh?

276
00:19:05,698 --> 00:19:09,618
Sitting there like crows
waiting to peck my eyes out!

277
00:19:09,618 --> 00:19:10,778
Really!

278
00:19:10,778 --> 00:19:13,018
And stick your fat
fingers into my pockets.

279
00:19:13,018 --> 00:19:14,138
We shall see.

280
00:19:16,658 --> 00:19:18,418
We shall see.

281
00:19:20,738 --> 00:19:24,738
'And there he was,
all alone in the world and rich...'

282
00:19:24,738 --> 00:19:26,178
as Croesus.

283
00:19:29,138 --> 00:19:30,978
Well, now.

284
00:19:30,978 --> 00:19:33,458
One autumn, Dr Rant became ill.

285
00:19:33,458 --> 00:19:35,298
And they sent for me to nurse him.

286
00:19:38,338 --> 00:19:40,898
'Come closer, Mary.

287
00:19:40,898 --> 00:19:43,298
'There's something you must know...'

288
00:19:44,618 --> 00:19:48,498
I've made my will in John's favour.

289
00:19:50,298 --> 00:19:53,938
Well, it's your money, Uncle Thomas.

290
00:19:53,938 --> 00:19:55,618
You can do what you like with it.

291
00:19:55,618 --> 00:19:59,298
No, but listen, Mary...
I'm not very fond of John

292
00:19:59,298 --> 00:20:02,858
and I've made another will
in your favour.

293
00:20:04,498 --> 00:20:06,778
What do you think to that?

294
00:20:06,778 --> 00:20:08,338
Oh.

295
00:20:08,338 --> 00:20:10,938
You can have everything, Mary.

296
00:20:10,938 --> 00:20:13,258
Everything.

297
00:20:13,258 --> 00:20:17,018
If you can find the will,
that is.

298
00:20:20,658 --> 00:20:24,578
Only...I don't mean to tell you
where it is.

299
00:20:28,858 --> 00:20:32,298
I wrote the will in a book, Mary.

300
00:20:32,298 --> 00:20:34,538
A printed book!

301
00:20:34,538 --> 00:20:41,018
It's not in the house,
it's in safekeeping, elsewhere.

302
00:20:42,778 --> 00:20:43,898
Now...

303
00:20:45,258 --> 00:20:49,178
I want to start you both off
on the same terms.

304
00:20:50,818 --> 00:20:54,818
John has a bit of purchase,
as he can go where the book is.

305
00:20:56,178 --> 00:21:00,418
But I'll tell you two things
he doesn't know.

306
00:21:00,418 --> 00:21:03,778
First, the will's in English...

307
00:21:05,658 --> 00:21:07,698
..though you won't know that
if you ever see it.

308
00:21:09,058 --> 00:21:10,458
And the other thing...

309
00:21:12,898 --> 00:21:14,138
This...

310
00:21:15,578 --> 00:21:17,258
..Will help you find it...

311
00:21:20,818 --> 00:21:23,778
..if you have the wits to use it,
that is.

312
00:21:41,818 --> 00:21:45,818
Not to be trusted, missus.
That's what I say.

313
00:21:45,818 --> 00:21:47,938
Whatever he said.

314
00:21:47,938 --> 00:21:50,498
Whatever he promised you.

315
00:21:50,498 --> 00:21:54,178
Twisted, he was. Twisted.

316
00:21:54,178 --> 00:21:58,578
Where others had a soul,
he had a corkscrew!

317
00:21:59,898 --> 00:22:01,778
Don't trust him.

318
00:22:01,778 --> 00:22:03,858
In life...

319
00:22:03,858 --> 00:22:04,898
or death.

320
00:22:27,258 --> 00:22:30,858
Of course, I tried to speak
with John Eldred,

321
00:22:30,858 --> 00:22:33,058
tried to appeal to him,

322
00:22:33,058 --> 00:22:35,418
but he didn't want anything...
What is it?

323
00:22:35,418 --> 00:22:38,698
It's...the..erm...the name
rings a bell, erm...

324
00:22:38,698 --> 00:22:40,818
Anyway...

325
00:22:42,258 --> 00:22:44,618
You were saying, Mrs Simpson,
you wrote to him?

326
00:22:44,618 --> 00:22:48,458
Yes. But he didn't pay
any attention at all.

327
00:22:49,978 --> 00:22:53,658
Since then, he has enjoyed
his inheritance

328
00:22:53,658 --> 00:22:57,378
while Anne and I have had
to take in ruddy lodgers.

329
00:22:57,378 --> 00:22:58,578
Although I must say,

330
00:22:58,578 --> 00:23:01,658
that hasn't been nearly
as unpleasant as I'd thought.

331
00:23:03,778 --> 00:23:06,178
Do you think your cousin's got
any more of a clue

332
00:23:06,178 --> 00:23:07,378
about the name of the book?

333
00:23:07,378 --> 00:23:08,978
I often thought he must do.

334
00:23:10,818 --> 00:23:13,538
People tell me
he's always being seen

335
00:23:13,538 --> 00:23:16,138
around booksellers and libraries.

336
00:23:17,298 --> 00:23:19,938
I suppose he must have discovered
which books are missing

337
00:23:19,938 --> 00:23:23,458
from my uncle's library,
but were entered in his catalogue.

338
00:23:24,538 --> 00:23:26,098
And he's hunting them down.

339
00:23:28,618 --> 00:23:29,618
Hmm?

340
00:23:55,658 --> 00:23:57,498
(Oh, come on, think.)

341
00:24:01,178 --> 00:24:02,578
Which is it?

342
00:24:04,098 --> 00:24:05,378
Which is it?

343
00:26:10,338 --> 00:26:12,418
The Talmud.

344
00:26:12,418 --> 00:26:14,498
Of course. That was it.

345
00:26:15,618 --> 00:26:17,338
The Talmud!

346
00:26:17,338 --> 00:26:19,538
The Tractate Middoth!

347
00:26:19,538 --> 00:26:21,778
Countryside not to your liking, son?

348
00:26:21,778 --> 00:26:23,258
No, no, no, it's not that.

349
00:26:23,258 --> 00:26:25,018
Ah, I'm not surprised.

350
00:26:25,018 --> 00:26:27,058
I'm a martyr to pollen myself.

351
00:26:27,058 --> 00:26:31,618
Listen. 11.3.34. Is it out?
Has it gone out?

352
00:26:31,618 --> 00:26:33,018
11.3.34?

353
00:26:33,018 --> 00:26:34,378
Do you remember that number?

354
00:26:34,378 --> 00:26:36,258
I see a lot of numbers, Mr Garrett!

355
00:26:36,258 --> 00:26:38,338
Yes, I know... An awful lot.

356
00:26:38,338 --> 00:26:42,458
All right, then,
has a Mr Eldred called again?

357
00:26:42,458 --> 00:26:47,258
Uh? The gentleman who called
the day I was...taken ill.

358
00:26:47,258 --> 00:26:50,178
Eldred... Yes! Come on.
You must remember him.

359
00:26:50,178 --> 00:26:53,258
Er...no, no, he's not been in again.

360
00:26:53,258 --> 00:26:54,818
Not since you went off on your hols.

361
00:26:54,818 --> 00:26:56,098
Right.

362
00:26:56,098 --> 00:26:59,298
But no need to. He wrote, you see.
Requesting his book.

363
00:26:59,298 --> 00:27:00,498
He wrote?

364
00:27:00,498 --> 00:27:02,258
Sent a money order to cover it.

365
00:27:03,338 --> 00:27:06,618
A bob over the price of a parcel,
as a matter of fact.

366
00:27:06,618 --> 00:27:08,058
He's sent for the book?

367
00:27:08,058 --> 00:27:11,418
Yes. It'll be going down
by train this morning.

368
00:27:11,418 --> 00:27:14,578
No time. There's very little time.

369
00:27:14,578 --> 00:27:15,898
Eh?

370
00:27:15,898 --> 00:27:19,818
Mr Hodgson, could you show me
the ticket and his address, please?

371
00:27:19,818 --> 00:27:21,258
Happy to.

372
00:27:27,298 --> 00:27:32,178
Ah, yes, there's the ticket
on the file. J Eldred. Uh-huh.

373
00:27:32,178 --> 00:27:34,898
11.3.34.

374
00:27:34,898 --> 00:27:38,418
Title of work... T-A-L...

375
00:27:38,418 --> 00:27:41,738
Talmud, yes! Tractate Middoth!

376
00:27:41,738 --> 00:27:45,538
Not a novel,
I should hazard a guess.

377
00:27:45,538 --> 00:27:48,538
No. He refers to it as a "Trac..."

378
00:27:48,538 --> 00:27:51,578
Yes, the address, Mr Hodgson.
Hurry, please!

379
00:27:51,578 --> 00:27:53,138
Ah. Now.

380
00:27:54,498 --> 00:27:57,378
If I made a mistake in this whole
transaction,

381
00:27:57,378 --> 00:28:00,818
it's that I failed to take down
the gentleman's address

382
00:28:00,818 --> 00:28:02,018
in my little book.

383
00:28:02,018 --> 00:28:05,858
And no, no, I don't keep
all the addresses in my head,

384
00:28:05,858 --> 00:28:08,658
otherwise what would be
the point of my little book?

385
00:28:08,658 --> 00:28:10,658
Damn.

386
00:28:10,658 --> 00:28:12,418
When did the parcel go off from here?

387
00:28:14,498 --> 00:28:16,018
Half past ten.

388
00:28:16,018 --> 00:28:17,498
It's just one now.

389
00:28:17,498 --> 00:28:19,218
Oh! What?

390
00:28:19,218 --> 00:28:22,978
The donations list! The Talmud was
given to the library, wasn't it?

391
00:28:22,978 --> 00:28:25,418
There might still be a record!

392
00:28:27,098 --> 00:28:28,738
Right...

393
00:28:28,738 --> 00:28:31,898
Ah, there it is, Bretfield.

394
00:28:31,898 --> 00:28:33,858
You want me to come with?

395
00:28:33,858 --> 00:28:37,658
No. No, no... Don't want
to spoil your evening.

396
00:28:37,658 --> 00:28:39,938
Cynthia, is it?

397
00:28:39,938 --> 00:28:42,178
Cynthia, yes.

398
00:28:42,178 --> 00:28:43,458
Good luck.

399
00:28:43,458 --> 00:28:44,898
And you, chum.

400
00:31:55,098 --> 00:31:56,218
Help!

401
00:31:56,218 --> 00:31:57,538
Help!

402
00:31:58,658 --> 00:32:00,698
Help! Hurry, please!

403
00:32:06,098 --> 00:32:08,058
Did you see what happened?

404
00:32:08,058 --> 00:32:10,698
I saw it.
Mr Eldred was reading his book.

405
00:32:10,698 --> 00:32:13,378
Then his face come over all...black.

406
00:32:13,378 --> 00:32:15,098
He must have had a fit
or something.

407
00:32:15,098 --> 00:32:16,338
Yes.

408
00:32:16,338 --> 00:32:18,898
Yes, that must have been it.

409
00:32:21,658 --> 00:32:23,058
Yes.

410
00:32:26,538 --> 00:32:27,858
That must have been it.

411
00:32:31,418 --> 00:32:36,058
Hmmm. This isn't like
any Hebrew I've ever learned.

412
00:32:36,058 --> 00:32:37,858
Are you sure it is Hebrew?

413
00:32:37,858 --> 00:32:39,898
What? Yes.

414
00:32:41,818 --> 00:32:43,218
Yes, I suppose...

415
00:32:45,098 --> 00:32:46,138
No.

416
00:32:47,378 --> 00:32:48,738
Hang on...

417
00:32:51,218 --> 00:32:52,298
Hang on.

418
00:32:53,418 --> 00:32:55,658
Where is it?

419
00:32:55,658 --> 00:32:57,538
Ah! Here it is.

420
00:33:02,698 --> 00:33:05,818
Look, clever old bugger.

421
00:33:11,058 --> 00:33:13,818
There's some names here, and a date.

422
00:33:15,658 --> 00:33:18,618
20th of July, 1933.

423
00:33:18,618 --> 00:33:20,578
Dr Rant and the witnesses!

424
00:33:20,578 --> 00:33:22,538
You are perfectly right, chum -

425
00:33:22,538 --> 00:33:25,138
this isn't Hebrew at all,
it's English.

426
00:33:25,138 --> 00:33:26,938
And it's a will!

427
00:33:26,938 --> 00:33:28,058
Shhh!

428
00:33:33,178 --> 00:33:35,218
"Mr Justice Passmore concluded,

429
00:33:35,218 --> 00:33:38,738
"I declare that this is indeed
a will of Dr Thomas Rant,

430
00:33:38,738 --> 00:33:40,938
"bequeathing the whole
of the property lately held

431
00:33:40,938 --> 00:33:45,698
"by Mr John Eldred
to Mrs Mary Simpson of Burnstow.

432
00:33:45,698 --> 00:33:49,338
"Clearly, the discovery of this
document would more than

433
00:33:49,338 --> 00:33:54,538
"justify Mr Eldred's agitation and,
I have no doubt, hastened his end.

434
00:33:55,738 --> 00:33:59,338
"As to the partial tearing
of the book, well...

435
00:33:59,338 --> 00:34:01,538
"Let us be charitable."

436
00:34:05,898 --> 00:34:08,178
So, that's that.

437
00:34:09,418 --> 00:34:12,018
Right, I must be getting back.

438
00:34:12,018 --> 00:34:13,578
But you will come again soon?

439
00:34:13,578 --> 00:34:15,738
Certainly. If I may?

440
00:34:15,738 --> 00:34:17,098
Whenever you want.

441
00:34:18,658 --> 00:34:20,258
I'll walk you to the station.

442
00:34:31,058 --> 00:34:34,778
'Twisted, he was. 
Twisted.'

443
00:34:34,778 --> 00:34:37,018
Where others had a soul,

444
00:34:37,018 --> 00:34:38,898
he had a corkscrew!

445
00:34:40,298 --> 00:34:42,098
'Don't trust him.

446
00:34:42,098 --> 00:34:44,138
'In life...

447
00:34:44,138 --> 00:34:45,378
'or death.'