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Ladies and gentlemen, lot twenty two.

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An Edgar Brandt wrought iron
wall mirror and console table.

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I shall open the bidding
at thirty pounds.

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Do I see thirty pounds?

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Is this what you came for, Poirot?

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Yes it is, Hastings.

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I thought for the vestibule,
you know, by the door?

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How high will you go?

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Ninety pounds. It would be enough.

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Sixty pounds.

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And seventy.

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Here!

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Eighty pounds. Thank you, madam.

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Ninety pounds.

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At ninety pounds, then.

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Ninety pounds. Any more?

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A hundred pounds.

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It's with you, sir.

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A hundred twenty.

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Sir?

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At one hundred and twenty
pounds then. Any more?

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Sold to Mr. Chevenix.

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Oh, that was a bit of bad luck, Poirot!

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I thought you had it there.

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So Hastings, did I.

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Mr. Poirot?

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You are Hercule Poirot,
are you not?

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The detective.

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- Yes.
- No hard feelings, I hope.

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- Non.
- Good. My card.

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Tell me, what do you know
about modern art, Mr. Poirot?

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I'm a collector.

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Also I deal in paintings and
sculptures as my business.

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And I have to tell you

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I'm not a man who is easily fooled.

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That is self-evident, monsieur.

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It will surprise you to learn,
that I've even been defrauded.

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I want you to look into it.

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The services of Hercule Poirot
are not inexpensive.

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Maybe I'll give you the mirror.
What do you say?

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I'm in a place, Hamborough
Close, near Whimperley.

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How about tomorrow?

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That is out of the question.

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The day after then?
Let me know.

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Oh! That was a bit of a cheek, wasn't it?

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Yes indeed, Hastings.

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This...

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... Gervase Chevenix.

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It does not occur to him that
Poirot is also a man of importance?

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A man of affairs?

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And yet he summons me like a
mere nobody. An obedient dog.

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Well, I take it you'll refuse.

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To refuse? Yes, it is my first instinct.

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But you know, Hastings,

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a man with so much arrogance as this...

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Even he may be vulnerable
in ways he can not see.

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And he did offer you that mirror.

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That too.

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I'll get the tickets tomorrow.

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And do you take this man to be
your lawfully wedded husband?

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I do.

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Well, then we are then.

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Now, let me see...

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- You have a ring?
- Yes.

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That's right.

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John Lake, Ruth Chevenix,

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I'm pleased to declare you man and wife.

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I wish it didn't have to be like this.

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I do love you.

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Merci.

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- Mr. Poirot?
- Oui.

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My name is Susan Cardwell.
Do you mind if I join you?

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Pas du toût, Mademoiselle (of course).

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Asseyez-vous, s'il vous plaît (sit down, please).

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This is my associate, Captain Hastings.

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- How do you do?
- How do you do?

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May I offer you a cup of coffee?

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Oh, I won't. Thank you.

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My fiancé, Hugo, told
me to look out for you.

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Actually, he is not my fiancé,
not officially, anyway.

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- Hugo?
- Oh, Hugo Trent, Gervase's nephew.

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He's meeting you at the station, so

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he suggested I come
on the same train.

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Are you staying with
Monsieur Chevenix?

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Unfortunately, yes.

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Well, I've only met him once and,

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he was absolutely horrible to me.

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He doesn't approve of you?

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It's not that. It's just...

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Well, it's..., its Hugo and me.

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You see, Gervase has
always had his heart set

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on Hugo marrying his daughter Ruth.

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- But he's not inclined to do that.
- No.

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You see, Ruth was adopted.

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I suppose Gervase thinks
marrying her to his nephew will

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make her more completely his.

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- But he can't force her to marry, can he?
- He can try.

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He will try.

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I think he enjoys it,
manipulating other people.

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I really hate him, you know? I do.

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And I am not going to
let him spoil my life.

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Here's Hugo.

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Susan!

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- You must be Mr. Poirot.
- Monsieur!

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- And...
- Arthur Hastings.

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Hugo Trent.

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Er look, I'm supposed to be driving
you to Hamborough Close,

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but I've got to stop off at my studio.

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Do you mind terribly?

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- Not at all.
- It's on the way.

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And these are my designs, all of them.

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What we doing here is revolutionary,
Mr. Poirot.

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What do you think?

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I think it is most remarkable.

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- Is it all metal?
- Tubular steel.

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You see, who needs wood,
Captain Hastings?

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Wood expands, it perishes,
it dries out.

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But metal, metal is perfect.

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See? Triangulated joinery.

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- So fast.
- Oh, yes. I see.

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- Hugo!
- Give me a minute, Lawrence.

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Look at this.

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Sit down.

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What do you think?

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I think...

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that it is perfectly conceived.

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This is the future, Mr. Poirot.

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- And I could sell thousands, if only...
- Uncle Gervase.

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He does not support this enterprise?

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Just getting this far
has been a struggle.

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Now the banks are closing in,

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and I may have to sell my designs
just to pay them off.

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Hugo.

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They telephoned while you were out.

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They won't give you any more time.

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I'll have to speak to them.

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Excuse me, Mr. Poirot.

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Lawrence will have to drive you.

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Damn it to hell!

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Hmm! Quite a place.

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Good afternoon, gentlemen.

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Mr. Chevenix is waiting for you.

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Merci.

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Enter.

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Monsieur Poirot, sir.

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Oh, Mr. Poirot.

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Good of you to come.

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You brought your secretary?

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This is my associate, Captain Hastings.

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Oh, yes! I saw him at the auction.

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Well, what do you think?

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Hung it this morning.
Looks good, doesn't it?

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Yes, indeed.

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Shall I come back later, Mr. Chevenix?

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Aye yes.

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We'll sort out that stuff on Matisse.

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This is Miss Lingard,
my research assistant.

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- How do you do?
- Mademoiselle Lingard.

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We're working on
a study of fauvism,

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for the British museum
of modern art.

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Oh Miss Lingard, is
that architect here?

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I believe so, Mr. Chevenix.

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Have him come in, will you?

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Ten thousand pounds, Mr. Poirot.

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Not a drop in the ocean.

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That's how much I paid him, John Lake.

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And this is the fraud you
wish me to investigate?

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Yes.

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For what purpose did
you give him the money?

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A big development in London.

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Shops, offices, apartments.

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He's building it and
he's got me to invest.

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So far, he hasn't even laid a brick.

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I'm beginning to wonder if he ever will.

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You wanted to see me, Gervase?

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Come in, Lake.

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There's someone I want you to meet.

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This is Hercule Poirot.

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- The detective?
- Yes.

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Why don't you take Mr. Poirot into
the garden and get him some tea?

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I'll see you at dinner.

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We'll meet in the hall,
a quarter past eight.

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Do try not to be late.

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Snell rings the first gong at
eight minutes past the hour

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and the second at eight fifteen.

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I'll see you then.

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I, uh... I don't suppose...

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You're not here on business, Mr. Poirot?

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That is precisely why I
am here, Monsieur Lake.

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Uh.

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Typical of Gervase.

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He likes to spring his surprises.

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Let me introduce you.

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This is Mrs. Vanda Chevenix.

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Hercule Poirot.
Captain Hastings.

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- Madame.
- How do you do?

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And their daughter, Miss Chevenix.

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Ruth.

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Mademoiselle.

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- Hello.
- Hello.

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Apparently, Mr. Poirot is doing
some work for your father.

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- For Gervase? Really?
- Oui.

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It is about the death.

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What death, Madame Chevenix?

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Saphra warned me
there would be a death.

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She told me not to be afraid.

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Ah... who's Saphra?

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She was a servant of Amenhotep.

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- She is my spiritual guide.
- Now come on, Vanda.

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I'm sure Mr. Poirot doesn't
want to hear about all that.

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Au contraire, mademoiselle.

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Poirot interests himself always
in matters of the occult.

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You permit?

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Merci.

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It is very old.

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It is three thousand years old.

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It was hers.

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This belonged to Saphra?

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She is never wrong.

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I er... better be going.

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I'll walk round with you.

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- Excuse me.
- Right.

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Tea?

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Evening, Hugo.

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Where are you going, Ruth?

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Dropped my brooch, somewhere.
Outside, I think.

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Have you spoken to Gervase?

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Yes. He's impossible.

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Entrez.

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Oh! You're not ready yet?

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Oh we have plenty of time, mon ami.

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Are you sure?

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I could have sworn I've
heard the first gong.

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Non. Let me see.

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Non, it is six minutes past eight, only.

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- What was that?
- I do not know.

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It was a gunshot.

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Good evening, Miss Ruth.

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Good evening, Miss Lingard.

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Is something the matter?

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- I'm not late, am I?
- Did you hear it, Susan?

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- What?
- I thought I heard a shot.

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Just now? I thought it
was a car backfiring.

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- Ruth!
- What's going on?

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We thought we heard a gun going off.

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Oh, yes. I thought I heard something.

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It came from upstairs.

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No, it was a car.
It came from over there.

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- I heard it too.
- Snell?

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Yes, madam?

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It is eight fifteen.

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- Time for the second gong.
- Yes, madam.

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But where is Monsieur Chevenix?

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He is never late.

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He was working in the study, ma'am.

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This door down must be
broken open immediately.

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Here. Let me.

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Poirot...

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I told you, Saphra is never wrong.

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- Evening, Poirot.
- Chief-Inspector Japp.

262
00:17:52,430 --> 00:17:55,280
- Right. Where's the body?
- This way, Chief-Inspector.

263
00:18:02,890 --> 00:18:04,640
Chief-Inspector...

264
00:18:21,970 --> 00:18:24,610
- Suicide.
- So it would appear.

265
00:18:24,610 --> 00:18:26,000
I'd say it was obvious.

266
00:18:26,010 --> 00:18:29,060
The bullet must have gone straight
through his head and hit the mirror.

267
00:18:30,850 --> 00:18:33,100
So it would appear.

268
00:18:36,990 --> 00:18:38,900
He left a note.

269
00:18:42,830 --> 00:18:44,580
"Sorry".

270
00:18:46,290 --> 00:18:48,280
I suppose that says it all.

271
00:18:49,030 --> 00:18:51,180
Look at this, Chief-Inspector.

272
00:18:55,790 --> 00:18:57,465
What is it?

273
00:18:57,565 --> 00:19:00,340
It is a small fragment
of the looking glass.

274
00:19:00,490 --> 00:19:02,820
There must be splinters all over the place.

275
00:19:02,950 --> 00:19:05,100
- Who found the body?
- We did.

276
00:19:05,100 --> 00:19:09,140
We heard a shot at about ten past
eight and then we broke in the door.

277
00:19:19,690 --> 00:19:22,160
Let me see...

278
00:19:24,190 --> 00:19:27,065
Ah... just as I thought.

279
00:19:27,065 --> 00:19:28,940
He locked himself in.

280
00:19:28,990 --> 00:19:31,140
That more or less wraps it up .

281
00:19:31,190 --> 00:19:33,140
You believe so?

282
00:19:33,610 --> 00:19:35,400
Well, we've got a dead man.

283
00:19:35,510 --> 00:19:36,247
You heard a shot.

284
00:19:36,247 --> 00:19:39,060
He's alone in the room, the gun's
in his hand and the door's locked.

285
00:19:39,170 --> 00:19:41,040
What about the windows?

286
00:19:47,510 --> 00:19:49,940
- Fastened.
- And this one.

287
00:19:55,990 --> 00:19:57,940
This one too.

288
00:19:58,090 --> 00:20:01,440
Right, I'll better go have a
word with Mrs. Chevenix.

289
00:20:01,590 --> 00:20:03,740
Not that there's much to say.

290
00:20:08,130 --> 00:20:11,200
You know, it does look
like suicide, Poirot.

291
00:20:11,290 --> 00:20:13,800
Oui, c'est possible, mon ami.

292
00:20:14,690 --> 00:20:18,300
And yet, there are many
things I wish to know.

293
00:20:27,410 --> 00:20:29,165
For example,

294
00:20:29,665 --> 00:20:31,520
why was the mirror broken?

295
00:20:31,670 --> 00:20:35,940
And why was there mud on the shoes
belonging to Mademoiselle Ruth Chevenix?

296
00:20:37,650 --> 00:20:38,975
Voilà.

297
00:20:38,975 --> 00:20:40,100
Footprints.

298
00:20:40,100 --> 00:20:41,960
Yes, Hastings. They are
the footprints of a lady.

299
00:20:42,070 --> 00:20:44,460
And directly outside the study
of Monsieur Chevenix.

300
00:20:44,590 --> 00:20:46,880
But the french window's
locked from the inside.

301
00:20:46,950 --> 00:20:49,520
But this window, Hastings, it
can be locked from the outside.

302
00:20:49,550 --> 00:20:51,300
Regarde.

303
00:20:53,150 --> 00:20:55,600
By raising the metal catch so,

304
00:20:57,250 --> 00:20:59,240
and then with a push...

305
00:21:03,750 --> 00:21:06,100
Good Lord.

306
00:21:08,730 --> 00:21:10,960
You know, Chief-Inspector,

307
00:21:11,750 --> 00:21:14,820
life is one of the great illusions.

308
00:21:16,530 --> 00:21:19,760
I'm afraid I don't quite agree
with that, Mrs. Chevenix.

309
00:21:19,930 --> 00:21:22,080
Gervase knew that.

310
00:21:22,830 --> 00:21:27,030
He and I, you see, we
met on the same plane.

311
00:21:28,250 --> 00:21:30,240
On holiday?

312
00:21:30,310 --> 00:21:32,460
The spiritual plane.

313
00:21:33,590 --> 00:21:36,420
He was one of the "great ones".

314
00:21:36,670 --> 00:21:41,760
He too, found it hard to conform to the
silly standards of the everyday world.

315
00:21:45,050 --> 00:21:47,560
And he believed me.

316
00:21:48,290 --> 00:21:50,480
About the death.

317
00:21:51,290 --> 00:21:53,880
You've been told about his death?

318
00:21:54,970 --> 00:21:56,920
Oh, yes...

319
00:21:58,370 --> 00:22:00,750
Saphra told me.

320
00:22:00,950 --> 00:22:02,345
She knew.

321
00:22:02,745 --> 00:22:04,540
Did she indeed?

322
00:22:05,730 --> 00:22:10,540
Mrs. Chevenix, can you tell me where I
might be able to get hold to this Saphra?

323
00:22:12,650 --> 00:22:15,100
She used to live in Egypt.

324
00:22:15,970 --> 00:22:17,665
But she moved?

325
00:22:18,165 --> 00:22:19,660
No.

326
00:22:19,770 --> 00:22:21,880
Definitely so.

327
00:22:22,370 --> 00:22:25,380
- Oh hello, Mr. Poirot.
- Mr. Poirot.

328
00:22:27,290 --> 00:22:29,080
Monsieur Trent,

329
00:22:31,030 --> 00:22:33,820
did you see your uncle
earlier this evening?

330
00:22:34,290 --> 00:22:35,625
Yes.

331
00:22:35,625 --> 00:22:37,660
It must have been about seven.

332
00:22:38,230 --> 00:22:39,920
He was dressed for dinner.

333
00:22:39,950 --> 00:22:43,060
I--I went to see him to ask him
to help me with my business.

334
00:22:43,310 --> 00:22:45,340
But he wouldn't listen.

335
00:22:45,610 --> 00:22:47,400
He wanted Hugo to marry Ruth.

336
00:22:47,430 --> 00:22:49,585
No marriage to Ruth,
no money for me.

337
00:22:49,585 --> 00:22:51,440
That's what it boiled down to.

338
00:22:51,470 --> 00:22:56,540
So, Monsieur Trent, you had no
reason, therefore, to celebrate.

339
00:22:57,190 --> 00:22:58,460
None at all.

340
00:22:58,470 --> 00:23:01,100
It was not you, then, that opened
this bottle of champagne?

341
00:23:01,590 --> 00:23:03,280
No.

342
00:23:03,390 --> 00:23:05,945
Curious. The bottle of
champagne, it is opened,

343
00:23:05,945 --> 00:23:08,200
and yet the contents
are not consumed.

344
00:23:16,070 --> 00:23:18,060
Ah! There you are, Poirot.

345
00:23:18,370 --> 00:23:20,860
You got any idea how I can
get hold of this Saphra?

346
00:23:20,890 --> 00:23:22,550
Some sort of friend of Mrs. Chevenix.

347
00:23:22,550 --> 00:23:24,425
Saphra's dead.

348
00:23:24,525 --> 00:23:27,000
She is Vanda's spirit guide.

349
00:23:28,550 --> 00:23:30,050
Ah!

350
00:23:30,430 --> 00:23:31,825
I might as well be off, then.

351
00:23:31,825 --> 00:23:34,220
You believe there is nothing investigate?

352
00:23:34,250 --> 00:23:36,585
Gervase Chevenix shot himself.

353
00:23:36,585 --> 00:23:38,410
I'm sure of it.

354
00:23:38,410 --> 00:23:40,445
In that event, Chief-Inspector, d'accord.

355
00:23:40,445 --> 00:23:42,480
We return at once to London.

356
00:23:42,990 --> 00:23:47,880
There are perhaps, two questions that
you might be able to answer for me.

357
00:23:48,810 --> 00:23:50,520
Oh, yes.

358
00:23:53,970 --> 00:23:55,920
First question.

359
00:23:56,070 --> 00:23:59,420
Was Monsieur Chevenix
right-handed or left-handed?

360
00:24:01,510 --> 00:24:03,085
What's the other question?

361
00:24:03,085 --> 00:24:04,760
It is more simple.

362
00:24:04,790 --> 00:24:07,380
If Monsieur Chevenix shot himself...

363
00:24:09,910 --> 00:24:13,160
What has happened to the bullet?

364
00:24:31,430 --> 00:24:34,420
- Hello, Miss Chevenix.
- Is Mr. Poirot in?

365
00:24:34,420 --> 00:24:36,720
Yes, come with me this way.

366
00:24:38,210 --> 00:24:40,240
- Miss Chevenix is here.
- Mademoiselle.

367
00:24:40,270 --> 00:24:42,460
Mr. Poirot, I need to see you.

368
00:24:43,010 --> 00:24:45,160
Please, do sit down, mademoiselle.

369
00:24:46,670 --> 00:24:50,180
Is it true that Gervase hired
you to investigate John Lake?

370
00:24:51,950 --> 00:24:53,760
Oui, Mademoiselle.

371
00:24:53,790 --> 00:24:56,960
Monsieur Chevenix believed that
he was the object of a fraud.

372
00:24:56,990 --> 00:24:59,420
Well, I've come to tell you
that the case is over.

373
00:24:59,450 --> 00:25:01,560
I don't know what he offered to pay you,

374
00:25:01,590 --> 00:25:04,180
but I hope that will cover it.

375
00:25:07,970 --> 00:25:09,960
Mademoiselle,

376
00:25:10,370 --> 00:25:14,240
the company of Monsieur John Lake...

377
00:25:15,230 --> 00:25:17,340
what is it called?

378
00:25:17,850 --> 00:25:19,250
It's Northgate Development.

379
00:25:19,250 --> 00:25:22,100
But I'm telling you, Mr. Poirot,
there is nothing to investigate.

380
00:25:22,130 --> 00:25:24,880
May I ask, Mademoiselle,

381
00:25:26,530 --> 00:25:29,200
were you close to your guardian?

382
00:25:31,070 --> 00:25:33,845
I was grateful to Gervase.

383
00:25:34,745 --> 00:25:37,220
And he wasn't just my guardian.

384
00:25:37,290 --> 00:25:39,160
He was actually my uncle.

385
00:25:39,170 --> 00:25:41,680
But he adopted you.

386
00:25:42,210 --> 00:25:45,320
I was what is quaintly
called a love child.

387
00:25:46,090 --> 00:25:47,890
My father was Gervase's younger brother.

388
00:25:47,930 --> 00:25:51,680
He was killed in the war,
and my mother was a typist.

389
00:25:51,930 --> 00:25:53,330
Ah!

390
00:25:53,450 --> 00:25:55,585
And where is she now?

391
00:25:55,585 --> 00:25:57,320
I don't know.

392
00:25:57,590 --> 00:26:00,440
When my father died,
she wrote to Gervase.

393
00:26:00,470 --> 00:26:02,610
He couldn't have any children
of his own, so he adopted me.

394
00:26:02,610 --> 00:26:04,285
I see.

395
00:26:04,385 --> 00:26:06,660
Please do sit down, Mademoiselle.

396
00:26:11,790 --> 00:26:13,780
Tell me, mademoiselle,

397
00:26:14,790 --> 00:26:18,060
on the night of the death
of Monsieur Chevenix,

398
00:26:20,970 --> 00:26:23,040
where were you at eight o'clock?

399
00:26:23,570 --> 00:26:24,885
I was in the house.

400
00:26:24,885 --> 00:26:26,100
But you went out, I think?

401
00:26:26,110 --> 00:26:27,210
- Did I?
- Oh, yes.

402
00:26:27,230 --> 00:26:29,850
There was mud on your shoes,
I remarked on that fact.

403
00:26:30,190 --> 00:26:32,360
You don't miss a thing, do you?

404
00:26:32,610 --> 00:26:35,400
Yes, I went out twice.

405
00:26:35,430 --> 00:26:38,560
At about six o'clock, I went to pick
some daisies, just by the study.

406
00:26:38,590 --> 00:26:40,740
And later?

407
00:26:42,450 --> 00:26:45,300
It must have been just after eight.

408
00:26:45,750 --> 00:26:48,700
I realized I'd dropped my brooch
and I went back to get it.

409
00:26:48,910 --> 00:26:50,690
It is as simple as that?

410
00:26:50,710 --> 00:26:53,760
If you don't believe me,
you can ask Miss Lingard.

411
00:26:53,810 --> 00:26:55,200
Mademoiselle Lingard?

412
00:26:55,230 --> 00:26:57,980
She was in the lounge,
when I came in.

413
00:27:12,390 --> 00:27:14,640
- Mr. Poirot!
- Mademoiselle Lingard.

414
00:27:14,690 --> 00:27:16,360
- Captain Hastings.
- Miss Lingard.

415
00:27:16,410 --> 00:27:18,425
Huh! You quite startled me.

416
00:27:18,425 --> 00:27:20,440
Still working on the book, I see?

417
00:27:20,470 --> 00:27:23,930
Well, yes. I was paid until
the end of the month and

418
00:27:23,970 --> 00:27:26,860
book's so nearly finished.
It's a shame to stop now.

419
00:27:26,890 --> 00:27:29,800
But this is not, I believe,
a fauve painting.

420
00:27:30,490 --> 00:27:32,560
No, it's later.

421
00:27:32,930 --> 00:27:35,820
But it's such a beautiful painting.

422
00:27:36,570 --> 00:27:39,840
- So sad...
- Yes, indeed.

423
00:27:40,850 --> 00:27:43,710
Mademoiselle Lingard, I wonder
if I might ask you some questions

424
00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:46,460
concerning the death of
Monsieur Gervase Chevenix?

425
00:27:46,890 --> 00:27:50,240
On the night of his death, as the
study door was being broken open,

426
00:27:50,290 --> 00:27:53,000
I noticed that you bent down
to retrieve something.

427
00:27:53,110 --> 00:27:55,500
Oh, yes!

428
00:27:56,390 --> 00:27:58,660
It was this.

429
00:27:58,810 --> 00:28:00,265
It looks like a bullet.

430
00:28:00,265 --> 00:28:01,920
That's what I thought.

431
00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:04,950
But in fact, it's a cuff link.

432
00:28:06,050 --> 00:28:09,920
I believe it belongs to Mr. Trent.
I was meaning to give it back to him.

433
00:28:10,150 --> 00:28:12,300
I wonder what it was doing
outside the study?

434
00:28:12,340 --> 00:28:13,441
I've no idea.

435
00:28:13,450 --> 00:28:15,780
If you permit, I shall return
it to him, on your behalf.

436
00:28:15,810 --> 00:28:17,830
Oh! Thank you.

437
00:28:18,250 --> 00:28:21,060
One final question,
Mademoiselle Lingard.

438
00:28:21,370 --> 00:28:23,360
Ruth Chevenix.

439
00:28:24,250 --> 00:28:26,220
What about her?

440
00:28:26,250 --> 00:28:29,480
I understand that you saw her
just before the body was discovered.

441
00:28:29,810 --> 00:28:33,330
Yes, it was just after
we all heard the shot.

442
00:28:33,330 --> 00:28:35,630
She was with me in the living room.

443
00:28:36,370 --> 00:28:39,460
Ah. It is as I thought.

444
00:28:40,490 --> 00:28:42,520
Merci.

445
00:28:43,770 --> 00:28:46,340
Well, that seems to
back up Ruth's story.

446
00:28:46,370 --> 00:28:49,240
Tell me Hastings, what was your
opinion of Mademoiselle Ruth?

447
00:28:49,290 --> 00:28:50,680
I dunno.

448
00:28:51,090 --> 00:28:54,220
I'd like to know why she seemed
so keen to defend John Lake.

449
00:28:54,230 --> 00:28:55,540
Precisément.

450
00:28:55,550 --> 00:28:59,980
And that is also the question that exercises
the little grey cells of Poirot.

451
00:29:04,690 --> 00:29:08,140
All right Poirot, you win.
It wasn't suicide.

452
00:29:08,430 --> 00:29:11,180
From what comes this change
of mind, Chief-Inspector?

453
00:29:11,430 --> 00:29:14,430
Well, it's like you said, Gervase
Chevenix was right-handed.

454
00:29:14,430 --> 00:29:17,580
But when we found him,
the gun was in his left hand.

455
00:29:18,170 --> 00:29:21,640
And as for the bullet,
it's vanished into thin air.

456
00:29:22,550 --> 00:29:26,170
- Isn't it in the wall?
- Nowhere.

457
00:29:27,070 --> 00:29:31,100
And here's something
you ought to see.

458
00:29:33,110 --> 00:29:36,320
The last will and testament
of Gervase Chevenix.

459
00:29:36,450 --> 00:29:39,215
Leaving his fortune,
and it's a tidy sum,

460
00:29:39,215 --> 00:29:41,980
to Vanda and Ruth Chevenix.

461
00:29:42,090 --> 00:29:44,280
They split it fifty-fifty.

462
00:29:44,370 --> 00:29:47,040
Oh and there is a bequest
of two thousand pounds

463
00:29:47,690 --> 00:29:49,740
to Hugo Trent.

464
00:29:50,910 --> 00:29:54,240
Ah! So he received
his capital, after all.

465
00:29:54,250 --> 00:29:57,040
Ah yes, but there
is something else.

466
00:29:58,490 --> 00:30:01,440
We found this in one
of his desk drawers.

467
00:30:01,790 --> 00:30:05,380
Unlocked.
Anyone could have seen it.

468
00:30:11,490 --> 00:30:13,365
A second will!

469
00:30:13,365 --> 00:30:15,840
Yes, but unsigned.

470
00:30:21,210 --> 00:30:23,265
What does it entail?

471
00:30:23,465 --> 00:30:25,920
It's completely barmy.

472
00:30:26,030 --> 00:30:27,710
Vanda Chevenix gets everything

473
00:30:27,710 --> 00:30:30,920
if Hugo Trent and Ruth Chevenix
don't marry each other.

474
00:30:31,230 --> 00:30:32,775
I say!

475
00:30:32,775 --> 00:30:35,410
That sounds like a motive for
murder, if ever I heard one.

476
00:30:35,450 --> 00:30:37,920
Right. That's what I thought, too.

477
00:30:39,030 --> 00:30:41,340
So, you are suggesting that
Monsieur Chevenix was killed

478
00:30:41,350 --> 00:30:43,640
to prevent him from signing
this new will?

479
00:30:43,770 --> 00:30:45,720
Right.

480
00:30:48,330 --> 00:30:49,920
It is possible, yes.

481
00:30:49,930 --> 00:30:52,180
But there's one thing
I'd like to know, Poirot.

482
00:30:52,570 --> 00:30:54,170
What is that, Chief-Inspector?

483
00:30:54,170 --> 00:30:56,570
What exactly were you doing
at Hamborough Close?

484
00:30:56,690 --> 00:30:58,640
How did you get
mixed up in all this?

485
00:31:00,130 --> 00:31:01,360
Fraud?

486
00:31:01,370 --> 00:31:03,440
That is what Monsieur
Chevenix believed.

487
00:31:14,290 --> 00:31:16,280
Northgate Developments.

488
00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:18,270
Not quite what you'd expect, is it?

489
00:31:18,290 --> 00:31:20,480
Or if this place is just a fraud,
Captain Hastings,

490
00:31:20,530 --> 00:31:22,680
it's exactly what I'd expect.

491
00:31:26,350 --> 00:31:28,380
The door is open.

492
00:31:35,170 --> 00:31:37,160
It's very quiet.

493
00:31:38,190 --> 00:31:40,340
There don't seem to
be anybody about.

494
00:31:40,490 --> 00:31:42,205
Place is deserted.

495
00:31:42,305 --> 00:31:44,020
They must've done a baulk.

496
00:31:45,730 --> 00:31:48,810
I say Poirot! Come and look at this.

497
00:31:52,530 --> 00:31:54,525
Pond Street Harrow.

498
00:31:55,325 --> 00:31:57,210
It's a scale model of the development.

499
00:31:57,210 --> 00:31:59,960
Does it not remind you
of something, Hastings?

500
00:32:00,410 --> 00:32:02,320
Looks a bit like Hamborough Close.

501
00:32:02,610 --> 00:32:04,910
It is the work of the same hand.

502
00:32:07,850 --> 00:32:11,180
Hastings! Do you smell smoke?

503
00:32:12,150 --> 00:32:13,940
Yeah.

504
00:32:25,370 --> 00:32:27,830
God, there's someone in there. Japp!

505
00:32:28,710 --> 00:32:30,620
What is it?

506
00:32:32,420 --> 00:32:33,797
Blimey...

507
00:32:38,810 --> 00:32:40,185
It's John Lake.

508
00:32:40,185 --> 00:32:41,760
Come on, get him outside.

509
00:32:44,030 --> 00:32:47,020
Sacré, the fire!
It is spreading!

510
00:32:48,550 --> 00:32:51,400
Chief-Inspector, Hastings, follow me!

511
00:32:55,630 --> 00:32:57,720
Careful, Captain Hastings!

512
00:32:57,770 --> 00:32:59,680
I can't see...

513
00:33:18,730 --> 00:33:20,840
Good Lord!

514
00:33:31,690 --> 00:33:33,680
Mr. Poirot...

515
00:33:35,150 --> 00:33:37,450
Sorry. I've been foolish.

516
00:33:38,070 --> 00:33:41,380
You wish to tell me about Northgate
Development, Monsieur Lake?

517
00:33:41,830 --> 00:33:43,860
Yes.

518
00:33:47,190 --> 00:33:49,245
I did not know what I was doing.

519
00:33:49,245 --> 00:33:51,300
That's the truth of it.

520
00:33:51,690 --> 00:33:54,150
I was out of my depth.

521
00:33:55,570 --> 00:33:58,240
To start with, I was just the architect.

522
00:33:59,170 --> 00:34:01,880
They asked me if I'd
like to be a partner.

523
00:34:02,750 --> 00:34:06,900
I didn't know anything about
business, but I was flattered.

524
00:34:07,210 --> 00:34:09,445
And so you helped them to raise the finance?

525
00:34:09,445 --> 00:34:10,580
Yes.

526
00:34:10,590 --> 00:34:13,640
And they disappeared with it,
leaving you to carry the can.

527
00:34:13,890 --> 00:34:15,760
That's right.

528
00:34:15,830 --> 00:34:20,200
When Gervase called you in,
I..., I was afraid. I panicked.

529
00:34:21,970 --> 00:34:24,260
I just wanted to get rid of the evidence.

530
00:34:24,590 --> 00:34:27,180
So it was you that started the blaze?

531
00:34:28,230 --> 00:34:31,820
I set a device, a timer.

532
00:34:32,370 --> 00:34:35,040
Which misfired.

533
00:34:38,950 --> 00:34:43,000
If you..., if you hadn't found me...

534
00:34:52,330 --> 00:34:54,730
- Mr. Poirot...
- Mademoiselle.

535
00:34:54,850 --> 00:34:58,880
Chief-Inspector. I have to go in.

536
00:34:59,170 --> 00:35:01,020
I'm sorry, miss. No visitors.

537
00:35:01,020 --> 00:35:02,970
But you don't understand.
I must see him.

538
00:35:02,990 --> 00:35:05,240
It's family only.
Those are doctor's orders.

539
00:35:06,090 --> 00:35:08,750
I am family, Chief-Inspector.

540
00:35:09,950 --> 00:35:11,980
I'm his wife.

541
00:35:13,270 --> 00:35:16,020
John and I were married a week ago.

542
00:35:18,150 --> 00:35:20,400
Can I go in?

543
00:35:21,390 --> 00:35:23,870
Your husband awaits you.

544
00:35:30,310 --> 00:35:32,300
Well, well, well.

545
00:35:33,090 --> 00:35:36,300
So, Ruth secretly married John!

546
00:35:36,450 --> 00:35:38,800
Well, good luck to
her, is all I can say.

547
00:35:38,810 --> 00:35:41,120
But you also have plans for the marriage,
Mademoiselle Susan.

548
00:35:41,150 --> 00:35:44,880
Yes. And from now on, I'll be
helping Hugo with his business.

549
00:35:44,990 --> 00:35:46,945
But what brings you here, Mr. Poirot?

550
00:35:46,945 --> 00:35:48,100
Do you want to place an order?

551
00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:49,720
Oh non, non, non, Monsieur Trent.

552
00:35:49,720 --> 00:35:52,620
It is just this. It belongs, I think, to you.

553
00:35:54,390 --> 00:35:57,465
Yes. Yes, it is mine.

554
00:35:58,065 --> 00:36:00,140
Where did you find it?

555
00:36:00,530 --> 00:36:03,005
Monsieur Trent, on the night
that your uncle died,

556
00:36:03,005 --> 00:36:05,080
did you see Monsieur John Lake?

557
00:36:05,150 --> 00:36:07,840
No. No, he was in the library.

558
00:36:07,890 --> 00:36:09,525
You heard the shot?

559
00:36:09,525 --> 00:36:12,010
Yes. Susan heard it too.

560
00:36:12,010 --> 00:36:14,825
Yes, I was dashing down the corridor.

561
00:36:14,825 --> 00:36:16,740
I thought it was a car backfiring.

562
00:36:16,790 --> 00:36:19,040
But why were you dashing,
Mademoiselle?

563
00:36:19,290 --> 00:36:22,540
I'd got muddled with the gongs,
and I was terrified of being late.

564
00:36:22,790 --> 00:36:25,140
You see, I thought I'd already
heard the first gong.

565
00:36:25,190 --> 00:36:28,620
- Yes, I thought I heard it too.
- Exactly, Hastings.

566
00:36:29,650 --> 00:36:31,950
And yet, I, Hercule Poirot,

567
00:36:32,650 --> 00:36:34,680
did not hear.

568
00:36:40,010 --> 00:36:43,010
- The case is solved.
- Solved? How?

569
00:36:43,010 --> 00:36:46,400
Ah Hastings, did you not hear the
testimony of Mademoiselle Cardwell?

570
00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:48,580
And do you not recollect
the bottle of champagne?

571
00:36:48,610 --> 00:36:51,280
It's gonna take more than champagne
to solve this case, Poirot.

572
00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:53,310
What about the bullet, for instance?

573
00:36:53,410 --> 00:36:56,200
You shall have the bullet, Chief-Inspector.

574
00:36:56,210 --> 00:36:59,480
Soon, you shall have everything.

575
00:37:01,730 --> 00:37:03,280
I have asked you all to come here

576
00:37:03,290 --> 00:37:04,880
so that you might learn the true facts

577
00:37:04,910 --> 00:37:07,880
concerning the death of
Monsieur Gervase Chevenix.

578
00:37:07,910 --> 00:37:10,120
He is not dead.

579
00:37:10,270 --> 00:37:11,380
Madame?!

580
00:37:11,390 --> 00:37:15,280
He's on a different spiritual plane.
That's all.

581
00:37:15,310 --> 00:37:17,100
Vanda...

582
00:37:17,710 --> 00:37:21,620
First, we must accept the fact
that this was no suicide.

583
00:37:22,010 --> 00:37:24,040
Monsieur Chevenix did not kill himself.

584
00:37:24,050 --> 00:37:27,700
Non. He was killed.

585
00:37:27,850 --> 00:37:32,260
- And by someone in this very room.
- It's not possible.

586
00:37:32,410 --> 00:37:34,840
There was no one in here
when we broke in.

587
00:37:34,930 --> 00:37:37,960
The door was locked from the inside.
Gervase had the key.

588
00:37:38,090 --> 00:37:39,895
And the windows were fastened.

589
00:37:39,895 --> 00:37:42,100
Anyway, no one would've
wanted to kill him.

590
00:37:42,110 --> 00:37:43,900
Indeed.

591
00:37:44,050 --> 00:37:45,900
And yet, it was you,
Mademoiselle Cardwell,

592
00:37:45,900 --> 00:37:48,050
you yourself who told to
me that you hated him.

593
00:37:48,410 --> 00:37:52,180
And that you would not let nothing stand
in between you and Monsieur Hugo Trent.

594
00:37:52,190 --> 00:37:53,440
That's not fair.

595
00:37:53,450 --> 00:37:55,247
And you, Monsieur Trent,

596
00:37:55,247 --> 00:37:58,240
you were desperate to
see your business succeed.

597
00:37:59,090 --> 00:38:00,945
It's true. I-I needed money.

598
00:38:00,945 --> 00:38:03,200
Money which you now have, monsieur.

599
00:38:03,770 --> 00:38:07,320
Money which you would never have
received without the death of your uncle.

600
00:38:14,330 --> 00:38:16,280
You also, Monsieur Lake...

601
00:38:16,310 --> 00:38:18,142
Oh, yes.

602
00:38:18,142 --> 00:38:21,540
You are afraid from the moment
you set eyes on Poirot.

603
00:38:21,890 --> 00:38:24,240
You have not only committed arson,

604
00:38:24,290 --> 00:38:26,000
you also persuaded
Monsieur Chevenix

605
00:38:26,030 --> 00:38:28,940
to part with the sum of
ten thousand pounds.

606
00:38:29,090 --> 00:38:32,040
- That wasn't my fault!
- Non?

607
00:38:32,390 --> 00:38:35,220
I think Monsieur Chevenix
might have disagreed.

608
00:38:36,310 --> 00:38:38,540
And you, also.

609
00:38:38,850 --> 00:38:42,850
You had every good reason to wish
your guardian dead, Madame Lake.

610
00:38:42,970 --> 00:38:45,040
I had no reason at all.

611
00:38:45,090 --> 00:38:47,340
Anyway, even if it was murder,
it couldn't have been me.

612
00:38:47,340 --> 00:38:49,300
- Non?
- I told you, Mr. Poirot.

613
00:38:49,310 --> 00:38:52,580
Miss Ruth was in the living room with
me when Mr. Chevenix was killed.

614
00:38:52,630 --> 00:38:54,395
At what time was that,
Mademoiselle Lingard?

615
00:38:54,395 --> 00:38:56,660
And at what time did
Monsieur Chevenix die?

616
00:38:56,690 --> 00:38:59,520
We know the time he died.
We heard the shot.

617
00:38:59,550 --> 00:39:01,425
Non, non, non!

618
00:39:01,425 --> 00:39:03,300
You were deceived.

619
00:39:04,730 --> 00:39:08,660
At eight o'clock, Monsieur Chevenix
was indeed in his study,

620
00:39:08,690 --> 00:39:10,540
working at his desk.

621
00:39:11,370 --> 00:39:13,620
But he was not alone in the room.

622
00:39:14,590 --> 00:39:16,500
He turned.

623
00:39:18,410 --> 00:39:20,210
The gun was silenced.

624
00:39:21,130 --> 00:39:24,940
No one heard the shot.

625
00:39:26,210 --> 00:39:31,660
So, let us now consider
the language of the bullet.

626
00:39:34,570 --> 00:39:36,800
Hastings, please do sit.

627
00:39:39,270 --> 00:39:43,740
The gun was discovered in the
left hand of Monsieur Chevenix.

628
00:39:44,690 --> 00:39:46,980
Good. My card.

629
00:39:47,130 --> 00:39:48,540
And yet, from our very first meeting,

630
00:39:48,540 --> 00:39:51,880
I knew that Monsieur
Chevenix was right-handed.

631
00:39:52,230 --> 00:39:55,700
But if the bullet was fired from behind...

632
00:39:56,090 --> 00:39:59,200
Hastings? Comme ça...

633
00:39:59,670 --> 00:40:03,260
How could it possibly hit the
mirror which is to the side?

634
00:40:03,550 --> 00:40:05,580
- Well, it couldn't have.
- Non.

635
00:40:05,730 --> 00:40:08,590
So, now let us suppose that
the door to the study was open.

636
00:40:08,590 --> 00:40:10,720
If you please, Monsieur Snell.

637
00:40:15,810 --> 00:40:17,620
Thank you.

638
00:40:17,670 --> 00:40:22,360
And again, Hastings,
the gun comme ça.

639
00:40:23,730 --> 00:40:25,680
It would have hit the gong!

640
00:40:26,590 --> 00:40:28,585
So that was the gong I heard.

641
00:40:28,585 --> 00:40:30,880
Well then, how did the mirror get broken?

642
00:40:31,150 --> 00:40:34,100
The murderer wanted to make
it an appearance of suicide.

643
00:40:34,430 --> 00:40:37,260
But what if the sound of
the gong has been heard?

644
00:40:37,390 --> 00:40:40,980
Then it would be known that the door
to the study was open and not closed.

645
00:40:41,230 --> 00:40:44,260
Quickly, the door is closed...

646
00:40:44,490 --> 00:40:46,320
... and locked.

647
00:40:46,750 --> 00:40:50,290
The gun is placed into the
left hand of the dead man.

648
00:40:50,630 --> 00:40:53,080
The key goes into the pocket.

649
00:40:53,110 --> 00:40:56,460
The suicide note of one
word is easily forged

650
00:40:56,650 --> 00:41:00,420
and the mirror
deliberately smashed.

651
00:41:03,670 --> 00:41:06,740
When I first came here, you will
remember, Chief-Inspector,

652
00:41:06,890 --> 00:41:11,310
that I discovered a fragment of the looking
glass attached to this brass ornament,

653
00:41:11,310 --> 00:41:14,390
the base of which was
also slightly damaged.

654
00:41:15,110 --> 00:41:17,790
It was then that I saw the light.

655
00:41:18,230 --> 00:41:19,805
So, what happened then?

656
00:41:19,805 --> 00:41:21,580
How did the killer leave?

657
00:41:22,610 --> 00:41:24,960
The killer left through the window,

658
00:41:25,110 --> 00:41:28,160
cleverly closing the latch
from the outside.

659
00:41:29,190 --> 00:41:30,690
Voilà.

660
00:41:30,830 --> 00:41:33,180
So, who was it?
Who was the murderer?

661
00:41:37,030 --> 00:41:40,580
Who entered the house,
that night, from the garden?

662
00:41:41,870 --> 00:41:43,980
And who would have lost everything

663
00:41:44,470 --> 00:41:48,120
if Monsieur Chevenix had
lived to sign his new will?

664
00:41:49,150 --> 00:41:50,580
What new will?

665
00:41:50,610 --> 00:41:55,240
The will that disinherited you completely
if you did not marry Monsieur Hugo Trent.

666
00:41:55,290 --> 00:41:57,365
But it was too late, Madame Lake,

667
00:41:57,365 --> 00:41:59,340
for you were already married.

668
00:41:59,350 --> 00:42:02,210
No, you're wrong.
Stop him.

669
00:42:02,250 --> 00:42:04,610
Non, Monsieur Poirot is never wrong.

670
00:42:04,710 --> 00:42:07,340
The will, it was left in this room.
You could have seen it at any time.

671
00:42:07,350 --> 00:42:09,320
But it was too late to undo
what you had already done.

672
00:42:09,350 --> 00:42:12,360
Oh yes, you were married, but to the
man your guardian most disliked.

673
00:42:12,410 --> 00:42:15,185
I was going to tell him. I hated lying.

674
00:42:15,185 --> 00:42:16,610
I planned to tell him that very night.

675
00:42:16,610 --> 00:42:18,835
No, not to tell him, madame. To kill him.

676
00:42:18,835 --> 00:42:19,960
You're wrong!

677
00:42:20,010 --> 00:42:21,530
Not a word of truth in your story.

678
00:42:21,530 --> 00:42:23,850
It's a lie from start to finish.

679
00:42:25,290 --> 00:42:28,350
That is for a jury to decide.

680
00:42:39,130 --> 00:42:40,745
You sure you're gonna be all right, Vanda?

681
00:42:40,745 --> 00:42:43,760
Yes, yes. Good night, Hugo.

682
00:42:44,370 --> 00:42:46,360
Good night, Mrs. Chevenix.

683
00:42:53,230 --> 00:42:56,880
Ah! Poor Ruth.
I still don't believe it.

684
00:43:09,270 --> 00:43:12,220
I hope you know what
you're doing, Poirot.

685
00:43:32,290 --> 00:43:34,140
Vanda...

686
00:43:34,490 --> 00:43:36,920
Wake up...

687
00:43:43,090 --> 00:43:45,160
Who is it?

688
00:43:46,110 --> 00:43:49,170
It's Saphra, Vanda...

689
00:43:50,010 --> 00:43:54,360
Come downstairs.

690
00:44:16,310 --> 00:44:20,760
It was you, Vanda.

691
00:44:20,890 --> 00:44:23,140
You killed him.

692
00:44:23,290 --> 00:44:27,110
- No.
- You know it was.

693
00:44:27,270 --> 00:44:30,820
You killed Gervase.

694
00:44:31,810 --> 00:44:34,680
Come down.

695
00:44:35,170 --> 00:44:38,180
Come down.

696
00:44:44,010 --> 00:44:48,730
You killed him because you hated him.

697
00:44:48,730 --> 00:44:52,850
Now you must make amends.

698
00:44:52,850 --> 00:44:54,520
I didn't...

699
00:44:54,530 --> 00:44:59,340
What have you hidden
in your locket, Vanda?

700
00:45:01,190 --> 00:45:05,220
The bullet that killed your husband.

701
00:45:05,370 --> 00:45:07,280
No.

702
00:45:11,230 --> 00:45:16,640
You must write a
note admitting it.

703
00:45:19,050 --> 00:45:21,740
And then...

704
00:45:22,590 --> 00:45:24,420
No...

705
00:45:29,950 --> 00:45:32,060
It is enough!

706
00:45:35,950 --> 00:45:38,452
I knew that you would try something,
Mademoiselle Lingard.

707
00:45:38,452 --> 00:45:40,320
But this?

708
00:45:40,390 --> 00:45:42,180
It's diabolical.

709
00:45:42,190 --> 00:45:44,440
I had to save her.

710
00:45:44,650 --> 00:45:46,920
I had to save Ruth.

711
00:45:47,450 --> 00:45:49,160
Yes, I know.

712
00:45:49,770 --> 00:45:51,005
And in order to save her,

713
00:45:51,005 --> 00:45:53,840
you killed Monsieur Gervase Chevenix.

714
00:45:54,970 --> 00:45:58,750
And you are the real mother
of Ruth Chevenix, are you not?

715
00:45:58,790 --> 00:46:03,000
The typist with whom the brother of
Monsieur Gervase Chevenix fell in love.

716
00:46:03,090 --> 00:46:05,040
How did you know?

717
00:46:05,150 --> 00:46:07,400
There could be no other explanation.

718
00:46:07,910 --> 00:46:11,100
And in the museum,
that was when I saw.

719
00:46:11,710 --> 00:46:14,060
But it's such a beautiful painting.

720
00:46:15,370 --> 00:46:17,320
So sad.

721
00:46:19,990 --> 00:46:23,610
It was a painting of a mother
who loses her child.

722
00:46:24,110 --> 00:46:26,360
And it was then that I saw

723
00:46:26,410 --> 00:46:29,960
that you were also a mother
who had lost her child.

724
00:46:31,090 --> 00:46:32,615
And you came to this house,
I think,

725
00:46:32,620 --> 00:46:34,795
to check up on the daughter
that you had lost

726
00:46:34,830 --> 00:46:38,075
so you took up the
position of a researcher.

727
00:46:38,475 --> 00:46:40,320
Yes.

728
00:46:40,750 --> 00:46:45,700
And while you were working,
you stumbled across the new will.

729
00:46:46,290 --> 00:46:49,250
He was going to ruin
her life with his...

730
00:46:49,490 --> 00:46:53,300
... pride and his snobbery.

731
00:46:53,410 --> 00:46:56,440
So you decided to take matters
into your own hand.

732
00:46:57,810 --> 00:47:01,200
You killed Monsieur Gervase Chevenix,
exactly as I described.

733
00:47:02,490 --> 00:47:04,480
You then left the study,

734
00:47:05,090 --> 00:47:08,540
taking care to leave no
footprints in the soil.

735
00:47:14,290 --> 00:47:16,080
But unknown to you,

736
00:47:16,130 --> 00:47:18,700
a few moments later,
Ruth Chevenix appeared

737
00:47:18,701 --> 00:47:21,101
in search of a brooch
which she had lost.

738
00:47:24,390 --> 00:47:29,640
She found it, but in doing so,
left behind her own footprints.

739
00:47:30,310 --> 00:47:33,340
It was then necessary to continue
the illusion of suicide,

740
00:47:33,530 --> 00:47:36,520
and to establish a false time of death.

741
00:47:36,530 --> 00:47:40,660
It was very clever, that idea
of yours to imitate a gun.

742
00:47:43,190 --> 00:47:45,660
You then, went into the living room

743
00:47:45,710 --> 00:47:48,750
and were there when
Ruth Chevenix came in.

744
00:47:52,150 --> 00:47:54,220
Good evening, Miss Ruth.

745
00:47:54,890 --> 00:47:57,380
Oh! Good evening, Miss Lingard.

746
00:47:57,490 --> 00:47:59,670
I found it most significant
that you did not tell to me

747
00:47:59,720 --> 00:48:02,921
that Ruth Chevenix entered
the living room from the garden.

748
00:48:03,010 --> 00:48:05,160
Well, how could I?

749
00:48:05,250 --> 00:48:07,940
It would have incriminated her.

750
00:48:09,710 --> 00:48:12,560
And there was now but
one thing left to do.

751
00:48:12,990 --> 00:48:14,880
The bullet.

752
00:48:14,950 --> 00:48:18,400
I found it by the gong when you
were breaking through the door.

753
00:48:19,930 --> 00:48:23,040
I wanted to drop it inside the study,

754
00:48:23,650 --> 00:48:26,310
but I didn't get the chance.

755
00:48:27,230 --> 00:48:29,690
And the cuff link
of Monsieur Trent?

756
00:48:30,650 --> 00:48:32,600
I stole that from his room.

757
00:48:33,050 --> 00:48:36,062
I knew you'd seen me
picking up the bullet,

758
00:48:36,430 --> 00:48:39,320
so I had to have something
to show you.

759
00:48:40,490 --> 00:48:44,330
You almost succeeded
in confusing Poirot.

760
00:48:46,910 --> 00:48:48,980
Chief-Inspector.

761
00:48:50,790 --> 00:48:53,290
I think you better come along
with me, Miss Lingard.

762
00:48:57,130 --> 00:48:59,120
Mr. Poirot,

763
00:49:00,030 --> 00:49:03,180
I didn't want Ruth to see me.

764
00:49:03,230 --> 00:49:05,690
I don't care what happens to me,

765
00:49:06,090 --> 00:49:07,880
but please...

766
00:49:09,610 --> 00:49:11,960
... don't let her see me.

767
00:49:18,050 --> 00:49:20,280
You have my word.

768
00:49:21,790 --> 00:49:23,580
Thank you.

769
00:49:27,681 --> 00:49:30,681
♪

770
00:49:38,890 --> 00:49:42,000
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