1
00:00:10,860 --> 00:00:16,214
<i>Go, get some water and wash
this filthy witness from your hand.</i>

2
00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:19,819
<i>Why did you bring these daggers
from the place?</i>

3
00:00:19,820 --> 00:00:21,214
<i>They must lie there.</i>

4
00:00:21,300 --> 00:00:25,070
<i>Go, carry them, and smear
the sleepy grooms with blood.</i>

5
00:00:25,260 --> 00:00:27,569
<i>I'll go no more.</i>

6
00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:31,113
<i>I'm afraid to think what I have done.</i>

7
00:00:32,660 --> 00:00:34,412
<i>Give me the daggers.</i>

8
00:00:34,500 --> 00:00:38,698
<i>The sleeping and the dead
are but as pictures.</i>

9
00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:43,192
<i>'Tis the eye of childhood
that fears a painted devil.</i>

10
00:00:44,580 --> 00:00:46,536
<i>If he do bleed,</i>

11
00:00:47,300 --> 00:00:51,418
<i>I'll gild the faces of the grooms withal,</i>

12
00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:54,770
<i>for it must seem their guilt.</i>

13
00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:07,093
Father!

14
00:01:09,380 --> 00:01:11,116
How could you do it?

15
00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:14,810
How could you embarrass me on my
first night in front of all those people?

16
00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,214
Embarrassed?
Who was embarrassed?

17
00:01:17,300 --> 00:01:19,394
I was the one who had to
sit there and watch my wife

18
00:01:19,394 --> 00:01:21,288
cavorting in the arms of another man.

19
00:01:21,290 --> 00:01:23,669
It's a play, George.
It's William Shakespeare.

20
00:01:23,670 --> 00:01:27,455
It's nothing but an excuse,
an excuse for bestial behaviour,

21
00:01:27,460 --> 00:01:29,769
and a chance to humiliate me in public.

22
00:01:29,860 --> 00:01:32,658
And with a man like Brian Martin!

23
00:01:32,690 --> 00:01:35,015
It's obvious you're having an affair!

24
00:01:35,020 --> 00:01:38,117
Don't be ridiculous, George.
We were acting.

25
00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:40,158
God, what a fool I was!

26
00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:42,715
I should never have married you!

27
00:01:42,900 --> 00:01:45,040
So you admit it was a mistake?

28
00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:46,758
Well, I agree.

29
00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:48,727
So why don't we end this misery now?

30
00:01:48,727 --> 00:01:50,574
Please, George, I want a divorce.

31
00:01:50,580 --> 00:01:52,176
You think I'll give you a divorce?

32
00:01:52,176 --> 00:01:53,672
Absolutely not.

33
00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:56,074
But... why not?

34
00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:58,068
Because I'm George Alfred
St Vincent Marsh.

35
00:01:58,068 --> 00:02:00,368
Fourth Baron Edgware.
That's why not.

36
00:02:00,368 --> 00:02:01,756
You are my wife.

37
00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:04,449
That is how you will remain!

38
00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,116
No, no, no, no.

39
00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:16,512
Cases solved, 1928-9.

40
00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:18,319
A to N. Poisons.

41
00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:21,195
That should be with
the others over there.

42
00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,613
1929-1933...

43
00:02:24,620 --> 00:02:27,016
Good morning, Mr Poirot.

44
00:02:27,220 --> 00:02:29,436
Bonjour, Miss Lemon.

45
00:02:29,860 --> 00:02:31,935
The last of the cases, they have arrived?

46
00:02:31,940 --> 00:02:34,859
They're just bringing them in now,
but in quite the wrong order.

47
00:02:34,860 --> 00:02:37,949
I'm afraid I'm going to have
to overhaul the entire system.

48
00:02:37,949 --> 00:02:40,138
And the post has come.

49
00:02:40,140 --> 00:02:41,155
Bon.

50
00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:43,116
Let us see what we have.

51
00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:45,797
How many more of these?

52
00:02:45,797 --> 00:02:47,795
Don't even ask!

53
00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:50,412
There. Come on, take another one.

54
00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:52,995
What have we here?

55
00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:57,778
An invitation to an evening
with Miss Carlotta Adams.

56
00:02:57,780 --> 00:02:59,098
The actress.

57
00:02:59,100 --> 00:03:00,533
I do not know this name.

58
00:03:00,540 --> 00:03:02,175
I read about her in the papers.

59
00:03:02,175 --> 00:03:04,090
She's American, comedy actress.

60
00:03:04,100 --> 00:03:06,356
She does impersonations.

61
00:03:07,620 --> 00:03:09,531
Impersonations?

62
00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:11,519
No, no, no, no.

63
00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:13,556
This is not for Poirot.

64
00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:15,575
Why they invite me,
even I cannot imagine.

65
00:03:15,575 --> 00:03:17,391
Careful!

66
00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:22,996
We have a telegram.

67
00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:27,460
Mon Dieu!
It is from the good Captain Hastings.

68
00:03:27,460 --> 00:03:29,156
All the way from Argentina?

69
00:03:29,156 --> 00:03:30,532
No, no, no, Miss Lemon.

70
00:03:30,540 --> 00:03:32,451
This is sent from Paris.

71
00:03:32,740 --> 00:03:36,339
He writes that he is in transit
from Buenos Aires to London.

72
00:03:36,340 --> 00:03:40,157
And the aeroplane, it arrives...

73
00:03:41,140 --> 00:03:43,610
...in just one hour from now.

74
00:03:44,340 --> 00:03:46,299
What about his wife?

75
00:03:46,299 --> 00:03:48,358
Well, of course, she will be with him.

76
00:03:51,020 --> 00:03:52,715
Come, Miss Lemon, vite, vite!

77
00:03:52,715 --> 00:03:54,410
They must already be here.

78
00:03:54,410 --> 00:03:55,992
Don't worry, Mr Poirot.

79
00:03:55,993 --> 00:03:58,853
- He won't have passed through customs yet.
- Excuse me!

80
00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:00,860
- The flight from Paris, sir?
- Oui.

81
00:04:00,860 --> 00:04:02,857
It landed about 20 minutes ago.

82
00:04:04,260 --> 00:04:06,176
If you please, can you tell me
if there was a passenger

83
00:04:06,176 --> 00:04:08,480
by the name of Captain Arthur Hastings?

84
00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:10,308
One moment, sir.

85
00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,689
Mr Poirot.
There he is now.

86
00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:18,574
Hastings!

87
00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:21,290
Poirot, my dear chap!

88
00:04:21,290 --> 00:04:23,144
Ah, mon cher Hastings.

89
00:04:23,144 --> 00:04:26,600
It was beyond all my expectations
to see you again so soon.

90
00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:31,076
- Welcome home, Captain Hastings.
- Miss Lemon.

91
00:04:33,620 --> 00:04:35,456
All these baggages?

92
00:04:35,460 --> 00:04:36,798
Well, they're all mine.

93
00:04:36,798 --> 00:04:39,416
Well, you intend therefore to
remain here for some time?

94
00:04:39,420 --> 00:04:41,392
Well, er... yes.

95
00:04:41,394 --> 00:04:44,399
And Madame Hastings?

96
00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:52,413
Everything was going fine
until I made a foolish mistake.

97
00:04:52,500 --> 00:04:56,937
I invested in the Pampas de Fernandez
Consolidated Railway.

98
00:04:56,940 --> 00:04:58,658
Well, they weren't consolidated.

99
00:04:58,658 --> 00:05:00,456
They didn't have a railway.

100
00:05:00,460 --> 00:05:03,618
And there's a huge mountain
range between the two places.

101
00:05:03,620 --> 00:05:05,991
I lost just about everything.

102
00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:08,808
Poor Bella stayed behind to sell the ranch.

103
00:05:08,810 --> 00:05:11,494
I've come over here to find
somewhere for us to live.

104
00:05:11,580 --> 00:05:14,697
Not that she's said a word against me.
She's such a wonderful person.

105
00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:17,758
We're still as much in love
as the day we met.

106
00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:19,097
When, if I remember correctly,

107
00:05:19,097 --> 00:05:21,735
you thought her to be guilty
of murder, n'est-ce pas?

108
00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:26,838
Yes, well, since then, I think I've
learned what makes women tick.

109
00:05:26,840 --> 00:05:29,659
Ah, yes.
The ticking of the women.

110
00:05:29,740 --> 00:05:32,356
It has always been a mystery to Poirot.

111
00:05:34,060 --> 00:05:37,211
Where will you stay while you're
in London, Captain Hastings?

112
00:05:37,300 --> 00:05:39,375
Well, I'm booked into the Palace.

113
00:05:39,460 --> 00:05:41,518
Oh, the Piccadilly Palace Hotel.

114
00:05:41,518 --> 00:05:44,176
I'll start looking for a flat
as soon as possible.

115
00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:46,954
If I can afford London prices.

116
00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:49,670
Poor Captain Hastings.

117
00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:52,298
You need taking out of yourself.

118
00:05:52,380 --> 00:05:53,852
I know...

119
00:05:53,940 --> 00:05:55,892
why don't you take him to that show?

120
00:05:55,980 --> 00:05:56,975
Show?

121
00:05:56,980 --> 00:05:58,297
Carlotta Adams.

122
00:05:58,297 --> 00:06:00,894
It's on tonight and everyone
says she's most amusing.

123
00:06:00,900 --> 00:06:02,572
I'm sure you'll both enjoy it.

124
00:06:02,660 --> 00:06:05,254
No, no, no, Miss Lemon,
I'm sure it would be of no interest at all.

125
00:06:05,340 --> 00:06:08,338
Well, actually, it might be
just what the doctor ordered.

126
00:06:08,420 --> 00:06:10,597
I haven't any other plans.

127
00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:17,374
Leave me alone, Brian,
just leave me alone!

128
00:06:17,374 --> 00:06:18,979
You invited me, do you remember?

129
00:06:18,980 --> 00:06:20,891
I thought we could still be friends.

130
00:06:20,892 --> 00:06:23,599
Your husband's right, you know.
You are completely heartless.

131
00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:25,493
That's not fair.

132
00:06:25,940 --> 00:06:28,500
Jane, if we are going to be
seen together in public,

133
00:06:28,500 --> 00:06:30,932
we may as well at least put on an act.

134
00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:43,176
Who is that, Hastings?

135
00:06:43,176 --> 00:06:45,372
That's Jane Wilkinson, the actress.

136
00:06:46,180 --> 00:06:48,852
What a beautiful woman, Poirot!

137
00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:50,578
Yes, indeed.

138
00:06:50,578 --> 00:06:53,392
But also, I am thinking,
the unhappy one.

139
00:06:54,060 --> 00:06:57,516
Pour me a gin and tonic, Godfrey,
and make it a large one.

140
00:06:57,520 --> 00:06:59,112
I've been in America, you know.

141
00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:03,932
I haven't had a drink in 13 years.

142
00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:07,530
You're really very good!

143
00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:15,110
President Roosevelt is ending Prohibition.

144
00:07:15,300 --> 00:07:18,258
I don't believe it. What's the man doing?

145
00:07:18,340 --> 00:07:20,934
He must be drunk.

146
00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:26,651
Meanwhile, in Berlin,

147
00:07:26,660 --> 00:07:29,279
the new Chancellor is
prohibiting everything.

148
00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:33,688
I say zis to you today.

149
00:07:33,780 --> 00:07:35,736
I vill prohibit the artists.

150
00:07:35,820 --> 00:07:37,697
I vill prohibit the writers.

151
00:07:37,780 --> 00:07:41,011
If you don't agree with me,
I vill prohibit you!

152
00:07:46,300 --> 00:07:48,595
Good grief!

153
00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:52,256
Someone has shot Herr Hitler.

154
00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:53,834
So...

155
00:07:53,980 --> 00:07:56,018
...who do we call in?

156
00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:14,377
Ah! Regarde.

157
00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:17,798
Zere is a dead body on ze floor.

158
00:08:17,980 --> 00:08:22,011
I will now 'ave to use my little grey cells.

159
00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:26,118
But why 'as Monsieur 'itler
been assassinated?

160
00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:29,153
Was it, perhaps, his politics?

161
00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:30,975
Non.

162
00:08:31,060 --> 00:08:33,210
I think it was, instead,

163
00:08:33,300 --> 00:08:36,378
because of his ridiculous...

164
00:08:36,660 --> 00:08:38,871
moustache.

165
00:08:55,020 --> 00:08:57,659
Well, thank you, Poirot.
I really enjoyed that.

166
00:08:57,660 --> 00:09:00,358
I must say, I thought those impressions
were absolutely spot on.

167
00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:01,858
You thought so, Hastings?

168
00:09:01,858 --> 00:09:04,777
For me, they were something
of an exaggeration.

169
00:09:04,860 --> 00:09:06,852
- Mr Poirot...
- Madame.

170
00:09:06,940 --> 00:09:09,554
My name is Jane Wilkinson, and er...

171
00:09:10,380 --> 00:09:13,652
I know this isn't really the place,
but I noticed you were here and...

172
00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:15,678
I wonder...

173
00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:17,938
I very much need your help.

174
00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:19,748
Jane!

175
00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:25,376
Hey! And the real Hercule Poirot!

176
00:09:25,560 --> 00:09:28,833
I didn't know you two were friends.

177
00:09:28,860 --> 00:09:31,152
Uhh... Carlotta.

178
00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:33,149
Mademoiselle.

179
00:09:33,150 --> 00:09:35,644
I'm really glad you came
to the show, Mr Poirot.

180
00:09:35,644 --> 00:09:37,418
It's just great for the publicity.

181
00:09:37,420 --> 00:09:39,909
Why don't you come over for a drink?

182
00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:42,508
Well, er...

183
00:09:43,820 --> 00:09:46,434
I would be content to
join you, mademoiselle.

184
00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:48,135
Great!

185
00:09:50,620 --> 00:09:52,553
Look who I just found.

186
00:09:52,940 --> 00:09:56,615
Mr Poirot, this is my very best
friend in London, Penny Driver,

187
00:09:56,700 --> 00:09:59,234
who makes the most wonderful hats.

188
00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:01,231
How do you do, Mr Poirot?

189
00:10:01,220 --> 00:10:02,540
Mademoiselle.

190
00:10:02,540 --> 00:10:04,371
You must know Brian Martin.

191
00:10:04,460 --> 00:10:05,375
Monsieur Martin.

192
00:10:05,380 --> 00:10:08,215
And this is Ronald Marsh.

193
00:10:08,500 --> 00:10:11,197
- I'm a theatrical producer, Mr Poirot.
- Monsieur Marsh.

194
00:10:11,198 --> 00:10:12,968
Trying to sign on Carlotta.

195
00:10:12,968 --> 00:10:14,938
How did you enjoy the show?

196
00:10:15,740 --> 00:10:18,937
Well, it was most... educational.

197
00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:20,819
I thought it was splendid.

198
00:10:21,140 --> 00:10:23,410
Well, please sit down. Join us.

199
00:10:23,500 --> 00:10:25,492
Waiter, more champagne.

200
00:10:29,300 --> 00:10:32,656
So, what were you doing
sneaking off to see Mr Poirot, Jane?

201
00:10:32,740 --> 00:10:34,059
No, don't tell us.

202
00:10:34,140 --> 00:10:38,894
You're hiring him to help you bump
off that ghastly husband of yours.

203
00:10:38,980 --> 00:10:41,589
- Don't be absurd, Carlotta.
- Why not?

204
00:10:41,680 --> 00:10:43,355
Mr Poirot solves lots of crimes.

205
00:10:43,355 --> 00:10:45,131
Committing one would be a cinch.

206
00:10:45,420 --> 00:10:49,432
The bumping off of husbands is not
one of my specialities, mademoiselle.

207
00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:51,437
But she's got a point, you know.

208
00:10:51,437 --> 00:10:54,000
Get rid of Lord Edgware and
you'll be doing us all a favour.

209
00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,878
Why does he have to be so
horrible and unreasonable?

210
00:10:57,060 --> 00:10:59,699
I almost think I could kill him sometimes.

211
00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:04,069
But you shouldn't talk like that, Carlotta,
you're embarrassing Mr Poirot.

212
00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:07,232
Well, you know us Americans,
we speak as we think.

213
00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:09,750
Here's to you, Carlotta, darling.

214
00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:13,038
As deadly accurate as always.

215
00:11:14,420 --> 00:11:17,080
The deadly Carlotta Adams.

216
00:11:18,300 --> 00:11:20,899
- Carlotta.
- Carlotta.

217
00:11:23,660 --> 00:11:25,940
We didn't get much entertainment
in Argentina.

218
00:11:25,940 --> 00:11:29,920
Horse shows and cattle shows, but
no actual shows, if you know what I mean.

219
00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:31,599
Mr Poirot!

220
00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:33,140
Madame?

221
00:11:33,140 --> 00:11:34,589
I'm sorry.

222
00:11:34,589 --> 00:11:37,836
I couldn't talk to you back there,
but I really do need your help.

223
00:11:38,020 --> 00:11:40,639
It is a matter that concerns
your husband, madame?

224
00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:42,798
Well, he's not really my husband any more.

225
00:11:42,798 --> 00:11:45,077
We live quite separate lives, but...

226
00:11:45,260 --> 00:11:48,509
Well, you see,
he refuses to give me a divorce.

227
00:11:48,510 --> 00:11:51,339
It is perhaps because he still has
the feelings for you, Madame.

228
00:11:51,420 --> 00:11:52,853
Oh, no, I don't think so.

229
00:11:52,940 --> 00:11:55,154
I don't think George has
feelings for anyone.

230
00:11:55,154 --> 00:11:56,769
He's a queer man.

231
00:11:56,860 --> 00:11:59,699
His first wife ran away from him, you know.

232
00:11:59,780 --> 00:12:02,636
She died in complete poverty.

233
00:12:03,680 --> 00:12:05,499
And now...

234
00:12:05,860 --> 00:12:08,869
...he enjoys tormenting me, Mr Poirot.

235
00:12:09,460 --> 00:12:12,277
What is it that you wish
me to do, madame?

236
00:12:13,940 --> 00:12:16,278
Could you talk to him for me?

237
00:12:16,700 --> 00:12:20,993
I know it sounds strange, but there
really is no-one else I can turn to.

238
00:12:21,180 --> 00:12:25,660
If you could just tell him that you'd met me
and let him know what he's doing to me,

239
00:12:25,660 --> 00:12:28,899
maybe, coming from you,
it might mean something.

240
00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:33,434
Your husband, Lord Edgware...

241
00:12:33,434 --> 00:12:35,620
He has a house at Regent Gate.

242
00:12:35,620 --> 00:12:38,932
He travels a lot,
but he's in England at the moment.

243
00:12:39,820 --> 00:12:42,211
I really have to go back.

244
00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:45,814
Will you do it for me, Mr Poirot?

245
00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:49,948
It's killing me... this whole business.

246
00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:53,152
I don't know how much more I can bear.

247
00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:57,320
I will visit your husband, madame,

248
00:12:57,320 --> 00:12:59,333
and see what I can do.

249
00:13:00,560 --> 00:13:02,134
Thank you.

250
00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:05,179
Thank you.

251
00:13:05,660 --> 00:13:08,676
I was so glad when I
saw you here tonight.

252
00:13:19,980 --> 00:13:23,516
Tell me, Hastings, what is your
opinion of this Jane Wilkinson?

253
00:13:23,700 --> 00:13:25,579
Very attractive.

254
00:13:25,580 --> 00:13:27,134
Yes, indeed.

255
00:13:27,140 --> 00:13:30,550
But it is the psychology
that is of interest to Poirot.

256
00:13:34,860 --> 00:13:37,979
Monsieur Poirot and Captain Hastings,
my Lord.

257
00:13:38,780 --> 00:13:41,738
I can't give you a lot of time, Mr Poirot.

258
00:13:41,740 --> 00:13:44,618
I'm leaving for Paris tomorrow morning.

259
00:13:44,620 --> 00:13:46,631
There's a painting I wish to acquire.

260
00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:49,609
Has the bank sent round
those francs yet, Alton?

261
00:13:49,610 --> 00:13:51,830
I don't believe so, my lord.

262
00:13:51,830 --> 00:13:53,800
Well, ring them and tell
them to get a move on.

263
00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:55,549
Very well, my lord.

264
00:13:59,020 --> 00:14:00,573
Now, in this er...

265
00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:02,651
note you sent me,

266
00:14:02,740 --> 00:14:05,800
- you said you were acting for my wife.
- That is so.

267
00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:08,368
I thought you were
something to do with crimes.

268
00:14:08,370 --> 00:14:10,239
What do you want with me?

269
00:14:11,680 --> 00:14:15,377
Lady Edgware has asked me to approach
you on the matter of your divorce.

270
00:14:15,660 --> 00:14:17,116
Yes?

271
00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:19,860
It was her suggestion that
you and I should discuss it.

272
00:14:19,940 --> 00:14:22,015
There's nothing to discuss.

273
00:14:22,020 --> 00:14:23,500
So you refuse?

274
00:14:23,500 --> 00:14:24,899
What are you talking about?

275
00:14:24,980 --> 00:14:27,448
I agreed to the divorce a month ago.

276
00:14:27,460 --> 00:14:29,658
Why are you wasting my time?

277
00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:32,260
But... I do not understand.

278
00:14:32,660 --> 00:14:34,028
It's very simple.

279
00:14:34,028 --> 00:14:37,414
When I last saw her,
it's true I objected to the divorce.

280
00:14:37,420 --> 00:14:40,298
But then, thinking it over,
I changed my mind.

281
00:14:40,380 --> 00:14:41,817
So why haven't you told her?

282
00:14:41,817 --> 00:14:43,955
I have told her.
I wrote her a letter.

283
00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:46,818
I told her I'd decided she could
start proceedings after all.

284
00:14:46,900 --> 00:14:49,509
And as far as I was concerned,
the sooner the better.

285
00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:51,597
It is very curious.

286
00:14:52,100 --> 00:14:54,072
I do not understand this at all.

287
00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:56,130
Is this about money?

288
00:14:56,130 --> 00:14:59,257
Because if it is, you can tell her
from me she's not getting any.

289
00:14:59,340 --> 00:15:01,212
Now, if you don't mind.

290
00:15:01,220 --> 00:15:04,198
One further question,
if you please, Lord Edgware.

291
00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:07,349
This letter that you wrote,
to where was it sent?

292
00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:10,537
To the stage door of
the Regency Theatre.

293
00:15:10,620 --> 00:15:12,577
At the time, I had no other address.

294
00:15:12,580 --> 00:15:14,172
And you posted it yourself?

295
00:15:14,260 --> 00:15:16,534
I have a secretary to do
that for me, Mr Poirot.

296
00:15:16,534 --> 00:15:18,109
I'm a busy man.

297
00:15:18,110 --> 00:15:21,770
Too busy, in fact,
to offer you any more of my time.

298
00:15:24,780 --> 00:15:26,752
My lord.

299
00:15:27,740 --> 00:15:29,718
You mean you've managed it?

300
00:15:29,918 --> 00:15:31,576
Just like that?

301
00:15:31,580 --> 00:15:35,339
Oh, dear Mr Poirot, you're wonderful.
You've saved my life.

302
00:15:36,780 --> 00:15:39,800
That is... most kind of you, madame.

303
00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:42,634
But in this instance, I have done nothing.

304
00:15:42,820 --> 00:15:43,974
What do you mean?

305
00:15:43,980 --> 00:15:46,315
Well, Lord Edgware told us that
he wrote to you a month ago

306
00:15:46,315 --> 00:15:49,098
at the Regency Theatre
agreeing to a divorce.

307
00:15:49,180 --> 00:15:51,298
I never got any letter.

308
00:15:51,660 --> 00:15:53,817
Tell me, Madame, would there
have been anyone in the theatre

309
00:15:53,817 --> 00:15:55,675
with access to your post?

310
00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:58,732
Letters for me would be
held at the stage door.

311
00:15:58,740 --> 00:16:01,109
Brian sometimes got them for me.

312
00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:04,239
You're not saying someone stole it, are you?

313
00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:06,373
Well, it is a possibility, madame.

314
00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:08,900
Well, what does it matter, anyway?

315
00:16:08,900 --> 00:16:10,538
I was going completely mad,

316
00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:12,118
and then I met you,

317
00:16:12,118 --> 00:16:14,217
and somehow everything's
come out all right.

318
00:16:14,300 --> 00:16:16,055
Alice!

319
00:16:17,140 --> 00:16:19,675
I was invited out tonight, but I said no.

320
00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:23,272
But with what you've told me,
I feel a need to celebrate.

321
00:16:23,460 --> 00:16:26,328
I am content that the results
are to your liking, madame.

322
00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:27,656
Yes, ma'am?

323
00:16:27,656 --> 00:16:30,172
Alice, I've decided to go
out this evening after all.

324
00:16:30,180 --> 00:16:32,077
Could you call Lady Corner
and let her know?

325
00:16:32,077 --> 00:16:32,974
Yes, ma'am.

326
00:16:32,980 --> 00:16:36,032
And lay out something bright.

327
00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:39,118
The new Schiaparelli,
you know, the pink satin.

328
00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:42,509
Mr Poirot.

329
00:16:42,500 --> 00:16:43,955
Madame.

330
00:16:44,580 --> 00:16:47,852
I don't suppose you'd care
to come with me tonight?

331
00:16:49,100 --> 00:16:50,469
Er...

332
00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:54,599
Alas, madame, but for me,
tonight it is not possible.

333
00:16:55,500 --> 00:16:56,976
Another time, perhaps.

334
00:16:56,976 --> 00:16:58,452
Oui.

335
00:16:58,660 --> 00:17:01,016
I am at your service, madame.

336
00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:14,856
I say, Poirot! You were going it
a bit up there, weren't you?

337
00:17:14,940 --> 00:17:18,752
But there is a quality in Lady Edgware that is
most attractive, do you not think, Hastings?

338
00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:21,700
- Don't tell me you're falling for her?
- No, no, no Hastings.

339
00:17:21,700 --> 00:17:24,494
Poirot, he does not fall.
He observes merely.

340
00:17:27,020 --> 00:17:30,019
Well, er, I'd better be
getting back to the hotel.

341
00:17:30,020 --> 00:17:30,938
Yes, indeed.

342
00:17:30,938 --> 00:17:34,093
Oh, Hastings, the reason that
I said I was occupied tonight,

343
00:17:34,180 --> 00:17:36,296
it is that I hope you will dine with me.

344
00:17:36,380 --> 00:17:38,416
Oh, that's very kind of you, Poirot.

345
00:17:38,420 --> 00:17:39,708
Come at 7:30, mon ami.

346
00:17:39,708 --> 00:17:44,174
And please, Hastings,
I beg of you, do not be late.

347
00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:53,476
Where are you going,
dressed up like a dog's dinner?

348
00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:54,896
I'm going to the opera.

349
00:17:54,996 --> 00:17:56,513
Don Giovanni with the Dortheimers.

350
00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:59,353
- Urgh! Ghastly nouveau riche.
- Father...

351
00:17:59,360 --> 00:18:02,173
You could choose your friends
with a little more discretion.

352
00:18:02,180 --> 00:18:04,816
- At least I have friends.
- Miss Carroll!

353
00:18:05,460 --> 00:18:07,487
I'm working tonight and
leaving early tomorrow,

354
00:18:07,487 --> 00:18:09,400
so try not to disturb me.

355
00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:10,557
You called, sir?

356
00:18:10,557 --> 00:18:12,915
Yes, I'd like to dictate a letter.
Do you mind?

357
00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:14,738
It would be a pleasure, sir.

358
00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:30,416
So, how do I look?

359
00:18:30,420 --> 00:18:32,476
You look lovely, ma'am.

360
00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:41,432
What a lovely evening.

361
00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:44,395
I can't believe everything's going my way!

362
00:19:03,100 --> 00:19:05,839
That smells good, Mr Poirot.
What is it?

363
00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:08,016
Une tourte de filet de boeuf aux rognons.

364
00:19:08,020 --> 00:19:09,135
Oh.

365
00:19:09,140 --> 00:19:11,788
Is that another recipe
from your aunt in Belgium?

366
00:19:11,790 --> 00:19:13,439
Non, non, non, Miss Lemon.

367
00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:15,849
This is an invention of my own.

368
00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:19,374
The dish that I discovered
during my retirement.

369
00:19:21,820 --> 00:19:24,411
The pudding of the steak with the kidneys.

370
00:19:27,540 --> 00:19:29,093
Bon.

371
00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:30,614
The table, it is laid?

372
00:19:30,614 --> 00:19:32,448
Four places.

373
00:19:33,380 --> 00:19:35,174
There's the first guest.

374
00:19:35,180 --> 00:19:36,635
Ah.

375
00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:42,736
Chief lnspector.

376
00:19:42,736 --> 00:19:44,133
Very nice to see you again, Miss Lemon.

377
00:19:44,140 --> 00:19:45,698
Come on in.

378
00:19:47,700 --> 00:19:48,997
Mmm, something smells good.

379
00:19:48,997 --> 00:19:50,374
Poirot cooking?

380
00:19:50,380 --> 00:19:52,257
Steak and kidney pudding.

381
00:19:52,260 --> 00:19:53,409
Ah!

382
00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:56,068
Then this is just what you'll need.

383
00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:05,129
Sir.

384
00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:09,418
Captain Hastings?
Your taxi's ready.

385
00:20:09,418 --> 00:20:11,237
Oh, right. Thank you.

386
00:20:11,620 --> 00:20:13,299
Oh, excuse me.

387
00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:16,036
Room 174.

388
00:20:16,036 --> 00:20:17,913
Certainly, Mrs Van Dusen.

389
00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:30,554
Thank you, Thompson.
That is excellent.

390
00:20:34,180 --> 00:20:36,377
- Monty?
- My dear?

391
00:20:36,380 --> 00:20:38,073
The table!

392
00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:40,120
It's set for thirteen.

393
00:20:40,120 --> 00:20:41,648
Is it?

394
00:20:42,380 --> 00:20:45,297
Oh, yes. Well, that's Lady Edgware, isn't it?

395
00:20:45,297 --> 00:20:46,300
Is it?

396
00:20:46,300 --> 00:20:48,914
She cancelled, so I invited
young Ross to join us.

397
00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:51,229
He accepted.
Now she says she's coming.

398
00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:53,538
So that makes thirteen.

399
00:20:53,580 --> 00:20:56,010
But it's bad luck, isn't it?

400
00:20:56,100 --> 00:20:57,718
I should say it's rather good luck.

401
00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:01,130
I've been wanting to meet her.
She's very glamorous.

402
00:21:01,220 --> 00:21:04,417
Ah, our first guests, Eleanor.

403
00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:17,876
Thank you, Miss Carroll.

404
00:21:17,876 --> 00:21:19,333
Can I get you anything, sir?

405
00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:20,656
What?

406
00:21:20,656 --> 00:21:22,253
Well, I was going to have a drink,
and I was wondering...

407
00:21:22,260 --> 00:21:23,999
What are you talking about, woman?

408
00:21:23,999 --> 00:21:26,219
Are you suggesting I'd want
to have a drink with you?

409
00:21:26,220 --> 00:21:26,956
Sir, I-I...

410
00:21:26,956 --> 00:21:28,773
You're getting airs above
your station, Miss Carroll.

411
00:21:28,780 --> 00:21:31,554
Maybe you should start
looking for another job.

412
00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:33,193
Now get out.

413
00:21:38,740 --> 00:21:41,359
There's nothing like marriage,
that's the truth of it.

414
00:21:41,360 --> 00:21:42,998
The day I met Bella,

415
00:21:42,980 --> 00:21:45,130
it was as if I'd found myself.

416
00:21:45,220 --> 00:21:47,332
Ever since, I've been a
completely different man.

417
00:21:47,340 --> 00:21:49,296
Hmm, different man, yes.

418
00:21:49,496 --> 00:21:51,553
Could say the same about me, I suppose.

419
00:21:51,740 --> 00:21:54,250
But you're happily married,
Chief lnspector.

420
00:21:54,250 --> 00:21:56,158
I don't know about that, Miss Lemon.

421
00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:59,200
You see, my Emily,
she just doesn't understand my work.

422
00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:02,195
She never lets me talk about
murder at the dinner table.

423
00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:05,175
And her tidying!
It just gets worse and worse.

424
00:22:05,260 --> 00:22:09,057
Sometimes, I wonder how I've managed to
lived with her these 27-and-a-half years.

425
00:22:10,140 --> 00:22:14,374
It's a shame you've never
considered marriage, Mr Poirot.

426
00:22:17,020 --> 00:22:21,008
There were occasions, Miss Lemon,
when I did have la tentation.

427
00:22:21,100 --> 00:22:25,253
The temptation. But now, alas,
I think it is too late.

428
00:22:25,260 --> 00:22:27,017
Oh, I wouldn't say that, Poirot.

429
00:22:27,020 --> 00:22:28,794
If the right woman came along?

430
00:22:28,794 --> 00:22:31,269
Jane Wilkinson, for example?

431
00:22:32,260 --> 00:22:34,296
Will you have some wine,
Chief Inspector?

432
00:22:34,380 --> 00:22:35,800
A fine Pauillac?

433
00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:39,050
Uh no, thanks, Poirot,
I'll stick to my stout.

434
00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:44,590
Donald Ross is a name that will
shortly be known to everyone.

435
00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:48,350
Just as soon as he finishes his
play on the great war of Troy.

436
00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:50,772
I started right at the beginning.

437
00:22:50,780 --> 00:22:53,897
I'm going all the way to the
Trojan Horse and beyond.

438
00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:56,220
It's going to be a bit like Sophocles.

439
00:22:56,220 --> 00:22:57,369
An epic.

440
00:22:57,370 --> 00:22:59,178
But for a modern '30s audience.

441
00:22:59,180 --> 00:23:02,536
Lady Edgware, you have
a telephone call, ma'am.

442
00:23:02,620 --> 00:23:04,028
For me?

443
00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:05,898
Excuse me.

444
00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:19,754
Hello?

445
00:23:31,500 --> 00:23:32,478
Brian!

446
00:23:32,478 --> 00:23:34,156
I had to see you.

447
00:24:29,260 --> 00:24:31,749
You're Alton, aren't you?
Is my husband in?

448
00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:33,068
Yes, ma'am.

449
00:24:40,820 --> 00:24:43,136
It's all right, Alton.
I know the way.

450
00:24:43,620 --> 00:24:45,258
Yes, ma'am.

451
00:24:57,720 --> 00:24:58,774
The Dortheimers?

452
00:24:58,774 --> 00:24:59,829
They're still in their seats.

453
00:24:59,830 --> 00:25:01,776
Then let's go.

454
00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:31,054
Right. Thank you very much, Poirot.

455
00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:33,995
Nice bit of steak and kidney, I must say.

456
00:25:34,180 --> 00:25:35,871
Thank you, Chief Inspector.

457
00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:37,453
It's funny, you know.

458
00:25:37,460 --> 00:25:40,010
Here we are, the four of us,
all together again.

459
00:25:40,010 --> 00:25:41,618
But, of course,
there's one thing missing.

460
00:25:41,620 --> 00:25:43,676
- What's that?
- The body.

461
00:25:43,676 --> 00:25:45,633
That's how we normally meet.

462
00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:47,379
No, but it is true.

463
00:25:47,380 --> 00:25:48,650
Oh, well, never mind, Poirot.

464
00:25:48,650 --> 00:25:52,137
As soon as word gets round you're back,
I'm sure one will turn up.

465
00:26:38,860 --> 00:26:41,479
- Morning, Poirot, Captain Hastings.
- Chief Inspector.

466
00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:43,152
You got my message, then?

467
00:26:43,340 --> 00:26:45,376
Yes, Chief Inspector.
We came immediately.

468
00:26:45,460 --> 00:26:47,371
Looks like we spoke too soon last night.

469
00:26:47,460 --> 00:26:49,930
Stabbed in the neck,
round about ten o'clock.

470
00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:54,937
Have you discovered any money,
Chief Inspector?

471
00:26:54,937 --> 00:26:55,954
Money?

472
00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:57,692
When we were last here,

473
00:26:57,780 --> 00:27:01,659
Lord Edgware had commanded from
his bank a sum of money in francs.

474
00:27:01,740 --> 00:27:03,497
Oh that's right. He was just
about to go to Paris.

475
00:27:03,497 --> 00:27:05,255
Oh, we haven't found any money.

476
00:27:05,340 --> 00:27:07,957
But I'd be interested to know what
the you two were doing here?

477
00:27:07,957 --> 00:27:09,474
Had he asked for your help?

478
00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:11,496
Non. Non, Chief Inspector.

479
00:27:11,380 --> 00:27:14,780
It was Lady Edgware who had asked
for me to intercede on her behalf.

480
00:27:14,780 --> 00:27:16,950
She wanted her husband
to give her a divorce.

481
00:27:17,140 --> 00:27:19,495
Ah, so that's the motive, then, is it?

482
00:27:19,380 --> 00:27:20,938
The motive, Chief Inspector?

483
00:27:20,940 --> 00:27:22,337
I already know it was her.

484
00:27:22,337 --> 00:27:24,334
I just want to find out why.

485
00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:26,369
Now then, Alton.

486
00:27:26,369 --> 00:27:29,537
I want you to tell my friends
here exactly what you told me.

487
00:27:29,620 --> 00:27:30,894
Yes, sir.

488
00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:33,435
I answered the door just
after half past nine.

489
00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:38,274
I'd heard the clock sound the half hour,
that's how I'm sure of the time.

490
00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:40,232
It was Lady Edgware.

491
00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:43,815
She said she wanted to see her husband
and that she could find her own way.

492
00:27:43,820 --> 00:27:45,633
You saw her enter the study?

493
00:27:45,820 --> 00:27:48,378
No, sir, but as I left,

494
00:27:48,460 --> 00:27:50,291
she was approaching the door.

495
00:27:50,300 --> 00:27:52,291
Was it you who discovered the body?

496
00:27:52,300 --> 00:27:53,574
Yes, sir.

497
00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:55,437
This morning at eight.

498
00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:57,735
I entered the study to open the curtains.

499
00:27:57,820 --> 00:28:00,034
That's when I called the police.

500
00:28:01,220 --> 00:28:02,475
Could you tell me, Monsieur Alton,

501
00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:05,513
what happened to the French francs
your master demanded yesterday?

502
00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:07,539
They came in the afternoon.

503
00:28:07,639 --> 00:28:09,978
I imagine he would have
placed them in the safe.

504
00:28:10,060 --> 00:28:13,172
Lord Edgware's solicitor
will have a combination.

505
00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:16,694
You have worked here for
how long, Monsieur Alton?

506
00:28:18,100 --> 00:28:20,072
One month, sir.

507
00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:23,416
And how many times have
you met Lady Edgware?

508
00:28:23,420 --> 00:28:24,749
Only once, sir,

509
00:28:24,749 --> 00:28:26,378
but I could have sworn it was her.

510
00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:28,451
It was her!

511
00:28:28,540 --> 00:28:30,292
I'd know her anywhere.

512
00:28:30,380 --> 00:28:32,377
And I saw her quite clearly.

513
00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:41,651
I heard her speaking with Alton.

514
00:28:41,740 --> 00:28:44,434
And then she crossed the hall
and went in through there.

515
00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:47,034
Could you tell me, mademoiselle,
what she was wearing?

516
00:28:47,420 --> 00:28:51,458
She was wearing black.
A black dress and lace sleeves.

517
00:28:51,458 --> 00:28:52,616
And a hat.

518
00:28:52,700 --> 00:28:54,850
And this hat, it was also black?

519
00:28:54,850 --> 00:28:58,332
Yes. Very modern, with a slanting brim.

520
00:28:59,880 --> 00:29:01,449
I see.

521
00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:10,620
And after she went into the study?

522
00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:11,760
Sorry?

523
00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:13,488
You heard nothing?
No sound of any kind?

524
00:29:13,488 --> 00:29:15,416
No, I told you. I went to bed.

525
00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:19,109
Who else was in the house last night,
Miss Carroll, apart from you and Alton?

526
00:29:19,110 --> 00:29:21,721
Only Geraldine, Lord Edgware's daughter.

527
00:29:21,921 --> 00:29:23,932
She's in her room now.

528
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:31,956
I didn't love my father.

529
00:29:33,820 --> 00:29:36,136
I suppose I could lie to you,
but why should I?

530
00:29:37,380 --> 00:29:39,116
I hated him.

531
00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:41,550
And if someone's gone
and killed him, I'm glad.

532
00:29:42,020 --> 00:29:43,858
There you are.

533
00:29:45,500 --> 00:29:49,134
I wonder if you could tell us your
movements last night, Miss Marsh?

534
00:29:49,140 --> 00:29:50,733
If you insist.

535
00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:52,655
I went to the opera.

536
00:29:52,655 --> 00:29:54,590
Don Giovanni at Covent Garden.

537
00:29:54,780 --> 00:29:58,209
I left at around seven and I wasn't
back until well after midnight.

538
00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:00,591
When I got home, I went straight to bed.

539
00:30:00,980 --> 00:30:02,529
Satisfied?

540
00:30:03,020 --> 00:30:05,199
Did you enter the study of your father?

541
00:30:05,199 --> 00:30:06,878
No.

542
00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:10,390
There's a light on under the door,
but I didn't want to see him.

543
00:30:10,980 --> 00:30:13,132
I never wanted to see him.

544
00:30:13,420 --> 00:30:16,498
I don't suppose there's anyone who
can corroborate your story, is there?

545
00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:18,757
You could talk to my cousin, if you like.

546
00:30:19,340 --> 00:30:22,154
Ronald Marsh.
He was at the opera.

547
00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:24,619
In fact, we had a drink
together in the interval.

548
00:30:24,620 --> 00:30:27,273
But why are you wasting
your time interrogating me?

549
00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:28,913
Why aren't you talking to Jane?

550
00:30:29,100 --> 00:30:30,456
Lady Edgware?

551
00:30:30,456 --> 00:30:32,312
Well, she was here, wasn't she?

552
00:30:32,740 --> 00:30:34,935
Miss Carroll saw her, and Alton.

553
00:30:35,780 --> 00:30:38,610
Seems to me you've got
an open-and-shut case.

554
00:30:43,340 --> 00:30:44,973
Murdered?

555
00:30:45,060 --> 00:30:46,639
Oui, madame.

556
00:30:49,300 --> 00:30:50,749
Well...

557
00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:54,433
I suppose...

558
00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:58,509
..I can't say I'm surprised.

559
00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:01,516
He wasn't a kind man.

560
00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:03,458
Or a good one.

561
00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:05,890
But it's still horrible.

562
00:31:06,860 --> 00:31:09,355
Nobody deserves to die like that.

563
00:31:14,300 --> 00:31:16,456
But why are you here?

564
00:31:17,460 --> 00:31:19,018
Mr Poirot, you can't think...

565
00:31:19,020 --> 00:31:22,058
Can you tell us your movements
last night, Lady Edgware?

566
00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:25,734
I told you, I changed my mind.

567
00:31:26,580 --> 00:31:30,000
I was going to stay in, but in the end
I went to that dinner in Holborn.

568
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:31,877
To the house of Sir Montagu Corner?

569
00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:34,679
Yes. There were at least
a dozen people there.

570
00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:36,193
You can ask him.

571
00:31:36,380 --> 00:31:39,577
And there was a young writer,
Donald Ross.

572
00:31:39,660 --> 00:31:41,298
He's writing a play about Troy.

573
00:31:41,298 --> 00:31:43,036
He was sitting opposite me.

574
00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:45,359
Bon. If you please, madame,

575
00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:50,092
could you relate to the Chief Inspector your
movements for the evening in its entirety?

576
00:31:50,740 --> 00:31:52,314
Certainly.

577
00:31:53,060 --> 00:31:55,151
I left here at about seven.

578
00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:58,212
And I went first to the
Piccadilly Palace Hotel.

579
00:31:58,220 --> 00:32:00,058
Oh, that's where I'm staying.

580
00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:03,712
Sorry.

581
00:32:04,140 --> 00:32:06,595
I had a meeting with an American lady.

582
00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:08,199
A Mrs Van Dusen.

583
00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:10,933
She's written a play.
Not a very good one.

584
00:32:10,940 --> 00:32:13,554
And we talked about it
for about 20 minutes.

585
00:32:14,100 --> 00:32:17,114
At 7:30, I left and took a cab to Holborn.

586
00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:20,134
I was at dinner with the Corners
until after midnight,

587
00:32:20,140 --> 00:32:22,051
and then I came straight home.

588
00:32:22,100 --> 00:32:24,271
Did you leave the table at any time?

589
00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:26,289
Yes.

590
00:32:26,290 --> 00:32:27,918
Once.

591
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:31,137
I received a telephone call
at about half past nine.

592
00:32:31,220 --> 00:32:32,414
Who was that from?

593
00:32:32,500 --> 00:32:34,092
That was the funny thing.

594
00:32:34,180 --> 00:32:36,535
A voice said, "Is that Lady Edgware?"

595
00:32:36,620 --> 00:32:40,435
And when I said it was,
they laughed and rang off.

596
00:32:41,420 --> 00:32:43,700
I thought it must be some sort of a hoax.

597
00:32:43,700 --> 00:32:45,292
And this voice, madame,

598
00:32:45,380 --> 00:32:47,691
it was of a man or a woman?

599
00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:50,111
A woman, I think.

600
00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:53,075
So you're telling me that
apart from that one time,

601
00:32:53,275 --> 00:32:55,151
you never left the room?

602
00:32:55,460 --> 00:32:57,288
That's right.

603
00:32:57,820 --> 00:32:59,444
Chief Inspector,

604
00:32:59,444 --> 00:33:03,116
I was the last person to
want my husband dead.

605
00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:06,214
Not after what Mr Poirot had told me.

606
00:33:06,940 --> 00:33:09,053
He was nothing to me any more.

607
00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:11,298
Nothing.

608
00:33:14,220 --> 00:33:16,131
So, Chief Inspector,

609
00:33:16,220 --> 00:33:18,434
now it all begins to make sense.

610
00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:20,672
- Not to me, it doesn't.
- Oh, yes.

611
00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:22,437
Yesterday evening,

612
00:33:22,437 --> 00:33:25,460
Lady Edgware had intended to remain
on her own in her apartment.

613
00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:28,796
She had already announced that she would
not be attending the dinner at Holborn.

614
00:33:28,799 --> 00:33:31,448
So, in other words,
everyone knew she had no alibi.

615
00:33:31,540 --> 00:33:32,919
Oui. C'est ça.

616
00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:35,900
But it was only at the last minute
that she changed her mind

617
00:33:35,900 --> 00:33:38,136
and so disrupted the
plans of the true killer.

618
00:33:38,220 --> 00:33:41,050
Wait a minute. Are you suggesting that
someone went round to Regent Gate

619
00:33:41,050 --> 00:33:43,272
pretending to be Lady Edgware?

620
00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:46,658
It was, I believe, an attempt most
deliberate to incriminate her, yes.

621
00:33:46,660 --> 00:33:48,776
So it's lucky she went
to that dinner after all.

622
00:33:48,776 --> 00:33:51,192
Well, let's just be sure she did first.

623
00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:55,894
Oh, yes.

624
00:33:56,094 --> 00:33:58,149
She was certainly at our little dinner party.

625
00:33:58,150 --> 00:34:01,412
She was quite the life and soul
of the evening, Monsieur Poirot.

626
00:34:01,500 --> 00:34:03,456
She'd had some good news.

627
00:34:03,740 --> 00:34:05,815
Something to do with her divorce.

628
00:34:05,900 --> 00:34:08,698
I think it was the fact that her
husband had agreed to one.

629
00:34:08,700 --> 00:34:10,338
You were present also, Monsieur Ross?

630
00:34:10,338 --> 00:34:11,977
Yes, I was sitting opposite her.

631
00:34:12,060 --> 00:34:14,552
Did she talk much
about herself, Mr Ross?

632
00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:17,375
Well, to be honest, I was the one
who did most of the talking.

633
00:34:17,380 --> 00:34:19,391
Yes, but she was very cheerful.

634
00:34:19,580 --> 00:34:21,195
And with good reason.

635
00:34:21,195 --> 00:34:22,811
With the divorce agreed,

636
00:34:22,900 --> 00:34:25,892
I imagine she was looking
forward to stepping out with...

637
00:34:28,020 --> 00:34:30,270
I think you know who.

638
00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:33,709
Non, monsieur, I do not know who.

639
00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:35,713
The Duke of Merton.

640
00:34:36,100 --> 00:34:37,974
He's one of the richest men in England.

641
00:34:37,980 --> 00:34:40,197
He has properties all over London.

642
00:34:40,197 --> 00:34:42,815
My wife would dearly love
to have him to dinner.

643
00:34:43,100 --> 00:34:45,056
And they have known each
other for some time,

644
00:34:45,056 --> 00:34:46,600
Lady Edgware and the Duke?

645
00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:48,295
No, I believe they met only recently.

646
00:34:48,295 --> 00:34:50,790
It must have been love at first sight.

647
00:34:51,580 --> 00:34:54,778
Is it true that Lady Edgware took a
telephone call while she was here?

648
00:34:54,780 --> 00:34:56,752
Yes. Now, when was it?

649
00:34:56,760 --> 00:34:58,371
About half past nine.

650
00:34:58,380 --> 00:35:00,067
But she was only out of the
room for a couple of minutes,

651
00:35:00,067 --> 00:35:02,055
I'm sure it wasn't any
longer than that.

652
00:35:02,140 --> 00:35:04,938
She was the first to leave the table.

653
00:35:04,940 --> 00:35:06,394
I'm sorry, Lady Corner?

654
00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:09,958
I mentioned it to my husband,
just before the guests arrived.

655
00:35:10,140 --> 00:35:12,018
There were thirteen of us to dinner.

656
00:35:12,218 --> 00:35:14,176
And you know the old superstition.

657
00:35:14,180 --> 00:35:16,480
Yes, the first person to leave the table...

658
00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:18,391
Nobody believes that.

659
00:35:18,580 --> 00:35:23,058
We had thirteen to dinner,
and she was the first to get up.

660
00:35:23,980 --> 00:35:26,291
It means she's going to die.

661
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:41,150
I've got the money.
Five hundred pounds.

662
00:35:46,140 --> 00:35:48,092
It's all here, walting for you.

663
00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:50,848
If you don't believe me,
you only have to come round.

664
00:35:53,540 --> 00:35:55,696
- Ronald.
- Gerry, my dear.

665
00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:58,931
So, how does it feel?

666
00:35:58,940 --> 00:35:59,874
What?

667
00:35:59,874 --> 00:36:01,498
To be the new Lord Edgware?

668
00:36:01,500 --> 00:36:03,458
No more creditors, for a start.

669
00:36:03,458 --> 00:36:05,117
It's splendid.

670
00:36:05,140 --> 00:36:06,978
Have you spoken to the police yet?

671
00:36:07,060 --> 00:36:09,530
Yes. They were at the house this morning.

672
00:36:09,620 --> 00:36:13,075
A Chief Inspector and this weird,
little French detective.

673
00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:15,371
Oh, that'll be Hercule Poirot.

674
00:36:15,460 --> 00:36:17,398
So he's on the case?

675
00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:20,415
Did you tell him where you were last night?

676
00:36:20,420 --> 00:36:22,297
Yes. I said I was at the opera.

677
00:36:22,300 --> 00:36:23,449
That's right.

678
00:36:23,540 --> 00:36:26,008
Anyway, they weren't interested in me.

679
00:36:26,660 --> 00:36:28,339
It's Jane they want to see.

680
00:36:28,420 --> 00:36:30,152
Poor Jane.

681
00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:32,310
She's starring in my new play, you know.

682
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:34,072
Or she was.

683
00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:36,077
Of course, if they arrest her...

684
00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:38,815
You can always recast.

685
00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:43,176
Oh look, Captain Hastings.

686
00:36:43,180 --> 00:36:45,948
There's a basement flat here
on the Talgarth Road.

687
00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:47,890
Oh.

688
00:36:47,980 --> 00:36:49,700
I wonder who that can be.

689
00:36:49,700 --> 00:36:51,677
It is perhaps Lady Edgware.

690
00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:53,309
Do you think so?

691
00:36:53,860 --> 00:36:58,073
With the Chief Inspector, as you say,
Hastings, breathing down the neck,

692
00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:01,715
she will be in need most
assuredly of my assistance.

693
00:37:01,720 --> 00:37:03,676
You sound almost hopeful, Poirot.

694
00:37:04,260 --> 00:37:06,171
Mr Poirot!

695
00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:14,679
Monsieur Martin.

696
00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:16,750
I hope you don't mind my
coming to see you, Mr Poirot,

697
00:37:16,750 --> 00:37:20,250
but I was wondering, there's something
I was hoping you'd take on for me?

698
00:37:20,540 --> 00:37:22,949
If you please to sit, monsieur.

699
00:37:28,720 --> 00:37:30,918
Well, the thing is, you see, I er...

700
00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:33,580
I have a friend, a lady friend,

701
00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:35,678
and she's being followed.

702
00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:38,894
And this lady friend of yours,
she calls herself...?

703
00:37:38,980 --> 00:37:41,469
I can't tell you her name. Not yet.

704
00:37:41,470 --> 00:37:44,400
But I was with her the other day,
and I actually saw the chap.

705
00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:46,477
He's uhmm.. he's an ugly-looking fellow.

706
00:37:47,077 --> 00:37:48,954
He's clean-shaven. He has glasses.

707
00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:51,331
Oh, and he has a gold tooth.

708
00:37:51,420 --> 00:37:52,911
You spoke to this man?

709
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:55,299
Oh no, no, he was there
one minute, gone the next.

710
00:37:55,300 --> 00:37:57,055
And I wish I could tell you more.

711
00:37:57,060 --> 00:37:59,378
But if the lady were to agree,

712
00:37:59,378 --> 00:38:02,597
do you think you could possibly look into it?

713
00:38:02,900 --> 00:38:06,936
Oui, bien sur.
I find the whole story most interesting.

714
00:38:06,820 --> 00:38:08,819
That is a relief.

715
00:38:13,580 --> 00:38:16,858
You know, I was very pleased to run
into you the other night, Mr Poirot.

716
00:38:16,940 --> 00:38:18,815
Do you remember, with Jane Wilkinson?

717
00:38:19,015 --> 00:38:20,391
Yes, indeed.

718
00:38:20,392 --> 00:38:24,478
I was thinking about her, you know,
and about her husband.

719
00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:27,550
It was just such an extraordinary
thing for her to say,

720
00:38:27,550 --> 00:38:29,260
that she'd thought about killing him.

721
00:38:29,260 --> 00:38:31,795
Do you think she had it in her
to commit murder?

722
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:33,100
I'm sure of it.

723
00:38:33,100 --> 00:38:34,397
I know her, you see.

724
00:38:34,397 --> 00:38:36,695
She's terribly sweet on the surface.

725
00:38:36,980 --> 00:38:39,997
But she would kill as easily
as drink her morning tea.

726
00:38:39,997 --> 00:38:41,300
Believe me.

727
00:38:41,300 --> 00:38:44,353
Perhaps you are not aware, Monsieur,
that the husband of Lady Edgware...

728
00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:46,856
he was indeed murdered last night.

729
00:38:46,940 --> 00:38:48,459
What?

730
00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:50,271
Murdered?

731
00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:52,615
You're not being serious?

732
00:38:52,620 --> 00:38:56,135
It is not a subject about which
I have the habit to joke, monsieur.

733
00:38:56,140 --> 00:38:58,914
No, but that's... oh, my God!

734
00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,600
What I was saying just now,
I-I-I didn't mean...

735
00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:05,693
And therefore by necessity, this matter
of yours, the man with the gold tooth...

736
00:39:05,780 --> 00:39:07,996
Yes, of course.
That will have to wait.

737
00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:08,974
Oui.

738
00:39:09,060 --> 00:39:11,913
You will speak nonetheless
to this lady friend of yours,

739
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:15,356
and if she wishes for me to
investigate on her behalf, then...

740
00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:17,138
Thank you very much, Mr Poirot.

741
00:39:17,138 --> 00:39:19,137
I'm very grateful for your time.

742
00:39:19,500 --> 00:39:21,149
Monsieur.

743
00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:26,739
- Miss Lemon.
- Mr Poirot.

744
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:28,800
This way, Mr Martin.

745
00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:33,059
So tell me, Hastings.
What is your opinion of all this?

746
00:39:33,060 --> 00:39:36,938
Well, it seems strange that he comes to you
for advice and yet tells you so very little.

747
00:39:36,940 --> 00:39:39,200
The same thought also had occurred to me.

748
00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:43,359
I didn't know you knew
Brian Martin, Mr Poirot.

749
00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:45,098
He's a wonderful actor.

750
00:39:45,100 --> 00:39:46,874
We met him at the Gaiety
Theatre the other night.

751
00:39:46,874 --> 00:39:48,540
That cabaret. Carlotta Adams.

752
00:39:48,540 --> 00:39:49,997
The impressionist.

753
00:39:49,997 --> 00:39:51,254
Mon Dieu!

754
00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:55,200
- How could I have been so blind?
- Mr Poirot?

755
00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:57,236
Miss Lemon, telephone to
the Gaiety Theatre at once.

756
00:39:57,236 --> 00:39:59,360
Ask for the address of
Mademoiselle Carlotta Adams.

757
00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:01,360
Tout de suite!
Every minute is of value.

758
00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:02,699
What's the matter, Poirot?
I don't understand.

759
00:40:02,699 --> 00:40:05,739
Hastings, do you not see?

760
00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:08,078
But I have been so slow!

761
00:40:08,260 --> 00:40:10,178
Imb�cile!

762
00:40:16,900 --> 00:40:19,095
- How much, driver?
- One and five.

763
00:40:19,780 --> 00:40:23,136
I only hope we are in time.
Vite! Vite, mon ami!

764
00:40:32,160 --> 00:40:33,315
Yes?

765
00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:35,391
Mademoiselle...

766
00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:37,439
You are the maid servant
of Miss Carlotta Adams?

767
00:40:37,439 --> 00:40:38,699
Yes.

768
00:40:38,780 --> 00:40:41,040
We must speak most urgently
to your mistress.

769
00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:42,187
She's still in bed.

770
00:40:42,187 --> 00:40:44,790
She always gets up late
when there's a performance.

771
00:40:44,790 --> 00:40:46,855
So, you have spoken with her today?

772
00:40:46,940 --> 00:40:48,518
No, she's asleep.

773
00:40:48,518 --> 00:40:50,996
Quick, mademoiselle, we must see her.

774
00:40:57,800 --> 00:40:59,731
Miss Adams!

775
00:41:02,300 --> 00:41:04,258
Miss Adams!

776
00:41:08,260 --> 00:41:09,739
It's locked!

777
00:41:09,820 --> 00:41:12,253
You must call at once for
the police, mademoiselle.

778
00:41:13,140 --> 00:41:14,839
Hastings.

779
00:41:23,960 --> 00:41:25,475
Mademoiselle?

780
00:41:31,460 --> 00:41:33,393
We're too late.

781
00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:50,839
Sounds like an overdose to me, Poirot.

782
00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:52,296
Veronal, or something of the sort.

783
00:41:52,296 --> 00:41:53,673
The sleeping draught?

784
00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:55,296
Of course, it could have been accidental.

785
00:41:55,296 --> 00:41:56,832
No, I think not.

786
00:41:57,220 --> 00:42:02,094
So you're saying that Carlotta Adams went
to Regent Gate disguised as Lady Edgware?

787
00:42:02,180 --> 00:42:03,736
And then had to be silenced

788
00:42:03,736 --> 00:42:06,492
to make sure that the identity of
her employer remained secret.

789
00:42:06,500 --> 00:42:09,617
So the idea was to frame Lady Edgware
from the very start?

790
00:42:09,700 --> 00:42:11,019
Yes, Chief Inspector.

791
00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:14,615
To ensure that she was hanged
for a murder she did not commit.

792
00:42:14,700 --> 00:42:16,292
I don't see it, Poirot.

793
00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:17,829
Non.

794
00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:20,518
Then let me show you.

795
00:42:26,340 --> 00:42:28,337
The wig, Chief Inspector.

796
00:42:28,340 --> 00:42:30,750
That's the same colour,
the same style as...

797
00:42:30,750 --> 00:42:33,020
Lady Edgware, yes.

798
00:42:33,220 --> 00:42:36,059
And now, Chief Inspector...
Excuse me, Hastings.

799
00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:44,275
The shoes.

800
00:42:44,660 --> 00:42:47,135
Designed to increase the height.

801
00:42:50,320 --> 00:42:53,139
The make-up of a theatrical variety.

802
00:42:56,320 --> 00:42:58,112
And these.

803
00:42:58,840 --> 00:43:00,353
Pince-nez.

804
00:43:00,540 --> 00:43:03,000
With the lenses very strong.

805
00:43:03,180 --> 00:43:04,716
But these were not part of the disguise.

806
00:43:04,716 --> 00:43:06,332
Yes, if there was a disguise.

807
00:43:06,340 --> 00:43:09,974
She was a performer, Poirot.
All this could be part of her act.

808
00:43:13,620 --> 00:43:15,433
And this?

809
00:43:21,560 --> 00:43:23,835
Veronal. Just like I thought.

810
00:43:25,580 --> 00:43:27,616
"CA from P.

811
00:43:27,700 --> 00:43:29,432
Sweet dreams,

812
00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:30,790
November 10th."

813
00:43:30,790 --> 00:43:32,054
November?

814
00:43:32,060 --> 00:43:33,739
That's seven months ago.

815
00:43:33,740 --> 00:43:36,318
Well, there we are, then.
That proves she was taking the stuff.

816
00:43:36,500 --> 00:43:38,153
Perhaps.

817
00:43:39,540 --> 00:43:41,378
And yet...

818
00:43:41,460 --> 00:43:43,298
Let's talk to the maid.

819
00:43:45,420 --> 00:43:47,815
If you please, Mademoiselle Alice,
can you relate to us

820
00:43:47,900 --> 00:43:50,309
the movements of your mistress
yesterday evening?

821
00:43:51,360 --> 00:43:55,375
Well, she got here at about six o'clock.

822
00:43:56,040 --> 00:43:58,037
I don't know where she'd been.

823
00:43:58,220 --> 00:43:59,819
Yes, go on.

824
00:44:00,420 --> 00:44:03,254
She spent some time writing a letter.

825
00:44:03,820 --> 00:44:07,854
Then she got changed,
and left here at about seven o'clock.

826
00:44:07,940 --> 00:44:09,658
Did you know her destination?

827
00:44:09,740 --> 00:44:11,458
She didn't say.

828
00:44:11,540 --> 00:44:12,893
Did she go to the theatre?

829
00:44:12,980 --> 00:44:15,414
No, sir, there was no performance
last night.

830
00:44:15,500 --> 00:44:18,109
And how was she dressed, mademoiselle?

831
00:44:18,620 --> 00:44:20,472
She was in black, sir.

832
00:44:20,480 --> 00:44:22,293
With a new hat.

833
00:44:23,840 --> 00:44:25,896
With a brim that was... slanting?

834
00:44:25,980 --> 00:44:27,195
Yes.

835
00:44:27,280 --> 00:44:29,716
She only bought it last week.

836
00:44:32,520 --> 00:44:34,551
From her friend, Miss Driver.

837
00:44:34,740 --> 00:44:36,656
Oh, Miss Penny Driver?

838
00:44:36,740 --> 00:44:38,378
We met her at the Gaiety Theatre.

839
00:44:38,560 --> 00:44:40,054
Oui.

840
00:44:40,300 --> 00:44:42,518
She got back around midnight.

841
00:44:44,060 --> 00:44:46,549
She said she was very tired.

842
00:44:46,740 --> 00:44:49,313
But not upset or distressed?

843
00:44:49,400 --> 00:44:51,555
No, she seemed more...

844
00:44:51,560 --> 00:44:53,478
pleased about something.

845
00:44:54,540 --> 00:44:57,200
Anyway, then she went straight to bed.

846
00:44:57,380 --> 00:44:59,835
And this letter of which you spoke?

847
00:45:00,020 --> 00:45:01,811
It was to her sister, sir.

848
00:45:01,900 --> 00:45:04,794
Lucie Adams. She's over on a visit.

849
00:45:05,280 --> 00:45:07,610
Miss Carlotta took it
with her when she left.

850
00:45:07,700 --> 00:45:09,736
She was going to post it, I suppose.

851
00:45:09,820 --> 00:45:12,695
Then she forgot.
She was always doing that.

852
00:45:14,240 --> 00:45:17,238
And... where is this letter now?

853
00:45:17,420 --> 00:45:19,456
It's gone, I'm afraid, sir.

854
00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:22,056
I posted it myself this morning.

855
00:45:22,140 --> 00:45:24,171
She left it on the table.

856
00:45:25,880 --> 00:45:28,036
Once again we are too late.

857
00:45:32,740 --> 00:45:37,172
I'm sorry, Chief Inspector,
Mr Poirot went out first thing this morning.

858
00:45:37,180 --> 00:45:40,780
Don't tell me he's still got this bee
in his bonnet about Lady Edgware?

859
00:45:40,780 --> 00:45:44,136
That somebody deliberately set out to
frame her for her husband's murder?

860
00:45:44,140 --> 00:45:45,633
Well, it is still a possibility.

861
00:45:45,640 --> 00:45:48,871
I don't know how, but it seems to me
she's got him round her little finger.

862
00:45:48,880 --> 00:45:50,346
Maybe that's the sort of woman she is.

863
00:45:50,346 --> 00:45:51,913
Oh, I wouldn't say that.

864
00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:54,635
I've never thought of women
as the manipulative sex.

865
00:45:54,635 --> 00:45:56,351
Certainly not in my experience.

866
00:45:56,360 --> 00:45:59,373
Anyway, Chief Inspector,
aren't you forgetting something?

867
00:45:59,380 --> 00:46:02,680
Lady Edgware was at dinner when
the murder was being committed.

868
00:46:02,680 --> 00:46:04,799
No, I haven't forgotten that, Miss Lemon.

869
00:46:04,799 --> 00:46:07,019
It looks like she's off the hook.

870
00:46:07,900 --> 00:46:09,484
However...

871
00:46:09,484 --> 00:46:13,420
you can drive from Holborn to
Regent's Gate in five minutes.

872
00:46:13,420 --> 00:46:15,138
I've just done it myself.

873
00:46:15,220 --> 00:46:17,380
So if she had the car waiting outside...

874
00:46:17,380 --> 00:46:21,275
But Donald Ross said she wasn't away from
the table for more than a few minutes in total.

875
00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:23,220
Well, maybe he lost track of the time.

876
00:46:23,220 --> 00:46:25,880
Do you have no other suspects,
Chief Inspector?

877
00:46:25,960 --> 00:46:28,628
Oh, I've got plenty of suspects, Miss Lemon.

878
00:46:29,140 --> 00:46:32,655
Ronald Marsh, for example,
Lord Edgware's nephew.

879
00:46:32,740 --> 00:46:35,129
A theatrical producer, heavily in debt.

880
00:46:35,220 --> 00:46:37,760
He needed the money,
not to mention the title.

881
00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:39,058
Well, there you are, then.

882
00:46:39,058 --> 00:46:41,057
Money's the oldest motive in the book.

883
00:46:41,140 --> 00:46:43,529
Then there's Geraldine Marsh,
the daughter,

884
00:46:43,620 --> 00:46:46,453
whose mother died after
Lord Edgware abandoned her.

885
00:46:46,540 --> 00:46:49,771
She told us to our face how
much she disliked her father.

886
00:46:49,860 --> 00:46:51,612
So it could have been either of them.

887
00:46:51,700 --> 00:46:53,099
Yes.

888
00:46:53,180 --> 00:46:55,171
But who was the real target?

889
00:46:55,260 --> 00:46:57,216
That's what beats me.

890
00:46:57,300 --> 00:46:59,256
Lord Edgware...

891
00:46:59,340 --> 00:47:01,451
or Lady Edgware?

892
00:47:03,660 --> 00:47:08,192
Do you really think that somebody
paid Carlotta to imitate me?

893
00:47:08,380 --> 00:47:10,348
To go to the house, dressed like me?

894
00:47:10,350 --> 00:47:12,412
That is how it would appear, madame.

895
00:47:12,900 --> 00:47:15,468
But... she didn't kill my husband?

896
00:47:15,470 --> 00:47:18,818
No, no, no, no, no. It was enough
that she was seen there.

897
00:47:19,200 --> 00:47:23,360
No, somebody believed that you had
a motive to be rid of Lord Edgware.

898
00:47:23,460 --> 00:47:26,836
They believed also that you would
be at home, on your own.

899
00:47:27,360 --> 00:47:29,139
With no alibi.

900
00:47:30,140 --> 00:47:32,576
They wanted to see me hang.

901
00:47:36,460 --> 00:47:38,079
Madame.

902
00:47:38,980 --> 00:47:41,289
Which is why I must ask you,

903
00:47:41,290 --> 00:47:43,835
who is it, you think,
who would wish you ill?

904
00:47:44,880 --> 00:47:48,089
You're asking who would
want to see me dead.

905
00:47:48,880 --> 00:47:51,475
It's horrible to think
there could be anyone.

906
00:47:53,140 --> 00:47:55,700
Do I really have to name names, Mr Poirot?

907
00:47:55,700 --> 00:47:58,057
If I am to protect you, oui.

908
00:48:00,180 --> 00:48:01,649
Well...

909
00:48:02,640 --> 00:48:05,629
I suppose Geraldine never liked me.

910
00:48:05,980 --> 00:48:09,178
After all, her father left her
mother to marry me and,

911
00:48:09,360 --> 00:48:11,794
you know her mother later died.

912
00:48:12,060 --> 00:48:14,257
It hasn't been easy for her.

913
00:48:15,220 --> 00:48:16,839
Tell me...

914
00:48:17,020 --> 00:48:19,834
what of Monsieur Brian Martin?

915
00:48:21,060 --> 00:48:23,013
Why do you mention him?

916
00:48:25,680 --> 00:48:28,099
We were lovers, Mr Poirot.

917
00:48:28,100 --> 00:48:32,778
For a short while, after I knew
my marriage had fallen apart.

918
00:48:33,540 --> 00:48:37,091
I was so unhappy and I turned to him.

919
00:48:37,880 --> 00:48:40,314
And then you met someone else?

920
00:48:42,300 --> 00:48:44,677
That's always been my trouble.

921
00:48:44,760 --> 00:48:47,090
I fall in love too easily.

922
00:48:47,600 --> 00:48:48,836
First, George.

923
00:48:48,836 --> 00:48:51,272
That was a horrible mistake.

924
00:48:51,760 --> 00:48:53,657
Then Brian.

925
00:48:53,740 --> 00:48:55,053
And now Percy.

926
00:48:55,140 --> 00:48:56,614
The Duke of Merton?

927
00:48:56,620 --> 00:48:59,030
But this time, I know I've got it right.

928
00:48:59,120 --> 00:49:02,057
He really is so sweet and kind.

929
00:49:02,057 --> 00:49:04,294
He needs someone to look after him.

930
00:49:04,380 --> 00:49:07,092
He and I plan to marry as soon as we can.

931
00:49:07,095 --> 00:49:08,499
And you'll be invited.

932
00:49:08,500 --> 00:49:11,253
Ah, the grand wedding.

933
00:49:11,340 --> 00:49:12,853
At Westminster, yes.

934
00:49:12,940 --> 00:49:15,198
That's what he's always wanted.

935
00:49:15,440 --> 00:49:18,657
I just fear all of this business
will frighten him off.

936
00:49:18,660 --> 00:49:21,010
He so hates scandal.

937
00:49:22,720 --> 00:49:24,351
Mr Poirot...

938
00:49:24,440 --> 00:49:26,331
will you talk to him?

939
00:49:26,420 --> 00:49:29,493
Will you tell him that everything's
going to be all right?

940
00:49:31,040 --> 00:49:33,838
Once again, you make
of Poirot the ambassador.

941
00:49:34,520 --> 00:49:36,953
He's coming to my apartment later.

942
00:49:37,040 --> 00:49:39,258
You could meet him there.

943
00:49:41,360 --> 00:49:42,875
Oui.

944
00:49:43,440 --> 00:49:46,738
I knew I could trust you
the moment I met you.

945
00:49:47,320 --> 00:49:50,198
You really are my guardian angel.

946
00:49:50,480 --> 00:49:52,436
I should be afraid.

947
00:49:52,720 --> 00:49:54,412
But I'm not.

948
00:49:54,500 --> 00:49:56,438
Not while you're here.

949
00:49:56,620 --> 00:49:58,631
Do not be anxious, madame.

950
00:49:58,720 --> 00:50:00,678
All will be arranged.

951
00:50:01,300 --> 00:50:03,279
You have my word.

952
00:50:28,300 --> 00:50:31,859
These are some of our latest models,
just in from Paris.

953
00:50:31,860 --> 00:50:33,434
Oh, lovely.

954
00:50:33,580 --> 00:50:38,094
Dorothy, show Mrs Lester
the Rose Descartes model.

955
00:50:38,100 --> 00:50:39,899
Excuse me.

956
00:50:47,860 --> 00:50:48,920
What are you doing here?

957
00:50:48,920 --> 00:50:50,980
It's not working out the way
we thought it would.

958
00:50:50,980 --> 00:50:52,991
- What do you mean?
- I've just seen Jane.

959
00:50:53,080 --> 00:50:54,290
She hasn't been arrested?

960
00:50:54,290 --> 00:50:56,600
She was in the park, with Poirot.

961
00:50:56,600 --> 00:50:57,660
What?

962
00:50:57,660 --> 00:51:00,133
The way they were walking together,
you could almost imagine...

963
00:51:00,140 --> 00:51:02,018
Anyway, she's got him lapping at her feet.

964
00:51:02,020 --> 00:51:05,492
So I think you can take it she's
more or less off the suspects list.

965
00:51:09,980 --> 00:51:11,832
It's all right, Brian.

966
00:51:12,040 --> 00:51:13,971
It's early days.

967
00:51:14,160 --> 00:51:17,916
She's going to get what she deserves
and she's not going to hurt us again.

968
00:51:21,700 --> 00:51:23,730
Can I take your hat, sir?

969
00:51:24,360 --> 00:51:25,973
Thank you, Alice.

970
00:51:26,160 --> 00:51:27,793
Jane, darling.

971
00:51:30,940 --> 00:51:33,300
Mr Poirot, it's a pleasure to meet you.

972
00:51:33,300 --> 00:51:34,317
Monsieur le Duc.

973
00:51:34,317 --> 00:51:36,134
Jane has spoken a lot about you.

974
00:51:36,220 --> 00:51:38,098
Would you like a drink, darling?
Tea or coffee?

975
00:51:38,098 --> 00:51:39,776
No, I can't stay long.

976
00:51:40,060 --> 00:51:41,308
This business,

977
00:51:41,308 --> 00:51:44,354
the death of Lord Edgware,
it really is the most terrible thing.

978
00:51:44,360 --> 00:51:46,574
That Jane should be involved.

979
00:51:46,860 --> 00:51:48,817
You know I'm relying on you?

980
00:51:48,820 --> 00:51:51,236
We're both relying
on you to sort it out.

981
00:51:51,240 --> 00:51:53,800
And if there's anything
I can do to help...

982
00:51:54,280 --> 00:51:58,119
You could perhaps tell to me
how it was that the two of you met?

983
00:51:58,900 --> 00:52:00,755
It was at the theatre.

984
00:52:00,760 --> 00:52:02,239
Macbeth.

985
00:52:02,239 --> 00:52:04,100
A wonderful performance.

986
00:52:04,100 --> 00:52:05,919
Quite wonderful.

987
00:52:06,380 --> 00:52:08,391
Lord Edgware was there that night,

988
00:52:08,680 --> 00:52:11,150
and I saw how he behaved.

989
00:52:11,700 --> 00:52:13,459
He was a brute of a man.

990
00:52:13,460 --> 00:52:14,939
Despicable.

991
00:52:14,740 --> 00:52:17,638
I can't help but think that
he deserved what he got...

992
00:52:18,420 --> 00:52:20,690
although that's a terrible thing to say.

993
00:52:21,180 --> 00:52:23,218
I won't lie to you, Mr Poirot.

994
00:52:23,220 --> 00:52:25,331
I'm glad at the way things worked out.

995
00:52:25,720 --> 00:52:28,493
And as soon as there's
been a decent interval,

996
00:52:28,580 --> 00:52:30,616
Jane and I plan to be married.

997
00:52:30,700 --> 00:52:32,572
If she'll have me.

998
00:52:32,760 --> 00:52:34,593
Of course I will.

999
00:52:34,600 --> 00:52:36,536
I wish to you both...

1000
00:52:37,020 --> 00:52:39,011
much happiness.

1001
00:52:39,500 --> 00:52:41,995
I hope we'll see you at
the cathedral, Mr Poirot.

1002
00:52:42,820 --> 00:52:44,618
I know how you've taken Jane's side.

1003
00:52:44,620 --> 00:52:47,136
And I want you to know
how much I appreciate it.

1004
00:52:47,420 --> 00:52:49,570
Monsieur, madame.

1005
00:52:54,580 --> 00:52:57,813
Alton, what are you doing?

1006
00:52:58,100 --> 00:53:00,111
What does it look like?

1007
00:53:00,580 --> 00:53:01,859
Come on, Joyce.

1008
00:53:01,859 --> 00:53:04,197
Why don't you come down
off your high horse for once?

1009
00:53:04,200 --> 00:53:05,916
The master's dead,

1010
00:53:05,920 --> 00:53:08,655
and you and me,
we'll soon be for the hook.

1011
00:53:08,660 --> 00:53:11,049
Everything will continue as before.

1012
00:53:11,140 --> 00:53:13,415
Mr Ronald will move in.

1013
00:53:13,420 --> 00:53:15,180
He's the new Lord Edgware now.

1014
00:53:15,180 --> 00:53:17,848
Will you fancy him as much
as you did the old one?

1015
00:53:17,850 --> 00:53:19,856
I will not listen to this.

1016
00:53:19,860 --> 00:53:21,373
Have they arrested her yet?

1017
00:53:21,400 --> 00:53:23,239
Lady Edgware?

1018
00:53:24,160 --> 00:53:26,490
Apparently, the police
don't believe it was her.

1019
00:53:26,580 --> 00:53:28,054
What?

1020
00:53:28,240 --> 00:53:31,716
They think there might have been
quite a different motive for the murder.

1021
00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:33,633
Oh, hell.

1022
00:53:38,140 --> 00:53:39,659
Alton?

1023
00:53:39,740 --> 00:53:41,309
Alton!

1024
00:53:48,380 --> 00:53:49,766
Has he said anything?

1025
00:53:49,766 --> 00:53:51,953
No, Captain Hastings.

1026
00:53:52,260 --> 00:53:55,090
I think you'd better go and talk to him.

1027
00:53:55,840 --> 00:53:58,196
I've never seen him like this.

1028
00:54:04,960 --> 00:54:06,759
Poirot?

1029
00:54:13,800 --> 00:54:15,760
Are you all right?

1030
00:54:15,760 --> 00:54:18,679
Oui. Ça va, ça va.

1031
00:54:19,900 --> 00:54:22,070
She really has rather got to you, hasn't she?

1032
00:54:22,360 --> 00:54:26,239
You reach a certain age,
you think romance has passed you by.

1033
00:54:26,320 --> 00:54:28,216
When it does finally hit you,

1034
00:54:28,220 --> 00:54:30,097
it really bowls you over.

1035
00:54:30,100 --> 00:54:31,931
What is it of which you speak?

1036
00:54:32,020 --> 00:54:33,848
Well, Jane Wilkinson.

1037
00:54:36,760 --> 00:54:38,559
Hastings...

1038
00:54:39,160 --> 00:54:43,233
..I think of the murder of Lord Edgware and the
questions to which there remain no answers.

1039
00:54:43,320 --> 00:54:45,754
I think of the letter written by
Carlotta Adams to her sister

1040
00:54:45,760 --> 00:54:47,658
and the pince-nez that we
discovered in her hand bag.

1041
00:54:47,660 --> 00:54:51,135
But absolutely not do I
think of Jane Wilkinson.

1042
00:54:51,980 --> 00:54:54,271
Very well. If you say so.

1043
00:54:54,360 --> 00:54:56,232
Mr Poirot!

1044
00:54:56,720 --> 00:54:59,050
That was Chief Inspector Japp.

1045
00:54:59,050 --> 00:55:01,012
There's been a development.

1046
00:55:02,260 --> 00:55:05,298
Mr Trabshaw, the solicitor,
unlocked it this morning.

1047
00:55:05,300 --> 00:55:07,220
No-one else had the combination.

1048
00:55:07,220 --> 00:55:09,336
I felt I should call you straight away.

1049
00:55:09,420 --> 00:55:11,980
And the French francs,
they are nowhere to be found?

1050
00:55:11,980 --> 00:55:13,852
How many francs are we
talking about, Miss Carroll?

1051
00:55:13,940 --> 00:55:15,820
Well, a considerable amount.

1052
00:55:15,820 --> 00:55:18,175
Lord Edgware was about to leave for Paris.

1053
00:55:18,260 --> 00:55:20,535
He told the butler, Alton, to call the bank.

1054
00:55:20,620 --> 00:55:22,212
And where is Alton?

1055
00:55:22,300 --> 00:55:24,575
Well, that's why I called you,
Chief Inspector.

1056
00:55:24,660 --> 00:55:28,809
He seemed very agitated yesterday when I
told him that you hadn't yet made an arrest.

1057
00:55:29,100 --> 00:55:31,790
And this morning,
he's failed to appear for work.

1058
00:55:31,790 --> 00:55:33,880
I've been to his room and it's empty.

1059
00:55:33,880 --> 00:55:35,877
He's gone.

1060
00:55:42,600 --> 00:55:44,656
It's one and six, please, madam.

1061
00:55:45,420 --> 00:55:47,073
Thank you, madam.

1062
00:56:10,860 --> 00:56:11,600
Yes?

1063
00:56:11,600 --> 00:56:13,452
I'm here to see Carlotta.

1064
00:56:13,460 --> 00:56:14,613
I'm sorry?

1065
00:56:14,700 --> 00:56:16,299
Oh, she's expecting me.

1066
00:56:16,300 --> 00:56:18,591
I'm Lucie Adams. I'm her sister.

1067
00:56:18,880 --> 00:56:21,155
Haven't you heard?

1068
00:56:21,400 --> 00:56:23,049
What?

1069
00:56:35,680 --> 00:56:37,636
Thank you, Hastings.

1070
00:56:40,580 --> 00:56:42,173
Mademoiselle Driver.

1071
00:56:42,180 --> 00:56:44,694
I didn't know if I should
call you, Mr Poirot.

1072
00:56:44,980 --> 00:56:47,931
But Lucie insisted, when she
heard you were on the case.

1073
00:56:47,940 --> 00:56:49,449
And where is she now, mademoiselle?

1074
00:56:49,449 --> 00:56:52,259
Upstairs. She had a terrible shock.

1075
00:56:52,440 --> 00:56:55,496
Well, perhaps she came to you because
you were the friend of her sister?

1076
00:56:55,580 --> 00:56:58,979
Yes. Carlotta was one of my first customers.

1077
00:56:59,179 --> 00:57:00,979
She bought all her hats here.

1078
00:57:00,980 --> 00:57:06,088
I understand that you sold to her
a hat with a brim that is slanting?

1079
00:57:06,180 --> 00:57:07,708
Well, similar to this one.

1080
00:57:07,710 --> 00:57:10,551
Yes, she bought one
very like it last week.

1081
00:57:10,640 --> 00:57:14,196
Mademoiselle, did you ever
make to her a present?

1082
00:57:14,980 --> 00:57:18,035
A little box for the sleeping drug?

1083
00:57:20,560 --> 00:57:21,755
I'm sorry?

1084
00:57:21,755 --> 00:57:23,051
You will see...

1085
00:57:23,140 --> 00:57:25,329
"CA from P.

1086
00:57:25,420 --> 00:57:28,060
Sweet dreams. November 10th."

1087
00:57:28,060 --> 00:57:32,039
The CA is Carlotta.
We wondered if the P might be Penny.

1088
00:57:32,420 --> 00:57:33,992
Well, it's not.

1089
00:57:34,080 --> 00:57:36,071
I've never seen that before.

1090
00:57:36,800 --> 00:57:38,099
Merci.

1091
00:57:38,099 --> 00:57:42,099
There is only one other question
I wish to ask you, mademoiselle.

1092
00:57:42,180 --> 00:57:45,014
How well acquainted are
you with Jane Wilkinson?

1093
00:57:46,000 --> 00:57:47,249
Jane?

1094
00:57:47,250 --> 00:57:49,196
Why do you want to know about her?

1095
00:57:52,240 --> 00:57:54,351
There was a man I was very close to,

1096
00:57:54,540 --> 00:57:56,735
and she took him away from me.

1097
00:57:56,820 --> 00:58:00,308
And when she finished with him,
she threw him over.

1098
00:58:00,400 --> 00:58:04,229
There's nothing good I can
say about Jane Wilkinson.

1099
00:58:05,740 --> 00:58:08,034
But I thought it was Lucie Adams
you'd come to see.

1100
00:58:08,040 --> 00:58:10,835
And if you don't mind,
she's waiting upstairs.

1101
00:58:14,360 --> 00:58:16,219
It couldn't have been an overdose.

1102
00:58:16,219 --> 00:58:18,978
Carlotta never took drugs.
She hated them.

1103
00:58:19,760 --> 00:58:20,955
It's all right.

1104
00:58:20,955 --> 00:58:25,018
Mademoiselle, can you explain to me
the reason for your visit to England?

1105
00:58:25,400 --> 00:58:27,739
Well, I came to see Carlotta.

1106
00:58:27,820 --> 00:58:29,658
She invited me.

1107
00:58:29,880 --> 00:58:33,233
The show was doing well
and she was so full of hope.

1108
00:58:35,740 --> 00:58:39,220
I wanted to see a bit of the country
before I joined her in London.

1109
00:58:39,220 --> 00:58:42,492
Since your arrival in England, mademoiselle,

1110
00:58:42,880 --> 00:58:45,811
have you received a letter from your sister?

1111
00:58:45,900 --> 00:58:47,138
Yes.

1112
00:58:47,140 --> 00:58:50,232
I have it here.
It arrived this morning.

1113
00:58:50,320 --> 00:58:51,775
Ah!

1114
00:58:51,920 --> 00:58:54,980
You permit that we read this letter,
mademoiselle?

1115
00:58:55,860 --> 00:58:57,798
Yes, of course.

1116
00:59:07,320 --> 00:59:09,080
"Dear little sister,

1117
00:59:09,080 --> 00:59:12,252
I'm sorry this is so scrappy but
things have been rather busy.

1118
00:59:12,260 --> 00:59:15,152
The show is a success. Notices splendid.
Box office good."

1119
00:59:15,160 --> 00:59:17,590
The whole of the first page
is about the show.

1120
00:59:18,860 --> 00:59:20,732
Oh, yes, it continues here.

1121
00:59:20,820 --> 00:59:22,890
"I met Ronald Marsh the other night.

1122
00:59:22,890 --> 00:59:26,999
He's a theatre producer and he tried to persuade
me to come in on one of his new shows.

1123
00:59:27,000 --> 00:59:28,118
I don't know, though.

1124
00:59:28,118 --> 00:59:31,073
He drinks quite heavily and
has no money of his own,

1125
00:59:31,160 --> 00:59:33,879
although it turns out he's the
nephew of Lord Edgware,

1126
00:59:33,960 --> 00:59:36,256
who sounds no beauty,
I can tell you.

1127
00:59:36,260 --> 00:59:38,410
Anyway, Ronald loved my revue

1128
00:59:38,500 --> 00:59:41,970
and he asked me if I'd be interested
in earning some money

1129
00:59:41,970 --> 00:59:45,596
for a practical joke that would
prove just how good I was.

1130
00:59:45,680 --> 00:59:47,989
I laughed and said, 'How much?'

1131
00:59:47,990 --> 00:59:50,980
Lucie darling, the answer
fairly took my breath away.

1132
00:59:50,980 --> 00:59:52,551
Two thousand dollars.

1133
00:59:52,560 --> 00:59:56,758
After that, we laid our heads together
and got down to details.

1134
00:59:56,740 --> 00:59:58,856
I'll tell you how it went
when you arrive in London.

1135
00:59:58,940 --> 01:00:01,898
I can't wait to see you,
little sister mine. Yours..."

1136
01:00:01,980 --> 01:00:03,950
Carlotta.

1137
01:00:04,040 --> 01:00:05,912
There, there.

1138
01:00:07,280 --> 01:00:09,238
I don't understand.

1139
01:00:09,720 --> 01:00:11,755
Why would Ronald Marsh

1140
01:00:11,855 --> 01:00:14,391
pay Carlotta that sort of money?

1141
01:00:14,760 --> 01:00:16,295
And where would he get it from?

1142
01:00:16,295 --> 01:00:19,631
I mean, everyone knew
he was virtually broke.

1143
01:00:20,320 --> 01:00:22,754
That is indeed the question.

1144
01:00:23,920 --> 01:00:25,673
Mademoiselle...

1145
01:00:26,940 --> 01:00:30,013
...you will allow us to guard
this letter for a little while?

1146
01:00:30,820 --> 01:00:32,309
Yes.

1147
01:00:33,020 --> 01:00:35,136
If it will help, Mr Poirot.

1148
01:00:35,520 --> 01:00:36,919
Merci.

1149
01:00:38,240 --> 01:00:40,092
Courage, mademoiselle.

1150
01:00:40,180 --> 01:00:42,096
I will return this letter to you and, with it,

1151
01:00:42,096 --> 01:00:44,612
the truth concerning the
death of your sister.

1152
01:00:45,480 --> 01:00:47,014
You have the word of Poirot.

1153
01:00:47,014 --> 01:00:48,848
Thank you.

1154
01:00:53,060 --> 01:00:54,937
Well, this is it, Poirot.

1155
01:00:54,940 --> 01:00:56,119
The proof of the pudding.

1156
01:00:56,119 --> 01:00:57,818
It was Ronald Marsh all the time.

1157
01:00:57,900 --> 01:01:00,414
You no longer suspect Alton the butler?

1158
01:01:00,500 --> 01:01:03,492
No, no. He's obviously up to no good,
but he's no killer.

1159
01:01:03,880 --> 01:01:05,418
No, it's all here.

1160
01:01:05,500 --> 01:01:10,135
Ronald Marsh hired Carlotta Adams to go
to Regent Gate disguised as Lady Edgware.

1161
01:01:10,140 --> 01:01:13,540
Later on, he killed Lord Edgware,
making us think that she'd done it.

1162
01:01:13,540 --> 01:01:16,910
And then of course, Carlotta
had to die to stop her talking.

1163
01:01:17,000 --> 01:01:19,878
Ya, but of course, at the
time of the first murder,

1164
01:01:19,960 --> 01:01:21,757
Monsieur Ronald Marsh was at the opera.

1165
01:01:21,760 --> 01:01:24,171
According to Geraldine Marsh, yes.

1166
01:01:24,460 --> 01:01:27,049
But there's something
you don't know, Poirot.

1167
01:01:30,720 --> 01:01:34,056
I was thinking about
Ronald Marsh's so-called alibi.

1168
01:01:34,060 --> 01:01:35,738
And then I had an idea.

1169
01:01:35,738 --> 01:01:37,516
I congratulate you, Chief Inspector.

1170
01:01:37,600 --> 01:01:38,569
Thank you.

1171
01:01:38,660 --> 01:01:42,448
It occurred to me that Regent Gate is
less than a mile away from Covent Garden.

1172
01:01:42,540 --> 01:01:43,520
You get my drift?

1173
01:01:43,520 --> 01:01:44,980
You mean he could have left in the interval?

1174
01:01:44,980 --> 01:01:47,080
Yes, and been back in time for the next act.

1175
01:01:47,080 --> 01:01:49,958
Ah, yes. Now that, I believe, is
the same technique that you used

1176
01:01:49,960 --> 01:01:52,554
to demonstrate the possible
guilt of Jane Wilkinson.

1177
01:01:52,560 --> 01:01:53,287
That's right.

1178
01:01:53,287 --> 01:01:56,459
I've been talking to quite a few
of the taxi drivers in this area,

1179
01:01:56,460 --> 01:01:58,869
and this time I came up trumps.

1180
01:01:58,960 --> 01:02:03,715
Ronald Marsh and the young lady left Covent
Garden between the second and the third act.

1181
01:02:03,700 --> 01:02:07,000
The driver took them to Regent Gate
and waited for them outside.

1182
01:02:07,000 --> 01:02:08,494
Good Lord.

1183
01:02:08,780 --> 01:02:10,480
Where is Monsieur Marsh?

1184
01:02:10,480 --> 01:02:12,108
In here.

1185
01:02:13,380 --> 01:02:14,752
All right.

1186
01:02:14,760 --> 01:02:16,132
Yes.

1187
01:02:16,220 --> 01:02:19,132
I did go to the house during the interval.

1188
01:02:19,140 --> 01:02:20,533
Talk to Geraldine.

1189
01:02:20,540 --> 01:02:22,176
And she was in the cab with you?

1190
01:02:22,176 --> 01:02:23,399
Yes.

1191
01:02:23,400 --> 01:02:25,456
But she had nothing to do with it, either.

1192
01:02:26,920 --> 01:02:28,917
Why did you return to the house?

1193
01:02:29,200 --> 01:02:31,118
I needed money.

1194
01:02:31,780 --> 01:02:33,674
I met Geraldine at the opera.

1195
01:02:33,674 --> 01:02:35,160
Bless her, she agreed to help.

1196
01:02:35,160 --> 01:02:37,460
She offered you financial assistance?

1197
01:02:37,460 --> 01:02:39,155
She had some pearls.

1198
01:02:39,155 --> 01:02:41,040
She said I could pawn them.

1199
01:02:41,040 --> 01:02:43,375
It would keep me afloat
for a few more weeks.

1200
01:02:43,380 --> 01:02:45,814
And you went over to get them
in the middle of the opera?

1201
01:02:45,900 --> 01:02:48,689
Needs must, Chief Inspector.
It was urgent.

1202
01:02:49,480 --> 01:02:53,216
She had a key, let herself in.
I waited outside.

1203
01:02:53,120 --> 01:02:56,178
I don't suppose you saw anything
while you were waiting outside?

1204
01:02:56,180 --> 01:02:57,808
No.

1205
01:02:59,240 --> 01:03:01,212
Actually, there was something.

1206
01:03:01,600 --> 01:03:03,033
Wait.

1207
01:03:03,040 --> 01:03:06,080
Just as we got there,
I thought I saw Brian come out.

1208
01:03:06,080 --> 01:03:07,413
Brian Martin?

1209
01:03:07,420 --> 01:03:09,800
It was dark,
but it certainly looked like him.

1210
01:03:09,800 --> 01:03:11,940
You can ask Geraldine. She saw him, too.

1211
01:03:11,940 --> 01:03:13,912
That was Brian!

1212
01:03:15,100 --> 01:03:16,140
Monsieur Marsh,

1213
01:03:16,140 --> 01:03:17,417
when you and I first met,

1214
01:03:17,417 --> 01:03:19,850
it was in the presence of
Carlotta Adams, the performer.

1215
01:03:19,850 --> 01:03:22,579
You said you were hoping
to engage her in the theatre.

1216
01:03:22,660 --> 01:03:23,680
Yes.

1217
01:03:23,580 --> 01:03:27,255
Subsequently, you paid to her
the sum of two thousand dollars.

1218
01:03:27,340 --> 01:03:28,755
What?

1219
01:03:29,140 --> 01:03:30,640
What are you talking about?

1220
01:03:30,640 --> 01:03:31,996
Are you denying it?

1221
01:03:31,996 --> 01:03:33,552
Of course I am.

1222
01:03:33,840 --> 01:03:35,298
Where would I have got money like that?

1223
01:03:35,298 --> 01:03:36,957
And why should I pay her anything?

1224
01:03:37,140 --> 01:03:40,276
Mr Marsh, we have it on record
from Miss Adams herself

1225
01:03:40,276 --> 01:03:42,412
that you paid her that sum.

1226
01:03:43,100 --> 01:03:45,780
Well, if that's what she said,
then she was lying.

1227
01:03:45,780 --> 01:03:47,936
I never paid her a bean.

1228
01:03:48,100 --> 01:03:51,114
Now, if you don't mind,
I should like to go home.

1229
01:03:53,260 --> 01:03:54,951
- He's going nowhere.
- Chief Inspector?

1230
01:03:54,960 --> 01:03:57,051
Not till I've spoken to Geraldine Marsh.

1231
01:03:57,060 --> 01:03:59,353
- Sir!
- Yes?

1232
01:04:01,700 --> 01:04:03,531
Ah, it's Alton, the missing butler.

1233
01:04:03,540 --> 01:04:06,851
He's been reported buying a ticket
for Buenos Aires, would you believe?

1234
01:04:06,860 --> 01:04:08,319
Flight leaving today.

1235
01:04:08,320 --> 01:04:09,336
That's the flight I took.

1236
01:04:09,336 --> 01:04:11,353
The first leg leaves
for Paris at four o'clock.

1237
01:04:11,360 --> 01:04:14,054
We've just got time to intercept him.
Come on.

1238
01:04:38,120 --> 01:04:39,400
He's heading for the terminal.

1239
01:04:39,400 --> 01:04:41,180
Get after him!

1240
01:04:47,800 --> 01:04:48,637
There he is!

1241
01:04:48,637 --> 01:04:50,475
Stay where you are, Alton.

1242
01:04:51,680 --> 01:04:53,233
Wait here.

1243
01:04:56,600 --> 01:04:57,915
Argh!

1244
01:04:58,000 --> 01:04:59,336
We know you've got the money, Alton!

1245
01:04:59,336 --> 01:05:01,173
You won't get away with it!

1246
01:05:13,900 --> 01:05:15,856
Come on! This way!

1247
01:05:18,820 --> 01:05:21,680
Give yourself up, Alton.
You don't stand a chance.

1248
01:05:30,060 --> 01:05:31,893
After him!

1249
01:05:33,180 --> 01:05:34,779
Hold him!

1250
01:05:38,920 --> 01:05:42,048
- No!
- Argh!

1251
01:05:42,664 --> 01:05:44,164
Argh!

1252
01:06:01,920 --> 01:06:03,154
Bonjour, Hastings.

1253
01:06:03,154 --> 01:06:04,688
Oh morning, Poirot.

1254
01:06:04,980 --> 01:06:09,690
You had a telephone call earlier
from Ronald Marsh, Mr Poirot.

1255
01:06:09,880 --> 01:06:13,455
He rang to invite you today to
what he called a celebratory lunch.

1256
01:06:13,460 --> 01:06:16,054
- Japp must have released him already.
- Oui.

1257
01:06:16,460 --> 01:06:19,873
Mademoiselle Geraldine must
have corroborated his story.

1258
01:06:19,960 --> 01:06:22,554
Perhaps Alton did kill Lord Edgware after all.

1259
01:06:22,560 --> 01:06:24,838
No, no, no, Hastings. I think not.

1260
01:06:24,840 --> 01:06:26,778
Well then, who did?

1261
01:06:28,900 --> 01:06:30,956
Five questions, Hastings.

1262
01:06:31,340 --> 01:06:33,292
That is all.

1263
01:06:35,040 --> 01:06:36,759
Five.

1264
01:06:37,820 --> 01:06:41,298
The answers to which
will reveal to me the truth.

1265
01:06:41,480 --> 01:06:43,994
Five questions, Mr Poirot?

1266
01:06:44,180 --> 01:06:46,093
Fire away.

1267
01:06:46,880 --> 01:06:49,780
We know that Lord Edgware changed
his mind on the subject of divorce

1268
01:06:49,780 --> 01:06:52,414
and that he wrote a letter to his
wife to acquaint her of that fact.

1269
01:06:52,500 --> 01:06:54,192
Well, he sent it to the theatre.

1270
01:06:54,280 --> 01:06:57,138
Oui, and it was indeed
posted by Miss Carroll.

1271
01:06:57,920 --> 01:07:01,998
But why was it that this letter was
never received by Lady Edgware?

1272
01:07:02,600 --> 01:07:06,834
To whose interest was it that
this letter should not arrive?

1273
01:07:10,140 --> 01:07:12,112
What's the second question?

1274
01:07:12,300 --> 01:07:16,996
The telephone call that Lady Edgware
received at the dinner at Holborn.

1275
01:07:17,780 --> 01:07:21,675
Assur�ment, it was to make sure
she was indeed there, but...

1276
01:07:22,400 --> 01:07:25,460
...who has made this
telephone call and why?

1277
01:07:26,920 --> 01:07:28,876
I can't help you there.

1278
01:07:30,280 --> 01:07:32,774
What's the third question, Mr Poirot?

1279
01:07:32,860 --> 01:07:36,409
The third question, Miss Lemon,
concerns the pince-nez

1280
01:07:36,500 --> 01:07:40,488
that were discovered in the
handbag of Carlotta Adams.

1281
01:07:40,580 --> 01:07:45,260
Now, neither she nor Lady Edgware
wore spectacles such as these.

1282
01:07:45,260 --> 01:07:48,611
So what is their purpose
and to whom do they belong?

1283
01:07:48,800 --> 01:07:50,670
That's a good question.

1284
01:07:50,760 --> 01:07:54,809
Next, we come to the letter
written by Carlotta Adams

1285
01:07:54,900 --> 01:07:56,877
to her sister.

1286
01:07:57,600 --> 01:08:01,739
In it, she says quite clearly that it was
Ronald Marsh who paid her $2,000,

1287
01:08:01,740 --> 01:08:03,931
but Monsieur Marsh, he denies this.

1288
01:08:04,020 --> 01:08:05,951
And it is true...

1289
01:08:06,040 --> 01:08:09,733
that he had in his possession
not such an amount.

1290
01:08:09,920 --> 01:08:12,076
So, are you saying Carlotta was lying?

1291
01:08:12,460 --> 01:08:17,873
No, but it is perhaps that she concealed
the true identity of her employer.

1292
01:08:18,820 --> 01:08:21,593
What's the fifth question, Mr Poirot?

1293
01:08:21,680 --> 01:08:23,891
Who is P?

1294
01:08:24,960 --> 01:08:27,972
You remember the box
given to Carlotta Adams?

1295
01:08:28,060 --> 01:08:29,459
"To CA from P"?

1296
01:08:29,460 --> 01:08:30,915
Oui.

1297
01:08:32,400 --> 01:08:35,095
Who was it that gave
to her this box?

1298
01:08:35,660 --> 01:08:38,130
This I would like to know most dearly.

1299
01:08:40,860 --> 01:08:43,696
What was the first
question again, Poirot?

1300
01:08:44,600 --> 01:08:48,214
Actually, I may be able
to help you, Mr Poirot.

1301
01:08:48,420 --> 01:08:51,290
My file on London jewellers.

1302
01:08:51,500 --> 01:08:54,752
A specialised piece like that
should be easy enough to track down.

1303
01:08:54,760 --> 01:08:57,176
Then, Miss Lemon, this I entrust to you.

1304
01:08:57,180 --> 01:08:58,874
Merci.

1305
01:09:01,980 --> 01:09:04,774
So, you going to this lunch then, Poirot?
Ronald Marsh?

1306
01:09:05,060 --> 01:09:06,619
No, no, no, Hastings.

1307
01:09:06,619 --> 01:09:08,978
I have work to do here in my apartment.

1308
01:09:08,980 --> 01:09:11,500
No, you must be my eyes and my nose.

1309
01:09:11,500 --> 01:09:13,057
- Ears.
- Oui.

1310
01:09:13,057 --> 01:09:15,015
To see and observe in my place.

1311
01:09:15,020 --> 01:09:17,489
Right. You can count on me.

1312
01:09:30,800 --> 01:09:32,315
Madam.

1313
01:10:01,100 --> 01:10:03,396
Try Addison's, madam, on the right.

1314
01:10:03,396 --> 01:10:05,092
Thank you very much.

1315
01:10:06,600 --> 01:10:08,657
I think you were sweet!

1316
01:10:08,660 --> 01:10:11,613
- Oh, Captain Hastings, do sit down.
- Thank you.

1317
01:10:12,520 --> 01:10:13,675
Hello.

1318
01:10:13,675 --> 01:10:15,620
Mr Poirot couldn't make it, then?

1319
01:10:15,620 --> 01:10:17,633
No, I'm afraid he has to work.

1320
01:10:17,820 --> 01:10:20,812
Captain Hastings, is it true about Alton?

1321
01:10:20,820 --> 01:10:23,468
Yes, I'm afraid he died
trying to make a run for it.

1322
01:10:23,470 --> 01:10:26,470
But the police don't think he was
responsible for the death of Lord Edgware.

1323
01:10:26,500 --> 01:10:29,328
Well, I wish they'd find out whoever did it.

1324
01:10:29,720 --> 01:10:32,378
This whole thing is driving us mad.
It's suffocating us.

1325
01:10:32,460 --> 01:10:35,497
Don't worry. Mr Poirot won't give up.

1326
01:10:35,580 --> 01:10:36,649
I know he won't.

1327
01:10:36,740 --> 01:10:39,234
Oh, that's right.
You know, he's never failed yet.

1328
01:10:39,240 --> 01:10:41,366
I don't suppose you remember me,
Captain Hastings?

1329
01:10:41,366 --> 01:10:43,816
I'm Donald Ross.
We met at Sir Montagu's.

1330
01:10:43,816 --> 01:10:45,333
Yes, of course. You're a writer.

1331
01:10:45,340 --> 01:10:46,693
A great writer.

1332
01:10:46,780 --> 01:10:50,019
I've just finished reading his first play,
The Trojan Wars.

1333
01:10:50,019 --> 01:10:51,338
It's going to be a smash.

1334
01:10:51,340 --> 01:10:55,053
We're all here to celebrate
freedom and independence.

1335
01:10:55,140 --> 01:10:57,645
I suppose the toast ought to
be to whoever did kill him.

1336
01:10:57,645 --> 01:10:59,940
He or she did us all a great favour.

1337
01:10:59,940 --> 01:11:00,929
No.

1338
01:11:01,000 --> 01:11:02,106
Oh, come on, Jane.

1339
01:11:02,106 --> 01:11:04,012
You can't say you weren't
pleased to see him go?

1340
01:11:04,100 --> 01:11:05,619
No.

1341
01:11:05,700 --> 01:11:09,129
But any one of us sitting at this
table could have killed him.

1342
01:11:09,130 --> 01:11:11,115
And I won't drink to that.

1343
01:11:11,200 --> 01:11:13,213
I simply won't.

1344
01:11:14,000 --> 01:11:16,555
Oh, that one.
That's just what I want.

1345
01:11:16,640 --> 01:11:19,274
- Don't you like it?
- I suppose so.

1346
01:11:21,740 --> 01:11:24,137
Oh, good afternoon, madam.

1347
01:12:05,740 --> 01:12:07,918
Yes, this is definitely my work.

1348
01:12:07,918 --> 01:12:09,576
I recognise the inscription.

1349
01:12:09,580 --> 01:12:11,536
It was commissioned
only a few weeks ago.

1350
01:12:11,620 --> 01:12:13,333
Only a few weeks ago?

1351
01:12:13,520 --> 01:12:16,854
But it's meant to be a souvenir of
something that happened in November.

1352
01:12:16,860 --> 01:12:18,299
That's seven months.

1353
01:12:18,299 --> 01:12:20,939
Yes, I wondered about that, too.

1354
01:12:20,940 --> 01:12:22,818
Can you tell me who ordered it?

1355
01:12:22,820 --> 01:12:24,169
Yes, er...

1356
01:12:24,260 --> 01:12:26,216
It was a lady.

1357
01:12:26,800 --> 01:12:28,699
Give me a moment.

1358
01:12:29,360 --> 01:12:30,779
Ah, here.

1359
01:12:30,860 --> 01:12:32,657
A Mrs Van Dusen.

1360
01:12:32,740 --> 01:12:34,093
Van Dusen?

1361
01:12:34,180 --> 01:12:37,756
Yes, an elderly lady,
if I remember rightly.

1362
01:12:38,060 --> 01:12:39,488
Dressed in black.

1363
01:12:39,580 --> 01:12:41,172
Fur cape.

1364
01:12:41,260 --> 01:12:42,991
Grey hair, I think.

1365
01:12:43,080 --> 01:12:45,971
Oh yes, and she was
wearing pince-nez.

1366
01:12:47,600 --> 01:12:51,149
Don't get me wrong.
I enjoyed 'Private Lives' as much as anyone.

1367
01:12:51,240 --> 01:12:54,093
But Noel Coward is
simply a passing fashion.

1368
01:12:54,180 --> 01:12:56,455
Light-hearted and instant forgettable.

1369
01:12:56,540 --> 01:12:59,452
So, where do your passions lie, Mr Ross?

1370
01:12:59,840 --> 01:13:04,075
Well, at the moment, I have to say,
I am fascinated by the 'Judgement Of Paris'.

1371
01:13:04,080 --> 01:13:07,597
But Paris doesn't have any judgement
at all when it comes to fashion.

1372
01:13:07,680 --> 01:13:11,229
These days, one has to look
to Milan and New York.

1373
01:13:12,580 --> 01:13:16,255
I was referring to the judgement
of the shepherd boy, Paris.

1374
01:13:16,340 --> 01:13:20,413
He gave the golden apple to Aphrodite
and so sparked off the war with Troy.

1375
01:13:20,500 --> 01:13:21,928
Oh.

1376
01:13:22,020 --> 01:13:24,056
That Paris.

1377
01:13:24,840 --> 01:13:27,513
Why do we have to talk about
theatre all of the time?

1378
01:13:27,600 --> 01:13:29,099
Percy, you must be bored rigid.

1379
01:13:29,100 --> 01:13:31,510
No, I could never be bored with you.

1380
01:13:31,600 --> 01:13:33,349
Paris?

1381
01:13:35,260 --> 01:13:37,939
Mrs Van Dusen?

1382
01:13:38,220 --> 01:13:39,973
You are sure of this name, Miss Lemon?

1383
01:13:39,980 --> 01:13:41,639
Absolutely, Mr Poirot.

1384
01:13:41,640 --> 01:13:45,335
Then this is the same lady that Jane
Wilkinson met here at this hotel

1385
01:13:45,340 --> 01:13:47,376
on the night that her
husband was murdered.

1386
01:13:47,380 --> 01:13:48,456
Here we are, sir.

1387
01:13:48,556 --> 01:13:51,276
Mrs Van Dusen.
Room 174.

1388
01:13:51,276 --> 01:13:53,332
She booked in for one night.

1389
01:13:53,420 --> 01:13:55,058
One night only?

1390
01:13:55,140 --> 01:13:57,051
Yes, sir.

1391
01:13:57,240 --> 01:13:59,878
Actually, I do remember her,
now I think about it.

1392
01:13:59,978 --> 01:14:02,416
An American lady.
Elderly.

1393
01:14:02,500 --> 01:14:03,736
She wore, um...

1394
01:14:03,820 --> 01:14:05,273
- Pince-nez.
- Yes.

1395
01:14:05,460 --> 01:14:06,816
I wouldn't remember her,

1396
01:14:06,820 --> 01:14:11,029
only the maid said the bed wasn't slept in,
which seemed odd at the time.

1397
01:14:11,220 --> 01:14:12,653
Oh, Poirot.

1398
01:14:12,740 --> 01:14:14,700
Ah, Hastings.

1399
01:14:14,700 --> 01:14:15,776
How went the lunch?

1400
01:14:15,776 --> 01:14:17,540
Oh, it went pretty well.

1401
01:14:17,540 --> 01:14:20,100
They were all there.
Brian Martin, Penny Driver,

1402
01:14:20,180 --> 01:14:22,510
Jane Wilkinson,
and even the Duke of Merton.

1403
01:14:22,700 --> 01:14:25,000
Oh, and that writer chap,
Donald Ross, was there.

1404
01:14:25,000 --> 01:14:26,818
He asked you to telephone him.

1405
01:14:27,600 --> 01:14:28,580
Comment?

1406
01:14:28,580 --> 01:14:30,440
Yes, he seemed puzzled by something.

1407
01:14:30,440 --> 01:14:31,577
He gave me his card.

1408
01:14:31,577 --> 01:14:33,315
When was this, Hastings?

1409
01:14:33,400 --> 01:14:35,372
Half an hour ago.

1410
01:14:36,420 --> 01:14:39,792
And he asked me to telephone
him in front of all those people?

1411
01:14:39,880 --> 01:14:41,549
Yes.

1412
01:14:41,920 --> 01:14:44,350
They have a telephone
at the desk, Mr Poirot.

1413
01:14:44,540 --> 01:14:46,834
- May I use your telephone, please?
- Of course, sir.

1414
01:14:46,920 --> 01:14:48,614
Merci.

1415
01:15:01,680 --> 01:15:03,552
This is Donald Ross.

1416
01:15:03,840 --> 01:15:06,354
Ah, Mr Poirot.
Thank you for calling.

1417
01:15:06,440 --> 01:15:07,580
I didn't want to bother you,

1418
01:15:07,580 --> 01:15:09,157
but there's something to me
that seems to me a bit odd

1419
01:15:09,157 --> 01:15:11,534
in connection with Lord Edgware's death.

1420
01:15:11,620 --> 01:15:13,915
It was Paris that set me off.

1421
01:15:14,100 --> 01:15:16,370
It suddenly got me thinking.

1422
01:15:16,360 --> 01:15:18,273
Just a moment.

1423
01:15:18,833 --> 01:15:21,033
Urgh!

1424
01:15:27,460 --> 01:15:30,140
Stabbed in the neck.
Same as Lord Edgware.

1425
01:15:30,140 --> 01:15:33,291
And it actually happened while he
was talking to you on the telephone?

1426
01:15:33,291 --> 01:15:37,056
Oui. But before he had time to explain
to me what he wished to say.

1427
01:15:40,080 --> 01:15:41,868
This is all my fault, Poirot.

1428
01:15:41,868 --> 01:15:43,540
If only I'd stayed with him.

1429
01:15:43,540 --> 01:15:45,453
Not at all, Hastings.

1430
01:15:46,280 --> 01:15:47,337
The fate of Monsieur Donald Ross,

1431
01:15:47,337 --> 01:15:49,895
it was settled the moment
that he spoke my name.

1432
01:15:49,895 --> 01:15:52,120
Someone at that lunch
must have overheard,

1433
01:15:52,120 --> 01:15:53,678
followed him back here and then...

1434
01:15:53,680 --> 01:15:55,896
Yes, but which one of them was it?
And why?

1435
01:15:55,980 --> 01:15:59,017
I mean, this chap was just a writer.
A nobody.

1436
01:15:59,100 --> 01:16:01,311
How would he know anything
about anything?

1437
01:16:01,400 --> 01:16:05,771
He managed to mention only...
the name of Paris.

1438
01:16:06,060 --> 01:16:07,773
Paris?

1439
01:16:09,620 --> 01:16:13,436
I think it must have triggered a memory
which until then had remained hidden.

1440
01:16:13,440 --> 01:16:15,590
Wasn't Lord Edgware going to Paris?

1441
01:16:15,580 --> 01:16:17,736
Didn't he say he was going
to buy a painting?

1442
01:16:17,920 --> 01:16:21,891
Tell me, Hastings, at that luncheon,
who was the first to leave?

1443
01:16:21,980 --> 01:16:23,691
Er, Brian Martin...

1444
01:16:23,880 --> 01:16:26,160
and Penny Driver,

1445
01:16:26,160 --> 01:16:28,176
then Jane Wilkinson
and the Duke of Merton.

1446
01:16:28,160 --> 01:16:32,155
No, wait a minute,
it was actually the other way round.

1447
01:16:35,420 --> 01:16:37,233
<i>Sacr�!</i>

1448
01:16:37,920 --> 01:16:39,754
Oh, Hastings!

1449
01:16:40,140 --> 01:16:41,858
I have been so foolish.

1450
01:16:41,940 --> 01:16:43,931
And yet, it is so simple.

1451
01:16:45,000 --> 01:16:46,830
The five questions?

1452
01:16:47,120 --> 01:16:48,289
Yes?

1453
01:16:48,290 --> 01:16:50,257
The answers, Hastings,

1454
01:16:50,340 --> 01:16:53,149
they fall into place at last.

1455
01:16:58,380 --> 01:17:00,616
I'm afraid Lady Edgware isn't in, sir.

1456
01:17:00,900 --> 01:17:04,110
But it is not Lady Edgware I have
come to see, Mademoiselle Alice.

1457
01:17:04,440 --> 01:17:06,298
It is you.

1458
01:17:07,320 --> 01:17:09,172
I have here a letter,

1459
01:17:09,260 --> 01:17:13,135
and it would be of great interest to me
to know if you recognise the writing?

1460
01:17:13,580 --> 01:17:15,065
Ah, I'll just need to fetch my glasses.

1461
01:17:15,065 --> 01:17:17,350
You would permit me, mademoiselle?

1462
01:17:18,200 --> 01:17:19,555
Ah!

1463
01:17:26,780 --> 01:17:29,054
Oh, thank you, sir.

1464
01:17:35,680 --> 01:17:38,892
No sir, I don't know this writing.
What made you think I would?

1465
01:17:38,980 --> 01:17:43,598
Vraiment, madame,
I knew that with certainty you would not.

1466
01:17:50,060 --> 01:17:53,536
And so, we return to where we began.

1467
01:17:54,840 --> 01:17:57,478
It was here,
during an evening of entertainment,

1468
01:17:57,480 --> 01:18:01,090
that I first met many of you,
who gather here again today.

1469
01:18:01,180 --> 01:18:05,371
But little did I know
that that very same night,

1470
01:18:05,660 --> 01:18:09,672
a murder most ingenious,
it was being planned.

1471
01:18:09,680 --> 01:18:12,333
Are you saying you know
who killed him, Mr Poirot?

1472
01:18:13,220 --> 01:18:14,853
Was it one of us?

1473
01:18:15,240 --> 01:18:16,768
Ah.

1474
01:18:19,880 --> 01:18:24,690
Each person here had the reason
to wish the death of Lord Edgware.

1475
01:18:24,780 --> 01:18:27,578
For Monsieur Ronald Marsh,
it was a question of money.

1476
01:18:27,960 --> 01:18:31,600
For Mademoiselle Geraldine, it was a chance
to be rid of a father that she loathed.

1477
01:18:31,600 --> 01:18:34,419
The Duke of Merton also knew
that the death of Lord Edgware

1478
01:18:34,420 --> 01:18:36,968
would allow him to marry
the lady that he loved.

1479
01:18:36,970 --> 01:18:38,704
Well, I had no reason to kill him.

1480
01:18:38,704 --> 01:18:40,819
Au contraire, Monsieur Martin.

1481
01:18:40,820 --> 01:18:43,873
It is my belief that you had
the greatest reason of all.

1482
01:18:44,260 --> 01:18:46,700
You were in love with Jane Wilkinson,
were you not?

1483
01:18:46,700 --> 01:18:48,850
- I don't really see that...
- It wasn't love!

1484
01:18:51,220 --> 01:18:53,376
It was infatuation.

1485
01:18:55,360 --> 01:18:57,232
Brian feels nothing for her now.

1486
01:18:57,240 --> 01:18:59,854
And you believe that his
feelings now are for you alone?

1487
01:19:00,140 --> 01:19:02,171
We're in love, yes.

1488
01:19:03,000 --> 01:19:05,116
We have been since the day we met.

1489
01:19:05,200 --> 01:19:08,556
And yet Jane Wilkinson stole him from you.
Ah, yes, mademoiselle.

1490
01:19:08,640 --> 01:19:11,108
Even now, you cannot speak
her name without the anger.

1491
01:19:11,200 --> 01:19:13,855
She is a woman you would
be glad to see hanged.

1492
01:19:14,040 --> 01:19:17,510
To murder Lord Edgware and then to
frame Jane Wilkinson for his death,

1493
01:19:17,510 --> 01:19:18,970
that would be revenge indeed.

1494
01:19:18,970 --> 01:19:21,071
No. I never thought of that.

1495
01:19:21,071 --> 01:19:22,409
Yes, you did!

1496
01:19:22,410 --> 01:19:26,116
Why else did you come to me with this
cock-and-bull story about a man with a gold tooth?

1497
01:19:26,120 --> 01:19:27,614
What? It wasn't true?

1498
01:19:27,714 --> 01:19:31,214
No, Hastings. It was like something
from the cinema. I saw that at once.

1499
01:19:31,300 --> 01:19:33,497
But the real reason that
you came to me, Monsieur,

1500
01:19:33,780 --> 01:19:35,833
that followed very soon.

1501
01:19:35,920 --> 01:19:38,195
Do you think she had it
in her to commit murder?

1502
01:19:38,380 --> 01:19:40,700
Oh I'm sure of it.
I know her, you see.

1503
01:19:40,700 --> 01:19:43,378
I mean, she's terribly
sweet on the surface.

1504
01:19:43,660 --> 01:19:47,931
But she would kill as easily as drink
her morning tea. Believe me.

1505
01:19:48,020 --> 01:19:51,710
You came to me for to poison
my mind against Jane Wilkinson,

1506
01:19:52,000 --> 01:19:54,737
to impress upon me the
fact that she was a killer.

1507
01:19:54,820 --> 01:19:56,936
But you already knew that
Lord Edgware, he was dead.

1508
01:19:57,020 --> 01:19:59,090
And how did you know this, monsieur?

1509
01:19:59,090 --> 01:20:01,373
Because you yourself had
killed him the night before.

1510
01:20:01,373 --> 01:20:02,536
No, you've got it wrong.

1511
01:20:02,540 --> 01:20:03,996
Why must you lie to me?

1512
01:20:03,996 --> 01:20:05,532
You were seen leaving the house.

1513
01:20:05,540 --> 01:20:06,575
Wait!

1514
01:20:06,660 --> 01:20:09,896
It was just before ten o'clock that
you were seen by Mr Ronald Marsh,

1515
01:20:09,980 --> 01:20:12,197
who had returned from the opera
with Mademoiselle Geraldine

1516
01:20:12,197 --> 01:20:13,914
to retrieve a necklace of pearls.

1517
01:20:14,000 --> 01:20:15,692
That was Brian.

1518
01:20:15,780 --> 01:20:17,869
No, you've got it wrong.
It wasn't me, for God's sake!

1519
01:20:17,870 --> 01:20:19,434
Enough.

1520
01:20:20,840 --> 01:20:22,837
You deny that you lied to me?

1521
01:20:23,580 --> 01:20:25,095
No.

1522
01:20:25,580 --> 01:20:28,795
All right, all that stuff
about the gold tooth...

1523
01:20:29,280 --> 01:20:30,557
You're right about that.

1524
01:20:30,557 --> 01:20:32,614
I was trying to incriminate her.

1525
01:20:32,620 --> 01:20:34,109
What?

1526
01:20:37,620 --> 01:20:39,335
You're heartless, Jane.

1527
01:20:39,335 --> 01:20:41,151
She is as cold as ice.

1528
01:20:41,440 --> 01:20:42,773
I loved you,

1529
01:20:42,780 --> 01:20:46,290
and you threw me over without
so much as a second thought.

1530
01:20:47,580 --> 01:20:51,850
Yes, I wanted to see her hang.

1531
01:20:52,040 --> 01:20:56,638
And in order to achieve that end, monsieur,
you attempted to deceive Hercule Poirot.

1532
01:20:57,320 --> 01:20:59,011
But I didn't kill him.

1533
01:20:59,300 --> 01:21:02,153
I never went near the house that night.

1534
01:21:02,240 --> 01:21:04,132
I heard the news the next day.

1535
01:21:04,620 --> 01:21:06,850
And that's when I had the idea.

1536
01:21:07,140 --> 01:21:08,500
I must have been mad.

1537
01:21:08,500 --> 01:21:10,113
Yes, indeed.

1538
01:21:10,300 --> 01:21:13,119
And for the attempt to
deceive Hercule Poirot,

1539
01:21:13,400 --> 01:21:15,456
you have now been punished.

1540
01:21:18,000 --> 01:21:20,695
What? You mean, you know it wasn't me?

1541
01:21:21,940 --> 01:21:25,920
The person seen by Monsieur Ronald
Marsh was, I think, the butler Alton,

1542
01:21:25,920 --> 01:21:28,138
leaving with the French francs, and...

1543
01:21:28,520 --> 01:21:31,156
oui, there is a resemblance.

1544
01:21:31,240 --> 01:21:32,679
What? He was hooking it with the money?

1545
01:21:32,679 --> 01:21:34,418
Exactement, Chief Inspector.

1546
01:21:34,500 --> 01:21:37,914
And I also believe that he discovered
the body the night before,

1547
01:21:37,920 --> 01:21:40,336
and not the following morning,
as he told to us.

1548
01:21:40,620 --> 01:21:42,595
Well, he took the opportunlty to steal the money

1549
01:21:42,595 --> 01:21:45,613
and was leaving the house in order
to place it somewhere safe.

1550
01:21:45,700 --> 01:21:48,772
He thought Lady Edgware
would be arrested for the murder.

1551
01:21:48,860 --> 01:21:50,418
Pr�cis�ment, Hastings.

1552
01:21:50,500 --> 01:21:55,255
And it was only when it was discovered that
Lady Edgware, she had the alibi parfait,

1553
01:21:55,340 --> 01:21:56,773
that he panicked.

1554
01:21:56,860 --> 01:21:59,300
You mean he realised we'd be
looking for another motive?

1555
01:21:59,300 --> 01:22:00,789
Oui.

1556
01:22:01,080 --> 01:22:03,150
The theft of the money.

1557
01:22:03,240 --> 01:22:06,569
So you knew all along
that it wasn't Brian, then?

1558
01:22:06,660 --> 01:22:08,459
Oui, mademoiselle.

1559
01:22:09,240 --> 01:22:14,719
But Monsieur Martin was not alone
in his dislike for Lady Edgware.

1560
01:22:15,900 --> 01:22:17,753
You, Miss Carroll.

1561
01:22:18,140 --> 01:22:22,233
When I asked you the identity of the woman
you saw entering the hall of Regent Gate...

1562
01:22:22,320 --> 01:22:25,637
It was her.
I'd know her anywhere.

1563
01:22:25,820 --> 01:22:27,800
And I saw her quite clearly.

1564
01:22:27,800 --> 01:22:30,460
But you were standing high up
on the landing, Mademoiselle.

1565
01:22:30,460 --> 01:22:31,880
It's all right, Alton, I know the way.

1566
01:22:31,880 --> 01:22:36,316
The person who entered the house that night
was wearing a hat with a brim that was slanting.

1567
01:22:36,320 --> 01:22:37,600
From where you were standing,

1568
01:22:37,600 --> 01:22:40,070
it would have been impossible to see the face.

1569
01:22:40,860 --> 01:22:42,918
I saw her.

1570
01:22:42,918 --> 01:22:46,210
Non, mademoiselle. You saw,
I think, what you wished to see.

1571
01:22:46,600 --> 01:22:49,451
The woman who had wronged
the man you had well served.

1572
01:22:50,040 --> 01:22:51,458
It's true.

1573
01:22:51,460 --> 01:22:53,158
She never deserved him.

1574
01:22:53,460 --> 01:22:55,866
And it would have been
impossible for Jane Wilkinson

1575
01:22:55,866 --> 01:22:57,472
to have committed the murder.

1576
01:22:57,560 --> 01:22:59,191
Because as we now know,

1577
01:22:59,191 --> 01:23:02,831
Jane Wilkinson changed her mind
and attended the dinner at Holborn.

1578
01:23:04,440 --> 01:23:06,471
But from the beginning,

1579
01:23:06,860 --> 01:23:08,976
I have been perplexed...

1580
01:23:09,720 --> 01:23:12,795
..by five questions.

1581
01:23:14,720 --> 01:23:16,214
One:

1582
01:23:17,000 --> 01:23:19,195
What happened to the letter
written by Lord Edgware

1583
01:23:19,195 --> 01:23:22,289
informing his wife that he
had agreed to the divorce?

1584
01:23:23,120 --> 01:23:24,614
Two:

1585
01:23:25,240 --> 01:23:28,398
Who is this letter P on the
little gold medicine box?

1586
01:23:29,440 --> 01:23:31,014
Three:

1587
01:23:31,660 --> 01:23:35,136
Who made the telephone call to Jane
Wilkinson at the dinner at Holborn?

1588
01:23:35,900 --> 01:23:37,349
Four:

1589
01:23:37,840 --> 01:23:42,118
How did a pair of pince-nez come to be
discovered in the handbag of Carlotta Adams?

1590
01:23:42,820 --> 01:23:44,494
And five...

1591
01:23:45,160 --> 01:23:48,458
Why did the letter of Carlotta
Adams state quite clearly

1592
01:23:48,540 --> 01:23:52,274
that it was Ronald Marsh who
paid to her the sum of $2,000

1593
01:23:52,360 --> 01:23:55,591
when it was impossible he
could have afforded that sum?

1594
01:23:55,980 --> 01:23:57,557
Do you have the answers?

1595
01:23:57,560 --> 01:24:00,798
Of course Mr Poirot has the answers.
That's why you're here.

1596
01:24:01,480 --> 01:24:03,630
Merci beaucoup, Miss Lemon.

1597
01:24:04,980 --> 01:24:07,878
So let us begin with the
little gold medicine box.

1598
01:24:08,720 --> 01:24:11,798
From the start, I felt that
there was something strange.

1599
01:24:12,720 --> 01:24:16,613
Because the inscription inside
referred to a date seven months before.

1600
01:24:16,620 --> 01:24:19,573
But the jeweller told me
the box was brand new.

1601
01:24:19,660 --> 01:24:21,398
Oui. C'est ça.

1602
01:24:21,480 --> 01:24:25,373
You see, I do not believe
that there existed this P,

1603
01:24:25,380 --> 01:24:27,730
that there was no meeting in November.

1604
01:24:27,940 --> 01:24:30,231
We are in the world of the theatre.

1605
01:24:30,920 --> 01:24:33,993
And this little gold box,
it was used merely as a prop.

1606
01:24:34,000 --> 01:24:36,869
To make us think that
Carlotta was taking Veronal?

1607
01:24:37,060 --> 01:24:38,515
Oui.

1608
01:24:38,800 --> 01:24:41,729
But now let us turn our attention
to the pince-nez.

1609
01:24:41,820 --> 01:24:44,893
They were also found in the
handbag of Carlotta Adams.

1610
01:24:45,400 --> 01:24:48,478
But they were left there,
I believe, by accident.

1611
01:24:48,860 --> 01:24:50,757
But who by?

1612
01:24:51,580 --> 01:24:55,675
By the woman who collected the little gold
medicine box from the jeweliery shop.

1613
01:24:56,420 --> 01:25:01,032
This was the same woman who took a room
for the night at the Piccadilly Palace Hotel.

1614
01:25:02,720 --> 01:25:06,713
It was an American woman
by the name of Mrs Van Dusen.

1615
01:25:06,800 --> 01:25:08,431
Certainly, Mrs Van Dusen.

1616
01:25:08,440 --> 01:25:12,513
I met her. She was a writer.
She wanted me to have a look at her play.

1617
01:25:12,520 --> 01:25:16,160
Non, non, madame, that was not
Mrs Van Dusen who you met,

1618
01:25:16,160 --> 01:25:19,318
because Mrs Van Dusen,
she does not exist.

1619
01:25:19,600 --> 01:25:21,156
What?

1620
01:25:21,440 --> 01:25:23,349
Then who was she?

1621
01:25:23,540 --> 01:25:26,031
Ah, well, that is indeed the question.

1622
01:25:27,480 --> 01:25:33,100
You know, with the thick lenses,
the pince-nez are a disguise. Very simple.

1623
01:25:34,400 --> 01:25:39,430
But with a wig that is grey and
the cape of fur wrapped high...

1624
01:25:39,720 --> 01:25:42,751
Well, she had me completely fooled.

1625
01:25:42,840 --> 01:25:44,731
Are you saying she was part of all this?

1626
01:25:44,820 --> 01:25:46,936
Oh, yes. Yes, madame.

1627
01:25:46,940 --> 01:25:49,688
Mrs Van Dusen, yes,
she was very much a part of this.

1628
01:25:49,880 --> 01:25:54,415
She was the creation of a killer
who was cunning and cold-blooded.

1629
01:25:54,420 --> 01:25:56,376
Also, the creation...

1630
01:25:57,680 --> 01:25:59,989
...of an actress formidable.

1631
01:26:02,580 --> 01:26:04,033
Yes, madame.

1632
01:26:04,320 --> 01:26:06,880
All is known to Hercule Poirot.

1633
01:26:07,620 --> 01:26:11,829
The entire plan by which you did
indeed murder your husband.

1634
01:26:11,920 --> 01:26:14,280
Wait a minute, what are you saying?

1635
01:26:14,280 --> 01:26:16,257
So I was right?
It was her, after all.

1636
01:26:16,260 --> 01:26:19,413
But, Poirot, that's impossible.
You said as much yourself.

1637
01:26:24,120 --> 01:26:26,531
Not impossible, mon ami.

1638
01:26:27,940 --> 01:26:29,896
Let me explain to you...

1639
01:26:31,580 --> 01:26:33,850
...how it occurred.

1640
01:26:42,040 --> 01:26:43,175
Thank you, Alice.

1641
01:26:43,200 --> 01:26:44,408
At seven o'clock in the evening,

1642
01:26:44,408 --> 01:26:47,917
Jane Wilkinson leaves her apartment
for the Piccadilly Palace Hotel.

1643
01:26:49,580 --> 01:26:51,772
On the way there, she makes a stop.

1644
01:26:52,940 --> 01:26:55,980
For, when she arrives,
her appearance, it has changed.

1645
01:26:55,980 --> 01:26:59,360
Now, there is the grey wig, the pince-nez.

1646
01:26:59,360 --> 01:27:01,013
Room 174.

1647
01:27:01,480 --> 01:27:05,473
She takes her room using the identity
of an elderly American woman.

1648
01:27:06,880 --> 01:27:11,532
But the moment she is inside this room,
she removes her disguise...

1649
01:27:12,220 --> 01:27:17,091
..and awaits the arrival of a person she has
arranged to meet there that very same night.

1650
01:27:24,300 --> 01:27:25,674
Carlotta, darling.

1651
01:27:25,760 --> 01:27:27,737
It's wonderful to see you.

1652
01:27:30,380 --> 01:27:33,017
So, are you sure about all this?

1653
01:27:33,100 --> 01:27:34,499
Are you really game?

1654
01:27:34,500 --> 01:27:36,108
You bet I am!

1655
01:27:38,840 --> 01:27:41,249
Tonight, I'm going to prove to you

1656
01:27:41,250 --> 01:27:45,100
just how good I really am.

1657
01:27:45,100 --> 01:27:47,614
And now the moment
for the second disguise,

1658
01:27:47,700 --> 01:27:49,656
it has arrived.

1659
01:27:49,740 --> 01:27:53,379
As arranged previously,
the two women exchange their clothes.

1660
01:27:53,380 --> 01:27:55,336
There, what do you think?

1661
01:27:56,360 --> 01:27:58,735
It's amazing. You're me.

1662
01:27:58,820 --> 01:28:03,298
For tonight, Carlotta Adams is
about to play the great practical joke.

1663
01:28:04,680 --> 01:28:09,012
This evening,
she will become Lady Edgware.

1664
01:28:09,300 --> 01:28:12,139
- Could I have a taxi, please?
- Certainly, Lady Edgware.

1665
01:28:12,560 --> 01:28:15,135
You know,
all the time it had been so simple.

1666
01:28:16,340 --> 01:28:18,756
And yet still, I did not see.

1667
01:28:20,320 --> 01:28:24,772
Until a chance remark was made by my good
friend and colleague, Captain Hastings.

1668
01:28:24,860 --> 01:28:28,091
"It was actually the other way round."

1669
01:28:28,380 --> 01:28:30,933
Those were your very words,
n'est-ce pas, mon ami?

1670
01:28:30,940 --> 01:28:34,954
- Yes, but...
- And suddenly, all became clear.

1671
01:28:36,140 --> 01:28:37,975
Always, I had assumed

1672
01:28:37,980 --> 01:28:41,456
that Carlotta Adams had been paid
to act the role of Jane Wilkinson

1673
01:28:41,540 --> 01:28:45,076
while the real Jane Wilkinson
attended the dinner at Holborn.

1674
01:28:45,860 --> 01:28:47,657
But actually...

1675
01:28:47,920 --> 01:28:50,409
...it was the other way round.

1676
01:28:50,400 --> 01:28:53,572
It was Carlotta who went
to the dinner in Holborn.

1677
01:28:53,660 --> 01:28:56,458
That's impossible.
Someone would have recognised her.

1678
01:28:56,540 --> 01:28:58,496
No, I do not think so, mademoiselle.

1679
01:28:58,880 --> 01:29:01,080
There was the wig, the clothes,

1680
01:29:01,080 --> 01:29:04,138
and Carlotta Adams was a
performer most accomplished.

1681
01:29:05,740 --> 01:29:08,608
The dining-room was lit only by candlelight

1682
01:29:08,900 --> 01:29:13,380
and you must also remember that no-one
at the table had met the real Lady Edgware

1683
01:29:13,380 --> 01:29:15,610
on more than one or two occasions.

1684
01:29:15,700 --> 01:29:18,619
But it was still a risk most grave.

1685
01:29:19,300 --> 01:29:21,397
It was essential

1686
01:29:21,680 --> 01:29:26,595
that Lady Edgware should ascertain
whether this deception had been a success.

1687
01:29:27,100 --> 01:29:28,977
And it was for this reason

1688
01:29:28,980 --> 01:29:32,817
that she made the telephone
call to the dinner at Holborn.

1689
01:29:33,240 --> 01:29:35,196
It's gone like a dream.

1690
01:29:35,380 --> 01:29:37,371
Nobody suspects a thing.

1691
01:29:37,460 --> 01:29:41,335
That's wonderful, darling.
I knew you could do it.

1692
01:29:41,720 --> 01:29:43,392
Bye.

1693
01:29:58,540 --> 01:30:00,656
You're Alton, aren't you?
Is my husband in?

1694
01:30:00,740 --> 01:30:01,695
Yes, ma'am.

1695
01:30:01,980 --> 01:30:04,436
The butler had only been employed
there for one month,

1696
01:30:04,436 --> 01:30:06,093
so he hardly knew her.

1697
01:30:06,180 --> 01:30:10,419
And if he did express his doubts,
it would only be his word against hers.

1698
01:30:20,700 --> 01:30:22,269
And so,

1699
01:30:22,920 --> 01:30:24,917
having prepared her way,

1700
01:30:25,780 --> 01:30:27,749
she strikes.

1701
01:30:47,360 --> 01:30:50,516
But Carlotta Adams must not
be allowed to relate her tale.

1702
01:30:51,000 --> 01:30:54,791
So Lady Edgware arranged to meet
her again in the room at the hotel.

1703
01:30:55,580 --> 01:30:57,120
Perhaps they will have some wine

1704
01:30:57,120 --> 01:31:00,757
to celebrate the success
of this great practical joke.

1705
01:31:02,560 --> 01:31:04,359
And the little gold medicine box

1706
01:31:04,359 --> 01:31:07,400
which was placed into her handbag
and later found by us,

1707
01:31:07,300 --> 01:31:10,500
will make us believe that
Carlotta Adams was a woman

1708
01:31:10,500 --> 01:31:13,716
always in the habit of using this drug.

1709
01:31:17,080 --> 01:31:20,156
Lady Edgware learns all
the details she must know

1710
01:31:20,160 --> 01:31:23,896
if she is to pretend that she did
indeed attend the dinner at Holborn.

1711
01:31:24,540 --> 01:31:27,574
I was sitting opposite this young playwright.

1712
01:31:28,040 --> 01:31:29,409
Scottish.

1713
01:31:29,500 --> 01:31:31,689
His name was Donald Ross.

1714
01:31:31,780 --> 01:31:33,955
Carlotta Adams sips her wine.

1715
01:31:33,960 --> 01:31:35,600
..on and on about this play of his.

1716
01:31:35,600 --> 01:31:38,568
One hour later,
when she has returned home,

1717
01:31:38,760 --> 01:31:41,200
the Veronal will have taken its effect.

1718
01:31:41,200 --> 01:31:44,073
It was all about the war at Troy.

1719
01:31:46,100 --> 01:31:48,056
You made two mistakes, madame.

1720
01:31:49,180 --> 01:31:52,360
The pince-nez that you used for
the disguise of Mrs Van Dusen,

1721
01:31:52,360 --> 01:31:54,216
you took from your maidservant, Alice.

1722
01:31:54,300 --> 01:31:56,689
In all of the exchanges of costume, madame,

1723
01:31:57,180 --> 01:32:00,060
you left the pince-nez in the
handbag of Carlotta Adams

1724
01:32:00,060 --> 01:32:01,652
instead of your own.

1725
01:32:01,740 --> 01:32:02,809
Did I?

1726
01:32:02,810 --> 01:32:04,319
Yes, you did.

1727
01:32:05,580 --> 01:32:10,535
But more serious was your encounter with
the young writer, Monsieur Donald Ross.

1728
01:32:10,540 --> 01:32:12,875
I'm fascinated by the judgement of Paris.

1729
01:32:12,960 --> 01:32:16,780
But Paris doesn't have any judgement
at all when it comes to fashion.

1730
01:32:16,780 --> 01:32:21,410
It was indeed a social gaffe to show
such ignorance on the judgement of Paris.

1731
01:32:21,500 --> 01:32:25,729
But only a few days earlier, he had
explained to you his play, the war of Troy.

1732
01:32:26,060 --> 01:32:28,216
It was inconceivable

1733
01:32:28,300 --> 01:32:31,656
that a woman who had known then of
which he spoke, could be so ignorant now.

1734
01:32:31,740 --> 01:32:32,695
Paris...

1735
01:32:32,695 --> 01:32:34,910
- So he saw through her?
- Oui.

1736
01:32:35,200 --> 01:32:38,819
Malheureusement, Monsieur
Donald Ross expressed his suspicions

1737
01:32:38,820 --> 01:32:40,733
in the presence of Lady Edgware.

1738
01:32:40,820 --> 01:32:44,779
And it was at once that she knew
that he also had to be silenced.

1739
01:32:52,940 --> 01:32:54,537
So...

1740
01:32:54,620 --> 01:32:56,870
it was her all along.

1741
01:32:56,960 --> 01:32:58,387
But wait a minute, Poirot.

1742
01:32:58,387 --> 01:33:00,415
In that letter that Carlotta Adams wrote,

1743
01:33:00,420 --> 01:33:03,239
she definltely said she'd
been hired by a man.

1744
01:33:03,320 --> 01:33:05,319
Ah, yes.

1745
01:33:06,640 --> 01:33:09,354
Oh, yes. That was most cunning, that.

1746
01:33:09,360 --> 01:33:13,492
Carlotta Adams did indeed
leave the house with a letter,

1747
01:33:13,580 --> 01:33:15,577
but she had neglected to post it.

1748
01:33:15,860 --> 01:33:17,690
And in the exchange of handbags,

1749
01:33:17,690 --> 01:33:22,756
it was discovered by Lady Edgware,
who decided to use it for her own ends.

1750
01:33:24,500 --> 01:33:28,454
Carlotta Adams wrote first of her
meeting with Monsieur Ronald Marsh

1751
01:33:28,640 --> 01:33:31,334
and then of the person
who gave to her the money.

1752
01:33:32,660 --> 01:33:36,675
But what if there was
between these two descriptions...

1753
01:33:37,200 --> 01:33:39,750
...an entire page that was missing?

1754
01:33:40,740 --> 01:33:43,729
A page removed by Lady Edgware.

1755
01:33:43,880 --> 01:33:46,296
A page missing?
How do you know that?

1756
01:33:46,380 --> 01:33:47,879
Because as she was writing, mon ami,

1757
01:33:47,879 --> 01:33:50,858
there was left an indentation
on the third page.

1758
01:33:50,860 --> 01:33:53,658
Here are some words you can
see from the page before.

1759
01:33:53,740 --> 01:33:55,715
But these very same words,

1760
01:33:55,800 --> 01:33:59,410
they do not appear on
these pages that remain.

1761
01:33:59,500 --> 01:34:02,378
But the third page begins with "He asked".

1762
01:34:02,380 --> 01:34:04,271
She was writing about a man.

1763
01:34:04,280 --> 01:34:06,200
Oui, but you will notice, Hastings,

1764
01:34:06,200 --> 01:34:09,258
that on the top of this third page,
there is a little tear.

1765
01:34:09,340 --> 01:34:12,298
Now, always I had assumed
that this was made by accident,

1766
01:34:12,380 --> 01:34:14,257
but in fact, it was done on purpose.

1767
01:34:14,340 --> 01:34:16,376
To change "she" into "he".

1768
01:34:16,380 --> 01:34:18,136
Oui.

1769
01:34:18,220 --> 01:34:21,418
It was of Lady Edgware that
Carlotta Adams was writing.

1770
01:34:21,760 --> 01:34:25,213
And from Lady Edgware
did she receive the money.

1771
01:34:27,260 --> 01:34:29,257
Ah, madame.

1772
01:34:30,120 --> 01:34:32,929
You are a woman most remarkable.

1773
01:34:33,560 --> 01:34:34,975
Eh, parbleu,

1774
01:34:35,060 --> 01:34:36,937
to pull over my eyes the cotton wool.

1775
01:34:37,220 --> 01:34:39,095
The letter, the disguise.

1776
01:34:39,380 --> 01:34:41,894
Et surtout, to send me to your husband,

1777
01:34:41,980 --> 01:34:44,938
to turn me into a witness that
you had no motive for murder.

1778
01:34:45,020 --> 01:34:46,533
Ma foi!

1779
01:34:46,620 --> 01:34:49,930
You made of me,
Hercule Poirot, your cat's-paw.

1780
01:34:50,020 --> 01:34:54,018
But it's true, Mr Poirot, there was no motive,
if she was going to get a divorce.

1781
01:34:54,100 --> 01:34:56,514
A divorce would have been
of no use to her, Miss Lemon.

1782
01:34:56,700 --> 01:35:00,110
Which is why she pretended never to have
received the letter from her husband.

1783
01:35:00,300 --> 01:35:04,598
Monsieur le Duc, you are of the
religion catholique, n'est-ce pas?

1784
01:35:04,880 --> 01:35:07,313
Yes, I am. How did you know?

1785
01:35:07,320 --> 01:35:10,457
Jane Wilkinson told me that you intended
to get married at Westminster.

1786
01:35:10,540 --> 01:35:13,473
Et naturellement,
I assumed that she meant the Abbey.

1787
01:35:13,560 --> 01:35:16,299
But later, you invited me to the Cathedral.

1788
01:35:16,860 --> 01:35:19,155
Westminster Cathedral.

1789
01:35:19,240 --> 01:35:22,300
Et voila. It was then that I knew
that you must be catholique.

1790
01:35:22,300 --> 01:35:24,320
And he couldn't marry a divorced woman.

1791
01:35:24,320 --> 01:35:27,835
- Oui.
- So that's why Lord Edgware had to die.

1792
01:35:28,120 --> 01:35:30,875
My God, Jane. Tell me it isn't true.

1793
01:35:31,980 --> 01:35:33,898
I'm sorry, Percy.

1794
01:35:40,040 --> 01:35:42,710
I really thought I'd get
away with it, you know.

1795
01:35:44,200 --> 01:35:46,197
I thought I had you,

1796
01:35:46,280 --> 01:35:48,811
the great detective,

1797
01:35:49,000 --> 01:35:51,311
round my little finger.

1798
01:35:52,640 --> 01:35:54,878
I've always had that, you know.

1799
01:35:55,480 --> 01:35:58,094
A power over men.

1800
01:35:59,740 --> 01:36:02,396
I wished only to protect you, madame.

1801
01:36:04,100 --> 01:36:06,716
But I could not protect you from yourself.

1802
01:36:07,800 --> 01:36:09,358
Jane!

1803
01:36:09,640 --> 01:36:11,993
Oh, I'm not going to deny it, Percy.

1804
01:36:12,000 --> 01:36:13,938
Why should I?

1805
01:36:15,700 --> 01:36:17,399
After all...

1806
01:36:18,140 --> 01:36:20,576
...I've actually enjoyed it.

1807
01:36:22,660 --> 01:36:24,616
All of it.

1808
01:36:25,620 --> 01:36:27,976
Even being caught.

1809
01:36:29,500 --> 01:36:30,994
I mean...

1810
01:36:31,800 --> 01:36:34,812
...it does put me centre stage.

1811
01:36:36,380 --> 01:36:38,357
And who knows?

1812
01:36:39,540 --> 01:36:43,096
Maybe they'll put me in Madame Tussaud's.

1813
01:36:50,180 --> 01:36:53,968
Poirot, I came as soon as I got
your message. What is it?

1814
01:36:54,060 --> 01:36:56,659
It is this, mon ami.
It arrived for you today.

1815
01:36:56,660 --> 01:36:58,115
Oh.

1816
01:37:01,400 --> 01:37:04,060
Oh, it's a cheque made out to me for...

1817
01:37:04,140 --> 01:37:05,539
Good Lord!

1818
01:37:05,540 --> 01:37:08,432
- From the Duke of Merton, I understand?
- Well yes, but...

1819
01:37:08,620 --> 01:37:10,660
After the arrest of Lady Edgware, Hastings,

1820
01:37:10,660 --> 01:37:12,737
the Duke, he made contact with me.

1821
01:37:13,020 --> 01:37:15,090
For him, it was a lucky escape.

1822
01:37:15,180 --> 01:37:18,973
He felt it deserved, as he said,
a reward most substantial.

1823
01:37:19,060 --> 01:37:21,016
But shouldn't this be made out to you?

1824
01:37:21,100 --> 01:37:22,756
Non, non, pas de tout, mon ami.

1825
01:37:22,756 --> 01:37:25,013
It was you who provided
the clue that was vital.

1826
01:37:25,100 --> 01:37:26,328
"The other way round."

1827
01:37:26,420 --> 01:37:28,556
Pr�cis�ment, Chief Inspector.

1828
01:37:28,560 --> 01:37:32,571
And therefore it is to you, Hastings,
that the reward rightfully belongs.

1829
01:37:32,960 --> 01:37:35,218
I thought we ought to celebrate.

1830
01:37:35,300 --> 01:37:38,970
It should be sufficient, mon ami, for you
to purchase an apartment in London.

1831
01:37:39,060 --> 01:37:40,652
Oh, I don't know, Mr Poirot.

1832
01:37:40,740 --> 01:37:44,619
I saw an interesting investment opportunity
in the financial pages this morning.

1833
01:37:44,700 --> 01:37:47,578
- Oh, yes?
- The Northern England Railway Corporation.

1834
01:37:47,580 --> 01:37:49,995
They're building a new line
from Liverpool to Carlisle.

1835
01:37:50,000 --> 01:37:51,439
Oh, yes, I read about that.

1836
01:37:51,439 --> 01:37:54,079
They say you could double that
cheque in a couple of weeks.

1837
01:37:54,160 --> 01:37:56,813
- Do you really think so?
- Absolument, mon ami.

1838
01:37:56,820 --> 01:38:00,415
Of course, they will have to construct
a bridge over six miles of water.

1839
01:38:00,500 --> 01:38:02,855
Yes, and then they've got to get
across the Cumbrian mountains.

1840
01:38:02,940 --> 01:38:06,512
Oh, the Scaffel Pike's only 3,000 feet high.

1841
01:38:10,420 --> 01:38:12,556
You know, I think I'll put this in the bank.

1842
01:38:12,640 --> 01:38:15,115
- Sant�.
- Sant�.