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MUSIC

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RATTLING IN DISTANCE

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Once again, thank you all for coming to this,

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our annual charity dinner for returned servicemen.

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We celebrate this club's commitment to Queen and country,

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in raising funds for the men who fought so bravely.

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Thank you, Cec.

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Doctor.

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Christopher, just in time.

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And please, it's Lucien.

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-Our special guest tonight...

-Hello.

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..needs no introduction.

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Hollywood's calling her, but she has decided to be with us tonight.

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So, please welcome, performing Electra,

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with assistance from the Ballarat Drama Society,

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Miss Jacqueline Maddern.

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I must be a slave again amongst my father's murderers.

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But never, never will I enter the house to dwell with them.

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Nay, at these gates, I will lay me down,

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and here, without a friend, my days shall wither.

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Therefore, if any in the house be wroth, let them slay me.

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For it is a grace if I die, but if I live, pain.

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I desire life no more.

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CROWD GASPS

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APPLAUSE

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Bravo!

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Bravo!

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SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS

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Lucien, what's happened?

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Good Lord.

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She's gone.

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Please, everyone, I need you to move back.

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You heard the Chief Superintendent. Some room, please.

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Well?

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You see here?

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Reddish spots just inside her mouth.

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Petechiae. Usually a sign of poisoning, correct?

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Yes, that's right.

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Are you ruling out natural causes, Doctor?

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Well, it would take an autopsy to be certain, but, yes, yes, I am.

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Now whoever did this must still be in the building.

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We need to secure the club.

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If you say so. Come with me.

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Jean, are you all right?

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Yes, I think so. Mattie, where's Christopher gone?

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He's at the bar, but...

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I'm sorry, can I help you?

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-What's happened?

-It's all right, Lucien.

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-They're friends of Miss Madden's.

-I do beg your pardon.

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That's Warwick Simpson, her theatre director and Pamela Gilchrist.

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Pamela Gilchrist. And who is she?

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Her closest friend.

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Is this really necessary?

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I believe so.

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Cec, you know the Chief Superintendent.

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Er, yes, sir.

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How many ways out of the building?

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-Only the front door, sir.

-You've been here the whole time?

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-Yes, sir.

-Has anyone left the building?

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-No, sir.

-Then stay here.

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No-one leaves until I say. You have a telephone?

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Yes, sir, in the boardroom.

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-I'll show you.

-Thank you, Patrick.

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Ah, here he is.

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Not quite the evening we planned, I'm afraid.

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Happy birthday, Mum.

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Christopher, how are you?

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How's Ruby?

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She's tired.

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Have you spoken to your brother?

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Doctor.

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We've locked the doors. What do you propose we do now?

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Well, I'd, um, I'd assumed we'd be taking the body to the morgue.

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Securing the club means exactly that.

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The body stays here.

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-Excuse me.

-Yes, Mr...?

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Sergeant, Nelson.

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It's not for me to tell you, sir,

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but don't you think it best that we move this body immediately?

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These people are civilians.

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This kind of proximity to death...

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It simply won't do. You're quite right.

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The billiard room, I think.

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Fine.

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-You, son, why don't you get the feet?

-Of course.

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Thank you, Christopher. It's very decent of you.

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Very good, gentlemen.

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Take the head.

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Right, lift. Right, this way.

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Your attention, please.

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By request of our Police Surgeon,

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can I ask you all to remain here for the moment?

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I'll be speaking to each of you in turn.

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In the meantime, Mr Tyneman has assured me the club facilities

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will cater for you.

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How long will this take?

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As long as necessary.

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Easy does it.

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There you go.

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You all right?

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Yes, of course.

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Who was that man, the one addressing the members?

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William Munro.

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Chief Superintendent of Police.

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He's your boss?

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In a way, yes.

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I saw her perform once, in Korea.

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She was magnificent.

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How long do you think they'll keep us here?

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As long as we need to.

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Access to this room will be restricted to police

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and medical personnel only.

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Christopher was just assisting me.

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Christopher...

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Beazley, sir.

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I'll need to talk to you in due course, Mr Beazley.

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For now, please wait in the auditorium.

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I was hoping to use the phone, sir, in the office, to call my wife.

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Not now.

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Hobart and Davis are on their way.

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When they get here, I'll start the interviews.

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What sort of poison should we be looking for?

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Well, without a full autopsy, bloods, saliva.

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Well, then take those samples.

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I still haven't established how she was poisoned.

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Should we be looking into what food she's eaten?

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That'd be a good place to start, I'd say.

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We rehearsed before the show, but then she wanted to be alone.

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What's this?

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Actually, that's brandy.

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Miss Maddern said it relaxed her vocal cords.

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Did you see her using it?

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Yes, about an hour before the show.

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Ah hour? You're quite sure?

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At least.

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Right. In that case...

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-Blake!

-Lucien!

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I'm kidding. It's not brandy. Armagnac.

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Not my preferred drop, but expensive.

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That could have been poisoned.

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If she used it over an hour ago, I can tell you it wasn't.

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Ah, my nephew, sir, Stuart White.

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-Who's on the door, Mr Drury?

-One of your officers, sir.

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Sergeant Davis asked that I let you know he's here.

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Good. I'll need you to lock this dressing room door after we leave.

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You delivered this food?

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-Yes, sir.

-Who gave it to you?

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-A lady, sir.

-What lady?

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Son.

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I don't, I don't know.

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Cec, it's all right.

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-Let's take a look around the kitchen, shall we?

-Yes, sir.

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Can I help you there?

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-Hell of a night, eh?

-Yes, Mr...?

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Reynolds.

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Yes, a terrible thing.

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Just as she was about to take on the world.

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Is that so?

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About to bugger off overseas, so I'd heard.

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What, you know a bit about Jacqueline Maddern, Mr Reynolds?

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-It's in the papers.

-Right.

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Well, at the moment,

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we're still asking people to wait in the auditorium.

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Look, Sergeant, I realise you have a job to do here.

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So do I. Reckon we could come to some sort of arrangement?

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Are you offering a bribe, Mr Reynolds?

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Of course not. I was just looking for my notebook.

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-Right.

-You have a pencil I could borrow?

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Hey! Hey!

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Hey, hey, hey, hey!

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You going somewhere?

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-Anything?

-No, not yet.

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According to Mr Drury, all the kitchen staff have worked here

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at least five years. Nothing to link them to the victim.

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Right. And the sandwiches?

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-Supervised.

-By whom?

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-That would be me.

-Mrs Tyneman, we're trying to establish

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what food Miss Maddern ate before she died.

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Well, Jacqueline was very particular.

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I bought the ingredients, supervised the preparation

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and then I handed them to that young man there.

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That's the woman.

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After that?

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You'd have to ask him.

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Susan, did you know Miss Maddern?

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Well, not socially.

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Boss.

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Sergeant?

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Tried to leave the premises, sir.

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Driver's licence says he's Terry Reynolds from Ballan.

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Mr Reynolds?

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I've got a story to lodge. I'm with the Melbourne press.

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The Sun.

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-Patrick. You know him?

-Right.

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Stay in the auditorium with the others.

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Any trouble, I'll charge you with hindering an investigation.

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Understood?

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Understood?

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I'll be using the boardroom to conduct interviews.

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Of course.

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-Chief Superintendent.

-What?

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We need to get bloods and saliva to the morgue.

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Miss O'Brien is here, correct?

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Yes.

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Send her. You're staying.

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Mind taking me to the boardroom?

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Of course. This way.

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I've known her for 15 years. I've been her assistant for ten.

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We met doing Annie Get Your Gun.

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We were playing sisters. We used to switch roles.

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Did you see her before the performance?

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Always. It was her routine.

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She would rehearse her lines, I would prepare her wardrobe.

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Then I would leave her to do her make-up by herself.

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-What about before her curtain call?

-No.

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She preferred to be alone.

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Well, her and her audience.

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Did she argue with anyone in the lead-up to tonight's performance?

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What?

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-Jackie could argue with everyone.

-Like who?

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Well, that strange boy who brought the sandwiches, with Warwick.

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Ah, Warwick Simpson. He's a theatre director.

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She shouted at me for crumpling her dress,

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but she didn't mean anything by it.

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Tell me more about Mr Simpson.

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He and Jackie were close once.

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It ended badly, but he would never do anything to hurt her.

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Thank you, Miss Gilchrist. There may be more questions later.

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Thank you, Superintendent.

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Doctor, do you think I might see her?

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To say goodbye?

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Superintendent?

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Yes, of course. I'll be with you in just a moment.

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Thank you.

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And drive Miss O'Brien to the morgue.

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Make sure nothing happens to those samples.

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And tell Davis to bring Mr Simpson in for questioning.

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Right, boss.

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Here's the play.

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I'll rattle their cages, you play the caring country doctor.

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I am the caring country doctor.

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Then it shouldn't be too great a stretch.

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I had wondered why you were keeping me around.

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For the investigation.

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-Mr Simpson?

-Yes?

-I hear you hated Miss Maddern.

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-Oh! Where did you get to?

-Looking for a phone to call Ruby.

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It's only one night.

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How long has it been since you've been back here?

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It's been a while.

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Is Ruby looking after you?

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Good. I know she finds it difficult being an army wife.

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You asked if I'd talked to Jack.

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-How is he?

-He's working.

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Really? And what about that girl?

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Well, I'm not sure they're together any more.

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-I know she lost the baby.

-Yes. Well, at least he has a job.

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You know what he's like.

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-What about you?

-I'm fine.

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You listen to me.

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Don't you bloody well walk away from me!

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I'm bloody warning you!

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You don't know who you're dealing with, son. This is blackmail.

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-It's business.

-Don't give me that. Your boss...

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My bosses take this seriously.

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Tell me, do the police already know?

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Gentlemen.

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What's going on?

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A trade disagreement.

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Yeah, that's right. I'll leave you to it.

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Patrick.

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Mind your own business, Blake.

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MUSIC

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Mr Reynolds, do you mind me asking what all that was about out there?

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Sorry, Doc, you'll have to read about it in The Sun.

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Right. Big star dies on stage. Something along those lines?

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What makes you think it's about Jacqueline Maddern?

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Call it a hunch.

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Let's just say she's only a supporting player in this one.

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Rare for her.

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Doctor, do you think I could see her now?

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Yes, of course. I'm terribly sorry.

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Please, come with me.

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I ran through her lines with her.

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What sort of mood was Miss Maddern in?

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Excited. She was preparing for her trip.

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-Trip?

-To the United States.

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She just had a role in that big American picture

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they were shooting here.

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Oh, yes, the one about the end of the world.

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-The Nevil Shute book.

-Yes.

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She made some terrific contacts.

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But, erm...

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Can I get a brush to fix her hair?

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Yes, of course.

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Thank you, Mrs Beazley.

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Can I give you a word of advice, Superintendent?

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It might pay you to listen to what the doctor has to say

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on the odd occasion.

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You ignore him at your own peril.

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Did I give you permission to leave yet, Mrs Beazley?

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May I offer some advice of my own?

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Of course.

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Your son who's here tonight.

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How long since he was in town?

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Eight years.

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And the night he arrives, we suddenly have a dead body.

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-Curious, isn't it?

-I beg your pardon.

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Your other son, Jack. Quite an extensive record.

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He's not here as well, by any chance?

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Perhaps we should keep our advice to ourselves.

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-You've made yourself very clear.

-I'm glad. Wait in the bar.

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I asked her to marry me once.

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She...laughed.

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Thought I was joking.

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That must have hurt.

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The dressing room's been broken into.

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Her handbag's been moved.

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Yes, you're right, it has.

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Are you familiar with the contents?

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-Yes. Would you like me to check it?

-Please.

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Am I correct in saying there's a lipstick missing?

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Er, yes. And the key to her hotel room's gone.

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Well, perhaps she left the key at the hotel.

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Pamela was certain she had it with her.

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-So, a key and a lipstick?

-One's functional, one's personal.

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Are you attempting to build a picture of our murderer's

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character here, Doctor?

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Well, we need to consider the setting.

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Jackie was murdered in public.

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She died on stage.

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Isn't it possible the killer deliberately chose to do it

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-that way?

-You're wrong, I have considered it.

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-And?

-Until we find out more, you're just guessing. Who's next?

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We'll rule out some basics. Cyanide, first.

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Miss O'Brien, we'll need a solution of para-benzoquinone in DMSO.

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DMS what?

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Dimethyl sulfoxide.

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It's a solvent that dissolves both non-polar and polar compounds.

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And it can also be mixed with a variety of other organic

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solvents, as well as water.

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A textbook answer.

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Right, and in English that is...?

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Powerful stuff.

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How long exactly do they intend keeping her body

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on the billiard table?

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Not sure. Sergeant?

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As long as the boss says.

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So, no idea. Dim the lights please, Sergeant.

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-What for?

-So I can do my job.

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If you're afraid of the dark, you can wait outside.

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It's fun annoying the police sometimes, don't you think?

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So, what now?

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If there's cyanide present,

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the solution will become fluorescent under ultraviolet light.

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Blood is testing negative.

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As is the sandwich.

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Whatever killed her wasn't cyanide. Thank you, Sergeant.

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So, what next?

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SHE SIGHS

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We keep going.

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So, Sergeant Nelson.

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Please, Murray.

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You're still in the services?

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I served in Korea. Fought in New Guinea in the war.

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You didn't seem too perturbed by the body in front of you earlier.

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I've seen my share of dead bodies, Superintendent.

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I see. And why is it you were in Ballarat tonight?

0:24:570:25:01

I'm just like everyone else, Superintendent.

0:25:010:25:04

I was here for the show.

0:25:040:25:05

Jean?

0:25:130:25:15

Jean?

0:25:170:25:18

The interview. It's nothing, Lucien. I'm fine.

0:25:180:25:21

-GLASS SHATTERS

-Oh!

0:25:220:25:24

Oh, I do apologise, Mr Drury.

0:25:240:25:27

Oh, no need, Sue. Please.

0:25:270:25:29

No, thanks, Cec, but I'm quite all right.

0:25:290:25:31

Just leave it to him, Susan.

0:25:310:25:33

You can leave me alone. You have done quite enough, thanks, Patrick.

0:25:330:25:36

Ah! Jesus, woman. Don't be so damned silly.

0:25:360:25:39

Silly?

0:25:410:25:42

I didn't mean that.

0:25:420:25:44

I'm not the one who's being silly, Patrick, am I?

0:25:440:25:47

Do you want me to go on?

0:25:480:25:50

No, didn't think so.

0:25:520:25:55

-Patrick, let me take a look at that hand.

-Go away, Blake.

0:26:030:26:07

Perhaps it's time you told the police.

0:26:110:26:14

What do you think?

0:26:170:26:18

Now, come on, show me that hand of yours.

0:26:180:26:21

How long have you been having an affair with Jacqueline Maddern?

0:26:280:26:31

I wouldn't class it as an affair.

0:26:310:26:34

It was a few years ago.

0:26:350:26:37

Jacqueline needed an investor for one of her shows.

0:26:370:26:40

She was grateful.

0:26:410:26:42

I was flattered.

0:26:440:26:46

But she called it to an end as quickly as it started.

0:26:460:26:50

It was just a fling for her.

0:26:500:26:53

And now Justin Reynolds is writing an expose.

0:26:530:26:55

Justin Reynolds works for The Sun.

0:26:550:26:57

They're against me for radio licences right across the state.

0:26:580:27:02

Patrick, when Susan arranged for Jacqueline to be

0:27:020:27:05

a part of this evening's event...

0:27:050:27:07

Coincidence.

0:27:070:27:08

I tried to discourage her.

0:27:080:27:11

Susan didn't know?

0:27:110:27:12

Not until tonight...

0:27:140:27:16

when Mr Reynolds so helpfully informed her.

0:27:160:27:19

Was Miss Maddern blackmailing you, Mr Tyneman?

0:27:190:27:22

What?

0:27:220:27:24

-No.

-Really?

-No.

0:27:240:27:26

Demanding payment to keep your little secret?

0:27:260:27:28

-Superintendent, I think perhaps...

-That's enough, Blake.

0:27:280:27:32

The only attempt to blackmail me has been by Justin Reynolds

0:27:330:27:36

and his employers.

0:27:360:27:38

Did you have any contact with Miss Maddern before the show?

0:27:380:27:42

I sent her flowers. But that's all.

0:27:420:27:46

Thank you, Mr Tyneman. We'll be talking again, I'm sure.

0:27:460:27:49

Patrick? Patrick!

0:27:550:27:58

Not another word.

0:27:580:28:00

I wouldn't dream of it.

0:28:010:28:03

Superintendent, do you honestly believe Patrick killed her?

0:28:080:28:11

He had reasonable motive.

0:28:110:28:13

So did his wife.

0:28:130:28:16

-Really?

-Apparently so.

0:28:160:28:18

MUSIC

0:28:230:28:25

I am sorry.

0:29:230:29:25

Keeping you here like this. It just isn't right.

0:29:270:29:31

Please excuse me, won't you?

0:29:420:29:44

You've got to understand.

0:29:580:29:59

Jackie had her own sense of morality.

0:29:590:30:03

Clearly.

0:30:030:30:04

-HE SIGHS

-Chief Superintendent.

0:30:100:30:14

You understand that I had to question you.

0:30:150:30:19

Of course.

0:30:190:30:20

You've known the doctor sometime, haven't you?

0:30:230:30:25

He's been annoying me since he was a kid. Why do you ask?

0:30:250:30:28

There was a view that his services were indispensible.

0:30:290:30:34

-That may have changed.

-So that's why we've been stuck in here.

0:30:340:30:38

To put him under pressure in front of everyone?

0:30:380:30:41

I couldn't possibly comment on police matters.

0:30:410:30:44

-Superintendent.

-What?

0:30:470:30:50

It was the roses.

0:30:500:30:52

I found puncture marks on her chest. Small, certainly,

0:30:520:30:55

but if the poison was powerful enough, then...

0:30:550:30:59

Cec. Those roses Jacqueline had for the curtain call.

0:30:590:31:03

Oh, I instructed Stuart to clear them away, sir.

0:31:030:31:06

-When?

-Just now, when the room was cleared.

0:31:060:31:09

-Where's he gone?

-He's in the kitchen, sir.

0:31:090:31:12

-Stu. Don't move.

-What?

0:31:160:31:19

Just hold right there. And be very careful.

0:31:190:31:23

Stay out of this.

0:31:230:31:24

You! Put the roses down.

0:31:240:31:26

What's he talking about?

0:31:290:31:31

Would you like to explain why you're wearing gloves, son?

0:31:310:31:34

Take him, Sergeant.

0:31:370:31:38

Stu!

0:31:470:31:49

Stu...

0:31:490:31:50

..we know you didn't do anything. It's all right. We know.

0:31:520:31:55

The gloves. Take them off.

0:31:550:31:58

-No.

-Oh, please, sir.

0:31:580:32:00

Stu.

0:32:030:32:05

You need to trust me. Everything's going to be fine.

0:32:050:32:09

Isn't that right, Cec?

0:32:090:32:11

It's all right, son. Just do what the doctor asks.

0:32:110:32:14

Let's just remove that glove, eh, and have a look at your hand.

0:32:140:32:21

Psoriasis.

0:32:300:32:32

You can pop that glove back on. Thank you, Stu.

0:32:320:32:35

I think it's pretty clear he isn't capable of this.

0:32:360:32:40

Then where does that leave us?

0:32:400:32:42

Well done, Stu. Well done.

0:32:470:32:50

-Ah.

-What?

0:32:540:32:56

Along with fish and chips and camping emergencies,

0:32:560:32:59

we've found another use for one of Patrick's publications.

0:32:590:33:02

Look here, Charlie.

0:33:030:33:05

Here and here. Something viscous.

0:33:060:33:09

Mmm, any idea what it might be?

0:33:090:33:12

No, not yet.

0:33:130:33:15

Well, better let the boss know.

0:33:160:33:19

Get on well with him, do you?

0:33:200:33:23

The boss? I guess so.

0:33:230:33:26

-Why?

-Very different to Lawson, isn't he?

0:33:260:33:30

Yeah, you could say that.

0:33:300:33:32

Well, better not keep him waiting, eh?

0:33:340:33:37

Now, you see at the bottom of the stems,

0:33:420:33:45

the thorns have been snipped away,

0:33:450:33:47

making them relatively safe to handle.

0:33:470:33:49

But up here, well, let's just say young Stu was incredibly lucky.

0:33:490:33:54

Those gloves wouldn't have protected him at all.

0:33:540:33:57

-There was nothing to indicate who sent them?

-No, sir.

0:33:570:34:00

Davis, we need to contact every florist in Ballarat.

0:34:000:34:03

It's possible the roses were ordered by someone who wasn't even

0:34:030:34:06

-here tonight.

-No, the poisoner's here.

0:34:060:34:08

It would have been way too risky to...

0:34:080:34:10

Coat the thorns before they were delivered.

0:34:100:34:13

So, who delivered the flowers?

0:34:140:34:16

I know how we can find out.

0:34:170:34:19

Answer the question, Mrs Beazley.

0:34:200:34:23

Yes, there were flowers in the dressing room

0:34:240:34:26

before the performance, but they weren't roses.

0:34:260:34:29

Jackie just grabbed the roses and rushed back on.

0:34:350:34:37

-They're a tradition at curtain call.

-Yes, but who delivered them?

0:34:370:34:41

They were already there before the performance.

0:34:410:34:44

Who else had access?

0:34:440:34:45

Warwick, of course, and Mrs Tyneman, and that odd young man.

0:34:450:34:49

But I suppose anyone could have wandered in.

0:34:490:34:52

Turn out your pockets, please, Mr Simpson.

0:35:020:35:05

-I beg your pardon?

-Empty your pockets. Now.

-Why?

0:35:050:35:08

If you have nothing to hide, turn out your pockets.

0:35:080:35:11

That's the key to Jackie's hotel room.

0:35:250:35:29

Explain that, Mr Simpson.

0:35:290:35:30

I took it so that I could try and get my money back.

0:35:320:35:34

-Your money?

-Jacqueline refused to do the show unless I paid her 100 quid.

0:35:340:35:40

Said she needed it for her move to the United States.

0:35:400:35:43

Well, she was a successful actress.

0:35:430:35:44

Who was always hopeless with her money.

0:35:440:35:47

I was planning to go and get it back.

0:35:470:35:49

It wasn't...

0:35:490:35:51

It wasn't any good to her now.

0:35:510:35:54

This all speaks to motive, Mr Simpson.

0:35:540:35:56

You want motive? What about Pamela?

0:35:560:35:58

-Jacqueline was dumping her.

-Warwick, no!

0:35:580:36:01

After all that you'd given up for her,

0:36:010:36:03

she wasn't even going to take you with her.

0:36:030:36:05

-Is this the truth, Miss Gilchrist?

-Of course it's not true.

0:36:050:36:10

Please, Superintendent.

0:36:100:36:11

Go search Miss Maddern's room.

0:36:120:36:14

Yes, boss.

0:36:160:36:17

Davis, find out who bought those roses.

0:36:240:36:27

Yes, sir.

0:36:270:36:28

Superintendent, I really need to use that telephone.

0:36:310:36:34

Mr Beazley, you're to wait in the bar.

0:36:340:36:36

You got a family, Superintendent?

0:36:360:36:38

None of your business, Mr Beazley.

0:36:380:36:41

My wife's pregnant. First baby, and she's finding it difficult.

0:36:410:36:45

-Well, have you noticed the time?

-I was expected home by now.

0:36:450:36:48

That is not my problem.

0:36:480:36:50

No, it's mine. And it'll be easily solved with a phone call.

0:36:500:36:54

Please.

0:36:570:36:58

-Is this how you conduct yourself in the army?

-Pardon?

0:36:580:37:01

Because in this situation, I'm you're superior officer.

0:37:010:37:05

And suddenly remembering to say please will not change my mind.

0:37:050:37:09

I would not do that if I were you, Mr Beazley.

0:37:090:37:12

Fine.

0:37:150:37:16

The Doctor's right not to trust you.

0:37:210:37:25

Thank you, Lieutenant. That's all I need to hear.

0:37:250:37:28

Christopher, is everything all right?

0:37:280:37:31

-Why didn't you tell me?

-Because Ruby doesn't want anyone to know

0:37:370:37:41

-she's not coping, especially you.

-Why, especially me?

0:37:410:37:44

-Oh, come on, Mum. Why do you think?

-I've absolutely no idea.

0:37:440:37:47

Well, because you always make such a thing about carrying on regardless.

0:37:470:37:51

And you made it pretty clear you didn't have any time for her.

0:37:510:37:54

-She's very highly strung.

-She's my wife.

0:37:540:37:57

I'm sorry, I didn't mean that the way it sounded.

0:37:570:38:00

I just wish you would talk to me more often.

0:38:000:38:02

-At least with Jack, I always knew...

-Oh, it's always about Jack.

0:38:020:38:05

Especially when Dad died. That's all I ever heard about.

0:38:050:38:07

-Well, he had such a hard time of it, and...

-We all did.

0:38:070:38:10

But some of us didn't end up in jail.

0:38:100:38:12

I don't talk because no-one's listening.

0:38:190:38:22

Oh, Christopher, I'm always here for you. I love you.

0:38:220:38:25

I know you do. But you love Jack more.

0:38:250:38:27

That's not true.

0:38:270:38:29

I just never felt I had to worry about you the way I did about Jack.

0:38:290:38:33

He reminds me so much of your father.

0:38:330:38:36

And who do I remind you of?

0:38:360:38:38

Me.

0:38:400:38:41

KNOCK AT DOOR

0:38:460:38:49

About time. Well?

0:38:490:38:51

No luck, sir.

0:38:530:38:54

Doctor Harvey said she wouldn't be able to identify the poison

0:38:540:38:57

without seeing the body.

0:38:570:38:58

She also said she had to talk to Blake. Actually, she insisted.

0:38:580:39:02

She's here? Fine. Let her in.

0:39:020:39:05

Where does she stand?

0:39:070:39:08

She seems pretty tight with the doctor.

0:39:100:39:12

More on his side, than ours. Makes it hard to do your job.

0:39:120:39:16

Station could do without that.

0:39:160:39:18

-Sure can, boss.

-Good work, Sergeant.

0:39:180:39:21

PHONE RINGS

0:39:210:39:23

-Munro.

-Davis here, sir.

-Where are you?

0:39:260:39:30

The station. It was quicker to come here and call.

0:39:300:39:33

The money was in Miss Maddern's room.

0:39:330:39:36

As were two plane tickets to America,

0:39:360:39:38

one in Miss Maddern's name, the other in Miss Gilchrist's.

0:39:380:39:41

So she wasn't leaving Miss Gilchrist behind at all.

0:39:410:39:43

-Well, it doesn't seem that way.

-How'd you go with florists?

0:39:430:39:47

Ah, Flora on Sturt Street sold the bunch of long-stemmed roses

0:39:470:39:51

that ended up at the club.

0:39:510:39:53

Rose thorns? It'd have to be an incredibly powerful toxin.

0:39:530:39:58

An organic alkaloid, you say?

0:39:580:40:00

Could be. Or synthetic.

0:40:000:40:03

-Man-made?

-Frightening, but possible.

0:40:030:40:05

We'll need liver and spleen samples to isolate it.

0:40:050:40:08

Agreed. Unfortunately, we can't collect them here.

0:40:080:40:13

So I'd noticed.

0:40:130:40:15

I know, I know. I don't approve either.

0:40:150:40:17

Keeping the body here like this.

0:40:170:40:19

Apart from anything else, it's disrespectful.

0:40:190:40:22

Munro has his reasons, not all of which are about the crime.

0:40:220:40:25

Mm? Do you want me back there now, sir?

0:40:280:40:31

No, not yet, Davis.

0:40:310:40:33

We'll need more than the word of a florist to arrest

0:40:330:40:36

a military man in this club.

0:40:360:40:38

There's a notebook on my desk.

0:40:380:40:39

In it, you'll find the number of Major Derek Alderton.

0:40:390:40:42

-Get it and call me back.

-Yes, boss.

0:40:420:40:45

-Munro.

-Got it, boss.

0:40:550:40:57

Phone number is XJ 7379.

0:40:570:41:02

Get back here as soon as you can.

0:41:030:41:05

MUSIC

0:41:060:41:10

-Where the hell have you been?

-Yeah, sorry, boss.

0:42:000:42:03

Right. And the Major was quite clear.

0:42:030:42:05

He described our man as deeply damaged, and as such,

0:42:050:42:07

potentially extremely dangerous.

0:42:070:42:09

If it goes pear-shaped, use any force necessary.

0:42:090:42:11

Superintendent.

0:42:110:42:13

We've managed a partial analysis of the poison.

0:42:130:42:16

Save it for the report, Doctor. We have a suspect.

0:42:160:42:19

Sergeant Murray Nelson.

0:42:390:42:41

I'm arresting you in relation to the murder of Jacqueline Maddern.

0:42:410:42:45

GASPING

0:42:520:42:53

-Hey, let her go.

-Mattie!

0:42:530:42:55

Take another step and I'll snap her neck.

0:42:580:43:01

You don't want to do this.

0:43:020:43:04

You don't know anything.

0:43:090:43:10

I know she's having trouble breathing.

0:43:120:43:14

SHE CHOKES

0:43:140:43:15

You're a military man. This isn't what you were trained to do.

0:43:200:43:24

Let her breathe.

0:43:240:43:26

Alice!

0:43:430:43:44

Secure the suspect. Take him to the boardroom.

0:43:460:43:48

Take it easy.

0:43:480:43:50

Congratulations, Chief Superintendent.

0:43:530:43:56

Thank you, Patrick.

0:43:570:43:59

Are you sure you're all right?

0:44:140:44:16

-I'm fine.

-I'm not convinced.

0:44:160:44:19

I'm just embarrassed.

0:44:190:44:20

Miss O'Brien, I could use your help.

0:44:200:44:22

We need to call the hospital and arrange for the body to be removed.

0:44:220:44:25

Of course.

0:44:250:44:27

-Well, looks like a triumph for the Superintendent, then.

-Mm.

0:44:270:44:32

Why did you poison Jacqueline Maddern?

0:44:390:44:42

Hmm?

0:44:450:44:47

We met Murray years ago in Korea.

0:44:470:44:49

Recently, I think he came to several performances, but...

0:44:510:44:55

Did you tell the police you knew him?

0:44:550:44:58

I can't be sure. I think so.

0:44:590:45:03

-Oh, honestly, I was so upset.

-Yes.

0:45:030:45:06

Doc, the boss would like to see you in the boardroom.

0:45:080:45:13

Yes, of course.

0:45:130:45:15

-You can't read Korean, by any chance?

-Korean?

0:45:150:45:19

I can.

0:45:190:45:20

I'll have to do a proper analysis but it certainly

0:45:220:45:24

looks like the substance I found on the rose thorns.

0:45:240:45:27

Can you read what it says?

0:45:300:45:32

It's a poem.

0:45:360:45:38

Let's all go... Something and soul.

0:45:380:45:41

Body.

0:45:410:45:43

It's body and soul.

0:45:430:45:45

Let's all go, body and soul, with no way of return.

0:45:450:45:49

On a vial of poison. How romantic.

0:45:490:45:52

There were rumours in Korea that both sides were experimenting

0:45:520:45:55

with chemical weapons.

0:45:550:45:56

Mr Nelson was recently discharged from the army

0:45:560:45:59

due to a nervous condition.

0:45:590:46:01

We're going to need another statement from Pamela Gilchrist.

0:46:030:46:06

-Guessing she's gone back to her hotel.

-No, she's still here.

0:46:060:46:09

Bring her in, and tell everyone else they can leave.

0:46:090:46:12

Take Mr Nelson down to the station and charge him.

0:46:120:46:14

Chris, I understand you needed to make a phone call.

0:46:240:46:27

Yes, I do.

0:46:270:46:28

No objection to Christopher using the phone now, Superintendent?

0:46:280:46:32

Do as you like.

0:46:320:46:33

You realise, of course, there are a number of things

0:46:370:46:40

that still don't add up.

0:46:400:46:42

I think you'll find we're done, Doctor.

0:46:420:46:45

-Will this take long, Sergeant?

-I shouldn't think so, ma'am.

0:46:550:46:59

Right this way.

0:46:590:47:00

Mr Reynolds.

0:47:040:47:06

-Mr Reynolds.

-Susan.

0:47:060:47:08

I'm aware there are business interests involved here.

0:47:090:47:13

-Is that correct?

-There are.

0:47:130:47:16

You will come by Patrick's office tomorrow,

0:47:160:47:18

and he will offer you a job.

0:47:180:47:20

You'll find that more than compensates

0:47:200:47:22

for the loss of your article.

0:47:220:47:24

And if I don't?

0:47:270:47:29

My friend, the Chief Superintendent, will charge you with blackmail.

0:47:300:47:35

Is that understood?

0:47:360:47:37

Chatham House rules, Mr Reynolds.

0:47:400:47:42

It doesn't go out of the club.

0:47:420:47:44

I'm tired of being hurt like this, Patrick.

0:47:540:47:58

Take me home.

0:47:580:47:59

-How are you bearing up?

-Not too bad, thank you.

0:48:080:48:11

Your boy, Christopher, he seems like a fine young man.

0:48:120:48:16

Thank you. Yes, he is.

0:48:160:48:19

Jean, just while I have you here, can I show you something?

0:48:200:48:23

Tell me, what do you see here?

0:48:260:48:29

I see a photograph of a couple.

0:48:300:48:32

Jacqueline Maddern and her killer?

0:48:340:48:36

Mm. That's all I saw too, at first.

0:48:360:48:41

Look at that.

0:48:420:48:44

I still haven't worked out how it happened.

0:48:470:48:49

Ah, Mr Simpson.

0:48:550:48:57

Goodbye, Princess.

0:49:010:49:03

HE SOBS

0:49:060:49:08

That's all we need for now, Miss Gilchrist.

0:49:500:49:53

Sergeant Davis will take you back to your hotel.

0:49:530:49:56

Thank you, Superintendent. I am so sorry that I didn't mention

0:49:560:49:59

Mr Nelson earlier.

0:49:590:50:00

I could've saved you a whole lot of time and trouble, couldn't I?

0:50:000:50:03

Yes. But then you wouldn't have been

0:50:030:50:04

able to give such a stellar performance.

0:50:040:50:06

That's right, isn't it, Pamela?

0:50:060:50:08

I'm sorry, Doctor?

0:50:080:50:09

Blake! I told you, we're done.

0:50:090:50:12

No, we're not done, William.

0:50:120:50:15

You took this?

0:50:160:50:18

Borrowed it. Murray was in love with Jackie, no doubt.

0:50:180:50:21

But once she dumped him, you were there to pick up the pieces,

0:50:210:50:24

weren't you? That's when he became...

0:50:240:50:27

..addicted to you.

0:50:290:50:30

And you played him perfectly.

0:50:330:50:34

You convinced him to purchase the roses, apply the poison.

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You even had him prepared to take the fall.

0:50:380:50:40

I have no idea what you're talking about.

0:50:400:50:42

Murray was head over heels in love with Jackie.

0:50:420:50:45

Once she'd finished with him, she just threw him away.

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Same as she'd done with Mr Simpson and Patrick Tyneman.

0:50:480:50:51

-Superintendent...

-Luckily, you were there to harness his fury, his rage.

0:50:510:50:54

But, of course, you had to keep the ultimate act for yourself,

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didn't you?

0:50:580:51:00

You killed her with an embrace.

0:51:000:51:02

Protecting yourself...

0:51:040:51:05

..with this.

0:51:070:51:09

Holding it between yourself and the roses.

0:51:090:51:11

Do you really think that I would...?

0:51:110:51:14

We were like sisters.

0:51:140:51:16

No, you weren't.

0:51:160:51:17

She treated you like a servant. Like hired help.

0:51:170:51:21

This is absurd.

0:51:210:51:22

Please, Sergeant, take me back to my hotel.

0:51:220:51:25

Do you really think Murray will stand by you,

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once he's read that statement?

0:51:280:51:30

Oh, but of course you weren't planning on sticking around anyway,

0:51:300:51:33

were you? You were going to the States without Jackie,

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going to a place where you could reinvent yourself.

0:51:370:51:40

Where you could be in the spotlight, for once.

0:51:420:51:45

But you overplayed it.

0:51:450:51:47

How dare you!

0:51:480:51:50

How dare you say that to me!

0:51:510:51:53

You stayed on the stage far, far too long.

0:51:530:51:56

What would you know?

0:51:580:52:00

I was always the better actress.

0:52:070:52:09

She was the pretty one.

0:52:100:52:12

It's always the pretty ones who get picked, isn't it?

0:52:130:52:17

You made sure everyone would see her ugly final act,

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or at least read about it.

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You needed the press here. You were Reynolds's anonymous source.

0:52:230:52:29

So what if I was?

0:52:290:52:31

She deserved it.

0:52:310:52:34

She was poisonous.

0:52:340:52:37

Poison deserves poison.

0:52:380:52:41

BELL TOLLS

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Come and have some breakfast.

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Or at least have a rest before you go.

0:53:120:53:14

Thanks, Mum.

0:53:140:53:16

Oh!

0:53:370:53:39

Cup of tea?

0:53:400:53:42

I don't think so, Mattie.

0:53:420:53:43

Come on.

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Tell you something, your mother's very excited about your new baby.

0:53:520:53:57

-Is she?

-Yes, she is.

0:53:570:53:59

Let her be a part of things, won't you? She deserves some happiness.

0:54:000:54:04

-Mattie!

-Oh, we'd better get in there.

0:54:040:54:07

Oh, how about that?

0:54:110:54:14

Yes.

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# For she's a jolly good fellow

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# For she's a jolly good fellow

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# For she's a jolly good fellow

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# And so say all of us. #

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What happened to the cake, Mattie?

0:54:290:54:31

-Mm, I made it.

-Oh, it's lovely.

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No, it's not. It's a mess.

0:54:340:54:37

-Mattie, what's this bit here supposed to be?

-Shut up!

0:54:370:54:40

Come on, Jean. Blow out the candles.

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Heaven knows, we couldn't afford to buy nearly enough...

0:54:420:54:45

-Lucien! Ignore him.

-I do.

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Make a wish, Jean.

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Bravo.

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