0:00:14 > 0:00:18CHORAL SONG
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Sancto spiritu.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31In gloria Dei patris. Amen.
0:00:56 > 0:00:57Dominus vobiscum.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09SCREAMS
0:01:14 > 0:01:16SHE GASPS
0:01:48 > 0:01:52ALARM BELL RINGS
0:01:52 > 0:01:53CHURCH BELL SOUNDS
0:01:53 > 0:01:56HE MUTTERS A PRAYER
0:01:57 > 0:02:00- Amen.- ALL: Amen.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06I thought I might find you here.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10I took it on myself to make sure the body wasn't disturbed.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Thank you, Father.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17Sergeant, secure the scene. And get the police surgeon down here.
0:02:17 > 0:02:22- I want a provisional theory as to cause of death.- Yes, sir.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26The colouration on the face would suggest cyanide poisoning.
0:02:26 > 0:02:27I think I can take it from here.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34Very well, Inspector, I'll leave it to you.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40Wipe your face. Sister Mary Magdalene is we dare to hope,
0:02:40 > 0:02:44in the arms of Jesus. You'd be better occupied praying for her soul
0:02:44 > 0:02:49- rather than indulging in unseemly histrionics.- Sorry, Sister.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56- Oh, there's no need for this. - I'll thank you not to pull rank
0:02:56 > 0:02:58where the novices are concerned.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00This is not the way we do things here.
0:03:00 > 0:03:06- Get up, dear.- Stay where you are! How dare you flout my authority.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Authority's earned, I think you'll find.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12Sister Bernadette. Go to the kitchen and get yourself a cup of tea
0:03:12 > 0:03:17and something to eat. Quickly now. You're as white as a sheet. Go.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24Inspector, this is our new novice Mistress.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Sister Paul. She arrived last week from Calcutta.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30Where standards of discipline are much higher.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Is there any news, Inspector?
0:03:32 > 0:03:34The police surgeon has provisionally mooted
0:03:34 > 0:03:36cyanide poisoning as cause of death.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40We can only assume, it's some tragic accident.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42Sergeant, find out what Sister Mary Magdalene
0:03:42 > 0:03:45- ate and drank this morning. - I imagine nothing.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48She will have been observing her fast before Holy Communion.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50- As we all were. - Then I can only conclude
0:03:50 > 0:03:51she must have broken her fast.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54A wilful girl with a streak of rebellion.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Perhaps you have some duties to attend to, Sister.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Do you know of any cyanide kept on the premise?
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Lordy. Tons of the stuff!
0:04:05 > 0:04:10You'd need to speak to our vintner, Sister Boniface, she's in the winery.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Nuns making wine?
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Our Lord asks for poverty, chastity and obedience.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17He never said anything about sobriety.
0:04:17 > 0:04:18Amen to that.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24In that case, if someone would be kind enough to direct me.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27Our Sisters lead sheltered lives and are unused to laymen.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30The presence of a chaperone would be both reassuring
0:04:30 > 0:04:32and appropriate, I feel.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Of course, Reverend Mother.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36You know our Chaplain, don't you?
0:04:36 > 0:04:37Father Brown.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47- Tom.- Father.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Terrible business.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54- Inspector Valentine. And you are? - Tom Evans.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57Can I ask your whereabouts between nine and ten this morning?
0:04:57 > 0:05:01In the garden. I'm the gardener.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05- You live on site? - With my wife.
0:05:05 > 0:05:06Does she work at the convent?
0:05:06 > 0:05:09They've enough women to do their work.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12She does their shopping in the village that's all.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Did you know Sister Mary Magdalene?
0:05:15 > 0:05:19I don't talk to the novices. It would be asking for trouble.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21I'll be sending someone to take a statement
0:05:21 > 0:05:24- from you both as a matter of routine.- She's in Cheltenham.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Her mother's sick. I've told her to stay there.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29How is Mrs Evans' mother?
0:05:31 > 0:05:34- TB.- I'll remember them in my prayers.
0:05:39 > 0:05:44- One of yours?- Lapsed. His wife attends when her health permits.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46- An invalid?- Heart condition.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51I see the nuns are used to the presence of one layman at least.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54The novices are refusing to drink
0:05:54 > 0:05:56from the water fountain in case it's poisoned.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Sister Lawrence says the kitchen is in chaos.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01- They're frightened.- Or guilty.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03No doubt this deplorable incident
0:06:03 > 0:06:06will turn out to be some of their juvenile horseplay.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10- It's far too early to speculate. - Sloppy discipline stems
0:06:10 > 0:06:13from poor leadership, which is hardly surprising
0:06:13 > 0:06:15given the character of some in charge here.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19I didn't come all the way from India
0:06:19 > 0:06:25to find myself subordinate to my spiritual and moral inferior.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30And if that person has atoned for their sins?
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Covered up more like.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35The Order may be appraised, but I wonder
0:06:35 > 0:06:39if the Diocese is aware of their transgressions?
0:06:40 > 0:06:44In which case, maybe his Grace should be informed immediately.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48Before another novice is poisoned.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51You do as you must, Sister.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55Oh, I will. Make no doubt of that.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59PHONE RINGS
0:07:04 > 0:07:10Hello? Thank you. Yes. Yes. Put him through.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Sister Mary Magdalene's father.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14I wish you luck explaining this one.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25I won't let you destroy St Agnes.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27And what exactly are you going to do about it?
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Whatever I have to.
0:07:43 > 0:07:44Sister Boniface.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48Father Brown. I suspected you might be on the case.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Father Brown is present as chaperone.
0:07:50 > 0:07:55- He has no part in this investigation.- Righto.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Inspector Valentine.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00Interesting choice of reading matter, Sister.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Oh, no disrespect to poor Sister Mary Magdalene,
0:08:03 > 0:08:06but I couldn't help notice the appearance of the corpse,
0:08:06 > 0:08:08and thought a spot of research in order.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11With the help of Miss Christie.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14Do you think it was cyanide poisoning, Father Brown?
0:08:14 > 0:08:18I am making no assumptions at this stage in the investigation.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20A puzzling case.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23I expect you'll be only too glad of Father Brown's help.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26Like Lord Peter Wimsey and Inspector Parker.
0:08:56 > 0:09:02Sister Ignatius! Sister Ignatius! How dare you run in God's house!
0:09:07 > 0:09:10Question - with cyanide being such a fast acting poison,
0:09:10 > 0:09:13Sister Mary Magdalene must have ingested it minutes
0:09:13 > 0:09:16before she entered the chapel, but how and where?
0:09:19 > 0:09:20Potassium ferrocyanide.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23We use it to remove copper and iron particles
0:09:23 > 0:09:25left in the wine by bentonite and metals.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29- There's enough to kill half of Gloucestershire.- Twelve bottles.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Or should that be eleven?
0:09:32 > 0:09:37It appears you have a cuckoo in the nest.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Similar to the naked eye
0:09:42 > 0:09:46but it's tetrasodium hexacyanoferrate,
0:09:46 > 0:09:48or sodium ferrocyanide.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52Bravo, Father. Your reputation clearly isn't exaggerated.
0:09:52 > 0:09:53Is it toxic?
0:09:53 > 0:09:57Relatively non because the CN ions are bound to the FE.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00If you don't mind. Maybe you could...
0:10:00 > 0:10:02And chaperone silently.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07May God find you the grace to make yourself worthy.
0:10:18 > 0:10:19SHE RASPS
0:10:19 > 0:10:20SCREAMS
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Who has access to the chemical stores?
0:10:23 > 0:10:26We don't keep things under lock and key here.
0:10:26 > 0:10:27Ours is a community of trust.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32Yes?
0:10:32 > 0:10:36Gossips are sinful. Saint Paul lumps them with murderers and God haters.
0:10:36 > 0:10:41- Although I've always thought that was a little harsh.- Father?
0:10:41 > 0:10:43- May I?- Yes.
0:10:45 > 0:10:51It doesn't count as gossip if it's pertinent to a police investigation.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56Right. Well, Sister Abelard found anomalies in the stock take.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58She assumed it was a mistake
0:10:58 > 0:11:02but I thought - how peculiar? Sister Abelard never makes mistakes.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Double first in maths. Brain like an adding machine.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09We call her Sister Abacus.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13FATHER BROWN LAUGHS HEARTILY
0:11:13 > 0:11:16CHURCH BELL RINGS
0:11:24 > 0:11:28- Who's responsible for this? - Me.- On my orders.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30You tampered with a crime scene.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34I put the sensibilities of our Sister's first.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Clear the scene. Organise a search of the body and surrounding area,
0:11:37 > 0:11:39- and take statements from everyone. - Yes, sir.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42- And Sergeant, get the police surgeon back.- Yes, sir.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45And Sergeant...stop these bells!
0:11:58 > 0:11:59What are you doing?
0:11:59 > 0:12:03Oh! Sister Paul's relatives need to be informed.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07So I'm looking for some personal information.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09That's down to me, I think.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13Yes. Yes, of course, Reverend Mother.
0:12:46 > 0:12:51- What happens now, Inspector? - A search of the convent.- All of it?
0:12:51 > 0:12:55Starting with the deceased nun's cells and Sister Paul's office.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58Is that really necessary?
0:12:58 > 0:13:00I've two suspicious deaths.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Anything less would be grounds for my dismissal.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07- No one here has anything to hide. - Oh, we all have something to hide.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Several things, in my case.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13I'm sure we'll manage to conduct ourselves appropriately.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23Father, Sister Mary Magdalene, would you say she was a looker?
0:13:23 > 0:13:26Holy Mary Mother of God, pray for us sinners.
0:13:26 > 0:13:31She was a Bride of Christ. Without wrinkle or blemish of any kind.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35- I'll take that as a "yes."- I don't think I like what you're implying.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41I told you to stay put. You're making a show of yourself.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45They seem an ill matched couple. And while the cat's away.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Cooeee!
0:13:47 > 0:13:50Will you excuse me, Inspector?
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Of course. I'm sure I can manage.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56We just heard the news. Holy Mother.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59What a thing. And in a convent of all places.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03Dreadful, Mrs McCarthy. And who do we have here?
0:14:03 > 0:14:09My godchild. I'm in loco parentis while mother's in hospital for...
0:14:09 > 0:14:13for ailments you needn't worry about.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17A proper little bruiser. And what's your name, my fine young fellow?
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Abigail.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Hebrew for beautiful.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29Well, well, well. What have we here?
0:14:29 > 0:14:33- Look's like we've got secret lush. - Sir!
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Get that to the lab please, Sergeant.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44- And you better find me Father Brown. - Yes, sir.
0:14:51 > 0:14:52What are you doing?
0:14:54 > 0:14:58Hello, Father. I know what you're thinking.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03The murderer returns to the scene of the crime.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Is that a confession, Sister Boniface?
0:15:06 > 0:15:10Ha! Very good, Father.
0:15:11 > 0:15:16Fact - Sister Paul was in full sight for ten minutes before she died
0:15:16 > 0:15:20giving Sister Ignatius a record tongue lashing by all accounts.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22But like Sister Mary Magdalene,
0:15:22 > 0:15:26the police found nothing to explain how she ingested the poison.
0:15:26 > 0:15:27A conundrum.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31In Death In The Clouds,
0:15:31 > 0:15:34Madame Giselle was murdered with a poisoned thorn.
0:15:34 > 0:15:39Dipped, as I recall, in the venom of a South African boomslang snake.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43A poisonous species rarely found in the Cotswolds.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46- You are well read, Father. - I do love a mystery.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48On the subject of which,
0:15:48 > 0:15:52Inspector Valentine would like you to make an identification.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57You confirm these as the items missing from the winery?
0:15:57 > 0:16:01Yes. I expect you need to take a statement from me.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03And fingerprints?
0:16:03 > 0:16:06In due course.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08We may have found our motive.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11Sister Mary Magdalene discovered Sister Paul's alcoholism
0:16:11 > 0:16:14and theft and was poisoned to keep her quiet.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16And then she poisoned herself?
0:16:17 > 0:16:20And then...
0:16:20 > 0:16:24unable to live with the guilt, took her own life.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28After finding time to berate Sister Ignatius for ten minutes
0:16:28 > 0:16:32- before she committed suicide. - And how was the poison ingested?
0:16:32 > 0:16:35The only items found on the body were -
0:16:35 > 0:16:39reading glasses, handkerchief, keys, notebook, pencil,
0:16:39 > 0:16:41ball of string and a Swiss army penknife.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44- I took notes.- Very thorough.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47No doubt the post mortem will shed light on the matter.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54Alcoholism and petty theft - a motive for murder?
0:16:54 > 0:16:57To compound venal sin with so heinous a mortal sin?
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Followed by suicide.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01BOTH: The ultimate mortal sin.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07If you'll allow the police to get on with their investigation,
0:17:07 > 0:17:10I'm sure things will become clear in due course.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27BABY WAILS
0:17:27 > 0:17:29Shush.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36Now look what you've done. Takes a man to wake a baby.
0:17:37 > 0:17:38Abigail!
0:17:38 > 0:17:41I wondered if you'd like me to include your mother
0:17:41 > 0:17:46- in prayers for the sick at mass on Sunday?- Thank you.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51- In we go. - I'm in awe of your industry.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56Mrs Evans is the star of my African knitting circle.
0:17:56 > 0:18:01Now nothing awry there, and fed an hour ago.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03So it must be teeth.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10I have a teething bar somewhere in my handbag.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16- He wants his mother. - It's a girl.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25- Any news from the police, Father? - I'm afraid they left none the wiser.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Shush. I'm here.
0:18:30 > 0:18:31Who's that?
0:18:31 > 0:18:32She is my godchild.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46I'll be wanting my tea.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04And were you acquainted with the dead nuns, Mr Evans?
0:19:06 > 0:19:10She's a weak heart. I'll thank you not to upset her with all this talk.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14Anyway. It's their own fault.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17All them chemicals left lying around in the winery.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Didn't I say it was an accident in waiting?
0:19:28 > 0:19:32Poor woman. All that knitting.
0:19:32 > 0:19:36- When anyone can see she's desperate for one of her own.- God willing.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39She'd be better off with a willing husband.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41I'm not one to gossip, Father.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Lady Felicia's cousin, Lord Compton, had to let him go
0:19:48 > 0:19:50on account of "trouble" with the housemaids.
0:19:50 > 0:19:55And the scullery maids. Oh, and the dairy maids, I shouldn't wonder.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58If Mother Augustine hadn't taken Christian pity on them,
0:19:58 > 0:20:02they'd be in the workhouse. No wonder he's lapsed.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05Wouldn't dare show his face in church again.
0:20:07 > 0:20:13These thy gifts, which we are about to receive from thy bounty.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Through Jesus Christ our Lord.
0:20:15 > 0:20:16ALL: Amen.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33My compliments to the chef.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36This can't go on much longer.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39Let us pray that the police find a solution.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42That this was nothing more than a tragic accident.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46Of course it was. Who would want to kill that poor sweet girl.
0:20:46 > 0:20:47Or Sister Paul.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Most of the novices, they couldn't stand her.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53She found our postulants lacking in
0:20:53 > 0:20:55the humility of their sub-continent counterparts.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57I never had her down as a lush,
0:20:57 > 0:21:01but it explains those wretched pear drops she was for ever sucking on.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05Now we know. It was to mask the alcohol on her breath.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07There's enough unseemly tittle-tattle flying
0:21:07 > 0:21:09around without us adding to it.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14And before Calcutta. Where was Sister Paul?
0:21:20 > 0:21:22Haven't a clue.
0:21:33 > 0:21:34Who's there?
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Sister Boniface?
0:21:42 > 0:21:43Father Brown?
0:21:43 > 0:21:46What are you doing here?
0:21:46 > 0:21:49Same as you, I shouldn't wonder. Have you found anything?
0:21:55 > 0:21:59Sister Paul liked things spit spot. Military precision.
0:21:59 > 0:22:04- Rather.- Except here.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08Something's out of kilter.
0:22:08 > 0:22:16This is the shrine at Lourdes. I'd know it anywhere. But look...
0:22:16 > 0:22:21BOTH: "St Bridget's, Gloucester. Christmas, 1940."
0:22:21 > 0:22:23What can this mean?
0:22:23 > 0:22:26The killer is trying to cover their tracks.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50Sadly more and more parishioners are requiring your discrete services.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53I blame the war. Not least for the Americans.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56Their so-called youth culture and Devil's music.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58None of that here, I assure you.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01A programme of hard physical labour,
0:23:01 > 0:23:05combined with reflection and repentance.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18I expect Mrs McCarthy gave you the news from St Agnes?
0:23:18 > 0:23:22Sister Paul was warden here for nine years. A fine woman.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25Warden. Of course.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29The mothers nurse them for six weeks.
0:23:29 > 0:23:34Then the infants are removed to good Catholic families,
0:23:34 > 0:23:38and the girls released back into society. Purged.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40Free from the stain of sin.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44Our Lady was a single mother once.
0:23:44 > 0:23:49Which is why God sent Saint Joseph to make an honest woman of her.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52These girls have no hope of divine intervention.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01I hope you're impressed with what you've seen?
0:24:02 > 0:24:04I can't lie to you, Warden.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09I have yet to see a ship more tightly run than this.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14- Thank you, Father.- Warden?
0:24:14 > 0:24:16If you would like to wait in there.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59What are you doing? I told you not to get involved! Stay out of it.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02I said to stay in the cottage. Now go!
0:25:16 > 0:25:24CHURCH BELL RINGS
0:25:30 > 0:25:35Skates on, Sister. Late for vespers!
0:25:59 > 0:26:02Forgive me, Lord. I'm only borrowing it.
0:26:02 > 0:26:06Oh, I'm sorry to have kept you, Father.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Here's a familiar face.
0:26:14 > 0:26:20Call on me at his earliest opportunity. Thank you, Mrs McCarthy.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26Why aren't you at vespers?
0:26:27 > 0:26:31I lost my rosary, Reverend Mother.
0:26:31 > 0:26:36I think I might have it dropped yesterday when I was here...
0:26:36 > 0:26:41with the police. Bingo.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45Be sure to give thanks to St Anthony.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34I thought that might be you.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37I heard what Susie had planned for your dinner,
0:27:37 > 0:27:41and well, I took the precaution.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46Angel and saint rolled into one, Mrs M.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49And how did you find St Bridget's, Father?
0:27:49 > 0:27:51Truth be told, unsettling.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58Word is, Sister Thomas Aquinas provides a fine service.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02The separation of mothers and their children defies nature.
0:28:02 > 0:28:06Surely better if society found ways of keeping them together.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10Nonsense, Father. Those girls are moral degenerates.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14Unsuitable to bring up good Catholic children.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16BABY WAILS
0:28:17 > 0:28:19I think it's going to be a long night, Father.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23Perhaps Joyce was right, she misses her mother.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26And Sister Boniface telephoned with a message.
0:28:26 > 0:28:32Sometimes I feel like the telephone exchange than the Parish Secretary.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35Now Father, have you room there for another dumpling?
0:28:35 > 0:28:39What man could resist your dumplings, Mrs M?
0:28:39 > 0:28:42HE SNIFFS THEM APPROVINGLY
0:28:43 > 0:28:45The message. Was it important?
0:28:45 > 0:28:50Oh, too mysterious to relay over the telephone.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52She wants you to call in on her.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55- Tonight? - At your earliest convenience.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58Ah. Nothing urgent then.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14CREAKING DOOR
0:29:16 > 0:29:19Hello? Who's there?
0:29:54 > 0:29:57Hello?
0:29:58 > 0:30:00SHE CRIES OUT
0:30:04 > 0:30:07A card of black darning wool for Sister Cyril,
0:30:07 > 0:30:10oh, and her usual denture cream.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15- Morning all. - Father.- Morning, Father.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18Sister Luke wants two bars of Lifebuoy soap.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21But only if they're on special offer.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24Joyce Evans is indisposed, so I volunteered
0:30:24 > 0:30:26to collect the Sisters' shopping.
0:30:27 > 0:30:31- And, erm, that's the lot, Mr Boot. - Right you are, Mrs M.
0:30:31 > 0:30:36Sister Paul won't be needing her usual pear drops. God rest her soul.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39And all on the St Agnes account.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41I'll see you anon.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44I'll see you at choir practice I hope?
0:30:44 > 0:30:47- Yes, at...?- Four?
0:30:47 > 0:30:52Four. Splendid. You can count on my presence.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54Father.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57Turf, please...
0:30:58 > 0:31:02..and a quarter of pear drops.
0:31:09 > 0:31:10Off you go! Any luck?
0:31:10 > 0:31:13- No, sir.- Well, get back in, and look again.- Yes, sir.
0:31:13 > 0:31:18- I can't find him anywhere, sir. - Inspector!
0:31:18 > 0:31:22Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?
0:31:22 > 0:31:26- And don't take me literally. - Sir?
0:31:26 > 0:31:29- Never mind. - Something happened?
0:31:29 > 0:31:32Sister Boniface was attacked last night.
0:31:32 > 0:31:33Tell me she's not dead.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36- Voluble as ever. - She see her attacker?
0:31:36 > 0:31:39No, but I'm keen to speak to the gardener when he turns up.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42- Tom?- Turns out our man has a criminal record.
0:31:42 > 0:31:46- Three counts of soliciting. - It doesn't make him a murderer.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48It makes him quite the ladies man.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Surrounded by temptation in a place like this.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55That's quite a leap, Inspector.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58You have a rather pure heart, Father. Unlike me.
0:31:59 > 0:32:03If Sister Mary Magdalene confessed the affair to Sister Paul
0:32:03 > 0:32:05Tom would lose his job and his livelihood.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08More than a motive for double murder, don't you think?
0:32:08 > 0:32:11Unless of course you know something I don't?
0:32:11 > 0:32:14One in particular, who has hidden her heinous character,
0:32:14 > 0:32:17and concealed transgressions of so serious a nature
0:32:17 > 0:32:21that I can only assume the diocese has no knowledge of them.
0:32:21 > 0:32:25It ends there. And the photograph's gone.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28I asked Sister Abelard to check and it's vanished.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30Someone from Sister Paul's past
0:32:30 > 0:32:32clearly didn't want to be recognised.
0:32:32 > 0:32:37Sister Paul. All paths lead to Sister Paul.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40But what of Sister Mary Magdalene?
0:32:40 > 0:32:44Pure and unworldly. On the cusp of holy union.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46In a state of spiritual grace.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48In Sister Paul's office, five minutes before she died.
0:32:48 > 0:32:52- Are you sure?- According to Sister Luke, Sister Mary Magdalene
0:32:52 > 0:32:55took a funny turn before the service. Low blood sugar.
0:32:55 > 0:32:59Known fainter at mass. Anyway, Sister Luke didn't want her keeling
0:32:59 > 0:33:02over at the altar, so sent her off for a sit down.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05And guess whose office is right next to the chapel?
0:33:05 > 0:33:07Surely it must be connected?
0:33:09 > 0:33:14Of course. That poor innocent girl.
0:33:15 > 0:33:21You know something, don't you? Of course you do.
0:33:21 > 0:33:22I must go.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28Good luck.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35Ah, Father Brown.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39It's good to have your reassuring presence back with us.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41Apologies for yesterday's absence.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44Business in Gloucester. At St Bridget's.
0:33:44 > 0:33:48I hear it has an excellent reputation.
0:33:48 > 0:33:49Surely you'd know so.
0:33:50 > 0:33:54As you yourself were there, when Sister Paul was Warden.
0:33:56 > 0:34:00- I didn't deny it. - You lied by omission.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02The question is - why a woman of your integrity
0:34:02 > 0:34:05- would do such a thing? - You don't have to explain yourself.
0:34:05 > 0:34:09With all due respect, Father, you are not the police.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11No, but I believe the key to these murders
0:34:11 > 0:34:14lies within the walls of St Bridget's.
0:34:14 > 0:34:18If you're concealing anything, I urge you to reveal it now.
0:34:21 > 0:34:25I lied to hide my sin. The worst sin of all.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27- No!- I'm an adulteress.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32I betrayed our Lord with a mortal man.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35Years ago. A moment of madness.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37He was a doctor at St Bridget's.
0:34:37 > 0:34:43He brought me no happiness. Only grief and immeasurable loss.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46You confessed your sin and made atonement.
0:34:47 > 0:34:52Yes, in their mercy both God and my superiors in the order
0:34:52 > 0:34:56- welcomed me back to the fold. - Then Sister Paul arrived.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59All holier than thou and righteous spirituality.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01Threatening to destroy you.
0:35:01 > 0:35:02Someone had to stop her.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05You killed her?
0:35:05 > 0:35:09No! Although I was tempted. Horrible woman.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13God rest her soul.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17You stole the letter she wrote to the Bishop?
0:35:19 > 0:35:20I'm not ashamed.
0:35:20 > 0:35:24You're five times the woman she would ever be.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27You shouldn't have done that. My sin is not yours.
0:35:27 > 0:35:29I'm sorry.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32No, actually, I'm not.
0:35:32 > 0:35:36I couldn't stand by and let her ruin you and St Agnes with it.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38I'm not worthy of your loyalty.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41Fiddlesticks. You're the best Reverend Mother we've ever had.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43Don't you agree, Father?
0:36:08 > 0:36:10- The police are looking for you, Tom. - Why?
0:36:10 > 0:36:14- Sister Boniface was attacked last night.- I wasn't here.
0:36:14 > 0:36:15Where were you?
0:36:15 > 0:36:19None of your business. I'm not answerable to you or your God.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24- He was with a woman. - Be quiet.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26She gives him what I don't.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30So you couldn't have attacked Sister Boniface.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32I haven't attacked anyone,
0:36:32 > 0:36:34and before you ask, I didn't kill anyone neither.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37I believe you.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40I see a man trying to protect his wife.
0:36:40 > 0:36:41I never go to the convent.
0:36:41 > 0:36:46No, but you do the Sisters' shopping in the village.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50Rather dusty, I'm afraid.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54I liberated them from Sister Paul's horde.
0:36:54 > 0:36:58I'm sure she wouldn't have wanted them to go to waste.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01And I am rather partial to a pear drop.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03- What game is this!- Red or yellow?
0:37:06 > 0:37:09See I don't think it really matters. I think they both taste the same.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12No!
0:37:13 > 0:37:14Yes.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18Are you trying to give her a heart attack?
0:37:18 > 0:37:21Coming here with your fancy theories and silly tricks.
0:37:21 > 0:37:24What I couldn't comprehend, was why Sister Mary Magdalene?
0:37:24 > 0:37:27- She wasn't the intended victim. - Don't listen to him.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29It was a recent arrival. Someone from your past.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32Someone from St Bridget's.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35- Never heard of it. - You're lying.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47"Male baby in good health.
0:37:47 > 0:37:52"Mother, J Purvis. 19 years old.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57"Five foot six. Brown hair. Blue eyes.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00"Birth complications.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02"Postpartum cardiomyopathy."
0:38:02 > 0:38:05He had a name. Our son had a name.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08Must have made you very angry.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11Is that why you killed Sister Paul?
0:38:11 > 0:38:15- No!- Yes.
0:38:15 > 0:38:20All those chemicals lying round the winery. An accident in waiting.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23All it needed was a helping hand.
0:38:24 > 0:38:28- A life for a life. - You must miss him very much.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31He's here. I've seen him.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42Oh, dear. I had every intention of returning that.
0:38:42 > 0:38:43Now where's your proof?
0:38:43 > 0:38:46I don't wish to prove anything.
0:38:46 > 0:38:50I want you to confess your sin and receive God's forgiveness.
0:38:50 > 0:38:55- My sin. He didn't know. - You told him what you'd done?
0:38:55 > 0:38:58And you tried to protect her by removing the poisoned sweets
0:38:58 > 0:39:02from Sister Paul's body, and planting the cyanide in her office.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04I suppose that's where you saw the photograph.
0:39:04 > 0:39:08- I'd like to see you prove it. - There's no escaping God's justice.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11I abandoned your God when he abandoned me and mine.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14But your wife hasn't abandoned him.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16Don't say another word!
0:39:16 > 0:39:18Thomas Evans, I'd like you
0:39:18 > 0:39:20to accompany me to the station for questioning.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23Starting with a full account of your whereabouts last night.
0:39:23 > 0:39:24I was gone all night,
0:39:24 > 0:39:27- and I've got an alibi to prove it. - Save it for the station.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Please, Father. My wife.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39Blessed peace, at last.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44Sweet Jesus!
0:39:44 > 0:39:47Abigail! Abigail!
0:39:47 > 0:39:51Father, she's gone. I left her for five minutes,
0:39:51 > 0:39:53just to take the shopping in
0:39:53 > 0:39:55and when I've come out, she's disappeared.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58Oh, holy God, who would want to take a baby?
0:39:58 > 0:40:01Don't panic, Mrs McCarthy. Listen.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03BABY CRIES FAINTLY
0:40:06 > 0:40:10Bless the Lord, Mrs McCarthy. He gave her those lungs for a reason!
0:40:14 > 0:40:19Shush. You're all right. I'm here now... Get away from me!
0:40:19 > 0:40:23- You give that baby back right now! - I won't let you take him!
0:40:23 > 0:40:26I'll die first. I swear I'll kill us both!
0:40:30 > 0:40:35That's not your baby, Joyce. Your baby was born at St Bridget's.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38Sinners and harlots, pray for us.
0:40:39 > 0:40:45You were frightened. And very alone. What happened to your child, Joyce?
0:40:47 > 0:40:53- Now sign it.- My child has a father. Thomas Evans.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56- He's a private in the Glosters. - He's a prisoner of war,
0:40:56 > 0:41:00who didn't see fit to make an honest woman of you before having his way.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03- I have a right to... - You have no rights.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06Forfeited when you succumbed to evil lust
0:41:06 > 0:41:10and contravened the laws of God and society. Now sign it.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12Evil bitch.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14I'll die before I sign away my child!
0:41:16 > 0:41:18You gave birth to a boy.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20His name is Daniel.
0:41:20 > 0:41:24Joyce, what happened to your child?
0:41:24 > 0:41:25She stole him.
0:41:27 > 0:41:34- Please, No! Please, No! Please, No! - Get her.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36JOYCE SOBS
0:41:36 > 0:41:38No!
0:41:39 > 0:41:42SHE WHIMPERS AND BABY CRIES
0:41:42 > 0:41:44Calm down.
0:41:46 > 0:41:51Where are you taking me? No!
0:41:51 > 0:41:54She locked me up with lunatics.
0:41:54 > 0:41:58For my own good. A moral degenerate.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01I'm so very, very, very sorry.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03I wanted to wait till we were married,
0:42:03 > 0:42:07but he went on and on the night before he went to war.
0:42:07 > 0:42:11Said he needed something to remember in case he didn't come back.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14He did come back for you.
0:42:14 > 0:42:18He made me an honest woman, but I couldn't be a wife...
0:42:18 > 0:42:20stand his touch.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25He looks just like him.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30I'm not sorry I killed her.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33Sweet baby Jesus. Now she's the murderer!
0:42:33 > 0:42:38She stole my baby. A life for a life.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40A life for two lives.
0:42:40 > 0:42:44Sister Mary Magdalene was someone's child, too.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47She was faint from low blood sugar.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50Sister Paul was the intended victim all along.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52For that I deserve to burn.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56Will I go to hell, Father?
0:42:56 > 0:42:59I wouldn't be worrying about just that now!
0:42:59 > 0:43:01Certainly not. God is forgiving and loving.
0:43:01 > 0:43:02He won't stop crying!
0:43:04 > 0:43:08She's crying because she wants her mother, Joyce.
0:43:08 > 0:43:13Give her back. There've been too many lost children.
0:43:13 > 0:43:16This isn't my baby.
0:43:16 > 0:43:20BABY CRIES
0:43:24 > 0:43:26Forgive me.
0:43:38 > 0:43:39Poor soul.
0:43:39 > 0:43:43She paid a terrible price for one act of love.
0:43:43 > 0:43:44As did I.
0:43:46 > 0:43:51I ask only that you'll allow me to inform the Bishop myself.
0:43:51 > 0:43:53I ask only that you'll do no such thing.
0:43:53 > 0:43:56St Agnes' convent has been through enough
0:43:56 > 0:43:59without losing the rock that is its foundation.
0:44:01 > 0:44:02Excuse me.
0:44:07 > 0:44:08What will happen?
0:44:09 > 0:44:13We're charging him as an accessory. As for his wife,
0:44:13 > 0:44:15that's out of my jurisdiction.
0:44:23 > 0:44:24You cannot blame yourself.
0:44:33 > 0:44:36I thought murder was exciting.
0:44:37 > 0:44:41In reality, a tragic and sordid business.
0:44:42 > 0:44:47Nothing at all like one of Miss Christie's novels.
0:44:47 > 0:44:50BABY CRIES
0:44:53 > 0:44:58- Father.- At least he isn't any worse the wear for his experience.
0:44:58 > 0:45:01Quite the lungs on him.
0:45:01 > 0:45:04It's a... Never mind.
0:45:15 > 0:45:22Abigail Mary, I baptise thee in the name of the Father,
0:45:22 > 0:45:24the Son...
0:45:24 > 0:45:27BABY CRIES
0:45:27 > 0:45:29- HE SHOUTS:- ..and the Holy Spirit.
0:45:34 > 0:45:36BABY STOPS CRYING
0:45:36 > 0:45:39- Amen.- Amen.
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