0:00:02 > 0:00:03THUNDERCLAP
0:00:04 > 0:00:06THUNDERCLAP
0:00:06 > 0:00:08- EERIE WHISPER:- 'Edward?'
0:00:10 > 0:00:12THUNDERCLAP
0:00:13 > 0:00:17- EERIE WHISPER:- 'Edward?'
0:00:17 > 0:00:18THUNDERCLAP
0:00:21 > 0:00:22THUNDERCLAP
0:00:29 > 0:00:30Daddy?
0:00:30 > 0:00:31THUNDERCLAP
0:00:33 > 0:00:35SNARLING
0:00:35 > 0:00:36POUNDING HEARTBEAT
0:00:39 > 0:00:40'Edward?'
0:00:42 > 0:00:44- 'Edward?' - WHINNYING
0:00:44 > 0:00:46A-A-A-A-A-Argh!
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Yargh!
0:00:48 > 0:00:50HE SCREAMS
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Eddie! Eddie! Wake up!
0:00:53 > 0:00:55- HE PANTS - Eddie, wake up!
0:00:57 > 0:00:58You were dreaming!
0:01:00 > 0:01:01I'm sorry.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05It's all right.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07You're home now. You're safe.
0:01:07 > 0:01:08'Jia-Li?!'
0:01:11 > 0:01:13Go to your room.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Stay away from her.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Or you'll regret it, boy.
0:01:27 > 0:01:28THUNDERCLAP
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Shot it myself, you know.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Magnificent beast, is it not?
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Yes, I'm sure it was.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41- Once.- Jia-Li?
0:02:43 > 0:02:47Have I ever told you the story of how this one came to live with us, Father?
0:02:47 > 0:02:48Papa, everyone knows that story.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51In a remote Chinese village, she was six years old.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53She was knee-deep in a rice paddy,
0:02:53 > 0:02:56where she'd be to this day, if I hadn't rescued her.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Don't be angry, but Edward won't come out of his room.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03What?! Why?!
0:03:03 > 0:03:05He's not ready yet, Cecil. I've told you that.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Rubbish. He's been moping about for weeks. I'll fetch him myself.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11Let me talk to him, Papa!
0:03:11 > 0:03:13You stay and enjoy the party.
0:03:14 > 0:03:15All right.
0:03:23 > 0:03:24Perhaps Ada's right, Colonel.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28At the moment, a party may not be what your nephew needs.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Rubbish! I'd have been proud of the honour when I returned from the war.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Everyone's asking for you.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Is everyone my uncle?
0:03:38 > 0:03:42Come on, stop being a bore. You used to love parties.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44I see you're still happy to let him dress you up.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46His very own China doll.
0:03:48 > 0:03:49I didn't mean that.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53- I do what I can to keep the peace around here.- I know.
0:03:55 > 0:03:56I'm sorry.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58I'll come down.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11HE SIGHS
0:04:11 > 0:04:12Nothing fits any more.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Just tuck your shirt in.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19You could use a comb once in a while.
0:04:22 > 0:04:23OK.
0:04:26 > 0:04:27I'm ready.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31I say, what have we here?
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Ooh, I may have to have a...double helping.
0:04:34 > 0:04:35THEY CHUCKLE
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Alice! Those are for the actual guests.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Yes, Chef.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42APPLAUSE
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Um...it...it, er...
0:04:56 > 0:04:59It was a proud moment for me
0:04:59 > 0:05:02to see my young nephew heading off to serve his Queen and country.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06He has valiantly fought to rid us of the cancer of Communism
0:05:06 > 0:05:08which threatens our free world. So...
0:05:08 > 0:05:14let us all raise our glasses in thanks to Edward.
0:05:14 > 0:05:15ALL: To Edward!
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Thank you.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Thanks very much.
0:05:21 > 0:05:22A-hem!
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Let's not disappoint our friends, Edward.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28I'm sure they'd all like to hear a few words from the guest of honour.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38I-I'm very grateful to you all for coming today.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43However, I do not share my uncle's view.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45LAUGHTER
0:05:46 > 0:05:49I hold no ill will toward the North Koreans who captured me.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51SHOCKED MURMURS
0:05:51 > 0:05:53I had no right to be in their country in the first place.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56- None of us did.- All right, um...let's have some music.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59I'm not ashamed to call them my comrades!
0:05:59 > 0:06:02Silence me if you must, but it won't change the truth!
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Let's find your shoes, Edward.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08Imperialism is the cancer, not Communism.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Down with capitalism!
0:06:12 > 0:06:16Please...please forgive my nephew. I'm afraid...
0:06:17 > 0:06:21..torture does leave its mark on a man in more ways than one.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Let us not dwell on such horrors. This is a joyous occasion.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28So please, all of you, stay and enjoy the party.
0:06:34 > 0:06:35He's young, Colonel.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37I've indulged him out of love for my brother.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39It's made him feeble-minded.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Hm. I'm sure that's not true.
0:06:41 > 0:06:42There's something wrong with his brain.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45I thought the war would make a man of him. He's got worse.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48Perhaps I should talk to him, then.
0:06:48 > 0:06:49If you like. I never could.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08You're missing the festivities.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10I doubt I'd be very welcome now. Do you?
0:07:12 > 0:07:16Not everyone warms to the sight of a priest at a party either.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19But I've never let it keep me away from a good rum punch.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24I know what it's like to return from war...
0:07:25 > 0:07:28..and feel like a stranger amongst your own.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31- And after what you've been through... - I wasn't tortured.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33That just fits with my uncle's narrative.
0:07:35 > 0:07:36But you were starved, by all accounts.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40Should the villagers have fed us before feeding their own children?
0:07:42 > 0:07:45Your mother says you suffer from nightmares.
0:07:45 > 0:07:46Almost every night.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48So would you if you lived in this house.
0:07:48 > 0:07:49What do you mean?
0:07:51 > 0:07:52(Forget it.)
0:07:52 > 0:07:55Whatever you have to say will remain between us.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59And God, of course, but he's never been known to betray a confidence.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05Perhaps you should ask the Colonel what really happened to my father.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07I heard it was an accident.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11He was an experienced climber. He never would have fallen.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17When my uncle sees something he wants...he takes it.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Like a little girl from China.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Or his brother's wife.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27I saw the way he looked at my mother.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29But you didn't see what happened that day.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34I wanted to go with them, but the Colonel said I was too young.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37You see?
0:08:37 > 0:08:40He didn't want any witnesses.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43Or he was protecting a young boy from a hazardous climb
0:08:43 > 0:08:46that claimed the life of your father.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49I know it must've been painful to see your mother remarry so soon.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52But perhaps you have to forgive your uncle
0:08:52 > 0:08:54for replacing the man you loved.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Father, is that your second glass of punch?
0:09:02 > 0:09:04And my last.
0:09:04 > 0:09:05This house has you corrupted.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09Tigers and...foreigners!
0:09:09 > 0:09:12It's so lifelike. Not a hair out of place.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16What a strange compulsion man has to try and conquer nature.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20I fear someday we will reap the whirlwind for such arrogance.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23- Eddie!- Get off me! Get off me!
0:09:23 > 0:09:25- Eddie!- Get off me!
0:09:25 > 0:09:28- Stop! Don't!- I'll kill you!
0:09:29 > 0:09:32Cecil!
0:09:32 > 0:09:35You all saw that. He's gone mad. He's gone mad.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38And I'll see you put away for life, boy!
0:09:47 > 0:09:49- Edward?- No.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01- Is Edward all right? - He needs some time alone.
0:10:02 > 0:10:03I hate it when they fight.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07- May I ask what the argument was about?- I wish I knew.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09I came in and they just flew at each other.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13- I should go and find Papa.- Hm.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15- Excuse me, Father.- Of course.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Upside down.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Still up to your old tricks, I hope.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45I still see you're trying to wind up your uncle.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Your performance at that party, that was...
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Well, I thought it was brilliant.
0:10:49 > 0:10:50It wasn't a performance.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53- It's what I believe. - That's fair enough.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57If you need anybody to redistribute a bit of wealth, you know where to find me.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04The world's a big place, Eddie. What's keeping you here?
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Oh, I see.
0:11:12 > 0:11:13What?
0:11:16 > 0:11:18- She's my sister.- She's not your blood, though, is she?
0:11:18 > 0:11:20That's not the point.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24I doubt the guests will be back again in a hurry.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27Nonsense. Everybody loves a scandal.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30Gives them something to gossip about, doesn't it, Mrs McCarthy?
0:11:32 > 0:11:35It's lucky for some I know how to keep my mouth shut.
0:11:37 > 0:11:38Where are my scissors?
0:11:39 > 0:11:42I think Cecil means it this time.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45- He wants Edward committed. - Surely that can be avoided.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48After Edward's behaviour this afternoon, I very much doubt it.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53Is there anything I can do to help, Mrs Gerard?
0:11:53 > 0:11:54You could stay the night, Father.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57I'd be delighted, but how would that help?
0:11:57 > 0:12:00My husband respects you greatly, as does my son.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03If they could just be in the same room together without fighting,
0:12:03 > 0:12:05perhaps Cecil would reconsider.
0:12:06 > 0:12:07We'd have to leave first thing
0:12:07 > 0:12:09in the morning though, Father, wouldn't we?
0:12:09 > 0:12:13Oh, yes, plenty of room for you too, Mrs McCarthy.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16Well, if they're staying, count me in.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18We'll make a night of it!
0:12:18 > 0:12:21The cheek of the woman, inviting herself...
0:12:26 > 0:12:31If I asked you to do something for me, no questions asked,
0:12:31 > 0:12:34would you do it?
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Would this something be illegal?
0:12:37 > 0:12:41Yes. I'd pay you of course.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Course you will.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45All right.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Sorry I'm late.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07We dine at seven in this house.
0:13:19 > 0:13:24I'd like to apologise to you all for my behaviour today.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29I behaved abominably, especially towards you, Uncle.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31I hope you can forgive me.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33You put yourself to shame, Edward.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35I'm just glad your father wasn't here to see it.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37But it's brave to admit you're wrong,
0:13:37 > 0:13:39so I accept your apology.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44Thank you, Uncle.
0:13:44 > 0:13:45Well...
0:13:45 > 0:13:48Father Brown, do we have you to thank for this
0:13:48 > 0:13:50welcome change in my nephew?
0:13:50 > 0:13:54Not at all. I think Edward knows his own mind.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Perhaps you'd like to say Grace, Father,
0:13:56 > 0:13:59- before the soup gets any colder. - I thought you'd never ask.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04In nonime Patris et filii et Spiritus Sancti...
0:14:15 > 0:14:18- Cecil? Where are you going? - To bed.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21- But it's only nine o'clock. - I've got indigestion.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Cecil, Father Brown stayed especially
0:14:23 > 0:14:24and Edward wants to make amends.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26Won't you have a brandy with him at least?
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Why, do you want me to change my mind about the mad house?
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Edward said he was sorry.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34Look, Cecil, he's not ill, he's just confused.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37We need to be patient with him.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40He'll forget these silly notions about the war and...
0:14:40 > 0:14:42get back to normal.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44Don't embarrass yourself.
0:14:44 > 0:14:45You may have been beautiful once,
0:14:45 > 0:14:47but that was a very, very long time ago.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52Hey! Hey! Let her go!
0:14:52 > 0:14:55How dare you treat my sister this way!
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Rupert, it's nothing, go back and join the others.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00It's not nothing. He's a brute and I won't stand for it.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02And you are a fat, lazy imbecile
0:15:02 > 0:15:05who's lived off my hospitality for far too long.
0:15:05 > 0:15:06So if you don't like the way I run my home,
0:15:06 > 0:15:08I suggest you find another one.
0:15:08 > 0:15:09Tomorrow.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Tell Jia-Li to bring me up some stomach salts.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Morning, Father.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Lovely.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48It's a shame the Colonel had to retire so early last night.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51Is it? Remember the tantrum he had last time we played charades?
0:15:51 > 0:15:55You were teasing him mercilessly, Felicia, as well you know.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58Jia-Li, be a dear and see if your father will be joining us.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Yes, Mama.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Morning, all.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Mother.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16- Did you sleep well, darling? - Well, thank you.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18No more nightmares.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21I'm glad somebody slept well last night, because I didn't get a wink.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23And why was that, Mrs McCarthy?
0:16:23 > 0:16:27SCREAMING UPSTAIRS
0:16:42 > 0:16:44What happened to him?
0:17:01 > 0:17:03Some room please, Father.
0:17:03 > 0:17:04Apologies, Inspector.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13Mrs Gerard, may I ask why your husband's body was undiscovered
0:17:13 > 0:17:17until this morning? This is your bedroom, isn't it?
0:17:17 > 0:17:19I have a private room.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22You say the Colonel was complaining of indigestion?
0:17:22 > 0:17:27Yes, just after dinner. My daughter brought him some stomach salts.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29And what time was this?
0:17:29 > 0:17:31About ten o'clock.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33He was in too much pain to get out of bed.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35I wanted to call a doctor, but he said no.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38Residue of stomach salts, sir.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42I take it no-one else was unwell?
0:17:42 > 0:17:44- Did you all eat the same food last night?- Yes.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Some more than others.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48And did anyone enter the room after ten o'clock?
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Somebody did.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52My room was directly below and I heard nothing
0:17:52 > 0:17:55but creaking floorboards half the night.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57Well, it clearly wasn't the Colonel.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00So which of you was it?
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Hmm... Strange consistency.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Quite unlike stomach salts.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07I can't think what it could be.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09That's what laboratories are for, Father.
0:18:16 > 0:18:17Papa...
0:18:20 > 0:18:23Jia-Li, is it?
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Did I say that right?
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Can I ask how you came to live with the Gerard family?
0:18:27 > 0:18:29What's that got to do with anything?
0:18:29 > 0:18:31I'm merely establishing Miss Gerard's relationship
0:18:31 > 0:18:34- with the deceased.- She's adopted.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37Now, if you don't mind, my sister's been through enough today.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42Would you care to tell me what happened to your lip?
0:18:42 > 0:18:45I had a disagreement with my uncle.
0:18:45 > 0:18:46What about?
0:18:46 > 0:18:50Just about everything... over the years.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52That's not a crime, is it?
0:18:52 > 0:18:56We'll find out. After the post mortem.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03Listen, Father, I didn't want to say anything in front of the coppers,
0:19:03 > 0:19:05cos I didn't want to get Edward in trouble...
0:19:05 > 0:19:08or me, for that matter.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11- I'm involved.- Involved in what?
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Are you fond of theatre, Edward?
0:19:29 > 0:19:30Not especially.
0:19:30 > 0:19:36No? Nothing better than a bit of Shakespeare.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39King Lear. Macbeth.
0:19:39 > 0:19:44You must know this one - young Prince of Denmark, Hamlet his name,
0:19:44 > 0:19:48pretends to be mad in order to murder his uncle
0:19:48 > 0:19:51and avenge his father's death.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54- That's not funny.- No, it's not.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57I know about the passports.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05You were planning to leg it with your sister.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Not the action of an innocent man.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11I wanted us to leave, that's all.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14If we'd travelled under our real names, he would've found us.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18He'd have seen it as theft, do you understand?
0:20:18 > 0:20:21Jia-Li belonged to him.
0:20:21 > 0:20:26The truth is, Father, I wish I'd had the courage to kill him.
0:20:33 > 0:20:34Mr Digby.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39Father. Didn't see you there.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44If you don't mind my saying so, you seem rather anxious to avoid me.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Me? No!
0:20:46 > 0:20:47Not at all!
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Glad to hear it.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52Because if there was something you wanted to get off your chest,
0:20:52 > 0:20:56you know I'm always here to listen...
0:20:56 > 0:20:58May God forgive me...
0:20:58 > 0:20:59What is it?
0:20:59 > 0:21:01I've committed a grave sin...
0:21:02 > 0:21:05Do you think it's too early for a gin and tonic?
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Not at all! Take the edge off.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10- There's no need to run, is there? - Mr Digby?
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Hello again...
0:22:23 > 0:22:24Ah...
0:22:37 > 0:22:39I need to speak to the chef.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45- Inspector? - Not now, Father.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50They were found in the Colonel's stomach.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53And you think these came from my kitchen?
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Herbs? Oui.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Spices? Oui.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59Disgusting fragments?
0:22:59 > 0:23:01Non!
0:23:01 > 0:23:03So you have no idea what it is?
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Tiger's whiskers.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11- What?- Cut finely enough, they can be sprinkled on food.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15Tasteless, odourless, virtually invisible,
0:23:15 > 0:23:17but sharp enough to penetrate the intestines.
0:23:17 > 0:23:22Chinese assassination technique known since the 17th century.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24How do you know this?
0:23:24 > 0:23:29Well, anyone could know it if they consulted this Encyclopaedia.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32The Colonel died of massive haemorrhaging.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36Somebody here put tiger's whiskers in his food.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39That's preposterous! We all loved Cecil dearly.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43I suppose that's why Edward threatened to kill him yesterday?
0:23:43 > 0:23:47We all saw him, he had his hands around his throat.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51That's right. Because he was a selfish, imperialistic boor
0:23:51 > 0:23:53- and I despised everything he stood for.- Eddie, don't.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57Why not? I'm not sorry he's dead and I don't care who knows it.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Well, perhaps you'll care in the dock.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Edward Gerard, I'm arresting you on suspicion of the murder
0:24:02 > 0:24:04- of Colonel Gerard.- No!
0:24:04 > 0:24:06- Get your hands off me.- Inspector...
0:24:06 > 0:24:08He murdered my father, you know!
0:24:08 > 0:24:10Where were you lot then? Eh?!
0:24:10 > 0:24:13He doesn't know what he's saying. He's not in his right mind!
0:24:13 > 0:24:15He was brainwashed in Korea.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Father Brown can vouch for it, can't you, Father?
0:24:17 > 0:24:19I doubt if my opinion has any relevance.
0:24:19 > 0:24:20That rarely holds you back.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24But I believe Edward's war experiences have
0:24:24 > 0:24:26affected his behaviour...
0:24:26 > 0:24:29but I'd say he's completely sane.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32Are you prepared to testify to that in court?
0:24:32 > 0:24:34If I'm called upon.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39May I ask what was the substance on Colonel Gerard's pyjamas?
0:24:40 > 0:24:42It has me puzzled.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45You and me both. It was cornflour.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47He'd ingested it.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Cornflour...
0:24:49 > 0:24:51It was my duty, Father, to tell the police,
0:24:51 > 0:24:53whether Edward's innocent or not.
0:24:53 > 0:24:54Quite right.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57But if he is innocent, that raises a rather troubling question.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00The answer to which may be under our very noses.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Or rather, the nose of a tiger...
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Let us apply our reason.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Last time we saw the tiger intact was
0:25:14 > 0:25:16when we stood beneath it at the party.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18- What time that was? - About six o'clock.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22We then went in to dine together which is
0:25:22 > 0:25:24when the Colonel must have swallowed the whiskers.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26He remained in our company,
0:25:26 > 0:25:30and began feeling unwell around nine o'clock.
0:25:30 > 0:25:34So the killer would have had to have been alone with
0:25:34 > 0:25:36the tiger in the hour preceding dinner...
0:25:36 > 0:25:40- You're getting rather good at this, Mrs McCarthy.- Oh!
0:25:43 > 0:25:49So, all we have to do is confirm the whereabouts of everybody
0:25:49 > 0:25:51during that crucial hour.
0:25:51 > 0:25:56Edward was late for dinner, so we can't rule him out.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Jia-Li was looking for the Colonel.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02Mrs Gerard was with us, but she left shortly after.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04And the tiger's just next door...
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Well observed.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10However, if you recall, her scissors had already been stolen.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13Why draw attention to that if you're the killer?
0:26:13 > 0:26:17True enough. Then there's the incomprehensible chef.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20And Mr Digby, of course.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22LAUGHING NEXT DOOR
0:26:29 > 0:26:32Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
0:26:32 > 0:26:34Is this a private party or can anyone join in?
0:26:34 > 0:26:37Lady Felicia, perhaps you'd like to take Mrs McCarthy
0:26:37 > 0:26:39- outside for a breath of fresh air. - Oh, yes...
0:26:46 > 0:26:48I say, you won't tell my sister, will you?
0:26:48 > 0:26:50She'll think me terribly callous.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52My lips are sealed, Mr Digby.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55However, you need to loosen yours.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Yesterday, where were you the hour before we dined?
0:27:00 > 0:27:02I'm afraid much as you found me now, Father.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Only in a linen cupboard, upstairs.
0:27:05 > 0:27:06With an Eton Mess.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09Which it certainly was.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Oh.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14So what was the grave sin you wanted to confess to me earlier?
0:27:14 > 0:27:19This morning, when I saw Cecil dead...
0:27:19 > 0:27:22I'd never felt happier in my life.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24What sort of man am I, Father,
0:27:24 > 0:27:29to feel joy, even as my dear nephew faces the gallows?
0:27:29 > 0:27:34None of us can censor our feelings, Mr Digby, only our actions.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39Did you play a part in the Colonel's death?
0:27:39 > 0:27:41Certainly not.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43Then the killer alone must bear the guilt.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47Guilt...
0:27:57 > 0:28:00Alice! Stir the soup.
0:28:02 > 0:28:03Er, no, thank you.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06May I ask how you came to be working for the Colonel?
0:28:06 > 0:28:09My mother cooked for his family in Indochina.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15I'll let you get on.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20Oh, just one more thing.
0:28:21 > 0:28:25Could I possibly borrow some cornflour?
0:28:25 > 0:28:26Cornflour? Oui.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30Alice! Where's the cornflour?
0:28:30 > 0:28:34- I don't know.- Imbecile! You never put things back!
0:28:34 > 0:28:37That's OK, thank you.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42HE REBUKES HER IN FRENCH
0:28:44 > 0:28:49I was here, freshening up before dinner. Why do you ask?
0:28:49 > 0:28:52Well, we're all pieces in this puzzle, Mrs Gerard.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55I was just wondering where to place you.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59You mean...you think Edward might be innocent?
0:28:59 > 0:29:01Don't you?
0:29:01 > 0:29:04I brought him into the world, Father.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07You couldn't hope for a gentler child.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09But everyone has their breaking point.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15Cecil enjoyed thrashing him, you see.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19I'd see it in his eyes.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22I mean, what kind of a monster...
0:29:22 > 0:29:24I'm sorry, Father.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27I know I shouldn't speak ill of the dead.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31Not everyone deserves a favourable epitaph.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38Did he ever harm Jia-Li?
0:29:38 > 0:29:40- No, never.- You?
0:29:48 > 0:29:52You will stay to dinner, won't you, Father?
0:29:52 > 0:29:54Having you here is such a comfort.
0:29:54 > 0:29:55I'd be honoured.
0:30:00 > 0:30:04Didn't know you smoked, Mrs Gerard?
0:30:04 > 0:30:06Only occasionally.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17Why do you think Henri stayed on all these years?
0:30:17 > 0:30:20It wasn't for the salary, that's for sure.
0:30:20 > 0:30:24Now the Colonel's gone, he has Ada all to himself...
0:30:24 > 0:30:26Good for them, I say.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28I hear he's a tiger in bed.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31Sorry, poor taste.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44Fish soup.
0:30:44 > 0:30:45Une bouillabaisse.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49Would you like to say Grace, Father?
0:30:51 > 0:30:54In nonime Patris et filii et Spiritus Sancti.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01Lord, as we give thanks for Thy great bounty,
0:31:01 > 0:31:03we humbly ask a blessing for one who cannot
0:31:03 > 0:31:07break bread with us here today...
0:31:07 > 0:31:10Let young Edward be filled with Thy Love,
0:31:10 > 0:31:13that he may face the trials ahead without fear.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25What is it, Father?
0:31:25 > 0:31:29It seems everyone had a motive for killing the Colonel.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31And I'm no closer to a suspect.
0:31:31 > 0:31:36Well, maybe Inspector Sullivan arrested the right man.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41Or maybe not...
0:31:43 > 0:31:44They're all gone...
0:31:46 > 0:31:49Who on earth would want to poison any of us?
0:31:49 > 0:31:51That has yet to be determined.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54Please, try and remain calm.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56Calm? You saw what happened to Papa.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59He died a slow, agonising death.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01May the Lord have mercy on his soul.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03- HE GROANS - Rupert!
0:32:03 > 0:32:05Mr Digby...
0:32:05 > 0:32:08The pain, it's unbearable!
0:32:08 > 0:32:10Well, somebody DO something!
0:32:10 > 0:32:12I'll call for an ambulance.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14Why me? I don't want to die!
0:32:15 > 0:32:18- Ooh! - HE BREAKS WIND
0:32:18 > 0:32:20Actually, that's much better.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22Oh, heavens.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27Apologies, ladies.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30Father Brown, are you all right?
0:32:32 > 0:32:35- I'm perfectly well, thank you. - Oh, Father Brown.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39It's you. You must have eaten them.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41I'm sure it's nothing.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43No arguments, you are going straight to the hospital!
0:32:43 > 0:32:46And what could they do if I HAVE swallowed them?
0:32:46 > 0:32:49I'd rather use my time wisely.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52Mrs Gerard, erm...I'd like to make a phone call, please.
0:32:52 > 0:32:56I think Inspector Sullivan should know that the killer
0:32:56 > 0:32:57has struck again...
0:32:58 > 0:33:01Round everyone up and search the premises.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04Miss Gerard, the Inspector wants us all inside.
0:33:04 > 0:33:05I need to see Edward.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07What's going on?
0:33:07 > 0:33:09Father Brown's been poisoned too.
0:33:09 > 0:33:10What?
0:33:12 > 0:33:14Is that everyone?
0:33:14 > 0:33:16Is it true?
0:33:16 > 0:33:18Do you mind? I'm in the middle of...
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Has he been poisoned?!
0:33:22 > 0:33:25Who did it? Eh?
0:33:25 > 0:33:28- That's what I intend to find out... - Oh(!)
0:33:28 > 0:33:29Oh, this is absurd.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32Do you really think one of us would harm a priest?
0:33:32 > 0:33:35I think the facts speak for themselves.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38I want each and every one of you to account
0:33:38 > 0:33:40for your whereabouts before dinner.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43- CHEF:- Where would a chef be before dinner...?!
0:33:43 > 0:33:45I was playing backgammon with Lady Felicia.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47And I was with Father Brown.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59Drag marks, from this chest.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09Because the killer couldn't reach...
0:34:09 > 0:34:11Where is Jia-Li Gerard?
0:34:11 > 0:34:14He's dying? Are you sure?
0:34:16 > 0:34:20- Who would do such a thing? - The same person who killed Papa.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22- But who?- I don't know.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25All that matters is they'll have to let you go.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30Jia-Li?
0:34:30 > 0:34:32I have to go.
0:34:32 > 0:34:33Tell me it wasn't you.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36Officer, I'd like to go now.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38- Just one minute more, please. - Stand back, Mr Gerard.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40- Jia-Li!- I'll see you soon.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42Jia-Li!
0:34:43 > 0:34:45Officer, do you...
0:34:45 > 0:34:49Miss Gerard, would you step into my office, please?
0:34:57 > 0:35:02- What is this?- Your mistake - finally catching up with you.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04What mistake?
0:35:04 > 0:35:06The assumption that no-one would be arrested...
0:35:06 > 0:35:09so obscure was your method of murdering your father...
0:35:13 > 0:35:14Is Edward all right?
0:35:14 > 0:35:17You claimed to go off in search of the Colonel,
0:35:17 > 0:35:20an alibi that could not be contested.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25But once alone with the tiger, your height proved a problem...
0:35:30 > 0:35:34That's absurd. When could I have put it in Papa's food?
0:35:34 > 0:35:37It happened before our very eyes.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39Because our eyes were closed.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42I suspect you repeated the same trick this evening,
0:35:42 > 0:35:44while I was saying Grace.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48Stop! Stay there!
0:35:57 > 0:35:59Miss Gerard!
0:35:59 > 0:36:03Miss Gerard, you're only making this worse for yourself.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06Miss Gerard, we're coming in.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13Get the car.
0:36:13 > 0:36:17Find out from Edward if he knows where she'd go.
0:36:17 > 0:36:18Then release him.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20Someone must have seen her.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23There can't be too many Chinese women in these parts.
0:36:23 > 0:36:24We have to find her first.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27Hang about, first thing we need to do is get you to a hospital.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30- Not while a young girl's soul's in danger.- Father, I'm not arguing!
0:36:30 > 0:36:33No! The only thing left for me to do now is pray.
0:36:40 > 0:36:44O most merciful Jesus, Lover of souls,
0:36:44 > 0:36:48I pray Thee, by the agony of Thy most Sacred Heart,
0:36:48 > 0:36:51and by the suffering of Thy Immaculate Mother...
0:36:51 > 0:36:52Argh!
0:36:53 > 0:36:57Cleanse in Thine Own Blood this humble sinner
0:36:57 > 0:36:59who in his agony is to die today...
0:36:59 > 0:37:03Heart of Jesus, once in agony, pity me.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06Father Brown!
0:37:08 > 0:37:11You're not going to die. I have a cure.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14You need to drink cornflour and water.
0:37:14 > 0:37:15It won't work.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19Yes, it will, I was just too late before.
0:37:19 > 0:37:23It's just a forgotten passage in an outdated book.
0:37:23 > 0:37:27Remembered by a little lost girl and remembered as truth.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33What have I done?
0:37:37 > 0:37:42What have I done, more to the point, to deserve this gruesome end?
0:37:42 > 0:37:44You were going to testify.
0:37:44 > 0:37:48An insanity plea was Edward's only hope.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50Unless you confessed.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52Who'd have believed me?
0:37:52 > 0:37:55They'd have thought I was lying to protect him.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00But no jury would doubt the word of a priest.
0:38:00 > 0:38:04I'm so sorry, Father. I never meant to kill a man of God.
0:38:07 > 0:38:08Well, that's lucky.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11Because I never ate the whiskers in the first place.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14What?
0:38:14 > 0:38:18Fortunately, The Lord gave me an aversion to fish soup.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21- But...I saw you eating it. - Did you?
0:38:21 > 0:38:26It's a ruse to avoid offending my hosts.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29It seems I'm becoming a rather good actor.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31I almost believed I was ill myself.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35But why pretend?
0:38:35 > 0:38:37Because I knew the killer had a conscience.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40The cornflour in the Colonel's stomach proved that.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43This evening, when no-one else was afflicted,
0:38:43 > 0:38:45I realised I was the intended victim.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51I took a chance that your guilt would bring you
0:38:51 > 0:38:54to my church in order to undo your crime.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00- Can you ever forgive me, Father? - For the attempt on my life, yes.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02For the Colonel's,
0:39:02 > 0:39:04only God can forgive you.
0:39:06 > 0:39:10He has to forgive her. She was driven to it.
0:39:10 > 0:39:14How can you defend her after everything that she's done?
0:39:14 > 0:39:16Because I love her.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26But it's not that simple, is it, Jia-Li?
0:39:26 > 0:39:28Your father had designs on you...
0:39:31 > 0:39:33You're lovelier by the day.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37He'll never have you, you know.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39Do you understand?
0:39:40 > 0:39:43- Papa!- I didn't take you in, look after you, feed you, clothe you
0:39:43 > 0:39:45to share you with anyone.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47Don't!
0:39:47 > 0:39:50- Get away from her! - I'll do what I like with her.
0:39:50 > 0:39:51- Get off me.- Eddie! No!
0:39:52 > 0:39:54Get off me!
0:39:55 > 0:39:57I'll kill you!
0:39:58 > 0:39:59Cecil!
0:39:59 > 0:40:02He would've kept Edward locked up to have me for himself.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05Motive enough for murder.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07Yet you still tried to save him...
0:40:09 > 0:40:10I was afraid of what he'd made me.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13- HE HEAVES - You have to drink this.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18- What is it?- It'll fix you.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22Who did this?
0:40:25 > 0:40:28Tell Edward...
0:40:28 > 0:40:30his father
0:40:30 > 0:40:32screamed like a child.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37And I pushed him.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42I looked the devil in the eye that night.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45And I saw my own face looking back at me.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50- He deserved to die. - Because he took a life...
0:40:50 > 0:40:52So did I.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54BIRDS SCATTER OUTSIDE
0:40:54 > 0:40:57That's why I'm giving myself up.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00Jia-Li, you can't. They'll hang you.
0:41:00 > 0:41:04- Then that's what I deserve. - Don't say that. We can still run.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07I can never run from what I did.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09You're not like him.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11You'll never be like him.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13Jia-Li, please.
0:41:15 > 0:41:18I need you.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20I'm sorry.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22Father, tell her not to do this.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25That's a decision only Jia-Li can make.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29But if I were her, I'd ask myself
0:41:29 > 0:41:32if I felt true remorse for my sin?
0:41:34 > 0:41:35Yes.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38And I'd ask myself if I acted selflessly
0:41:38 > 0:41:41out of love for another human being?
0:41:44 > 0:41:46Yes.
0:41:47 > 0:41:52Then if you truly repent before God, He will know what is in your heart.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57Here. Come on...
0:41:57 > 0:42:01Well, I'd hate a good forgery to go to waste.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03There isn't much time...
0:42:08 > 0:42:11SIREN OUTSIDE
0:42:19 > 0:42:22Inspector, what brings you here?
0:42:22 > 0:42:26Mrs McCarthy called us. She saw Jia-Li entering the church.
0:42:26 > 0:42:30Really? Well, she's not here now.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32Search the area, quickly.
0:42:32 > 0:42:36When I find her, there'll be questions to answer...
0:42:36 > 0:42:37from both of you.
0:42:41 > 0:42:42Shouldn't you be in hospital?
0:42:42 > 0:42:44Turns out it was just wind.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47- Praise the Lord.- Praise the Lord...
0:42:52 > 0:42:55FRENCH MUSIC PLAYS
0:42:58 > 0:43:01Her husband's barely been in the ground a month.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03People grieve in different ways.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07Ooh! Naughty man.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10I'm so glad you were able to come.
0:43:11 > 0:43:15Shame Edward and Jia-Li couldn't be here.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17Have you heard from them recently?
0:43:17 > 0:43:20Actually, Father, they're the reason for this party.
0:43:22 > 0:43:23Ah...
0:43:23 > 0:43:27This arrived a few days ago. No return address.
0:43:33 > 0:43:36Sound advice, Mrs Gerard.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43Thank you, no.
0:43:43 > 0:43:46I'll never eat another morsel in this house.
0:43:49 > 0:43:51Don't worry, Mrs McCarthy, you're perfectly safe.
0:43:51 > 0:43:53He's quite harmless now.