0:00:30 > 0:00:32Oh, this is fun.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35I must say, Lady Felicia, I never thought that the circus
0:00:35 > 0:00:36would be quite your thing.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Oh, it has its attractions.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45Oh! Nicholas! Laura.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50I believe we have our second meeting tomorrow.
0:00:50 > 0:00:5511 o'clock. Don't be late. Father Brown has a baptism at 12.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57Any jitters yet?
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Only at the thought of tripping over on the way down the aisle.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02She had a dream.
0:01:02 > 0:01:03A premonition.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Laura!
0:01:06 > 0:01:09- Laura!- Mr Smythe!
0:01:09 > 0:01:10How do you two...?
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Mr Smythe used to come to the cafe when the circus was here last year.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16You and your friend... Oh, what was his name?
0:01:16 > 0:01:18Mr Welkin.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23These aren't for me, are they?
0:01:23 > 0:01:28- Laura, I've done it. I've made my fortune.- You've what?
0:01:28 > 0:01:29And now I've come back to...
0:01:30 > 0:01:34..in the hope that you'll fulfil our agreement.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36- What agreement? - For your hand...
0:01:37 > 0:01:38..in marriage.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Look, I circled it.
0:02:11 > 0:02:12"Hope's Promise."
0:02:12 > 0:02:16I couldn't believe it when I saw it. Laura Hope.
0:02:16 > 0:02:17Hope's Promise.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19It was a sign. Don't you think, Father?
0:02:19 > 0:02:23I put everything I had on her and, bam, she won!
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Another sign! £100 in winnings.
0:02:26 > 0:02:27Hardly what I'd call a fortune.
0:02:27 > 0:02:28I heard that, hairdo.
0:02:28 > 0:02:29Laura, what's going on?
0:02:29 > 0:02:33- Who's this?- I am her fian... - What you doing out here?
0:02:33 > 0:02:36- None of your business. - It's completely unprofessional.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39The audience isn't supposed to see us before a show.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Backstage, now. Now!
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Meet me here after, please.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Something you want to tell me?
0:02:50 > 0:02:52- I...- Maybe...you should sit down.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58And tell us why Mr Smythe thinks you've agreed to marry him.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Because I... I did.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06- You what?- And not just him.
0:03:06 > 0:03:07Mr Welkin, too.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10What on earth possessed you?
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Smythe and Welkin were regulars.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15They were funny, always making me laugh.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19And I'll admit I used to flirt a bit.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24- Dead man's hand. - Are you sure you're not cheating?
0:03:24 > 0:03:25An honourable man like me?
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Anything else for my two favourite customers?
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Actually, I've got something for you...
0:03:33 > 0:03:36- ..a leaving present.- You sweetheart!
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Do you have a suitor, my dear?
0:03:38 > 0:03:39Are you offering, Mr Welkin?
0:03:39 > 0:03:43- If you'll do me the honour... - Me too. I'd make you a fine husband.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45- You've already got a girlfriend. - Don't listen to him.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47You're the only one for me.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51It's not fair to ask me to choose between you. I love you both.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53So, how are you to decide? You can't marry us both.
0:03:55 > 0:03:56Hmm, that's a tough one.
0:03:58 > 0:03:59I tell you what,
0:03:59 > 0:04:02whichever one of you first makes his fortune,
0:04:02 > 0:04:03that's the one I'll marry.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Agreed?
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Agreed.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Agreed.
0:04:10 > 0:04:11Well, that settles that, then!
0:04:18 > 0:04:20That is the most ludicrous thing I have ever heard.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24- Couldn't have been more than a month after that, I met you. - You didn't think to tell me?
0:04:24 > 0:04:26I didn't think they'd take it seriously.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30Men can be delusional...especially when they're in love.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34I think our best course of action is to talk to Misters Smythe and Welkin
0:04:34 > 0:04:35after the show
0:04:35 > 0:04:38and clear up the matter. Agreed?
0:04:38 > 0:04:40- Agreed.- Yes.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50You and a girl like that?
0:04:52 > 0:04:55- Meaning what? - Meaning she's...and you're...
0:04:55 > 0:04:58What, she's tall and I'm short, is that what you're trying to say?
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Meaning she's pretty and you're ugly.
0:05:01 > 0:05:02Feel better now?
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Well, she's agreed.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Oh, is that so?
0:05:06 > 0:05:08- What about Enid? - Things have gotten stale between us.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11What, so you're just going to throw her aside?
0:05:11 > 0:05:12She's not the one.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15If she was, I'd know by now.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18I'll let her down gently.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21See this girl? Happy to join the circus, is she?
0:05:22 > 0:05:26Wouldn't ask her to do that. After today's performance, I'm leaving.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29- Excuse me?!- I'm sorry, Marvin! - What about the double act?
0:05:29 > 0:05:33- The heart wants what the heart... - Don't give me that!
0:05:33 > 0:05:35You've wanted out for years.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Maybe I have.
0:05:37 > 0:05:38Maybe I've had enough of...
0:05:38 > 0:05:43- prat-falls and custard pies in the face!- This is a noble profession.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47Noble? I'm stuffing balloons down my trousers!
0:05:47 > 0:05:50- Making people laugh is the highest call...- Calling there is.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54Yes, I know. Well, perhaps I've found a higher calling -
0:05:54 > 0:05:55the beating of my heart.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57You make me sick!
0:06:02 > 0:06:03Marvin...
0:06:05 > 0:06:06What was that about?
0:06:07 > 0:06:11- Disagreement over a custard pie. - What do you want for dinner tonight?
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Erm... Anything. Up to you.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17You all right?
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Yeah. See you later.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Look, I've won.
0:06:30 > 0:06:31I've made my fortune.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34There's nothing you can do about it.
0:06:34 > 0:06:35Nothing?
0:06:37 > 0:06:40I thought you were an honourable man.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42I'm going to slit your throat.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Oh!
0:07:16 > 0:07:17CHEERING
0:07:39 > 0:07:41HE CRIES
0:07:44 > 0:07:46CHEERING
0:07:49 > 0:07:55And now, ladies and gentleman, boys and girls...
0:07:55 > 0:07:59prepare yourselves for the master of the dark arts,
0:07:59 > 0:08:01the purveyor of forbidden magic,
0:08:01 > 0:08:04knower of secrets,
0:08:04 > 0:08:08the Grand Wizard Welkin!
0:08:08 > 0:08:11APPLAUSE
0:08:18 > 0:08:22There is nothing more precious to the human psyche
0:08:22 > 0:08:25than the belief in free will.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32And yet, this belief can be shattered,
0:08:32 > 0:08:36crushed, exposed as nothing more than an illusion.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41To demonstrate this, I shall need a volunteer.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48You...
0:08:48 > 0:08:50Come to me.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56Some encouragement, ladies and gentleman, boys and girls!
0:08:56 > 0:08:59CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:09:10 > 0:09:12What is your name?
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Laura.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Are you afraid of pain, Laura?
0:09:18 > 0:09:19Of course you are. You're human.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24But today...
0:09:24 > 0:09:26you will feel no pain,
0:09:26 > 0:09:27none at all.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Do you understand?
0:09:31 > 0:09:32Yes.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46WIND CHIMES TINKLE
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Look deep into the light.
0:09:51 > 0:09:56Lose yourself in its shimmering...beauty.
0:10:01 > 0:10:02Relax.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13AUDIENCE GASPS
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Raise your arm.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27Place it into the fire.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29GASPS FROM CROWD
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Into the flame!
0:10:37 > 0:10:39How do you feel?
0:10:40 > 0:10:43I feel...fine.
0:10:52 > 0:10:53You will be mine.
0:11:12 > 0:11:13And you weren't scared?
0:11:13 > 0:11:15No.
0:11:15 > 0:11:16Explain that, Father.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Never underestimate the power of suggestion.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22You're shaking.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24What did he whisper in your ear?
0:11:24 > 0:11:25He said...
0:11:27 > 0:11:28"You will be mine."
0:11:28 > 0:11:31This has gone far enough! When I get my hands...
0:11:31 > 0:11:32Try to stay calm.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38As soon as Mr Smythe gets here, we'll get him to fetch Welkin.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40It's time we put a stop to this nonsense.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03- Going somewhere?- Er...
0:12:03 > 0:12:04Ow!
0:12:04 > 0:12:07Marvin told me everything.
0:12:15 > 0:12:16METALLIC SOUND OF KNIFE
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Hello?
0:12:18 > 0:12:19Someone there?
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Help!
0:12:28 > 0:12:29Help!
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Mr Smythe?!
0:12:45 > 0:12:47He tried to kill me.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02- Tall, like some sort of spectre. - Evil eyes.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Spectre with evil eyes?
0:13:06 > 0:13:08That about sums him up.
0:13:08 > 0:13:09Mr Welkin do that too?
0:13:09 > 0:13:12Er, no.
0:13:12 > 0:13:13That was someone else.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Who?
0:13:15 > 0:13:16My ex-girlfriend.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Looks like he's disappeared, sir.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21Witnesses reported seeing him near the knife thrower's caravan
0:13:21 > 0:13:23shortly before the attack.
0:13:23 > 0:13:24Dust it for fingerprints.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27If he comes near you again, report it immediately.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29That's it?
0:13:29 > 0:13:30What about some protection?
0:13:32 > 0:13:34We don't have the resources for that...
0:13:34 > 0:13:38Inspector, I do think Mr Welkin is dangerous.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41If he is prowling around Kembleford...
0:13:41 > 0:13:43I'll conduct a brief search.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48If I were you, I'd avoid being alone. Good day.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52Do you have a safe place to stay?
0:13:52 > 0:13:54I've got a B&B booked for tonight -
0:13:54 > 0:13:56a room for two.
0:13:56 > 0:13:57Look here, you little...
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Who are you calling "little"?!
0:13:59 > 0:14:02- Mr Smythe...- Reggie, please.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Let me do this properly.
0:14:05 > 0:14:06Oh, for Heaven's sake!
0:14:06 > 0:14:10Laura, from the moment I first saw you,
0:14:10 > 0:14:11I knew you were the one...
0:14:11 > 0:14:13No, stop it!
0:14:15 > 0:14:16Mr Smythe...
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Reggie.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25When I offered my hand in marriage...
0:14:25 > 0:14:27I meant it as nothing more than a joke.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41THUNDER RUMBLES
0:14:45 > 0:14:49You don't have to stay with me, Father. I'll be fine.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52Nonsense. Broken hearts need company.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55I really don't think it's safe for us
0:14:55 > 0:14:58to be in the same room as a potential murder victim.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00Agreed. You should go.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05I'm not leaving you alone with a madman on the loose.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07I suppose we could have a nice cup of tea
0:15:07 > 0:15:10- while we wait for the maniac to arrive?- Grand.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12I've made a mess of everything.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15A great, big, stupid mess.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Everyone makes mistakes.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19I don't need your platitudes, Father.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22Please leave me alone, both of you.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24I don't think that will be a good idea.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27Until Mr Welkin is found, it would be safer if...
0:15:27 > 0:15:31I'm not a child! Stop treating me like one.
0:15:31 > 0:15:32Please, leave.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36We'll be downstairs.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Call if you need us.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53A spectre with evil eyes. What next?
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Goblins? Witches?
0:15:55 > 0:15:56There's a storm coming.
0:15:56 > 0:15:57Oh, perfect!
0:15:57 > 0:15:59What's that? Stop the car!
0:16:05 > 0:16:07One snigger out of you...
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Not a peep, sir.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Wait a minute. What's that?
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Careful.
0:16:35 > 0:16:36Almost cut myself.
0:16:38 > 0:16:39What are you doing?
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Showing my appreciation.
0:16:41 > 0:16:42For what?
0:16:42 > 0:16:45For staying overnight to protect me.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Couldn't leave my damsel in distress all alone with her parents away, could I?
0:16:48 > 0:16:50Your damsel?
0:16:50 > 0:16:51My damsel.
0:16:53 > 0:16:54I'm sorry about all this.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57It's not your fault men can't help falling at your feet.
0:16:58 > 0:17:02THUNDER CRASHES
0:17:04 > 0:17:05SHE GASPS
0:17:05 > 0:17:06What is it?
0:17:06 > 0:17:08I just saw him outside.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11Stay here. Lock the door behind me.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14- Well, don't go out there. - I'll be all right.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32He went this way.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42We've been out here for over half an hour.
0:17:42 > 0:17:43I think we should...
0:17:43 > 0:17:46- What was that? - What?
0:17:46 > 0:17:49- I thought I heard something. - You're hearing things.
0:17:49 > 0:17:50Any sign of Welkin?
0:17:50 > 0:17:52No. No-one's been in or out.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55We thought we saw someone on the field coming this way.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57I'm going back to check on Laura.
0:17:57 > 0:17:58Where's Smythe?
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Well, he's in his room.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02He said he wanted to be on his...
0:18:02 > 0:18:03Help!
0:18:13 > 0:18:16Holy Mother of God.
0:18:16 > 0:18:17Call an ambulance.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21- WEAKLY:- Welkin.
0:18:28 > 0:18:36..Ut a peccatis liberatum te salvet atque propitius allevet.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42I never should have left him alone.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45You sure he couldn't have got past you?
0:18:45 > 0:18:47We were outside the whole time.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Rear exit's open. Lock's unbolted, same as here.
0:18:50 > 0:18:55He must've made Mr Smythe unlock the doors with his mind control.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Still here, Mrs McCarthy?
0:18:57 > 0:18:59You too, Father. This is a crime scene.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03The windows were secure.
0:19:03 > 0:19:04What about the air vent?
0:19:04 > 0:19:07Too small for Welkin to have got through that.
0:19:07 > 0:19:08Inspector?
0:19:14 > 0:19:17Was he burning this when he was attacked?
0:19:17 > 0:19:18I'll take that, thank you.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Why?
0:19:22 > 0:19:24I believe you've been looking for me.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Arthur Welkin, at your service.
0:19:29 > 0:19:30A sing-a-long?
0:19:30 > 0:19:33Yes, it was a grand old time. Lovely people, the Kemblefordians.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36You're not from here, are you? I can tell. City boy?
0:19:36 > 0:19:38What was the name of this pub?
0:19:38 > 0:19:42Why are you all the way out here? That's what I want to know.
0:19:42 > 0:19:43I'm asking the questions.
0:19:43 > 0:19:44Let me guess...
0:19:45 > 0:19:48..running away from something?
0:19:48 > 0:19:50Ex-girlfriend? No.
0:19:52 > 0:19:53Domineering father.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57Yes...
0:19:57 > 0:19:58That's it.
0:20:02 > 0:20:03What was the name?
0:20:04 > 0:20:06The Cloak and Dagger.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08That's apt, wouldn't you say?
0:20:17 > 0:20:19You threatened Mr Smythe's life this morning
0:20:19 > 0:20:22and later threw a knife at him after the performance.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26- Nonsense.- Then why did he say your name before he died?
0:20:26 > 0:20:27Oh, did he? How sweet!
0:20:27 > 0:20:29PHONE RINGS
0:20:29 > 0:20:33By law, a man's last words are considered to be the truth.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36- It's known as... - A dying declaration.
0:20:36 > 0:20:37Exactly.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42Perhaps it was a declaration of love.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45We shall never know.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55That was Jez Watts.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Him and the lads were in The Cloak tonight.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59- Yes, and? - Welkin's telling the truth.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01He was there at the time of the murder,
0:21:01 > 0:21:04singing along in front of about 30-odd regulars.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06I believe that means you'll have to release me,
0:21:06 > 0:21:11unless you believe I have the power to be in two places at once?
0:21:14 > 0:21:17'50s MUSIC PLAYS
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Good morning, my dear.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38How are you after last night's excitement?
0:21:38 > 0:21:40What do you want?
0:21:40 > 0:21:42To claim my prize.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45- That was just a joke. - It was your word.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49But the agreement was you had to make your fortune -
0:21:49 > 0:21:51that was your word, too.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54The fortune I have to offer is worth more than money can buy.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00You will marry me and with great willingness of spirit.
0:22:04 > 0:22:09You were romantically involved with Mr Smythe, is that right?
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Must've been very upsetting when he jilted you.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13I didn't kill him!
0:22:13 > 0:22:15But you did punch him on the nose?
0:22:16 > 0:22:19He deserved it after what he did.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21- And you are?- Marvin Morris.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23I've got a motive too.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26- Want to hear it? - Please.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Reggie was a backstabbing, small-minded, petty...
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Stop it!
0:22:30 > 0:22:33He walked out on Enid, walked out on our double-act.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39Where were you both at the time of the murder?
0:22:39 > 0:22:40Having a stroll in the fields.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42Together?
0:22:42 > 0:22:43In the dark?
0:22:44 > 0:22:47With a storm on its way?
0:22:47 > 0:22:49I was upset. I needed some air.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52Witnesses?
0:22:52 > 0:22:54We didn't see anyone.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56How convenient.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00Well, until this case is over, no vanishing acts, please.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09Maybe I should run down to the cafe, see where she's got to.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12If she's much later, Father, you'll have to cancel.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16How was she this morning?
0:23:16 > 0:23:18Tired. Barely said a word before she left for work.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Let's go down to the cafe together.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23DOORBELL RINGS
0:23:23 > 0:23:24- Ah!- Oh!
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Good morning.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40I don't believe we've been properly introduced. I am...
0:23:40 > 0:23:42I know who you are.
0:23:42 > 0:23:43Laura, what's going on?
0:23:43 > 0:23:46We've some wonderful news. Tell them, my dear.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49We're getting married.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51- You're what? - You heard her.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Tomorrow morning we'll leave with the circus,
0:23:53 > 0:23:56and shortly thereafter, join in blissful union.
0:23:56 > 0:23:57Have you gone mad?
0:23:57 > 0:23:59I'm sorry, Nicholas.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01I understand you're her former suitor.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05I do hope you'll be a gentleman and bow out with grace and decorum.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07Outside, now.
0:24:07 > 0:24:08Clearly not.
0:24:08 > 0:24:09No, Nicholas.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13I want to talk to Laura alone.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17Anything you say to Laura you can say to me.
0:24:17 > 0:24:18Do you really want to marry this man?
0:24:18 > 0:24:20Rather an impertinent question.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26I know it seems sudden, but I've never felt so in love before.
0:24:26 > 0:24:27What?!
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Yesterday, you were terrified of Mr Welkin
0:24:30 > 0:24:33and now you say you're in love with him?
0:24:33 > 0:24:37I can hardly believe it myself, but Arthur's shown me a side of him
0:24:37 > 0:24:38I hadn't seen before -
0:24:38 > 0:24:41warm, caring, funny.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Yes, I have a wonderful sense of humour.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46I want to marry him.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48And there you have it.
0:24:48 > 0:24:49Let's speak in my study.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Let me perform the ceremony.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03I can fit you in tomorrow afternoon.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Father?!
0:25:05 > 0:25:08Any other priest would make you wait six months.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11- You're willing to break protocol? - I've been known to bend the rules.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14- We'd have to delay our departure. - Only for a few hours.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19Very well. Tomorrow it is.
0:25:19 > 0:25:20What have you done to her?
0:25:20 > 0:25:22Merely stirred her passions.
0:25:22 > 0:25:23I'll kill you.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25That would solve nothing.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31Laura, what is this? I don't understand.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33Goodbye, Nicholas.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35You understand that, don't you?
0:25:39 > 0:25:41Goodbye!
0:25:46 > 0:25:48You're not seriously going to marry them?
0:25:48 > 0:25:50- Of course not.- He's hypnotised her.
0:25:50 > 0:25:51He must have. She wasn't herself.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Even the most suggestible person
0:25:53 > 0:25:56can't be hypnotised to marry against their will.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59- There must be something else going on.- What?
0:26:00 > 0:26:02There's only one thing for it -
0:26:02 > 0:26:04I need to talk to Laura on her own.
0:26:14 > 0:26:15Home, sweet home.
0:26:16 > 0:26:17It's lovely.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24Don't worry, my dear, I shall be the perfect gentleman...
0:26:26 > 0:26:28..until after we're married, of course.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30Welkin!
0:26:30 > 0:26:31Excuse me.
0:26:33 > 0:26:34Welkin!
0:26:34 > 0:26:36DOG BARKS
0:26:40 > 0:26:42You did it, didn't you?
0:26:42 > 0:26:43Did what?
0:26:43 > 0:26:45Killed Reggie.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47If I had, I'd have thought you'd be thanking me.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50He might've been an idiot, but he didn't deserve to die.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54You did it and I'm going to prove it.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03My dear, if it's not an imposition,
0:27:03 > 0:27:04I'd like you to do something for me.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10Let's say Enid Flay climbed through the air vent.
0:27:10 > 0:27:11How did she get up there?
0:27:11 > 0:27:14Either Marvin Morris helped her, or she used a ladder,
0:27:14 > 0:27:16then she stabbed him, unlocked the door and escaped.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19- KNOCK ON DOOR - Come in.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22Sorry to disturb you, but I've just come from the circus.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25I saw something - something terrible.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32PIANO MUSIC PLAYS
0:27:47 > 0:27:52Enid Flay, I have a warrant to search your...
0:27:54 > 0:27:56..caravan.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58What a surprise.
0:27:58 > 0:27:59What can I say?
0:27:59 > 0:28:01I love the circus.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03Search it for what?
0:28:03 > 0:28:05We'll see.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Shall we?
0:28:09 > 0:28:10Oi!
0:28:15 > 0:28:17Clear, sir.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19I haven't done anything!
0:28:19 > 0:28:21Oh, yes? Had some company, have we?
0:28:21 > 0:28:23This is harassment.
0:28:23 > 0:28:24What have we got here?
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Someone put that there!
0:28:29 > 0:28:30That's what they all say.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33I'm taking you both in for questioning. Sergeant.
0:28:33 > 0:28:34Come on, you.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40How did you know to search the caravan?
0:28:40 > 0:28:43Enid invited Laura for tea. She saw the knife in the cupboard.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46- That's a lie!- And also none of your concern, Father.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50But if Enid killed Smythe, why did he say Welkin's name before he died?
0:28:50 > 0:28:53Probably because he didn't want to incriminate his girlfriend.
0:28:53 > 0:28:54You're clutching at straws.
0:28:54 > 0:28:58And you, once again, are stepping way outside your bounds.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00- What about the burnt fabric...? - Goodbye, Father.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03There's something you need to know -
0:29:03 > 0:29:05Laura Hope is under Welkin's influence.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08She's been coerced into marrying him.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10Yes. Well, Welkin has an alibi.
0:29:10 > 0:29:14He was at a pub sing-a-long at the exact time.
0:29:14 > 0:29:15A sing-a-long?!
0:29:16 > 0:29:19Apparently he does a raucous Knees-Up Mother Brown.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21So, unless you have an explanation
0:29:21 > 0:29:23as to how he can be in two places at once,
0:29:23 > 0:29:26I suggest you go back to St Mary's and allow me to close this case.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28Understood?
0:30:02 > 0:30:04It belonged to my mother.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08I thought it was bad luck for the groom to see the bride in her wedding dress.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11Well, I don't believe in that superstitious nonsense.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14I believe only in love.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17Love is the real magic.
0:30:32 > 0:30:33You are so beautiful.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38I'll leave you to undress, my dear.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48What are you doing here?
0:30:48 > 0:30:49Tell me what's happening.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51Exactly what it looks like.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54That you're being forced into marriage?
0:30:54 > 0:30:55No.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57Tell me why you're doing this.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00I'm paying penance.
0:31:00 > 0:31:01Penance?
0:31:02 > 0:31:04What for?!
0:31:06 > 0:31:08Arthur!
0:31:08 > 0:31:09Laura, no, please.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13He just barged in.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15Father Brown, I'm beginning to get the impression
0:31:15 > 0:31:18- you're having second thoughts about marrying us.- Not at all.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23Are you sure? We can always marry elsewhere.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25I gave my word.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27Tomorrow it is.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30Very well. If you'll excuse us, we have a wedding to prepare for.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51We've examined the knife - no fingerprints.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55But the blood type matches Mr Smythe's.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58This is your last chance to tell the truth.
0:31:58 > 0:31:59We...
0:32:01 > 0:32:04We spent the night together.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06The night Mr Smythe was killed?
0:32:06 > 0:32:07But we didn't kill him.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10You've lied once already. Why should I believe you now?
0:32:10 > 0:32:12Do you really think, if I did it,
0:32:12 > 0:32:15I'd be stupid enough to leave a blood-stained knife in my caravan?
0:32:15 > 0:32:18Murderers have made many stupid mistakes, you won't be the last.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20I'm not a murderer.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23You had means, motive and opportunity.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25I'm charging you with the murder of Reggie Smythe.
0:32:32 > 0:32:34Could you hold these? Thank you.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48- You're a dab hand with the lock pick.- Beginner's luck.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55I don't understand why we're here.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57Laura said something that made me wonder.
0:32:57 > 0:32:58Wonder what?
0:32:59 > 0:33:01What are you looking for?
0:33:03 > 0:33:04I'll know it when I see it.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15Laura's room?
0:33:15 > 0:33:16Yes.
0:33:22 > 0:33:23What was here?
0:33:23 > 0:33:24I think it was a lamp.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29Ah-ha!
0:33:29 > 0:33:31So it broke. So what?
0:33:31 > 0:33:34You said Laura had trouble sleeping, the night of the murder.
0:33:34 > 0:33:36Well, it's hardly surprising.
0:33:36 > 0:33:40How was she when you got back to the house AFTER you'd left the B&B?
0:33:40 > 0:33:44Scared witless. Jumping at shadows.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47I think I know what Mr Smythe was burning.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13Try to stay calm. Father Brown always has a plan.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15You do, don't you?
0:34:16 > 0:34:17Oh, here they are now.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19Well-wishers - how nice.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22Let her go. However you're doing it, let her go.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25Trust me.
0:34:27 > 0:34:28Let's go in, shall we?
0:34:49 > 0:34:51Why did the lamp break in your bedroom?
0:34:53 > 0:34:54What?
0:34:54 > 0:34:57The lamp in your bedroom window, why did it break?
0:34:57 > 0:34:58The wind.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02I saw tread marks on the window sill.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04He's wasting our time.
0:35:04 > 0:35:05I know why you're doing penance.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10You killed Mr Smythe, didn't you?
0:35:10 > 0:35:11What?
0:35:11 > 0:35:15- Don't say a word. He knows nothing. - I know enough.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18Mr Smythe didn't stay in his room that night,
0:35:18 > 0:35:23that's why he was so insistent that me and Mrs McCarthy left him alone...
0:35:23 > 0:35:25so he could come to you.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28He broke the lamp...
0:35:29 > 0:35:31..climbing through your window.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41I think I know what happened next,
0:35:41 > 0:35:43but why don't you tell me?
0:35:46 > 0:35:48It was an accident.
0:35:48 > 0:35:49I didn't mean to kill him.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56SOUND OF BREAKING GLASS
0:36:06 > 0:36:08I thought it was Welkin.
0:36:10 > 0:36:11SHE GASPS
0:36:11 > 0:36:12HE GROANS
0:36:18 > 0:36:21He told me not to call an ambulance, said it wasn't serious.
0:36:21 > 0:36:25He wanted to go back to the B&B and pretend that Welkin did it,
0:36:25 > 0:36:27get him arrested for attempted murder.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30So you dressed his wound with this.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33I found it in your sewing basket.
0:36:36 > 0:36:37You have to go to hospital!
0:36:37 > 0:36:39I'm fine. It barely hurts.
0:36:41 > 0:36:42What are you doing here?!
0:36:44 > 0:36:45I wanted to see you.
0:36:47 > 0:36:51I understand you don't love me, but at least let me do this for you.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54He gave me the knife and went back to the B&B.
0:36:54 > 0:36:55Hmm.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57Where he removed the dressing,
0:36:57 > 0:37:02no doubt realising his wound was far more serious than he thought,
0:37:02 > 0:37:05burned the evidence, then cried bloody murder.
0:37:22 > 0:37:23Help!
0:37:26 > 0:37:28Oh!
0:37:29 > 0:37:30Help!
0:37:32 > 0:37:35That doesn't explain why you agreed to marry him.
0:37:35 > 0:37:36Yes, it does.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39You saw it all, didn't you?
0:37:40 > 0:37:42How else would you have got the knife?
0:37:58 > 0:38:03Then you went directly to the pub to give yourself an alibi.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12Why didn't you go to the police?
0:38:12 > 0:38:14After I'd already covered up what I did?
0:38:14 > 0:38:16How's that going to look?
0:38:16 > 0:38:18Besides, I thought it was a just punishment
0:38:18 > 0:38:22after what I did to Mr Smythe - hell on Earth with Mr Welkin.
0:38:24 > 0:38:25You're not a murderer.
0:38:26 > 0:38:30You don't deserve hell on Earth, or anywhere else.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32This doesn't change anything. She killed Smythe,
0:38:32 > 0:38:35and if she doesn't want to go to prison, she'll marry me.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37And with great willingness of spirit.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46Is that what you think love is?
0:38:46 > 0:38:47Control?
0:38:47 > 0:38:48Possession?
0:38:48 > 0:38:51How does a priest know anything about love?
0:38:52 > 0:38:55Mr Smythe knew what love was.
0:38:55 > 0:38:56You know nothing about me.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59I know you're a charlatan with a bag of cheap tricks.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04What I feel for Laura is not a trick.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06It's real.
0:39:06 > 0:39:10If that is so, then why are you so blind to her suffering?
0:39:12 > 0:39:14You are not the person who should be doing penance...
0:39:15 > 0:39:17..you are.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23Laura?
0:39:35 > 0:39:37Goodbye, Mr Welkin.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46It's over.
0:39:46 > 0:39:47No, it's not.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50I have to confess to Inspector Sullivan.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52No.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54I won't let someone else pay for my crime.
0:39:58 > 0:39:59Father...
0:40:03 > 0:40:04She's right.
0:40:31 > 0:40:32Inspector?
0:40:33 > 0:40:35I have something to tell you.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37Inspector?
0:40:40 > 0:40:41It's a confession...
0:40:41 > 0:40:43from Welkin.
0:40:43 > 0:40:47He says that Smythe snuck out of the B&B and confronted him,
0:40:47 > 0:40:49so Welkin stabbed him.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52- That's not...- Where is he now?
0:40:52 > 0:40:53I have no idea.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57And this note...is for you.
0:41:07 > 0:41:12"Laura, my love, this confession I make in your honour.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14"It is my sacrifice for you..."
0:41:16 > 0:41:20"I shall disappear and never be found,
0:41:20 > 0:41:22"for who can find a phantom?
0:41:23 > 0:41:26"Without love, that's all I am.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28"I am nothing.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30"I am hollow.
0:41:31 > 0:41:32"I am dust."
0:41:38 > 0:41:41CHURCH BELLS RING OUT
0:41:48 > 0:41:50My heart's thundering.
0:41:50 > 0:41:51That's a good sign.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53She'll be here any minute.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55Now, you should be inside.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01Well, Father, when are you going to tell us what happened?
0:42:01 > 0:42:03I don't know what you're talking about.
0:42:03 > 0:42:04Why did Laura agree to marry Welkin?
0:42:04 > 0:42:08Like Mrs McCarthy said, he had strange powers.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10It was the hypnotism, I knew it!
0:42:12 > 0:42:15Oh! You look beautiful.
0:42:15 > 0:42:19- I'm a bundle of nerves. - That's a good sign.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21I'll go and tell the ushers she's here.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23Deep breaths. Good luck.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30Ready?
0:42:31 > 0:42:33Ready.
0:42:33 > 0:42:37CHURCH ORGAN PLAYS