0:00:02 > 0:00:03BELL TOWER STRIKES
0:00:08 > 0:00:10KNOCK AT THE DOOR
0:00:14 > 0:00:18- Gas board, miss.- The meter's at the top of the stairs.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34SHE CRIES OUT, MUFFLED
0:01:48 > 0:01:51- RADIO:- 'The Pope's coronation gift to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth
0:01:51 > 0:01:55'has left Vatican City on the first leg of its journey to London.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58'The Pelagius Cross, a magnificent necklace
0:01:58 > 0:02:00'comprised of emeralds and rubies,
0:02:00 > 0:02:03'is said to be beyond price.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06'It will be accompanied to London by representatives of His Holiness
0:02:06 > 0:02:09'and a cohort of Swiss Guards.
0:02:09 > 0:02:14'The Papal prelates will visit the Roman Catholic Dioceses of Liverpool
0:02:14 > 0:02:17'and Gloucester before arriving in London, where the gift will be
0:02:17 > 0:02:21'presented to Her Majesty at a state banquet at Buckingham Palace.'
0:02:35 > 0:02:39In nomine patris et filii et spiritus sancti, amen.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Ah! Father, how very propitious. We were just on our way to find you.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10- You've seen the news, then. - Such an honour.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Not that the likes of us will get a glimpse.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14That is where you are wrong, Mrs M.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17I thought you should see this.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20It's all very last-minute and hush-hush, what with high security.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23"Bishop Reynard requests the pleasure of your company
0:03:23 > 0:03:27"at a reception to present the Pelagius Cross."
0:03:27 > 0:03:28Idiot!
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Not you, Mrs McCarthy.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35- He makes Bishop Talbot... - God rest his soul.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39- ..look like Solomon.- Are you thinking what we're thinking?
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Opportunity makes a thief.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Sheffield steel,
0:03:49 > 0:03:52capable of withstanding five pounds of explosives.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55You could dynamite the building and it would be left standing.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58That is of huge consolation.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02I'm stationing four men inside the room and two more outside the door.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04No entry or exit from the window.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06A sheer drop of 50 feet to the ground
0:04:06 > 0:04:09with a reassuring lack of footholds.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Good afternoon, Bishop Reynard.
0:04:13 > 0:04:14Father Brown.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17Which one?
0:04:17 > 0:04:18My Lord?
0:04:18 > 0:04:21I have two incumbents name of Brown.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25Parish of Little Haydock, "competent but uninspired", and Kembleford,
0:04:25 > 0:04:28"total ruddy liability."
0:04:28 > 0:04:29Which, I wonder, are you?
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Take a wild guess. What do you want, Padre?
0:04:32 > 0:04:35I believe you're holding a reception for the Pelagius Cross.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37If you're angling for an invitation
0:04:37 > 0:04:39I regret your presence isn't requisite.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42It's not my presence you should be worried about.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Are you familiar with the name of Hercule Flambeau?
0:04:45 > 0:04:46Who isn't?
0:04:46 > 0:04:50But what makes you think he'll turn up in Gloucester?
0:04:50 > 0:04:51Call it an educated guess.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53I know what I'd call it.
0:04:54 > 0:04:59It's exactly the prize he would covet and the opportunity he needs.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03He'd have to blow the safe without razing the building
0:05:03 > 0:05:04and escape on wings.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10Until the jewel is removed from the safe for display to all and sundry.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14To a select group of highly vetted guests.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Where it will be surrounded by my men.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19If Frenchie's moronic enough to turn up, we'll nab him.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21He's a master of disguise.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23I assume there's a point to all this.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26I'm one of the few people that can identify him.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Let me be your eyes and ears, my Lord.
0:05:30 > 0:05:31You can see yourself out.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36I answer to a higher authority than you, Inspector.
0:05:38 > 0:05:39Indeed he does.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Very well, Father. You've a file thicker than my arm
0:05:44 > 0:05:46but unlike my predecessor,
0:05:46 > 0:05:51I believe in keeping the more intransigent elements where I can see them.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53On your own head.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55But for the record,
0:05:55 > 0:05:59one of the cardinals is tipped to be the next Secretary of State.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03Embarrass me and the torments of Job will be like the mildest of rebukes.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12HE SIGHS
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Whoever described England as green and pleasant
0:06:15 > 0:06:18had never laid eyes on Liverpool.
0:06:18 > 0:06:19Or eaten its food.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25What news from Rome?
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Is there any word on Cardinal Brunocelli?
0:06:29 > 0:06:32There is no change in his condition.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35He has remarkable stamina for a man of 98.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40Any rumours as to his successor?
0:06:40 > 0:06:44His Eminence has decided to wait until his body is cold
0:06:44 > 0:06:48before announcing his replacement.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Allora, let us pray for him.
0:07:09 > 0:07:10This is becoming tedious.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14Humble acts of genuflexion - they always appear so conceited.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Deference is a virtue that has sadly passed you by.
0:07:17 > 0:07:18HE LAUGHS
0:07:18 > 0:07:21I hear you're playing guard dog at the reception.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25Isn't that what you want? You're in danger of becoming predictable.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Never second-guess a thief.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29It limits your chances of catching them.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33You want to steal the Pelagius Cross and I want to stop you.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36The rules have changed.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38This time I need your help.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Her name is Marianne Delacroix.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44She was kidnapped two days ago from her lodgings at Oxford.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48My name is Nero Hound.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Please don't scream. There's no-one to hear you.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56You've made a mistake. I've no family to pay you ransom.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00I don't make mistakes, Miss Marianne Delacroix.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02Born 2nd June, 1931.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06Educated at Cheltenham Ladies College and the Sorbonne.
0:08:06 > 0:08:11Now taking your PhD in Fine Art at St Hilda's College, Oxford,
0:08:11 > 0:08:15where you have many acquaintances but no real friends
0:08:15 > 0:08:20and live alone with your cat, Autolycus.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Do you know who Autolycus was, Terry?
0:08:24 > 0:08:25He was the son of the god Hermes,
0:08:25 > 0:08:29inheriting his father's skills for theft and trickery
0:08:29 > 0:08:33and bequeathed the gift that his thieving could never be caught.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39An unusual name for a pet, Miss Delacroix?
0:08:41 > 0:08:42What do you want?
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Please, no...
0:08:46 > 0:08:51Oh, rest assured, I prefer my women...willing.
0:08:52 > 0:08:57And I desire something far more precious than your virtue.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05- FLAMBEAU:- I received this.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08A ransom note?
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Crude but efficacious.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12The sender was good enough to leave his signature.
0:09:14 > 0:09:15A dog.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18A black dog. The mark of Nero Hound.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22A miscreant mongrel with dangerous aspirations.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Friend of yours?
0:09:24 > 0:09:26An old score to settle.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29He'd cut her throat in a heartbeat.
0:09:34 > 0:09:35She's very beautiful.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Although, if you don't mind my saying...
0:09:42 > 0:09:44..she's rather young for you, isn't she?
0:09:44 > 0:09:46She's my daughter.
0:09:50 > 0:09:51You know my father?
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Better than most.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58Then you have me at another disadvantage.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01I know he's the only man that can steal the Pelagius Cross
0:10:01 > 0:10:03from a cohort of Swiss Guards.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08My father abandoned me before I was born.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11He abandoned me to a Colombian firing squad.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14So we have something in common.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20And if he doesn't bring you this jewel?
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Be assured, I'll take no pleasure in killing you.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27I've never met the man.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30What makes you think he cares if I live or die?
0:10:30 > 0:10:33Pride.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35He has until 7pm on Monday.
0:10:39 > 0:10:44- Her mother?- A ballerina in the corps at the Paris Opera.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47A brief pas de deux. Strangers passing in the night.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51A stranger who bore you a child.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53I thought you'd approve.
0:10:53 > 0:10:54What?
0:10:54 > 0:10:58I spared her my corrupting presence and honoured my obligations.
0:10:58 > 0:10:59Denied her father's love.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02You of all people should know how that feels.
0:11:02 > 0:11:06She received every advantage. The finest education money can buy.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08And in return?
0:11:09 > 0:11:13I received a photograph once a year from her mother.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Look, you've reason enough not to trust me.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20The truth is in her eyes.
0:11:22 > 0:11:23I believe she's your daughter.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28And you have surprised me.
0:11:30 > 0:11:31What do you want?
0:11:33 > 0:11:35I want you to practise what you preach.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39- Excluding the eighth commandment, presumably.- But not the tenth.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42Greed is a sin and your church is rotten with it.
0:11:42 > 0:11:47The Pope is St Peter's successor. Theft from him is theft from God.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50A God who favours the poor over the rich.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52You could say I was doing him a favour.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55And my soul?
0:11:56 > 0:11:58You preach that possessions are worthless.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01Only God and men have eternal value.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04You would blackmail me with my own morality?
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Oh, I'll do whatever it takes.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10And you would rather a theft on your conscience than a life.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12I believe you want to save her.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18Perhaps, after all, there is some hope for your redemption.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Run that by me again.
0:12:23 > 0:12:28Flambeau wants you to help him steal the Pope's coronation gift
0:12:28 > 0:12:30to the Queen of England.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37Well, he wants me to look the other way while he steals it.
0:12:37 > 0:12:38And what's the difference?
0:12:38 > 0:12:42Well, I'm hoping God will make the distinction.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45And you would see through his disguise.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47He's not involving her as well.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49I can speak for myself, thank you, Sidney.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53And you believe this cock and bull story of his?
0:12:53 > 0:12:55I believe that she's his daughter.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58Father Brown's right. The resemblance is startling.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00So what if she is? They're probably in it together.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03I don't think so. Look at her eyes.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Ah. You've noticed that as well?
0:13:06 > 0:13:10If this were a ploy she'd be trying to look scared.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12But that's not fear. It's defiance.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16This is the Pope's gift to Her Majesty we're talking about.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20In my experience, Mrs McCarthy, jewels are vastly overrated.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26BELLS STRIKE
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Welcome, Your Eminence.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48Inspector Mallory from the Kembleford Constabulary,
0:13:48 > 0:13:51may I present Cardinal Bonipogio...
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Head of Protocol.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55..and Cardinal Papillon.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Chief of Security.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01I think you'll find my arrangements more than satisfactory.
0:14:02 > 0:14:03May I?
0:14:03 > 0:14:07Certo, certo! Bene, bene!
0:14:07 > 0:14:08Scusi, scusi.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14PAPILLON CLEARS HIS THROAT
0:14:23 > 0:14:26Oh. Magnificent.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Her Majesty is indeed fortunate.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Si. Si.
0:14:33 > 0:14:34Excellent.
0:14:37 > 0:14:38Bon.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40HE SNAPS HIS FINGERS
0:14:42 > 0:14:44HE LOCKS THE SAFE
0:14:44 > 0:14:47Who else has the combination?
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Only the Inspector and myself.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53And I will require it in case of emergencies.
0:14:55 > 0:15:00In the meantime, four of my men will stand 24-hour guard.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03The jewel has its own guard.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09With respect, Your Honour...
0:15:09 > 0:15:11how do I know I can trust 'em?
0:15:12 > 0:15:16No more than I know if I can trust yours.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21We have a saying here in England - "The more the merrier."
0:15:21 > 0:15:25And another one. "Too many cooks spoil the broth."
0:15:30 > 0:15:32I asked for your help, not your army.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35Well, someone has to make sure you don't double-cross him.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Countess. As fragrant as ever.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40You can save your Gallic charm for whoever gets to judge you.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Tea's in the pot. You can help yourself.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45I take it you encountered some resistance.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Asking the Father to help you thieve!
0:15:47 > 0:15:50He can cleanse himself in the confessional.
0:15:50 > 0:15:51I look forward to that.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55- I suppose you've got some sort of ingenious plan.- Naturally.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58Bishop Colum Cormac.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Suitable in terms of height if not build.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Travelling from Donegal for the reception,
0:16:05 > 0:16:07where he will unfortunately be delayed en route.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11Holy Mother. Now he's going to kidnap a bishop.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15With Cormac safely indisposed, I will step in and take his place.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24'Once inside, it's a simple Panama switch.'
0:16:26 > 0:16:27Magnificent.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36'Simple and ingenious.'
0:16:36 > 0:16:39And impossible. It would take a master forger months if not years
0:16:39 > 0:16:42to make a forgery that would pass muster.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Plan B, however, is hastily improvised
0:16:45 > 0:16:46and shameful in its crudity.
0:16:56 > 0:16:57Magnificent.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01SCREAMING
0:17:01 > 0:17:04Nobody move or the priest gets it.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Ha!
0:17:12 > 0:17:15GUNSHOTS RICOCHET
0:17:16 > 0:17:18That's your master plan?
0:17:18 > 0:17:20That is the worst idea I have ever heard.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23If I had time to be inventive, do you think I'd require assistance?
0:17:23 > 0:17:27Taking Father Brown hostage won't hold much sway with the Inspector.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30He'd probably give the order to shoot through you.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32He's right. He would.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35It's the best I have. And at worst, I tried.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37You'll have to use me instead.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42All hell would break loose if you shot the Countess of Montague.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44I have no cause to deserve your help.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46I'm not doing it for you, Monsieur.
0:18:21 > 0:18:22Thank you.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Were you aware my predecessor nicknamed you
0:18:27 > 0:18:29"The Eleventh Plague of Egypt"?
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Bishop Talbot's wit was legendary.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34I share his sense of humour, but not his tolerance.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37So if I can prevail on you to behave yourself...
0:18:37 > 0:18:41Ah, Your Eminences. This is Father Brown.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44Father Brown? He is not on the guest list.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47- No. He is, er...- Internal security.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Cardinals Bonipogio and Papillon.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53Cardinal Bonipogio.
0:18:54 > 0:18:55Cardinal Papillon.
0:18:58 > 0:19:02Are you related to Procurator Papillon?
0:19:02 > 0:19:03An uncle.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07My family has been breeding papal courtiers for centuries.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11There have been Papillons in the Vatican since 1790.
0:19:13 > 0:19:19My colleague, on the other hand, as the son of a circus performer,
0:19:19 > 0:19:24demonstrates just how modern-day the Curia has become.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27My father was an artiste.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31He was feted by the kings and queens of Europa.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35Cesare Bonipogio, the Great Marvel?
0:19:35 > 0:19:39Si, you are clearly more educated than some, Father.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41It is said he could turn water into wine.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44And then into brandy and back into water again!
0:19:44 > 0:19:47THEY LAUGH
0:19:47 > 0:19:48Crude trickery!
0:19:48 > 0:19:51The last of the guests have arrived. Shall we go inside?
0:20:22 > 0:20:24GUESTS CHATTER
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Oh, Bishop!
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Colum...Cormac.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32Nice place you have here.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38Welcome to Gloucester. I trust you had a good journey.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Uneventful, thanks be to God.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43Haven't we met before?
0:20:43 > 0:20:44I don't think so.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46In the Parochial House in Drumkeen.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48I could have sworn you were losing your hair.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Bishop Reynard. What a pleasure to see you as always.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54Countess. How honoured we are by your presence.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56I can't wait to get a glimpse of the cross.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58I can barely contain myself.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00GUARD BANGS HIS STAFF THREE TIMES
0:21:04 > 0:21:07My Lords, ladies and gentlemen,
0:21:07 > 0:21:11may I present the Pelagius Cross!
0:21:15 > 0:21:17GASPING
0:21:17 > 0:21:20Guards, secure the building! Maintenant!
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Go back to the Presbytery. Meet me there.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32I'll be a couple of hours. Oh, and, Terry, when I get back,
0:21:32 > 0:21:35I expect to find the young lady as I left her.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01What shall I do with the guests, Inspector?
0:22:01 > 0:22:03None of them went within feet of it.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06- Take statements, search them and let them go.- Yes, sir.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10It must have been taken from the safe.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13- Impossible.- Or a miracle. Except I don't believe in miracles.
0:22:13 > 0:22:18Please be careful. That is a holy reliquary blessed by Il Papa.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21You failed me, Father.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23You said if he turned up you'd raise the alarm.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25This wasn't Flambeau's work.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28For once, me and the Padre are in agreement.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31Unless he's invisible and can walk through walls.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33Then how do you explain it?
0:22:33 > 0:22:35Elementary. A - it was a miracle
0:22:35 > 0:22:39or B - it was an inside job.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42What are you suggesting?
0:22:42 > 0:22:45As there were only three of us who knew the combination,
0:22:45 > 0:22:48it rather narrows our options.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50I hope no-one's pointing the finger at me.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54It seems we are all under suspicion, non?
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Don't try to deflect the blame.
0:22:56 > 0:23:01His Holiness placed his trust in you and you have failed him.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05You have brought disgrace on the name of the Holy See.
0:23:06 > 0:23:11I will be tendering my resignation, but there is work to be done.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15We'll all be tendering our resignations unless it's found.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17It didn't magic itself into thin air.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21If it was an inside job, chances are it's still in the building.
0:23:29 > 0:23:30Are you sure it was...?
0:23:30 > 0:23:31ALL: Yes.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36The cross disappeared from the safe.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40In a locked room surrounded by guards.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42I commend the mastermind that did it.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44What will you do?
0:23:44 > 0:23:47I have until seven o'clock, when I'll go to the drop
0:23:47 > 0:23:49and kill Hound with my bare hands.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51I'm sure it won't come to that.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53You'd rather I defeated him with platitudes?
0:23:53 > 0:23:57I mean, Inspector Mallory thinks it's an inside job,
0:23:57 > 0:24:01so the cross may still be in the Bishop's Palace.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03A palace with over 100 rooms.
0:24:05 > 0:24:06You're unusually silent...
0:24:06 > 0:24:09- ALL: Shush!- Let the man think.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15We're looking at this the wrong way round.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17A jewel vanishes from a locked and guarded safe,
0:24:17 > 0:24:19which we all know is impossible.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21I assume there's a point to this?
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Let's not dwell on the impossible.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Let's look to the probable.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29The jewel wasn't stolen.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31PHONE RINGS
0:24:34 > 0:24:36- REYNARD:- 'Father!'
0:24:36 > 0:24:37My Lord.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39Breaking news.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42Bishop Cormac was found stripped and naked in Kembleford Wood.
0:24:42 > 0:24:43Flambeau's work.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46'Obviously the police are keen to talk to you but after that
0:24:46 > 0:24:49'I expect my "eyes and ears" explanation on tenterhooks.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52- 'Shall we say two o'clock?' - CAR PULLS UP OUTSIDE
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Mallory.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57I'd love to stay and chat, but I have a prior engagement.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Hang about.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02Parlour window. Brings you out the back of the churchyard.
0:25:02 > 0:25:06Please, go upstairs and give me until six o'clock.
0:25:06 > 0:25:07KNOCK AT THE DOOR
0:25:07 > 0:25:10You expect me to believe you'll find the jewel?
0:25:10 > 0:25:12You have no choice.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15Six o'clock. Then I'll do whatever I have to.
0:25:16 > 0:25:17Oh, gentlemen.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22I think you need some new spectacles, Padre.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27- MARIANNE:- Help! Fire, help!
0:25:29 > 0:25:30What the...?
0:25:30 > 0:25:32HE COUGHS
0:25:32 > 0:25:34HE GROANS
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Ecclesiastical security.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31You won't find it in there.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35Flambeau has it. Bishop Cormac made a positive identification,
0:26:35 > 0:26:38which is more than can be said for you.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40- So what have you got to say for yourself?- I'm truly sorry.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44Don't play the repentance card. Do something.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48If the jewel isn't recovered before tomorrow, I'm ruined.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51They'll send me to Coventry. Literally.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54And make no mistake, you'll be coming with me. Is that clear?
0:26:54 > 0:26:56Perfectly.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00As for the thief, may God have more mercy on his soul than I will.
0:27:05 > 0:27:06Inside.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12You're more like your father than I realised.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14And just as irritating.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17Now you leave me no choice but to punish you.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24I can't wait any longer.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26You stay right where you are.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30- Are you not going to say anything? - She's his daughter, Mrs M.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33And if I don't go now, you'll be praying for her soul.
0:27:33 > 0:27:34Need a wingman?
0:27:34 > 0:27:36You don't know Nero Hound.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38I wouldn't have your life on my conscience.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Always knew you had one.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48Dear God! He's stolen the Queen's jewel.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50I doubt she'll care. What on earth would she wear it with?
0:27:50 > 0:27:52Who? And how?
0:27:52 > 0:27:55At the moment, that's the least of your concerns.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58I suppose I'm in your debt.
0:28:00 > 0:28:01I'm coming with you.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03You'd only slow me down.
0:28:03 > 0:28:04It's not a request.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09If Hound has harmed a hair on her head...
0:28:09 > 0:28:11he'll be needing a priest.
0:28:32 > 0:28:33Time?
0:28:35 > 0:28:36Um...
0:28:36 > 0:28:38A minute to seven.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41Nero! I have the jewel!
0:28:44 > 0:28:46Something's wrong.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04She's not here. So there's still hope.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11I will tear him limb from limb.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15I didn't know you cared.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17Allo, Papa.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20- Where's Hound?- Then again...
0:29:20 > 0:29:23He's locked in the cellar and his thug's in the outhouse.
0:29:23 > 0:29:24Did they hurt you?
0:29:24 > 0:29:25Not as much as I hurt them.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27You overpowered two men?
0:29:27 > 0:29:30I had no high expectations of your arrival.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32Where's the jewel?
0:29:32 > 0:29:34I have questions first.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37In case you hadn't noticed, I'm the one holding a gun.
0:29:37 > 0:29:41Come on. The smell in here is making me sick. Chop chop.
0:29:49 > 0:29:53That won't be necessary. You know I'm no threat.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55I don't know you from Adam.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57I don't even know what to call you.
0:29:57 > 0:30:01Papa? Monsieur Flambeau?
0:30:01 > 0:30:04Daddy seems rather informal given our lack of acquaintance.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06I wouldn't worry about it.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08Our touching reunion will be short and sweet.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10The jewel?
0:30:10 > 0:30:13I'm curious to see the object worthy of my life.
0:30:32 > 0:30:33I'm flattered.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40Russian baroque.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43Maxim Korytov.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47I'm surprised you didn't keep it.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49It would sit well in Le Voleur's collection.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54Given our lack of acquaintance, you know a lot about me.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57I've studied your career since my mother's death,
0:30:57 > 0:31:01when I discovered the identity of my "secret benefactor".
0:31:02 > 0:31:06The Star of David, the St Jerome triptych...
0:31:06 > 0:31:08It was you who stole the St Jerome triptych?
0:31:08 > 0:31:11The Duchess of Bourbon's diamonds...
0:31:11 > 0:31:12That wasn't me.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15I did wonder. The theft was cruder than usual.
0:31:19 > 0:31:20How did you escape?
0:31:22 > 0:31:25I waited for Hound to leave and started a fire.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28Unfortunately he returned earlier than expected.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31You're more like your father than I realised.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33And just as irritating.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36Now you leave me no choice but to punish you.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39HE YELPS
0:31:40 > 0:31:43You expect me to believe you shot a gun from his hand at 20 feet?
0:31:43 > 0:31:45Hardly. I was way off my mark.
0:31:45 > 0:31:46I was aiming for his heart.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48You need to account for the recoil.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50I'm much more at ease with a fencing sabre.
0:31:50 > 0:31:54Rest assured, the money lavished on my education was well spent.
0:31:54 > 0:31:55I gave you every advantage.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57Except one.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01You were better off without me.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03Only I can be the judge of that.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06I bear no resemblance to my mother.
0:32:06 > 0:32:10As a child I'd look in the mirror and see the face of a stranger.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12Like half of me was missing.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14I'll make a cup of tea.
0:32:14 > 0:32:15Please don't shoot me.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19Is the priest real?
0:32:19 > 0:32:22Very. So I'd advise you to watch what you say.
0:32:22 > 0:32:23You keep strange friends.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25He's no friend of mine.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29I thought we understood each other rather well.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31You stole the jewel for me.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33Technically, I stole it.
0:32:33 > 0:32:37And if it's not returned I will spend the rest of my life in Coventry.
0:32:37 > 0:32:38Parts of it are quite pleasant.
0:32:38 > 0:32:41- I hear they're building a new cathedral.- Ha, ha.
0:32:41 > 0:32:46A pet priest stealing from his own. Why would he do that for you?
0:32:46 > 0:32:48Moral blackmail.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50A victim of his own conscience.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52He really is a priest?
0:32:52 > 0:32:56My God sets no store by earthly treasures.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58Your God is a killjoy.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10What news?
0:33:10 > 0:33:14Interpol have been alerted and are watching every entry port to France.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17There is still hope.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19Not for Cardinal Brunocelli.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22God rest his soul.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26And still no word of his successor.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31Although that will be of little interest to you now.
0:33:34 > 0:33:35- FLAMBEAU:- I thought you were dead.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39You left me for dead in a Bogota prison.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42An ungallant way to treat your partner.
0:33:42 > 0:33:44I didn't like your methods.
0:33:44 > 0:33:48I didn't expect you to be quite so squeamish.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50- How did you esc...?- Be quiet.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53Your daughter has very pretty hands.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55But not so deft at tying knots.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58You have what you want. Now she will leave.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00Not yet.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03We had a deal. The jewel for the girl.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06I have a new score to settle now.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08Your brat shot off one of my fingers.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12You and I will negotiate compensation in private.
0:34:12 > 0:34:16In the meantime you have the cross and she WILL leave.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18Go. Now. Both of you.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21No!
0:34:22 > 0:34:24It's profoundly biblical.
0:34:24 > 0:34:25An eye for an eye.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28Or in this case, a hand for a hand.
0:34:47 > 0:34:48You're wounded.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50I'll live long enough to kill him.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53Stop! Stop! Vengeance is the Lord's alone.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55Back off, priest! This is not your battle.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58Unless you want a life on your conscience, stop him.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00Please, don't kill him on my account.
0:35:08 > 0:35:09The prize is mine.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18I would say au revoir, but once the police are alerted
0:35:18 > 0:35:21to your whereabouts, you're looking at 30 years with parole.
0:35:21 > 0:35:22Goodbye, Nero.
0:35:31 > 0:35:35Will you return the jewel to the priest? He risked his all for me.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37He'll get his reward in heaven.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40What? I warned you'd be better off not knowing me.
0:35:40 > 0:35:41So what happens now?
0:35:41 > 0:35:42I need to sit down.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44To us?
0:35:44 > 0:35:46You will return to your studies.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48My PhD is almost complete.
0:35:48 > 0:35:52A catalogue of the finest private collections in Europe.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55With the owners' full co-operation, naturally. After that,
0:35:55 > 0:35:59there are limited career paths open to orphan girls of good education.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02Perhaps you're in need of some fatherly advice.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04Guard this. He isn't as simple as he looks.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08He's lucky. The bullet passed right through.
0:36:08 > 0:36:09I don't believe in luck.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12Can you find something to make bandages with?
0:36:16 > 0:36:17What are you doing?!
0:36:17 > 0:36:19What? Making up for lost time.
0:36:19 > 0:36:23- Let her go.- We've only just met. Now you expect me to let her go?
0:36:23 > 0:36:25You're her father, you should protect her...
0:36:25 > 0:36:27Unfounded, given recent turn of events.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30..from whatever unholy alliance you are planning.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32She'd make a worthy pupil.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34And how long till she's corrupted and defiled
0:36:34 > 0:36:37and her heart is as black as yours?
0:36:37 > 0:36:39Now you're in danger of being predictable.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42The difference is, I now know that you have a conscience.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46This is the only antiseptic I could find.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52Ready?
0:36:52 > 0:36:53Ready.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56HE YELLS IN PAIN
0:36:57 > 0:36:59Take the jewel if you must.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03But she is innocent. Do not take her soul.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06Yours are not the only wounds that need attending.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21CAR SPEEDS OFF
0:37:30 > 0:37:32Flambeau, stop!
0:37:46 > 0:37:50I went to school with the daughter of the Marquis of Apreville.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52His security is highly flawed.
0:37:52 > 0:37:56And his Netsuke are magnificent. And extremely portable.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59Would you have mown down the priest?
0:37:59 > 0:38:01Ha! He had his God to protect him.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04How does it feel to take a life?
0:38:04 > 0:38:08That's an inappropriate question for a young lady of breeding.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11I ask because part of me wishes you had killed Hound
0:38:11 > 0:38:14and part of me regrets I didn't.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16HE WINCES
0:38:16 > 0:38:17You need a doctor.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19No doctors.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22Then some surgical needle and thread and I'll stitch it.
0:38:27 > 0:38:28This is as far as we go.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31I don't understand.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35You are a remarkable young woman
0:38:35 > 0:38:39but if I'd wanted a daughter, do you think I'd have waited 23 years to find you?
0:38:39 > 0:38:41We have a connection.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43You don't know me from Adam.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45I know you feel something.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47Guilt? Regret?
0:38:47 > 0:38:51I would never allow such self-indulgence.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53You're making a mistake.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55I am you.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57Together we could be invincible.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03The jewel, if you please.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18We won't meet again.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21So long, Marianne.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54It's not there.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57I don't know what you're talking about.
0:39:59 > 0:40:03A jewel vanishes into thin air from a locked safe.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05Must be magic.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10But magic doesn't exist.
0:40:10 > 0:40:11Only illusion.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15And who knows that better...
0:40:15 > 0:40:16AUDIENCE GASPS
0:40:16 > 0:40:20..than the son of The Great Marvel?
0:40:21 > 0:40:25A few adjustments to the casket is all it took.
0:40:25 > 0:40:26Excellent.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42Flambeau has it.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44He must have switched the caskets.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50I have taken a vow of poverty. What value is a bauble to me?
0:40:50 > 0:40:52Priceless, in terms of ambition.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56With Cardinal Papillon discredited,
0:40:56 > 0:40:58the Secretary of State's position is yours.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07It has been one day since my last confession.
0:41:08 > 0:41:14You'd hold me to the sacred seal to ruin an innocent man's career?
0:41:14 > 0:41:19I wouldn't expect a rural priest to understand the niceties of politics.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22I don't expect God does either.
0:41:22 > 0:41:26Well, well, Father, aren't you the surprise?
0:41:26 > 0:41:29This was delivered to the police station addressed to you,
0:41:29 > 0:41:33so naturally I opened it, and lookee here...
0:41:33 > 0:41:35I'm agog as to how you explain this.
0:41:37 > 0:41:38I can't.
0:41:38 > 0:41:42But what I do know is under the seal of the confessional.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44You'll have to do better than that.
0:41:44 > 0:41:48There's not another man in this room that would agree with that statement.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51Quite. Even so, you must have something?
0:41:54 > 0:41:56What I can say is that
0:41:56 > 0:42:00His Holiness has cause to look favourably on Cardinal Papillon.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07I don't know what he's talking about.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11Your humility is a credit to you.
0:42:11 > 0:42:17Indeed it is. You can rely on me to convey knowledge of his assistance
0:42:17 > 0:42:18to the Holy Father.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34So all's well that ends well.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36It ended well for Papillon.
0:42:36 > 0:42:40He's been appointed Cardinal Secretary of State.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42Why would Flambeau return the jewel?
0:42:44 > 0:42:46I've been thinking the same thing myself.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02Touche, ma fille!
0:43:02 > 0:43:04HE LAUGHS
0:43:04 > 0:43:07FELICIA: It certainly seems out of character.
0:43:08 > 0:43:09Hello.
0:43:11 > 0:43:13One of his little games.
0:43:13 > 0:43:16Or maybe the man has finally found a conscience.
0:43:28 > 0:43:30Maybe he has.