0:00:02 > 0:00:05HE PLAYS JAZZ MUSIC
0:00:05 > 0:00:06MAN WOLF WHISTLES
0:00:06 > 0:00:09PIANO JAZZ MUSIC CONTINUES
0:00:24 > 0:00:27WHISTLING
0:00:31 > 0:00:34- Inspector! - HE CHUCKLES
0:00:34 > 0:00:36A pleasure, as always.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40Fifi!
0:00:41 > 0:00:43A large single malt. On the house.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Yes, Mr Cranage.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47To thank you for your help with the licence.
0:00:47 > 0:00:48I really didn't do anything.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51Nonetheless, I always like to stay on the right side of the law.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Where did you get him?
0:00:55 > 0:00:56The gutter.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58We're home to all sorts of waifs and strays.
0:01:03 > 0:01:04Enjoy.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07WHISTLING AND APPLAUSE
0:01:12 > 0:01:16# Oh, will you never let me be?
0:01:18 > 0:01:23# Oh, will you never set me free?
0:01:23 > 0:01:25# The ties that bound us
0:01:25 > 0:01:29# Are still around us
0:01:29 > 0:01:36# There's no escape that I can see
0:01:38 > 0:01:40She's amazing, isn't she?
0:01:40 > 0:01:43# Oh, will you never let me be?
0:01:44 > 0:01:48# Oh, will you never set me free? #
0:02:11 > 0:02:14- IN POLISH ACCENT:- Stop! You should not be doing that.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Have you thought any more about my offer?
0:02:27 > 0:02:29If anybody finds out, I will go to jail.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31You, too.
0:02:31 > 0:02:32Nobody will find out.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35But to take a life...!
0:02:47 > 0:02:49I need you to do this for me.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54I don't have anyone else to turn to.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58- Please...- Yes.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07You'll have the money by tomorrow.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09And may God forgive us...both.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49- Now, another slice? - No, no.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53It's a pleasure to finally meet you, Father.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56My godmother writes about you so fondly.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Don't you believe a word of it.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Now, we mustn't forget to telephone your parents,
0:04:00 > 0:04:03- let them know you've arrived safely. - You can't. They're...
0:04:03 > 0:04:05They're on a walking holiday.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07The Brecon Beacons, I believe.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09I couldn't even tell you where they're staying.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13So what made you decide to come and visit your godmother?
0:04:13 > 0:04:16And why shouldn't she decide to visit her godmother?
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Well, when the cat's away...
0:04:18 > 0:04:22You believe I should be at home throwing wild parties?
0:04:22 > 0:04:26- Well, I'm not encouraging it, but... - I'd rather be here.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29I haven't spent any time with my godmother in years.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Will you excuse me one moment?
0:04:38 > 0:04:41- All right, then, spit it out. - Well...
0:04:42 > 0:04:45..turning up out of the blue like this...
0:04:45 > 0:04:48Well, her letter probably went astray in the post.
0:04:48 > 0:04:49You don't think there's anything wrong?
0:04:49 > 0:04:51A row with her parents, perhaps?
0:04:51 > 0:04:54If there was anything wrong, she'd tell me.
0:04:54 > 0:04:55We've always been very close.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Cooo-ee!
0:04:58 > 0:05:00- Hello! - And what are you doing here?
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Charming!
0:05:02 > 0:05:05I thought I'd bring these along for your charity auction next week.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08When I heard about those poor little mites suffering from polio,
0:05:08 > 0:05:11I thought, what a fantastic opportunity for me
0:05:11 > 0:05:12to clear out my wardrobe.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Well, thank you very much for your donation, Penelope.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Now, there's something I have to say.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20My goddaughter Joselyn is staying here for a few days
0:05:20 > 0:05:23and I do not want her subjected to your bad influence.
0:05:23 > 0:05:24Bad influence?!
0:05:24 > 0:05:28Mrs M, I would never attempt
0:05:28 > 0:05:30to drag an innocent down the path of temptation.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34Talk of the devil. You must be Joselyn.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Hello, I'm Bunty.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39What a darling little thing you are.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Thank you. I love your hat.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45Oh, well, you're welcome to borrow it any time you like.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48You should wear it to one of my soirees.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52Music, cocktails, an array of unsuitable bachelors...
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Oh, that's very kind, but I...
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Penelope, you have been warned.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Now, I'm going to help you unpack.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01- Lovely to meet you. - Mm.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Hm...well.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10That girl is not nearly as innocent as she's pretending to be.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14I suspect you might be right.
0:06:20 > 0:06:21Is that it?
0:06:21 > 0:06:23A slow night.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29See you tomorrow, V.
0:06:37 > 0:06:38Well?
0:06:41 > 0:06:42I take it you're feeling better?
0:06:42 > 0:06:45Yes. Thank you.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48So, if I lend you this money,
0:06:48 > 0:06:50there'll be no more missed appointments?
0:06:50 > 0:06:51No.
0:06:53 > 0:06:54Excellent.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58You can add it to what you already owe me.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06You're going to be a very busy girl.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Say thank you to your Uncle Maurice.
0:07:13 > 0:07:14Thank you.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28You can go, Janek. I'll lock up.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Good morning!
0:08:16 > 0:08:18Rise and shine!
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Nothing we can do.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39What do you mean, "nothing we can do"?
0:08:39 > 0:08:42- She's an adult. - Well, what about the letter?
0:08:42 > 0:08:46In which she states, "You shouldn't expect to see me again."
0:08:46 > 0:08:49- Sounds like she's running away. - Exactly! So...
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Which she's perfectly entitled to do.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56And what about this?
0:08:56 > 0:08:59I found it on the floor of her bedroom.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Well, that changes everything.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04I'll put all my men on red alert.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08We're clearly looking for a parrot with a penchant for kidnap!
0:09:11 > 0:09:12Perhaps you could help, Padre?
0:09:12 > 0:09:16You like wild goose chases, so this'll be right up your street.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Come along, Sergeant.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Don't you worry, Mrs McCarthy. I'll keep an eye out for her.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36- Did you speak to her parents? - They're on holiday.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38At least that part was true.
0:09:38 > 0:09:39According to the housekeeper,
0:09:39 > 0:09:42Joselyn stayed behind to attend secretarial classes.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Did the housekeeper say where the classes were held?
0:09:45 > 0:09:47She didn't know.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51Only that Joselyn has been going for three or four evenings a week
0:09:51 > 0:09:52for the past few months.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55And that sometimes she stays over with a friend,
0:09:55 > 0:09:58but the housekeeper couldn't give me a name.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01There is one place that springs to mind.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05Not that I'd call the girls "secretaries" exactly.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12I met a girl at a party who used to work here.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14They make them wear red feathers in their hair.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16And very little else, I shouldn't wonder!
0:10:16 > 0:10:19My Joselyn wouldn't be seen dead in a place like this.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Let's not tempt fate.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Well, it has to be worth checking out?
0:10:23 > 0:10:25And how are you going to do that?
0:10:28 > 0:10:30You are not suggesting...
0:10:30 > 0:10:32that Father Brown signs up for membership?!
0:10:32 > 0:10:35I doubt the Bishop would approve.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37Oh, you could just pretend to be a concerned relative
0:10:37 > 0:10:39and then ask if Joselyn works here.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Well, that assumes she's using her own name.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44As far as I understand, the...
0:10:44 > 0:10:47ladies who work in these establishments use noms de plume.
0:10:47 > 0:10:48How do you know that?
0:10:48 > 0:10:51The things I've heard in confession...
0:10:51 > 0:10:53would make a sailor blush.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55Oh, my God...!
0:10:55 > 0:10:57Don't worry. I've got a plan.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01DOORBELL RINGS
0:11:03 > 0:11:06I take it you, er... have experience?
0:11:06 > 0:11:08More than you could possibly imagine.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10What sort of act do you do?
0:11:10 > 0:11:12What sort of act would you like?
0:11:12 > 0:11:16Well, we've got a couple of singers and a few straight burlesque acts.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18I could use something a bit different.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20I can do...different.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24I'd need to see it, before I book you in.
0:11:26 > 0:11:27Naturally.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30I just need to gather a few...props.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40# C'est si bon
0:11:40 > 0:11:43# Lovers say that in France
0:11:43 > 0:11:46# When they thrill to romance
0:11:46 > 0:11:49# It means that it's so good
0:11:50 > 0:11:53# C'est si bon
0:11:53 > 0:11:56# So I say it to you
0:11:56 > 0:11:59# Like the French people do
0:12:00 > 0:12:03# Because it's oh so good. #
0:12:05 > 0:12:08- Why have you stopped? - Want to see more, darling?
0:12:08 > 0:12:11Well, I get my own dressing room,
0:12:11 > 0:12:15two nights off a week and...
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Ah! Twice what the other girls earn.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Wait a minute!
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Scarlet, get out here!
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Show our new employee to her dressing room three.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Welcome to The Crimson Feather.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Hello...Scarlet.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Well, I never!
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Do you know her?
0:12:45 > 0:12:49She used to work for Mrs Curzon, until she was fired for stealing.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54They're obviously not too choosy about who they employ here.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01Thanks for that, Father. Good news or bad news?
0:13:01 > 0:13:05This is no time for playing games! Is she in there or is she not?
0:13:05 > 0:13:07- She is. - Oh, thank God for that.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10- But she doesn't want to leave. - Why not?
0:13:10 > 0:13:14Because she's earning over ten times what she'd earn as a secretary.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16She's sick of people telling her what to do.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19And to be fair, she looks fabulous in sequins.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23Well, I will go in and drag her out by the ears, if I have to!
0:13:23 > 0:13:26Mrs McCarthy... perhaps I should deal with this.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30- But you can't go in there, Father! What with all the....- Don't worry.
0:13:30 > 0:13:31I will avert my eyes.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42A family member asked me to speak to her.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47I'm sorry, Father. I'm not in the habit of letting random men
0:13:47 > 0:13:50into my girls' dressing rooms. Not even a priest.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Now, we're about to open, so if that's all...
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Very well. Thank you for your time, Mr Cranage.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02I'll wait outside the front door, until she finally finishes.
0:14:02 > 0:14:03Ah...
0:14:03 > 0:14:07I'm sure I can make an exception for a man of the cloth.
0:14:08 > 0:14:09Come with me.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Scarlet's one of our newer girls. Getting on very well.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17But then, I always like to make sure all my employees are happy here.
0:14:17 > 0:14:18Don't I, girls?
0:14:24 > 0:14:26Janet.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28This is her, Father.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Scarlet?
0:14:33 > 0:14:34What have you done?
0:14:36 > 0:14:38It was not me! I did not do this!
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Janek?
0:14:41 > 0:14:45I think, perhaps, you should call the police and a doctor.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58Joselyn?
0:14:58 > 0:15:00Joselyn...can you hear me?
0:15:07 > 0:15:08Verity!
0:15:08 > 0:15:10Is she dead?
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Why is she wearing your costume?
0:15:14 > 0:15:17I... I asked her to go on for me.
0:15:17 > 0:15:18My head was in such a spin after...
0:15:21 > 0:15:24I need you all to clear this room immediately.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31I just happened to be passing.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Any news on Janek?
0:15:40 > 0:15:42The police are still hunting him.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45It just doesn't make any sense.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49I mean, I know he looks tough, but he was so...protective.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51I agree.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53He was a regular at mass.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56I always thought him...a good man.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59"Good"? Working in a place like that?
0:15:59 > 0:16:02- What if Verity was already dead when he found her?- Then why would he run?
0:16:02 > 0:16:05Because he knew some people would jump to conclusions.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09Let's say, for the sake of argument, that it was someone else.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12Joselyn, you said that Verity was wearing your costume.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16Yes. It threw me, Bunty turning up like that.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18I couldn't face going on.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22Is it possible the killer was after you?
0:16:22 > 0:16:24Hm, I can't think why.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26And Verity...
0:16:26 > 0:16:28would anyone have a reason to kill her?
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Well...
0:16:34 > 0:16:39..a while ago, Maurice asked if I'd like to earn...
0:16:39 > 0:16:41some extra money.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43There was something unpleasant about how he came out with it,
0:16:43 > 0:16:45so I said no.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Maybe he's up to no good and Verity got involved?
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Who wouldn't want to kill her? She was vile to everyone.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54- Fifi!- Well, it's true.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56I mean, when I first started,
0:16:56 > 0:16:58she was as nice as anything, but recently...
0:17:00 > 0:17:03I saw her arguing with Oscar yesterday.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Don't drag Oscar into it. He wouldn't hurt a fly.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08What were you thinking?!
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Erm...Bunty, Fifi...?
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Degrading yourself in a place like that
0:17:27 > 0:17:30and taking all your clothes off in front of all those leering men!
0:17:30 > 0:17:33- Have you no shame? - I'm sorry I lied to you.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35And so you should be,
0:17:35 > 0:17:37turning up at my door and then vanishing into the night.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39What were you playing at?
0:17:39 > 0:17:41I wanted to see you one last time.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44Say goodbye, I suppose.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46You've always been so kind to me.
0:17:46 > 0:17:47Goodbye?
0:17:49 > 0:17:51I...was planning to catch the early train to London.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53I thought I'd never see you again.
0:17:55 > 0:17:56To London?
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Do your parents know about this?
0:17:58 > 0:18:02They're the reason I'm leaving. You don't know what they're like.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06I have known them for years. They are good, kind people.
0:18:06 > 0:18:11They try to control everything I do. They want me to be someone I'm not!
0:18:11 > 0:18:15Oh, so you told them you were attending secretarial classes
0:18:15 > 0:18:18when, in fact, you were getting yourself a job
0:18:18 > 0:18:22showing your bits to...lecherous drunkards?
0:18:22 > 0:18:25Burlesque isn't only about stripping. It's...
0:18:26 > 0:18:28It's artistic.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Oh, well, now I've heard everything!
0:18:31 > 0:18:32I only got the job at the club
0:18:32 > 0:18:35because I needed the money to start a new life.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37So...why are you still here?
0:18:40 > 0:18:42Cold feet.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45I made it to the platform, but I couldn't board the train.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48I was too embarrassed to come back here, so I went to the club.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51I never dreamed you'd find me there.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54I am thankful that you were not foolish enough
0:18:54 > 0:18:56to see this ridiculous plan through!
0:18:58 > 0:19:00And I am very thankful...
0:19:00 > 0:19:04that it wasn't your body lying on that floor!
0:19:13 > 0:19:15BELL RINGS
0:19:21 > 0:19:22Father?
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Janek.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Haven't seen you at mass for a while.
0:19:31 > 0:19:32I was ashamed.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36You see where I work, you know why.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42- The police are looking for you. - I know.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48I wanted to make money to take back to my family in Poland.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52Instead...I will hang.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Only if you're guilty.
0:19:56 > 0:19:57I deserve it.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01What do you mean?
0:20:01 > 0:20:03Padre, are you in there? I wanted to ask if...
0:20:06 > 0:20:07Well, well, well...
0:20:11 > 0:20:14I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, Padre,
0:20:14 > 0:20:16and assume you weren't harbouring a wanted murderer.
0:20:16 > 0:20:20When we found him, he was trying to stem the flow of blood.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22Doesn't mean he didn't stab her.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26- Have you found the murder weapon? - It'll turn up.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29Either way, any jury would take one look at that thug
0:20:29 > 0:20:31and sentence him to hang.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34I'll let you know if you're needed as witnesses.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Well, he certainly looked guilty to me.
0:20:37 > 0:20:38Perhaps.
0:20:40 > 0:20:41But not of murder.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43We should go to the club. Look for...
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Don't even think about it!
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Perhaps...your godmother is right.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52If the killer is still at large, then...
0:20:53 > 0:20:55..you are still in danger.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57How about I go with her?
0:20:59 > 0:21:02As far as Maurice is concerned, I'm still plain old Pepper Seymour.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05I think it suits me.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08And I can keep an eye on the investigation.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Well, if Joselyn's going, I'm going.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14Very well. Then I will go to the station
0:21:14 > 0:21:17and talk to Janek and get his side of things.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20You're not going to allow this?
0:21:20 > 0:21:22With respect, Auntie Bridget, it's not his decision.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26- I'll look after her, don't worry. - Forgive me if I'm not reassured!
0:21:26 > 0:21:29All right, I will have to go with you.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31Oh, need help coming up with an act?
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Bunty's right. Maurice isn't going to let you
0:21:33 > 0:21:35wander round his club for no good reason.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Do you know anyone who needs a cleaner?
0:21:47 > 0:21:51As you can see, my references include the Montague family.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Which begs the question, why do you want to work here.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58- I need to talk to you. - Can't you see I'm busy?
0:21:58 > 0:22:01- How could you open after what's happened?- Life goes on.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03You need to get yourself straight. We've got customers.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05We already had to find a replacement dancer.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08I don't want to have to find a pianist, as well.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14And, you, you're in luck.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16The usual cleaner's just handed in her notice.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18It's like somebody up there is looking after you.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21Oh, well, I suppose you could say that.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28I assume you've heard of the phrase "caught red-handed"?
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Goodfellow, open cell two.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33What if he found her and was trying to help her?
0:22:33 > 0:22:35Then how do you explain the money?
0:22:35 > 0:22:37When he was arrested, Father,
0:22:37 > 0:22:39they found an envelope full of cash on him.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41And Verity's fingerprints were all over it.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43So you think it was robbery?
0:22:43 > 0:22:45Exactly.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50Tell him to confess. It'll make all our lives easier.
0:23:00 > 0:23:05Feel free to accidentally drop the key down a drain.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13Nothing yet.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21I heard Oscar had to hurry back from the States
0:23:21 > 0:23:24because he was in trouble with the police.
0:23:24 > 0:23:25I'm going to look upstairs.
0:23:37 > 0:23:38- Here you are... - Oh!
0:23:38 > 0:23:40Just look at this.
0:23:42 > 0:23:43I can't believe it.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47A man doing his own laundry?
0:23:47 > 0:23:49- Come on, I've got a special job for you.- No...
0:23:50 > 0:23:52Quickly!
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Cough if you hear anyone coming. And try and look busy.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59And what exactly will you be doing?
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Same as you. Checking for dirt.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Oh, there must be a key here somewhere.
0:24:17 > 0:24:18Got it!
0:24:27 > 0:24:30VOICES APPROACH
0:24:40 > 0:24:42Quick, in here!
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Wait!
0:24:46 > 0:24:49- THEY GIGGLE - Ooops!
0:24:52 > 0:24:55CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:24:55 > 0:24:58WOLF WHISTLES
0:24:58 > 0:24:59- MAN:- Get 'em off!
0:24:59 > 0:25:02PIANO MUSIC STARTS
0:25:02 > 0:25:04- Go on! - Would you stop that?!
0:25:04 > 0:25:06PIANO MUSIC STOPS
0:25:06 > 0:25:08Oh, you should be ashamed of yourselves,
0:25:08 > 0:25:11sat there drinking and salivating.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15I have stockings that are older than some of these girls!
0:25:17 > 0:25:18Oh, you think this is funny, do you?
0:25:18 > 0:25:22Well, I have a good mind to take a broom handle
0:25:22 > 0:25:23to every last one of you!
0:25:23 > 0:25:25Music, please, maestro.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27CHEERING AND WHISTLING
0:25:27 > 0:25:30PIANO MUSIC STARTS
0:25:36 > 0:25:39Verity was in trouble.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41I agreed to help.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Ah...trouble.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47She was desperate.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49There is a woman on my street and...
0:25:49 > 0:25:51if you have the money...
0:25:52 > 0:25:54An abortion.
0:25:57 > 0:25:58Was the baby yours?
0:25:58 > 0:26:00No! No, we never...
0:26:02 > 0:26:05Then why did she come to you for help?
0:26:06 > 0:26:07Because...
0:26:09 > 0:26:12..she knew I would give her anything she wanted.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Even my soul.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20Did she go through with it?
0:26:20 > 0:26:21No.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25I went to try one last time to talk her out of it.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29That is when I found her. I tried to stop the bleeding, but...
0:26:31 > 0:26:35Janek, you have to tell the Inspector that you are innocent.
0:26:36 > 0:26:37But I am not.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40God knew what we were planning.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44He punished her and I shall be next.
0:26:48 > 0:26:53And what happened today is never to be spoken of again.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57"I know what you've been up to and I want a cut."
0:26:57 > 0:26:59I beg your pardon?
0:26:59 > 0:27:02A letter from Maurice's desk. Anonymous.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Tells him to leave money in a storage cupboard under the stage.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08So Verity was blackmailing Maurice?
0:27:08 > 0:27:11It would explain where the money came from.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13Perhaps Maurice killed her to silence her?
0:27:13 > 0:27:15- We should tell the Inspector. - Not yet.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18We can't prove this comes from Verity.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22And we don't even know what she was accusing Maurice of doing.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24If Verity was pregnant,
0:27:24 > 0:27:27surely we should be speaking to the father?
0:27:29 > 0:27:31- Well, that piano player. - Oscar?
0:27:31 > 0:27:34When I was at the club, I saw him...
0:27:34 > 0:27:37- Oscar would never have... - Would you please let me finish?
0:27:37 > 0:27:40Finish accusing an innocent man? You don't know anything about him!
0:27:43 > 0:27:45Sensitive subject?
0:27:57 > 0:27:59How long have you been seeing him?
0:28:04 > 0:28:08Is Oscar the "friend" with whom you have occasionally
0:28:08 > 0:28:12been staying over with?
0:28:13 > 0:28:14It's been a few months.
0:28:16 > 0:28:17Since I started at the club.
0:28:20 > 0:28:21That night...
0:28:21 > 0:28:24when I disappeared from Auntie Bridget's house,
0:28:24 > 0:28:28Oscar and I were supposed to be meeting at Kembleford train station.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31We were planning to go to London together.
0:28:31 > 0:28:32Only...
0:28:32 > 0:28:34Only, he never showed up.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38Do you know why?
0:28:38 > 0:28:41Erm...I thought something must've happened to him.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44So you went back to the club to find out what?
0:28:44 > 0:28:47When I got there, he wouldn't even speak to me.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51I thought he loved me!
0:28:51 > 0:28:54SHE SOBS Does anyone else know?
0:28:54 > 0:28:58Erm...only Fifi, but she wouldn't tell anyone.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01You won't say anything to Auntie Bridget, will you?
0:29:04 > 0:29:07BICYCLE BELL JINGLES
0:29:15 > 0:29:19You're wasting your time. I don't do religion.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22I'm not here to convert you. I'm here to talk about Joselyn.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25- What about her?- You were planning to go to London with her.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28- And?- What happened?
0:29:30 > 0:29:32- Ask her. - Was it about Verity?
0:29:32 > 0:29:35Did you find out she was pregnant and get cold feet?
0:29:35 > 0:29:37Verity was pregnant?
0:29:38 > 0:29:40Oh, I get it!
0:29:40 > 0:29:43You... You think I'm the father.
0:29:44 > 0:29:45Well, I wasn't.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48And it was Joselyn that got cold feet, not me.
0:29:48 > 0:29:49Why?
0:29:49 > 0:29:51Oscar!
0:29:52 > 0:29:54I'm not paying you to smoke.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10Thank you for coming so quickly.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12How can I help?
0:30:13 > 0:30:15I wish to send a letter home.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17To say goodbye.
0:30:17 > 0:30:21- Goodbye? - I have been charged...with murder.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25The Inspector thinks I...will hang and...
0:30:26 > 0:30:31..I want to ask for forgiveness from my family...
0:30:32 > 0:30:34..but I cannot write.
0:30:34 > 0:30:35I understand.
0:30:35 > 0:30:39But I'm afraid my Polish is...straszne.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41English is fine.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44Our local priest, he will translate.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46I will help, of course. But...
0:30:47 > 0:30:50..may I ask something in return?
0:30:50 > 0:30:51Anything.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58Maurice was being blackmailed.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02And I need to know by who and why.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06I don't know who, but...
0:31:07 > 0:31:10..Maurice had an arrangement with some men.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12Erm, customers. Wealthy.
0:31:14 > 0:31:19Mr Cranage let them spend time with one or two of the dancers.
0:31:19 > 0:31:20Prostitution?
0:31:22 > 0:31:24Was Verity one of them?
0:31:24 > 0:31:27Yes. But she would not blackmail Mr Cranage.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29He had too much power over her.
0:31:30 > 0:31:34Now, please, the letter.
0:31:34 > 0:31:35You will write home.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39You will not say goodbye.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41I will not let you hang.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43- It is in God's hands now. - Yes.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46Why do you think he sent me?
0:31:47 > 0:31:49'I've already caught the culprit.'
0:31:49 > 0:31:51So you say.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54But I saw that musician scrubbing blood from his shirt.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58What if he made Verity pregnant,
0:31:58 > 0:32:02she was demanding money, making a fuss, and so he killed her?
0:32:02 > 0:32:04The doorman was found on the scene.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07As were you...found on the scene.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10But we wouldn't want that getting out, now would we?
0:32:11 > 0:32:17I am only asking you if you will investigate this... pianist.
0:32:17 > 0:32:18- KNOCKING - What now?!
0:32:22 > 0:32:23Ah...
0:32:23 > 0:32:25Mrs McCarthy.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27I didn't expect to see you here.
0:32:28 > 0:32:32- I was just...- You know exactly what she's doing here, Padre.
0:32:32 > 0:32:34Doing your dirty work, as always!
0:32:34 > 0:32:35Fine.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39I'll bring him in for questioning. But that's all I'm promising.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45Well, he was clearly involved.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47How else do you explain the blood on his shirt?
0:32:47 > 0:32:52Maurice made him mop the floor after Verity's body was removed.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56This is because we were seeing each other, isn't it?
0:32:56 > 0:32:59Oh, you're worse than my parents.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01At least they wouldn't send an innocent man to the scaffold
0:33:01 > 0:33:03just to keep him away from me!
0:33:03 > 0:33:05I am not going to pretend
0:33:05 > 0:33:08that I approve of you eloping with a down-and-out musician.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10Oh, so it's his job you don't like?
0:33:10 > 0:33:13And here's me thinking it's the colour of his skin!
0:33:14 > 0:33:16How could you think that?!
0:33:16 > 0:33:18If anything happens to him...
0:33:18 > 0:33:20I will never forgive you.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24- Where're you going? - To warn him!
0:33:27 > 0:33:29Well, I was only trying to protect her.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35I've made a terrible mistake, haven't I?
0:33:38 > 0:33:41You're not intending to leave me without a piano player
0:33:41 > 0:33:42at such short notice?
0:33:42 > 0:33:44Surely we can come to some arrangement?
0:33:44 > 0:33:47This is a murder investigation.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50My customers are already apprehensive about returning.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53We are not an establishment that flourishes in the spotlight.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55We prefer the anonymity of the shadows,
0:33:55 > 0:33:57as I'm sure you can understand.
0:33:58 > 0:34:02- You're making a mistake! - I don't recall asking your opinion.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07Did you know Mr Cranage is offering...
0:34:07 > 0:34:10extra services to his clients?
0:34:10 > 0:34:13Rubbish! We are a respectable establishment.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15Enough! You, stay out of it!
0:34:15 > 0:34:17Take me to Mr Bergeres immediately.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20- Sergeant, with me. - Righty-oh, sir.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27I know somewhere you can hide.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53Inspector.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57We've found our murder weapon.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00Round up the other officers and meet me downstairs.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03- We've got a manhunt on our hands. - Righty-oh, sir.
0:35:03 > 0:35:04Quick!
0:35:07 > 0:35:10- You know I had nothing to do with Verity's death, right?- Of course.
0:35:10 > 0:35:11Urgh!
0:35:49 > 0:35:51That's not my writing.
0:35:52 > 0:35:56Listen up. I want check-points on all roads out of town
0:35:56 > 0:35:58and door-to-door searches.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01If you find him, approach with caution.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03- He tried to kill me! - Who?
0:36:03 > 0:36:05Oscar! I hit him. I wasn't thinking.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08- I'm not going to get in trouble, am I?- Of course not.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11- Where is he now?- In the store-room under the stage. I'll show you.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13Come with me.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35You mustn't blame yourself.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38None of us knew he was capable of such...
0:36:39 > 0:36:40..evil.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42He isn't. I know he isn't.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45But...
0:36:45 > 0:36:46It's strange.
0:36:47 > 0:36:52Whoever wrote to Oscar cancelling Joselyn's rendezvous with him
0:36:52 > 0:36:55had the same handwriting as whoever was blackmailing Maurice.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58And I believe that that person killed Verity.
0:36:58 > 0:36:59How awful!
0:36:59 > 0:37:01Who?
0:37:03 > 0:37:04Me?!
0:37:06 > 0:37:10You were convinced of Janek's innocence from the start.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15And so keen to return to the club to prove it.
0:37:17 > 0:37:21A perfect opportunity to retrieve the shard you had hidden
0:37:21 > 0:37:24and use it to frame Oscar.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28You can't possibly think that I'd...
0:37:30 > 0:37:31Take off your gloves.
0:37:31 > 0:37:32What?
0:37:32 > 0:37:36When you first saw Verity's body, you let out a cry of alarm.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39But only after Joselyn had grabbed your hand.
0:37:39 > 0:37:43Ever since then, you've kept your gloves on,
0:37:43 > 0:37:45even in this hot weather.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48So? I don't see how that's...
0:37:48 > 0:37:50Show me your hands.
0:37:50 > 0:37:51No.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01It was you!
0:38:02 > 0:38:05- No! - You killed her!
0:38:05 > 0:38:08No, I cut this on a broken glass.
0:38:08 > 0:38:09She was pregnant!
0:38:10 > 0:38:14- It's true.- No, don't listen to him. It was Oscar!
0:38:14 > 0:38:17Now he's been arrested, we can go back to how things were.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19"How things were"?
0:38:20 > 0:38:24Before he tried to take you from me! See, all this is his fault!
0:38:25 > 0:38:26I didn't mean to...
0:38:28 > 0:38:30I knew Oscar would find out that you didn't write him that note
0:38:30 > 0:38:33saying you weren't going to elope together.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37So I went to your dressing room, to tell you how I felt.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40To tell you that you deserve more than him.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44That he can't love you. Not like I can.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49But it wasn't you.
0:38:52 > 0:38:53It was her.
0:38:55 > 0:38:56She saw my pain...
0:38:58 > 0:39:00..and all she could do was mock!
0:39:04 > 0:39:06That must have been very distressing.
0:39:07 > 0:39:11I knew Verity would've told you what I'd said just to humiliate me.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13I had to speak to you first.
0:39:13 > 0:39:17So I came here to Oscar's room to find you, but you weren't here.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20And that's when I saw the broken mirror.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25I could hear her voice going round and round in my head,
0:39:25 > 0:39:26laughing at me.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29Laughing at us! I had to make it stop.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31VERITY GASPS
0:39:34 > 0:39:36And after you killed her...
0:39:37 > 0:39:40..you realised that you could frame Oscar
0:39:40 > 0:39:42and have Joselyn for yourself.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45So you planted the evidence
0:39:45 > 0:39:47and dropped a few hints.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50We can go now, start a life together.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52This is why I blackmailed Maurice.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55- I got the money for us! - Us?
0:39:55 > 0:39:57There's never been an "us".
0:39:57 > 0:39:59We were only ever friends, and now...
0:39:59 > 0:40:02No. You don't mean that! You don't mean that. It's not...
0:40:02 > 0:40:03Don't touch me!
0:40:07 > 0:40:08No! No!
0:40:08 > 0:40:09No!
0:40:11 > 0:40:12No!
0:40:15 > 0:40:17Sir!
0:40:17 > 0:40:20- No! - Stay there! Don't move!
0:40:20 > 0:40:21No! Get off me!
0:40:21 > 0:40:23Fifi, please...
0:40:23 > 0:40:24Please.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26Why should I?
0:40:28 > 0:40:29Because you're unwell.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33You think I'm ill because I'm in love with a woman?
0:40:33 > 0:40:35That's not what I meant.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40Fifi, this is all so sudden. I thought we were just friends.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43But maybe, if I had time...
0:40:45 > 0:40:47..to make sense of everything...
0:40:49 > 0:40:51You mean...?
0:40:51 > 0:40:52Come here.
0:40:55 > 0:40:56We could be so happy.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58It was her!
0:41:20 > 0:41:24- And you will write to me from London?- Every week.
0:41:24 > 0:41:28You do realise your parents will never talk to me again?
0:41:28 > 0:41:30I'm sorry. For everything.
0:41:30 > 0:41:33And I'm sorry for leaping to conclusions.
0:41:33 > 0:41:38I only ever had your best interests at heart.
0:41:38 > 0:41:42But I can see now that this is much more than just some giddy fling.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45I'll look after her, I promise.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49Well, we're all much safer now that mad woman is locked up!
0:41:49 > 0:41:52- What will happen to her? - Heaven only knows.
0:41:52 > 0:41:56Inspector Mallory has requested an assessment
0:41:56 > 0:41:58of her mental state of mind.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01The police found a bundle of love letters in her lodgings...
0:42:01 > 0:42:03to you.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06She was obsessed.
0:42:06 > 0:42:10And being so cruelly mocked when she finally revealed her feelings
0:42:10 > 0:42:11tipped her over the edge.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13Thank you.
0:42:13 > 0:42:14For everything.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16You're welcome.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21I only hope that you find an occupation in London
0:42:21 > 0:42:24that makes the most of your intellect.
0:42:24 > 0:42:27Don't worry, I know exactly what I'm going to do.
0:42:27 > 0:42:28Yes?
0:42:29 > 0:42:31I'm going to be an actress!
0:42:33 > 0:42:37Best be off. Don't want to miss the train.
0:42:37 > 0:42:38Goodbye!
0:42:38 > 0:42:39Goodbye.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46Goodbye, Father.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53Where did I go wrong?
0:42:56 > 0:42:58Whatever do you mean?
0:42:58 > 0:43:02My job was to safeguard her moral wellbeing.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05And I always thought she was on the right track.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08But it turns out she's been taking her clothes off
0:43:08 > 0:43:10in front of complete strangers
0:43:10 > 0:43:13and now she's running off to London with a...a musician.
0:43:13 > 0:43:16I think you've done a marvellous job.
0:43:16 > 0:43:22Joselyn is loving, confident, bright and courageous.
0:43:23 > 0:43:27She put herself in danger to prove another person's innocence.
0:43:27 > 0:43:29Yes.
0:43:29 > 0:43:31Yes, I suppose that's right.
0:43:31 > 0:43:39And perhaps, as you have appeared on the stage of a burlesque club,
0:43:39 > 0:43:42you shouldn't be the first to throw stones?
0:43:42 > 0:43:45Mention that one more time...
0:43:45 > 0:43:49and I'll tell the bishop that you have been enjoying the company
0:43:49 > 0:43:51of strippers and harlots.
0:43:52 > 0:43:56Yes, well, then, perhaps, in the case of The Crimson Feather Club...
0:43:56 > 0:43:59there should be a vow of silence.