0:00:02 > 0:00:04BIRDSONG
0:00:04 > 0:00:06BELLS CHIME
0:00:06 > 0:00:11And all from our own garden at St Mary's. Oh!
0:00:11 > 0:00:15And I bought you a Battenberg, which I know is one of your favourites.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18Thank you, Bridget. It's very kind.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20SHE GASPS
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Should I call the nurse?
0:00:22 > 0:00:24There's no point.
0:00:29 > 0:00:34Now, I think you're going to enjoy next month's fundraising lunch.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37- We're having a talk from a glass blower.- Hm.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40SHE GROANS
0:00:40 > 0:00:42I'm going to get Matron.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44She'll give you something to stop the pain.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46She already has.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Oh!
0:00:48 > 0:00:51Freda, I'm so sorry.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54I just...I just wish there was something I could do.
0:00:56 > 0:00:57There is.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Well, tell me!
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Surely... Surely you can't mean you want me to...
0:01:11 > 0:01:13Please, Bridget!
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Help me end this!
0:01:57 > 0:01:58Lovely Alfred.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00We'll miss him at Montague.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02The best handyman in Kembleford.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07- He knew his time was coming, you know.- Oh?
0:02:07 > 0:02:08He asked for Confession,
0:02:08 > 0:02:11and then he told his beloved Nancy
0:02:11 > 0:02:15that an angel would come in the night and take him to Heaven.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20About as peaceful a passing as you could hope for.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23A beautiful soul. And so helpful around the Convent.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27I never saw such a demon with a spanner.
0:02:27 > 0:02:28Thank you, Caitlin.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33- Hard to believe Caitlin's only been with us for a fortnight.- Hm.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36She's like a younger version of Mrs M.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Only more fun and even more saintly.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44You're not lining her up as a replacement for Mrs M, are you?
0:02:44 > 0:02:49No! And do not tell that to Mrs McCarthy!
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Too late.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Caitlin, I have to admire the way you've thrown
0:02:56 > 0:02:58yourself into life at St Mary's.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03You've given me a second chance here, Father.
0:03:03 > 0:03:04Mrs McCarthy!
0:03:04 > 0:03:05Have you seen Freda?
0:03:08 > 0:03:09What is it?
0:03:09 > 0:03:12You had better come at once, Father.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19But why does God ask me to endure this, Father?
0:03:23 > 0:03:27I believe He gives us strength not through freedom from pain
0:03:27 > 0:03:29but through pain itself.
0:03:29 > 0:03:34"Rejoice in so far as you are sharing Christ's sufferings, so
0:03:34 > 0:03:38"that you may also be glad and shout for joy when his glory is revealed."
0:03:38 > 0:03:40FOOTSTEPS
0:03:40 > 0:03:43Mr Coulter is here. Waiting outside.
0:03:43 > 0:03:44FREDA GASPS
0:03:44 > 0:03:47Matron. Freda needs some morphine.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Her next dose is due in two hours.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Well, that's not good enough.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Forgive me. Are you medically trained?
0:03:54 > 0:03:57No, but I can read,
0:03:57 > 0:04:00and the sign outside says this is a nursing home!
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Please!
0:04:02 > 0:04:05Perhaps we should let Freda alone to her visitor.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Indeed, yes.
0:04:24 > 0:04:29Father, I wonder if Caitlin's time at St Mary's has served its purpose?
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Ah. I promised Sister Harriet she could stay with us
0:04:32 > 0:04:34for at least two months.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Yes, well, Sister Harriet herself threw that girl out of the convent!
0:04:37 > 0:04:41Why don't you start using Caitlin around St Mary's more?
0:04:41 > 0:04:43What would I do that for?
0:04:43 > 0:04:45To take the strain.
0:04:45 > 0:04:46What strain?
0:04:46 > 0:04:48Ah, Charlie!
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Father. Mrs McCarthy.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54Charlie Coulter. Freda's...friend.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Bunty?
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Thank goodness!
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Promise you'll shoot me if I ever end up in a place like this, Father.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15I will do no such thing.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Right. Who's for charades?
0:05:19 > 0:05:23I'll go first. I warn you, this one's rather rude.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Ellen?
0:05:25 > 0:05:29Bunty Windermere? It can't be.
0:05:29 > 0:05:30I don't believe it!
0:05:30 > 0:05:33What on Earth are you doing in this madhouse?
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Oh, I'm here with my friends. Everyone, this is Ellen Jennings.
0:05:36 > 0:05:37Hello!
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Ellen was my old nanny.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Well, one of them. You got through quite a few young, lady.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44Oh, you were easily my favourite.
0:05:44 > 0:05:45You do seem like fun!
0:05:45 > 0:05:48Well, love and laughter. What more is there to life?
0:05:48 > 0:05:51So, Ms Jennings, what brings you to Kembleford?
0:05:51 > 0:05:55Well, erm, my doctor's new prescription. Country air.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Wasting disease.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05Going to see me off, I'm afraid. Bit annoying.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08But no gloomy faces, please.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Inside my head I'm still dancing like Ginger Rogers.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Well, since you're all here, I'll give you a tour.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Pity about the litter.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Now, that's my room there.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Why have they put you all the way up there?
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Probably to stop me escaping, dear.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Seth Knight!
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Freda's son?
0:06:31 > 0:06:36He left Kembleford over a year ago, just after his father died.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Hasn't been back to see his mother since.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41It would seem his conscience has returned him.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Hurry up. I don't know how much time I've got left.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Got to go. Bye!
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Who was that?
0:06:57 > 0:07:01It's just a friend. How are you this morning, Mrs McCarthy?
0:07:03 > 0:07:06Er... What is this?
0:07:06 > 0:07:07Well, now,
0:07:07 > 0:07:09I noticed that your accounts ledger was nearly full
0:07:09 > 0:07:11so I bought you a new one.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14And I've some nice sharp pencils for you in my bedroom.
0:07:14 > 0:07:15I'll go get them.
0:07:15 > 0:07:16Why are you doing this?
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Um...to help?
0:07:18 > 0:07:21Oh. To "take the strain," you mean?
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Well, yes.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Father Brown suggested it, didn't he?
0:07:27 > 0:07:30Father Brown? No. It was my idea.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32RINGING
0:07:32 > 0:07:34St Mary's Presbytery.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38Oh. Matron!
0:07:38 > 0:07:41Oh, no.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45Yes. Yes. We'll be there right away.
0:07:51 > 0:07:56She was in terrible pain. God has shown his compassion.
0:07:56 > 0:07:57She looks so peaceful.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01Indeed. Beatific, almost.
0:08:01 > 0:08:02HE SNIFFS
0:08:04 > 0:08:05What is it, Father?
0:08:05 > 0:08:09It's like odour. Rubber. And disinfectant.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11Strangely familiar.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13How much more time will you need?
0:08:13 > 0:08:14Well....
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Only I don't want the body around any longer than is strictly necessary.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19I'm sure we won't be too much longer.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Matron?
0:08:22 > 0:08:26Do you have any idea what time Freda died?
0:08:26 > 0:08:28I gave her morphine at 11 o'clock.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31She was gone when the nurse brought breakfast at 7.30.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Has the body been moved?
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Moved? Whatever for?
0:08:37 > 0:08:39No reason.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43Why on Earth is that woman in this profession?
0:08:45 > 0:08:46Isn't it beautiful?
0:08:48 > 0:08:50May I?
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Wing feather.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Dove, possibly.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00You'd like to think an angel left it
0:09:00 > 0:09:02when they came to take poor Freda away.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Well, Padre,
0:09:12 > 0:09:15nothing to suggest it was anything other than a natural death.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Thank you for completely wasting my time.
0:09:18 > 0:09:19As I said, Inspector...
0:09:19 > 0:09:23The bird feather floated through the open window yesterday,
0:09:23 > 0:09:26and neither me nor Goodfellow could smell a thing.
0:09:26 > 0:09:27SNEEZES
0:09:27 > 0:09:30- Oh! 'Scuse me.- Bless you.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33Well, perhaps the postmortem will shed some light.
0:09:33 > 0:09:38Why would anyone murder a woman who was already at death's door?
0:09:52 > 0:09:55What on Earth is that girl doing?
0:10:07 > 0:10:09My condolences, Mr Knight.
0:10:09 > 0:10:10Why were the police here?
0:10:10 > 0:10:13They're looking into how your mother died.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Well, she went in her sleep.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17I have my reservations.
0:10:20 > 0:10:21That...
0:10:21 > 0:10:24- Pushing my dad into the grave was not enough for you, was it?- Seth...
0:10:24 > 0:10:27If you laid a finger on her, too, I'll snap your neck.
0:10:27 > 0:10:28Seth! For...
0:10:34 > 0:10:37There's not much love lost between those two, is there?
0:10:37 > 0:10:39HORN HOOTS
0:10:47 > 0:10:52Bunty, I needed this. Death's waiting room is rather dull.
0:10:52 > 0:10:57The other residents, they all seem so different to you, sort of...
0:10:57 > 0:10:58frightened.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01You think I'm not frightened?
0:11:01 > 0:11:02Not my old nanny.
0:11:02 > 0:11:06You're quite wrong. I'm hopeless with pain,
0:11:06 > 0:11:08and I've got an awful lot of it to come.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Sometimes I'm completely and utterly terrified...
0:11:12 > 0:11:17..and then I remember life is this extraordinary gift
0:11:17 > 0:11:22and I tell the others back there to stop looking so miserable!
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Right.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Your turn.
0:11:29 > 0:11:30Don't be daft.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32I'm deadly serious.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35I can't move my legs.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39Who needs legs when we've got these?
0:11:41 > 0:11:42You're crazy! I couldn't possibly...
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Fine.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49Move over, Miss Windermere.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54It's a nice piece.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59It was for Freda.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02I want to finish it.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25Don't worry, Father. Inside, I'm a millionaire.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29So what can I do for you?
0:12:31 > 0:12:35I couldn't help noticing the tension between you and Seth Knight earlier.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37None from me. I've nothing against the man.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41He was upset by Freda and my getting together.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44He reckoned it was a betrayal of his father.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47But Freda did nothing wrong.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49And neither did I.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56True love cannot be denied.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00You appear to be holding yourself together very well.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05My beloved is finally free from pain.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10How could I not show some sense of relief?
0:13:26 > 0:13:29LAUGHTER
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Oh, Bunty, can we do this again?
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Whenever you like!
0:13:39 > 0:13:43Oh, Mrs McCarthy, that was spectacular.
0:13:43 > 0:13:44Delicious.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47But it won't save me from the scrapheap, will it?
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Cheer up, Mrs M.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51It might not happen.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Thank you, Father. Just the ticket.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55May I?
0:13:57 > 0:14:00So how was your quiet drive in the country?
0:14:00 > 0:14:04Oh, it was a hoot. Ellen is quite extraordinary.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07She took the wheel for five miles or more.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Penelope, are you out of your mind?
0:14:09 > 0:14:14Oh. At one point, I'd swear she was driving without the umbrella!
0:14:14 > 0:14:19Hm! An unquenchable human spirit is one of God's greatest gifts.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22I find your friend really inspiring, Bunty.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Well, Matron Sophia doesn't.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28You should have seen the look on her face when we got back just now.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30And she's clearly only in it for the money.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32Why do you say that?
0:14:32 > 0:14:35Well, she's filled Freda's room already.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38Oh, if there's anyone with a harder heart than that woman,
0:14:38 > 0:14:40it's Seth Knight.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43Did you know that after he left Kembleford,
0:14:43 > 0:14:46he wrote letters to his mother saying he wished she were dead?
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Oh, it nearly killed Freda's heart.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52I think I'll pay Seth a visit in the morning.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Well, I will not be joining you.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58Caitlin?
0:14:58 > 0:15:01- Sorry, Father. I've early morning Mass in Hambleston.- Ah. Hm.
0:15:09 > 0:15:14- Mum would have a heart attack if she saw this mess.- Hm.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18I came to say that I'll be glad to help with any funeral arrangements.
0:15:21 > 0:15:26Seth, why do you blame Charlie for your father's death?
0:15:26 > 0:15:30That man made his move on Mum when Dad was still alive.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33Dad died from a broken heart, I'm sure of it.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37Still, that's no excuse for what I did to Mum.
0:15:37 > 0:15:38Leaving her like that.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42So where have you been for the past few months?
0:15:42 > 0:15:46Swindon. I got a job at Vickers.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Tried to forget about everything, to be honest.
0:15:49 > 0:15:54Understandable. You still kept in touch with your mother?
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Wrote her letters?
0:15:57 > 0:15:58Yeah.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04- Forgetting my manners, aren't I? I'll put the kettle on.- Ah.
0:16:42 > 0:16:43Oh, Father!
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Mrs McCarthy.
0:16:45 > 0:16:49I just bumped into Father Morris. Caitlin wasn't at Mass this morning.
0:16:49 > 0:16:50Oh, dear.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Which means she lied to you!
0:16:52 > 0:16:54I see.
0:17:02 > 0:17:03What is it?
0:17:05 > 0:17:08It turns out Freda changed her will, three months ago.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10And?
0:17:10 > 0:17:15She left her house and most of her worldly goods to Charlie Coulter.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19Heavens above! And did Seth find out?
0:17:19 > 0:17:20Almost certainly.
0:17:20 > 0:17:21Well, he'd have been furious!
0:17:21 > 0:17:25I would imagine so. But I'm more interested in Charlie...
0:17:25 > 0:17:27given how poor he clearly is.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29Not any more he isn't.
0:17:29 > 0:17:30Precisely.
0:17:32 > 0:17:33Charlie!
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Charlie?
0:18:48 > 0:18:51This obviously alters the picture slightly,
0:18:51 > 0:18:55in relation to the death of Freda Knight.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57No marks on either body.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01My money's on suffocation with the pillow.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05No obvious blood or saliva, but we'll take a closer look.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11Smothering someone with a pillow takes some time.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14But there's no sign of resistance from either victim.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17Mr Coulter was asleep. And Mrs Knight, bless her,
0:19:17 > 0:19:20was hardly going to put up much of a fight, was she?
0:19:20 > 0:19:24But no skin or blood under the finger nails? No scratches?
0:19:24 > 0:19:27Come on, then. Out with it.
0:19:29 > 0:19:35Inspector, I believe Freda and Charlie were gassed to death.
0:19:35 > 0:19:36You what?
0:19:38 > 0:19:43The slight odour of rubber and disinfectant... It's a gas mask.
0:19:43 > 0:19:48A distant memory I have tried to suppress, not surprisingly.
0:19:48 > 0:19:53You're saying the killer fitted a gas mask to his victims
0:19:53 > 0:19:54while they were sleeping?
0:19:54 > 0:19:56No. They were awake.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00It sounds like you've been inhaling something, Padre.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04I think we both know the postmortem will show asphyxia.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07I don't think the postmortem will show anything.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10I've spoken to the neighbours, sir.
0:20:10 > 0:20:11And?
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Yesterday evening, around 4pm,
0:20:13 > 0:20:16they heard an altercation between the victim and Seth Knight.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Sounds like it got quite heated.
0:20:19 > 0:20:20Did it now?
0:20:27 > 0:20:31So no alibi for last night? Or the night before?
0:20:32 > 0:20:35And you don't deny you threatened Charlie Coulter yesterday?
0:20:38 > 0:20:43"Dear Mother... I sometimes wish you were already dead."
0:20:44 > 0:20:45How touching.
0:20:48 > 0:20:49Recognise this?
0:20:49 > 0:20:50Her will.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52You'll admit you've read it, then?
0:20:52 > 0:20:54Oh, I've read it all right.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58First Mummy betrays Daddy,
0:20:58 > 0:21:01then her bit on the side gets the loot in your place?
0:21:01 > 0:21:03No wonder you did them both in.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08It's looking very bleak, Mr Knight, and that's before the postmortem.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13But if you come clean now, you might yet dodge the noose.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18I would never have harmed Mum. But I was sure Charlie had...
0:21:19 > 0:21:22..to stop her changing that will back into my favour.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25So I went to his house to get him to confess.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28I shook him up. Proper.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32Looked him right in the eye.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38But he didn't do it. I could tell.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44I'm not sad Charlie's gone, but I didn't kill him.
0:21:50 > 0:21:51Where's Caitlin?
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Out for a walk, or so she claims.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57That girl is trouble, I'm telling you.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01Let's just hope Father Brown sees through her, Mrs M, for your sake.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Father, I'm confused.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07Even if you're right and gas was used,
0:22:07 > 0:22:10then why didn't Charlie or Freda put up a fight?
0:22:12 > 0:22:15I believe they were both willing participants in their own deaths.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17What?
0:22:18 > 0:22:22I spoke to a nurse at the cottage hospital about Charlie's pills.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24It turns out he had cancer.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Heavens above. I had no idea.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Both Charlie and Freda were in great pain
0:22:29 > 0:22:32and they both knew they were living on borrowed time.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Sadly, the will to carry on seems to have deserted them,
0:22:36 > 0:22:39but they wished to avoid the stigma of suicide,
0:22:39 > 0:22:43so they used a poisonous gas that left no trace.
0:22:43 > 0:22:48Wait, so if Charlie gave this gas to Freda
0:22:48 > 0:22:51and then took the mask away... Well, that fits.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54But then, who helped Charlie die?
0:22:54 > 0:22:55That, Bunty, is the question.
0:22:57 > 0:23:03And there was I trying to comfort myself that an angel had carried Freda away.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08Thank you, Nancy.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16She hasn't slept in this bed since Alfred died. Excuse me!
0:23:16 > 0:23:17Ah!
0:23:24 > 0:23:27Alfred told Nancy an angel was coming for him.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40I believe the same person administered the gas
0:23:40 > 0:23:42to Freda, Charlie and Alfred.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47And used the feathers to conjure up an image of an angel of mercy.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51What's he doing here?
0:23:51 > 0:23:54He's trying to find a link between Seth and Alfred, I expect.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59There is a chance that the Angel may act again.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01But where?
0:24:02 > 0:24:05Well, the only link between Freda, Charlie
0:24:05 > 0:24:08and Alfred is that they were all terminally ill.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11I'm just going to check on Ellen!!
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Oh, Father, about Caitlin...
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Oh, that reminds me.
0:24:24 > 0:24:29- I took the liberty of asking her to organise your next fundraising lunch.- What?
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Well, I thought you deserved some time off.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33And she has proved very capable!
0:24:33 > 0:24:36But... I don't want any time off.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38I insist.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56You're alive!
0:24:56 > 0:25:00Oh, Bunty, darling, I'm not quite at death's door yet.
0:25:02 > 0:25:03Hello, Bunty!
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Oh! Caitlin!
0:25:07 > 0:25:11I came to ask your inspiring friend for some advice.
0:25:11 > 0:25:12I hope you don't mind?
0:25:12 > 0:25:15- Not at all.- We've been having a lovely chat.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17I should be getting back to St Mary's.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20Come again soon, won't you?
0:25:20 > 0:25:22I promise.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28A terribly sweet girl.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32Now what on Earth are you so het up about?
0:25:33 > 0:25:38Well, someone in Kembleford is pretending to be an Angel Of Mercy
0:25:38 > 0:25:40and persuading people to kill themselves,
0:25:40 > 0:25:44including Freda Knight in this very building.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46Gosh. And you think I'm susceptible?
0:25:46 > 0:25:49Well, it's just that in the car yesterday...
0:25:49 > 0:25:51I was just worried about you, that's all.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Bunty, darling,
0:25:53 > 0:25:56if someone tried to sweet talk me into kicking the bucket,
0:25:56 > 0:25:58quite frankly I'd knock their block off.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02What was I thinking?
0:26:19 > 0:26:20How's your friend today?
0:26:20 > 0:26:22I thought it was your job to know that.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30He's always so thrilled when you're right, Father.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Are you all right, Inspector?
0:27:32 > 0:27:33No, I am not.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36There was no gas mask in that storehouse.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40It must have been moved right after I left. By Matron Sophia.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46This is what Matron Sophia was doing in there.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49Keeping half a dozen of these in a refrigerator.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52Off ration, courtesy of the black market.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55Claims her residents need the extra iron.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58I've decided she was acting illegally but honourably.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00As for you, Miss Windermere,
0:28:00 > 0:28:03stealing keys, breaking and entering...
0:28:03 > 0:28:06That bag is a vital piece of evidence. You need to find it!
0:28:06 > 0:28:09Given that Seth Knight suffocated his three victims, whatever
0:28:09 > 0:28:13you think you saw in that shed can hardly be termed "evidence."
0:28:13 > 0:28:16So the postmortems have confirmed asphyxiation?
0:28:16 > 0:28:19- Not yet.- Have you found the link between Seth and Alfred May?
0:28:19 > 0:28:21We're working on it.
0:28:21 > 0:28:22Sorry to interrupt, sir.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24- Yes?- Just arrived.
0:28:34 > 0:28:35What is it, Inspector?
0:28:38 > 0:28:40There's no signs of asphyxia.
0:28:41 > 0:28:42Or poison.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46Hm. Any sign of a struggle?
0:28:48 > 0:28:50No.
0:28:50 > 0:28:56So, these three people could be willing victims of a gas that leaves no trace?
0:28:56 > 0:29:00That is one possible explanation now. Yes.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02So you'll be releasing Seth, then?
0:29:02 > 0:29:06Why? Seth Knight works for an aircraft manufacturer.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08They, as I'm sure you know...
0:29:08 > 0:29:10Use poisonous gases.
0:29:11 > 0:29:17Hang on, Seth can hardly move evidence if he's locked up.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23His accomplice must have moved it.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26His accomplice?!
0:29:42 > 0:29:47You're not safe in Kembleford. Not until this person is behind bars.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50You really think I'm at risk, don't you?
0:29:50 > 0:29:51Let me find a new home for you.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53Oh, for heaven's sakes, Bunty!
0:29:53 > 0:29:55I need to get you out of danger.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58All right.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00Super!
0:30:00 > 0:30:03Pack your things while I'm gone, and be ready for a quick getaway.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05Bunty?
0:30:05 > 0:30:07Thank you.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09You all right, Mrs M?
0:31:09 > 0:31:11Oh! You put the heart across me!
0:31:11 > 0:31:14And what are you doing here, anyway?
0:31:14 > 0:31:17Calling every private nursing home in the Cotswolds.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19Why?
0:31:19 > 0:31:21Oh, they're all full. God knows why.
0:31:21 > 0:31:25So I'm going to invite Ellen back to stay at Montague for a while.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28- It should be rather fun. Too-de-loo. - Oh.
0:31:32 > 0:31:33Where is Ellen?
0:31:33 > 0:31:35I was going to ask you the same thing.
0:31:35 > 0:31:36I assumed you'd taken her.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40She owes a month's rent, you know.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43And you owe my residents a fortnight of meat.
0:31:46 > 0:31:50Do you have any idea how hard it is to keep this place going?
0:31:56 > 0:31:58She must have forgotten them.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11Where is she?!
0:32:13 > 0:32:15You tell me.
0:32:20 > 0:32:25"Is freedom anything else than the right to live and die as we wish?"
0:32:25 > 0:32:27What do you make of that, Father?
0:32:27 > 0:32:28It's intriguing.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30And she wrote that today.
0:32:30 > 0:32:34Ellen's gone! And there was a white feather in her room!
0:32:34 > 0:32:35Sweet Jesus!
0:32:35 > 0:32:37And all of her things were still in her drawer.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39I see.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42And, Father, Caitlin has been out most of the afternoon!
0:32:42 > 0:32:45Caitlin? I found her alone with Ellen earlier.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49The thing about this Epictetus quote is it's wrong.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51Who?
0:32:51 > 0:32:56Epictetus, Greek stoic philosopher. We need to find Ellen at once.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58You think she's still alive?
0:32:58 > 0:33:01Yes. Mrs McCarthy, would you mind telephoning both taxi firms in
0:33:01 > 0:33:03Kembleford and asking if either of them
0:33:03 > 0:33:06has taken a fare from Powderham House in the last couple of hours?
0:33:06 > 0:33:08Yes, Father.
0:33:08 > 0:33:09Thank you. Bunty, start the car.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13Father!
0:33:13 > 0:33:17A taxi picked up someone from Powderham House only half an hour ago.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19No name was given
0:33:19 > 0:33:23but they were going to Copley Manor Nursing Home near Bath.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27Bath it is, then, Bunty.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41Will you please slow down, young lady?
0:33:41 > 0:33:43The reason I'm driving at this speed, Mrs McCarthy,
0:33:43 > 0:33:45is because Ellen may be about to die.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48Yes, and we may be joining her at this rate!
0:33:58 > 0:33:59Caitlin!
0:34:02 > 0:34:04Ellen!
0:34:04 > 0:34:05Bunty!
0:34:06 > 0:34:09This time I really did think you were dead.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11I'm absolutely fine!
0:34:11 > 0:34:12Hello, Bunty.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17Why didn't you wait for me?
0:34:17 > 0:34:19Well, you scared me so much.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21I didn't want to stay in Powderham a minute longer.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23Caitlin arranged my place here.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25She swore me to secrecy.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27I'm sorry.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30Whatever Caitlin may have said to you, Ellen, I suggest you
0:34:30 > 0:34:31forget every word.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35- Mrs McCarthy, I...- I'd save your breath to cool your porridge, Miss.
0:34:35 > 0:34:36Isn't that right, Father?
0:34:39 > 0:34:42Why don't we all give Ellen a hand?
0:34:48 > 0:34:50Oh, how clumsy of me.
0:34:52 > 0:34:57Ellen, could I have a quick word?
0:34:57 > 0:34:59Of course, Father.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03Why don't you all go inside? We'll only be a moment.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19How can I help you, Father?
0:35:20 > 0:35:25I wonder, Ms Jennings, if the real reason you ran away from Bunty
0:35:25 > 0:35:27was that she was starting to get in your way.
0:35:28 > 0:35:29I'm sorry?
0:35:29 > 0:35:32When Bunty thought you'd driven unaided, I was intrigued,
0:35:32 > 0:35:34but I soon dismissed it.
0:35:34 > 0:35:38Why would a woman with your appetite for life lie about her mobility?
0:35:39 > 0:35:42Now, of course, I know the truth -
0:35:42 > 0:35:45you were trying to avoid the finger of suspicion.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48I don't know what on Earth you're talking about.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50You are indeed dying,
0:35:50 > 0:35:53but you are still perfectly capable of getting yourself downstairs
0:35:53 > 0:35:56to Freda's room in the middle of the night
0:35:56 > 0:36:00and out of Powderham to visit Charlie.
0:36:00 > 0:36:05From your window at Powderham, you saw Bunty going into the storehouse.
0:36:05 > 0:36:12That's when you knew you had to act quickly. To retrieve this.
0:36:16 > 0:36:22And in your rush to clear your room, you left behind one of these.
0:36:27 > 0:36:28Why, Ellen?
0:36:31 > 0:36:38Life is heaven. But a lingering death is pure and utter hell.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42I watched it drain every ounce
0:36:42 > 0:36:45of beauty from both my parents' existence.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48That is when I lost God.
0:36:49 > 0:36:53And when you decided to help people die?
0:36:53 > 0:36:55It became my mission.
0:36:55 > 0:36:59Only God has the right to decide when our time on Earth is up.
0:36:59 > 0:37:04God? He allows cats to be put to sleep to escape pain
0:37:04 > 0:37:07and yet he denies their owners the same compassion!
0:37:07 > 0:37:09Human life is sacred.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11Only when that life remains bearable.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15Medicine has given us the means to control pain,
0:37:15 > 0:37:17to make it bearable.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19And I give people the means to be free.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22Then why do you feed them false arguments?
0:37:25 > 0:37:27Epictetus.
0:37:27 > 0:37:32"Is freedom anything else than the right to live and die as we wish?"
0:37:32 > 0:37:35Epictetus understood the truth.
0:37:35 > 0:37:40Epictetus said nothing about dying as we wish. Only living.
0:37:41 > 0:37:42You changed the quote.
0:37:45 > 0:37:50You have, I fear, been misleading your victims in the same way
0:37:50 > 0:37:55that you used the white dove feather to mislead those they left behind.
0:37:55 > 0:38:01That feather allows believers to imagine that their loved one
0:38:01 > 0:38:04has enjoyed a celestial departure.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08You need to come clean to the police.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11I have committed no crime.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17I merely provide the means.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19But Freda, Alfred, Charlie
0:38:19 > 0:38:22and everyone else, they do the rest themselves.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29You helped people to die and legally that is murder.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32You want me to hang, Father?
0:38:33 > 0:38:36No, I want to save you from that.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40But first you will need to confess your crimes.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43Oh!
0:38:51 > 0:38:54Bunty!
0:38:56 > 0:38:58I'll explain later.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01- Oi!- Your reward for this will be in Heaven.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44Ms Jennings!
0:39:48 > 0:39:51Ms Jennings, please get down.
0:39:51 > 0:39:55Why should I be punished when I've done nothing wrong?
0:39:55 > 0:39:59This isn't the answer. This isn't the answer to anything.
0:40:01 > 0:40:06One day, Father, I hope you understand the true meaning of compassion.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09Ellen, look up.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12Look at the trees.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19The birds.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24We both agree that life is a gift.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27This is my choice!
0:40:32 > 0:40:34Get off me! Let go!
0:40:34 > 0:40:36How could you think this was right?
0:40:36 > 0:40:40Bunty, please! I'm ordering you to let me go.
0:40:40 > 0:40:41No.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43You must let me decide!
0:40:43 > 0:40:44No.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50I gather she is showing no remorse.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53In that case I fear for her.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56She really believed she was helping people.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02Ellen Jennings has confessed.
0:41:02 > 0:41:06However, I need to take statements from you all.
0:41:06 > 0:41:07Of course.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09What about Seth Knight?
0:41:09 > 0:41:13Released. I gather he wants to speak to you about funeral arrangements.
0:41:15 > 0:41:19Inspector, may I suggest that you make enquiries at all
0:41:19 > 0:41:23the homes Ellen stayed in before Powderham?
0:41:23 > 0:41:24Who knows what you may find?
0:41:30 > 0:41:33Explain one thing to me -
0:41:33 > 0:41:36what was that quotation doing in Caitlin's notebook?
0:41:37 > 0:41:39It was helping her make a difficult decision.
0:41:41 > 0:41:45You have invited her to take over from me at St Mary's.
0:41:45 > 0:41:46Mrs McCarthy,
0:41:46 > 0:41:50I don't know where this sudden paranoia comes from, but...
0:41:50 > 0:41:53Oh, Bunty!
0:41:53 > 0:41:55A bit of harmless fun, Father.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57I can't believe you took it so seriously, Mrs M.
0:41:58 > 0:42:02You mean you aren't about to give me the sack?
0:42:02 > 0:42:07Of course not. You are completely irreplaceable!
0:42:07 > 0:42:09Oh!
0:42:09 > 0:42:10Ah.
0:42:12 > 0:42:17Oh! So this was your difficult decision.
0:42:17 > 0:42:18You're leaving us?
0:42:18 > 0:42:23Ellen was wrong about a lot things, but she's also inspired me.
0:42:23 > 0:42:27To live to the full while I can.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31Which is why I've decided to spend the rest of my life with my true love.
0:42:31 > 0:42:32Our Lord.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34No, Alex.
0:42:35 > 0:42:37Alex?
0:42:37 > 0:42:41The person I've been speaking to on the telephone, Mrs McCarthy.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43And missing Mass for...
0:42:43 > 0:42:45And getting kicked out of convents for.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48I believe I owe you an apology, Caitlin.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51You really don't, Mrs McCarthy.
0:42:51 > 0:42:53I will be for ever grateful to you, Father.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57You will be sorely missed.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59You'll have all the support you'll ever need right here.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04Goodbye, Mrs McCarthy. Bunty.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08HORN HOOTS
0:43:16 > 0:43:18Ah. That's Alex.
0:43:20 > 0:43:24I gather Sister Harriet's going to send another errant nun to St Mary's next week.
0:43:26 > 0:43:28Penelope!