0:03:26 > 0:03:30There's a body in the library!
0:03:56 > 0:03:59There's a body in the library,
0:04:06 > 0:04:09not to read this sort of thing
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Why hasn't Mary drawn the curtains,
0:04:20 > 0:04:24I am not going downstairs to ask
0:04:38 > 0:04:41I directed that nothing should be done till you came down, sir.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Shall I call the police, sir?
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Bound to be a bit of a hullabaloo.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57How about some company for you, eh?
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Now, always remember to make
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Just like that, and well done.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18Well, the brass looks quite smart.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46I'm coming down to fetch you
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Dolly, what are you talking about?
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Yes, quite! That's just it.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58We've never seen her before.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19Is Inspector Slack there, please?
0:07:19 > 0:07:22Oh! Your buttons is all wrong!
0:07:26 > 0:07:29How come the Colonel don't know
0:07:29 > 0:07:32seeing as how it's in HIS library?
0:10:37 > 0:10:40(Yes. Yes, I suppose she is.)
0:10:56 > 0:10:59You can, er, you'd better...
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Morning, Colonel. Perhaps if, er...
0:11:13 > 0:11:16You didn't tell me you were bringing
0:11:20 > 0:11:23Hallo, Bantry. Just heard the news.
0:11:23 > 0:11:24Thought I'd pop over on my way in.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Constable, I'll join you in a minute.
0:11:44 > 0:11:52Come on. Must've been a nasty shock for you. How's Dolly taking it?
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Miss Marple. Erm...morning, Bill.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04We haven't touched anything.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07Even a novice reader of detective
0:12:24 > 0:12:32You say you've never seen the girl before? Never clapped eyes on her.
0:12:43 > 0:12:57Oh. Good morning, Chief Constable. That's the right word for you, Jane.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13and suggest my being here makes
0:13:13 > 0:13:15That's the reason for these
0:13:15 > 0:13:18It had crossed my mind that you
0:13:20 > 0:13:23It's been a bit of a jolt, you know,
0:13:30 > 0:13:34but with this sort of thing, well, there's no telling, is there?
0:13:39 > 0:13:42Well, there may be not telling what
0:13:49 > 0:13:53Good. Right. Better take a look
0:14:13 > 0:14:17Well, I suppose she does remind me a little of Mrs Chetty's youngest,
0:14:19 > 0:14:22because this poor girl bit her nails.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28Edie was fond of cheap finery too.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31That satin dress she was wearing.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37she doing in Arthur's library?
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Dressed for dancing. Quite.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08and she has the finest herbaceous
0:15:08 > 0:15:12Mind you, Arthur does very nearly
0:15:12 > 0:15:15whenever Basil Blake's name
0:15:15 > 0:15:18Did I ever tell you, Basil Blake
0:15:18 > 0:15:23Terrible argument about the army, Empire, that sort of thing.
0:15:23 > 0:15:28And Basil Blake called Arthur
0:15:30 > 0:15:33And those clothes he wears...
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Well, I think the clothes are all of a pattern with the language
0:15:36 > 0:15:39and intended to have the same effect.
0:15:42 > 0:16:07Well, according to his picture
0:16:07 > 0:16:12Well, doesn't he bring down a young
0:16:20 > 0:16:36The young lady will show you where.
0:16:36 > 0:16:45Yes, I'll speak to you later.
0:16:45 > 0:16:49Right, gentlemen. Usual procedure.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51until I've had a good shifty myself.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56I still think it might be helpful
0:17:04 > 0:17:08Oh, very well. Where shall I begin?
0:17:17 > 0:17:20Much Benham Association, you know.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23It was a good meeting, didn't go on too long, like some of them.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Pouring with rain when we came out.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27My regards to your wife, Colonel!
0:18:35 > 0:18:37I was tired and soaking wet.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45Yes, carry on. What is it, Slack?
0:18:45 > 0:18:47Could I have a word, please, sir?
0:18:57 > 0:19:02Dr Haydock's here. I can't do much while he's conducting his rituals,
0:19:02 > 0:19:06say for themselves? Missing persons.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10They think they've got a likely candidate. A young female from one of the big hotels down on the front
0:19:57 > 0:20:01Dolly says we've been damned lucky. No, no, vouch for them all.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15between ourselves, if you were tied
0:20:15 > 0:20:19up with this girl in any way, much better to let it come out now.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Good God, man! I'm not suggesting that you murdered the girl,
0:20:30 > 0:20:34I have already told you, Melchett. I never saw that girl before.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40Now, if you'll excuse me, you'll find some coffee in the dining room.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49OK, Nicholls. A couple more...
0:20:51 > 0:20:53You can't come in here, sir.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05I'm sorry, sir. He just burst in. I couldn't stop him, could I?
0:21:13 > 0:21:14Oh, quite sure, thank you, Dolly.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33Of course, Colonel Melchett.
0:21:41 > 0:21:42when he goes off to Home Farm.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Something very restful about pigs.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52The philosophers of the animal
0:21:52 > 0:21:57When Arthur takes his gun with him,
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Well, he only takes his gun with him
0:22:04 > 0:22:07which means he's pretending that he
0:22:20 > 0:22:22It's all been a bit of a shock
0:22:23 > 0:22:27Doesn't even shoot any more.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32can we help you in any way?
0:22:32 > 0:22:34No, but I'm sure Miss Marple can.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38She probably has the answer to this
0:22:38 > 0:22:41I assure you. No. Nonsense.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45She's practically solved it already. Tell him about Basil Blake.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28to have a word with you. Did she?
0:23:30 > 0:23:33wearing the old school tie.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Mr Blake, I'd like my visit to be as discreet as possible,
0:23:36 > 0:23:41but I am here in my capacity
0:24:02 > 0:24:07You do your housework early,
0:24:07 > 0:24:10I haven't been to bed yet. Indeed.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17I was at a studio party. All night?
0:24:34 > 0:24:37I understand that you normally have a visitor, a young woman.
0:24:37 > 0:24:41So that's the crime, is it?
0:24:41 > 0:24:43Have the old cats in the village
0:24:47 > 0:24:50I am here, Mr Blake, because a young woman, a blonde young woman,
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Gossington? At old Bantry's.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Mr Blake, I'll thank you to...
0:25:12 > 0:25:15I'm not in the habit of procuring
0:25:18 > 0:25:20I haven't even mislaid her.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29That sounds like the prodigal
0:25:39 > 0:25:42Blake! You bastard! Where are you?
0:25:45 > 0:25:49What the hell do you think you're doing, running out on me like that?
0:25:58 > 0:26:02limitations. You bloody hypocrite!
0:26:02 > 0:26:06Chief Constable of the county?
0:26:13 > 0:26:15There you are then, Colonel.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18My blonde bit appears to be alive
0:28:07 > 0:28:11Who can I say it is? Detective Inspector Slack. Who are you?
0:28:11 > 0:28:15Raymond Starr. I'm the tennis pro,
0:28:15 > 0:28:19I wish you wouldn't say that, Ray.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23I want to speak to the manager important. I am the manager.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51Good morning, Mrs Jefferson.
0:28:51 > 0:28:56All right, Ray then. Was that
0:28:56 > 0:29:00Inspector Lestrade is giving
0:29:03 > 0:29:06he would have been less officious if he had a success on his hands.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08when you know anything, won't you?
0:29:08 > 0:29:11the doctor's with the old man.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23As soon as you hear anything, Ray.
0:29:28 > 0:29:32Her name is Ruby Keene. She's our dance hostess. She's quite slim.
0:29:32 > 0:29:36Medium height. Well, perhaps on the short side. No, thank you.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43Never been any trouble. Good, good.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49It was stolen from the showcase
0:29:49 > 0:29:52An admirer probably. Does happen.
0:29:52 > 0:29:56Then I shall need someone to
0:30:04 > 0:30:07Oh, my God! Calm down, it wasn't on the premises. Oh, my God!
0:30:19 > 0:30:22We've found a body. Is it her?
0:30:22 > 0:30:27We need somebody to identify her.
0:30:27 > 0:30:34I see. Well, we all knew her.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52I'm sorry to have had to put you
0:32:05 > 0:32:09What happened? She was strangled.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15It wouldn't have taken much, if she was surprised, you see?
0:32:15 > 0:32:18There was no significant struggle
0:32:18 > 0:32:23The report is quite clear. She was
0:32:23 > 0:32:29It happened between ten o'clock
0:32:32 > 0:32:36Yes, I suppose it's a reasonable assumption that it was a man.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46My guess is she wouldn't have
0:32:46 > 0:32:48You know, a regular boyfriend.
0:32:48 > 0:32:52Last night, I began to wonder.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55You said it was your idea that
0:32:57 > 0:33:01I'm dance and bridge hostess. Been in the place about three years.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04We try to make up bridge fours that will get on with each other,
0:33:04 > 0:33:08so it's just a question of tact
0:33:11 > 0:33:14I do a couple of exhibition dances every evening with Raymond.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17He's the tennis pro as well.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23Then I went and ruined it all by cracking a small bone in my ankle.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27It's very awkward. Didn't want the
0:33:27 > 0:33:31Didn't want my pitch queered, thanks. So I thought of Ruby.
0:33:40 > 0:33:44and Ruby would do the dancing for the rest of the season.
0:33:44 > 0:33:55How long ago was that? About a month. And was Miss Keene a success?
0:33:55 > 0:33:58You know, she was a nice looking
0:34:00 > 0:34:04exactly what happened last night?
0:34:09 > 0:34:13I was playing bridge with a family
0:34:13 > 0:34:16Ruby would have been dancing with
0:34:16 > 0:34:41she was till...at least 11.00.
0:34:53 > 0:35:00Come on, it's a quarter past two.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03You can wake the little minx up
0:35:22 > 0:35:25I gather there was some resistance from the hotel manager, sir,
0:35:25 > 0:35:29one of their wealthier guests?
0:35:32 > 0:35:37He had a soft spot for Ruby, I think. He's an invalid. He fusses.
0:35:39 > 0:35:43Well, I've no doubt we'll be speaking to him in due course.
0:35:43 > 0:35:47Now, did your cousin ever mention
0:35:50 > 0:35:54It's where her body was found.
0:35:56 > 0:36:00Do you happen to know Colonel
0:36:24 > 0:36:27Colonel Bantry dined at the Majestic
0:36:29 > 0:36:32What are you trying to say, Slack?
0:36:32 > 0:36:35I am aware that the Colonel is a friend of yours, sir. So?
0:36:36 > 0:36:40I think we should take Miss Turner
0:36:49 > 0:36:52Miss Turner, I wonder if you would
0:36:54 > 0:36:57Would you mind accompanying us
0:37:07 > 0:37:10I can't understand it. Really.
0:37:10 > 0:37:15I mean it isn't the sort of place...
0:37:16 > 0:37:19That's what makes it so very, very interesting, wouldn't you say?
0:37:31 > 0:37:34Is your good man going to be long,
0:38:18 > 0:38:22Lorrimer to fix that scraper, or sort out some sort of house shoes.
0:38:59 > 0:39:03Are you...from these parts? Miss Turner works at the um...
0:39:19 > 0:39:22then couldn't make it in the end.
0:39:22 > 0:39:27I'm sorry, Bantry. Could you explain
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Yes, of course. Proper report.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32Conway Jefferson, saying that he was
0:39:35 > 0:39:40meeting in Danemouth, so I arranged to dine with him at the Majestic.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42When was that? Last Thursday.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44Thursday week, you understand.
0:39:57 > 0:40:01No point in Arthur hurrying home
0:40:04 > 0:40:07First, no alibi...now this.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10Puts me in it good and proper,
0:40:10 > 0:40:12Oh, don't be foolish, Arthur.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20Well, I have an explanation, but of course it's only my own idea.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27Tommy Bond and our new school
0:40:27 > 0:40:31She went to wind up the clock
0:40:38 > 0:40:40I'll wait for you in the car,
0:40:40 > 0:40:45How's old Conway? Any better?
0:40:45 > 0:40:49He's very cheerful. And the family? Mark and Adelaide? They all right?
0:40:55 > 0:40:57Ms Turner, they are all right,
0:40:57 > 0:41:01I mean, they are nice people,
0:41:14 > 0:41:18Slack. I won't be a moment,
0:41:25 > 0:41:49few weeks, but I think there will have been someone, some time.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51Yes, I'll come with you. Call me.
0:41:51 > 0:42:00And about Colonel Bantry...
0:42:22 > 0:42:25until the Jeffersons were mentioned,
0:42:28 > 0:42:33She hardly seemed upset at her
0:42:37 > 0:42:39Seemed to make her more angry
0:43:16 > 0:43:18When are they going to take it away?
0:43:18 > 0:43:19Oh, they've already done that.
0:43:27 > 0:43:34No, no, it's not yours, lad. I found it! No, Mary found it. I found it!
0:43:36 > 0:43:39you found it if you want to.
0:43:41 > 0:43:44Give my regards to your mum.
0:43:56 > 0:43:59days at The Majestic in Danemouth?
0:43:59 > 0:44:03You could see where this poor girl worked and so on. What do you say?
0:44:10 > 0:44:14I don't know. I feel I'd like the air to clear here for a bit.
0:44:14 > 0:44:19It's upset me a bit, all this
0:44:21 > 0:44:25Don't want Arthur brooding. He's not a natural brooder.
0:44:32 > 0:44:36air would be very pleasant.
0:44:37 > 0:44:41You do understand, don't you, Jane?
0:44:45 > 0:44:50Just what everyone will be saying.
0:44:50 > 0:44:52He's just a little silly sometimes,
0:44:52 > 0:44:54about pretty girls who come
0:45:02 > 0:45:04After all, I have my garden.
0:46:00 > 0:46:02Jefferson first, sir. Slack.
0:46:02 > 0:46:06I think I'll tackle Jefferson on my own. Less intimidating, hmm?
0:46:06 > 0:46:10You get the incident room ready
0:46:15 > 0:46:18Mr Jefferson spends his money,
0:46:18 > 0:46:21our Princess Elizabeth suite.
0:46:21 > 0:46:23The whole family dine a la carte.
0:46:23 > 0:46:26He's a burgundy man, nothing
0:46:26 > 0:46:30Oh, yes. He expects the best
0:46:30 > 0:46:33he's never heard of ration.
0:46:35 > 0:46:38His daughter-in-law, Mrs Adelaide Jefferson, has an adjoining suite.
0:46:42 > 0:46:46killed in a plane crash, you know.
0:46:46 > 0:46:49Mr Gaskell, his son-in-law,
0:46:49 > 0:46:52Good morning, Mrs Jefferson.
0:46:52 > 0:46:55He would like to... Thank you, Mr Prescott, it's absolutely understood.
0:47:00 > 0:47:03My father-in-law is expecting you,
0:47:03 > 0:47:06but I'd be awfully grateful if you didn't take up too much of his time.
0:47:08 > 0:47:10and this has been something of a
0:47:41 > 0:47:43Thank you. That's most kind.
0:47:43 > 0:47:48Now, could we have coffee for two, please? Yes, ma'am, certainly.
0:48:11 > 0:48:15I understand that it was you,
0:48:15 > 0:48:18that the hotel manager telephoned the police yesterday morning.
0:48:20 > 0:48:24May I ask what your interest
0:48:25 > 0:48:26I was more than interested.
0:48:28 > 0:48:33I was going to adopt her. Ruby Keene
0:48:59 > 0:49:03This poor child who's been murdered. There's something missing, you know.
0:49:05 > 0:49:09There's something linked with this business that hasn't yet been found.
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