0:00:14 > 0:00:19In the last year of the 18th century, Colonel John Herncastle
0:00:19 > 0:00:24plundered from India a priceless and most sacred yellow diamond.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29Vishnu the Preserver laid his curse on the thief,
0:00:29 > 0:00:33commanding three priests to search forever for his moonstone.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39But the wicked colonel smuggled the stone to England.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42In his will, he bequeathed the diamond to his beautiful
0:00:42 > 0:00:45young niece, Miss Rachel Verinder.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Rachel's gallant cousin,
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Mr Franklin Blake, was charged with the gem's delivery.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Rachel was bewitched by her diamond.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00She insisted on keeping it in a cabinet in her bedroom
0:01:00 > 0:01:03overnight but in the morning...
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Help! The moonstone - it's gone!
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Lady Verinder! Father!
0:01:09 > 0:01:10Help! Help!
0:01:10 > 0:01:12DOG BARKS
0:01:12 > 0:01:13Rachel, what has happened?
0:01:17 > 0:01:21We will find it. It cannot have gone far, trust me.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25Trust? How can I trust anyone after this?
0:01:25 > 0:01:27- What has happened? - The diamond has been stolen.
0:01:29 > 0:01:30Oh, let me!
0:01:33 > 0:01:37- You really think someone has taken it?- We should never have let her keep it with her.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Think of the danger she was in. Why didn't I wake?
0:01:39 > 0:01:42- A very stealthy and cunning thief. - Those entertainers from last night -
0:01:42 > 0:01:44they could've scaled the wall and climbed in at her window.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47The first thing for the police to do is lay hands on them.
0:01:47 > 0:01:48You think they're the thieves?
0:01:48 > 0:01:50We should've heeded Murthwaite's warning. Aunt!
0:01:50 > 0:01:52I have never seen her so upset.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Oh, she's suffered a great shock as well as a great loss.
0:01:55 > 0:01:56Oh, to think the thief was right here.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59One must not underestimate the effect of such a violation.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01I beg you to give me a letter of instruction to the magistrate
0:02:01 > 0:02:04at Frizinghall, telling him I represent your interests
0:02:04 > 0:02:06- and let me ride with it instantly. - I'll come with you.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08I'll fetch the police, you find that Murthwaite chap.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11- He's the only one who can understand their gibberish.- Urdu.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13It's all Greek to me.
0:02:32 > 0:02:33You're a lucky man.
0:02:33 > 0:02:38If you'd woken and they'd seen you, they would've slit your throat.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41You see, these men care as much about killing a man
0:02:41 > 0:02:44as we care about cracking an egg.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48The murdering thieves.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50Well, it's all a question of perspective, Mr Blake.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53In their eyes, your uncle Colonel Herncastle is the thief.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57They are merely reclaiming what was stolen from them.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00Thank you. Come - let's go at once. We've no time to lose.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Please, Rachel, try.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11Franklin has gone for the police. We'll know more when they get here.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13The police?
0:03:15 > 0:03:17He goes too far.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22I'm sure they can be relied upon to respect our privacy.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26I too desire to avoid a scandal but the theft must be reported.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30You don't understand. I can't see the police. I can't talk to them.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32KNOCK ON DOOR
0:03:37 > 0:03:40My lady. Superintendent Seegrave at your service.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46Miss Verinder, if your diamond is near as beautiful as your good self,
0:03:46 > 0:03:48I can quite see why it was stolen.
0:03:50 > 0:03:51Good morning, officer.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58My diamond is lost. Neither he nor anyone else will ever find it.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04I must apologise on behalf of my daughter.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07The loss of the diamond has completely overwhelmed her.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09She's not herself.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13And she's not been the same ever since.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15There's a very good likeness, sir -
0:04:15 > 0:04:18to the Rachel of yesteryear, not to the Rachel of today.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22You are right, Gabriel.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31It is as if, with the theft of the diamond,
0:04:31 > 0:04:33something else was stolen from her.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36I wish that cursed jewel had never come back into the house.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40You may as well curse me.
0:04:40 > 0:04:41I brought the diamond here.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44I brought its blight on the Verinders.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46But you've come back to try and lift it, sir.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51And, out in the rose garden now, if I'm not much mistaken,
0:04:51 > 0:04:55is the very man whose help we need - the great Cuff himself.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Good morning, sergeant. Thank you so much for your speedy arrival.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10I am delighted to see you again.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13You too, Mr Blake. I just wish the circumstances were different.
0:05:15 > 0:05:20Tragic, gone to seed. Used to be such a well-kept house and garden.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22It can be again.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24I want to reopen the investigation.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26I want to pick up where we left off last year.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28I wish you luck.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30I'd like to re-engage you.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Well, I'm sorry but I'm afraid that won't be possible.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34I'll pay, whatever it takes.
0:05:34 > 0:05:35Oh, money isn't the issue,
0:05:35 > 0:05:39I'm afraid the circumstances have changed since we last met.
0:05:39 > 0:05:40I'm retired.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Then why make the journey?
0:05:42 > 0:05:48Well, as a courtesy to see you in person, to pass on some advice.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Well, I'm seeking advice, too.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54I'm devoting my retirement to my rose garden
0:05:54 > 0:05:58and whatever fondness I have left to bestow, my roses get it.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00An odd hobby for a man in your line of life.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04Well, if you look around you, which most people don't...
0:06:05 > 0:06:09..you'll find that the nature of a man's tastes, at most times,
0:06:09 > 0:06:11is as opposite as possible to a man's business.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Take yourself, for example, Mr Blake.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17I beg your pardon?
0:06:17 > 0:06:19What's the real reason for this reinvestigation?
0:06:19 > 0:06:20The moonstone.
0:06:20 > 0:06:26Is it? Miss Rachel Verinder lost the moonstone. What did YOU lose?
0:06:29 > 0:06:31I...
0:06:31 > 0:06:34The heart of a rose is more precious to me than any diamond.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Mmm.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42It's nice to see grass between the rose beds, not gravel.
0:06:42 > 0:06:43Gravel's too hard for them.
0:06:45 > 0:06:46What did YOU lose, sergeant?
0:06:48 > 0:06:51You lost something here, too, which you want to recover?
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Or did you just come all this way for gardening advice?
0:06:56 > 0:07:00Stay - work with me to solve this case.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03I'm giving you the opportunity to get your reputation back.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07If I'd been first officer on that scene,
0:07:07 > 0:07:12neither the diamond nor my reputation would need recovering.
0:07:15 > 0:07:16Mm.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24Much appreciated, milady.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28Now, I'd like to take a walk around the premises. Meanwhile, could we
0:07:28 > 0:07:31gather everyone together who was in the house last night?
0:07:31 > 0:07:34Servants AND gentry. Just a formality.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40These travelling performers - could one of them have slipped
0:07:40 > 0:07:43into the hall in the confusion when the dinner party were leaving?
0:07:43 > 0:07:45- It is a possibility.- But...
0:07:45 > 0:07:47He would only have to wait until the house was quiet
0:07:47 > 0:07:49and steal the diamond from the cabinet.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52- The dogs never barked, sir. - The dogs could've been drugged.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56DOG BARKS
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Take me to the scene of the crime.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00I have a hypothesis forming.
0:08:02 > 0:08:07Milady, you have, without doubt, been played upon and duped
0:08:07 > 0:08:10by the tricksters who performed at your daughter's birthday.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13They juggled identity as well as fire.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16I have a strong hunch they're the thieves who stole the diamond.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18Madam!
0:08:18 > 0:08:19Madam.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21HE BREATHES HEAVILY
0:08:21 > 0:08:23The travelling performers are innocent,
0:08:23 > 0:08:25I've been with Murthwaite to the magistrate and it has been proven
0:08:25 > 0:08:28to be simply impossible for them to have stolen the diamond.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32Are you sure, Franklin? How do you come by such a certainty?
0:08:33 > 0:08:37Excuse me, sir. I believe this is information I should receive
0:08:37 > 0:08:40before any other member of the household.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48They have a cast-iron alibi.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51They were all three seen returning to Frizinghall by several
0:08:51 > 0:08:53local witnesses and then again at midnight by the constable
0:08:53 > 0:08:56who was searching the guesthouse they were lodging in on other business.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59As I was trying to tell you, sir, there was no way anyone
0:08:59 > 0:09:01could've entered or left the building overnight.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04The doors and windows were bolted from the inside
0:09:04 > 0:09:05when I checked this morning.
0:09:05 > 0:09:06Why didn't you speak up, man!
0:09:08 > 0:09:12Out! All of you - downstairs! See the damage you're doing?
0:09:12 > 0:09:14You've smeared the door.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Look what mischief your skirts have done already.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Clear out, clear out!
0:09:23 > 0:09:24Rosanna!
0:09:24 > 0:09:26I need some air.
0:09:26 > 0:09:27She's having one of her turns.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32This information from the magistrate changes everything.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34The diamond must've been stolen by someone
0:09:34 > 0:09:36who slept in this house last night.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39Man the doors. I don't want anyone leaving or entering
0:09:39 > 0:09:43unless at my say so until further orders. Go on!
0:09:45 > 0:09:48I will be needing to search the servants' rooms and boxes immediately.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52Out of the question. My servants are not thieves.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Nor will I have them treated as such.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56They have as much right to privacy as I do.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01Begging your pardon, madam, notwithstanding a certain respect
0:10:01 > 0:10:05for your very admirable faith in your staff, if you tie my hands
0:10:05 > 0:10:10in this way, I'm afraid I will be unable to continue with this investigation.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13Being bold enough to speak on behalf of your loyal servants, madam,
0:10:13 > 0:10:15we gratefully thank your ladyship
0:10:15 > 0:10:19but we ask permission to do what is right in this matter.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24When Gabriel Betteredge sets the example,
0:10:24 > 0:10:27the rest of the servants will follow, I assure you.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Back to work, please.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41No dawdling.
0:10:41 > 0:10:42Quick, now.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47You, girl.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49I want to speak to you.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53You are Miss Rachel's maid, are you not?
0:10:55 > 0:10:56Yes, sir.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58A word, please.
0:11:03 > 0:11:04Rosanna?
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Are you quite well?
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Yes, milady. Quite well.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13Now, young woman.
0:11:13 > 0:11:18Attend to me - and mind you speak the truth this time.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21I've never been taught to tell lies, Mr Policeman,
0:11:21 > 0:11:25and if father can stand there and hear me accused of falsehood
0:11:25 > 0:11:28and thieving and my bedroom door shut against me
0:11:28 > 0:11:32and my character taken away, which is all a poor girl has left,
0:11:32 > 0:11:35then he is not the good father I take him for.
0:11:37 > 0:11:42Do you know where Miss Rachel put the diamond?
0:11:42 > 0:11:46I saw her put it in the drawer of the cabinet last thing at night.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49You were the last person to see the diamond.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52The thief were the last person to see the diamond.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55I were the first of the servants to see it gone,
0:11:55 > 0:11:59when I came in with Miss Rachel's tea at 8am this morning.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Upon that, I alarmed the house.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03KNOCK ON DOOR
0:12:11 > 0:12:14Dr Candy, is my aunt unwell again?
0:12:14 > 0:12:18And no wonder, amidst this terrible innovation.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21She knows the value of a doctor and, as a doctor, tell me, Mr Blake,
0:12:21 > 0:12:24will you try a little medicine today?
0:12:24 > 0:12:27With all this shock and excitement, you will never sleep without it.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31Well, there you are out, Dr Candy. I had an excellent night's rest.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34In fact, I regret I slept through on the one night I wish I'd been awake.
0:12:34 > 0:12:39You have had something else beside an excellent night's rest, sir.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43You have had a sleeping draught, sir, before you went to bed.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48Come, sir. We quarrelled earlier. Let us not part in bad humour.
0:12:48 > 0:12:49I apologise if I gave offence.
0:12:49 > 0:12:50And none taken.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55What say you now to the art of medicine?
0:12:55 > 0:12:58I say, sir, you are a fool - an interfering fool!
0:12:58 > 0:12:59I beg your pardon!
0:12:59 > 0:13:03I am merely vindicating the reputation of my profession
0:13:03 > 0:13:05and proving you the fool, my dear Mr Blake,
0:13:05 > 0:13:08for mistrusting medicine, myself and my medical colleagues.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11If I'd had my usual sleepless night, I might've caught the thief
0:13:11 > 0:13:12and the diamond would never have been stolen.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16Dear Dr Candy! I'm so glad you are here.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20Once we have spoken, may I prevail upon your services
0:13:20 > 0:13:22to attend to one of our servant girls also?
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Of course, Lady Verinder.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Hamlay, Mauckay, yonder.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44SQUELCHING
0:13:44 > 0:13:45Oh!
0:13:47 > 0:13:48Wretched hound!
0:13:48 > 0:13:50DOG BARKS
0:13:53 > 0:13:55My dear, don't be afraid.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Lady Verinder is concerned and has charged me with examining you.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01I don't want to put you to any trouble.
0:14:01 > 0:14:02I merely went for some air.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06Take your cloak off, girl, and sit here.
0:14:17 > 0:14:18Up.
0:14:20 > 0:14:21Mm-hm.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32Nervous exhaustion.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35You need rest. Stay in your room.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38- Someone should check on her every half an hour.- Of course.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42No, please let me continue my duties.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44I'll get worse locked away up in here.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46I get strange imaginings alone.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Please, let me keep working, sir! Please!
0:14:51 > 0:14:55You have a considerable eye, Mr Franklin.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58Why do you think she was so desperate to keep working?
0:15:00 > 0:15:04I always thought either her head wasn't quite right...
0:15:05 > 0:15:09..or she knew more about the moonstone than she was letting on.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Was there a specific incident that led you to this belief?
0:15:12 > 0:15:13There was one conversation.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19I was right here, trying to get this miserable business
0:15:19 > 0:15:20of the diamond out of my head, when...
0:15:22 > 0:15:23Sir.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27- I found this lodged between the boards in your bedroom.- Ah.
0:15:29 > 0:15:30Well found. Thank you.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Is there something else?
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Do you...do you wish to speak to me?
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Yes, if I dare.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55- I don't quite understand. - It's a strange thing about the diamond, sir.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58Indeed, it is.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00They'll never find it, sir, will they?
0:16:04 > 0:16:07No, no - the person who took it, I'll answer for that.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14There was something else, too.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16Hello?
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Who goes there?
0:16:18 > 0:16:21Oh, sir! You gave me a scare.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23I cannot sleep.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26- It's a devil of a business. - It's a devil of a diamond.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Ah, I think Rachel blames me for bringing it into the family.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31I'm sure she can't, sir.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33Then why is she so upset with me?
0:16:33 > 0:16:36All I've done is my best to recover the hateful jewel.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38She's a changed creature, Betteredge.
0:16:38 > 0:16:39My daughter, too, sir -
0:16:39 > 0:16:42she's convinced that Superintendent Seegrave suspects her
0:16:42 > 0:16:45of communicating with the entertainers.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47He thinks she helped them.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50My own conviction is that Seegrave's as much in the dark as ever
0:16:50 > 0:16:52- and is simply trying to gain time. - Mm.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54I've telegraphed my father.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57- We need a smarter head than Seegrave's to help us.- Mm.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02Who is that with a fire tonight?
0:17:02 > 0:17:03A fire, in June?
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Who was it?
0:17:06 > 0:17:09CLOCK CHIMES
0:17:09 > 0:17:11My dear Cuff, if you are to get home tonight,
0:17:11 > 0:17:13you must catch the next train.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15Let me organise a trap for you.
0:17:16 > 0:17:17Whose chamber was it?
0:17:21 > 0:17:22Oh.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28I think you'll find what happened in her room that night
0:17:28 > 0:17:30is connected to the moonstone.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33How?
0:17:33 > 0:17:35There's work to be done before THAT question can be answered.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39Work I'm not qualified for. Detecting I'm not trained for.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Please, there isn't your equal in England.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48I think you'll find I've already begun, Mr Blake.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51I've been questioning you these last two hours.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57'I remember my arrival last year and first impressions clearly.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59'The beauty of the roses.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05'The superintendent's glowing welcome.'
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Oh, masterful.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19Oh, what a pity. How did this happen?
0:18:19 > 0:18:21The women servants were crowding round yesterday morning.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Some of their skirts or petticoats took the mischief.
0:18:24 > 0:18:25And did you notice which?
0:18:25 > 0:18:27I can't charge my memory, sergeant.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31A trifle, a mere trifle - nothing to do with the investigation.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36Last week, I made a private enquiry, Mr Superintendent.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38At one end of the enquiry was a murder,
0:18:38 > 0:18:43at the other end was a spot of ink on a tablecloth that no-one could account for.
0:18:43 > 0:18:48In all my experience along the dirty ways of this dirty little world,
0:18:48 > 0:18:54I have never yet come across such a thing as a trifle.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58Before we go a step further into this business, we need to see the
0:18:58 > 0:19:04garment that made the smear and know for certain when the paint was wet.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07That door, sergeant, was painted by Miss Verinder with my help.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09The paint dries in 12 hours.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11Do you know when the smeared bit was done, sir?
0:19:11 > 0:19:14Er, perfectly. That was the last morsel of the door to be finished.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17We wanted it to be done by Wednesday last
0:19:17 > 0:19:21and I myself completed it by three in the afternoon, or soon after.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24Well, let us reckon back, sir. At three on the Wednesday afternoon,
0:19:24 > 0:19:27the last part of the painting was completed.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30The paint took 12 hours to dry,
0:19:30 > 0:19:35so let us say by three o'clock Thursday morning.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38At 11 o'clock Thursday morning,
0:19:38 > 0:19:41you held your enquiry.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44Take three from 11 - what remains?
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Eight, sir.
0:19:46 > 0:19:52The paint had been eight hours dry, Mr Superintendent, sir,
0:19:52 > 0:19:55when you suppose the women's petticoats smeared it.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02HE KNOCKS ON DOOR
0:20:06 > 0:20:09I'm sorry for troubling you, Miss Verinder but I have
0:20:09 > 0:20:12a few questions to put to you, if you would?
0:20:14 > 0:20:17Mr Blake has put a new clue into our hands.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23Do you know how this smear happened or who did it?
0:20:24 > 0:20:25I know nothing about it.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Do you think a young lady's advice worth having?
0:20:31 > 0:20:33I would be glad to hear it, miss.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Do your duty by yourself.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Don't allow Franklin Blake to help you.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47But surely...
0:20:47 > 0:20:49surely she cannot think that...
0:20:51 > 0:20:54Rachel! Rachel, please!
0:20:57 > 0:20:59I've told you, the last of my debts is paid.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01HE STRUGGLES WITH THE DOOR
0:21:02 > 0:21:05I'm beginning to think she blames me for the loss of the jewel.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08There is another explanation for her behaviour than that, Mr Franklin.
0:21:08 > 0:21:13Mr Superintendent, this trifle of yours
0:21:13 > 0:21:16seems to have grown a little in importance
0:21:16 > 0:21:17since you first noticed it,
0:21:17 > 0:21:19don't you admit?
0:21:21 > 0:21:24At this present stage of inquiry, there are, as I take it,
0:21:24 > 0:21:25three discoveries to make,
0:21:25 > 0:21:28starting with the smear.
0:21:28 > 0:21:29Firstly...
0:21:31 > 0:21:35..is there an article of dress in this house with the smear on it?
0:21:35 > 0:21:38Second, who does the article of dress belong to?
0:21:38 > 0:21:40And third,
0:21:40 > 0:21:45can the person account for being in this room and making that smear
0:21:45 > 0:21:48between the hours of midnight and three in the morning?
0:21:49 > 0:21:51If that person can't satisfy you,
0:21:51 > 0:21:56you haven't got far to look for the hand that took the diamond.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00I'll work this by myself,
0:22:00 > 0:22:02if you don't mind, superintendent.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07I wouldn't want to detain you any further.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11I've abstained from expressing an opinion so far.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15I only have one remark to offer on handing this case to you.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17There is such a thing, Sergeant,
0:22:17 > 0:22:19as making a mountain out of a molehill.
0:22:19 > 0:22:20Good morning!
0:22:22 > 0:22:23Wretched house!
0:22:25 > 0:22:28I should like, if convenient, to have the laundry book.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32I believe the stained article of dress may be an article of linen,
0:22:32 > 0:22:35and I wish to account for all the linen sent to the wash.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39Also, all the rooms and boxes of all the servants must be searched.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42My good servants, I am ashamed to say,
0:22:42 > 0:22:44have had their boxes and rooms searched once already.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47It must be done again, my lady, for the plain reason
0:22:47 > 0:22:51that the first investigation was to look only for the diamond.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55The second investigation is to look for the stained dress.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58I cannot and will not permit my servants to be insulted
0:22:58 > 0:22:59for a second time.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01I have a plan to meet that difficulty,
0:23:01 > 0:23:03if your ladyship will consent to it.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05I shall tell the servants
0:23:05 > 0:23:08I shall examine all the wardrobes of everybody,
0:23:08 > 0:23:10from your ladyship down,
0:23:10 > 0:23:13of everyone who slept here on Wednesday night.
0:23:13 > 0:23:14A mere formality.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18But the servants will accept it as even dealing between themselves
0:23:18 > 0:23:21and their betters, and make a point of honour of assisting.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27You shall search for them with the keys to my wardrobe in your hand.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31But hadn't we better ask the ladies and gentlemen if they consent too?
0:23:31 > 0:23:33The only other lady is Miss Verinder,
0:23:33 > 0:23:37the only other gentlemen my nephews Mr Blake and Mr Ablewhite.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40You need have no fear of refusal from any of them.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44Your ladyship, Mr Godfrey Ablewhite is leaving!
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Excuse me, sir.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59Sergeant Cuff has requested all luggage to be searched.
0:23:59 > 0:24:00Of course.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06My apologies for putting you to any inconvenience, sir.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08No, I understand completely.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11My luggage can follow me to London when the inquiry's over.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18Excuse me, sir? My lady asked me to give...
0:24:18 > 0:24:19What is your name?
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Rosanna Spearman.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Have I met you before?
0:24:23 > 0:24:24I don't believe so, sir.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Has that young lady been in your employment long?
0:24:30 > 0:24:32Why do you ask?
0:24:33 > 0:24:35The last time I saw her, she was imprisoned for theft.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39Well, she's had troubled beginnings and a difficult past.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42Lady Verinder found her in a reformatory.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44She was at the top of her profession as a thief.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Do you suspect her, sir?
0:24:46 > 0:24:50I suspect no-one in the house up to this present time.
0:24:50 > 0:24:51Oh.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55I do believe she's left with the laundry book.
0:24:55 > 0:24:56I'll get it.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Rosanna. Rosanna.
0:25:13 > 0:25:14KNOCK ON DOOR
0:25:17 > 0:25:20My darling, the sergeant would like permission to search the rooms
0:25:20 > 0:25:22and things of everyone in the house the night of the theft.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25You shall not search mine.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28May I ask why you do not allow it?
0:25:28 > 0:25:30I won't, because I won't.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33I must yield to force if you use it,
0:25:33 > 0:25:36but I shall yield to nothing else.
0:25:36 > 0:25:37My darling, there must be a reason.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40I know what you're all thinking.
0:25:41 > 0:25:46All I can say is I have done much to make my mother pity me,
0:25:46 > 0:25:49nothing to make my mother blush for me.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01My daughter is honest and true.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03She would do nothing without good reason.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05We must trust her judgment.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08I will not force her to do anything against her will.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Then the search is to be given up.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13All the wardrobes in the house are to be examined, or none.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17This channel of enquiry is to be aborted.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Please send Mr Ablewhite's portmanteau to London
0:26:19 > 0:26:21by the next train.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24Please give the young woman with the washing book my thanks
0:26:24 > 0:26:27and compliments, and give her word I no longer have need for it.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36You don't seem much disappointed, sir.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38No, I'm not much disappointed.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Can you guess yet
0:26:41 > 0:26:42who has stolen the diamond?
0:26:42 > 0:26:43Yes.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47No-ONE has stolen the diamond.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51No-one stole the diamond.
0:26:51 > 0:26:52What do you mean?
0:26:52 > 0:26:55I have always assumed that Rosanna and Rachel
0:26:55 > 0:26:58- were working together. - Impossible.
0:26:58 > 0:26:59Hear me out, sir.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03Certain young ladies of rank and position have secret debts
0:27:03 > 0:27:05that they dare not acknowledge
0:27:05 > 0:27:07to their nearest friends and relatives...
0:27:07 > 0:27:08Maybe, but not Rachel.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10Let me finish my hypothesis.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14Assuming Rachel did have secret debts,
0:27:14 > 0:27:15when she received the diamond,
0:27:15 > 0:27:18she would've seen the opportunity to pay them off,
0:27:18 > 0:27:22but she needed to sell on the stone to cover her tracks.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25It is not in Rachel's character to take such actions!
0:27:25 > 0:27:28But it is in Rosanna Spearman's character to take them for her.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30Please stay, Mr Betteredge.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32My narrative concerns you nearly.
0:27:34 > 0:27:35From this receipt,
0:27:35 > 0:27:38I traced Rosanna to a certain shop in Frizinghall,
0:27:38 > 0:27:41run by a linen draper named Maltby.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44There, she purchased a large piece of cloth.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46A piece of cloth large enough...
0:27:48 > 0:27:49..to make a nightgown.
0:27:50 > 0:27:51Whose nightgown?
0:27:53 > 0:27:54Her own, to be sure.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57Plain, long cloth means a servant's gown.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00Between 12 and three on the Thursday morning,
0:28:00 > 0:28:02she must've slipped down to your young lady's room
0:28:02 > 0:28:05to settle the hiding of the Moonstone.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08The nightgown must've brushed the wet paint on the door.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11She couldn't wash out the stain, and she couldn't
0:28:11 > 0:28:14safely destroy the gown without first providing another like it
0:28:14 > 0:28:16to make the inventory of her linen complete.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21Then, the following day, Rosanna was seen by the postboy
0:28:21 > 0:28:23heading across the sands.
0:28:23 > 0:28:24Where was she going?
0:28:25 > 0:28:26Cobb's Hole!
0:28:26 > 0:28:27Who lives there?
0:28:27 > 0:28:29The fisherman's daughter.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31Her name is Lucy Yolland,
0:28:31 > 0:28:34but the villagers call her Limpin' Lucy.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37I believe the girls are close, sir.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40Let's find out how close, shall we?
0:28:41 > 0:28:42She's my friend.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45She's a good girl.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48We're here to look out for Rosanna, not to do her harm.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50We know she just visited you.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52She's done nothing wrong.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55Well, I believe that, too, but there are others that think
0:28:55 > 0:28:59that she had a hand in the taking of the moonstone.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02Now, if you know anything that will clear her name, please tell me.
0:29:04 > 0:29:05Did she take something from you?
0:29:05 > 0:29:09She never stole it. I gave it her.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11An old japanned box like that one, and a couple of dog chains.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13Dog chain?
0:29:13 > 0:29:14To secure it.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16I offered her a rope, but she said chain was surest.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18Why did she need the box?
0:29:20 > 0:29:23There are people that would like to see Rosanna back in jail.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26Now what did she need the box for?
0:29:28 > 0:29:29To put her things in.
0:29:29 > 0:29:30What things?
0:29:34 > 0:29:36Your word could save your friend.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39She didn't steal nothing, sir.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42We're planning to go to London, to live by our needles.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47Please don't tell her, sir, we aren't going immediately,
0:29:47 > 0:29:48she'll give good notice first.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51Thank you.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58What Rosanna has done is plain enough.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00She's either lied to Lucy,
0:30:00 > 0:30:04or Lucy knew her secret and she has lied to us to protect her.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07She's then sunk the case in water or quicksand.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10It had to be japanned for it to be waterproof.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12It had to be chain, not rope, because rope would rot.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16She has then taken the loose end of the chain
0:30:16 > 0:30:19and made it fast to some rocks known only to herself.
0:30:19 > 0:30:23The mystery is, what the devil is inside that case?
0:30:23 > 0:30:26I take my hat off to you, sir.
0:30:26 > 0:30:30Can it really be you've got to the bottom of the mystery so soon?
0:30:30 > 0:30:32It is not the diamond.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34The whole of my life's experience is at fault
0:30:34 > 0:30:37if Rosanna Spearman is in possession of the diamond.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39Then where is it?
0:30:39 > 0:30:40And in whose possession?
0:30:46 > 0:30:47What is happening?
0:30:47 > 0:30:49Miss Rachel's leaving.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51- Where to?- London, to her aunt.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53Why? When did this happen?
0:30:53 > 0:30:55About an hour since.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58About the same time Rosanna Spearman got back from her walk.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01Do you suppose Rosanna gave her the diamond, sir?
0:31:01 > 0:31:04You surely can't suppose she's taking the diamond to London?
0:31:05 > 0:31:07I suppose nothing.
0:31:11 > 0:31:12Rachel.
0:31:14 > 0:31:15Why are you leaving?
0:31:16 > 0:31:18Do not let the diamond come between us.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24I love you.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32Tell me about Rosanna Spearman.
0:31:32 > 0:31:33Who?
0:31:33 > 0:31:35Rosanna Spearman.
0:31:35 > 0:31:36What is your interest in her?
0:31:36 > 0:31:37The maid?
0:31:37 > 0:31:39I saw you follow her outside.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43I have no interest in Rosanna Spearman.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45She means nothing to me.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47DOOR OPENS
0:31:55 > 0:31:57Goodbye, Franklin.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18Try to forgive me, Mama.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20The day will come when you will know
0:32:20 > 0:32:22why I am careless about being suspected,
0:32:22 > 0:32:25and why I am silent even to you.
0:32:26 > 0:32:27Miss.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31I can't presume to stop you, but your leaving us now
0:32:31 > 0:32:34can only put an obstacle in the recovery of the diamond.
0:32:34 > 0:32:35Please to understand that.
0:32:40 > 0:32:41Drive on, James.
0:32:49 > 0:32:50Rachel!
0:32:50 > 0:32:51Rachel!
0:32:51 > 0:32:53Rachel, please.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55Rachel!
0:32:58 > 0:32:59Rachel!
0:33:38 > 0:33:40Dear aunt,
0:33:40 > 0:33:42please forgive me, this is my fault.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45I should never have brought that cursed jewel here.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49These horrible events are no more of your making than they are Rachel's.
0:33:54 > 0:33:55When I first arrived here,
0:33:55 > 0:33:58I don't believe there was a happier household in England.
0:33:58 > 0:33:59Look now.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01Scattered, disunited...
0:34:03 > 0:34:05..poisoned with mystery and suspicion.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08I know you are quite as broken down by these events as we are.
0:34:09 > 0:34:14I, myself, am by turns both dizzy and faint from the strain.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18I'm sure Rachel feels it, too.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24It grieves me to say it, but, for now,
0:34:24 > 0:34:26you and Rachel are better apart.
0:34:27 > 0:34:28Give her time.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32That is the only advice I can offer.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48Where are you going, sir?
0:34:48 > 0:34:49To the devil, Betteredge.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52Miss Rachel will surely come right again if you give her time!
0:34:52 > 0:34:55I will, only because I have tried everything else.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57Do you want us to pass her a message?
0:34:57 > 0:34:59Tell her when I reach the continent, I shall write to her.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02Tell her I have only ever had her best interests at heart.
0:35:04 > 0:35:05Tell her I love her.
0:35:05 > 0:35:06HORSE NEIGHS
0:35:06 > 0:35:07Come on!
0:35:13 > 0:35:14Mr Betteredge?
0:35:14 > 0:35:16I wish to speak with Rosanna Spearman.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19I saw her head off a little while since for the Shivering Sands.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21Why go back now?
0:35:21 > 0:35:22Did she have anything with her?
0:35:22 > 0:35:24A case or a parcel?
0:35:25 > 0:35:28She did give the butcher's boy a letter for the post.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30Did you see who it was addressed to?
0:35:30 > 0:35:32Limping Lucy, her friend at Cobb's Hole.
0:35:32 > 0:35:36Why post a letter when you're walking there this minute?
0:35:36 > 0:35:39Whatever the reason, it isn't good.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58Is the tide on the ebb or the flood?
0:35:58 > 0:36:00The tide is on the turn, sir.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02It rises quickly at this time of the year.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04There she is, by the sands.
0:36:24 > 0:36:25I can't see her.
0:36:28 > 0:36:29She must've gone to the Spit.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33Well, all the footprints head to the rocks,
0:36:33 > 0:36:35but none head towards safety.
0:36:37 > 0:36:38Where is she?
0:36:40 > 0:36:41Mind the quicksand, let me go first.
0:36:44 > 0:36:45Rosanna!
0:36:49 > 0:36:51Rosanna!
0:36:54 > 0:36:55Aah!
0:36:55 > 0:36:57- You can't venture out there, Betteredge.- Don't!
0:36:57 > 0:36:58It is certain death!
0:36:58 > 0:37:00Don't touch me!
0:37:00 > 0:37:02The threat of you has driven her to this.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04You are wrong, Mr Betteredge.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06But there will be time enough to speak of this
0:37:06 > 0:37:08when we are inside again.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15Some fatal accident must've occurred.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18Will we find the body when the tide ebbs again?
0:37:19 > 0:37:21What the sand gets,
0:37:21 > 0:37:23the sand keeps forever.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34You are answerable for this!
0:37:34 > 0:37:38I am no more answerable for this distressing calamity
0:37:38 > 0:37:40than you are, my lady.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43Some unbearable anxiety in connection with the diamond
0:37:43 > 0:37:46has driven this poor creature to this desperate accident.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48What anxiety?
0:37:48 > 0:37:50My lady, I don't pretend to know everything yet.
0:37:50 > 0:37:55But, with your permission, I think I may be able to lay my hand
0:37:55 > 0:37:58on a person who will be able to illuminate us.
0:37:58 > 0:37:59Is this person now in the house?
0:37:59 > 0:38:03No, my lady, this person has left the house.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06If you refer to my daughter, then you are wrong.
0:38:06 > 0:38:10Madam, recent events in this house have forced me to this theory.
0:38:10 > 0:38:14I have to tell you, as Miss Verinder's mother,
0:38:14 > 0:38:15that she is totally incapable
0:38:15 > 0:38:17of doing what you suppose her to have done!
0:38:17 > 0:38:21Then how do you explain her declining to be questioned
0:38:21 > 0:38:24by Superintendent Seegrave or myself?
0:38:24 > 0:38:26Her anger at Mr Blake calling the police?
0:38:26 > 0:38:29And her refusal to have her room searched?
0:38:31 > 0:38:33How do you explain them, Sergeant?
0:38:33 > 0:38:36Miss Verinder's constant, final agitation
0:38:36 > 0:38:37about the loss of the diamond
0:38:37 > 0:38:39connects with other cases I have worked on,
0:38:39 > 0:38:43where young ladies dare not acknowledge their debts.
0:38:44 > 0:38:45How dare you!
0:38:47 > 0:38:50I believe this to be a case of deeply-planned fraud.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53Rosanna was privy to the suppression of the jewel.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56Rosanna was Miss Rachel's accomplice.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59Rosanna had relations, I'm led to believe,
0:38:59 > 0:39:01with a man in London,
0:39:01 > 0:39:03in the jewel broking line.
0:39:03 > 0:39:07A Mr Luker, who would advance a large sum
0:39:07 > 0:39:09on such a notable diamond as the moonstone,
0:39:09 > 0:39:12without asking awkward questions,
0:39:12 > 0:39:15or insisting on awkward conditions.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18I will hear no more of this.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20Please, leave my house!
0:39:45 > 0:39:46Sir.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51My lady resigns further claim on your services.
0:39:51 > 0:39:55She's convinced of your honesty and intelligence,
0:39:55 > 0:39:59but firmly persuaded that the circumstances in this case
0:39:59 > 0:40:01have fatally misled you.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09This is a generous estimate of the value of my time.
0:40:09 > 0:40:10I shall bear in mind the amount in this cheque
0:40:10 > 0:40:12when the occasion comes to remember it.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14What do you mean?
0:40:14 > 0:40:16This is the kind of family scandal
0:40:16 > 0:40:19that bursts up when you least expect it.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22There is more detective business to be done, sir,
0:40:22 > 0:40:25before the moonstone is many months older, you mark my words.
0:40:25 > 0:40:27The diamond's gone.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30What further business could occur?
0:40:30 > 0:40:34I predict three things that will happen in the future,
0:40:34 > 0:40:37that will force themselves upon your attention.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40Firstly, you shall hear from Lucy Yolland,
0:40:40 > 0:40:45when the postman delivers Rosanna's letter at Cobb's Hole Monday next.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50Secondly, you shall hear again of the three guardians,
0:40:50 > 0:40:53who will follow Miss Verinder wherever she goes.
0:40:53 > 0:40:54And third?
0:40:54 > 0:40:57You will hear of the jewel broker, Septimus Luker.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03Time will show if I am right or wrong.
0:41:05 > 0:41:06In the meanwhile, sir,
0:41:06 > 0:41:09I take away a sincere personal liking for you
0:41:09 > 0:41:11that I hope does us both justice.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14If you would, come and visit me,
0:41:14 > 0:41:17in a little house I've got my eye on near London.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19There'll be grass walks, Mr Betteredge,
0:41:19 > 0:41:21and, I promise,
0:41:21 > 0:41:23the white moss rose.
0:41:30 > 0:41:31So, tell me...
0:41:31 > 0:41:33were my predictions correct?
0:41:33 > 0:41:34They were indeed, sir.
0:41:38 > 0:41:42And I was very grateful that you sent me...
0:41:45 > 0:41:46..this.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54"Mr Septimus Luker, the well-known dealer in ancient gems,
0:41:54 > 0:41:56"stated to the magistrates that he feared he was being followed
0:41:56 > 0:41:58"by some foreign performers."
0:41:58 > 0:42:00News of the guardians.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03News of the jewel broker.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07And where was Miss Rachel at the time?
0:42:07 > 0:42:08Hmm?
0:42:10 > 0:42:11In London.
0:42:12 > 0:42:13And what of the third prediction?
0:42:15 > 0:42:16That, too, came true.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24Where's the murderer you call Franklin Blake?
0:42:24 > 0:42:26Aah!
0:42:28 > 0:42:29What do you want with Mr Blake?
0:42:29 > 0:42:31Beyond shouting abuse?
0:42:31 > 0:42:32I have something for him.
0:42:34 > 0:42:35From Rosanna Spearman?
0:42:36 > 0:42:37Maybe.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40Sent to you in your own letter?
0:42:40 > 0:42:41Maybe.
0:42:41 > 0:42:42Give it here.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46Mr Blake has left for the continent.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48I can send it on by post.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52I am to give it to him by my own hand, or not at all.
0:42:52 > 0:42:53Why didn't you say before?
0:42:53 > 0:42:55I didn't think there any point, sir.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57Lucy Yolland is long gone.
0:42:57 > 0:42:58Gone?
0:42:58 > 0:43:01To London. No forwarding address.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03The next step is clear, we must find her.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05I'll wager the diamond is in London,
0:43:05 > 0:43:07pledged to Septimus Luker,
0:43:07 > 0:43:12and it was Miss Rachel herself that took it there and pledged it.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43Were you expecting visitors?
0:43:43 > 0:43:45If you wish for my testimony, we do it here.
0:43:45 > 0:43:47Miss Clack!
0:43:47 > 0:43:48Oh, dear, dear.
0:43:48 > 0:43:49Will you bless me by being my wife?
0:43:49 > 0:43:51- When is the wedding?- Tomorrow.
0:43:51 > 0:43:52The natural result.