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George's daughter Cecily. | 0:00:17 | 0:00:20 | |
I once made the mistake of asking him what she was like. | 0:00:21 | 0:00:25 | |
20 minutes of parental pride later, I had a fairly good idea - | 0:00:25 | 0:00:30 | |
pretty as a picture, bright as a button, sweet as sugar. | 0:00:30 | 0:00:34 | |
I do so hope he was exaggerating. | 0:00:34 | 0:00:38 | |
CAR HORN BEEPS | 0:00:40 | 0:00:44 | |
-Hello, Dad. -You're looking well. | 0:00:56 | 0:01:00 | |
Must be the sea air. ..This is her, madam. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:03 | |
-My little Cecily. -You're even more glamorous than he said! | 0:01:03 | 0:01:08 | |
-Charming girl. ..Inspector Christmas's celebration? -Inside, madam. | 0:01:08 | 0:01:13 | |
-And you are? -..Ronald Quincy. Under manager. | 0:01:13 | 0:01:17 | |
And my fiance. | 0:01:17 | 0:01:20 | |
Your what? | 0:01:20 | 0:01:23 | |
-..Excuse me. -You might have told me! | 0:01:23 | 0:01:27 | |
< Oi! | 0:01:28 | 0:01:30 | |
As many of you know, Inspector Christmas served in the Army with great distinction, | 0:01:38 | 0:01:44 | |
then went on to a second career with the police force. We're proud | 0:01:44 | 0:01:49 | |
he's chosen our community for his impending retirement. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:53 | |
Yesterday, he was in London receiving his MBE. | 0:01:53 | 0:01:57 | |
Today, we bestow our highest honour - | 0:01:57 | 0:02:00 | |
the freedom of Porth Carrack! | 0:02:00 | 0:02:03 | |
And now a surprise. | 0:02:14 | 0:02:17 | |
To make the presentation, they've persuaded the lady the Inspector says served as his inspiration - | 0:02:17 | 0:02:24 | |
Mrs Adela Bradley! | 0:02:24 | 0:02:26 | |
What an honour, Mrs Bradley, and what a week - marred by just one thing. Last night, I was burgled - | 0:02:49 | 0:02:55 | |
two hens from my own back yard. Sometimes the long arm of the law is not quite long enough. | 0:02:55 | 0:03:02 | |
Daddy, quick! Temperance! | 0:03:02 | 0:03:06 | |
What is it? | 0:03:06 | 0:03:08 | |
-Do you know her? -Yes. My daughter. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:21 | |
Here's a tragic kettle of fish. | 0:03:26 | 0:03:28 | |
# You're the cream in my coffee | 0:03:32 | 0:03:35 | |
# You're the salt in my stew | 0:03:35 | 0:03:38 | |
# You will always be my necessity | 0:03:38 | 0:03:41 | |
# I'd be lost without you | 0:03:41 | 0:03:43 | |
# You're the starch in my collar You're the lace in my shoe... # | 0:03:43 | 0:03:47 | |
Why? And why cut off her lovely hair? | 0:03:59 | 0:04:04 | |
We'll find whoever did this. I promise. | 0:04:04 | 0:04:07 | |
-I understand Chastity worked at Quincy's Hotel. -As a waitress, yes. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:14 | |
She wasn't due at work until one. | 0:04:14 | 0:04:18 | |
I was away last night, visiting my sister. Temperance came with me. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:22 | |
-And your wife? -She died having Temperance. | 0:04:22 | 0:04:25 | |
-Well, it wasn't robbery, madam. She's still wearing this. -Still fancy yourself as a detective? | 0:04:25 | 0:04:32 | |
-Just trying to help. -The watch stopped at 12. When she hit the water, I'd say - | 0:04:32 | 0:04:38 | |
giving us probable time of death. | 0:04:38 | 0:04:40 | |
Yes, going by the condition of the body. | 0:04:40 | 0:04:44 | |
-This is no rope. It's some sort of woollen snake. -A worsted viper. | 0:04:44 | 0:04:49 | |
This reminds me of my first investigation - the case of Black Jack Briggs and Beelzebub's virgin. | 0:04:49 | 0:04:56 | |
Cutting off the victim's hair is part of the ritual. Black Jack was hanged, | 0:04:56 | 0:05:02 | |
but if someone is reviving the cult, there'll be something inside the viper's mouth. | 0:05:02 | 0:05:09 | |
Well, I never. | 0:05:13 | 0:05:15 | |
Chastity's engagement ring! | 0:05:15 | 0:05:18 | |
..I could stay if it would help. | 0:05:18 | 0:05:21 | |
I was just about to ask. Thank you. | 0:05:21 | 0:05:24 | |
What a bizarre story. | 0:05:24 | 0:05:27 | |
One man's mumbo jumbo is another man's faith. | 0:05:27 | 0:05:31 | |
Nice to have a lady of calibre staying. We only wish it were under happier circumstances. | 0:05:44 | 0:05:51 | |
-Indeed, Mother. -What sort of girl was she? | 0:05:51 | 0:05:54 | |
Nice as pie. ..And talented. She painted those. | 0:05:54 | 0:05:58 | |
-How well do you know your guests? -Well enough. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:05 | |
-This is a respectable hotel! -Is it? ..Oh, well. | 0:06:05 | 0:06:10 | |
-I beg your pardon? -Respectability. Highly over-rated. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:15 | |
I've arranged lodgings for your chauffeur opposite the abattoir. | 0:06:15 | 0:06:20 | |
My "chauffeur", as I understand it, is to be a member of your family. | 0:06:20 | 0:06:25 | |
-That's as may be. Staff stay in lodgings, usually. -George stays where I stay, invariably. | 0:06:25 | 0:06:33 | |
Ah, how do you do? | 0:06:34 | 0:06:36 | |
Much obliged. ..Just a week to go to the big day. I suppose it's congratulations all round. | 0:06:41 | 0:06:48 | |
I suppose so. TAPPING ..Ronald, you're doing it again. | 0:06:48 | 0:06:53 | |
-They've all got alibis. Cast iron. -< Naturally. | 0:06:55 | 0:06:59 | |
And before you ask, Ronald and I were working till well past midnight, then we had sardines on toast... | 0:06:59 | 0:07:06 | |
-And played cribbage. -Quite the giddy whirl. | 0:07:06 | 0:07:09 | |
How will Cecily cope? | 0:07:09 | 0:07:12 | |
-Compliments of Inspector Christmas, ma'am. -How very dear! | 0:07:19 | 0:07:23 | |
-You hate carnations. -I love colour, and it's the thought that counts. | 0:07:23 | 0:07:28 | |
Chastity gave me this to post yesterday. I didn't get round to it. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:32 | |
-"Miss Behaviour, Porth Carrck Gazette." -An advice column? -Yes. | 0:07:32 | 0:07:38 | |
"Dear Miss Behaviour, my dilemma is, what if you discover your employer's up to no good? | 0:07:38 | 0:07:44 | |
Do you risk speaking out? Signed, "In Two Minds." What did she mean? | 0:07:44 | 0:07:49 | |
I haven't got a clue. | 0:07:49 | 0:07:51 | |
-Was anything different about her lately? -She seemed a bit better off. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:56 | |
Said she'd been left a few bob. She argued with her fiance yesterday. | 0:07:56 | 0:08:01 | |
-What's he like? -Jake? Well, he's no angel, but he's no murderer. | 0:08:01 | 0:08:07 | |
-Where can we find him? -He lives above the Potted Lobster. | 0:08:07 | 0:08:13 | |
-Having a lie-in, Jake? -I've not been well. -I'm afraid we've got some rather bad news. | 0:08:29 | 0:08:36 | |
-Tell us about this argument. -Chastity accused me of seeing another woman. | 0:08:39 | 0:08:45 | |
-And were you? -There is no other woman. | 0:08:45 | 0:08:49 | |
I'm engaged to be married! | 0:08:49 | 0:08:51 | |
Or was. BOTTLES CLINK AND SMASH | 0:08:51 | 0:08:55 | |
-What's he looking for? -Just routine. | 0:08:57 | 0:09:01 | |
Make yourself useful. Try upstairs. | 0:09:01 | 0:09:04 | |
Why weren't you out fishing last night? | 0:09:04 | 0:09:07 | |
Food poisoning. Stayed in bed. | 0:09:08 | 0:09:11 | |
-All night AND all day? -I went out for some air about eleven till after midnight. -Anyone see you? -No. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:19 | |
-Pity. -Are you sug-gesting my b-brother murdered his own f-fiancee?! | 0:09:19 | 0:09:26 | |
No, I'm saying it's a shame no-one saw him. | 0:09:26 | 0:09:29 | |
I just heard! I was at the hairdresser's. | 0:09:30 | 0:09:34 | |
This is Mrs Bradley. ..My sister-in-law Delilah. | 0:09:36 | 0:09:41 | |
Might I ask where you and your husband were last night at midnight? | 0:09:41 | 0:09:46 | |
-I was asleep, Lester was manning the lighthouse. -Don't you run the pub? | 0:09:46 | 0:09:51 | |
W-We do. I go up the lighthouse a-after closing time, stay the night. | 0:09:51 | 0:09:56 | |
-When do you sleep? -From dawn till we open. He likes to keep busy. | 0:09:56 | 0:10:03 | |
Somebody has to p-pay for your hairdos! | 0:10:03 | 0:10:07 | |
Where's the key to the cellar, sir? | 0:10:07 | 0:10:10 | |
I'm not sure. | 0:10:11 | 0:10:13 | |
-Whose is the back room? -Mine. Why? | 0:10:17 | 0:10:22 | |
I just found this under the bed. | 0:10:22 | 0:10:25 | |
Chastity's hair! | 0:10:33 | 0:10:36 | |
Jake Hicks, I'm arresting you on suspicion of murder. | 0:10:36 | 0:10:40 | |
-No need for you to come, Lester. -He's f-family! I'm going! | 0:10:48 | 0:10:53 | |
I'll see you back at the hotel. | 0:10:54 | 0:10:57 | |
If a picture's worth a thousand words, a look can be worth more. | 0:11:12 | 0:11:17 | |
As my hairdresser, Mr Gervaise of Mayfair, says, "Same old coiffeur, husband secure. | 0:11:17 | 0:11:24 | |
"New style of hair, husband beware." | 0:11:24 | 0:11:28 | |
Jake didn't do it. He's having an affair with his brother's wife. | 0:11:28 | 0:11:32 | |
-I'll wager there was an assignation last night. -Madam? -So what's he hiding in the cellar? | 0:11:32 | 0:11:39 | |
-Marriage can be hard, especially with your husband away every night. -I don't know what you mean! | 0:11:39 | 0:11:46 | |
-Is this how you keep busy - making wedding dresses? -This one's for your chauffeur's daughter. | 0:11:46 | 0:11:53 | |
-I just hope she doesn't meet a pig after her wedding. -Pardon? | 0:11:53 | 0:11:58 | |
It's bad luck, see. Happened to me. | 0:11:58 | 0:12:02 | |
Explains everything. | 0:12:02 | 0:12:04 | |
Make no mistake, Mrs Hicks, either the truth comes out, or Jake hangs for murder. | 0:12:06 | 0:12:13 | |
You and he WERE together last night. | 0:12:14 | 0:12:17 | |
Yes. On the beach. | 0:12:19 | 0:12:22 | |
We always said if anyone suspected, we'd just deny it. | 0:12:24 | 0:12:28 | |
-You're Jake's only alibi. -Not necessarily. | 0:12:28 | 0:12:31 | |
No wonder he didn't want people looking in the cellar. | 0:12:31 | 0:12:36 | |
Plymouth Rocks. Beauties, aren't they? | 0:12:38 | 0:12:42 | |
-I believe you said they were stolen at midnight, sir. -Yes, the squawking woke me. I ran out, but they'd gone. | 0:12:45 | 0:12:52 | |
-Are you sure it was Jake? -Positive. -Why risk trial for murder rather than own up to pinching poultry? | 0:12:52 | 0:13:00 | |
He didn't want his affair with Delilah to come out. | 0:13:00 | 0:13:04 | |
-Will you release him? -But what was Chastity's hair doing under his bed? -Simple - someone tried to frame him. | 0:13:04 | 0:13:12 | |
-That's for Chastity... when they let me have her back. -Postmortems take time, sir. | 0:13:29 | 0:13:35 | |
-Temperance is a lovely child, sir... -Hello. | 0:13:36 | 0:13:40 | |
-That's beautiful handwriting. -It's called copperplate. | 0:13:40 | 0:13:45 | |
-Is it a story? -About Chastity going to heaven. | 0:13:45 | 0:13:49 | |
You should frame it, hang it up at home. | 0:13:49 | 0:13:53 | |
Perhaps. People think I'm sad, but I'm not because she'll be with Mummy. Daddy says so. | 0:13:53 | 0:14:00 | |
Well, he should know. | 0:14:00 | 0:14:03 | |
I'm afraid my belief in God is roughly on a par with my belief in the tooth fairy. | 0:14:05 | 0:14:11 | |
-Still, at times like this, even -I -can see that faith has a place. | 0:14:11 | 0:14:17 | |
So if Jake Hicks is in the clear, you're none the wiser. | 0:14:18 | 0:14:22 | |
-You still think her death is to do with the revival of some cult? -Yes. | 0:14:22 | 0:14:27 | |
Black Jack Briggs murdered three women, all ritually sacrificed. | 0:14:27 | 0:14:32 | |
-He said he was re-enacting something called the Legend of Beelzebub's Virgin. -Which was? | 0:14:32 | 0:14:39 | |
-A secret he took with him to the gallows. -Good riddance. People who believe all that are barking mad. | 0:14:39 | 0:14:46 | |
Is there any history of any such cult here? | 0:14:46 | 0:14:50 | |
-There was something in the parish records, centuries ago, some pagan ritual. -May I see it? | 0:14:50 | 0:14:56 | |
-The records? They're in Latin. -Ne solicitus sis, perficiam. | 0:14:56 | 0:15:02 | |
-What was that? -Don't worry, I'll manage. | 0:15:03 | 0:15:06 | |
Hello, Dad. ..Go on, ask him! YOU ask him. He's YOUR father! | 0:15:10 | 0:15:14 | |
We're short-staffed, so Ronald wondered if you'd help out in the dining room. | 0:15:14 | 0:15:20 | |
..Me? Serve people their dinner? | 0:15:20 | 0:15:23 | |
Luncheon, actually. ..If Mrs Bradley won't mind. | 0:15:23 | 0:15:27 | |
-Not at all. He's all yours. -11.30, then? | 0:15:27 | 0:15:32 | |
Cheerio. | 0:15:34 | 0:15:36 | |
I once worked as a waiter, madam. I vowed never again. | 0:15:36 | 0:15:40 | |
But that was before it gave you the perfect opportunity to eavesdrop. | 0:15:40 | 0:15:45 | |
-Everything all right? -No. She's got a one-armed man at table 4. It's bad luck. | 0:16:03 | 0:16:10 | |
Oh, yes. | 0:16:10 | 0:16:12 | |
-Poor chap. -No, HER. It's an omen. You should read this. | 0:16:12 | 0:16:17 | |
Omens And Superstitions. | 0:16:17 | 0:16:20 | |
Thanks very much. | 0:16:20 | 0:16:22 | |
Oh! ..Beg your pardon! | 0:16:26 | 0:16:29 | |
-You look quite different out of your chauffeur's uniform. -Must get on. | 0:16:29 | 0:16:34 | |
Customers waiting. | 0:16:34 | 0:16:37 | |
-I'm off tonight. Have you got time for a chat? -What about? -I'm getting married! -Right. Course. | 0:16:37 | 0:16:44 | |
-Right, madam, lamb cutlets. -Thank you, George. I ordered the fish. | 0:16:50 | 0:16:55 | |
Lamb will do. | 0:16:57 | 0:17:00 | |
Isn't the Inspector joining you? | 0:17:00 | 0:17:04 | |
-He's following up another lead. A smuggler's ring. -What a shame. | 0:17:04 | 0:17:09 | |
Any useful kitchen gossip? | 0:17:09 | 0:17:12 | |
Yes, madam. | 0:17:12 | 0:17:14 | |
If you hold onions under water while you're peeling them, they don't make you cry. ..Not a dickey bird. | 0:17:14 | 0:17:22 | |
-Are these the parish records? -Yes. | 0:17:22 | 0:17:25 | |
Nothing so far, but I'm only up to the 15th century. | 0:17:25 | 0:17:29 | |
-What's the matter? -Inspector Christmas has been attacked! | 0:17:29 | 0:17:33 | |
We've had reports of smugglers. Someone gave me a crack on the head, knocked me out cold. | 0:17:33 | 0:17:40 | |
We've got to find this lunatic... | 0:17:40 | 0:17:43 | |
You're going nowhere but home. Will you be all right? | 0:17:43 | 0:17:47 | |
Then, YOU are coming with me! | 0:17:48 | 0:17:51 | |
Madam! | 0:18:07 | 0:18:09 | |
Cognac, madam. | 0:18:41 | 0:18:43 | |
Looks like he was heading for that fisherman's cabin. | 0:18:45 | 0:18:49 | |
A worsted viper. And a pentagram. | 0:19:29 | 0:19:32 | |
"Ab hoc ducere." | 0:19:32 | 0:19:35 | |
I think we can safely assume that this is the strangler's lair. | 0:19:35 | 0:19:40 | |
-You'd better stay and keep watch. -On me own? | 0:19:45 | 0:19:49 | |
Try and be a brave boy. | 0:19:49 | 0:19:52 | |
We'll go over the parish records this evening. | 0:19:52 | 0:19:57 | |
-I was hoping to see Cecily tonight, madam. She's after some advice on marriage and such like. -Such like? | 0:19:57 | 0:20:04 | |
I've never heard it called that before. Good luck. | 0:20:04 | 0:20:08 | |
Little children - headache. Big children - heartache. So the saying goes. | 0:20:19 | 0:20:25 | |
There are three golden rules for bringing up children. | 0:20:25 | 0:20:29 | |
Alas, nobody knows what they are. | 0:20:29 | 0:20:32 | |
This is Mrs Bradley. Someone appears to have been in my room. ..Thank you. | 0:20:48 | 0:20:54 | |
-He could do with some bacon. -No, he couldn't. | 0:21:07 | 0:21:10 | |
-It's a cure for baldness, but only if it's stolen. -Not you as well! | 0:21:10 | 0:21:15 | |
Dung placed around the house will bring good luck, and flies! | 0:21:15 | 0:21:20 | |
If a bride spills a drop of blood on her wedding dress, | 0:21:20 | 0:21:24 | |
-she'll be dead by Christmas. -Believe that, you'll believe anything! | 0:21:24 | 0:21:28 | |
-Dad? -Mm? | 0:21:30 | 0:21:32 | |
-What do you make of Ronald? -Nice enough. | 0:21:32 | 0:21:36 | |
-Dad! -Well, he's a bit... What's the word? ..alembicated for my liking. | 0:21:36 | 0:21:42 | |
-Alembicated? -Stuck-up. La-di-da. | 0:21:42 | 0:21:45 | |
-Hark who's talking. -There's a difference between affectation and education. | 0:21:45 | 0:21:51 | |
I know he's not everyone's cup of tea, but he's a good man, Dad, and I love him. | 0:21:51 | 0:21:58 | |
Here you go. All you need to know regarding wedding, night of. | 0:21:59 | 0:22:05 | |
-Wedded Bliss by Adela Bradley. -If you need any more, write to Miss Behaviour at the newspaper. | 0:22:05 | 0:22:11 | |
I have. "I'm soon to be married and I worry about first-night nerves..." | 0:22:11 | 0:22:16 | |
That'll do. I'm your dad, not your doctor. | 0:22:16 | 0:22:20 | |
-If you love him, well and good. But remember, you get what you settle for. -And you got Mum? | 0:22:21 | 0:22:28 | |
She weren't so bad - till she got ideas. | 0:22:28 | 0:22:32 | |
-Is she coming to the wedding? -I wouldn't know where to send the invitation. | 0:22:32 | 0:22:38 | |
What about you? Anyone special? Or have you got your hands full with Mrs Bradley? | 0:22:38 | 0:22:44 | |
-Meaning what? -Nothing. | 0:22:44 | 0:22:47 | |
Come on. I'll race you up. | 0:22:47 | 0:22:49 | |
# There is a time and place for everything | 0:22:59 | 0:23:03 | |
# You're everything, right now's the time and your place is in my heart | 0:23:03 | 0:23:09 | |
# And besides, there isn't anything | 0:23:09 | 0:23:13 | |
# I'd rather do than cuddle you | 0:23:13 | 0:23:16 | |
# With your 50 million charms... # | 0:23:16 | 0:23:19 | |
Must be a mistake. We've got our supper. | 0:23:19 | 0:23:23 | |
-You're feeling better, sir? -Yes. We were...discussing | 0:23:26 | 0:23:30 | |
-who tore out half the parish records and why. -Someone broke in? | 0:23:30 | 0:23:34 | |
I'm fine. But Ronald's passkey is missing. Somewhat disturbing with a murderer around. | 0:23:34 | 0:23:41 | |
-Which is why, George, I suggest you bolt your door tonight. -I'll bear that in mind, sir. | 0:23:41 | 0:23:48 | |
Good night. | 0:23:48 | 0:23:51 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:23:57 | 0:24:00 | |
-After a new job, are we? -No, Mrs Quincy. Just a spot of supper. -Call me Myrtle. | 0:24:08 | 0:24:15 | |
Sounds like a village in Suffolk your name. Welcome to Myrtle Quincy. | 0:24:15 | 0:24:20 | |
I DO like a sense of humour. | 0:24:20 | 0:24:23 | |
Why don't I join you? I'll get a bottle from my husband's cellar. | 0:24:24 | 0:24:29 | |
Oh, your husband! I'm not sure he'd approve. | 0:24:30 | 0:24:34 | |
Funny man! He's 6ft under! Has been ten year. | 0:24:34 | 0:24:38 | |
..Everything all right with your plumbing? | 0:24:38 | 0:24:41 | |
..Beg your pardon? | 0:24:41 | 0:24:45 | |
-Gentleman in the next room says his pipes are blocked. Are yours in working order? -..Far as I know. | 0:24:45 | 0:24:52 | |
Good-o. | 0:24:52 | 0:24:54 | |
..Back in a jiffy. | 0:24:54 | 0:24:57 | |
Whoever stole the parish records must be involved with Chastity's murder and trying to hide something. | 0:25:03 | 0:25:10 | |
-But why not take the whole volume? -Too big? | 0:25:10 | 0:25:14 | |
He'd be spotted. I put a 24-hour watch on the beach. Nothing so far. | 0:25:14 | 0:25:19 | |
-I'm convinced it's a disciple of Black Jack Briggs. -Did he have family? | 0:25:19 | 0:25:25 | |
A brother, I believe. His mother died shortly after he was hanged. | 0:25:25 | 0:25:30 | |
I can't remember. It was all so long ago. | 0:25:30 | 0:25:33 | |
You must have been a babe in arms. | 0:25:33 | 0:25:36 | |
-I do believe you're flirting with me, Inspector. -Why don't you call me Henry? | 0:25:36 | 0:25:42 | |
I don't recall ordering that. | 0:25:51 | 0:25:54 | |
Just going over the wedding plans. | 0:26:07 | 0:26:10 | |
When you've finished, perhaps one of you would remove...the snake. | 0:26:10 | 0:26:15 | |
-Snake? -In my hotel? | 0:26:15 | 0:26:19 | |
Never! | 0:26:19 | 0:26:21 | |
LOUD SCREAM | 0:26:22 | 0:26:25 | |
Whisky, Henry? | 0:26:25 | 0:26:27 | |
-I apologise again. I've never been very fond of snakes. -I won't breathe a word. | 0:26:34 | 0:26:40 | |
-Snake's all taken care of. -I'm so sorry. | 0:26:40 | 0:26:44 | |
It must have been someone's attempt at a practical joke. | 0:26:44 | 0:26:48 | |
-No, it was someone's attempt to scare me. -Well, they're no match for a team like you and me. -Madam. | 0:26:48 | 0:26:56 | |
-Just a minute, George. -We'll get him. -I hope you're right, Henry. Good night. -Good night. | 0:26:56 | 0:27:03 | |
-Madam. -I'll see you out, Inspector. | 0:27:03 | 0:27:08 | |
You were saying? | 0:27:08 | 0:27:11 | |
There was a light out at sea, from a boat. Morse code. | 0:27:11 | 0:27:16 | |
-Why didn't you tell me?! -I tried. | 0:27:16 | 0:27:18 | |
Nothing there now. What did it say? | 0:27:20 | 0:27:23 | |
-2200, the cabin. Could be smugglers planning a rendezvous. -Possibly. | 0:27:23 | 0:27:28 | |
It's midnight, so they must mean tomorrow. Question is, who was the message for? | 0:27:28 | 0:27:34 | |
-One for the team, madam? You and Henry? -And you, George. Good night. | 0:27:34 | 0:27:40 | |
-In case you were wondering... -Wondering? About what? | 0:27:40 | 0:27:44 | |
-Nothing, madam, it was... -What you do in your own time is your own...affair. | 0:27:44 | 0:27:50 | |
All that remains is to thank you all for coming. | 0:27:59 | 0:28:05 | |
Please, help yourselves. | 0:28:05 | 0:28:08 | |
-That was a very moving service. You did your daughter proud. -Thank you. | 0:28:10 | 0:28:14 | |
-What's going on? -Bound to get out. The results of the postmortem - | 0:28:34 | 0:28:40 | |
Chastity was expecting a baby. | 0:28:40 | 0:28:43 | |
..Constable, have you no sense of discretion? | 0:28:43 | 0:28:46 | |
I just wanted to pay my respects. | 0:28:57 | 0:29:00 | |
What do YOU know about respect? You defiled my daughter! | 0:29:01 | 0:29:06 | |
If you know what's good for you, stay away! | 0:29:08 | 0:29:12 | |
I know what you're all thinking... | 0:29:20 | 0:29:23 | |
about my daughter! | 0:29:23 | 0:29:26 | |
Well, he that is without sin among you, | 0:29:26 | 0:29:30 | |
let him first cast a stone at her! | 0:29:30 | 0:29:34 | |
You DID frame it. How lovely. | 0:29:53 | 0:29:56 | |
What a wonderful crab. | 0:29:56 | 0:29:58 | |
-I caught it. -Will you catch one for me? -I'll try. | 0:29:58 | 0:30:03 | |
And more paintings by Chastity. | 0:30:04 | 0:30:08 | |
I, er...took the liberty of nipping upstairs to search her room, madam. | 0:30:08 | 0:30:13 | |
She seems to have had another "admirer". | 0:30:13 | 0:30:16 | |
"If lust is a sin, I am damned by my desire for you." | 0:30:16 | 0:30:22 | |
-Anything I should know? -A note written on a typewriter with no E. | 0:30:22 | 0:30:27 | |
And an entry in Chastity's diary the day she died - 11pm, | 0:30:27 | 0:30:32 | |
-LH. -LH? | 0:30:32 | 0:30:34 | |
Lester Hicks! | 0:30:34 | 0:30:37 | |
INDISTINCT CONVERSATION | 0:30:37 | 0:30:39 | |
So how many other people do you know with the initials LH? | 0:30:39 | 0:30:45 | |
-I said I d-didn't write that note. -Then we'll take some fingerprints, | 0:30:45 | 0:30:50 | |
and check that the letter E is working properly. | 0:30:50 | 0:30:55 | |
All right. S-So I had a s-soft spot for Chastity. | 0:30:58 | 0:31:03 | |
-No harm in that. -Did you tell your brother's fiancee about this soft spot, | 0:31:03 | 0:31:09 | |
-or merely write her unpleasant letters? -I've never been good with the ladies. | 0:31:09 | 0:31:15 | |
-Where were you the night she died? -M-M-Manning the lighthouse. | 0:31:15 | 0:31:20 | |
Terrible stammer the poor boy has. | 0:31:25 | 0:31:28 | |
I should imagine the reasons for it | 0:31:28 | 0:31:31 | |
stem from his childhood, and if he IS involved in the cult... | 0:31:31 | 0:31:36 | |
-Why wasn't he arrested? -For writing a letter? The rest is circumstantial. | 0:31:36 | 0:31:42 | |
-Sorry. I'll wait outside. -Oh, no, do join me. | 0:31:42 | 0:31:46 | |
-You missed your vocation, George. You're getting good at this. -Praise indeed, sir. | 0:31:46 | 0:31:53 | |
I took the opportunity to check Chastity's locker. I found this. | 0:31:55 | 0:32:01 | |
£100. | 0:32:01 | 0:32:03 | |
-Must be the legacy. -But the vicar said there WAS no legacy, | 0:32:04 | 0:32:10 | |
-so where did Chastity get this? -Another piece of the puzzle. An hour to go. | 0:32:10 | 0:32:17 | |
-Oh, I told the inspector about the Morse code. He's coming with us. -Very good, madam. I'll get the car. | 0:32:17 | 0:32:25 | |
You clicked. | 0:32:35 | 0:32:38 | |
-I'll have a glass of port while we wait. -I thought you liked whisky. | 0:32:38 | 0:32:44 | |
-Picked up the port habit in the Army. -I imagine you look well in uniform. | 0:32:44 | 0:32:51 | |
Would you like a taste? | 0:32:51 | 0:32:55 | |
-Mrs Quincy says she might offer you a job. -I might just take it. | 0:32:56 | 0:33:01 | |
Hold still! You're under arrest! | 0:33:18 | 0:33:21 | |
Oh, no, you don't! | 0:33:21 | 0:33:24 | |
Ohh! Ow! | 0:33:26 | 0:33:28 | |
-Sorry, sir. -Oh, well, a bird in the hand, as they say. | 0:33:35 | 0:33:39 | |
-Dress-making and smuggling - a busy bee. -I wanted money to get away. | 0:33:42 | 0:33:48 | |
-Who was on the motorcycle? -No idea. | 0:33:48 | 0:33:51 | |
-My bet is it's your brother-in-law. -Jake's out on the boat. -We'll check. | 0:33:51 | 0:33:57 | |
-Tell me, would you know how to send an SOS in Morse code? -No. Why? | 0:33:57 | 0:34:02 | |
Now listen to me. This is my final case. My reputation hangs on this. | 0:34:02 | 0:34:08 | |
I'm not bothered about smugglers. I want Chastity Baines' murderer. | 0:34:08 | 0:34:13 | |
-If you or your pal are mixed up... -We're not! -Tell me who was on the motorcycle, | 0:34:13 | 0:34:19 | |
-or I'll tell Lester you're cuckolding him with his brother! -Go to hell! | 0:34:19 | 0:34:26 | |
Come on, Delilah. Confession's good for the soul. | 0:34:33 | 0:34:38 | |
Don't do this, please! | 0:34:40 | 0:34:43 | |
Lester? | 0:34:49 | 0:34:51 | |
I didn't hear a thing. I just turned round, and there he was, behind me. | 0:35:17 | 0:35:22 | |
-Wearing a robe and a hood? -Knocked me out. | 0:35:22 | 0:35:26 | |
Next thing, I c-coming round on the beach with that round me neck. | 0:35:26 | 0:35:31 | |
I've said some prayers in my time, but never like last night. | 0:35:31 | 0:35:37 | |
-I'd assumed the strangler was after me. -Indeed. | 0:35:37 | 0:35:41 | |
-He will be here on Tuesday... -Then why would he try and kill Lester? | 0:35:41 | 0:35:46 | |
Sorry, madam. I'll get your key. | 0:35:46 | 0:35:49 | |
RHYTHMIC TAPPING | 0:35:49 | 0:35:52 | |
-Do you know what this is, Mr Quincey? -SOS. | 0:35:52 | 0:35:57 | |
Spot on. Tell me, what use would a hotel under manager have for Morse code? | 0:35:57 | 0:36:05 | |
-I think you owe George an apology. That was quite a punch last night. -What punch? | 0:36:05 | 0:36:12 | |
-Chastity found out about your smuggling. -We're not interested in cognac. | 0:36:12 | 0:36:18 | |
We're after a killer! | 0:36:18 | 0:36:21 | |
It was dawn...a few weeks ago. | 0:36:23 | 0:36:25 | |
Chastity was on the beach, painting. I didn't see her, but she saw me bringing the booze in | 0:36:25 | 0:36:32 | |
-from the boat. -And threatened to tell the police? -No! ..I don't know. | 0:36:32 | 0:36:39 | |
-Where were you the night she died? -Here, playing cards with Mother. | 0:36:39 | 0:36:45 | |
-Then I went to bed. -That's your alibi? | 0:36:45 | 0:36:49 | |
CECILY: Postpone the wedding?! | 0:36:49 | 0:36:52 | |
Just to be on the safe side... | 0:36:52 | 0:36:55 | |
I'm picking up my wedding dress this afternoon, | 0:36:55 | 0:36:59 | |
and this time next week, I'll be Mrs Ronald Quincy! | 0:36:59 | 0:37:04 | |
-I'm just saying... -You're saying the man I love might be a murderer. | 0:37:04 | 0:37:09 | |
-If you think that, forget the wedding, cos you're not welcome. -Cecily! | 0:37:09 | 0:37:15 | |
Um...the inspector's just found these. | 0:37:15 | 0:37:20 | |
Some sort of ceremonial robes | 0:37:20 | 0:37:23 | |
-on the cliff-edge. What a way to go. -Not necessarily. | 0:37:23 | 0:37:27 | |
The strangler could've faked his own suicide to throw us off the scent. | 0:37:27 | 0:37:32 | |
-As Lester Hicks could've staged the attack on himself. -Possible, but there is someone else. | 0:37:32 | 0:37:39 | |
Chastity's own father. As you once wrote, Mrs Bradley, | 0:37:39 | 0:37:44 | |
-"like charity, murder often begins at home". -Yes. | 0:37:44 | 0:37:48 | |
It might be worth paying Rev Baines' sister a visit to check his alibi. | 0:37:48 | 0:37:53 | |
And we will invite ourselves to tea at the vicarage. | 0:37:53 | 0:37:59 | |
-I'm glad you came. You can advise me on what to do about being burgled. -Oh? When? | 0:38:02 | 0:38:09 | |
The day of Chastity's funeral. | 0:38:09 | 0:38:11 | |
-Strangely, they just took some of my correspondence. -Anything important? | 0:38:11 | 0:38:17 | |
Well, yes AND no. | 0:38:17 | 0:38:20 | |
Have you...heard of Miss Behaviour in the Gazette? | 0:38:20 | 0:38:24 | |
Yes. | 0:38:24 | 0:38:27 | |
-Well, -I -am Miss Behaviour. | 0:38:27 | 0:38:30 | |
-An unusual sideline, sir. -I like to help people, | 0:38:30 | 0:38:34 | |
and it tells me what's going on in the parish. | 0:38:34 | 0:38:38 | |
-I hope I can rely on your discretion. -Of course. Why would anyone steal letters from your column? -No idea. | 0:38:38 | 0:38:46 | |
Er, these... | 0:38:46 | 0:38:49 | |
These are some of the printed ones. | 0:38:49 | 0:38:52 | |
"Dear Miss Behaviour, my wife and I have been wed six years | 0:38:52 | 0:38:57 | |
"yet to this day I remain a complete stranger to coition." | 0:38:57 | 0:39:03 | |
-To who? -The marriage is unconsummated. | 0:39:03 | 0:39:07 | |
-"I fear I may die without knowing the pleasures of the flesh." -Ah, yes. P-Perplexed of P-Porth Carrack. | 0:39:07 | 0:39:15 | |
Lester Hicks? No wonder he sleeps at the lighthouse. | 0:39:15 | 0:39:19 | |
Hold on, madam. Are we saying that he's married but he's never had... | 0:39:19 | 0:39:25 | |
-..relations? Not even once?! -It's not unheard of. | 0:39:27 | 0:39:32 | |
Deep anxiety, a physical problem. | 0:39:32 | 0:39:34 | |
The poor man must be in torment. ..How did you know it was Lester? | 0:39:34 | 0:39:39 | |
-Aren't the letters anonymous? -He signed his. | 0:39:39 | 0:39:43 | |
People often slip up. Like your daughter. | 0:39:43 | 0:39:47 | |
She wrote on notepaper from Quincy's Hotel. ..Ah! | 0:39:47 | 0:39:51 | |
Temperance. ..She's very pleased with herself. | 0:39:51 | 0:39:56 | |
-She has a present for you. Caught it herself. -Thank you very... | 0:39:56 | 0:40:02 | |
These are pages from the parish records. | 0:40:02 | 0:40:06 | |
Where did you find them? | 0:40:06 | 0:40:08 | |
This explains the blocked plumbing at the hotel. | 0:40:19 | 0:40:23 | |
The thief must've flushed these pages away, forgetting they'd re-emerge. | 0:40:23 | 0:40:29 | |
-Totally illegible. -Is it important? | 0:40:33 | 0:40:36 | |
It might've helped us find out what happened to your sister. | 0:40:36 | 0:40:41 | |
Why? | 0:40:43 | 0:40:45 | |
-She's copied out some pages of the parish records. -To practise my copperplates. -Lots of it, too! | 0:40:49 | 0:40:58 | |
Eureka! "The Legend of Beelzebub's Virgin." | 0:40:59 | 0:41:03 | |
Er, this may not be suitable for young ears. | 0:41:03 | 0:41:07 | |
Temperance, some tea, I think. | 0:41:07 | 0:41:09 | |
Bear with me. I'm translating from the Latin. | 0:41:11 | 0:41:15 | |
"Exactly 200 years ago, a cult began right here in Porth Carrack. | 0:41:15 | 0:41:20 | |
"On the eve of her wedding, a young woman is found dead on a beach, | 0:41:20 | 0:41:25 | |
"shorn of her hair, strangled by a worsted viper. | 0:41:25 | 0:41:30 | |
-"The culprit is tried...hanged... A blacksmith, Mr Edmund..." -Briggs. | 0:41:30 | 0:41:35 | |
-"..leader of the Ophidian Brotherhood." -Ophidian - snakes, serpent-like? | 0:41:35 | 0:41:42 | |
"Briggs's last words were, 'At the twelfth hour of the virgin death, | 0:41:42 | 0:41:47 | |
" 'darkness shall hold dominion over the beacon of light.' " | 0:41:47 | 0:41:52 | |
-He predicts his execution will be avenged on the anniversary of his death, July 3rd. -When Chastity died. | 0:41:52 | 0:42:00 | |
-An innocent girl is strangled for this? -But she wasn't innocent. She wasn't a virgin. | 0:42:00 | 0:42:07 | |
-So a second virgin must be found. -Lester Hicks? -But he survived. -So another victim is needed. | 0:42:07 | 0:42:15 | |
Another virgin... | 0:42:15 | 0:42:18 | |
Oh, my God! "Dear Miss Behaviour, I'm soon to be married and am worried about first-night nerves." | 0:42:18 | 0:42:25 | |
If the vicar guessed it was Cecily, so will the strangler. | 0:42:25 | 0:42:30 | |
Oh, it's perfect. | 0:42:34 | 0:42:37 | |
Thank you so much! | 0:42:37 | 0:42:39 | |
Ow! | 0:42:42 | 0:42:44 | |
You left a pin in. | 0:42:44 | 0:42:47 | |
It's a good job I'm not superstitious. | 0:42:55 | 0:42:58 | |
There! As good as new. | 0:43:00 | 0:43:03 | |
I'll get something to wrap it in. | 0:43:03 | 0:43:06 | |
'She left some time ago.' | 0:43:38 | 0:43:40 | |
Straight back to the hotel she said. | 0:43:40 | 0:43:43 | |
SHOE SQUEAKS | 0:43:49 | 0:43:52 | |
Hello! What are YOU doing here? | 0:43:54 | 0:43:57 | |
SCREAMS MINGLE WITH SEAGULLS' SCREECHING | 0:43:58 | 0:44:03 | |
Right, ladies and gentlemen, she's been missing for two hours. | 0:44:03 | 0:44:08 | |
Before we start the search, Cecily's father would like a word. | 0:44:08 | 0:44:13 | |
Number one, thank you for helping. | 0:44:13 | 0:44:16 | |
Number two, I believe someone here knows what's happened to Cecily. | 0:44:16 | 0:44:22 | |
When I find out who you are... God help you. | 0:44:22 | 0:44:28 | |
Shall we go? | 0:44:29 | 0:44:33 | |
There's been trouble on the beach again. | 0:44:35 | 0:44:38 | |
Constable Sharp's been attacked on lookout duty. Someone knocked him out. | 0:44:38 | 0:44:44 | |
These marks are new. | 0:45:07 | 0:45:09 | |
Black crosses. | 0:45:10 | 0:45:13 | |
"Ab hoc ducere - let THIS be your guide." | 0:45:14 | 0:45:19 | |
Placing this between the crosses, we should get a perfect fit. | 0:45:20 | 0:45:25 | |
-A map reading with the uppermost point indicating... -The church. | 0:45:25 | 0:45:32 | |
Stop the car. | 0:45:40 | 0:45:43 | |
That wasn't there yesterday. | 0:45:48 | 0:45:51 | |
There's something in here. | 0:46:06 | 0:46:09 | |
It's Cecily's hair. | 0:46:24 | 0:46:27 | |
Two possibilities. One, he's taking her to the church. | 0:46:27 | 0:46:32 | |
-Two, he'll bring her here. -Well, let's just toss a coin(!) | 0:46:32 | 0:46:37 | |
-I think he'll bring her here. Why else build this pyre? -It's a trick. -What about the map and the church? | 0:46:37 | 0:46:46 | |
-She's my daughter! -Very well. You take the church, I'LL stay here. | 0:46:46 | 0:46:52 | |
-I should've seen this coming. I could've warned her. -It's not your fault, George. -I'm her father! | 0:47:05 | 0:47:12 | |
-I shouldn't have been worrying about you and the inspector. -What do you mean? | 0:47:12 | 0:47:19 | |
Nothing, madam. | 0:47:19 | 0:47:22 | |
Nobody knows what's going to happen, but I DO know you're not to blame. | 0:47:24 | 0:47:29 | |
We haven't been getting on very well lately, have we? | 0:47:32 | 0:47:37 | |
-It's not for me to say, madam. -Well, I'm saying it. | 0:47:37 | 0:47:42 | |
There are some people who think we make a rather formidable team. | 0:47:42 | 0:47:47 | |
-Oh, yes? -Yes. | 0:47:47 | 0:47:49 | |
And I'm one of them. | 0:47:51 | 0:47:54 | |
Me too, madam. | 0:48:01 | 0:48:04 | |
CRUNCHING | 0:48:07 | 0:48:10 | |
ANIMAL YELPS | 0:48:24 | 0:48:27 | |
Just a fox. | 0:48:28 | 0:48:30 | |
Look. "Ada Briggs, | 0:48:38 | 0:48:41 | |
-"1846-1900. -Beloved mother." -Of Black Jack? | 0:48:41 | 0:48:45 | |
-Well, the dates fit. -And the grave has been well tended. -Probably by one of Black Jack's disciples. | 0:48:45 | 0:48:53 | |
If it's a Briggs family link, how do we explain the business with the Hicks, and Chastity's diary entry - | 0:48:53 | 0:49:00 | |
-"11pm, LH." Lester Hicks has to be the last person who saw her alive. -Unless... | 0:49:00 | 0:49:07 | |
LH wasn't a person but a place. | 0:49:07 | 0:49:10 | |
"June 2nd, PL." | 0:49:10 | 0:49:13 | |
Potted Lobster! | 0:49:13 | 0:49:15 | |
-"June 10th...QH." -Quincy's Hotel. All the places she's painted! -"July 3rd, LH." | 0:49:17 | 0:49:24 | |
"At the twelfth hour of the virgin death, | 0:49:26 | 0:49:30 | |
"darkness shall hold dominion over the beacon of light!" | 0:49:30 | 0:49:35 | |
So the clues to the church and the box on the beach were part of a wild-goose chase | 0:49:55 | 0:50:02 | |
which the smuggling had nothing to do with. | 0:50:02 | 0:50:05 | |
Everything else the strangler has planned like a military operation. | 0:50:05 | 0:50:11 | |
CECILY WHIMPERS | 0:50:17 | 0:50:20 | |
(Oh, Cecily! Cecily!) | 0:51:24 | 0:51:27 | |
Don't even THINK of running! | 0:51:33 | 0:51:36 | |
I know who you are. No-one else could've stayed ahead of me. | 0:51:36 | 0:51:41 | |
-Is Cecily all right? -Yes, thank God! -Who will YOU thank? | 0:51:41 | 0:51:46 | |
When you go to the gallows for the murder of Chastity Baines, who will have mercy on YOUR soul? | 0:51:46 | 0:51:54 | |
What a battle royal this has been, fought with military precision as befits a military man. | 0:51:54 | 0:52:02 | |
Good of you to worry about my soul, Mrs Bradley. | 0:52:06 | 0:52:10 | |
-I have all the salvation I need. -You KNEW that Jack Briggs had a family. | 0:52:10 | 0:52:16 | |
-Is that so? -He was your brother. | 0:52:16 | 0:52:19 | |
Not just my brother. | 0:52:19 | 0:52:22 | |
My hero. | 0:52:22 | 0:52:24 | |
My guiding light. | 0:52:24 | 0:52:27 | |
The day he died, the light went out. | 0:52:27 | 0:52:30 | |
"Blessed be the name of the Lord." | 0:52:30 | 0:52:33 | |
They hanged Jack on Christmas Eve. | 0:52:36 | 0:52:38 | |
Good name, Christmas, don't you think? Good alias for someone starting a new life. | 0:52:40 | 0:52:47 | |
Someone who thinks every day about what you did to his family. | 0:52:47 | 0:52:52 | |
Mother loved it here. | 0:52:53 | 0:52:56 | |
Heaven on earth she called it when we were kids. | 0:52:56 | 0:53:00 | |
Summer holidays. | 0:53:00 | 0:53:03 | |
Just me, Jack and her - the three of us against the world. | 0:53:03 | 0:53:08 | |
Why? | 0:53:11 | 0:53:13 | |
For the Brotherhood. | 0:53:14 | 0:53:17 | |
For our Jack. | 0:53:17 | 0:53:19 | |
And then YOU turned up, | 0:53:20 | 0:53:23 | |
like a bad dream. I knew you'd cause trouble, | 0:53:23 | 0:53:28 | |
but I didn't anticipate George finding Jake's alibi. | 0:53:28 | 0:53:33 | |
The closer you got to the truth, | 0:53:33 | 0:53:35 | |
the harder I worked to keep you at bay. | 0:53:35 | 0:53:39 | |
I knew the postmortem results long before Chastity's funeral. | 0:53:39 | 0:53:44 | |
All I could think was, "Who else? | 0:53:44 | 0:53:47 | |
"Who else?" | 0:53:47 | 0:53:50 | |
But when Lester survived, | 0:53:50 | 0:53:52 | |
I was forced to find another victim. | 0:53:52 | 0:53:56 | |
-Hello. -It was her destiny, the will of the Ophidian Brotherhood. | 0:53:58 | 0:54:04 | |
-Stop this charade! -"Darkness shall hold dominion..." -And spare me the grandiloquent nonsense. -Nonsense? | 0:54:04 | 0:54:12 | |
-You said yourself that one man's mumbo jumbo is another man's faith. -Faith? This was murder, | 0:54:12 | 0:54:19 | |
-dressed up as ritual sacrifice to disguise a tawdry truth. -"At the twelfth hour of the virgin death..." | 0:54:19 | 0:54:27 | |
Listen to Mrs Bradley. I said... | 0:54:27 | 0:54:29 | |
..listen! | 0:54:30 | 0:54:32 | |
Goodness knows how, but Chastity knew you were Jack Briggs' brother. | 0:54:32 | 0:54:38 | |
A shameful family secret hidden for years. She blackmailed you. That's how she got the £100. | 0:54:38 | 0:54:45 | |
Inspector Henry Christmas, brother of a madman, a murderer. | 0:54:45 | 0:54:50 | |
How would that go down at Scotland Yard? | 0:54:50 | 0:54:53 | |
What would happen to your hard-earned reputation? No MBE, that's for sure, | 0:54:53 | 0:55:00 | |
just exposure and disgrace. | 0:55:00 | 0:55:03 | |
-Believe what you like! -It's not a question of what I believe. I KNOW. | 0:55:03 | 0:55:08 | |
-What -I -know is my brother was ill! | 0:55:09 | 0:55:12 | |
He needed help! | 0:55:12 | 0:55:14 | |
But he got the gallows! YOU did that! | 0:55:14 | 0:55:19 | |
My mother died of a broken heart! | 0:55:19 | 0:55:22 | |
Your mother died of shame. | 0:55:22 | 0:55:25 | |
-How dare you?! -Your mother, the girls your brother killed, were all innocent victims of Jack's madness. | 0:55:25 | 0:55:33 | |
But YOU are entirely sane, | 0:55:33 | 0:55:36 | |
and as such, nothing but a common killer! | 0:55:36 | 0:55:40 | |
'It seems like yesterday' | 0:55:47 | 0:55:50 | |
-that Cecily was a baby. -Dad! | 0:55:50 | 0:55:53 | |
But today she's Mrs Ronald Quincy, | 0:55:54 | 0:55:57 | |
a wife. And what IS a wife? Well, the best definition I know | 0:55:57 | 0:56:02 | |
is a woman who stands by her man | 0:56:02 | 0:56:05 | |
through all the trouble he wouldn't have if he hadn't got married! | 0:56:05 | 0:56:10 | |
Cecily... | 0:56:10 | 0:56:13 | |
Ronald... all the happiness in the world. | 0:56:13 | 0:56:16 | |
Ladies and gentlemen, | 0:56:18 | 0:56:21 | |
if you'd charge your glasses | 0:56:21 | 0:56:23 | |
with this rather fine cognac, I give you the bride and groom. | 0:56:23 | 0:56:29 | |
The bride and groom. | 0:56:32 | 0:56:35 | |
# I've lots on my mind Plenty to do but I can find | 0:56:36 | 0:56:42 | |
# Oceans of time to spare for you Only for you | 0:56:42 | 0:56:48 | |
# I work quite a lot Busy all day but still I've got | 0:56:48 | 0:56:53 | |
# Oceans of time to spare for you. # | 0:56:53 | 0:56:57 | |
I wouldn't presume to offer advice to the happy couple, | 0:57:01 | 0:57:05 | |
but if I DID, I'd strongly advise patience, tolerance and, above all, separate bathrooms! | 0:57:05 | 0:57:12 | |
Be kind to each other. | 0:57:12 | 0:57:14 | |
Thank you, madam. | 0:57:14 | 0:57:17 | |
-Look after her. -I promise. | 0:57:21 | 0:57:24 | |
You're always welcome. | 0:57:24 | 0:57:26 | |
Bye, Dad. | 0:57:26 | 0:57:29 | |
Best be off, then. | 0:57:32 | 0:57:34 | |
-Are you all right, George? -Mmm! Never better. | 0:57:46 | 0:57:51 | |
Someone appears to have left a rose. | 0:57:52 | 0:57:55 | |
-I believe you said you liked a splash of colour about the place. -Thank you, George. | 0:57:55 | 0:58:02 | |
Thank YOU, madam. | 0:58:03 | 0:58:06 | |
# I've lots on my mind Plenty to do but I can find | 0:58:09 | 0:58:15 | |
# Oceans of time to spare for you Only for you | 0:58:15 | 0:58:20 | |
# I work quite a lot Busy all day but still I've got | 0:58:20 | 0:58:25 | |
# Oceans of time to spare for you | 0:58:25 | 0:58:29 | |
# When others have an hour or two They try and wonder what to do | 0:58:29 | 0:58:35 | |
# But I just find myself with you contented | 0:58:35 | 0:58:40 | |
# Life seems one long grind Nevertheless I'll always find | 0:58:40 | 0:58:45 | |
# Oceans and oceans and oceans of time to spare for you... # | 0:58:45 | 0:58:50 | |
Subtitles by Mary Easton and Judith Simpson - BBC Scotland 2000 | 0:58:50 | 0:58:53 |