1 00:00:05,037 --> 00:00:06,473 - Mummy? - Mummy! 2 00:00:06,553 --> 00:00:08,703 - I'm up here. - Mummy! 3 00:00:09,038 --> 00:00:10,115 Mummy! 4 00:00:10,195 --> 00:00:12,339 - We can't find Bella! - Oh, where have you looked? 5 00:00:12,419 --> 00:00:13,445 We've been everywhere. 6 00:00:13,525 --> 00:00:16,439 We've been in the gardens and behind the hall. We've been to the lake. 7 00:00:16,519 --> 00:00:17,800 Have you asked Mr. Brent? 8 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:19,665 - He won't help us. - He doesn't like Bella. 9 00:00:19,851 --> 00:00:22,677 Why don't you try Dingle Dell? She often goes there. 10 00:00:22,827 --> 00:00:23,944 Yes! 11 00:00:29,806 --> 00:00:30,965 Bella! 12 00:00:31,610 --> 00:00:32,687 Bella! 13 00:00:33,128 --> 00:00:34,674 - Bella! - Bella! 14 00:00:34,951 --> 00:00:36,821 - Bella! - Bella! 15 00:00:37,564 --> 00:00:38,943 - Bella! - Bella! 16 00:00:39,267 --> 00:00:40,512 Bella! 17 00:00:44,125 --> 00:00:48,951 Here girl! Bella! Here girl! 18 00:01:00,176 --> 00:01:02,477 - There she is. - Oh no. 19 00:02:03,949 --> 00:02:05,506 How did you find me, Mr. Pund? 20 00:02:05,586 --> 00:02:07,990 Oh, it was the Reverend Osborne in Saxby-on-Avon. 21 00:02:08,070 --> 00:02:09,463 He gave me your address. 22 00:02:09,543 --> 00:02:12,237 Oh. You're investigating Mary's death? 23 00:02:12,317 --> 00:02:16,243 No, Mr. Blakiston. I am investigating the murder of her employer, 24 00:02:16,323 --> 00:02:17,820 Sir Magnus Pye. 25 00:02:18,208 --> 00:02:20,692 Well, then you're wasting your time. I can't help you. 26 00:02:21,086 --> 00:02:22,920 I'm not even sure that I'd want to. 27 00:02:23,321 --> 00:02:25,279 You are no friend of Sir Magnus. 28 00:02:25,500 --> 00:02:28,925 He took everything I ever loved. When he offered Mary the job at Pye Hall, 29 00:02:29,005 --> 00:02:30,578 he sucked her into his orbit. 30 00:02:31,615 --> 00:02:35,366 She worshipped him. He was an aristocrat. The local squire. 31 00:02:35,446 --> 00:02:36,928 She trusted him with everything. 32 00:02:37,008 --> 00:02:39,149 And suddenly there was no more room for me. 33 00:02:39,329 --> 00:02:40,768 When did you last see her? 34 00:02:41,052 --> 00:02:44,276 - Ten years ago. - Oh, but still, you went to her funeral. 35 00:02:44,356 --> 00:02:46,884 Of course I did. I loved her. 36 00:02:47,326 --> 00:02:51,014 Before the accident, before Sam died, we'd been happy together. 37 00:02:51,521 --> 00:02:53,514 She weren't an easy woman, I'll grant you that. 38 00:02:53,594 --> 00:02:56,988 But when we first got married, setting up our first home, 39 00:02:57,485 --> 00:02:59,740 oh, those were wonderful days. 40 00:03:00,059 --> 00:03:01,900 And then you lost your son. 41 00:03:02,412 --> 00:03:04,626 I was away with the RAF at the time. 42 00:03:05,298 --> 00:03:08,148 Mary blamed me for that. Maybe she was right. 43 00:03:08,743 --> 00:03:10,625 Although I'm not sure what I could have done. 44 00:03:10,770 --> 00:03:12,087 Who do you blame? 45 00:03:12,167 --> 00:03:13,991 I suppose I could blame Sir Magnus. 46 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:16,759 He was the one who set up those treasure hunts. 47 00:03:17,256 --> 00:03:20,600 He hid the coin that could have drawn my boy into the water. 48 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:23,268 And I suppose that might have given me a reason to kill him, 49 00:03:23,348 --> 00:03:24,480 if that's what you're thinking. 50 00:03:24,612 --> 00:03:26,843 Although you might wonder why I waited twelve years. 51 00:03:27,032 --> 00:03:28,344 And what of Brent? 52 00:03:28,505 --> 00:03:32,025 The groundsman? Heh. He was close by. He could have kept an eye out. 53 00:03:33,182 --> 00:03:35,012 He was the one who found Sam. 54 00:03:35,303 --> 00:03:37,974 Although by then, it was far too late... 55 00:03:39,210 --> 00:03:41,253 I suppose he did what he could. 56 00:03:42,039 --> 00:03:44,064 Robert saw them just as they was coming out and 57 00:03:44,144 --> 00:03:45,736 he charged into the water too. 58 00:03:49,913 --> 00:03:50,987 Sam. 59 00:03:54,075 --> 00:03:56,621 Sam! Sam! 60 00:03:57,235 --> 00:04:00,778 I'm not sure Robert ever recovered from what he saw that day. 61 00:04:01,375 --> 00:04:02,339 In what way? 62 00:04:02,419 --> 00:04:05,543 His relationship with Mary. Turning his back on me. 63 00:04:05,623 --> 00:04:08,505 You have my sympathies, Mr. Blakiston, but sir, I have to ask: 64 00:04:08,738 --> 00:04:10,572 Is that the reason you chose not to 65 00:04:10,652 --> 00:04:12,691 speak to your own son at his mother's funeral? 66 00:04:12,771 --> 00:04:13,997 What good would it have done? 67 00:04:14,341 --> 00:04:16,881 I've been out of his life for far too long now 68 00:04:17,535 --> 00:04:20,645 and anyway the two of us was never that close. 69 00:04:21,209 --> 00:04:24,414 He was always a very quiet boy. Kept himself to himself. 70 00:04:24,862 --> 00:04:26,938 To be honest, I was closer to Sam. 71 00:04:27,607 --> 00:04:29,102 Did the two of them get on? 72 00:04:29,395 --> 00:04:31,693 Well, they fought like all young boys. 73 00:04:32,007 --> 00:04:34,861 There were jealousies. But I'd say yes. 74 00:04:35,234 --> 00:04:37,016 And what of Robert and his mother? 75 00:04:37,166 --> 00:04:38,915 Everything changed after the accident. 76 00:04:39,099 --> 00:04:41,132 To lose a child is so terrible. 77 00:04:41,212 --> 00:04:44,826 I suppose she became over-protective with the one that was left. 78 00:04:45,109 --> 00:04:48,136 Suddenly she was all over him. Never let him out of her sight. 79 00:04:50,523 --> 00:04:52,383 Thank you, Mr. Blakiston. 80 00:04:54,780 --> 00:04:57,973 Oh, um, what can you tell me about Bella? 81 00:04:58,439 --> 00:05:03,237 The dog? Somebody poisoned her. It was quite deliberate. Rat poison. 82 00:05:03,587 --> 00:05:06,432 We always assumed it was Brent. He hated the dog. 83 00:05:06,660 --> 00:05:09,848 He was always complaining about it. Sam was devastated. 84 00:05:10,037 --> 00:05:11,653 Why Sam in particular? 85 00:05:11,840 --> 00:05:15,867 Well, it was his dog. I'd bought her for him for his ninth birthday. 86 00:05:21,589 --> 00:05:24,612 If you ask me, everything about Pye Hall is cursed. 87 00:05:24,931 --> 00:05:26,862 The dog killed. The little boy drowned. 88 00:05:26,942 --> 00:05:28,600 Mary Blakitston. Sir Magnus. 89 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:30,745 If you want the truth, I don't want to spend another minute there. 90 00:05:30,825 --> 00:05:32,322 You may have your wish, James. 91 00:05:32,402 --> 00:05:35,027 We need to meet with Detective Inspector Chubb but after that 92 00:05:35,186 --> 00:05:37,123 we will be returning at once to London. 93 00:05:37,664 --> 00:05:40,950 Don't tell me. You know who did it! 94 00:05:41,441 --> 00:05:45,378 Matthew Blakiston provided the last piece of the jigsaw. 95 00:05:46,594 --> 00:05:49,216 Well then, do tell me! I want to know. 96 00:05:49,639 --> 00:05:51,051 We have a long drive. 97 00:05:51,131 --> 00:05:54,054 We have a long drive. I will explain it all. 98 00:05:56,662 --> 00:05:59,236 It's so infuriating because he never did. 99 00:06:00,481 --> 00:06:02,080 So you're no closer? 100 00:06:02,598 --> 00:06:03,809 No. 101 00:06:04,224 --> 00:06:06,723 I'm sorry, Charles. It's all gone. All the notes. Everything. 102 00:06:06,803 --> 00:06:09,601 And Claire Jenkins had a copy but she destroyed it. 103 00:06:09,768 --> 00:06:10,854 And that's the closest I got. 104 00:06:10,934 --> 00:06:13,850 - Well, full marks for trying. - Hm. 105 00:06:15,483 --> 00:06:18,133 There's, uh, something I need to tell you, Susan. 106 00:06:18,476 --> 00:06:20,689 I've approached Peter Kinsale at Harper Collins... 107 00:06:20,769 --> 00:06:22,343 ...for the position of CEO. 108 00:06:24,924 --> 00:06:26,087 Ah. 109 00:06:26,778 --> 00:06:28,321 Cityworld couldn't wait any longer. 110 00:06:28,401 --> 00:06:30,223 They've asked me to explore the field. 111 00:06:31,987 --> 00:06:33,793 You know how much I want you to take the job. 112 00:06:34,327 --> 00:06:35,807 I couldn't leave the company in better hands. 113 00:06:35,887 --> 00:06:38,201 But I can't risk the investors walking away. 114 00:06:39,212 --> 00:06:40,581 What did Peter say? 115 00:06:40,734 --> 00:06:43,543 He had some interesting ideas. He suggested Sophie Hannah 116 00:06:43,806 --> 00:06:45,750 be brought in to finish Magpie Murders. 117 00:06:47,203 --> 00:06:48,511 Oh. You told him about the book. 118 00:06:48,591 --> 00:06:50,870 Oh, I had to. Without Magpie Murders there's no deal. 119 00:06:52,891 --> 00:06:56,505 Yeah. Sophie's a good idea. She did a great job with Poirot. 120 00:06:56,677 --> 00:06:58,033 That's what I thought. 121 00:06:58,825 --> 00:07:00,419 Does she know who did it? 122 00:07:01,155 --> 00:07:02,650 She's reading it now. 123 00:07:06,536 --> 00:07:09,890 Ah, so this sounds like a done deal. 124 00:07:10,272 --> 00:07:12,635 Nothing's been agreed. There's still time. 125 00:07:12,906 --> 00:07:16,604 No. Uh, I think you've made the right decision. 126 00:07:19,765 --> 00:07:21,032 I think we both have. 127 00:07:23,619 --> 00:07:26,753 We have worked together how many years? 128 00:07:26,833 --> 00:07:28,524 Oh. 129 00:07:29,493 --> 00:07:30,793 Too many. 130 00:07:34,994 --> 00:07:36,585 How long will it all take? 131 00:07:37,194 --> 00:07:39,166 We'll need to make an announcement soon. 132 00:07:42,016 --> 00:07:43,241 Hm. 133 00:07:44,625 --> 00:07:46,742 She wants to use my title, by the way. 134 00:07:48,229 --> 00:07:49,744 - I'm sorry? - Sophie. 135 00:07:50,250 --> 00:07:52,983 She likes The Magpie Murders. 136 00:07:53,973 --> 00:07:56,132 Not Magpie Murders. 137 00:07:58,539 --> 00:08:00,989 I suppose we'll never know why Alan got so upset. 138 00:08:35,479 --> 00:08:38,191 Not "The Magpie Murders". Magpie Murders. 139 00:08:38,271 --> 00:08:39,893 That's the bloody title. 140 00:08:39,973 --> 00:08:42,176 "Cat up nudist". One word. 141 00:08:42,256 --> 00:08:45,531 It's an anagram of Atticus Pund. Alan loved anagrams. 142 00:08:45,611 --> 00:08:47,947 Darnley. D-A-R-N-L-E-Y. 143 00:08:48,027 --> 00:08:50,523 It's an anagram of Ryeland. It's us! 144 00:08:57,323 --> 00:08:59,420 Anagram. 145 00:09:02,852 --> 00:09:05,322 - An anagram. - I'm off, Susan. Is that OK? 146 00:09:05,994 --> 00:09:07,994 - Yeah. - I've got my check-up at five. 147 00:09:08,235 --> 00:09:09,744 Oh yes. Hope it goes OK. 148 00:09:09,824 --> 00:09:13,100 Oh, thanks. Oh, by the way, Jemima said hello. 149 00:09:13,420 --> 00:09:14,534 Jemima? Have you seen her? 150 00:09:14,614 --> 00:09:16,361 I bumped into her at the station a couple of nights ago. 151 00:09:16,441 --> 00:09:19,267 - We're going to meet next week. - Ah. Alice, Alice! 152 00:09:19,980 --> 00:09:21,314 Have you got a number for her? 153 00:09:26,392 --> 00:09:27,814 - Hey, Chris. - Hey. 154 00:09:28,235 --> 00:09:29,602 Can you do me a favour? 155 00:09:29,682 --> 00:09:31,173 Sure. What is it? 156 00:09:32,378 --> 00:09:35,489 My friend was sent an email but we don't know where it came from. 157 00:09:35,638 --> 00:09:36,806 Mm-hm. 158 00:09:37,039 --> 00:09:39,712 I forwarded it to myself but I, I need to know the source. 159 00:09:39,889 --> 00:09:41,583 Well, that's easy. Just look at the metadata. 160 00:09:41,755 --> 00:09:43,089 I don't know what that means. 161 00:09:44,988 --> 00:09:46,228 I'll do it. 162 00:09:46,488 --> 00:09:51,548 Okay, so that's your original IP. Put it into MX Toolbox. 163 00:09:51,628 --> 00:09:54,747 Reverse Lookup. And... there. 164 00:09:55,172 --> 00:09:57,796 It originated from Clover Books. 165 00:09:58,841 --> 00:10:00,058 What? 166 00:10:00,138 --> 00:10:01,747 Hm. Nice shot. 167 00:10:07,321 --> 00:10:09,629 It's good of you to come out Jemima. Thank you. 168 00:10:09,709 --> 00:10:12,613 - It's nice to see you, Susan. - Oh. Are you OK? 169 00:10:13,232 --> 00:10:16,437 Yeah. Ha. I'm starting at Channel Four. PA. 170 00:10:16,603 --> 00:10:18,491 Oh. That's great. 171 00:10:19,459 --> 00:10:21,164 So, I just wanted to talk to you 172 00:10:21,244 --> 00:10:22,874 about the manuscript for Magpie Murders. 173 00:10:22,954 --> 00:10:25,182 I know. Charles's already emailed me. 174 00:10:25,262 --> 00:10:27,378 But I promise you, it wasn't my fault. 175 00:10:27,458 --> 00:10:29,049 Oh, no. I'm not blaming you. 176 00:10:29,129 --> 00:10:31,175 I photocopied everything Charles gave me. 177 00:10:31,524 --> 00:10:34,303 I can't remember how many pages it was now. It was over three hundred. 178 00:10:34,383 --> 00:10:37,104 - Yeah. - I'd done a page count. I-I always did. 179 00:10:37,582 --> 00:10:39,386 And you didn't leave it in the machine room? 180 00:10:39,466 --> 00:10:41,296 No. I gave both copies to Charles. 181 00:10:41,376 --> 00:10:44,439 You had just left for Frankfurt so he said he'd look after it. 182 00:10:45,192 --> 00:10:46,343 And you didn't read it? 183 00:10:46,423 --> 00:10:48,041 Only the page numbers. 184 00:10:50,798 --> 00:10:52,741 Oh, no, wait a minute. You just said that 185 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:54,424 I'd already left for Frankfurt. 186 00:10:54,504 --> 00:10:55,847 Yeah. Wednesday morning. 187 00:10:56,533 --> 00:10:59,135 No. No. That's not possible because, well, Alan 188 00:10:59,439 --> 00:11:02,632 only gave Charles the manuscript on Thursday night when they had dinner. 189 00:11:03,342 --> 00:11:05,733 No. It came in the post on Wednesday. 190 00:11:06,264 --> 00:11:09,336 I photocopied it straight away and Charles had it before lunch. 191 00:11:12,287 --> 00:11:14,102 - Are you sure? - Yeah. 192 00:11:14,889 --> 00:11:16,964 - Magpie Murders? - Of course I'm sure. 193 00:11:17,109 --> 00:11:18,509 It was our biggest book. 194 00:11:19,295 --> 00:11:22,146 Charles told me not to tell anyone. He wanted to surprise you. 195 00:11:27,478 --> 00:11:29,091 Why did you leave so suddenly? 196 00:11:29,171 --> 00:11:30,848 Because Charles asked me to. 197 00:11:32,502 --> 00:11:37,047 He told me that you were the one who wanted to leave. 198 00:11:37,913 --> 00:11:41,358 That's not true. I'd told him I was looking around. 199 00:11:41,599 --> 00:11:44,761 That I really wanted to work in TV but when I came in on Friday morning, 200 00:11:44,841 --> 00:11:47,363 he just said it would be better for both of us if I left at once. 201 00:11:48,055 --> 00:11:51,099 He paid me a month's wages. That's it. 202 00:11:51,730 --> 00:11:52,934 What? 203 00:12:59,872 --> 00:13:03,280 Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. 204 00:13:05,208 --> 00:13:07,104 Susan? What are you doing? 205 00:13:07,761 --> 00:13:10,889 - I thought everyone had gone. - I-I left something so I... 206 00:13:13,129 --> 00:13:16,014 Ah, I see you found it. 207 00:13:16,216 --> 00:13:18,340 Yes. The missing chapter. 208 00:13:19,896 --> 00:13:21,418 You had it all along. 209 00:13:21,681 --> 00:13:23,556 I can explain. If-if you'll let me. 210 00:13:24,263 --> 00:13:26,055 I think you should. 211 00:13:26,283 --> 00:13:29,196 - Would you like a whiskey? - Uh, just a small one. 212 00:13:29,276 --> 00:13:32,260 Very good. You must understand everything I've done... 213 00:13:32,340 --> 00:13:33,993 ...is for the company. 214 00:13:34,073 --> 00:13:36,992 I had to protect us. See... 215 00:13:37,553 --> 00:13:40,507 ...oh, God. It-it's not easy to explain! 216 00:13:40,846 --> 00:13:42,755 Well then, why don't you let me? 217 00:13:43,392 --> 00:13:47,073 Why don't we start last Wednesday when I was in Frankfurt. 218 00:13:48,153 --> 00:13:50,658 That was when the manuscript actually arrived. 219 00:13:50,738 --> 00:13:52,360 It was sent to you in the post. 220 00:13:52,684 --> 00:13:55,231 You read it before your dinner with Alan on Thursday night. 221 00:13:55,311 --> 00:13:56,476 That's right. 222 00:13:56,556 --> 00:13:59,583 You sent Jemima away. You told her to leave 223 00:13:59,663 --> 00:14:02,794 because you didn't want her to tell me that you'd already read it. 224 00:14:02,874 --> 00:14:04,807 - She was leaving anyway. - Well. 225 00:14:05,742 --> 00:14:09,250 The dinner with Alan was, was horrible. He was drunk. 226 00:14:09,554 --> 00:14:11,651 Drunk and threatening. You have no idea... 227 00:14:11,731 --> 00:14:15,457 I'm fed up with it all! I'm fed up with Atticus *** Pund. 228 00:14:15,596 --> 00:14:18,329 You don't know how long I've bene waiting to do him in! 229 00:14:18,861 --> 00:14:20,280 Alan, please. 230 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:22,936 That same evening he wrote you a letter... 231 00:14:23,178 --> 00:14:26,672 ...effectively apologising for his behaviour. 232 00:14:27,017 --> 00:14:30,055 - The letter was handwritten. - Yes. It was. 233 00:14:31,260 --> 00:14:33,474 But an apology wasn't enough, was it? 234 00:14:34,049 --> 00:14:37,190 On Saturday evening you drove up to Abbey Grange. 235 00:14:37,270 --> 00:14:40,587 Eh... incidentally, you gave yourself away about that. 236 00:14:40,667 --> 00:14:42,067 I should have spotted it. 237 00:14:42,401 --> 00:14:43,383 I'm sorry, what do you mean? 238 00:14:43,463 --> 00:14:46,213 Well, when we drove up for the funeral, you were very helpful. 239 00:14:46,526 --> 00:14:48,297 Don't worry, Charles. We will get there. 240 00:14:48,377 --> 00:14:50,528 Find the pages. Save the company. 241 00:14:50,608 --> 00:14:52,504 Turn right here. You want to avoid the road works. 242 00:14:54,341 --> 00:14:57,452 You knew about the road works well before we got to them. 243 00:14:58,621 --> 00:15:01,726 But a few days earlier, I'd asked you a question. 244 00:15:01,930 --> 00:15:04,803 That house of his. Abbey Grange. When was the last time you saw it? 245 00:15:04,883 --> 00:15:06,851 Oh, I haven't been in Suffolk for five or six months. 246 00:15:07,244 --> 00:15:09,740 He changed the name. Did you know that? 247 00:15:12,076 --> 00:15:13,687 Five or six months. 248 00:15:14,661 --> 00:15:16,482 You were doing everything you could to 249 00:15:16,562 --> 00:15:18,911 distance yourself from the scene of the crime. 250 00:15:19,067 --> 00:15:22,371 But you were lying because you knew about the roadworks. 251 00:15:22,708 --> 00:15:23,909 I should have guessed. 252 00:15:23,989 --> 00:15:26,494 Are you accusing me of Alan's murder? 253 00:15:29,091 --> 00:15:31,393 First, that's ridiculous. 254 00:15:31,698 --> 00:15:34,194 Nobody needed him alive more than me. 255 00:15:34,274 --> 00:15:36,696 Apart from anything else, I needed that last chapter. 256 00:15:36,776 --> 00:15:39,672 Well, we'll get to that in a minute if that's alright with you. 257 00:15:39,752 --> 00:15:43,831 So once you arrived, you-you parked your car out of sight. 258 00:15:44,251 --> 00:15:47,041 As it happens, Andreas got there ahead of you. 259 00:15:47,258 --> 00:15:49,601 And he was with Alan. 260 00:16:07,081 --> 00:16:09,092 And that was when you took the photo. 261 00:16:09,410 --> 00:16:12,100 You sent it to me because you didn't want me to investigate. 262 00:16:12,374 --> 00:16:16,134 You thought I'd give up if I believed Andreas was involved. 263 00:16:18,086 --> 00:16:20,769 We've known each other for so many years, Charles. 264 00:16:23,892 --> 00:16:25,485 How could you be so cruel? 265 00:16:25,565 --> 00:16:28,371 I was afraid for you, Susan. I'll admit that. 266 00:16:28,730 --> 00:16:33,035 Going up there, blundering in with no idea what was at stake. 267 00:16:33,115 --> 00:16:37,301 Ok. Well then, let's... let's talk about the stakes, shall we? 268 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:41,345 The sale to Cityworld Media. 269 00:16:41,678 --> 00:16:44,055 Your beloved publishing company. 270 00:16:44,135 --> 00:16:48,565 All those shares the millions of pounds you were going to be paid. 271 00:16:48,645 --> 00:16:51,091 And he was going to destroy it all. 272 00:16:51,171 --> 00:16:55,387 - Yes! - Because he hated writing murder mysteries. 273 00:16:55,467 --> 00:16:57,809 He hated Atticus Pund. 274 00:16:58,002 --> 00:16:59,364 He thought he was better than that. 275 00:16:59,444 --> 00:17:02,851 Alan Conway wanted to be Salman Rushdie or Hilary Mantel. 276 00:17:02,931 --> 00:17:06,228 It's-it's extraordinary really because the more successful 277 00:17:06,308 --> 00:17:08,775 he was the more miserable he became. 278 00:17:08,855 --> 00:17:09,886 He was ludicrous. 279 00:17:09,966 --> 00:17:11,928 But then he was diagnosed with a terminal 280 00:17:12,008 --> 00:17:14,107 disease and that changed everything. 281 00:17:15,669 --> 00:17:17,631 He didn't need money anymore. 282 00:17:18,838 --> 00:17:21,992 Fame wasn't going to help and actually it disgusted him. 283 00:17:23,806 --> 00:17:29,829 But he'd always have this idea that one day he'd destroy Atticus Pund, 284 00:17:30,974 --> 00:17:33,369 give him his own version of the Reichenbach Falls 285 00:17:33,449 --> 00:17:35,949 and one that the literary world would never forget. 286 00:17:36,029 --> 00:17:40,290 In fact, it was built into the books. 287 00:17:41,298 --> 00:17:43,167 Atticus Pund Investigates. 288 00:17:43,247 --> 00:17:46,620 No Rest for the Wicked. Atticus Pund Takes the Case. 289 00:17:47,878 --> 00:17:52,922 The first letters spell out "An Anagram". 290 00:17:53,639 --> 00:17:57,066 Of course, it only works if the last book is called Magpie Murders. 291 00:17:57,146 --> 00:17:59,944 And not The Magpie Murders. 292 00:18:00,024 --> 00:18:02,113 Yes. Alan did tell me that. 293 00:18:02,193 --> 00:18:04,398 But an anagram of what? 294 00:18:05,266 --> 00:18:08,490 You know, I only worked it out on the way here. 295 00:18:09,528 --> 00:18:10,558 Go on. 296 00:18:10,638 --> 00:18:13,786 Do I need to? You already know it. 297 00:18:14,665 --> 00:18:15,714 It's what he told you when he got drunk over 298 00:18:15,794 --> 00:18:17,738 dinner in that fancy restaurant. 299 00:18:17,915 --> 00:18:20,625 What Alan wanted was to destroy the books, 300 00:18:21,917 --> 00:18:23,035 to make them valueless. 301 00:18:23,115 --> 00:18:25,034 Because that's what he always thought they were. 302 00:18:25,114 --> 00:18:27,559 And this was his torpedo. 303 00:18:28,988 --> 00:18:32,424 The actual name of his detective. 304 00:18:32,676 --> 00:18:35,157 Atticus Pund. 305 00:18:35,905 --> 00:18:38,430 Mm. He knew what he was doing from the very beginning. 306 00:18:38,510 --> 00:18:41,799 Oh, yeah. He'd already jumbled up the letters to make "Cat Up Nudist." 307 00:18:41,879 --> 00:18:44,249 But there was a second, 308 00:18:44,563 --> 00:18:48,034 much worse anagram, wasn't there? 309 00:18:48,404 --> 00:18:49,930 Do tell. 310 00:18:50,264 --> 00:18:52,374 Three words. 311 00:18:56,677 --> 00:18:59,454 The first is "A". 312 00:19:01,222 --> 00:19:02,721 The second is 313 00:19:04,862 --> 00:19:06,242 "Stupid". 314 00:19:09,244 --> 00:19:14,020 And that leaves a four letter wordand one of the worst, 315 00:19:15,411 --> 00:19:18,328 one of the most offensive in the English language. 316 00:19:22,150 --> 00:19:23,853 If people had found out, 317 00:19:24,112 --> 00:19:28,125 if people had realised that this was "Atticus Pund", 318 00:19:28,205 --> 00:19:29,991 well, it wasn't just the last book that was at stake; 319 00:19:30,071 --> 00:19:32,576 It was the entire series and you could forget 320 00:19:32,656 --> 00:19:34,915 about any deal with Cityworld Media. 321 00:19:34,995 --> 00:19:38,388 And you would have lost millions 322 00:19:40,796 --> 00:19:42,810 and that, Charles 323 00:19:44,417 --> 00:19:46,053 is why you had to kill him. 324 00:19:47,671 --> 00:19:50,303 Ah. 325 00:19:50,910 --> 00:19:53,224 You're not going to deny it? 326 00:19:55,130 --> 00:19:56,854 I tried to dissuade him. 327 00:19:58,797 --> 00:20:00,081 We went up to the tower. 328 00:20:00,161 --> 00:20:02,337 You mean, you persuaded him to take you. 329 00:20:02,417 --> 00:20:05,114 Well, he-he liked to show off the view. 330 00:20:05,819 --> 00:20:08,102 But Alan, for God's sake. Your books have brought pleasure 331 00:20:08,182 --> 00:20:09,728 to millions of people. 332 00:20:09,902 --> 00:20:10,991 Not to me. 333 00:20:11,071 --> 00:20:13,262 Oh, God. I can't believe that you've been planning this all along. 334 00:20:13,342 --> 00:20:14,752 I mean, it's crazy! 335 00:20:14,832 --> 00:20:16,175 Actually, it kept me sane. 336 00:20:16,418 --> 00:20:18,436 It reminded me of the rubbish it actually was. 337 00:20:18,516 --> 00:20:21,675 But you'll destroy my company, my staff, 338 00:20:21,755 --> 00:20:23,180 my other authors 339 00:20:23,315 --> 00:20:25,021 What makes you think I give a damn? 340 00:20:25,101 --> 00:20:27,568 Oh, you go to hell, Alan. Go to hell! 341 00:20:27,648 --> 00:20:29,292 Ah!! 342 00:20:39,369 --> 00:20:40,802 Ooh. 343 00:20:42,064 --> 00:20:43,291 Do you mind if I have another? 344 00:20:43,371 --> 00:20:44,274 No. Go ahead. 345 00:20:44,354 --> 00:20:45,310 You? 346 00:20:45,926 --> 00:20:47,401 No. I'm alright. 347 00:20:51,744 --> 00:20:53,728 But killing him wasn't enough, was it? 348 00:20:54,066 --> 00:20:55,453 You needed a cover story. 349 00:20:55,533 --> 00:20:58,618 You'd read the book. You'd seen something in the final chapter 350 00:20:58,698 --> 00:20:59,649 that you could use. 351 00:20:59,729 --> 00:21:02,567 But you had to make sure no one else ever read 352 00:21:02,647 --> 00:21:04,308 it so you cleared out Alan's office, 353 00:21:04,388 --> 00:21:06,707 taking all his notes and earlier drafts. 354 00:21:06,787 --> 00:21:08,923 But also, the view prize 355 00:21:09,196 --> 00:21:12,928 a hand written draft of the final chapter. 356 00:21:15,694 --> 00:21:19,160 The book finishes with a suicide letter. 357 00:21:19,515 --> 00:21:21,937 Not from Alan Conway. From Atticus Pund. 358 00:21:22,017 --> 00:21:23,750 That's how the book ends. 359 00:21:24,009 --> 00:21:28,155 He has a degenerative disease so he decides to take his own life. 360 00:21:30,969 --> 00:21:33,117 "By the time you read this, it will all been finished." 361 00:21:33,197 --> 00:21:37,086 I have achieved great success in a life that has gone on long enough. 362 00:21:37,967 --> 00:21:40,863 "I have left you some notes with regard" 363 00:21:40,943 --> 00:21:43,901 "to my condition and the decision I have made." 364 00:21:44,042 --> 00:21:45,449 Does that even sound like him? 365 00:21:45,529 --> 00:21:47,248 Alan clearly wasn't himself. 366 00:21:49,907 --> 00:21:53,994 I'm an editor, I-I really should have trusted my instincts. 367 00:21:54,179 --> 00:21:56,527 "With regard to my condition." 368 00:21:58,408 --> 00:22:01,481 It's a littlestilted, old-fashioned. 369 00:22:03,325 --> 00:22:07,249 That wasn't Alan's voice. 370 00:22:08,752 --> 00:22:10,781 It was Pund's. 371 00:22:11,137 --> 00:22:14,638 It's Atticus Pund writing about the fact that he has 372 00:22:14,826 --> 00:22:16,861 very little time left... 373 00:22:17,979 --> 00:22:19,823 He's dying. 374 00:22:22,007 --> 00:22:23,769 And that's what you needed. 375 00:22:24,103 --> 00:22:26,924 I found this. It's from Alan. 376 00:22:29,093 --> 00:22:30,226 It's a suicide note. 377 00:22:30,306 --> 00:22:32,869 The first half of the letter was the apology 378 00:22:33,187 --> 00:22:36,668 the second half was taken from the book. 379 00:22:37,934 --> 00:22:41,547 Together, they told exactly the story you wanted. 380 00:22:42,554 --> 00:22:45,301 Remorse, and then resignation. 381 00:22:45,923 --> 00:22:50,936 There's just one small detail you hoped nobody would notice. 382 00:22:51,543 --> 00:22:52,787 But you of course did. 383 00:22:52,867 --> 00:22:58,318 Yes. The letter was handwritten but you had to find an old envelope. 384 00:22:59,259 --> 00:23:02,428 And the envelope was typed. Meaning the whole thing had been faked. 385 00:23:02,695 --> 00:23:04,183 Exactly. 386 00:23:05,331 --> 00:23:09,803 Well, you seem to have put it all together, Susan. 387 00:23:09,996 --> 00:23:12,032 I must congratulate you. 388 00:23:12,432 --> 00:23:14,942 But it does beg one question, doesn't it? 389 00:23:17,052 --> 00:23:18,703 What happens now? 390 00:23:20,287 --> 00:23:20,924 What do you mean? 391 00:23:21,004 --> 00:23:22,302 Are you going to turn me in? 392 00:23:22,509 --> 00:23:24,330 No! I don't need to be involved. 393 00:23:24,626 --> 00:23:26,463 I think it would be much better all around if 394 00:23:26,543 --> 00:23:28,509 you call the police yourself. 395 00:23:30,986 --> 00:23:32,253 You realise they'll send me to prison. 396 00:23:32,333 --> 00:23:34,963 I'll get life. I won't come out. 397 00:23:35,043 --> 00:23:37,687 Yes, Charles. That's what happens when you commit murder. 398 00:23:37,767 --> 00:23:38,903 I thought you might make some allowances. 399 00:23:38,983 --> 00:23:42,131 As you yourself said, we-we've known each other for a long time. 400 00:23:43,316 --> 00:23:45,464 It seems I didn't know you at all. 401 00:23:48,284 --> 00:23:52,290 Would you allow me at least to spend the evening at home with my family? 402 00:23:53,867 --> 00:23:55,437 Before I make the call? 403 00:23:55,741 --> 00:23:58,007 If you don't call them tomorrow, then I will. 404 00:23:58,577 --> 00:24:01,220 But yes. You need to explain everything to Elaine. 405 00:24:01,865 --> 00:24:03,286 Elaine. 406 00:24:05,486 --> 00:24:07,078 Yes. 407 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:20,838 Ah, I'm going to miss all this. 408 00:24:22,230 --> 00:24:23,637 I'm sorry. 409 00:24:23,717 --> 00:24:26,095 Are you? You seem more self-righteous to me. 410 00:24:27,413 --> 00:24:29,501 You can think what you like. I'm leaving. 411 00:24:31,152 --> 00:24:32,744 Goodnight, Susan. 412 00:24:35,788 --> 00:24:38,217 Ah! Ah! Oh. 413 00:24:39,387 --> 00:24:41,860 Why did you have to be so bloody obstinate? 414 00:24:41,940 --> 00:24:43,845 I didn't want you looking for the missing pages. 415 00:24:44,919 --> 00:24:47,609 I don't care about the missing book. 416 00:24:47,793 --> 00:24:50,786 All I was doing was protecting myself, and my family 417 00:24:50,866 --> 00:24:52,151 and my future. 418 00:24:52,828 --> 00:24:55,068 That's what I'm doing now. You made me! 419 00:24:55,406 --> 00:24:56,644 Charles, no! 420 00:24:58,451 --> 00:25:00,323 Charles, what are you doing? 421 00:25:01,004 --> 00:25:02,408 Please, Charles. 422 00:25:05,447 --> 00:25:07,527 Uh. Oh, Charles 423 00:25:07,848 --> 00:25:10,656 I'm sorry, Susan. I really am. 424 00:25:10,923 --> 00:25:14,606 Charles. Charles! Please! 425 00:25:15,021 --> 00:25:16,494 I gave you a chance. 426 00:25:17,857 --> 00:25:19,619 You should have taken it! 427 00:26:27,839 --> 00:26:30,194 Susan! Susan! 428 00:26:31,223 --> 00:26:32,267 Can you get to your feet? 429 00:26:33,141 --> 00:26:36,620 Itit was Charles. It was Charles. 430 00:26:52,007 --> 00:26:55,089 You're awake. Thank God. 431 00:26:56,198 --> 00:26:57,466 Katie. 432 00:26:57,546 --> 00:27:00,114 Andreas called and told me what happened. 433 00:27:00,465 --> 00:27:02,456 I came down at once. 434 00:27:02,780 --> 00:27:04,512 Where is Andreas? 435 00:27:04,752 --> 00:27:07,910 He won't be long. Are you alright, Sue? 436 00:27:07,990 --> 00:27:09,067 Do you want me to call the doctor? 437 00:27:09,147 --> 00:27:10,521 No. 438 00:27:12,540 --> 00:27:14,095 Where's Charles? 439 00:27:14,447 --> 00:27:18,391 He was arrested. Andreas saw him coming out of the building. 440 00:27:20,890 --> 00:27:22,056 He killed Alan. 441 00:27:22,418 --> 00:27:24,519 It's unbelievable. 442 00:27:28,546 --> 00:27:29,814 Am I? Oh. 443 00:27:29,894 --> 00:27:32,388 You're alright. The doctors have looked at you. 444 00:27:32,740 --> 00:27:34,017 You're going to be fine. 445 00:27:39,257 --> 00:27:42,284 How are you, Katie? How's dad? 446 00:27:44,598 --> 00:27:46,246 Let's not talk about that now. 447 00:27:46,634 --> 00:27:48,365 No, no. I want to know. 448 00:27:49,745 --> 00:27:54,068 Dad's gone. I didn't want to tell you. 449 00:27:58,714 --> 00:28:01,677 No. It's better that you did. 450 00:28:23,955 --> 00:28:25,879 I'm sorry. 451 00:28:26,197 --> 00:28:28,468 You don't have to say that. 452 00:28:29,942 --> 00:28:32,126 I should never have got involved in all of this. 453 00:28:32,206 --> 00:28:34,362 You told me not to. 454 00:28:40,784 --> 00:28:43,065 Mm. It's the smoke. 455 00:28:43,996 --> 00:28:47,260 It's done something to my lungs. The doctor said... 456 00:28:47,340 --> 00:28:49,008 I know. I know. They told me. 457 00:28:50,104 --> 00:28:51,793 Mm. Thank you. 458 00:28:51,873 --> 00:28:53,239 - You're welcome. - Thank you. 459 00:28:56,302 --> 00:28:59,323 Why were you there, Andreas? At the office? 460 00:29:00,408 --> 00:29:02,250 I was looking for you, of course. Why else? 461 00:29:03,008 --> 00:29:05,734 I found out that the photograph you were sent came from Clover Books 462 00:29:05,814 --> 00:29:07,233 and I was worried. 463 00:29:10,407 --> 00:29:14,928 What I said to you. Will you ever forgive me? 464 00:29:16,082 --> 00:29:17,841 I already have. 465 00:29:19,434 --> 00:29:21,937 How could I have possibly believed it even for a minute? 466 00:29:22,017 --> 00:29:23,559 It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. 467 00:29:24,270 --> 00:29:25,670 It's all behind us now. 468 00:29:28,054 --> 00:29:29,957 I want to talk about Crete. 469 00:29:31,023 --> 00:29:33,882 I just wish it wasn't Alan's money in the hotel, 470 00:29:33,962 --> 00:29:35,393 - but - I'm not going. 471 00:29:36,267 --> 00:29:37,704 Oh, yes, you are. 472 00:29:39,955 --> 00:29:41,414 And I'm going with you. 473 00:29:43,095 --> 00:29:44,169 You're not feeling well. 474 00:29:44,249 --> 00:29:45,954 - Ah - You're hallucinating. 475 00:29:46,894 --> 00:29:48,723 I am not. Yes. 476 00:29:48,944 --> 00:29:51,551 Okay. We'll talk about it when you're better, hm? 477 00:30:21,375 --> 00:30:22,493 Ah! 478 00:30:23,330 --> 00:30:25,264 I was wondering when you were going to show up. 479 00:30:25,464 --> 00:30:26,567 How are you feeling? 480 00:30:26,868 --> 00:30:29,268 Awful. I mucked everything up. 481 00:30:29,849 --> 00:30:31,137 I accused Andreas. 482 00:30:31,217 --> 00:30:32,786 And I nearly got myself killed. 483 00:30:32,980 --> 00:30:34,732 You're being too hard on yourself. 484 00:30:34,995 --> 00:30:36,417 You solved the crime. 485 00:30:36,612 --> 00:30:38,372 The killer has been apprehended. 486 00:30:38,909 --> 00:30:41,637 I would say you have done remarkably well. 487 00:30:41,808 --> 00:30:42,507 Hm. 488 00:30:43,346 --> 00:30:45,467 I'll take that as a compliment, coming from you. 489 00:30:47,223 --> 00:30:48,585 The missing chapter. 490 00:30:50,289 --> 00:30:51,309 Yes. 491 00:30:51,951 --> 00:30:53,016 You have read it? 492 00:30:55,148 --> 00:30:56,162 Not yet. 493 00:30:56,619 --> 00:30:58,402 I've read the last pages with the letter. 494 00:30:58,482 --> 00:30:59,752 But not the solution. 495 00:30:59,832 --> 00:31:02,751 I'm not sure I'm quite up to it. 496 00:31:03,238 --> 00:31:04,541 Magpie Murders. 497 00:31:05,126 --> 00:31:05,931 You solved them. 498 00:31:06,011 --> 00:31:08,294 The detective will always solve the crime 499 00:31:08,374 --> 00:31:10,864 as sure as day will follow the night. 500 00:31:11,965 --> 00:31:16,094 In the world in which I exist, this is an immutable fact. 501 00:31:16,281 --> 00:31:17,665 Ah yes. 502 00:31:17,851 --> 00:31:19,246 The certainty. 503 00:31:19,935 --> 00:31:21,285 That's why people love you. 504 00:31:21,830 --> 00:31:23,364 You wish to know the answer? 505 00:31:23,444 --> 00:31:24,499 Are you kidding? 506 00:31:24,870 --> 00:31:26,357 That's all I want to know. 507 00:31:26,437 --> 00:31:27,538 Then come with me. 508 00:31:27,618 --> 00:31:28,478 Now? 509 00:31:29,473 --> 00:31:30,784 You are too busy? 510 00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:47,384 Where are we going? 511 00:31:48,057 --> 00:31:49,917 To the Queen's Arms Public House. 512 00:31:50,482 --> 00:31:51,589 And who are we meeting? 513 00:31:51,899 --> 00:31:54,404 It was Joy Sanderling who first came to me for help. 514 00:31:54,484 --> 00:31:57,893 And it is she who must hear what I have to say. 515 00:31:59,129 --> 00:32:00,628 My friends are waiting. 516 00:32:07,003 --> 00:32:08,335 Detective Inspector. 517 00:32:08,415 --> 00:32:10,354 James. Are we ready? 518 00:32:10,687 --> 00:32:11,990 We are, indeed. 519 00:32:14,981 --> 00:32:17,152 You asked me to come to Saxby-on-Avon 520 00:32:17,232 --> 00:32:20,123 on account of one death, Miss Sanderling. 521 00:32:21,333 --> 00:32:23,450 That was the death of Mary Blakiston 522 00:32:23,530 --> 00:32:25,092 just one day after her son, Robert, 523 00:32:25,172 --> 00:32:26,741 had been overheard threatening her. 524 00:32:26,821 --> 00:32:27,969 I didn't threaten her. 525 00:32:28,049 --> 00:32:29,787 Huh. But that is how it was construed. 526 00:32:29,867 --> 00:32:30,951 I never touched her. 527 00:32:31,145 --> 00:32:32,057 I know that. 528 00:32:32,607 --> 00:32:34,533 I know exactly how your mother died. 529 00:32:35,176 --> 00:32:36,392 It was an accident. 530 00:32:36,949 --> 00:32:38,756 That's not what you told me, Pund. 531 00:32:39,109 --> 00:32:40,945 You said Lady Frances killed her. 532 00:32:41,025 --> 00:32:41,942 Oh, she did. 533 00:32:42,266 --> 00:32:43,397 Inadvertently. 534 00:32:44,075 --> 00:32:45,708 You will recall that she told us 535 00:32:45,788 --> 00:32:47,175 that she had telephoned Mrs. Blakiston 536 00:32:47,255 --> 00:32:48,289 on the very day of her death. 537 00:32:48,369 --> 00:32:51,388 It was, I believe the telephone call that was responsible. 538 00:32:51,962 --> 00:32:54,208 Uh, for she also told us something else. 539 00:32:54,610 --> 00:32:55,958 This is Atticus Pund. 540 00:32:56,038 --> 00:32:57,962 He's a well-known investigator. 541 00:32:58,639 --> 00:32:59,890 Would you take that, darling? 542 00:32:59,970 --> 00:33:01,298 The telephones don't work upstairs. 543 00:33:01,378 --> 00:33:02,282 Nothing works in this house. 544 00:33:02,362 --> 00:33:03,905 It's just one thing after another. 545 00:33:03,985 --> 00:33:05,531 We know that Mary Blakiston 546 00:33:05,611 --> 00:33:07,911 was vacuuming at the top of the stairs. 547 00:33:07,991 --> 00:33:10,337 Let us imagine that the telephone rings. 548 00:33:11,466 --> 00:33:14,001 I rang her the morning she died and when she didn't answer, 549 00:33:14,081 --> 00:33:15,587 I thought there must be something wrong. 550 00:33:16,989 --> 00:33:18,738 She cannot answer it from the bedroom then. 551 00:33:18,818 --> 00:33:19,984 She has to hurry downstairs. 552 00:33:20,064 --> 00:33:23,029 And in her haste her foot becomes entangled in the wire. 553 00:33:30,284 --> 00:33:32,133 So Robert had nothing to do with it. 554 00:33:32,213 --> 00:33:33,200 Exactly. 555 00:33:34,591 --> 00:33:35,545 I knew it. 556 00:33:36,487 --> 00:33:38,313 What about the death of Sir Magnus? 557 00:33:38,393 --> 00:33:40,492 That is indeed the question. 558 00:33:40,825 --> 00:33:43,683 The answer is that the two deaths were inextricably linked. 559 00:33:43,763 --> 00:33:45,640 One led directly to the other. 560 00:33:46,021 --> 00:33:48,989 But there is a third death also that we must consider, 561 00:33:49,390 --> 00:33:51,708 a death that took place twelve years ago. 562 00:33:53,284 --> 00:33:54,244 Sam. 563 00:33:54,616 --> 00:33:55,680 Yes. 564 00:33:56,130 --> 00:33:58,846 That is where this story begins. 565 00:33:59,131 --> 00:34:01,034 A lodge house. A room with a view. 566 00:34:01,114 --> 00:34:03,172 The collar of a dog that has been killed. 567 00:34:03,877 --> 00:34:05,040 Two brothers. 568 00:34:05,586 --> 00:34:07,295 He was always a very quiet boy. 569 00:34:07,828 --> 00:34:09,447 Kept himself to himself. 570 00:34:10,199 --> 00:34:12,170 To be honest I was closer to Sam. 571 00:34:12,250 --> 00:34:13,473 Did the two of them get on? 572 00:34:13,553 --> 00:34:15,686 Well, they fought like all young boys. 573 00:34:15,766 --> 00:34:16,998 There were jealousies. 574 00:34:17,253 --> 00:34:18,609 But I'd say yes. 575 00:34:18,797 --> 00:34:20,148 I spoke to your father. 576 00:34:20,228 --> 00:34:21,067 When? 577 00:34:21,147 --> 00:34:22,146 This morning. 578 00:34:22,986 --> 00:34:24,917 He gave me an image of two brothers 579 00:34:24,997 --> 00:34:26,297 who were jealous of one another 580 00:34:26,377 --> 00:34:27,598 and sometimes came to blows. 581 00:34:27,678 --> 00:34:29,928 The young one was given a dog, Bella. 582 00:34:30,321 --> 00:34:31,699 Bella! Here girl! 583 00:34:31,779 --> 00:34:33,314 Last one to the lake is a rotten egg. 584 00:34:33,591 --> 00:34:35,024 Keep up, Bella! 585 00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:39,881 A terrible thing happened to this dog. 586 00:34:40,449 --> 00:34:41,777 She was poisoned, 587 00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:44,268 it seems deliberately. 588 00:34:44,468 --> 00:34:45,365 That was Brent. 589 00:34:45,575 --> 00:34:47,718 Why, then, did your mother keep the collar in a drawer 590 00:34:47,798 --> 00:34:49,620 in the room in which she worked all those years? 591 00:34:49,700 --> 00:34:51,812 What was it that she wished to be reminded of? 592 00:34:52,315 --> 00:34:53,860 I don't understand why you're asking this. 593 00:34:53,940 --> 00:34:56,860 I'm trying only to understand the character of your mother. 594 00:34:57,111 --> 00:35:00,259 For there was something else that was told to me by your father. 595 00:35:00,550 --> 00:35:02,812 Everything changed after the accident. 596 00:35:03,187 --> 00:35:04,965 Suddenly she was all over him. 597 00:35:05,159 --> 00:35:06,619 Never let him out of her sight. 598 00:35:07,255 --> 00:35:08,819 What was it that changed? 599 00:35:09,663 --> 00:35:10,528 Why? 600 00:35:10,751 --> 00:35:12,373 Before it would seem that, uh, 601 00:35:12,573 --> 00:35:14,466 your mother was not close to you, Robert. 602 00:35:14,546 --> 00:35:16,730 But afterwards, you became almost her prisoner. 603 00:35:16,810 --> 00:35:17,605 I was! 604 00:35:17,685 --> 00:35:21,108 Your father assumed that it was because she was afraid to lose you. 605 00:35:21,844 --> 00:35:23,205 But could it be 606 00:35:24,749 --> 00:35:26,758 that she knew what you had done 607 00:35:27,257 --> 00:35:29,975 and she was afraid that you might do it again? 608 00:35:30,055 --> 00:35:31,447 What are you talking about? 609 00:35:31,527 --> 00:35:33,202 I'm talking about the fact that as a child, 610 00:35:33,282 --> 00:35:36,037 Robert Blakiston was disturbed to the extent 611 00:35:36,117 --> 00:35:38,938 that he killed a dog that had been given to his brother and later, 612 00:35:39,018 --> 00:35:40,743 in a fit of jealousy or anger, 613 00:35:40,823 --> 00:35:43,322 he drowned that brother in the lake at Pye Hall, 614 00:35:43,402 --> 00:35:45,072 an act seen by his mother 615 00:35:45,152 --> 00:35:46,746 from the window in the room in which she worked, 616 00:35:46,826 --> 00:35:49,556 the one room in the house that had a view of the water. 617 00:35:49,636 --> 00:35:50,936 No. That's wrong. 618 00:35:51,365 --> 00:35:52,140 That's ridiculous. 619 00:35:52,220 --> 00:35:53,241 You believe so? 620 00:35:53,732 --> 00:35:56,098 Then I will ask you two questions. 621 00:36:00,345 --> 00:36:02,553 Why was there a need for Robert to throw himself 622 00:36:02,633 --> 00:36:04,552 into the water when Brent, carrying his brother, 623 00:36:04,632 --> 00:36:06,488 had almost reached dry land? 624 00:36:06,827 --> 00:36:09,186 Well, I was fourteen years old. I didn't know what I was doing. 625 00:36:09,391 --> 00:36:11,508 I think you knew exactly what you were doing. 626 00:36:12,829 --> 00:36:15,943 You were disguising the fact that you were already soaking wet. 627 00:36:25,614 --> 00:36:27,050 And my second question. 628 00:36:27,565 --> 00:36:29,256 Why was Mrs. Blakiston so opposed 629 00:36:29,336 --> 00:36:31,098 to the idea of you marrying her son? 630 00:36:31,260 --> 00:36:32,354 I told you. 631 00:36:32,946 --> 00:36:35,951 You told me, Miss Sanderling, what you believed to be the case 632 00:36:36,031 --> 00:36:38,097 but perhaps you were mistaken. 633 00:36:38,298 --> 00:36:39,050 No. 634 00:36:39,491 --> 00:36:40,396 I'm sorry? 635 00:36:40,606 --> 00:36:42,241 You are not going to marry my son. 636 00:36:42,464 --> 00:36:43,127 Mum. 637 00:36:43,207 --> 00:36:44,850 I'm thinking about future generations. 638 00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:46,569 They can't be tainted. 639 00:36:46,999 --> 00:36:47,903 I won't have it. 640 00:36:47,983 --> 00:36:49,148 You're not being serious. 641 00:36:49,797 --> 00:36:50,770 You can't think that. 642 00:36:50,850 --> 00:36:52,257 I won't even discuss it. 643 00:36:53,266 --> 00:36:54,735 Now, I'm warning you, Robert. 644 00:36:55,502 --> 00:36:57,360 This marriage will not go ahead. 645 00:37:00,542 --> 00:37:04,382 "So future generations cannot be tainted". 646 00:37:05,745 --> 00:37:07,905 You believe that Mrs. Blakiston 647 00:37:07,985 --> 00:37:09,724 was referring to you in a way that was 648 00:37:10,395 --> 00:37:11,930 truly reprehensible. 649 00:37:12,481 --> 00:37:16,343 But suppose her words were in fact addressed to her son, Robert? 650 00:37:16,807 --> 00:37:20,218 Suppose that she was afraid that he might poison you 651 00:37:20,298 --> 00:37:22,389 and your future family with the same madness 652 00:37:22,469 --> 00:37:24,694 that had led him to kill his own brother? 653 00:37:24,774 --> 00:37:26,217 No, this is all just words. 654 00:37:26,430 --> 00:37:27,556 You're just making stuff up! 655 00:37:27,636 --> 00:37:28,663 You can't prove a word of it! 656 00:37:28,743 --> 00:37:31,239 When there is only one explanation that makes sense, 657 00:37:31,319 --> 00:37:34,000 then that is all the proof that you require. 658 00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:34,935 No. I've had enough of this. 659 00:37:35,015 --> 00:37:36,556 Oh, no. No. You're staying. 660 00:37:37,083 --> 00:37:38,045 Go on, Mr. Pund. 661 00:37:38,125 --> 00:37:39,086 Let's go on. 662 00:37:39,166 --> 00:37:41,610 Let us now enter the mind of Mary Blakiston. 663 00:37:41,690 --> 00:37:44,147 She has a son whom she knows to be dangerous. 664 00:37:44,784 --> 00:37:46,765 She watches him. Never lets him out of her sight. 665 00:37:46,845 --> 00:37:49,926 But she also fears for her own safety. 666 00:37:50,006 --> 00:37:52,984 What will she do should he ever turn on her? 667 00:37:53,548 --> 00:37:55,416 What can she do to protect herself? 668 00:37:56,357 --> 00:37:57,732 She writes a letter. 669 00:37:57,812 --> 00:37:59,839 She writes a letter, 670 00:38:00,244 --> 00:38:02,097 explaining how Sam was killed. 671 00:38:02,177 --> 00:38:03,980 Also, what happened to Bella. 672 00:38:04,523 --> 00:38:07,628 She reveals that her older son is dangerously disturbed. 673 00:38:07,708 --> 00:38:09,111 And she gives it to the one man that she trusts. 674 00:38:09,191 --> 00:38:10,820 Indeed, whom she reveres. 675 00:38:10,900 --> 00:38:12,337 Sir Magnus Pye. 676 00:38:12,961 --> 00:38:16,132 It is a letter to be kept secure only to be opened 677 00:38:16,212 --> 00:38:18,969 should anything untoward happen to her. 678 00:38:19,049 --> 00:38:20,844 She tells her son what she has done. 679 00:38:20,924 --> 00:38:22,957 And now she has no need to fear him. 680 00:38:23,582 --> 00:38:26,274 Sir Magnus places it in the safe and there it remains... 681 00:38:26,501 --> 00:38:27,810 Until her death. 682 00:38:28,071 --> 00:38:29,918 ...until the accident occurs. 683 00:38:30,739 --> 00:38:34,318 Mary Blakiston dies just one day after he son has threatened her. 684 00:38:34,759 --> 00:38:38,077 And it is at her funeral, Robert realizes he's in danger. 685 00:38:38,326 --> 00:38:41,592 You remember, James, what the reverend Osborne told us. 686 00:38:41,939 --> 00:38:44,400 He said that Robert became very upset. 687 00:38:44,991 --> 00:38:46,780 No, no, no, no. It was more than that. 688 00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:50,400 So, although we are here today to mourn her departure, 689 00:38:50,998 --> 00:38:54,160 we must also remember what she left behind... 690 00:38:56,171 --> 00:38:57,057 No. 691 00:38:57,920 --> 00:38:58,742 No! 692 00:38:58,822 --> 00:39:03,318 "We must also remember what she left behind." 693 00:39:03,607 --> 00:39:04,863 What she had left behind 694 00:39:04,943 --> 00:39:07,705 was a letter which identified Robert as the killer 695 00:39:07,785 --> 00:39:10,165 of his brother all those years before. 696 00:39:10,599 --> 00:39:12,351 It would have destroyed his life in the village. 697 00:39:12,431 --> 00:39:15,117 It would have ended, Miss Sanderling, his relationship with you. 698 00:39:16,781 --> 00:39:17,866 So, he tried to steal it. 699 00:39:17,946 --> 00:39:18,811 Exactly. 700 00:39:19,100 --> 00:39:21,050 He broke into Pye Hall the same night 701 00:39:21,130 --> 00:39:22,704 in an attempt to find the letter 702 00:39:22,784 --> 00:39:25,259 before Sir Magnus returned from his holiday. 703 00:39:26,412 --> 00:39:27,669 But he couldn't open the safe... 704 00:39:27,749 --> 00:39:29,875 that's why he faked the burglary. 705 00:39:30,408 --> 00:39:31,635 He stole the silver, 706 00:39:31,715 --> 00:39:33,200 got rid of it in the lake, 707 00:39:33,390 --> 00:39:35,874 dropping the two pieces that Brent later found. 708 00:39:36,100 --> 00:39:38,608 Then, Sir Magnus came home. 709 00:39:38,688 --> 00:39:40,403 Robert arranged to meet him. 710 00:39:41,032 --> 00:39:42,726 We can imagined what occurred... 711 00:39:43,999 --> 00:39:45,766 But she was wrong, sir. You've got to believe me. 712 00:39:45,846 --> 00:39:47,195 But you threatened her. 713 00:39:47,404 --> 00:39:48,933 Half the village heard it. 714 00:39:49,362 --> 00:39:50,920 And the very next day... 715 00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:52,310 That wasn't me! 716 00:39:53,572 --> 00:39:55,014 You wanted her dead. 717 00:39:55,285 --> 00:39:56,223 You said so. 718 00:39:56,438 --> 00:39:57,804 And everyone heard you. 719 00:39:58,079 --> 00:40:00,275 I have to say Robert, I am sickened. 720 00:40:01,021 --> 00:40:02,471 I think you ought to leave. 721 00:40:02,778 --> 00:40:03,635 I believed in you. 722 00:40:03,715 --> 00:40:04,874 Tried to help you. 723 00:40:12,201 --> 00:40:15,269 After that, there was but one thing to do. 724 00:40:24,214 --> 00:40:25,956 He returned to the study 725 00:40:26,036 --> 00:40:28,688 burned the incriminating letter at the same time 726 00:40:28,768 --> 00:40:31,460 transferring some of Sir Magnus's blood onto the page. 727 00:40:31,540 --> 00:40:33,726 But in his haste, he made an error. 728 00:40:33,806 --> 00:40:35,520 On the desk, I saw it once. 729 00:40:38,004 --> 00:40:39,440 A typed letter... 730 00:40:39,839 --> 00:40:42,003 ...in a handwritten envelope. 731 00:40:42,083 --> 00:40:44,709 He burned the letter that his mother had written... 732 00:40:44,789 --> 00:40:47,731 ...but he also burned the typed envelope containing... 733 00:40:47,811 --> 00:40:50,354 ...the threatening letter that Clarissa Pye had delivered, 734 00:40:50,434 --> 00:40:51,982 leaving behind the envelope 735 00:40:52,062 --> 00:40:55,339 with the handwriting I later recognized as Mary Blakistons. 736 00:40:55,419 --> 00:40:58,815 Does this not tell you a great deal about the murder of Sir Magnus? 737 00:40:59,384 --> 00:41:02,662 It's not what is written. It is how it is written. 738 00:41:02,946 --> 00:41:05,077 That is where the solution can be found. 739 00:41:05,969 --> 00:41:07,492 The same handwriting. 740 00:41:09,282 --> 00:41:11,674 It told me almost everything I needed to know. 741 00:41:17,251 --> 00:41:19,191 Is this true, Robert? 742 00:41:23,998 --> 00:41:26,017 It is, isn't it? 743 00:41:26,826 --> 00:41:28,256 Oh my God. 744 00:41:31,553 --> 00:41:32,752 I did it for you. 745 00:41:35,304 --> 00:41:36,276 For us. 746 00:41:37,580 --> 00:41:39,271 What else could I do? I love you. 747 00:41:40,899 --> 00:41:42,213 I just wanted to be with you. 748 00:41:47,580 --> 00:41:48,883 You better come with me. 749 00:42:06,314 --> 00:42:08,932 I have to say, you were on top form back there. 750 00:42:09,012 --> 00:42:10,531 Ah, you're too kind. 751 00:42:10,611 --> 00:42:12,083 No. Seriously. 752 00:42:12,163 --> 00:42:14,272 It'll make for a bestseller. I'm sure of it. 753 00:42:14,596 --> 00:42:16,263 Is that what matters to you? 754 00:42:17,722 --> 00:42:20,160 Not so much anymore. 755 00:42:22,012 --> 00:42:23,564 I'm leaving publishing. 756 00:42:24,612 --> 00:42:25,718 I'm going to Crete. 757 00:42:25,798 --> 00:42:28,567 Oh. I think you'll be happy there. 758 00:42:29,372 --> 00:42:30,653 I hope so. 759 00:42:37,667 --> 00:42:40,606 Do you know what happens to you at the end of the book? 760 00:42:40,902 --> 00:42:42,509 I knew it from the start. 761 00:42:43,240 --> 00:42:44,217 I'm sorry. 762 00:42:44,297 --> 00:42:45,364 No, there is no need to be. 763 00:42:45,444 --> 00:42:47,498 There are eight books. Nine now. 764 00:42:48,671 --> 00:42:50,877 I will not be forgotten. At least for a time. 765 00:42:50,957 --> 00:42:53,770 No. I mean, I'm sorry because, 766 00:42:54,835 --> 00:42:57,195 well, I suppose that means I won't see you again. 767 00:42:58,281 --> 00:43:01,068 We have separate paths to follow, Miss Ryeland. 768 00:43:02,097 --> 00:43:03,827 I've asked you not to call me that. 769 00:43:06,107 --> 00:43:07,649 It's been a pleasure. 770 00:43:09,017 --> 00:43:10,182 For me too. 771 00:43:12,346 --> 00:43:13,490 Goodbye, Atticus. 772 00:43:15,293 --> 00:43:16,878 Goodbye, Susan.