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00:01:46To the assistant commissioner of the police Scotland Yard, sir
00:01:50The amazing events which I'm reporting may be said to have begun on the evening of August the 17th
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00:02:01The postman was cycling up herons Hill on his way to deliver mail at the hospital
00:02:07His name was Joseph Higgins. I
00:02:11Begin with him because he was the first to die
00:02:21The hospital itself lay a mile away
00:02:25And Elizabethan manner requisitioned and converted in the emergency war
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00:02:37In the operating theater that night
00:02:41There was a surgeon mr. Eden
00:02:45Nurse woods
00:02:49Nurse Sensen
00:02:52The theater sister Bates
00:03:00Nurse Lindley and the anesthetist dr. Barnes
00:03:10August the 17th
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00:03:14by August the 22nd
00:03:16two of these people would be dead and
00:03:19And one of them a murderer
00:03:39What's up, how'd I fuck you now that second doodle bug this afternoon dropped right behind the post office
00:03:44Just as I was asking if these were sorted out. They were sorted out. All right
00:03:48So were we well, that's the lot five in a bill for dr. Barnes might be a receipt might be well
00:03:54I should be late on duty. So long that can't be in two places at once. I don't warden takes a different view
00:03:59All right for Dutch Saturday Joe
00:04:03Some hoops
00:04:05What is good morale?
00:04:07Discipline and confidence the one dependent on the other I repeat discipline and confidence
00:04:14And you cannot have confidence without positive thinking
00:04:18Be you were students or nurses under bombardment or otherwise a small instance
00:04:24You may smile when I tell you that one of my first acts when I took over this hospital a month ago
00:04:30Was to order the word waste to be painted out from the refuse bins and instead to substitute the word salvage
00:04:39salvage a
00:04:41Humble example of the difference between positive and negative thinking
00:04:48An essential factor in the building and maintenance of
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00:05:29Tried to race me on my bicycle
00:05:36It remains to be seen what other numbers will be
00:05:48As the desperate Churchill lies frantically to save his face
00:05:52London and the home counties are reeling under the incessant fire of our terrible v1
00:05:58This is Germany calling
00:06:00This is Germany calling
00:06:05Yeah, that's all system I
00:06:08Thought it wasn't a dive a chick, you know
00:06:10You're on doesn't end to have
00:06:13All right, isn't it? Yes. Thank you so perfectly. It's always a bit of an ordeal the first time
00:06:18Wonder where that doodle bank drop somewhere near the village. I'll be missed my house
00:06:23What a life well, it can't last forever
00:06:26Nurses end up to it awfully. Well, so do the doctors
00:06:30One can get used to anything in time. It must have been a bit of a change for you, too
00:06:35So considering considering what your past? Hmm. Thank you. I mean Harley Street Rolls-Royce
00:06:42Lovely ladies all are gone the old familiar face. They left their appendixes behind them
00:06:48We're happy to be in the fashion and even happier to be in your consulting room
00:06:52It's those eyes, of course the wounded stag looks that no woman can resist
00:06:57Woods
00:06:59Why aren't you tidying up? There's plenty to do. Yes, sister
00:07:05Clear up the swabs and get some fresh saline. There may be more casualties in yes
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00:07:18Look tired Esther. Oh, I'm all right. I'll make you a cup of something before you go to bed. Thank you
00:07:24Samson will you take the patient back to the ward? Yes sister
00:07:33Yes
00:07:35Not being in the least unreasonable I naturally thought you'd go with me tomorrow darling
00:07:38It's just a tatty little hospital hop not a ball of the Dorchester. Does it matter who goes with whom? I suppose not but
00:07:45I was about to add Eden had a nerve to ask you
00:07:48Surgeons quite often asked nurses on informal occasions. I know but he thought twice about it. I wonder
00:07:54Now you're being ridiculous. Am I not to say pompous? I'm being nothing of the kind must you shout
00:07:59You know, it's really amazing how you always contrive to put me in the wrong
00:08:02Well, you seem to think you can even dictate who I'm to go to dance with
00:08:05I don't want to dictate to anybody. I'm none of the instincts of a dictator. Then why dictate?
00:08:10What is the matter with you these days Freddie? I simply took it for granted. You were going with me
00:08:14That's all I don't like being taken for granted. We are supposed to be engaged me. We were
00:08:19Is that remark intended to have any point?
00:08:22Yes, can't go on like this Linley as you have nothing to do here. Would you please move outside?
00:08:28Dr. Barnes, I do hope you won't be long. It's still a great deal of clearing up to do
00:08:31I don't know what's happened to hospital discipline this evening
00:08:35Ready Barney?
00:08:37Let's hope that's all for this evening
00:08:40Sorry sister. Time for a hundred up before dinner, can we? Yes, right. I'll follow you down
00:08:44You want to get some rest nurse. You're on night duty, aren't you? Yes, sir. I'm just going off for an hour
00:08:51Oh, good night sister. Good night Mr. Eden
00:08:57Good night
00:09:09Casualties woods you'll be needed in casualty reception with dr. Barnes. I'll finish here
00:09:27Later they brought in Joseph Higgins
00:09:37Well nurse
00:09:38Fractured tib and fib and he's had a quarter of morphia
00:09:42Shocked to what his name? No, it's left blank. No identity disk. He couldn't have been wearing one
00:09:48We'll have to make room for him in some cats. Someone's sure to come forward. Tell Mr. Eden
00:09:57Compound otherwise straightforward no internal injuries
00:10:01You haven't cleaned him up nurse. No, sir. He was still badly shocked when they brought him in. I'm quite right
00:10:05They fixed him up with the splints
00:10:06I think it's best to leave him his ears for a while
00:10:08X-ray first thing in the morning. Yes, sir
00:10:09And then we'll take him up to the theater and operate at 10 o'clock. All right. Very good, sir. Good
00:10:15Clean him up a bit now, but don't blame him. Yes, sir
00:10:21Any more of those nightmares?
00:10:24No, meaning yes, I suppose
00:10:27Why don't you take a leave? I might later. It's in the work now. I suppose you were right coming back here. So soon after
00:10:35No, my dear. It isn't the best of atmospheres for you. No constant reminders
00:10:40There are lots of jobs outside where you'd be helping just as much. I want to carry on here
00:10:45You don't want to poison your life blaming yourself for something which you couldn't help. I knew your mother don't forget him
00:10:57You never turned off the wires. You never turned off me. You're a pussy
00:11:02My lady Esther, sorry, I fell asleep and what's the matter? Well, hello Freddy. You look quite well
00:11:10Thank you very much. Thank you
00:11:12Why don't you get up and get some rest?
00:11:15That's all right, I'll get up and go to bed. I'll be all right. I'm sure you will
00:11:24You know what I think? I think you should let go the pain. No, I don't think so
00:11:28Good. What's the matter?
00:11:30Well, hello, Freddy.
00:11:31You look completely out on your feet there.
00:11:33Yes, I am a bit.
00:11:34Plenty of sleep, that's what you need. Hop off now, I'll see to everything.
00:11:37Anyone to fix?
00:11:38Yes, three stat, one SOS. It's all in the prescription book.
00:11:41I'll give them. Off you go.
00:11:42Thank you, Freddy. Good night.
00:11:44Good night. See you in the morning.
00:11:58Aren't you going to kiss me good night, nurse?
00:12:13Hello, nurse. Spare a cuppa for the poor old surgeon?
00:12:15Yes, I think so, sir.
00:12:16Wonderful. I'm parched. Busy night, after all.
00:12:19You never know how it's going to be with bug bomb.
00:12:21No, it shall all end up with elephantiasis of the ears.
00:12:24Isn't that one?
00:12:27I'm your car. Thanks.
00:12:30How's Barney?
00:12:31All right, sir.
00:12:32Did I detect a slight note of friction in the theatre this evening?
00:12:35Saccharine?
00:12:36Of course.
00:12:40I like Barney.
00:12:42So do I, curiously enough.
00:12:43Naturally, since you're engaged.
00:12:46No, I'm not.
00:12:47Hmm? Since when?
00:12:49This evening.
00:12:50Oh, I am sorry.
00:12:52What's the trouble, or shouldn't I ask?
00:12:55I suppose it's my fault.
00:12:56When a woman says that, it usually means she's convinced it isn't.
00:12:59Well, I don't know.
00:13:00You always seem to be getting on each other's nerves.
00:13:03Well, nobody's nerves are quite what they were,
00:13:05especially after being cooped up here for years,
00:13:07working long hours under one sort of bombardment or another.
00:13:10I suppose not.
00:13:11Not that I ever interfere in these things.
00:13:14Don't you?
00:13:15Anyway, I never admit it.
00:13:19What's the matter?
00:13:20I was just looking at you and thinking.
00:13:22What?
00:13:23That Barney must be an awful fool.
00:13:27He's not. He's sweet.
00:13:28But it is my fault, in a way.
00:13:30In what way?
00:13:31Well, he's probably a better sort of person than I am altogether,
00:13:34but he gets so possessive.
00:13:35And he's firmly of the opinion that there should be only one man in your life to whip Barney.
00:13:40It wasn't that sort of quarrel.
00:13:42Wasn't it?
00:13:45Not really.
00:13:51It wasn't.
00:14:06That was now.
00:14:12I'm sorry.
00:14:22Please forgive me.
00:14:25Look out!
00:14:30It's cut out.
00:14:32It's coming down.
00:14:34Hear it?
00:14:35It's going to hit us.
00:14:36It's all right. It's gone over.
00:14:38You're quite safe.
00:14:40I'd just come into the ward when he started.
00:14:42London under fire.
00:14:45Terrible V1.
00:14:48Terrible V1.
00:14:50Churchill telling lies.
00:14:52Telling lies to save.
00:14:54What is it?
00:14:55Churchill.
00:14:56No, no. Some sort of quotation.
00:14:57Churchill.
00:14:58Don't talk any more, old man.
00:14:59Take it easy.
00:15:01There's nothing to worry about.
00:15:02You'll get to sleep now.
00:15:04You'll have a sixth of more care.
00:15:09I'd just come to look for you, Mr. Eden, about the operation tomorrow.
00:15:12I understand you want it at ten o'clock.
00:15:14That's right, sister.
00:15:15Then I'll put back the cartilage until eleven.
00:15:17Thank you, sister.
00:15:18Good night, Mr. Eden.
00:15:20Good night, sister.
00:15:39Oh, there you are, Esther.
00:15:43Where have you been? It must be awfully late.
00:15:45Probably overslept or something.
00:15:47There's some cocoa for you. I'll heat it up.
00:15:49Please don't bother. I don't want anything.
00:15:51Esther.
00:15:53Esther, what's the matter?
00:15:56Mr. Eden wants me to leave here.
00:15:58Well, he's very sensible. You should never have come back.
00:16:00I can't go yet. I won't.
00:16:02Well, it's up to you.
00:16:04Are you sure you're all right?
00:16:06He saw I was upset over Higgins.
00:16:08Higgins?
00:16:09The postman.
00:16:11The unidentified fracture.
00:16:14I hadn't recognized him then, of course.
00:16:16Not until I cleaned him up.
00:16:18He was buried too, like she was.
00:16:21They had to dig him out.
00:16:23I couldn't help thinking of...
00:16:26Higgins.
00:16:36And at 9.50 precisely,
00:16:55Joseph Higgins was wheeled to the operating theater.
00:17:07I shall need a new oxygen cylinder, nurse.
00:17:09We nearly ran this one out last time.
00:17:11Very well, sir.
00:17:12Good morning, nurse.
00:17:13Good morning, sir.
00:17:14How's the patient?
00:17:15I could do with a pint.
00:17:17That's the preoperative atropine.
00:17:19Thank you very much.
00:17:20We shan't keep you long.
00:17:21There's no need to worry. It's only a small thing.
00:17:23Hardly an operation at all.
00:17:25Dr. Bones, ain't it?
00:17:27That's right.
00:17:28It's Dr. Bones.
00:17:29He's a very good doctor.
00:17:31He's a very good doctor.
00:17:33Dr. Bones, ain't it?
00:17:35That's right.
00:17:36Remember me, Joe Higgins?
00:17:38Yes, you're the postman.
00:17:40Thought you would.
00:17:42You gonna do the anesthetic?
00:17:44Yes.
00:17:46You've got a nerve.
00:17:50All right.
00:17:51Perfectly.
00:17:54New cylinder, sir.
00:17:56All right, shove it in.
00:17:58Oh, sister.
00:18:00I think I'll give the anesthetic on the table.
00:18:02Save time. He's not the nervous type.
00:18:04Very well.
00:18:09I'm sure you're giving the anesthetic on the table.
00:18:11That's right.
00:18:18Samson.
00:18:20Bring the machine in, Woods.
00:18:21Do hurry.
00:18:23Yes, sister.
00:18:24Oh, Samson.
00:18:25You can bring the patient in right away.
00:18:26Yes, sister.
00:18:28Oh, well.
00:18:29Churchill says, man the guns, sweep the skies,
00:18:32plow the fields, and pull the trolley.
00:18:34Who's that?
00:18:35Who's that?
00:18:37I know that voice.
00:18:38I've heard it before.
00:18:39What's the matter?
00:18:41It's the patient, sir.
00:18:42I think he's a bit excited.
00:18:44It's only one of the nurses.
00:18:46I've heard it before somewhere.
00:18:48I can't remember where I heard it.
00:18:50Don't worry now.
00:18:51It'll all come back later.
00:18:54Nurse?
00:18:55Yes?
00:18:56It's no danger, is there?
00:18:58No, of course not.
00:19:00No danger at all.
00:19:17Now, take it quite easily, old man.
00:19:18Just relax.
00:19:21Breathe quite normally.
00:19:24That's right.
00:19:26Quite gently.
00:19:27No hurry at all.
00:19:51Don't like his color.
00:19:53I've cut down the gas and increased the oxygen.
00:20:21Not responding.
00:20:28Nothing but oxygen now.
00:20:37Still not responding.
00:20:40Doesn't seem to be any obstruction.
00:20:42I'll slip an airway in to make sure.
00:20:51All right?
00:20:53Yes.
00:20:58Still pure oxygen?
00:21:00Yes.
00:21:21He stopped breathing.
00:21:22Artificial respiration?
00:21:23Yes.
00:21:24Adrenaline, sister?
00:21:25Intravenous calamine, nurse.
00:21:34They took the necessary action.
00:21:36They neglected nothing.
00:21:38It made no difference.
00:21:40Joseph Higgins was quite dead.
00:21:47There'll have to be an inquest, of course.
00:21:49Quite.
00:21:50Most unfortunate.
00:21:53These things always create such a mistaken impression outside.
00:21:56Of course, I'm not suggesting anyone's in the least to blame.
00:21:59Barnes, are you quite certain that the tubes were uncrossed?
00:22:02Positive.
00:22:03You checked the machine?
00:22:04Of course.
00:22:05Well, I'm inclined to take the view that the man was still suffering from shock.
00:22:08These things are bound to happen now and then when taking justifiable risks in urgent cases.
00:22:13I'm afraid we can't tell the coroner then.
00:22:15Oh, why not?
00:22:16Because this case wasn't particularly urgent.
00:22:18Oh.
00:22:19And there wasn't any risk.
00:22:20The patient was perfectly fit.
00:22:22He should have taken the anaesthetic without turning a hair.
00:22:24Well, the fact remains he didn't.
00:22:26This would have to happen in my very first month here.
00:22:29It's most distressing.
00:22:33Any views, Verney?
00:22:35Well, of course, I wasn't there, but it certainly seems a bit strange.
00:22:39Might get a clue from the post-mortem.
00:22:41Clue?
00:22:42Why is he what you mean?
00:22:43Well, we shall soon know.
00:22:45No doubt it'll all straighten itself out.
00:22:47Thank you, gentlemen.
00:22:48I don't think I need keep you.
00:22:49Thank you, sir.
00:22:50By the way, I don't see that this need be any reason for cancelling tonight's little gathering.
00:22:56It started some time ago.
00:22:58Hmm?
00:22:59Oh, quite.
00:23:00Well, it makes a break for the nurses.
00:23:02Helps morale.
00:23:03I might even look in a little later myself.
00:23:05That'll be nice.
00:23:08Dr. Barnes, would you mind staying behind a moment?
00:23:13I'll see you at the party.
00:23:14Right.
00:23:17We spoke of our little gathering as though it needed lancing.
00:23:20Most distressing.
00:23:21Great.
00:23:22Oh, quite.
00:23:27Barnes, you were in practice in this district before joining the hospital, I believe.
00:23:31I was?
00:23:32Yes.
00:23:33Frankly, I'm told that this won't be the first inquest of its kind you've had to attend at Heaven's Park.
00:23:37That's true.
00:23:38The other was four years ago.
00:23:39Yes.
00:23:40Just a little unfortunate.
00:23:42I don't know what you're implying.
00:23:43The surgeon and I were both exonerated.
00:23:45Obviously.
00:23:46I'm not suggesting for a moment.
00:23:48Natural causes, cardiac failure, it might happen to any of us.
00:23:52The fact remains, people talk.
00:23:54They generally do.
00:23:55They will in this case.
00:23:56Let them.
00:23:57I don't know that we can take quite so carefree of you.
00:24:01We have the hospital to think of now.
00:24:03I can see that, but after all...
00:24:04For instance, soon after you came here, I believe an anonymous letter was received.
00:24:08From some illiterate halfwit.
00:24:10Beneath contempt, of course.
00:24:13Still, candidly, I was rather hoping for a gesture from you.
00:24:17Oh?
00:24:18It might... I merely threw out the suggestion.
00:24:20It might simplify matters if you were to discontinue your theatre duties, pending...
00:24:23You mean admit responsibility for Higgins' death?
00:24:25Good heavens, no.
00:24:26If I'm suspended, that's what it amounts to.
00:24:28My dear fellow, I merely suggested that I was hoping the gesture would come from you.
00:24:32Well, it won't.
00:24:33Now listen, Barnes...
00:24:34The only gesture I feel like making is far from polite.
00:24:37There's no necessity to be vulgar. I'm sure my predecessor would...
00:24:39Under your predecessor, this hospital had a magnificent record.
00:24:42Partly because you backed his staff to the hilt.
00:24:44This is intolerable. I asked for cooperation...
00:24:46You don't want cooperation.
00:24:47What you want is a scapegoat, neatly trussed up as a convenient sacrifice...
00:24:51In case anyone starts throwing bricks at you.
00:24:53I... really, I...
00:24:54Suspend me if you like. If you do, I shall appeal.
00:24:56Good night.
00:25:09Good night.
00:25:26Excuse me.
00:25:27Excuse me.
00:25:38Barney.
00:25:39Hello.
00:25:40I only just heard. What's happening?
00:25:41Everything.
00:25:42I bumped off a patient, insulted the superintendent and practically been suspended.
00:25:45Large scotch.
00:25:46Barney.
00:25:47Small change, all right.
00:25:49Have you really been suspended?
00:25:50Quite sinting at it.
00:25:51It wasn't your fault, no thank you.
00:25:53That seems to be beside the point.
00:25:55Why didn't you come and tell me?
00:25:56After yesterday.
00:25:58We both said a lot of things we didn't mean.
00:26:01Freddie.
00:26:02Ladies and gentlemen, Paul Jones.
00:26:07Freddie.
00:26:08Come on, Freddie.
00:26:09Freddie.
00:26:10Barney.
00:26:11Barney.
00:26:12Come along, old man.
00:26:14Come along.
00:26:27It's a yumpy dumpity.
00:26:32Really, Dr. Barney.
00:26:36When you said just now you didn't mean what you said yesterday.
00:26:39I didn't say that exactly.
00:26:40Oh, what?
00:26:42Couldn't we forget the whole thing?
00:26:44Oh, all right.
00:26:46Are we back where we were before?
00:26:50I'm awfully fond of you, Barney.
00:26:52You do believe that, don't you?
00:26:54The mere thought of losing you drives me absolutely dirty.
00:26:58You haven't answered my question.
00:27:00Barney.
00:27:01It's not that I mean to be awkward.
00:27:02I naturally like to know where I stand.
00:27:04If you want to boot me out, well, boot me out now.
00:27:08Go.
00:27:14Well?
00:27:16Please don't ask me now, Barney.
00:27:18I'm all in a muddle.
00:27:19I want to be quite sure.
00:27:21Please.
00:27:22All right.
00:27:24Thought about what I was saying last night?
00:27:26Yes.
00:27:27I'm going against the very best medical advice.
00:27:30I'm staying here.
00:27:31You remind me very much of your mother.
00:27:33She wouldn't see a reason either.
00:27:35Now, why shouldn't we speak of it?
00:27:37You won't get anywhere by driving this thing into the back of your mind.
00:27:42Get away, my dear.
00:27:43Bring it into the open and do a good job of forgetting.
00:27:46I mustn't forget ever.
00:27:48She was desperately afraid of the bombing and I left her to face it alone.
00:27:51You could scarcely be blamed for that.
00:27:53I left her alone.
00:27:54Listen, Estelle.
00:27:56Your mother was the most possessive woman I've ever known.
00:27:59Jealously, hysterically possessive.
00:28:01You've no right to say that.
00:28:02The truth isn't less true for being brutal.
00:28:06You have a chance now to live your own life.
00:28:08Take it.
00:28:10Don't you believe a word he says, a word he says, a word he says.
00:28:13Don't you believe a word he says.
00:28:22Hello, sister. Having a good time?
00:28:24No.
00:28:26Oh.
00:28:27Well, I don't feel exactly thristed myself. Have a drink.
00:28:31I've got one.
00:28:52They make what's called a handsome couple, don't they?
00:28:54Yes. Well, I don't know about him.
00:28:56That's where I have the advantage of you.
00:28:58What?
00:28:59I do know about him.
00:29:01All about him.
00:29:03You think I'm an awful fool, don't you?
00:29:05Why?
00:29:06Oh, you know.
00:29:07Everybody knows by now.
00:29:09It's funny, I can do my work and keep my head.
00:29:12I might be a machine, but when it comes to him, I...
00:29:16It's funny, isn't it?
00:29:18What about her dance?
00:29:19He's sick of me.
00:29:22And I'm sick of myself.
00:29:23Now, look.
00:29:24You're a fool, too. You know that, don't you?
00:29:28We all have our off moments.
00:29:30I saw him kissing her in the ward last night.
00:29:33What?
00:29:34That hurt, didn't it?
00:29:36So you know how I feel.
00:29:38I saw him, I saw the way he looked at her. He's in love.
00:29:41As far as he ever can be.
00:29:43If I were you, I'd have a nice cup of cocoa and go to bed.
00:29:46You know it's the truth.
00:29:47If he wanted to marry her, do you think she'd hesitate if you weren't here?
00:29:50Well, I am here.
00:29:51You won't be much longer.
00:29:53Not if he knows about it.
00:29:54What are you getting at?
00:29:57You killed a girl, didn't you?
00:29:58A few years ago, in Heron's Park.
00:30:00That's not true, and I've had just about enough of it.
00:30:03Now there's been another death, and White's had you on the carpet.
00:30:06What's this got to do with Eden?
00:30:08You're in his way, that's all.
00:30:11You're imagining things.
00:30:12I'm not.
00:30:13I'm seeing the truth. You get like that.
00:30:15You get to see people like you never did before.
00:30:18All the rotten things about them, you shut your eyes to once.
00:30:21And that hurts.
00:30:22It's a comfort.
00:30:24You're in his way, don't you see?
00:30:27What are you getting at?
00:30:30Go find out.
00:30:34I'm going to join in.
00:30:49I'm going to join in.
00:31:16I'm sorry it's come to this.
00:31:18What?
00:31:19Spoiling your evening, having to dance with me.
00:31:22Don't be upset.
00:31:23Do you think I don't know?
00:31:25Now, Marion, why can't you be sensible?
00:31:27We neither of us ever pretended it was serious.
00:31:30It was all over months ago, no harm done.
00:31:32Except to me.
00:31:34I've tried to be considerate, but you won't let me.
00:31:37Considerate?
00:31:39You can't afford to be anything else.
00:31:41What do you mean?
00:31:42You see, I happen to know.
00:31:45Know what?
00:31:46Can't you guess?
00:31:47I can.
00:31:49Do you really want me to tell you?
00:31:51Yes.
00:31:53Now, what are you talking about?
00:31:54What is all this?
00:31:57You know all right.
00:32:17Listen, everybody.
00:32:40I'm sorry to interrupt the dancing,
00:32:41but I have an important announcement to make.
00:32:44A patient called Higgins died in the theater this morning.
00:32:48It wasn't natural causes, and it wasn't an accident.
00:32:52Shall I tell you what it was?
00:32:54Murder.
00:32:56Yes, he was murdered.
00:32:58I found out how it was done.
00:32:59Not quite by accident, but I found out.
00:33:01Sister.
00:33:01And believe it or not, I know who did it.
00:33:04Marion, please, for heaven's sake, think what you're doing.
00:33:06And what's more, I've got something that'll prove it.
00:33:08I know where it is because I've hidden it.
00:33:09I've hidden it, and I'm the only one that knows where.
00:33:11All right, but I suggest you come and tell Dr. Wright all about it.
00:33:13I'll take you into it.
00:33:14Let me alone.
00:33:15I'll do what I please.
00:33:19Get them going, Liz.
00:33:27McCoy.
00:33:28Oh, hello, sister.
00:33:29Could I have the key of the operating theater, please?
00:33:32It won't be long.
00:33:32I'm just going back for a minute.
00:33:33Okay.
00:34:33What on earth's the matter with you, Marion?
00:34:58For heaven's sake, what is it?
00:34:59There was someone following me.
00:35:01Oh, don't be upset.
00:35:03It was you.
00:35:04It was you.
00:35:05Marion.
00:35:07Marion, come back.
00:35:09Marion.
00:35:22I thought you were asleep.
00:35:23No, not me, no.
00:35:25Dr. Barnes wanted the theater key.
00:35:27No, Sister Bates took it five minutes ago.
00:35:30Sister Bates?
00:35:31Oh, better well, I'll tell him.
00:36:01I'll tell him.
00:36:02I'll tell him.
00:37:01It was early the next morning, the 19th, that I, myself,
00:37:29in person, arrived on the scene.
00:37:59They all saw me, so I swore I'd never come back.
00:38:25They all saw me.
00:38:26They all swore I'd never come back.
00:38:28Considering everything, yes.
00:38:30What's wrong with him?
00:38:32Just the usual slight discomfort after meals.
00:38:34Nothing. I have an appointment with the superintendent.
00:38:37Do you mind telling him I'm here?
00:38:38What name?
00:38:39Cockrell. Inspector Cockrell.
00:38:41Yes, Scotland Yard, I'm afraid.
00:38:45Dr. White, please.
00:38:49A terrible business, Inspector.
00:38:50Right.
00:38:51Well, where's the body?
00:38:52In the theater, just as it was found.
00:38:53Is the surgeon there?
00:38:54Yes.
00:38:55I do hope everything can be arranged discreetly.
00:38:57He shouldn't think so for a moment.
00:38:58Why not?
00:38:59Press.
00:39:00Do they have to be seen?
00:39:01Can't keep them back.
00:39:02Oh, dear.
00:39:03Why, I don't mind.
00:39:04Always give me a good write-up.
00:39:05Good morning, sir.
00:39:06Good morning.
00:39:07Ten and cold, don't you think?
00:39:08Yes, sir.
00:39:09Hello, Hendricks.
00:39:10Morning, sir.
00:39:11Kiddies well?
00:39:12Fine.
00:39:13Good.
00:39:14Body's on the floor.
00:39:16Well, Doctor, any views?
00:39:19Stamped twice, of course.
00:39:20Sure, I see.
00:39:21Surgeon, a knife found in second room.
00:39:23First in heart, cause of death.
00:39:25Took place 9 or 10 last night.
00:39:27Couldn't put it in any other.
00:39:28You don't have to.
00:39:29We knew within 10 minutes.
00:39:30Found these on the floor.
00:39:31Probably worn by whoever did it and left behind.
00:39:36Any fingerprints?
00:39:37A nice set of hers.
00:39:38Low down on that cupboard door.
00:39:40Right hand.
00:39:43Doctor White.
00:39:45Could you assemble all the people you mentioned at once?
00:39:47Some were private.
00:39:48I'd like to talk to them.
00:39:49Yes, Inspector.
00:39:56I wish the man would come and get it over.
00:39:58He's conducting a war of nerves.
00:40:00That's what it is.
00:40:01When I think of her lying there like that,
00:40:03only a few minutes before she was alive...
00:40:05That's enough, Freddie.
00:40:06Why the devil is he only after five of us here?
00:40:09That's what I want to know.
00:40:10Because you're the only people who seem to have been concerned with both murders.
00:40:14Simple when you think of it, isn't it?
00:40:16This is Inspector Cockrell.
00:40:18Mr. Eden, Dr. Barnes, Nurse Woods, Sansom, Lindley.
00:40:25Like it.
00:40:27Inspector.
00:40:29You said both murders.
00:40:31Sister Bates and what's-his-name Higgins.
00:40:33Who said Higgins was murdered?
00:40:35Well, Sister Bates herself, for one, last night.
00:40:37I understood you were there, Dr. Barnes.
00:40:39Yes, but I didn't realize that she knew.
00:40:41What about the Higgins post-mortem?
00:40:43Completely negative.
00:40:44But why should anyone want to murder Higgins?
00:40:47My dear young lady, how should I know?
00:40:49I've only just got here.
00:40:50But I understand from Dr. White that all of you were present when he died.
00:40:53Not really.
00:40:54Except Nurse Lindley.
00:40:57Interesting trust count.
00:40:59I beg your pardon. Except Nurse Lindley.
00:41:01Who was, however, on duty in Higgins's ward the whole of the night before.
00:41:04Yes, so I was.
00:41:06And all of you were at the party.
00:41:08So there you are.
00:41:10Are you implying that one of us did it?
00:41:13It seems very likely.
00:41:14Don't you think?
00:41:15Inspector Cockrell, I really can't help feeling that there must be some relatively innocent explanation of this terrible...
00:41:20Dr. White, please don't be fatuous.
00:41:21Really?
00:41:24We are dealing with two premeditated murders.
00:41:29Can anyone tell me anything they think I ought to know?
00:41:31If so, now is the time.
00:41:41Very well. Pause for 30 seconds while you cook up your alibis.
00:41:44Did you get us here just to insult us?
00:41:46I only like to strike an informal note.
00:41:49Well?
00:41:50I've cooked mine up, Inspector.
00:41:52I hope it's good.
00:41:53Oh, done to a turn.
00:41:55Well, I stayed here for a few minutes after Sister ran out and then I went straight back to our rooms in the coach house for five minutes' walk.
00:42:04Anyone see you?
00:42:05I don't know.
00:42:08I'm sure you can do better, Mr. Eden.
00:42:10I, with the exercise of a little imagination.
00:42:13You followed Sister Bates, I believe.
00:42:15Yeah.
00:42:16Did you catch her?
00:42:17As if you'd tell me if you did.
00:42:19I followed her out to the terrace, but she disappeared.
00:42:22I waited a moment or two, but she didn't show up, so I went direct to the sister's room.
00:42:26What? Eden?
00:42:28One moment, Dr. Barnes.
00:42:31Anyone see you?
00:42:32I shouldn't think so.
00:42:34The invisible man.
00:42:36Thanks.
00:42:37Now, Sensen, your turn.
00:42:38Is that necessary, Inspector?
00:42:40She's not well, and like the rest of us, she's been up half the night.
00:42:44There's nothing to tell.
00:42:45I was just leaving when Sister Bates stopped the gramophone and spoke to everyone.
00:42:50It upset me rather.
00:42:51It was all well.
00:42:53Highly embarrassing.
00:42:54Where did you go?
00:42:55Straight to the coach house.
00:42:56She was in bed when I got there.
00:42:58Obviously, she couldn't have done it.
00:43:00Unless she was fully dressed under the bedclothes, then she might have had time.
00:43:03That's preposterous.
00:43:05Naturally.
00:43:06Now then, Dr. Barnes, what about you?
00:43:08I went after Eden.
00:43:10Me?
00:43:11Why?
00:43:12Because you thought he might be the murderer suggested by the late Sister Bates.
00:43:16Oh, that's a charming supposition.
00:43:19Well...
00:43:22Thank you.
00:43:23What on earth are you suggesting, Barnes?
00:43:24Did you catch him up?
00:43:25No.
00:43:26What did you do then?
00:43:27Went for a walk.
00:43:28Where?
00:43:29In the garden.
00:43:31Why did you want the key for the operating theater?
00:43:33I didn't.
00:43:35You told Sergeant McCoy last night that Dr. Barnes wanted the key.
00:43:37I...
00:43:38Didn't you?
00:43:39Yes.
00:43:40Why? You're not a theater nurse, are you?
00:43:41No.
00:43:42Then why did you go to the theater?
00:43:43Just a minute.
00:43:44She discovered the body, Inspector.
00:43:46Some of our most celebrated criminals have made a particular point of doing the same.
00:43:49Sister Bates said she'd hidden something.
00:43:51I thought the theater was the most likely place.
00:43:53I see. Just feminine curiosity.
00:43:55Why not?
00:43:56Not the desire to remove that something before Sister Bates could use it to incriminate anyone.
00:44:00Dr. Barnes, for instance.
00:44:03Or Mr. Eden.
00:44:04That's more like it.
00:44:05You're positively excelling yourself this morning, Barnes.
00:44:08You're the young lady's fiancé, I believe.
00:44:10I was.
00:44:12Do you agree with his use of the past tense?
00:44:14I couldn't agree more.
00:44:18Another punctured romance.
00:44:21Well, it comes to this.
00:44:22All of you had time, yet none of your stories is corroborated.
00:44:24Perhaps we all did it.
00:44:28I wonder if you realize exactly the sort of person we're dealing with.
00:44:31Let me tell you how I think Sister Bates died.
00:44:35She hurried into the operating theater, unlocked the cupboard,
00:44:37stooped down to get the evidence she had hidden there.
00:44:39What was it?
00:44:40I don't know. Yet.
00:44:42Then she heard something.
00:44:44She turned and saw a figure standing in the dark,
00:44:47masked and gowned and gloved.
00:44:50I imagine she just stayed where she was, staring.
00:44:54Then the murderer came slowly over to her and stabbed her.
00:44:58Dressed her in this soil theater gown and stabbed her again.
00:45:03Threw it to make it look as if she'd been killed wearing the gown.
00:45:06But why?
00:45:07I don't know that either.
00:45:09But what we do know is that the second wound was made after death.
00:45:13The murderer was in a hurry.
00:45:14As you see, he tore the gown somewhat.
00:45:19Now, there's one other thing.
00:45:21This bottle of tablets was taken from the poison cupboard.
00:45:24Dr. White has checked the contents and there are four missing.
00:45:27A lethal dose.
00:45:28The murderer has them and will not hesitate to use them.
00:45:31Four of you are in mortal danger from the fifth.
00:45:35Above all, don't trust your neighbor, your roommate, your fiancé, your friend.
00:45:43He or she may be the murderer.
00:45:46Come instead.
00:45:48To me.
00:45:50Sister Bates died because she knew something and was foolish enough to say so.
00:45:54I beg of you.
00:45:56All of you.
00:45:57I beg of you.
00:45:59All of you.
00:46:01Not to make the same mistake.
00:46:06I'm sorry.
00:46:07I'm sorry.
00:46:26Thank you, Nurse Woods.
00:46:28You showed great presence of mind.
00:46:31Take her back.
00:46:38I shouldn't do that again if I were you, Inspector.
00:46:41Why not?
00:46:42Because Nurse Sampson is on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
00:46:45Actual or assumed?
00:46:47Perhaps you would prefer to judge that for yourself.
00:46:50Three months ago, her mother was buried under the ruins of her house in a raid.
00:46:54The rescue squad dug for her for three days and then gave it up.
00:46:58Next day, she was fine, still alive.
00:47:01She died an hour later.
00:47:03Esther was there the whole time.
00:47:04I could scarcely be expected to know that.
00:47:06So without bothering to inquire, you scared the life out of her like any flat-footed copper off the beat.
00:47:11The police force has not a monopoly of fallen arches, Dr. Barnes.
00:47:15Ask any chiropodist.
00:47:17Thank you, Mr. Eden.
00:47:18Before the war, you had a house in Heron's Park, I believe.
00:47:21Yes.
00:47:22And you had a practice in the district.
00:47:24I did.
00:47:25Good.
00:47:26Then, Dr. Barnes, would you care to accompany me to the theater?
00:47:29You gave Higgins the anaesthetic.
00:47:31What's that got to do with it?
00:47:33That's what I'm hoping to find out.
00:47:34Did you know him?
00:47:35Only by sight.
00:47:37Nurse Woods is a remarkable woman.
00:47:39Absolutely first class.
00:47:40Ever live in Heron's Park?
00:47:42Not as far as I know.
00:47:43She used to live the other side of London.
00:47:45She took up nursing when her sister died.
00:47:46When?
00:47:471936.
00:47:481936?
00:47:49Yes.
00:47:50I'm afraid I'm not going to be able to find her.
00:47:52I'm afraid I'm not going to be able to find her.
00:47:54I'm afraid I'm not going to be able to find her.
00:47:55I'm afraid I'm not going to be able to find her.
00:47:56I'm afraid I'm not going to be able to find her.
00:47:57Right.
00:47:58When?
00:47:591940, on the Continent.
00:48:00Funny.
00:48:01What is?
00:48:03It's nothing.
00:48:04It's just that Higgins thought he knew her voice.
00:48:05That's all.
00:48:07Indeed.
00:48:09Any view on nasal guitar?
00:48:12Nothing in particular.
00:48:13Why?
00:48:14Just wondering.
00:48:16I often suffered from it in the mornings.
00:48:21That's the machine I used.
00:48:23I see.
00:48:24They brought Higgins in here.
00:48:25I examined him.
00:48:26He was quite fit, so we went ahead.
00:48:28In here?
00:48:29No, I gave it to him in the theatre.
00:48:31The coup de grâce?
00:48:32The anaesthetic.
00:48:34Is that usual?
00:48:35Not really. It's up to me.
00:48:37Naturally.
00:48:38In that case, in we go.
00:48:45I gave nitrous oxide at first to get him under.
00:48:47Yes, the stuff the dentist gives you, hmm?
00:48:50Commonly known as laughing gas?
00:48:52Used to be. Actually, the impurities caused the laughs.
00:48:54Oh, just the same as our music halls.
00:48:58Then I added oxygen.
00:49:00When he failed to respond...
00:49:01Doctor, my ignorance is simply staggering.
00:49:04Please demonstrate.
00:49:06Black and white, oxygen.
00:49:08Black, nitrous oxide.
00:49:10Green, carbon dioxide.
00:49:12The rest are spares.
00:49:14I began with nitrous oxide.
00:49:19So...
00:49:22The flow meter registered correctly.
00:49:24When I got him under, I added oxygen.
00:49:27Like this.
00:49:29I didn't like the look of him,
00:49:31so I cut down the nitrous oxide and increased the oxygen.
00:49:34To my surprise, he didn't respond.
00:49:36So I turned off the nitrous oxide altogether,
00:49:39put him on pure oxygen.
00:49:40And then?
00:49:41He simply collapsed.
00:49:44I injected adrenaline,
00:49:45and Nurse Woods gave Coram in as a last resort.
00:49:48Nurse Woods? Hmm.
00:49:50Could these have been tempered with?
00:49:51Don't see how.
00:49:52In any event, the damage had been done before then.
00:49:56What about this fellow?
00:49:58Carbon dioxide.
00:49:59We sometimes use a little to stimulate respiration.
00:50:02Isn't it poisonous?
00:50:03Without oxygen, yes.
00:50:05Use any in Higgins?
00:50:06None at all.
00:50:08You couldn't have coupled up the wrong cylinder by mistake.
00:50:11These machines are as foolproof as they can make them.
00:50:14Besides, we checked everything.
00:50:16It wouldn't be possible to fill, say,
00:50:18an empty oxygen cylinder with carbon dioxide.
00:50:21Good heavens, no. It takes terrific pressure.
00:50:23Just supposing.
00:50:24Well, the patient would be getting carbon dioxide instead of oxygen.
00:50:27He'd die of, well, lack of oxygen.
00:50:31You couldn't tell by the flow meter or the post-mortem?
00:50:34No, but the whole thing's quite ludicrous.
00:50:37You must bear with me, Doctor.
00:50:39I'm a child in these matters.
00:50:42Can I go now?
00:50:43No, I don't think so.
00:50:46You had a similar experience once before, didn't you?
00:50:48I suppose Dr. White's been talking.
00:50:50Incessantly.
00:50:51It wasn't similar.
00:50:52There was no comparison.
00:50:54And I made no mistake in either case.
00:50:55Splendid.
00:50:57Does Eden think that?
00:50:58Eden? What's he been saying?
00:51:00Nothing to me.
00:51:02You don't like him, do you?
00:51:03If I discuss that with anybody, it'll be with Eden.
00:51:06Why not?
00:51:07Confidentially.
00:51:09Do you think he did it?
00:51:12How should I know?
00:51:14Dr. Barnes.
00:51:18About that anonymous letter.
00:51:21If you're silly enough to attach any importance to a thing like that.
00:51:24Oh, it wasn't that exactly.
00:51:26I was merely wondering if Higgins was the postman who delivered it.
00:51:36Yes, I was idiotically pleased with myself at the time.
00:51:39But I'm not so pleased to think of it now.
00:51:41Because there was the vital evidence.
00:51:44The clue to the whole business.
00:51:46Right under my nose.
00:51:50If I'd known then, it might have saved another life.
00:51:57The next morning, my presence lay over the hospital like a pall.
00:52:03As I approached, voices were hushed.
00:52:06And all eyes turned upon me.
00:52:09Who is the guilty one?
00:52:12When will he be arrested?
00:52:15Who will be next?
00:52:18That is what they were thinking.
00:52:20I found it all tremendously enjoyable.
00:52:27During the rest of that day, I continued my investigations with my accustomed energy.
00:52:32Good afternoon, ladies.
00:52:34No need to be alarmed. You're only searching your rooms.
00:52:40Well, I'll be...
00:52:47Did you know Higgins?
00:52:49Personally? No.
00:52:51Precisely with your relationship with Sister Bates.
00:52:55I'm afraid I didn't.
00:52:58What precisely was your relationship with Sister Bates?
00:53:02Not exactly distant, I take it.
00:53:04Harmless enough, or so I thought.
00:53:06Nevertheless, you certainly had a motive for getting rid of her.
00:53:09Only in her imagination.
00:53:11She might have proved troublesome.
00:53:13She was jealous and possessive.
00:53:15Most women are, if you give them the slightest encouragement.
00:53:18Which you invariably give them.
00:53:20Only sometimes not so slightly.
00:53:23Are you trying to make me lose my temper?
00:53:27I'm only a secondary object.
00:53:31From time to time, one of those infernal devices roared overhead.
00:53:51Such trifles, of course, did not for a moment distract me from my purpose.
00:53:57Did Higgins say anything that night that you think might help us?
00:54:00He'd only just got in when the bomb fell.
00:54:02He didn't speak again?
00:54:04No, because I went clean out for a bit.
00:54:06When I came round all I could hear was the radio.
00:54:08The radio?
00:54:10Yes, our old wireless set. Still hollering a treat, it was, too.
00:54:13What was it playing?
00:54:15It wasn't playing. It was talking.
00:54:17What about?
00:54:19Well, uh, let me think.
00:54:22Come along now.
00:54:24Surely you can remember?
00:54:27I can't get it out of my mind.
00:54:29When I woke up today I didn't remember at first.
00:54:31Then it all came back.
00:54:33I went to the window and there was the inspector slinking about outside.
00:54:36He's probably lurking about in the bushes at this very moment.
00:54:39Oughtn't we to go back?
00:54:41Why?
00:54:43It's a lovely night.
00:54:45There's still suspects.
00:54:47That's a very good thought to escape from.
00:54:49It's not easy.
00:54:52Have you seen Barney?
00:54:54No.
00:54:56I don't know what to do about him.
00:54:58Isn't it time you made up your mind?
00:55:00He's behaving so ridiculously.
00:55:03I don't blame him. He's in love with you.
00:55:06Don't blame him for that. I don't.
00:55:11It is a lovely night.
00:55:13Is it?
00:55:17Yes.
00:55:20In such a night as this,
00:55:23when the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees
00:55:26and they did make no noise,
00:55:28in such a night,
00:55:30Troilus, methinks, mounted the Troian walls
00:55:34and sighed his soul towards the Grecian tents
00:55:38where Cressid lay that night.
00:55:40In such a night did young Lorenzo
00:55:44swear he loved her well,
00:55:48stealing her soul with many vows of faith
00:55:52and ne'er a true one.
00:55:55Good night, Mr. Eden.
00:56:08Good night, Dr. Barnes.
00:56:18Nurse Woods. Jane Woods.
00:56:22Where she lived, when she came to London, everything you can find out.
00:56:25Ring me right away. Bye.
00:56:48I must be getting old.
00:56:59So much for the 19th.
00:57:01The morning of the 20th dawned like any other.
00:57:04A condemned man ate a hearty breakfast.
00:57:07Have some jam. No, thanks.
00:57:09You've eaten hardly anything.
00:57:11I've had quite enough. Besides, we ought to be going.
00:57:13Almost ten minutes yet.
00:57:16How about the washing up?
00:57:18I'll come back at nine o'clock and do that.
00:57:20Where's Freddy?
00:57:23Well, I wonder what today will bring.
00:57:25No, it's not.
00:57:27What? Freddy.
00:57:38Anyone in?
00:57:40Oh, hello.
00:57:42Good morning, sir.
00:57:45Good morning.
00:57:47I didn't startle you, did I?
00:57:49Oh, no, sir.
00:57:51I clumped, to warn you.
00:57:53He clumped.
00:57:55I've been wandering around for about an hour.
00:57:57Thought I'd just drop in, see if you were all right.
00:57:59Well, we're still here, sir. Somewhat to our surprise.
00:58:01Have some tea.
00:58:03Nothing go bump in the night?
00:58:05Only my heart.
00:58:07Stick the kettle on, Esther.
00:58:09No, please don't bother.
00:58:11It's got to go on again for Freddy's hot water bottle.
00:58:13Oh, no, really, I wasn't. I just dropped in.
00:58:15Oh, here she is.
00:58:17Hello, children.
00:58:27It's parky for an August day.
00:58:29I thought I'd just see Nurse Lindley home
00:58:31and come in and see if you were all right.
00:58:33Seems to be a popular movement.
00:58:35Well, I'll push off.
00:58:37Got a cup of tea?
00:58:39Esther's getting it. Esther's not.
00:58:42It's not boiling. The gas has died on us.
00:58:44Oh, dear. It's my turn, and I forgot.
00:58:46Unless there's one in my bag.
00:58:48Bobs for the love of Allah.
00:58:50Heads.
00:58:52Good gracious.
00:58:54Not a bob among us.
00:58:56That's funny.
00:58:58How about you, sir?
00:59:00Nothing doing.
00:59:02Freddy, my pet, you'll have to go to bed
00:59:04with half a lukewarm water bottle.
00:59:06Well, I could slip over and ask McCoy if he...
00:59:08Oh, of course not. I'm too tired to care.
00:59:11Who did?
00:59:13None of us, I imagine.
00:59:15Speaking as the life and soul of the party,
00:59:17I just can't keep it up.
00:59:19Oh, don't worry, darling.
00:59:21You've been wonderful. Really, you have.
00:59:23It's this wandering and watching.
00:59:25I don't believe it was one of us.
00:59:27It can't be. And yet somebody must have killed him.
00:59:29But why? Why Higgins?
00:59:31I was thinking during the night
00:59:33about that gown.
00:59:35What gown?
00:59:37One Sister Bates was found in.
00:59:40There was a hole in it where she was stabbed.
00:59:42I knew there was something that seemed wrong.
00:59:44I know it sounds silly.
00:59:46It suddenly dawned on me what it was.
00:59:48What?
00:59:50Shut up.
00:59:52If you've anything to tell, tell it to the inspector.
00:59:54Aren't you being a little fanciful?
00:59:56I must say, I can't see any harm in it.
00:59:58Of course not.
01:00:00The inspector did say if we found out anything
01:00:02to go to him and not trust anyone.
01:00:04He happens to be quite right.
01:00:07What's the matter with him?
01:00:09Doesn't your intuition stretch that far?
01:00:11Well, it was only a thought I had.
01:00:13When I wake up, I expect it will seem too silly for words.
01:00:15Let me brush my teeth.
01:00:17I'll go and get your hot water bottle.
01:00:23Are you quite happy about the way you're behaving?
01:00:25Self-criticism has never been one of my failings.
01:00:27I hope you're not confusing Freddy
01:00:29with the kind of woman who used to dither in and out
01:00:31of your consulting room in a flutter of checks
01:00:33and eyelashes.
01:00:36I miss the check.
01:00:44She's a bit romantic
01:00:46and not very experienced.
01:00:48And like the rest of us,
01:00:50she's been under a nervous strain for a long time.
01:00:52I'd hate to see her giving up someone permanent
01:00:54like Barney and falling for your
01:00:56practiced and rather hollow charm.
01:00:58You're much too kind.
01:01:00I'm serious.
01:01:02Supposing I were too.
01:01:05Well, I think we'd better keep this conversation practical.
01:01:07Have it your own way.
01:01:09Think it over.
01:01:11My dear Nurse Woods,
01:01:13who am I to make the course of true love
01:01:15run any smoother?
01:01:17All right.
01:01:19Only I warn you, Barney won't bottle it up much longer.
01:01:21Any moment now,
01:01:23he'll grab the nearest grandfather clock
01:01:25and break it over your head,
01:01:27whereupon I for one will give three rousing cheers.
01:01:29Sir.
01:01:35Anything the matter?
01:01:37It appears I'm a menace.
01:01:39To whom?
01:01:43Unprotected females.
01:01:45Have you only just discovered that?
01:01:47Strictly speaking, no.
01:01:49Then why complain?
01:01:51I'm not complaining.
01:01:53Ready, Woody? Here I come.
01:01:55Where have you been?
01:01:57Getting my cap.
01:01:59Come on, we ought to be there.
01:02:01Coming, sir?
01:02:04I have been warned.
01:02:06Bye-bye, Freddy. See you tonight.
01:02:08Bye-bye.
01:02:34Get me Inspector Cockrell, will you?
01:02:36What?
01:02:38Well, see if you can find him
01:02:40and ring me back.
01:02:44Everything's ready now, sister.
01:02:46Just going back to the coach house
01:02:48for a few minutes now.
01:02:51Inspector Cockrell, will you?
01:02:53What?
01:02:55Well, see if you can find him
01:02:57and ring me back.
01:02:59Everything's ready now, sister.
01:03:01Just going back to the coach house
01:03:03for a few minutes to clear up.
01:03:05Very well, nurse.
01:03:07Only get back before 9.30.
01:03:09Yes, sister.
01:03:20Thank you.
01:03:51Doctor Bowen's here.
01:04:17Oh, thank you.
01:04:19Oh, thank you. Is that Inspector Cockerell?
01:04:22No, Doctor, it's Hendricks. The Inspector's busy at the moment.
01:04:25Can I give him the message?
01:04:26I wanted to talk to him.
01:04:28Well, it's about Nurse Lindley.
01:04:31Yes, I think it might be important.
01:04:33Tell him he can find me here in casualty reception.
01:04:36Thank you.
01:04:38Dr. Barnes was asking for you, sir.
01:04:41What does he want?
01:04:42Said it was something about Nurse Lindley.
01:04:44He's in casualty reception.
01:04:45Right. Let's go along.
01:04:49Let's go along.
01:05:16Freddie!
01:05:18Freddie!
01:05:29Help!
01:05:49Bring it down quick, Hendricks.
01:05:54Get Dr. White at once.
01:05:55Freddie!
01:05:56You're not to touch her, Dr. Barnes.
01:05:57Get Dr. White at once.
01:06:18How's Freddie?
01:06:19Still unconscious.
01:06:20Can I see her?
01:06:21No.
01:06:22But why not?
01:06:23Because I say so.
01:06:24Well, the murderer has achieved his first object.
01:06:26He or she has silenced Nurse Lindley.
01:06:28What?
01:06:29At least for the time being.
01:06:30Could it possibly have been an accident?
01:06:32The only accident was that she survived,
01:06:34thanks to Nurse Sensen.
01:06:36However, it has simplified the problem.
01:06:38How?
01:06:39I don't know.
01:06:40I don't know.
01:06:41I don't know.
01:06:42I don't know.
01:06:43I don't know.
01:06:44I don't know.
01:06:45I don't know.
01:06:46I don't know.
01:06:48This is the solution.
01:06:49How?
01:06:50The suspects are now reduced to four.
01:06:51One, two, three, four.
01:06:52Fewer suspects, and less work for me.
01:06:54My idea is a 40-hour wait.
01:06:55Oh, for heaven's sake, if you'd only come when I asked for you.
01:06:58Or perhaps if you'd sent for me sooner.
01:07:00You left it a bit late, didn't you?
01:07:01How was I to know that?
01:07:02Unless you, yourself, were the guilty party.
01:07:05A just point, Dr. Barnes.
01:07:08You all knew that the gas had failed, correct?
01:07:10You all knew that she'd gone upstairs to sleep?
01:07:13You went up there alone with a hot water bottle.
01:07:15I excluded none of you from this, Mr. Eden.
01:07:18And you also slipped up there alone, without a hot-water bottle.
01:07:23Mr. Eden remained behind when everyone else had gone,
01:07:26and Dr. Barnes was within easy distance across the yard.
01:07:29Each one of you could have slipped up to her room and turned on that tap.
01:07:33You all knew Nurse Wood's habit of going back at 9.15 to boil a kettle for washing up.
01:07:38And, of course, none knew that better than Nurse Wood herself.
01:07:42You told me you'd never met Higgins.
01:07:44I hadn't. Does Horton's Farm, a couple of miles from here, mean anything to you?
01:07:48What? You lived there once, didn't you? Up to 15 years ago.
01:07:51Yes, as a matter of fact, I did. Why would he?
01:07:55Wait. With your mother and your sister.
01:07:57Yes. Is there anything wrong in that?
01:08:00No, no. You're a theatre nurse, aren't you? Of course.
01:08:03With access to anesthetics and theatre gowns? I suppose so.
01:08:06Sister Bates was stabbed through a theatre gown. Yes.
01:08:08Nurse Lindley said she knew something about that same gown just before her life was attempted.
01:08:12Well? And Higgins recognised your voice.
01:08:15He couldn't have done... Thought he did.
01:08:17Do you know the last thing that Higgins heard as you lay in the debris of that rescue post?
01:08:20How should I know? Hendricks.
01:08:23Listen. And you'll hear what Higgins heard.
01:08:27It doesn't hurt him. Listen.
01:08:36Meanwhile, our attacks have continued without a pause since June the 15th.
01:08:40And have laid much of the British capital in ruins.
01:08:43As the desperate Churchill lies frantically to save his face...
01:08:47London and the home counties are reeling under the incessant fire of our terrible V1.
01:08:53This is Germany calling. This is Germany calling.
01:08:58A BBC monitor recording of a broadcast from Hamburg on the evening of the 17th.
01:09:03Would he? Scarcely that. Her sister.
01:09:06What? Her twin sister, of my information.
01:09:09Twin sister of my information, correct? Am I right?
01:09:12Reichssender Hamburg.
01:09:14Das waren Nachrichten in englischer...
01:09:18Yes. You're right.
01:09:21You were very fond of your sister, weren't you?
01:09:22Yes. And ashamed for her.
01:09:25I tried to hide it. I said she died in France in 1940.
01:09:29I'd have done anything. Including murder.
01:09:32Murder? Well, I had the motive, didn't I?
01:09:36Higgins might have put two and two together.
01:09:39And I had the opportunity each time.
01:09:41And I did go to Freddy's room alone.
01:09:43And I did put the shilling in the meter.
01:09:46Well? Why don't you all say what you're thinking?
01:09:50Why don't you tell them? Why don't you tell them I did it?
01:09:53Now, who on earth said you did?
01:09:56Oh, I didn't.
01:10:01Leave her.
01:10:03The inspector has a charming aptitude for travelling in ever-decreasing circles...
01:10:08which I fear can only have one in.
01:10:12Someday, Mr. Eden, I must try my hand at removing an appendix.
01:10:16I fancy the progress will be slow until I discover...
01:10:18what Nurse Lindley was going to say about that gown.
01:10:20She'll tell you that when she comes round.
01:10:23Dr. Barnes, she may never come round.
01:10:26What do you mean? Her skull was fractured in her fall.
01:10:29What? Come back. I must see her. I can't. I said come back.
01:10:32Why? It can't do any good.
01:10:34And I can't trust you. Yes, besides, I haven't finished.
01:10:38There is pressure on her brain, which I'm told can only be relieved by an operation...
01:10:41if she's to live and tell me what she knows.
01:10:43What, refining? So Mr. Purdy says.
01:10:46That's very serious. The operation will take place at 9.30 tomorrow morning.
01:10:50All of you will undertake exactly the same duties as you did in the case of Higgins.
01:10:54What? You can't do that.
01:10:56You prefer not to give the anaesthetic? I prefer not to see her killed.
01:10:59One doesn't necessarily follow from the other.
01:11:02Even if it did in the case of Higgins.
01:11:04Nurse Woods, do you remember accurately all that you did before?
01:11:07Yes, I think so. Are you willing to do the same again?
01:11:11All right. Thank you.
01:11:13Now, Sensen, how about you?
01:11:15Are you willing to perform precisely the same duties as you did before?
01:11:20Yes, I suppose so.
01:11:22May I point out that you can't exactly reproduce the circumstances of Higgins' death...
01:11:26which I presume is what you're after? No, why not?
01:11:29Because I shan't be operating.
01:11:31If you refuse, I can only draw one conclusion.
01:11:34In this case, the wrong one.
01:11:36You see, I don't happen to be a brain surgeon.
01:11:39Very plausible, Mr. Eaton, but if Mr. Purdy operates...
01:11:42do you object to assisting him?
01:11:46No. Thank you.
01:11:48You're not going to let him touch her? Why not?
01:11:51May I remind you that Higgins died before I could operate?
01:11:54What are you suggesting?
01:11:55Only that the chief danger seems to lie in the giving of the anaesthetic.
01:11:58You hinted that to Dr. White, didn't you?
01:12:00I did not. Why should I?
01:12:02You had something to gain if I'd been forced to leave.
01:12:04Did? What?
01:12:06Freddie.
01:12:07Now, who on earth gave you that idea?
01:12:09Sister Bates, if you want to know.
01:12:11Just before she was killed.
01:12:12Just before you met her in the garden.
01:12:15Mr. Eaton. Inspector.
01:12:17Pardon me interrupting, gentlemen, but...
01:12:19did you meet Sister Bates in the garden?
01:12:22Yes.
01:12:24And you never told me.
01:12:26I saw no point in making things more difficult to myself than they already were.
01:12:30You expect him to believe that?
01:12:31He might prefer the truth to your jealous suspicions.
01:12:34I don't think so.
01:13:02Hendricks.
01:13:04Come on.
01:13:11Well, well, well.
01:13:13A master of surgery mixing it with an L.R.C.P.
01:13:18What a delicious spectacle.
01:13:20We might arrange a future contest in aid of some deserving charity, don't you think?
01:13:26Perhaps the police orphanage, Inspector.
01:13:28Oh.
01:13:31Well, I suppose I ought to be glad that my suspects haven't been reduced still further.
01:13:35And I take it we shall all meet tomorrow morning in the operating theater at 9.30.
01:13:40I shall ask Dr. White to make the necessary arrangements.
01:13:43It ought to be quite dramatic.
01:13:55Well?
01:13:56How is Nurse Lindley?
01:13:57Much better, thank you.
01:13:59Pulse and temperature are back to normal.
01:14:02Splendid.
01:14:03You've had a very narrow escape, young lady.
01:14:05Yes.
01:14:06Have you told them all?
01:14:07I have, indeed. I've convinced them that Nurse Lindley is a death's door.
01:14:10They have agreed to cooperate.
01:14:12Do you seriously intend to go through with this fantastic scheme?
01:14:15I do, indeed.
01:14:16Well, I suggest that it's most...
01:14:18You word perfect?
01:14:19Oh, I think so.
01:14:20Depressed fracture of the occiput necessitating craniotomy.
01:14:24Really?
01:14:25Even to say that's an achievement.
01:14:27What about Mr. Eden? As your assistant, would he expect to examine Nurse Lindley?
01:14:30No, not necessarily. No, I'll show him these X-rays.
01:14:35Pre-war patient of mine.
01:14:37Uh, oh.
01:14:38Here.
01:14:40Very nice fracture.
01:14:41Recover?
01:14:42Oh, yes.
01:14:43Remarkable.
01:14:44Surely no one in their senses would make another attempt?
01:14:47Not in our senses, certainly.
01:14:48But it must have occurred to you that we are dealing with an unbalanced mind.
01:14:52A one-track mind that can see things only one way.
01:14:54In every other respect, as sane as I am.
01:14:57Or even as you are, Dr. White.
01:14:59Possibly.
01:15:00You think what happened before will happen again?
01:15:03I think they'll try.
01:15:05Well, I wash my hands of the whole business.
01:15:06You couldn't do better.
01:15:10Nurse Lindley.
01:15:10Yes?
01:15:13I've explained to you the risk that you'll be running.
01:15:17But if you wish to change your mind now, I'll quite understand.
01:15:19No, I've thought it over, and I'll do as you tell me.
01:15:22Thank you. I'm very grateful.
01:15:24Meanwhile, absolute secrecy.
01:15:25I know.
01:15:26Till tomorrow, is there anything I can do for you?
01:15:28Well, could I see someone?
01:15:30Who, Mr. Eden?
01:15:31No, Dr. Barnes.
01:15:33Dr. Barnes.
01:15:35Well, his style is less polished, but his footwork is superior.
01:15:39Never mind.
01:15:40No, my dear, I'm afraid you can't see him. There can be no exceptions.
01:15:43Still willing?
01:15:45Of course.
01:15:46Good.
01:15:46This is absolute lunacy.
01:15:48I disagree.
01:15:49You see, I think I know who did it.
01:15:56Toast.
01:16:18Twenty-past. They'll be bringing her in any minute.
01:16:21Dr. Barnes.
01:16:22Now, is everything laid out exactly as it was before?
01:16:25All correct.
01:16:27You're quite satisfied?
01:16:28Yes.
01:16:29Right.
01:16:30Take the whole lot back again, sister.
01:16:32What now, sir?
01:16:33Yes, now change every single item with a fresh one.
01:16:35What's the idea?
01:16:36We can't be too careful, can we?
01:16:43Look.
01:16:44Allow me.
01:16:45This is indeed an honour, sir.
01:16:47Nervous?
01:16:48Paralytic.
01:16:49You don't look it.
01:16:50Did you do this last time?
01:16:52Yes.
01:16:53It's a new oxygen cylinder.
01:16:54Do you think anything will happen?
01:16:56Oh, yes.
01:16:57I think so.
01:16:58Well, in that case...
01:16:59What's this?
01:17:00Lubricant for the airway tube.
01:17:01Change it.
01:17:03Where's Eden?
01:17:04On his way, I hope.
01:17:21All right?
01:17:22Yes, sir.
01:17:23Good.
01:17:24Watch her.
01:17:28Freddy.
01:17:29Don't hear her.
01:17:30Please, doctor.
01:17:41Ah, there you are, Mr. Eden.
01:17:46We're nearly ready.
01:17:48We're nearly ready.
01:17:49Miss Henson, will you bring in the patient?
01:17:51Yes, sir.
01:17:55Are you ready, doctor?
01:17:56Yes.
01:17:57Oh, Dr. Barnes.
01:17:59I believe I know why you gave Higgins the anaesthetic on the table.
01:18:02Why?
01:18:04Because you wanted witnesses.
01:18:06Hmm?
01:18:18All right.
01:18:23Right.
01:18:24Go ahead.
01:18:27Nitrous oxide.
01:18:28Hmm.
01:18:48Now for the oxygen.
01:18:53Oxygen.
01:19:18Hmm.
01:19:35Is she all right?
01:19:37Her color.
01:19:40More oxygen.
01:19:48She's not responding.
01:19:50More oxygen.
01:20:02She's collapsing.
01:20:04Don't give her any more.
01:20:06Cut off the anaesthetic.
01:20:07She's not getting any.
01:20:08It's pure oxygen.
01:20:09She must have oxygen.
01:20:18Cut it off.
01:20:19I can't.
01:20:20Cut off the oxygen.
01:20:22What's the idea?
01:20:2330.
01:20:24All right, all right.
01:20:2530.
01:20:26The spare oxygen.
01:20:27Can you change it?
01:20:28Yes, here.
01:20:33Right.
01:20:48She's responding now.
01:20:51She'll be all right.
01:20:54Inspector, I'm completely bewildered.
01:20:56Give me a pair of scissors.
01:21:03Green.
01:21:06Yes.
01:21:08Green for carbon dioxide.
01:21:11You've been pumping CO2 into her.
01:21:13And Higgins?
01:21:14Precisely.
01:21:15A green cylinder repainted black and white in each case.
01:21:18Does that suggest anything to you?
01:21:19What?
01:21:20The salvage bin you've been having repainted,
01:21:21also in black and white.
01:21:23Good heavens.
01:21:24That's where they got the paint.
01:21:27She's coming round.
01:21:30Freddy.
01:21:32If I were you, I'd walk her back to the theater for a bit.
01:21:34The poor girl must be feeling the strain.
01:21:36What?
01:21:37With a fractured skull.
01:21:38It may possibly disappoint you to learn
01:21:40that a young lady's cranium is at least as sound as yours.
01:21:44Hello, Barney.
01:21:47It's all right.
01:21:48You're safe.
01:21:49Yes, her life is no longer in any danger.
01:21:51But of course, she told me yesterday
01:21:53what she was going to say about that gown.
01:21:56What was it?
01:21:58She said the hole the knife made was too big.
01:22:01Almost as if something had been cut out.
01:22:02She was quite right.
01:22:03Something had been cut out?
01:22:04Of course.
01:22:05But I couldn't for the life of me think what.
01:22:07What was it?
01:22:08She said the hole the knife made was too big.
01:22:10Almost as if something had been cut out.
01:22:12For the life of me think what?
01:22:14Until just now,
01:22:15when I noticed this smear of black paint
01:22:17on Nurse Wood's gown.
01:22:20Nurse Woods, have you any idea
01:22:21what it was that Sister Bates had hidden in this theater?
01:22:23No.
01:22:24It was this.
01:22:25I thought you might know,
01:22:26because it happens to be your gown.
01:22:29Mine?
01:22:30The one you wore last time, when Higgins died.
01:22:32And look.
01:22:34Just here.
01:22:36Curiously enough,
01:22:37there used to be another smear of black paint
01:22:39from the first cylinder.
01:22:40The one that killed Higgins.
01:22:42And Sister Bates spotted it.
01:22:44And jumped to the right conclusion.
01:22:47You see, one thing the murderer couldn't control
01:22:49was the time the paint took to dry.
01:22:51About 12 hours.
01:22:52But why dress Sister Bates up in the thing
01:22:54and stab her again?
01:22:55To distract attention from the tear
01:22:57where the paint had been.
01:22:59By sticking the knife
01:23:01through it.
01:23:07It's all right.
01:23:10Do you think I could sit down?
01:23:12Of course, Nurse Sampson.
01:23:16Yes, it must have been a terrifying moment for the murderer.
01:23:19Alone here in this theater
01:23:20with Sister Bates dead at his feet.
01:23:23In the moonlight,
01:23:24with the wind screeching outside
01:23:26and the window slamming and opening.
01:23:29Slamming and opening!
01:23:31With the gown clutched in a dead woman's hand.
01:23:34With its tell-tale streak of paint.
01:23:37And time pressing.
01:23:38So that any action was better than none
01:23:40and first thoughts had to be best.
01:23:43Can't you see it?
01:23:44For heaven's sake, come to the point.
01:23:46Oh, but that is the point.
01:23:47Time.
01:23:48Each of you had a motive for killing Higgins
01:23:50after you'd recognized him
01:23:51and which of you had time?
01:23:53Was there someone you thought would be incriminated
01:23:55if Nurse Linley had been allowed to speak yesterday?
01:23:57I don't understand you.
01:23:59I think you do. Who was it?
01:24:01I don't know.
01:24:02Nobody.
01:24:03I can't tell you anything. I don't...
01:24:05Can't you leave her alone?
01:24:06I've told you before, she's in no state...
01:24:07Why on the day before Higgins' death
01:24:08did Mr. Eden urge you to leave this hospital?
01:24:11I don't know.
01:24:13Because this was the worst possible place for her,
01:24:15I've explained that before.
01:24:17I warn you, she's in no condition to be questioned
01:24:19and you can place no reliance on her answers.
01:24:22Well, can't I, Mr. Eden?
01:24:24That's most illuminating.
01:24:26What time did you leave the ward
01:24:27after examining Higgins the night before he died?
01:24:29What's that got to do with...
01:24:30Answer my question!
01:24:32About 10.30.
01:24:33Where did you go?
01:24:34Back to my room.
01:24:35Did you pass the paint store on the way?
01:24:36Probably.
01:24:38What became of those tablets
01:24:39that were taken from the poison cupboard?
01:24:41How should I know?
01:24:44Nurse Lindley, do you feel well enough to talk?
01:24:46Yes, if I can help.
01:24:48Now, please think very carefully.
01:24:50What time did you go into duty
01:24:52on the night before Higgins died?
01:24:54I was a bit late, about 5.10.
01:24:57Whereupon, presumably, Nurse Sanson left.
01:25:00Yes, as soon as I got there.
01:25:02Say, about 10.10.
01:25:03What time did Nurse Sanson reach your quarters?
01:25:06It was late, wasn't it?
01:25:08Yes, she said Freddy had overslept.
01:25:10What time was it?
01:25:11Well, quarter to 11, but I'm sure she...
01:25:14Thank you.
01:25:15It should have taken you five minutes,
01:25:16yet it took you nearly 40.
01:25:17Why?
01:25:18I don't know.
01:25:20I didn't feel very well.
01:25:21Did you pass the paint store?
01:25:25Yes, I suppose I did.
01:25:26Did you see anyone or anything in there
01:25:28that made you pause or stop?
01:25:31I can't remember.
01:25:32Try to, was the door open?
01:25:33It may have been.
01:25:34Was there a light on inside?
01:25:35I don't know, I can't remember.
01:25:36Did you see anyone or anything in there?
01:25:40Did you?
01:25:44Or were you there alone?
01:25:47Can't you see she's had enough?
01:25:49I've warned you, Inspector.
01:25:50Mr. Eden, why do you keep on interrupting?
01:25:53Are you afraid of something she might say?
01:25:55I've given you my reasons.
01:25:56This time, I'd like the truth.
01:25:59May I speak to her alone?
01:26:00No!
01:26:01Are you going to answer me, Mr. Eden?
01:26:04Stop it!
01:26:08Eden!
01:26:10Eden, open this door!
01:26:12Eden!
01:26:13I'm sorry, Estelle.
01:26:14I've got to.
01:26:16Look out!
01:26:28Eden!
01:26:30Mr. Sensen, I arrest you for the willful murder
01:26:32of Joseph Higgins and Marion Bates,
01:26:34and for the attempted murder of Frederica Linley.
01:26:36I must warn you that anything you say may be used in evidence.
01:26:39Yes.
01:26:40What?
01:26:41It can't be.
01:26:42It is.
01:26:44Eden.
01:26:45It's not true.
01:26:46How could it be?
01:26:47She got me out of my room.
01:26:48Yes, she intended to make a dramatic rescue,
01:26:50just too late.
01:26:52But she arrived back a bit too early.
01:26:53Then she saw me approaching,
01:26:54smashed the window and dragged you out.
01:26:56And saved my life.
01:26:57And contrived to let you fall headlong down the stairs.
01:27:00By that time, she had to be content with the second best.
01:27:02Esther, you didn't do it, did you?
01:27:05I did.
01:27:06You knew, didn't you?
01:27:07I was almost certain.
01:27:09But I didn't know how.
01:27:10But why should she want to kill Higgins?
01:27:12What has he done?
01:27:14Tell them.
01:27:15Higgins was head of the rescue squad that left her mother to die.
01:27:18What?
01:27:19That is how it seemed to her.
01:27:20They had no choice, but she couldn't see it that way.
01:27:23She transferred her life to the rescue squad.
01:27:25She couldn't see it that way.
01:27:26She transferred her obsession of guilt to Higgins.
01:27:28The blame she attached to herself for leaving her mother alone.
01:27:31By punishing him, she was redeeming herself.
01:27:35I don't understand that.
01:27:37I was quite right, of course.
01:27:39Could I have a drink of water, please?
01:27:41Freddie.
01:27:42Freddie, it's Sister Bates.
01:27:44Yes, that was bad.
01:27:45But I couldn't let them talk,
01:27:46otherwise I should have been found out
01:27:47and punished for something that was right.
01:27:49Esther, I'm sorry.
01:27:50You understand, don't you?
01:27:53Water, quick. She's fainted.
01:27:57She's dead.
01:27:59What?
01:28:01She can't be dead.
01:28:03She can't be dead.
01:28:05Can't you do something?
01:28:06It's too late.
01:28:09Mr. Eden, you have deliberately connived at her death.
01:28:11Have I?
01:28:12You followed her in here with that hypodermic.
01:28:15Quite true.
01:28:16There is a penalty for helping a criminal to evade the consequences.
01:28:20Aren't you being a little rash?
01:28:22You don't know yet how she died.
01:28:24Well?
01:28:25Have you forgotten those tablets?
01:28:27I have not.
01:28:28And neither, I imagine, did you forget them?
01:28:30They killed Esther.
01:28:33A lethal dose, self-administered.
01:28:35Self?
01:28:37When I realized it must be Esther,
01:28:39I knew she was definitely insane and that she had the tablets.
01:28:42I wanted to be ready, but you came over to me
01:28:44and I was too late to stop her.
01:28:48Yes, Inspector, that was the antidote.
01:28:52The antidote.
01:28:54And what...
01:28:55And you knocked it out of my hand.
01:29:10When I took my departure that evening,
01:29:12it was not with a feeling that this had been
01:29:14one of my more successful investigations.
01:29:18In fact, it still seems to me
01:29:20that I fell down rather badly on the case.
01:29:48And in view of my failure...
01:29:51Correction.
01:29:53Comparative failure,
01:29:56I feel I have no alternative, sir,
01:29:58but to offer you my resignation.
01:30:02In the confident hope that you will not accept it.
01:30:09Full stop.
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