Morse and Lewis investigate a murder in a quiet country church where a vicar and his voluntary helpers are the unlikely prime suspects. Although at first baffled, Morse pursues his investigations religiously.
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00:02:25Time for a quick one before the service, Your Reverence.
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00:02:39Everything all right?
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00:04:07Yes?
00:04:08Incident at St...
00:04:09What? Wait a minute.
00:04:10Incident at St. Oswald's.
00:04:12Where?
00:04:13St. Oswald's, ETA required.
00:04:15Okay, I'll be there in 12 minutes.
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00:04:39...of Sedna Street, Reading.
00:04:47The index number is Tango Bravo, 9th and December.
00:04:55There is a telephone number on the vehicle my colleague just handed in.
00:04:58Can you get in touch with these people and ask them to remove it?
00:05:02It's locked up secure, no driver allowed, and...
00:05:08Oh.
00:05:14Keeping well, Lewis?
00:05:15How low is that?
00:05:16Nah.
00:05:17I'm sorry.
00:05:18Oh.
00:05:19Oh.
00:05:22Oh, dear.
00:05:33Who is he?
00:05:34Mr. Josephson.
00:05:36Harry is the...
00:05:37Harry was church warden.
00:05:41That's his wife, how exciting.
00:05:43Widow.
00:05:46Board brand, now.
00:05:47Warden, widow.
00:05:49Could someone...
00:05:51Please.
00:05:55Ah!
00:05:58God!
00:06:04Always best to throw light on the scene, if you can.
00:06:28Well, Max?
00:06:30One very fierce blow, death instantaneous.
00:06:37What happened?
00:06:39Well, nobody actually saw it, but...
00:06:41It was right at the end of the service.
00:06:43Mr. Josephson just brought the collection back here to the vestry.
00:06:46There was, um, a tramp at the service.
00:06:49He even took communion.
00:06:51I'll give you the phone number.
00:06:53Will you get in touch with him at the moment?
00:06:57Hello, Maddy? Over.
00:06:59Hello?
00:07:00Maddy, can you notify for me an elderly vagrant, Swan, I think his name is.
00:07:04Swan or Swanny.
00:07:06Sleeps rough, probably.
00:07:07Although he's got a few quid on him now, so he may be in a pub.
00:07:10Yeah, oh, check the off licences.
00:07:12He's wearing an overcoat, but there was a hell of a lot of blood about,
00:07:15so he's probably ditched it.
00:07:16Out.
00:07:28I shall never understand these religious types.
00:07:31That's because you have no soul, Moss.
00:07:33If you were a vicar, would you slit open your letters with the cross of Christ?
00:07:37It's pretty high, St. Augustine, but it's spiky.
00:07:40That's what they mean by the beauty of holiness.
00:07:42Here, I'll finish that.
00:07:43All right, thanks, Lewis. Go through his pockets, will you?
00:07:45Yes, sir.
00:07:46Thank you, sir.
00:07:47Thank you.
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00:07:55Thank you.
00:07:56Go through his pockets, will you?
00:07:57I'll go and get someone to identify him formally.
00:08:01Just a minute, Lewis.
00:08:03Hold this for me.
00:08:05Close your eyes now.
00:08:27I really don't think you should speak to Mrs. Josephs now.
00:08:30She's terribly shocked.
00:08:32You knew Mr. Josephs, did you, madam?
00:08:34Yes, of course.
00:08:35I wonder if you and Mr. Morris, is it?
00:08:38Yes.
00:08:39I need two witnesses for formal identification.
00:08:42If you and Mrs...
00:08:44Rawlinson.
00:08:45Ruth Rawlinson.
00:08:46It wouldn't upset you too much, Mrs. Rawlinson, to...
00:08:49No, no.
00:08:50I think I can manage it.
00:08:52And, by the way, it's Miss, not Mrs.
00:08:55Thank you, Miss.
00:08:59Lewis.
00:09:08It's Harry Josephs.
00:09:09Thank you, sir.
00:09:10Is that all?
00:09:11Yes, thank you.
00:09:12Now, Miss.
00:09:15Just a glance.
00:09:16Thank you.
00:09:17Yes, thank you.
00:09:18Now, Miss.
00:09:21Just a glance.
00:09:22Just so long as you're sure who it is.
00:09:27Yes.
00:09:29That's Harry Josephs.
00:09:33Thank you very much, Miss.
00:09:36I expect you'll want to go home now.
00:09:40Sorry.
00:09:46Would you like me to come with you?
00:09:48No, no, I'm all right.
00:09:49I'll look after her.
00:09:50Don't worry, Ruth.
00:10:06Are you all right?
00:10:07Are you?
00:10:09Oh, yes.
00:10:10I'm...
00:10:11I'm fine.
00:10:14I'll call you when I've got Brenda home.
00:10:40All seems pretty straightforward.
00:10:43Straightforward, perhaps, but pretty.
00:10:54I'm so sorry.
00:10:55I didn't realise that...
00:10:56Just a couple of things.
00:10:57I don't want to trouble you for long at a time like this.
00:11:00I was wondering, how many people were there at the service?
00:11:03Three or four.
00:11:04Three or four?
00:11:05Yes.
00:11:06I was wondering, how many people were there at the service?
00:11:09Thirteen.
00:11:10And you don't know all of them?
00:11:12Perhaps you do know who they all were.
00:11:14Oh, they could be witnesses, you mean.
00:11:18Oh, dear, I never thought.
00:11:21I just said that Mr. Josephs was ill,
00:11:23that the service was over,
00:11:25and then I ran to call an ambulance.
00:11:28I'm so sorry.
00:11:29Never mind.
00:11:30We'll be able to trace them, I expect.
00:11:32I doubt if they could add very much, Inspector.
00:11:34They were all up in the Lady Chapel.
00:11:36I was the only one who saw anything.
00:11:38And what did you see, exactly?
00:11:42Not very much.
00:11:43It was more hearing, some sort of commotion.
00:11:47Then I saw the vestry curtains shaking,
00:11:49so I went to see what was happening, and...
00:11:53And...
00:11:54Did you see this man, Swanee, leaving the church?
00:11:57Not exactly.
00:11:59I mean, it's quite dark down there.
00:12:01I saw someone.
00:12:02Suppose I just assumed that it was him.
00:12:07Thirteen. That's not very many, is it, sir?
00:12:11Oh, it's not bad for a special service.
00:12:13And what was special about it?
00:12:15It's the feast of the conversion of St. Augustine.
00:12:20Yes, well, thank you very much, sir. I'll...
00:12:23I'll be in touch.
00:12:25Yes.
00:12:27Of course.
00:12:30Lewis.
00:12:33Lewis.
00:12:45Nasty for him, all this.
00:12:47Nasty, Lewis. Nasty.
00:12:50And all for a measly few quid off the collection plate.
00:12:53If the bastard had only known.
00:12:55Lewis, you're in church.
00:12:58Known what?
00:12:59He's had a couple of hundred quid in his trouser pocket.
00:13:04Betting slips.
00:13:23Oh, hello, Jimmy.
00:13:26Oh, Vicar.
00:13:28How's... How's... How's Trix?
00:13:30Seen anything of Swaney recently?
00:13:34No, no.
00:13:36I've been to Bromscrow.
00:13:43Hello, Vicar.
00:13:46Ah, Taffy. You're quite a pal of Swaney's, aren't you?
00:13:49You might be, sir.
00:13:50When did you last see him?
00:13:52I don't know, sir.
00:13:54They don't know that I did see him, like.
00:13:56You know that I even know him, see?
00:13:59Get him sobered up, see what he remembers.
00:14:02Go on.
00:14:18Oh, you did give me a start.
00:14:20I'm sorry.
00:14:22I'd like to talk to you if you've got a minute.
00:14:26Well, perhaps over a drink?
00:14:29That's very kind of you, but I have to get home.
00:14:32I look after my mother, Inspector.
00:14:35She must have one hot meal a day and she can't sleep if she eats at night, so...
00:14:38I see.
00:14:39Was it something urgent?
00:14:40No, no, no.
00:14:43You're a regular at St. Oswald's, I take it.
00:14:46I've been in a choir since I was 12.
00:14:48They'll give me a medal soon.
00:14:51Yes, I like music. Not church choirs so much, but...
00:14:54Jazz. Humphrey Littleton? George Melly?
00:14:58Music.
00:15:01Shall we go?
00:15:04You were a friend of the Josephs, weren't you? That's why you stayed after the service.
00:15:07I just stayed anyway. It's my job to tidy up.
00:15:10Oh, really?
00:15:11I'm the church cleaner.
00:15:13Someone has to do it and it's good for my soul.
00:15:17And yes, Brenda's one of my very best friends.
00:15:20Well, look, it's not important and I certainly don't want to pester Mrs. Josephs with it, but...
00:15:27But Mr. Josephs gambled, didn't he?
00:15:30The church and the turf are old friends, you know.
00:15:41But how could he afford it?
00:15:44Oh.
00:15:46I mean, he was unemployed, I understand, and Mrs. Josephs works as a nurse at the Radcliffe.
00:15:51Yet he was gambling big sums.
00:15:53Does he have private money?
00:15:55No.
00:15:57The vicar didn't seem to want to discuss it.
00:15:59It's a very funny thing, but as soon as someone doesn't want to discuss something, I do.
00:16:07Lionel would never speak ill of the dead.
00:16:09I would prefer not to, too.
00:16:11I'm sure you would, but I'd rather not ask Mrs. Josephs.
00:16:18Money was going missing from the collection.
00:16:20Nothing was ever proved.
00:16:22But, as the church warden's responsible for counting it...
00:16:25Thank you.
00:16:28I think it's quite dreadful the way society just discards people when it no longer wants them.
00:16:33A man like that, a hero, just thrown on the scrap heap as though he was no use to anyone.
00:16:38Was he a hero?
00:16:39He was in the Marines.
00:16:41He felt trapped, so he gambled to make enough money to...
00:16:45But, of course, it never works like that.
00:16:47So, he drank because he lost and...
00:16:52Well, he's free now.
00:16:55I don't know whether to be sad or happy.
00:16:58Drinking as well?
00:17:00He lost his license last year.
00:17:03Perhaps you should be happy.
00:17:06Perhaps you should be happy.
00:17:07If there's any consolation, he must have been quite happy yesterday.
00:17:10He had a couple of hundred pounds on him.
00:17:12His last big win, I imagine.
00:17:14I don't think anything will console me for Harry's death.
00:17:33Morse.
00:17:34Oh, hello, Max. How are you?
00:17:38What?
00:17:41Are you sure?
00:17:44Good God.
00:17:47Well, thanks a lot, Max.
00:17:49Still no sign of this Swanny, sir.
00:17:51But the old Welsh tramp says he thinks his name used to be Swampole.
00:17:54To hell with that Swanny Swampole. He may have nothing to do with it.
00:17:58Joseph's was probably dead before the knife went in.
00:18:01What?
00:18:02Max says there was enough morphine in his stomach to kill an elephant.
00:18:10Yes, it was certainly meant to kill.
00:18:13A substantial dose.
00:18:15In what form?
00:18:16White powder.
00:18:17Morphine comes as white powder.
00:18:20I mean, how did he take it?
00:18:21By mouth.
00:18:22Well, yes, yes.
00:18:23Oh, you mean in what form was it ingested?
00:18:26Max...
00:18:27Well, I can't, of course, be absolutely certain.
00:18:30So I'd venture the tentative opinion that the form was liquid.
00:18:34But not your thought.
00:18:35Why?
00:18:36Not real.
00:18:38How long would it have taken to affect him?
00:18:40Oh, I couldn't possibly say.
00:18:42Not exactly.
00:18:43Inexactly?
00:18:44He'd be unconscious in somewhere between 40 and 50 seconds, depending on his constitution.
00:18:49And to kill him?
00:18:50Six minutes.
00:18:51Does it mix easy, sir?
00:18:55Morphine and wine?
00:18:56Now, that's what I call an intelligent question.
00:19:00You'd have to swizzle it up a bit, but yes, it soon disappears in wine.
00:19:04I want to say, I've got the conscience of a stomach just through here.
00:19:07Oh.
00:19:10How do you get morphine, Max?
00:19:12I write myself a prescription and go to Boots.
00:19:15It must have been during the service.
00:19:17Thank you, Lewis. I haven't got that far.
00:19:22What I don't understand is why anybody should want to kill him twice.
00:19:26Didn't it was some sort of ritual?
00:19:28All church services are rituals, Lewis.
00:19:31Yeah, but I mean like a black mass.
00:19:34There's big pieces in the Sunday papers about black masses.
00:19:37Oh, yes.
00:19:38You think the Reverend Lionel Paulin was indulging in orgies on the altar with Miss Rawlinson and Mrs Josephs?
00:19:46Of course, he may not have been killed twice.
00:19:49But he was.
00:19:51I mean by the same person.
00:19:54One person slipped him the morphine, you mean.
00:19:56And another stabbed him.
00:19:58I think separately.
00:20:00Possibly.
00:20:02Left hand not know what the right was doing.
00:20:08That's a pretty long answer.
00:20:10Very long answer.
00:20:24Oh, you can't win if you're professional enough about it.
00:20:27This was an amateur.
00:20:28Five pounder, we're the favourite now.
00:20:37Excuse me, miss.
00:20:39Routine inquiry.
00:20:42You wouldn't remember the man who wrote these out, would you?
00:20:48Aged about 45.
00:20:50That's Harry, Harry Josephs.
00:20:53He's in here all the time, what about him?
00:20:56He's met with an accident.
00:20:58Oh, dear, poor Harry.
00:21:00Is he all right?
00:21:01Did he have a big win here yesterday?
00:21:03Harry?
00:21:05No.
00:21:06Why? Is he all right?
00:21:07I'm afraid not.
00:21:08Oi, governor.
00:21:09Here, do you think I could have a beer?
00:21:11Go ahead, go ahead.
00:21:12Cheers.
00:21:20What's happened?
00:21:21Heart attack, was it?
00:21:23No.
00:21:24Has he had any kind of big win recently?
00:21:26No.
00:21:28He's never had much luck at all, really.
00:21:30What's happened?
00:21:31I'm afraid he's been murdered.
00:21:36Pretty much the loser all round, Harry Josephs.
00:21:39So where did the 200 quid come from?
00:21:42Somewhere.
00:21:43Thanks.
00:21:46You know what, Lewis?
00:21:47No, what?
00:21:48We need inspiration.
00:21:50Divine inspiration.
00:22:20Ade.
00:22:22Adeo.
00:22:25Deo.
00:22:26Deo.
00:22:29Deo.
00:22:45Adeo.
00:22:48Deo.
00:22:50Deo.
00:23:08In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
00:23:12Amen.
00:23:13The Lord be with you.
00:23:15And with thy spirit.
00:23:18Almighty God, unto whom all hearts be open, all desires known,
00:23:23and from whom no secrets are hid, cleanse the thoughts of our hearts
00:23:28by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit,
00:23:30that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy name.
00:23:36Through Christ, our Lord.
00:23:39Amen.
00:23:40Can't you remember anything about him?
00:23:43Mind if I had a drink?
00:23:45Swanpole.
00:23:47Swanpole? Funny sort of name, innit?
00:23:50People use all sorts of names, see? Feel better that way, like.
00:23:53Never knows who's after you, see?
00:23:55I'll be after you if you can't tell me a bit more about this Swanee.
00:23:59I didn't have such a terrible thirst.
00:24:02Oh, God bless you.
00:24:05When you've remembered?
00:24:09I did, yes. Swanee was the vicar's relation.
00:24:13What, of old Pauline?
00:24:14Whatever his name is.
00:24:16His brother, that's what I heard.
00:24:19Oh, God bless and keep you, sir.
00:24:24The blood of Christ.
00:24:36The blood of Christ.
00:24:46The blood of Christ.
00:24:55The blood of Christ.
00:24:58See who's last in line.
00:25:01It's the church warden.
00:25:04The blood of Christ.
00:25:16The blood of Christ.
00:25:47What?
00:25:58See, if the stuff was in the wine, he'd be dead too.
00:26:01The whole congregation'd be dead.
00:26:06Yeah, look at that.
00:26:09Talk about ritual.
00:26:11He's ritualising away the evidence.
00:26:16It must have been Pauline.
00:26:17Nobody else could have put the stuff in the wine.
00:26:19How did he do it without killing everyone else?
00:26:23Where's his swizzle stick to mix it up?
00:26:26He doesn't need one.
00:26:27He's crafty.
00:26:28He arranges it so the wine runs out just before Joseph's.
00:26:32So he has to go and get some more already poisoned.
00:26:35He puts that in the cup.
00:26:36Chalice.
00:26:37The word is chalice, Lewis.
00:26:40Poisoned chalice indeed.
00:26:42What?
00:26:44Never mind.
00:26:45You were being quite intelligent there, go on.
00:26:49Well, that's it really.
00:26:51He gives Joseph the chalice.
00:26:53From which he, and he alone, then has to drink.
00:26:57Thus murdering himself as well as Joseph.
00:26:59Very clever.
00:27:00He only pretends to drink.
00:27:01Then he wipes the rest of the stuff away like we just saw.
00:27:06I don't know.
00:27:07So elaborate.
00:27:09Well, the whole thing's elaborate.
00:27:11The knife and the poison.
00:27:14Of course, if we knew why he'd done it.
00:27:16Who?
00:27:17The woman did do it.
00:27:19Well, one person couldn't do it.
00:27:22Well, this is a mass murder, Lewis, obviously.
00:27:25A high-mass murder.
00:27:30Come on.
00:27:32No bloodstains, nothing!
00:27:34What a swindler!
00:27:36Come here.
00:27:37It's all right.
00:27:38I shan't bite.
00:27:40This is the house of God, Peter.
00:27:42Murder is a very terrible act.
00:27:45You mustn't treat it as a joke.
00:27:48I'm very sorry, sir.
00:27:51Off you go.
00:27:55And don't run.
00:27:57Peter!
00:27:58Yes, Dad?
00:27:59Don't disappear. We're going home in two minutes.
00:28:01Okay.
00:28:06I saw you in the congregation, Inspector.
00:28:08Any sign of Swampo?
00:28:09No, sir, nothing.
00:28:11Tell me, this service now,
00:28:13was it the same one as on the day of the murder?
00:28:15Oh, no, no.
00:28:16This was a solemn, high mass.
00:28:18That was a simple one.
00:28:20So, you didn't have all those people with censors and so on?
00:28:24No, no.
00:28:25I administered single-handed.
00:28:26Why?
00:28:29Hello?
00:28:31Hello.
00:28:37Mr. Joseph, sir, is the church warden.
00:28:40He was the last to take communion, was he?
00:28:43Yes.
00:28:45Who was next to him?
00:28:48His murderer, I'm afraid.
00:28:51It's a terrible thing to take the sacrament with murder in your heart.
00:28:55Terrible.
00:28:56My one consolation in this messy business is that Harry died in a state of grace.
00:29:06Are the flowers coming on Wednesday or Thursday?
00:29:09Of all the sanctimonious twaddle, he did it.
00:29:13I know he did it.
00:29:15Why?
00:29:16Blackmail, Lewis.
00:29:18Paul and Fancy's choir boys.
00:29:25Joseph's had a joint account with his wife.
00:29:27See if he had one all of his own.
00:29:29See if that's how he financed his betting.
00:29:34They're not allowed to tell us that sort of thing, sir.
00:29:37In any case, I don't...
00:29:38It's all right, Lewis. The manager drinks in my pub.
00:29:40When you've finished here, get over to Morris', the organist.
00:29:43See if you can pick up anything there.
00:30:07No.
00:30:26Who is it?
00:30:27Chief Inspector Morse, CID.
00:30:29Who?
00:30:31Inspector Morse, Oxford CID.
00:30:34I'll press the buzzer.
00:30:53Hello. Mrs Robinson?
00:30:55Yes. I'm afraid I didn't quite catch your name.
00:30:58That silly contraption.
00:31:00Morse, Inspector Morse.
00:31:01Will you come in, Inspector?
00:31:03I'm afraid I haven't quite mastered that buzzer thing yet.
00:31:07My daughter had it put in while I was away in Switzerland.
00:31:10Switzerland?
00:31:11Yes.
00:31:12The Von Fried Clinic, Lausanne.
00:31:15We hope they might be able to do something about my wretched arthritis.
00:31:21Can I get you something?
00:31:23There's some sherry, I believe, in that cupboard in the corner,
00:31:26if you'd like to help yourself.
00:31:28I'm afraid I can't quite reach.
00:31:31It's Ruth you've come to see, I suppose?
00:31:34Well, yes.
00:31:36It's about this awful business at the church.
00:31:39Yes, Ruth's been most helpful.
00:31:41You sure you won't have a sherry?
00:31:44I usually have one at this time of the day.
00:31:47Ruth gets it for me.
00:31:49You could keep me company.
00:31:52Why can't she have got to?
00:31:55Let's both have a drink, shall we, while we're waiting?
00:31:59Oh, you are kind.
00:32:02Just a very small one for me.
00:32:12Oh!
00:32:14All right?
00:32:26Oh, Mr Morris, I'm sorry to bother you,
00:32:28but we need some clarification on something.
00:32:35I'm sorry, I didn't realise.
00:32:37It's not that it's bad for arthritis particularly, it's bad for her.
00:32:40Alcohol's a depressant and she gets very, well...
00:32:43I'd rather she wasn't involved in all this anyway.
00:32:46Couldn't you have come to see me at work?
00:32:48I thought you'd come home after the service.
00:32:51I'm sorry.
00:32:53What do you want to know?
00:32:56It's a bit delicate.
00:32:59Mr Paulan,
00:33:02he's not too fond of his choir boys, is he?
00:33:05I think he likes them well enough.
00:33:08Oh, you mean...
00:33:11Good heavens, no! Lionel?
00:33:14No, no, no. What on earth gave you that idea?
00:33:17It just crossed my mind.
00:33:20You've been reading too many Sunday papers.
00:33:23He's not married.
00:33:25Nor am I. But I'm not a pervert, I assure you.
00:33:31As a matter of fact, I'm not married either.
00:33:34Perhaps I could take you for dinner?
00:33:39Well, you're very kind.
00:33:41I'm free this evening. How about you?
00:33:51You mustn't let your mother dominate your life, Ruth.
00:33:54I try not to, but...
00:33:57tonight, thanks all the same,
00:34:00but some other night, perhaps.
00:34:03Now, I really must go make her tea.
00:34:06It's 20 minutes late already.
00:34:09We have quite a few Cambridge men in the Oxford Diocese.
00:34:12Before that, it was Stanford Grammar School.
00:34:15I'm afraid I don't know them as well as I should.
00:34:18I'm afraid I don't know them as well as I should.
00:34:21There's so much paperwork these days.
00:34:23You keep files in all your victors, love?
00:34:26Yes, well, I suppose they are files,
00:34:29but when you say it like that, Inspector...
00:34:32The file on Lionel Paulan,
00:34:35that doesn't happen to mention any scandal, does it?
00:34:43Well, now,
00:34:45I never assumed that's why you came to see me,
00:34:48but I can assure you there's nothing whatever in Paulan's character
00:34:51to suggest any violence, rather the contrary.
00:34:54It wasn't violence I was thinking of.
00:34:57Ah.
00:34:59This is delicate ground.
00:35:01The church, I'm afraid,
00:35:03is a great deal of trouble with unfounded rumour.
00:35:06What was it? Choir boys?
00:35:09Nothing was ever proved. Quite the contrary.
00:35:12The atmosphere became so poisoned in his last parish.
00:35:16I must emphasise there was never a shred of evidence
00:35:19or we'd not have employed him at St Oswald's.
00:35:22She'd got nothing on underneath, I could see.
00:35:25Lucky you.
00:35:27Paul Morris is a widower, right?
00:35:29Mrs Josephs is just there for the time being, he says,
00:35:32till she gets over her shock.
00:35:34Well, if you ask me... Thanks, Lewis, I've got the picture.
00:35:37What about the bank? Oh, you were dead right there.
00:35:40Paulan's been paying Harry Josephs 500 quid a month for the last five months.
00:35:44Special account.
00:35:46Must be blackmail, like you said.
00:35:48Yes.
00:35:51Yes, Josephs knew about the choir boys.
00:35:54Paulan got fed up with paying him off.
00:35:57What about this tramp, Lewis?
00:35:59Where the hell is this tramp?
00:36:01I don't know.
00:36:03Don't keep saying that.
00:36:05Come on, I need a beer.
00:36:08You know, I've been thinking,
00:36:10it was an awful lot of that morphine in Josephs' blood.
00:36:13Would have needed a lot of wine to dissolve it.
00:36:15He was last in line.
00:36:17All the same.
00:36:19Perhaps he always emptied it so Paulan knew that he'd be safe.
00:36:22I hadn't thought of that.
00:36:24Why kill him twice?
00:36:26Panic. Didn't keel over as expected.
00:36:30Started to call for help.
00:36:32Paulan did him with the first thing in the hand.
00:36:35The tramp?
00:36:37Just ask that question, Lewis.
00:36:39Supposing he's Paulan's brother?
00:36:42I'm not supposing anything
00:36:44until I've had at least two pints of beer.
00:36:49Your round, Lewis?
00:36:51Always my round.
00:37:06And it's your lucky day.
00:37:08I've just gone off the beer.
00:37:21Yeah, what's the matter?
00:37:23I've decided to have an early night.
00:37:25All those questions you were asking, Lewis,
00:37:28we'll try them on the Reverend Lionel Paulan
00:37:30first thing in the morning.
00:37:32I hope we can see you Wednesday, then, perhaps.
00:37:34Good morning, sir.
00:37:35Inspector O'Farrell.
00:37:37I have a couple of questions I'd like to ask you
00:37:40about your business with the Stokemen.
00:37:42Oh, yes.
00:37:44I'm a very keen collector of the Stokemen,
00:37:47and I'm very interested in the history of the Stokemen.
00:37:50I'm a very curious man.
00:37:52I'm interested in the history of the Stokemen.
00:37:55That's a good point.
00:37:57I'm quite interested in the history of the Stokemen.
00:38:00I'd like to ask you, about your brother, for instance.
00:38:07My brother?
00:38:08Yes, I'm sure you won't mind coming down to the stations.
00:38:11No.
00:38:14No, of course not.
00:38:18I'll just...
00:38:21My clothes.
00:38:30Hello.
00:38:37Hello.
00:38:38Money.
00:38:46I didn't see you in church.
00:38:48That's because I wasn't there.
00:38:51Oh, we'll convert you yet, I hope.
00:38:54You'll have to give me a lot of your attention then.
00:39:00No.
00:39:19How's your mother?
00:39:20Oh, quite a good night, thanks.
00:39:22I only had to move her twice.
00:39:24She can't always turn without help.
00:39:27Well, what does she do when you're not there?
00:39:29Oh, I'd never leave her on her own.
00:39:32Don't you think you should get a nurse?
00:39:41Look out!
00:39:59Hello.
00:40:21Hello.
00:40:23Oh, Inspector.
00:40:26No.
00:40:28No, I'm afraid she isn't here.
00:40:32She's gone to see Brenda Josephs, I rather think.
00:40:36Just say I called, will you?
00:40:39Goodbye.
00:40:52What the hell are you doing here?
00:40:54You wanted to know about the school?
00:40:56There were two brothers.
00:40:58The other one is... was called Simon Oliver.
00:41:01A couple of years younger than the beggar.
00:41:05What did you say this bloke's name was?
00:41:07Dr Starkey.
00:41:10I hope he's not too old to remember.
00:41:12He sounded all right on the phone.
00:41:23How long has he been retired?
00:41:25Twelve years, he said.
00:41:31Paulin, from Paul.
00:41:33Saint Paul, probably, or possibly Pavo.
00:41:37How's your Latin, Inspector?
00:41:39Pavo, Sergeant?
00:41:41I have no idea, sir.
00:41:42Pavo Pavonis, a peacock.
00:41:45Now, of the two, Simon was the one with the peacock nature.
00:41:49Oh, I don't mean a bird brain.
00:41:51By no means.
00:41:53He was the brighter of the two, in both senses.
00:41:55A bit of a sharp dresser, was he?
00:41:57Snazzy.
00:41:58What I used to call snazzy.
00:42:01People still say snazzy?
00:42:03I think so.
00:42:06Lionel, on the other hand, was sober, hard-working.
00:42:11Beater, every essay.
00:42:13But then he had to work hard,
00:42:15whereas Simon, when he applied himself, alpha.
00:42:19Shame, really.
00:42:21What is?
00:42:22Simon would have made a far more charismatic clergyman.
00:42:25Bishop material, I'd say.
00:42:28The school hasn't had a bishop for a long time.
00:42:33What happened to Simon?
00:42:35Oh, what always happens to peacocks.
00:42:39They start with fine feathers and lots of pea hens.
00:42:44Then when the feathers begin to molt,
00:42:48Simon took to the drinking trough, broke his mother's heart.
00:42:52Is she still alive?
00:42:54No, she died soon after the father.
00:42:57Boys were left well enough off,
00:43:00but Simon, I wonder what has become of him.
00:43:04The old aunt died last year.
00:43:06She must have left them quite a bit too.
00:43:08You don't know if Lionel left anything to the school, do you?
00:43:12He wasn't married, was he?
00:43:14No.
00:43:15As a matter of fact, sir,
00:43:17boys will be boys, as you know better than anyone.
00:43:20And I was wondering...
00:43:22I'm glad to say that the school
00:43:24has always been singularly free of that sort of thing.
00:43:27All the same, sir.
00:43:28No, there was never any suggestion of that
00:43:30with either of the boys, I can assure you.
00:43:33Morse, that's a good Oxford name.
00:43:36Is it?
00:43:37Same as Morris.
00:43:38Morse, Morris.
00:43:40Both from the French, Maurice, swarthy.
00:43:43You're the wrong branch of the family.
00:43:45I've been in charge of British Leyland.
00:43:47It's Austin Rover now, sir.
00:43:52Oh.
00:43:53It was Lionel Paulin's intention, as he expressed to me,
00:43:57to give most of the money away.
00:43:59And not a penny for Simon Paulin?
00:44:01The aunt specifically stated
00:44:04that she did not wish that he should benefit
00:44:06by so much as a farthing.
00:44:08I understand he once borrowed from her,
00:44:10and, well, he had no legal
00:44:13or, under the circumstances, moral claim, whatever.
00:44:16Then why was he going to bring a case?
00:44:18He found an unscrupulous lawyer.
00:44:21There are such people about, Inspector.
00:44:24Someone who knew he couldn't win the case,
00:44:27but who could bring about
00:44:28the maximum amount of public embarrassment.
00:44:31Blackmail?
00:44:32It came to that.
00:44:33I advised Lionel against it.
00:44:35Simon Oliver Paulin would only have come back and back.
00:44:40Indeed.
00:44:41I rather gathered from something Lionel said
00:44:44his brother had given him a good deal of trouble
00:44:46in the same sort of way before.
00:44:48Oh, had he?
00:45:11I hope she'll be all right there on her own.
00:45:25Oh, of course she will.
00:45:26It's just what she needs.
00:45:27She's been under terrible stress.
00:45:30Anyway, I shall be going down tomorrow, probably.
00:45:33Are you sure you won't have another cup?
00:45:35No, really, thanks.
00:45:36I have to get back to mother.
00:45:37All right.
00:45:38Take care of yourself.
00:45:39You too.
00:45:41Well, we could get her.
00:45:46Peter!
00:45:47Look where you're going!
00:45:58Shall be a minute.
00:46:03I'm just coming to the end.
00:46:08That's all right, Paul.
00:46:10You take your time.
00:46:13Not in.
00:46:15Thank you, Lewis.
00:46:16I had managed to deduce that.
00:46:19What does he do when he's not playing the organ?
00:46:21Teaches down at the Comprehensive.
00:46:22But it's the holidays.
00:46:24I hope he hasn't gone on his holidays without informing me.
00:46:28He's probably at Mrs. Joseph's.
00:46:31It's time we talked to the pair of them.
00:46:33They'll cancel till further notice.
00:46:37Come on, Lewis.
00:46:42Where are we going?
00:46:43Scene of a crime.
00:46:45Or the scene of the crimes.
00:46:55I reckon Paul must have been carrying these as ballast.
00:46:57They weigh a ton.
00:46:59Come on, come on.
00:47:29I don't like this kind of church.
00:47:59What are we looking for?
00:48:02I don't know.
00:48:08Lewis, do you know what all those keys are for?
00:48:14No.
00:48:15Have you been up there?
00:48:16No.
00:48:17Want to go?
00:48:18No.
00:48:24There's nothing down here.
00:48:55I don't know.
00:49:23Fifty-five.
00:49:33Fifty-six.
00:49:36Fifty-seven.
00:49:40You go ahead.
00:49:41I need a breather.
00:49:55There you go, sir.
00:49:56Fresh air.
00:49:58Magic.
00:50:20God, what a view.
00:50:22You can nearly see Scotland.
00:50:27What the hell did I come up here for?
00:50:30The view.
00:50:34Are you all right?
00:50:35Fine, fine.
00:50:38Just not as fit as I should be, that's all.
00:50:41It's the beer.
00:50:43Just shut up about beer.
00:50:45What's the matter?
00:50:46I'm scared of bloody heights, you stupid sod.
00:51:00Oh, my God.
00:51:03Sir?
00:51:05What is it?
00:51:07I'm afraid you'll have to come and see for yourself.
00:51:36All right, just here.
00:52:06She's coming right away, sir.
00:52:09Thanks.
00:52:18I don't know why they let Morse stay on this case.
00:52:23It's a murder, a minute.
00:52:25Murder, sir?
00:52:26Yeah.
00:52:27It couldn't be suicide, following the victim's example.
00:52:29Well, I suppose he could have hanged himself, then leapt off the tower.
00:52:32Hanged himself?
00:52:33He was garroted, Morse.
00:52:34Garroted, then shot.
00:52:36Lewis, see if they've found the boy yet.
00:52:38What boy?
00:52:39He's got a 12-year-old son.
00:52:40Oh, dear.
00:52:42At least I hope so.
00:52:48Afternoon, miss.
00:52:50Inspector Morse is just over there.
00:52:51I'll take your bike.
00:52:53Thank you.
00:52:55Sir?
00:52:56There's no one in the house, sir.
00:52:58They're going in with the next-door neighbour now.
00:52:59Right.
00:53:07This is very good of you.
00:53:09Really.
00:53:11I couldn't think of else to ask.
00:53:14It's all right.
00:53:16You sure?
00:53:37It's Paul Morris.
00:53:44Yes, I'm receiving you now.
00:53:52It's Herbert Cadworth.
00:53:55Excuse me, it's my boss.
00:54:03What the hell is going on here, Morse?
00:54:05I wish I knew.
00:54:08Mayor and corporation, is it?
00:54:11First grass of the year, I sincerely hope.
00:54:14Who is it this time?
00:54:15The organist, the name of Morris.
00:54:17His son sings in the choir.
00:54:19We can't find him.
00:54:21Oh, my God.
00:54:23I'm sure a boy's come into this somewhere.
00:54:26Harry Josephs was blackmailing Paul on about something,
00:54:29and I saw Paul unruffling Morris's lad's hair,
00:54:32right in there, after Josephs was dead.
00:54:34Beltree, you mean?
00:54:36Excuse me.
00:54:38What about this chap?
00:54:40Swanpole.
00:54:42Swanpole is such an unusual name.
00:54:44Should have asked Dr. Stark, he'd stamp.
00:54:49Of course.
00:54:52He is Paulan's brother.
00:54:54What?
00:54:55S.O. Paulan, it's an anagram.
00:54:57Do you mind telling me what you're talking about?
00:54:59The vicar.
00:55:01He had a ne'er-do-well brother, Simon Oliver.
00:55:04Simon Oliver.
00:55:05Yeah, supposed to be a great womanizer, took to the bottle, you know.
00:55:08I hate to say I don't, but where is he, whatever his name is?
00:55:12And where is the boy?
00:55:14I hope Peter's OK.
00:55:16Why, I suppose so.
00:55:22Nothing there.
00:55:23We know the car's at St. Oswald's.
00:55:25Hey, Mum, look, his new skateboard's gone.
00:55:27So it is.
00:55:29There's someone else gone missing, too.
00:55:31Morris's girlfriend.
00:55:33Who's she?
00:55:34The murdered church warden's widow.
00:55:36God, Morse!
00:55:37No, it's here. It has to be here somewhere, the missing clue.
00:55:40You'd better bloody well find it, then!
00:55:46Enjoy your dinner, sir.
00:55:51Mrs. Rawlinson thinks she might know where Mrs. Joseph's is.
00:55:54I don't know exactly, she just said somewhere on the river.
00:55:57It was all getting too much for her, you see.
00:55:59Which river?
00:56:00The Thames.
00:56:01She's talked about Cookham and Marlow.
00:56:07PHONE RINGS
00:56:12Mrs. Joseph's?
00:56:13Yes?
00:56:14There's a telephone call for you.
00:56:16Hello, Paul.
00:56:19Oh, it's you.
00:56:22What do you want?
00:56:27Lois.
00:56:28And you.
00:56:30Ruth, could you do something for me?
00:56:32Of course.
00:56:33Would you show me exactly what you heard and saw that day?
00:56:38I was there.
00:56:41Brenda was here.
00:56:44Paul was at the organ, of course.
00:56:48And Lionel was at the altar.
00:56:58Lois, go and stand by the altar.
00:57:04FOOTSTEPS
00:57:08Can you see the vestry from there?
00:57:12Just about, yeah.
00:57:17Did you hear anything?
00:57:20No.
00:57:22The organ was playing.
00:57:25I didn't know anything was wrong till I saw Lionel suddenly rush down the aisle.
00:57:30And the others?
00:57:32I don't think anyone heard anything.
00:57:35Perhaps they weren't supposed to hear anything.
00:57:37What?
00:57:39Nothing.
00:57:40Who were they, these others?
00:57:43I really don't know.
00:57:45Not regulars.
00:57:47Americans, I think.
00:57:49Tourists?
00:57:50We get them all the time.
00:57:52They treat church services as part of Old England, like Shakespeare at Stratford.
00:57:56All very quaint.
00:57:59So, apart from you, the vicar, the organist, the church warden and his wife and this tramp,
00:58:06all the others were just a bunch of American voyeurs.
00:58:09Oh, I didn't mean to be unkind.
00:58:11Did they take communion?
00:58:13I think so, yes.
00:58:16Yes, some of them did, I'm sure.
00:58:22Let's get out of here. This place gives me the creeps.
00:58:25Who do you think would want to kill poor Morris?
00:58:28I don't know. I really can't think.
00:58:31You see, unless there's something you haven't told me about,
00:58:35I can't see anyone with a motive.
00:58:41Harry Joseph's now.
00:58:43If he was still alive, he'd have a motive.
00:58:46Sexual jealousy.
00:58:48And the vicar himself.
00:58:51If he weren't dead, he'd have a motive too.
00:58:54If poor Morris were blackmailing him...
00:58:56I wish I could help. I really do.
00:58:59You've helped enough already.
00:59:07How's your mother?
00:59:09Heavens, the time.
00:59:11She'll think something dreadful's happened to me.
00:59:14Yes.
00:59:15Yes.
00:59:17She'll think something dreadful's happened to me.
00:59:20Yes.
00:59:22Not the best way of putting it, quite.
00:59:25Thanks so much for walking me home, Inspector.
00:59:32I can't go on calling you Inspector.
00:59:35What's your name?
00:59:37Morse. People just call me Morse.
00:59:47Thank you, Morse.
01:00:17Rose.
01:00:19Is that you, Rose?
01:00:24Poor Morris.
01:00:26Who's got anything against poor?
01:00:28I don't know.
01:00:32I don't know.
01:00:37I don't know.
01:00:39I don't know.
01:00:41I don't know.
01:00:43I don't know.
01:00:46Help me.
01:00:48Help me.
01:00:50Help me.
01:00:52I'm so frightened.
01:00:54There, there, there.
01:01:00You're perfectly safe now.
01:01:04You're safe.
01:01:06You're with me.
01:01:16Yes.
01:01:41I'll grow up, Morse.
01:01:45Go to bed.
01:01:51I was thinking to myself...
01:01:53My thoughts are bred of loneliness and depression, Lewis.
01:01:56Ignore them.
01:01:57I was thinking there might be something in what you were saying.
01:02:00I doubt it.
01:02:01About the Paulan brothers.
01:02:03There's three of them in on the plot to kill Harry Josephs,
01:02:06the two Paulans and Paul Morris.
01:02:08And whichever brother it turns out to be,
01:02:10he kills off the other two witnesses.
01:02:13In order to think about that, Lewis,
01:02:15I shall have to have another pint, landlord.
01:02:17Sorry, cask's empty.
01:02:19I'll have to go down to the cellar and get a new one up.
01:02:22Well, hurry up. My brain's just beginning to work.
01:02:24You'll see if I'm right.
01:02:26Oh, my God, Lewis.
01:02:28The cellar.
01:02:30The vault. We didn't look in the vault, did we?
01:02:33This has got to be it.
01:02:43Looks like there's been anyone down there for years.
01:02:48Want me to go first?
01:02:50No, it's all right. I'm not afraid of depths.
01:02:53Is this boat free? Can I go out in it?
01:02:56Yeah, sure.
01:02:58I think you can handle it on your own, love.
01:03:00Yes, of course I can.
01:03:03Very well.
01:03:10Is this boat free? Can I go out in it?
01:03:13Yeah, sure.
01:03:15I think you can handle it on your own, love.
01:03:17Yes, of course I can.
01:03:26All right.
01:03:32Are they still on coke?
01:03:52No, oil.
01:03:53There's a big tank at the back of the churchyard.
01:03:55They ought to sell that lot, then.
01:04:02Oh, there's nothing here, sir.
01:04:13Thank God for that.
01:04:14I thought perhaps the boy...
01:04:18Yeah.
01:04:19Well, sure, yeah.
01:04:20Yes, yes.
01:04:21Lewis?
01:04:22Yeah?
01:04:23Up that end just now, were you as scared as I was?
01:04:39I was a bit spooked, yeah.
01:04:41Right.
01:04:42So would anyone be.
01:04:44No one likes coffins, unless you're an undertaker.
01:04:48So if anyone was going to hide a body down here, they'd use this end, wouldn't they?
01:04:55But there isn't, anyway.
01:05:05You're digging, Lewis.
01:05:12Hold it, hold it.
01:05:59Let's be a reason.
01:06:00Is he mad?
01:06:01No.
01:06:02No, I don't think he's mad.
01:06:03Psychopathic, yes, but not mad.
01:06:04Not mad at all.
01:06:05Hello.
01:06:06Hello.
01:06:07Am I allowed a kiss in the morning, or is it only after hours?
01:06:25Is that all?
01:06:26Is that all you came for?
01:06:31I wish it were.
01:06:32Now, something crossed my mind.
01:06:34Did Lionel Paulen always wear specs?
01:06:37Always.
01:06:38I thought so.
01:06:40There goes another theory.
01:06:42Gold rims?
01:06:43Yes.
01:06:44Hello.
01:06:45Can you just hold the line, please?
01:06:46Yes.
01:06:47They were in his pocket.
01:06:48Really?
01:06:49That's rather odd, isn't it?
01:06:53Suicides always take off their specs before they jump.
01:06:55It's as if they were going to sleep.
01:06:57Good heavens.
01:06:58All, I suppose, in a way.
01:07:00Tell me, are you still cleaning in the church?
01:07:03Yes, of course.
01:07:04Oh.
01:07:05I was wondering.
01:07:06I thought perhaps you'd...
01:07:07The house of the Lord must always be swept and garnished.
01:07:10Garnished.
01:07:11Hello.
01:07:12Can you hold on, please?
01:07:13Thank you.
01:07:14Nice word.
01:07:15Garnished.
01:07:16Yes, it is, isn't it?
01:07:17What day do you actually get to garnish, Ruth?
01:07:23Sorry to keep you.
01:07:25Wednesdays.
01:07:26On my way home from work.
01:07:29Were you thinking of asking the cleaner for a drink?
01:07:32How did you guess?
01:07:34Then thanks.
01:07:36Good.
01:07:37See you this evening, then.
01:07:42Look after yourself, Ruth.
01:07:44Where did you get that about suicides and glasses?
01:07:47I got it off the back of a matchbox.
01:07:50It happens to be true.
01:07:51If you ever find a suicide with smashed glass in his face, it's murder.
01:07:55Remember that.
01:07:56I will.
01:08:00Do you think we're making any progress with this case, sir?
01:08:03Good question.
01:08:04But as my old history master used to say,
01:08:07having looked that problem squarely in the face,
01:08:10let us now pass on.
01:08:16Came to stay for a week, she said.
01:08:18Looks more like a month to me.
01:08:21Looks like she was expecting a visit, eh?
01:08:23Yes.
01:08:24She had a phone call that evening at dinner from a man.
01:08:27But no sexual assault?
01:08:29No, no, nothing like that.
01:08:34Nothing much in there, sir.
01:08:42S.O. She keeps writing S.O.
01:08:46Boyfriend's initials?
01:08:47St. Oswald's, more like.
01:08:49Right.
01:08:50She went a lot.
01:08:51Every Sunday and a couple of times during the week as well.
01:08:54She had to, didn't she?
01:08:55She had to take her husband.
01:08:56He'd lost his license.
01:08:57And then his life.
01:08:59Well, thank you, Sergeant.
01:09:01There's nothing here for us that I can see.
01:09:05Lewis?
01:09:06Nothing.
01:09:07Off we go, then.
01:09:13Wait a minute.
01:09:14Let me see that diary again.
01:09:17What day was Harry Joseph's wedding?
01:09:19Wednesday the 26th.
01:09:22Well, look at that.
01:09:25Remember your Sherlock Holmes, Lewis?
01:09:27Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?
01:09:30To the curious incident of the dog in the night time.
01:09:34The dog did nothing in the night time.
01:09:36That was the curious incident.
01:09:39I see.
01:09:42It's blank, Lewis.
01:09:43The day is completely blank.
01:09:45Where did Paul and Bank?
01:09:47The Midlands.
01:09:48Ring them.
01:09:49Tell them we're on our way.
01:09:57Do we really have to go so fast, sir?
01:09:59Yes.
01:10:01I'm sure the bank manager will still be...
01:10:02Who's left, Lewis?
01:10:04What?
01:10:05Thirteen people at that service.
01:10:08Five of them are now dead.
01:10:10Joseph's, his wife, the bank manager.
01:10:14Joseph's, his wife, the vicar, the organist and the organist's son.
01:10:20Six of them are passed on in their tourist coach to
01:10:23Blenheim Palace, Stratford-on-Avon, Bath, Salisbury Cathedral.
01:10:28Miss Rawlinson and Simon Paulin.
01:10:31Yes, and one or the other is in mortal danger.
01:10:34If not both.
01:10:44What was the day?
01:10:46The 26th.
01:10:4726th.
01:10:48Ah, yes.
01:10:50Conversion of St Augustine.
01:10:5213th in the congregation.
01:10:54Signed, Lionel Paulin.
01:10:56He was always having odd services, Lionel.
01:10:59How do people know when there's a service on?
01:11:01It's in the monthly parish notes.
01:11:08There's nothing for the 26th.
01:11:11No?
01:11:12I expect a bit of a notice.
01:11:16Announce it in church, maybe.
01:11:18These notes aren't the law and the prophets.
01:11:21Have you ever celebrated the conversion of St Augustine?
01:11:25Yes, I expect so.
01:11:26Who'd know about St Augustine?
01:11:29Try the archdeacon. More up his aisle than mine.
01:11:32Yes, there are two St Augustines, Hippo and Canterbury.
01:11:37Which one do you want?
01:11:39Either or do.
01:11:40Ah.
01:11:42Just as I thought.
01:11:44Augustine of Canterbury was born a Christian.
01:11:47Didn't have to be converted.
01:11:49What about Hippo?
01:11:51Oh, he was converted.
01:11:52A celebrated sinner.
01:11:54Domini castitatum et continentium.
01:11:58Domini sed nulli modo.
01:12:04Give me chastity and continence, O Lord.
01:12:07But not yet.
01:12:09That was his unregenerate motto.
01:12:12Conversion 386 A.D.
01:12:18What day?
01:12:20Hmm.
01:12:22Oh, bother doesn't say.
01:12:25I shall have to look that up in the liturgical calendar.
01:12:29Hmm. Ah.
01:12:32There. There we are.
01:12:39Oh, funny, no mention of it.
01:12:42Try the 26th of last month.
01:12:48No.
01:12:51What the hell was Pauline celebrating?
01:12:54A personal devotion, perhaps?
01:12:56To chastity?
01:12:58Not bloody likely.
01:13:10DOG BARKING
01:13:21Aargh!
01:13:23Aargh!
01:13:27Mother.
01:13:33I'm so sorry.
01:13:37I'm so sorry.
01:13:39I'm so sorry.
01:13:41I thought you'd never come.
01:13:43I'm so, so sorry.
01:13:48I'll get you a drink.
01:13:50Thank you.
01:13:54It's a bad day.
01:13:58Thank you.
01:14:01You're so good to me.
01:14:07Oh.
01:14:12Too good.
01:14:17Sometimes I think I've ruined your life.
01:14:20Don't be so silly.
01:14:22I have a very good life.
01:14:27Not any more.
01:14:30Darling.
01:14:32Ruth.
01:14:36Do you think we could possibly afford
01:14:40to send me back to Switzerland again?
01:14:48About time you put her in her home.
01:14:51Oh, I couldn't do that.
01:14:53Do yourself a favour.
01:14:59You're still a very attractive woman, Ruth.
01:15:03When you want to be.
01:15:06Lionel paid for the clinic last time.
01:15:09I can't possibly afford it on my own.
01:15:13Oh.
01:15:15I see.
01:15:18I'm sorry.
01:15:21I see.
01:15:25I didn't get involved in all this
01:15:27just so your mother could go to Switzerland, you know.
01:15:30I'll pay you back.
01:15:32Really.
01:15:34I'll sell the house when...
01:15:37when she...
01:15:39Look.
01:15:43I'll think about it.
01:15:45Would you?
01:15:47You make it worth my while.
01:15:49There isn't time.
01:15:50Yes, there is.
01:15:52And the boss is away. Little Ruthy can play.
01:15:58I thought you could.
01:16:02Have you heard from Brenda?
01:16:04No.
01:16:07Well, I suppose she's safe enough where she is.
01:16:16You be careful, Ruth.
01:16:19This business with Paul Morris, I don't like it.
01:16:21I don't like it at all.
01:16:23Don't joke about it.
01:16:25I'm not joking.
01:16:29You be careful.
01:16:40Oh, there you are, sir. I got what you wanted.
01:16:42Harry Joseph's keys to the church.
01:16:44Were they in his pockets?
01:16:46No.
01:16:47Then where the hell are they?
01:16:49I don't know.
01:16:51Don't you want to hear about Paul and his bag of cash?
01:16:54Tell me on the way to the church.
01:17:0430,000?
01:17:06That's what I said.
01:17:07Paul and took out 30,000 in cash?
01:17:09Yes.
01:17:10Well, that's enough to start a new life.
01:17:12I should say so.
01:17:13It's certainly enough to kill for.
01:17:14Yeah.
01:17:15Why kill Harry Joseph's?
01:17:22What are we doing now?
01:17:23This is the killing ground, Lewis.
01:17:25This is where they all die.
01:17:27Not Mrs. Joseph's.
01:17:28It's where she'll be buried, though.
01:17:32No, you stay in the car. Keep your eye on the door.
01:17:45Come on.
01:18:15Oh, no.
01:18:45Come on.
01:19:15Oh, my God.
01:19:45Oh, my God.
01:20:16Hello, Ruthie.
01:20:19What are you doing here?
01:20:21I didn't hear you come in.
01:20:22Ah, you wouldn't, would you?
01:20:24I was here already, you see.
01:20:26I was up in the tower.
01:20:27There's a wonderful view from up there.
01:20:30I love looking down on things.
01:20:32And people.
01:20:34You can't stay here.
01:20:35Someone will see you.
01:20:36No, they won't.
01:20:37I've locked the door.
01:20:38There's no one here but us.
01:20:39Sit down.
01:20:41I want to talk to you.
01:20:44It's Brenda.
01:20:46Oh, no.
01:20:48Yes.
01:20:58I'm afraid so.
01:21:02There's just the two of us left now, Ruthie.
01:21:07There's just the two of us left now, Ruthie.
01:21:12Oh, dear.
01:21:14Poor Brenda.
01:21:21How could...
01:21:23Well, you or me.
01:21:26It couldn't be anyone else, could it?
01:21:29Harvey!
01:21:36Let me go!
01:21:39Let me go!
01:21:41Let me go!
01:22:04I know who you are!
01:22:07I know who you are, too, you bastard.
01:22:17Bruce.
01:22:20Are you all right?
01:22:36Are you all right?
01:22:52Oh, Jesus.
01:23:07Don't stop, Mr. Morse.
01:23:09The view is wonderful from up here.
01:23:14Come down.
01:23:15Not much further.
01:23:17Come back down.
01:23:18I want to talk to you.
01:23:25Not much further.
01:23:27Not much further.
01:23:35Must have been hard work, carrying a body up here.
01:23:50Look.
01:23:52I understand about your wife.
01:23:55And I understand about Paul Morris.
01:24:04Why did you have to kill the boy?
01:24:07The bastard took my wife.
01:24:11What if I killed his kid?
01:24:14Look, this is no place to talk it over, is it?
01:24:19It'll do.
01:24:21I like it up here.
01:24:26Look, that won't solve anything.
01:24:32And that's no way out for a man like you, is it?
01:24:36You're not a coward.
01:24:39You're right.
01:24:41I'll fight to the end.
01:24:44Not like Paul and...
01:24:46Come on, let's go down.
01:24:51Come on.
01:24:56I'll come when I'm ready.
01:25:00I know about this, you see.
01:25:03I was in the jungle.
01:25:25Come on.
01:25:55Come on.
01:26:26Are you all right?
01:26:28I don't know yet.
01:26:37Are you all right?
01:26:40I am now.
01:26:56Why didn't you tell me the truth right from the beginning?
01:27:01I promised Lionel.
01:27:04But after he killed himself.
01:27:09I didn't know what to do.
01:27:11I thought...
01:27:13I don't know.
01:27:15I suppose I thought he'd...
01:27:18left a note which would explain everything, and then...
01:27:21Harry said...
01:27:23you were afraid.
01:27:26Mr. Moore's okay?
01:27:28Yeah, I think so.
01:27:36I'm afraid you've been an accessory before.
01:27:39During and after an act of murder.
01:27:44I know.
01:27:47It's...
01:27:48Dean's prison.
01:27:49You realize that?
01:27:54You think you'd be able to deal with prison?
01:28:00Oh, I've been in prison of one sort or another for years.
01:28:06We were well off once.
01:28:08Years ago.
01:28:12Pauline paid for your mother to go to Switzerland.
01:28:16Yes.
01:28:18And for the alterations to the house.
01:28:21He was...
01:28:24He'd been so generous.
01:28:26I...
01:28:29I know it was quite wrong.
01:28:32Absolutely wrong, but I...
01:28:34Your mother will have to go to her home now.
01:28:39Poor mother.
01:28:44I only did it for her.
01:28:52Excuse me, sir.
01:28:56The pathologist's all right.
01:29:01Right.
01:29:05Hello.
01:29:07Hello.
01:29:15All right.
01:29:21Hello.
01:29:41Oh, hell.
01:29:43Pardon?
01:29:45I said, what a sodding awful life this is.
01:29:51If they don't take Morse off this case in double quick time,
01:29:54we're going to need a new churchyard.
01:29:56This is number five, isn't it?
01:29:58Six, really.
01:30:00Must be something of a record for Oxford.
01:30:07Want to look at him?
01:30:09No, thanks. I've seen enough.
01:30:11The face is all right.
01:30:16Doesn't look much like his brother, does he?
01:30:19What?
01:30:20Swan Paul. Simon Paulan.
01:30:23Not much like the vicar at all.
01:30:26That's not Simon Paulan.
01:30:29What?
01:30:30That's Harry Joseph's.
01:30:50Excuse me, please.
01:30:52Thank you.
01:30:54Sorry, mate.
01:30:58Yeah, apparently he had his hair cut very short, dyed it black.
01:31:02Change of clothes.
01:31:04Dark glasses.
01:31:16Still sore, is it?
01:31:17It's hard to swallow.
01:31:20Good beer, this too, dammit.
01:31:23So you're saying that they were all in on a conspiracy
01:31:27to kill Simon Paulan and pass him off as Harry Joseph?
01:31:30Yes.
01:31:31See, Paulan, Lionel Paulan, was at the end of his tether.
01:31:35He'd already been driven out of one parish by his brother's slanders.
01:31:38What slanders?
01:31:39You don't want to believe everything you hear, Lewis.
01:31:42Paulan wasn't interested in boys.
01:31:44That was your idea?
01:31:45He wasn't even interested in money, but he had it.
01:31:48Lots of it.
01:31:49And he told his favourite parishioners what his problem was.
01:31:53Now, they all did want money.
01:31:55Paul Morris, he wanted to run off with Brenda Josephs,
01:31:58and vice versa.
01:31:59Ruth.
01:32:01Miss Rawlinson.
01:32:03She...
01:32:06Well, her mother was ill and...
01:32:11And Harry Josephs, he wanted a new start.
01:32:15Away from his wife, away from his debts,
01:32:18away from people whispering about the collection.
01:32:22And as he was a psychopath, he said to Paulan,
01:32:25what's the problem?
01:32:26I'll kill him.
01:32:28I'll kill your brother.
01:32:30And he did.
01:32:32All the others had to do was to swear they were at a service
01:32:34that never took place, during which a church warden was murdered.
01:32:38Only he wasn't.
01:32:40And a man that nobody knew except the vicar was.
01:32:44After it was all over,
01:32:47Harry Josephs hid in Miss Rawlinson's brand-new flat.
01:32:57I think I'll be more comfortable at home tonight.
01:33:00You haven't finished your beer?
01:33:02No, I'm off the beer.
01:33:05I can't think why.
01:33:12Never read that, Lewis.
01:33:17Waiting for Godot. No, any good?
01:33:20Oh, Lewis, Waiting for Godot.
01:33:23You should read it. It's a modern classic.
01:33:26And it had the answer all the time.
01:33:29How's that, sir?
01:33:31It's about two tramps.
01:33:33We had two tramps.
01:33:35One went into St Oswald's, another came out.
01:33:39No, what I still don't understand is,
01:33:41why did they have to kill Simon Paulan twice?
01:33:44Miss Rawlinson will tell you that.
01:33:47Go and take her statement, then get off home.
01:33:51All right.
01:33:55Good night, that's it. Good night.
01:34:03Chastity and continence.
01:34:06When did I ever have anything else?
01:34:10Why did Paulan administer the morphine?
01:34:14To make him unconscious,
01:34:16so we could change his clothes.
01:34:19It was Harry's idea,
01:34:21and he seemed to know these things,
01:34:24how it's difficult to change a dead man's clothes.
01:34:28And Brenda was working at the Radcliffe.
01:34:31She got hold of the morphine, you see, and...
01:34:34And you observed all this,
01:34:36the poisoning, the undressing and dressing,
01:34:38the stabbing with the knife?
01:34:40Oh, no, I was in the Lady Chapel with Brenda,
01:34:43Mrs. Joseph's.
01:34:45Then how did you know what happened?
01:34:48Harry told me later.
01:34:51I...
01:34:53I didn't want to know the details.
01:34:56I just promised Lionel
01:34:59I'd say the body was Harry's,
01:35:02if anyone asked.
01:35:05And they did ask.
01:35:07Was that not a very wicked promise to make, Miss Rawlinson?
01:35:13Yes.
01:35:17But I was so sorry for Lionel.
01:35:19He'd been so kind,
01:35:22and...
01:35:24Harry...
01:35:28Harry...
01:35:30Were you in love with Harry Joseph's?
01:35:34Even so, Miss Rawlinson,
01:35:36you must have known that it was a very dreadful thing
01:35:39that you and the others were doing.
01:35:45We're all born in sin,
01:35:47or I wouldn't be standing here today.
01:35:51Come along, Mrs. Rawlinson.
01:35:53Lunchtime.
01:35:56Thank you, dear husband.
01:36:00Thank you, dear husband.
01:36:02I don't really want any lunch today.
01:36:05Oh, you mustn't be like that.
01:36:07We all have our crosses to bear, you know.
01:36:13Lionel Paulin was clever, but otherworldly.
01:36:16I think he thought that if we found a knife in someone's back,
01:36:19that would be that.
01:36:21But of course, there's always a post-mortem after every suspicious death,
01:36:24so of course we were bound to discover the morphine.
01:36:27And then you think Paulin killed himself out of remorse?
01:36:30Partly, perhaps,
01:36:32but mainly, I think, because he realized we were on to him.
01:36:35That's not a very charitable view, Inspector.
01:36:38I was there at the time, sir.
01:36:40And your view of Mr. Joseph's is still more uncharitable,
01:36:43I dare say, since he tried to kill you.
01:36:46I try not to let my feelings influence my investigation, sir.
01:36:50What, in your opinion, induced Joseph's to murder
01:36:53the Morris's father and son and his own wife, Brenda?
01:36:57Jealousy, sir. Sexual jealousy.
01:37:00With Lionel Paulin dead, Joseph felt free to take his revenge
01:37:03on the man and woman who'd humiliated him.
01:37:06The boy?
01:37:08Well, he couldn't be allowed to live with his father dead.
01:37:11It would have been the turn of Miss Rawlinson next.
01:37:14A great many murders,
01:37:16all committed by the man we thought was the very first victim.
01:37:21I myself didn't realize his identity
01:37:23till I saw the tie he was proposing to strangle Miss Rawlinson with.
01:37:27Exhibit F?
01:37:29Yes, sir.
01:37:31It's a Royal Marine Commando's tie.
01:37:33Now, Joseph's had been in the Marines.
01:37:36Thank you, Inspector.
01:37:40Inspector, you heard the conversation between Joseph's and my client
01:37:44before he attempted to murder her?
01:37:46Yes, sir.
01:37:47Did you, during the course of that conversation,
01:37:49hear anything which might be considered by the court
01:37:52to be mitigating evidence in the case against my client?
01:37:55I did.
01:37:56Will you tell the court what you heard?
01:37:58I heard her tell him that she wanted no more to do with him
01:38:01and that she was going to go to the police and make a full statement,
01:38:05at which point he attacked her.
01:38:07Thank you, Inspector.
01:38:2018 months. Not too bad with remission.
01:38:26You shouldn't have done that.
01:38:28Time will fly. You'll be surprised.
01:38:31I don't deserve it.
01:38:33There'll be an open prison, I'm sure.
01:38:35You're not listening to me.
01:38:37No.
01:38:44I'm sorry.
01:38:46I'm sorry.
01:38:53You're so kind to me.
01:39:06Probably got an ulterior motive.
01:39:11They, uh...
01:39:13Visitors in these places, you know?
01:39:16Can I...
01:39:18come along and see you sometime?
01:39:24Good.
01:39:26Good.
01:39:43Good.
01:40:13Good.
01:40:43Good.
01:41:13Good.
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