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[suspenseful music]

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♪♪

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♪ Una cuffietta a pizzi,
tutta rosa, ricamata ♪

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♪ Coi miei capelli
bruni ben si fonde ♪

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♪ Da tanto tempo tal cuffietta
é cosa desiata ♪

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♪ Egli ha letto ♪

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♪ Quel che il core asconde ♪

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- ♪ Ora colui- ♪
- Madre del Dio!

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Can you not see?

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What egregious offence
have I committed now, Carlo?

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I am standing right here,
but you refuse to look at me.

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- [gasps]
- I did no such thing!

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You are singing
of your love for me,

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but you are paying no attention.

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Don't be ridiculous.

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Fine, sing without me.

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- No.
- Clearly I'm at fault.

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I will leave.

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Rosa, no.

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Both of you, please!

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Stop!

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Rosa!

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Mannaggia!

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Elvira, please take over
and let us continue.

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Of course, Signore Arturo.

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♪ Da tanto tempo tal cuffietta
é cosa desiata ♪

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♪ Egli ha letto ♪

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♪ Quel che il core asconde ♪

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♪ Ora colui che legge dentro
a un cuore sa- ♪

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[gasping]

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- Are you all right?
- Bella!

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[gasps]

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Oh!

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Elvira, what's wrong?

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Elvira!

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What?

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Vi...

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ola.

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- What?
- What did she say?

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Elvira, bella!
Oh, no!

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Poison.

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So it would seem, George.

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Dr. Grace will complete her
analysis back at the morgue.

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The victim was
Elvira Cummings, sir.

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She was in the chorus

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and also served as understudy
to Rosa Hamilton,

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who plays the lead role
of Mimi.

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According to the impresario,
Signor Arturo,

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the company is originally
from New York,

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touring here with their
production of La Bo-heem.

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La Bohème, George.

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Gather everything the victim
may have touched

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and bring it back
to the station, please.

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Sir.

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Did anyone see Miss Cummings
eat or drink

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prior to collapsing?

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She was drinking red wine.

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Prop red wine.

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We all were,
but she had no reaction.

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Did she eat?

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I don't think so.

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Detective, Elvira did drink
from Rosa's glass,

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just before she collapsed.

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Is this true?

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Yes, but Rosa also drank
from the same glass.

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It could not be poisoned.

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No, Carlo.

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You poured the wine,
but I didn't drink from it.

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Are you quite sure,
Madame Hamilton?

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Of course, I'm sure.

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So only Miss Cummings
drank from your glass.

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What are you saying,
Detective?

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Perhaps the poison wasn't
meant for Miss Cummings

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but for you, Madame Hamilton.

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But who would want
to kill me?

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[dramatic music]

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♪♪

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Oi. There you go.

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Mr. Peters.

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You prepared the wine
backstage, yes?

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I'm responsible for props
for all the actors.

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And all of the actors
drank from the same carafe?

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Yes.

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Who pours the wine
into the glasses?

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The actors themselves.

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It's a scene
at the bohemian cafe.

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They are eating
and drinking freely.

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I see.

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So you set the wine glasses
on the tables

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for the performance.

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Did you examine them?

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Well, yes.

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I saw nothing untoward,
Detective.

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Come on, out the way!

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Detective Murdoch,
it's terrible.

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Terrible!

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I came as soon as I heard,
Murdoch.

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Glad you arrived so promptly.

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Ah, Signor Arturo,
this is Inspector Brackenreid.

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- You're in good hands.
- This is my best man.

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Inspector Brackenreid,
may I introduce to you

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la diva,
Madame Rosa Hamilton.

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Inspector.

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Such a pleasure,
Madame Hamilton.

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I've followed your career
since your stunning debut

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at the Paris opera.

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You were there?

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- I read the notices.
- I'm very familiar.

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- A fan.
- How enchanting.

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And a man of some refinement.

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I believe in keeping up
appearances,

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especially in the colonies.

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I can assure you that
the Toronto Police Department

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will get to the bottom
of these disturbing events.

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We are all available
for your questions, Inspector.

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I will be resting
in my dressing room.

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Of course.

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Please, excuse us.

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It appears our victim,
Elvira...

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Sir?

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What?

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Oh, of course.
What have you got, Murdoch?

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It appears our victim,
Elvira Cummings,

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was poisoned while onstage

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but may not have been
the target.

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A mistake?

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Miss Cummings replaced Madame
Hamilton during the performance,

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after the wine had been
poured into her glass.

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Madame Hamilton may have
been the intended victim.

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Who in their right mind

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would want to kill
the magnificent Hamilton?

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She's the finest soprano
in the world, Murdoch.

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You'll have to excuse me,
Inspector.

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Elvira's death
has been quite a shock.

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You knew Miss Cummings well,
madam?

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She was my discovery,
my protégé.

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We did everything together.

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She could sing?

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I was grooming her, Inspector.

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No voice springs fully formed.

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She blossomed under my tutelage.

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What an opportunity
for the young woman,

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learning at the hand
of a master like yourself.

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Yes.

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Though I admit
I was flattered by her devotion.

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She adopted my mannerisms,

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started wearing my perfume.

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Elvira liked to take souvenirs
from my dressing room...

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Little things, small treats-.

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Thinking I didn't notice.

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She wanted so much to be me.

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Please, sit.

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Oh, thank you.

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Can you think of anyone

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who would want to harm you,
Madame Hamilton?

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No.

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I am the star of La Bohème.

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The rest of this provincial cast
would be nothing without me.

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Nothing.

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What about Signor Corsi?

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- Carlo is...
- adequate.

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But it is my voice
the people flock to hear.

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Not his.

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Ask Arturo.

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He begged me
to join the company.

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Rosa?

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She's the queen
of my nightmares.

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She drives a man mad
with her demands and tantrums.

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I see, Signor Arturo.

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So you tolerate her.

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She is the goose that lays
the golden egg.

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Hers is the voice
that sells tickets

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at box offices
all over the world.

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Has this company
been together for long?

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I formed a travelling company
out of New York

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several years ago.

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Rosa doesn't like to leave
her home in Europe,

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but Corsi and I,
we persuaded her.

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The North American audience
was crying out to hear her.

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And Miss Cummings?

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Oh, that Elvira
should die like that,

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it's terrible.

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She was a sweet thing.

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Such a voice for one so young.

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And her body,
bellissima.

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[clears throat]

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Signor Arturo,
do you know of anyone

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who may want to kill Rosa?

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Talk to Carlo Corsi.

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Corsi?

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The tenor who plays...
Rodolfo?

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He was smitten with Elvira,
Detective.

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He might want his older lover,
Rosa,

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to take, uh-
How do you say it-.

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A rear seat.

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That is ridiculous.

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I had no feelings for Elvira.

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But you quarreled with Rosa
at the rehearsal.

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- Of course.
- We're lovers.

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All lovers fight, Detective.

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Rosa is a very passionate woman,
both on and off the stage.

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So you admit
to having differences.

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She is selfish
and insufferable,

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but I wouldn't kill her.

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You police should be talking
to Miss Thiery.

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Anne Marie Thiery?

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Yes.

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Mimi is nothing.

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Musetta is the character
with spirit.

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Musetta does have a fine solo
in act two.

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To play Musetta
requires skilled acting,

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not mooning about
like that lovesick waif Mimi.

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Mimi is the role that
opera audiences will love

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100 years from now,
Miss Thiery.

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Every singer longs for that kind
of immortality.

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I am familiar with La Bohème,
mademoiselle.

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It may be Puccini's newest work,

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but I wager it will be
his most memorable.

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That may be, but it's not me
who wanted to play Mimi.

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Who did?

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The dead girl, Elvira,

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God rest her soul.

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She was the ambitious one.

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Elvira?

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She pretended to be innocent,

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but underneath the act,
she was conniving.

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She bamboozled Madame Hamilton,

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though no one would dare
to say it.

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What do you mean?

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Rosa wouldn't hear a word
uttered against Elvira.

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She thought the girl could do
no wrong.

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Thank you, Miss Thiery.

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You've been most helpful.

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Who wanted to kill Rosa?

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We all did.

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I will remind you, sir,
that I'm a policeman.

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Your words could easily be
misinterpreted.

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- It's true.
- We all wanted her dead.

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But to kill such a young beauty
as Elvira by mistake,

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that is a tragedy.

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What else can you tell me,
Mr. Domenicke?

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I was the one who heard
her last word.

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- You did?
- Yes.

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It w
as "viola."

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Do you know what she meant?

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No.

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All the viola players
are accounted for.

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In fact, sirs,
none of the orchestra members

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had an opportunity
to slip poison

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into Miss Cummings' glass.

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At the time of the murder,
they were all in...

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the pit.

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An unfortunate term,
in my opinion.

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Thank you, George.

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Miss Cummings' last word,
viola,

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in Italian it means "violet."

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Could the victim be referring
to violet the color?

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Or violet the flower?

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There were violets
on the bonnet

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the victim was holding
when she died.

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Ah, yes, the bonnet.

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The bonnet has great
significance

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00:12:27,664 --> 00:12:28,790
in the plot of La Boheme.

265
00:12:29,082 --> 00:12:32,210
Rodolfo buys it for Mimi
as a token of his love.

266
00:12:32,502 --> 00:12:34,671
While the actors who play
Rodolfo and Mimi,

267
00:12:34,963 --> 00:12:38,091
Rosa Hamilton and Carlo Corsi,
are lovers in real life.

268
00:12:38,383 --> 00:12:40,344
This acting company seems
a dramatic lot.

269
00:12:40,636 --> 00:12:42,676
There is as much emotion
offstage as there is on it.

270
00:12:42,721 --> 00:12:44,389
They're actors, Crabtree,

271
00:12:44,681 --> 00:12:47,017
an occupation that requires
the employ of one's passions.

272
00:12:47,309 --> 00:12:48,869
They can't just bury
the fury of emotion

273
00:12:48,894 --> 00:12:50,479
once the curtain falls.

274
00:12:50,771 --> 00:12:52,481
Apparently not.

275
00:12:52,773 --> 00:12:54,232
Judging by the interviews,

276
00:12:54,524 --> 00:12:57,027
all of our cast had motive
for killing Madame Hamilton,

277
00:12:57,319 --> 00:12:58,695
including the victim herself.

278
00:12:58,987 --> 00:13:00,781
Miss Cummings was ambitious.

279
00:13:01,073 --> 00:13:02,953
And possibly in some
love triangle with Corsi.

280
00:13:03,241 --> 00:13:04,241
Exactly.

281
00:13:04,284 --> 00:13:06,596
All the more reason why having
Madame Hamilton out of her way

282
00:13:06,620 --> 00:13:07,663
would be very convenient.

283
00:13:07,955 --> 00:13:09,915
Well, perhaps she accidentally
ingested poison

284
00:13:10,207 --> 00:13:12,626
that she had intended
for Madame Hamilton.

285
00:13:19,049 --> 00:13:20,729
There was a strong smell
of bitter almond

286
00:13:21,009 --> 00:13:22,511
when I cut open
the victim's stomach,

287
00:13:22,803 --> 00:13:25,138
and her skin was pinker
than normal,

288
00:13:25,430 --> 00:13:27,349
a sign of internal asphyxia.

289
00:13:27,641 --> 00:13:30,060
I believe the poison
was potassium cyanide.

290
00:13:30,352 --> 00:13:32,354
- A quick-acting substance.
- Yes.

291
00:13:32,646 --> 00:13:34,690
She very likely
was killed onstage

292
00:13:34,982 --> 00:13:37,275
by a fellow actor who slipped
the poison into the wine

293
00:13:37,567 --> 00:13:40,112
after it was poured
into Rosa's glass.

294
00:13:40,404 --> 00:13:42,364
We've arrived
at the same conclusion.

295
00:13:42,656 --> 00:13:43,991
Will you be conducting
more tests?

296
00:13:44,282 --> 00:13:46,034
Yes, but it will take time.

297
00:13:46,326 --> 00:13:48,495
You will the first to know
my results.

298
00:13:48,787 --> 00:13:50,706
Thank you, Doctor.

299
00:13:50,998 --> 00:13:52,666
Constable Crabtree
has conducted a search

300
00:13:52,958 --> 00:13:55,210
for potassium cyanide
at the theater.

301
00:13:55,502 --> 00:13:56,502
Nothing's materialized.

302
00:13:56,753 --> 00:13:57,963
Had to be one of the actors.

303
00:13:58,255 --> 00:14:00,149
They've been working
in close quarters for months.

304
00:14:00,173 --> 00:14:02,454
Who knows where all those
tensions and jealousies come in?

305
00:14:02,718 --> 00:14:04,028
There's also
Signor Arturo, sir.

306
00:14:04,052 --> 00:14:05,303
- He was there.
- That's true.

307
00:14:05,595 --> 00:14:07,014
And then there's that
props fellow.

308
00:14:07,305 --> 00:14:08,390
Mrs. Brackenreid.

309
00:14:08,682 --> 00:14:09,762
Hello, Detective Murdoch.

310
00:14:09,891 --> 00:14:11,393
- Margaret.
- What are you doing here?

311
00:14:11,685 --> 00:14:12,685
I came by to tell you

312
00:14:12,728 --> 00:14:14,580
that I picked up the tickets
from the box office.

313
00:14:14,604 --> 00:14:16,204
There's quite a commotion
at the theater.

314
00:14:16,481 --> 00:14:17,481
As there would be.

315
00:14:17,524 --> 00:14:19,502
Are you sure the performance
will still take place?

316
00:14:19,526 --> 00:14:22,070
Rosa Hamilton won't disappoint
her faithful followers.

317
00:14:22,362 --> 00:14:24,562
Thomas has talked about
nothing but Rosa Hamilton this

318
00:14:24,781 --> 00:14:26,366
and Rosa Hamilton that
for weeks.

319
00:14:26,658 --> 00:14:28,577
Oh, it promises to be
quite a performance.

320
00:14:28,869 --> 00:14:30,245
You must be very excited.

321
00:14:30,537 --> 00:14:31,747
Not really.

322
00:14:32,039 --> 00:14:33,474
I'd rather have a good laugh
at the music hall,

323
00:14:33,498 --> 00:14:35,709
but Thomas insisted
I give it a try.

324
00:14:36,001 --> 00:14:38,462
It's a good excuse
for a new dress, as I see it.

325
00:14:38,754 --> 00:14:40,023
I'll see you at home,
Margaret.

326
00:14:40,047 --> 00:14:41,798
Don't be too late.

327
00:14:42,090 --> 00:14:44,051
The missus doesn't share
my love for culture.

328
00:14:44,342 --> 00:14:46,382
I haven't told her the whole
thing's in Italian yet.

329
00:14:46,636 --> 00:14:47,916
But will she follow the story?

330
00:14:47,971 --> 00:14:49,139
It's not that hard.

331
00:14:49,431 --> 00:14:51,933
Rodolfo's jealousy almost
destroys his love for Mimi.

332
00:14:52,225 --> 00:14:54,625
Only when it's too late does
he tell her she's his true love.

333
00:14:54,770 --> 00:14:57,272
Then Mimi dies of consumption.

334
00:14:57,564 --> 00:14:58,564
That's it?

335
00:14:58,607 --> 00:15:00,007
It's not about the story,
Murdoch.

336
00:15:00,150 --> 00:15:02,069
Opera's about the expression
of emotion,

337
00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:05,280
pure emotion expressed through
virtuosic singing.

338
00:15:05,572 --> 00:15:08,033
I had no idea you had an ear
for opera, sir.

339
00:15:08,325 --> 00:15:09,534
Life holds greater riches

340
00:15:09,826 --> 00:15:11,346
than a job
in the Toronto Constabulary.

341
00:15:11,495 --> 00:15:13,335
There's a lot you don't know
about me, Murdoch.

342
00:15:13,455 --> 00:15:14,455
- Clearly.
- Sirs.

343
00:15:14,623 --> 00:15:16,458
We've received a message
from Signor Arturo.

344
00:15:16,750 --> 00:15:18,794
You're needed at the theater
immediately.

345
00:15:19,086 --> 00:15:21,004
Officers, there is no time
to lose.

346
00:15:21,296 --> 00:15:24,174
We beautiful star,
my diva...

347
00:15:24,466 --> 00:15:26,093
These arrived
at the stage door.

348
00:15:26,384 --> 00:15:30,055
Violets.
With this note.

349
00:15:30,347 --> 00:15:31,807
"Your life is mine."

350
00:15:32,099 --> 00:15:35,435
[dramatic music]

351
00:15:35,727 --> 00:15:38,230
♪♪

352
00:15:40,857 --> 00:15:42,651
You've received
other such notes?

353
00:15:42,943 --> 00:15:45,529
They started arriving
after we played Chicago.

354
00:15:45,821 --> 00:15:47,614
Why didn't you tell me?

355
00:15:47,906 --> 00:15:49,157
They were all silly nonsense.

356
00:15:49,449 --> 00:15:50,826
I simply ignored them.

357
00:15:51,118 --> 00:15:53,578
None of them threatened me.

358
00:15:53,870 --> 00:15:55,122
Do you have the other notes?

359
00:15:55,413 --> 00:15:57,249
Some of them.

360
00:16:00,210 --> 00:16:02,963
I thought of them
as charming billets-doux.

361
00:16:07,843 --> 00:16:10,053
I suppose I was wrong.

362
00:16:14,599 --> 00:16:16,601
Madame Hamilton,
you must be ever vigilant

363
00:16:16,893 --> 00:16:18,687
until this killer
is apprehended.

364
00:16:18,979 --> 00:16:20,206
I'll post a constable to watch-.

365
00:16:20,230 --> 00:16:23,108
- A constable?
- I don't think so, Murdoch.

366
00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:25,986
May I offer my services
as your personal bodyguard?

367
00:16:26,278 --> 00:16:28,613
Why, Inspector,

368
00:16:28,905 --> 00:16:32,075
do your other duties allow
for such a commitment?

369
00:16:32,367 --> 00:16:33,367
Your safety

370
00:16:33,410 --> 00:16:36,079
is the Constabulary's paramount
concern, Madame Hamilton.

371
00:16:36,371 --> 00:16:39,541
Then I accept
your generous offer.

372
00:16:39,833 --> 00:16:42,252
Perhaps you could escort me
to my hotel?

373
00:16:42,544 --> 00:16:44,421
Absolutely.

374
00:16:48,425 --> 00:16:50,051
[indistinct chatter]

375
00:16:50,343 --> 00:16:51,720
[camera clicks]

376
00:16:52,012 --> 00:16:53,252
Thank you, everyone.
Move aside.

377
00:16:53,346 --> 00:16:54,448
Clear a path.
Madam, this way.

378
00:16:54,472 --> 00:16:55,472
Thank you.
Thank you.

379
00:16:55,682 --> 00:16:58,977
[dramatic music]

380
00:16:59,269 --> 00:17:03,148
♪♪

381
00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:06,026
Madame Hamilton, will you
still be performing tomorrow?

382
00:17:06,318 --> 00:17:08,028
Of course.

383
00:17:09,112 --> 00:17:10,112
Thank you.

384
00:17:10,363 --> 00:17:11,465
- That's enough.
- Thank you.

385
00:17:11,489 --> 00:17:13,158
Thank you, everyone.

386
00:17:13,450 --> 00:17:14,701
There you go, madam.

387
00:17:23,752 --> 00:17:25,754
Do you face crowds like this
in every city?

388
00:17:26,046 --> 00:17:27,505
Of course.

389
00:17:27,797 --> 00:17:29,049
Must be overwhelming for you.

390
00:17:29,341 --> 00:17:31,176
Overwhelming?

391
00:17:31,468 --> 00:17:33,094
Their applause sustains me.

392
00:17:33,386 --> 00:17:34,488
But to mobbed like that...

393
00:17:34,512 --> 00:17:37,474
A star needs
an adoring audience.

394
00:17:37,766 --> 00:17:39,686
Do the other actors
receive the same attention?

395
00:17:39,726 --> 00:17:42,395
A few tittering young ladies
sometimes wait at the door

396
00:17:42,687 --> 00:17:44,356
for a glimpse of Carlo.

397
00:17:44,648 --> 00:17:46,650
How well do you know
Signor Corsi?

398
00:17:46,942 --> 00:17:48,142
Carlo and I have been lovers

399
00:17:48,318 --> 00:17:50,654
since we sang together in Milan
ten years ago.

400
00:17:50,946 --> 00:17:51,946
Why?

401
00:17:51,988 --> 00:17:54,616
Well, there are rumors
about him and Miss Cummings.

402
00:17:54,908 --> 00:17:57,827
- Carlo has a wandering eye.
- It's part of his charm.

403
00:17:58,119 --> 00:18:01,164
And Elvira had
a flirtatious nature.

404
00:18:01,456 --> 00:18:02,749
A folly of the girl's youth.

405
00:18:03,041 --> 00:18:04,584
So there was something
between them?

406
00:18:04,876 --> 00:18:07,087
- [laughs]
- Of course not.

407
00:18:07,379 --> 00:18:10,507
Elvira was like
a younger sister to me.

408
00:18:10,799 --> 00:18:14,469
I admire the way
you handled that crowd.

409
00:18:14,761 --> 00:18:17,889
A woman would feel safe
around you, Thomas.

410
00:18:18,181 --> 00:18:20,183
Can I call you Thomas?

411
00:18:20,475 --> 00:18:21,685
Of course.

412
00:18:28,316 --> 00:18:29,943
Anything, sir?

413
00:18:30,235 --> 00:18:32,696
Have a look at this, George.

414
00:18:32,988 --> 00:18:34,948
- Tidy writing.
- Good spelling.

415
00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:37,742
The work of an educated person,
I would say.

416
00:18:38,034 --> 00:18:39,244
Oh.

417
00:18:39,536 --> 00:18:40,620
Is that an ink stain, sir?

418
00:18:40,912 --> 00:18:41,931
I don't think so, George.

419
00:18:41,955 --> 00:18:45,000
It's darker than the writing.

420
00:18:45,292 --> 00:18:47,252
When I add water to it...

421
00:18:50,005 --> 00:18:51,381
it doesn't run.

422
00:18:51,673 --> 00:18:54,050
It's some sort
of permanent dye.

423
00:18:54,342 --> 00:18:55,468
Indigo, perhaps.

424
00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:57,554
And how does that
help us, sir?

425
00:18:57,846 --> 00:19:00,640
- I have no idea.
- How did you fare?

426
00:19:00,932 --> 00:19:02,076
Well, the flowers were ordered

427
00:19:02,100 --> 00:19:03,820
from a florist on Queen Street
two days ago.

428
00:19:03,893 --> 00:19:06,229
The method of payment was cash
in an envelope

429
00:19:06,521 --> 00:19:08,857
pushed under the door.

430
00:19:09,149 --> 00:19:10,942
Another in a series
of mysteries.

431
00:19:11,234 --> 00:19:13,111
Quite so, sir,
including the victim herself.

432
00:19:13,403 --> 00:19:14,403
How do you mean?

433
00:19:14,571 --> 00:19:16,571
Well, I tried to contact
Miss Cummings' relatives

434
00:19:16,656 --> 00:19:18,700
to inform them of her
untimely passing.

435
00:19:18,992 --> 00:19:23,413
The address she gave
in Chicago doesn't exist.

436
00:19:23,705 --> 00:19:25,248
That's strange.

437
00:19:25,540 --> 00:19:27,876
Perhaps Signor Arturo
can help you with that.

438
00:19:28,168 --> 00:19:30,211
Hmm, perhaps.

439
00:19:38,511 --> 00:19:42,140
Elvira joined the company
in Chicago as Rosa's dresser

440
00:19:42,432 --> 00:19:43,808
six months ago.

441
00:19:44,100 --> 00:19:46,186
But apart from the address
I have given you,

442
00:19:46,478 --> 00:19:48,521
I know little
of the girl's background.

443
00:19:48,813 --> 00:19:51,083
Madame Hamilton must have
taken quite a shine to the girl.

444
00:19:51,107 --> 00:19:52,107
Mm-hmm.

445
00:19:52,150 --> 00:19:53,485
Yeah.

446
00:19:53,777 --> 00:19:58,156
Rosa took Elvira under
her wing from the first instant.

447
00:19:58,448 --> 00:20:00,075
She loved the girl's voice

448
00:20:00,367 --> 00:20:03,203
and insisted I hire her
as a chorus member.

449
00:20:03,495 --> 00:20:05,598
And then also, she was
an understudy for the company?

450
00:20:05,622 --> 00:20:07,165
Only for Rosa,

451
00:20:07,457 --> 00:20:08,917
though she was hardly needed.

452
00:20:09,209 --> 00:20:11,753
Rosa would never miss
a performance.

453
00:20:12,045 --> 00:20:15,590
On her deathbed,
that woman would still sing.

454
00:20:15,882 --> 00:20:17,175
A true artist.

455
00:20:17,467 --> 00:20:19,107
Elvira must have had
a good voice, then.

456
00:20:19,302 --> 00:20:20,302
Mm-hmm.

457
00:20:20,345 --> 00:20:23,306
Rosa was teaching her
to develop her vocal control.

458
00:20:23,598 --> 00:20:26,893
Oh, she had the voice;
There is no question.

459
00:20:27,185 --> 00:20:31,648
If she had only lived,
the poor little songbird.

460
00:20:31,940 --> 00:20:34,317
Ah, in the column.

461
00:20:34,609 --> 00:20:37,779
Now, if you will excuse me,
Constable,

462
00:20:38,071 --> 00:20:39,948
I have a civic reception
to prepare for.

463
00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:42,659
Yes, of course, thank you,
Signor Arturo.

464
00:20:51,209 --> 00:20:52,377
I believe that Miss Cummings

465
00:20:52,669 --> 00:20:55,296
inveigled her way
into Rosa Hamilton's life.

466
00:20:55,588 --> 00:20:56,798
As I understand it, sir,

467
00:20:57,090 --> 00:20:58,610
an intimate relationship
can often form

468
00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:00,927
between an artist
and her dresser,

469
00:21:01,219 --> 00:21:04,347
wherein the dresser can become
a trusted confidant.

470
00:21:04,639 --> 00:21:06,239
George, what are you
trying to tell me?

471
00:21:06,391 --> 00:21:08,311
Well, sir, look
at the contents of the letters.

472
00:21:08,351 --> 00:21:09,351
"I will care for you."

473
00:21:09,561 --> 00:21:10,687
"I will protect you."

474
00:21:10,979 --> 00:21:12,105
Letters that began to arrive

475
00:21:12,397 --> 00:21:13,917
after the company
performed in Chicago,

476
00:21:14,107 --> 00:21:15,275
after Elvira joined.

477
00:21:15,567 --> 00:21:17,127
So it's your belief
that Miss Cummings

478
00:21:17,152 --> 00:21:18,832
was writing the letters
to Madame Hamilton.

479
00:21:18,903 --> 00:21:19,654
Yes, sir.

480
00:21:19,904 --> 00:21:22,133
And she could have been the one
to send the bouquet of violets.

481
00:21:22,157 --> 00:21:24,367
They were ordered
before she died.

482
00:21:24,659 --> 00:21:28,121
But why would Miss Cummings
want to kill her mentor, hmm?

483
00:21:28,413 --> 00:21:29,789
To take her place, sir.

484
00:21:30,081 --> 00:21:31,641
Except she accidentally drank
the poison

485
00:21:31,791 --> 00:21:33,334
that she intended for Rosa.

486
00:21:33,626 --> 00:21:34,836
Is that plausible?

487
00:21:35,128 --> 00:21:36,838
Well, sir,
there were six actors

488
00:21:37,130 --> 00:21:39,048
gathered around a couple
of small cafe tables,

489
00:21:39,340 --> 00:21:42,385
upon which are six
identical glasses of wine.

490
00:21:42,677 --> 00:21:44,517
Now, it's quite conceivable
that Miss Cummings,

491
00:21:44,804 --> 00:21:45,847
now in the role of Mimi,

492
00:21:46,139 --> 00:21:48,391
now standing
where Mimi would have,

493
00:21:48,683 --> 00:21:50,894
erroneously drank
from the diva's glass.

494
00:21:52,979 --> 00:21:54,939
That's an interesting theory,
George.

495
00:21:55,231 --> 00:21:56,274
Thank you, sir.

496
00:21:57,775 --> 00:21:59,420
[lively opera music]

497
00:21:59,444 --> 00:22:01,070
[lively opera music]

498
00:22:01,362 --> 00:22:02,614
♪♪

499
00:22:02,906 --> 00:22:04,991
- You've played that-
- That singing

500
00:22:05,283 --> 00:22:06,563
at least five times now, Thomas.

501
00:22:06,659 --> 00:22:08,203
I am tiring of it.

502
00:22:08,495 --> 00:22:09,495
How can one tire

503
00:22:09,537 --> 00:22:11,497
of such a passionate expression
of love, Margaret?

504
00:22:11,581 --> 00:22:12,957
Perhaps one is more attuned

505
00:22:13,249 --> 00:22:15,084
to a certain shrillness
in her voice.

506
00:22:15,376 --> 00:22:17,212
[doorbell rings]

507
00:22:18,922 --> 00:22:20,673
I'll get it.

508
00:22:24,594 --> 00:22:26,012
Thank you.

509
00:22:31,476 --> 00:22:33,478
They're for you, Thomas.

510
00:22:33,770 --> 00:22:34,770
For me?

511
00:22:34,812 --> 00:22:37,982
- "To Thomas, with gratitude.
- Rosa."

512
00:22:38,274 --> 00:22:40,944
- Margaret.
- She would send a man flowers.

513
00:22:41,236 --> 00:22:43,905
She is a lady
of rare breeding.

514
00:22:44,197 --> 00:22:47,075
And now...
I must get a move on.

515
00:22:47,367 --> 00:22:48,368
[sniffs]
Mmm.

516
00:22:48,660 --> 00:22:52,080
I'm picking up Madame Hamilton
at the Queen's Hotel at 6:00.

517
00:22:52,372 --> 00:22:54,249
Au revoir, ma chérie.

518
00:23:03,675 --> 00:23:05,885
[record scratches]

519
00:23:06,177 --> 00:23:07,887
Puccini's Bohemian cafe

520
00:23:08,179 --> 00:23:10,181
is a very different setting
for an opera,

521
00:23:10,473 --> 00:23:14,102
but what finer place for
our reception this evening?

522
00:23:14,394 --> 00:23:17,146
I may admire your
detecting skills, Murdoch,

523
00:23:17,438 --> 00:23:18,940
but your sense of style-.

524
00:23:19,232 --> 00:23:22,068
A little underdressed
for cocktails, don't you think?

525
00:23:23,778 --> 00:23:26,573
Yes, I sang
with Enrico Caruso.

526
00:23:26,864 --> 00:23:30,076
Oh, he loves
his little practical jokes.

527
00:23:30,368 --> 00:23:33,454
In Paris, in the midst
of Che Gelida Manina...

528
00:23:33,746 --> 00:23:35,873
The famous aria,
"Your tiny hand is frozen."

529
00:23:36,165 --> 00:23:40,420
He presses into my hand
a hot sausage.

530
00:23:40,712 --> 00:23:41,754
[laughter]

531
00:23:42,046 --> 00:23:44,048
Oh, the little devil.

532
00:23:44,340 --> 00:23:47,135
He knew Puccini
was in the audience.

533
00:23:47,427 --> 00:23:48,970
[laughter]

534
00:23:49,262 --> 00:23:50,847
Mr. Peters.

535
00:23:51,139 --> 00:23:53,641
Do you recall where
Miss Cummings was seated

536
00:23:53,933 --> 00:23:55,393
when she picked up the glass?

537
00:23:55,685 --> 00:23:57,228
Oh, Mimi picks up the glass.

538
00:23:57,520 --> 00:23:59,564
Oh, no, no, no, Detective.
That's quite wrong.

539
00:23:59,856 --> 00:24:02,317
In the scene,
Rodolfo picks up two glasses

540
00:24:02,609 --> 00:24:04,819
and hands one of them to Mimi.

541
00:24:05,111 --> 00:24:06,154
Ah, I see.

542
00:24:06,446 --> 00:24:08,906
Rodolfo,
played by Signor Corsi, yes?

543
00:24:09,198 --> 00:24:10,408
Yes.

544
00:24:13,745 --> 00:24:14,825
She's a wonderful singer.

545
00:24:14,871 --> 00:24:16,122
She's in it.
So good.

546
00:24:16,414 --> 00:24:18,916
I don't believe we've met,
Detective.

547
00:24:19,208 --> 00:24:20,627
I'm Mademoiselle Thiery.

548
00:24:20,918 --> 00:24:23,421
- Ah, yes, of course.
- You play the part of Musetta.

549
00:24:23,713 --> 00:24:24,873
You must be an opera lover.

550
00:24:25,006 --> 00:24:26,006
[laughs]

551
00:24:26,257 --> 00:24:28,384
I confess to being somewhat
of a neophyte.

552
00:24:28,676 --> 00:24:31,804
However, the performance
promises to be very exciting.

553
00:24:32,096 --> 00:24:34,182
If Rosa survives the night.

554
00:24:34,474 --> 00:24:35,993
You have reason to believe
that she won't,

555
00:24:36,017 --> 00:24:37,226
Mademoiselle Thiery?

556
00:24:37,518 --> 00:24:38,704
Well, there is a murderer
among us,

557
00:24:38,728 --> 00:24:39,812
is there not, Detective?

558
00:24:40,104 --> 00:24:43,066
Why else would you be here?

559
00:24:43,358 --> 00:24:45,485
I am quite nervous.

560
00:24:45,777 --> 00:24:48,780
Madam, I won't take
my eyes off you.

561
00:24:49,072 --> 00:24:51,115
Would you be a dear
and refill my champagne?

562
00:24:51,407 --> 00:24:53,284
- Of course.
- Thank you.

563
00:24:56,371 --> 00:24:58,206
Rosa Hamilton is getting old.

564
00:24:58,498 --> 00:24:59,957
Be careful what you say,
Domenicke.

565
00:25:00,249 --> 00:25:01,918
- It's true.
- Everyone knows it.

566
00:25:02,210 --> 00:25:04,170
It's time for a younger woman
to take over.

567
00:25:04,462 --> 00:25:05,564
- Hmm.
- And you are suggesting...

568
00:25:05,588 --> 00:25:08,549
- Anne Marie has the voice.
- You've said so many times.

569
00:25:08,841 --> 00:25:10,301
What am I to say to Rosa?

570
00:25:10,593 --> 00:25:12,595
That may not be a problem
for much longer.

571
00:25:12,887 --> 00:25:15,223
Ah, be careful,
my young friend.

572
00:25:15,515 --> 00:25:19,936
Your love for Anne Marie
will get you into trouble.

573
00:25:20,228 --> 00:25:22,939
- There you are, Thomas.
- Is that my champagne?

574
00:25:23,231 --> 00:25:24,941
- Yes.
- Thank you.

575
00:25:26,484 --> 00:25:27,610
[rope snaps]

576
00:25:28,986 --> 00:25:29,986
Madam!

577
00:25:30,113 --> 00:25:31,280
[crowd gasps]

578
00:25:31,572 --> 00:25:32,949
Oh, my dear!

579
00:25:35,284 --> 00:25:38,162
Is everyone all right?

580
00:25:39,664 --> 00:25:42,875
I believe you've just
saved my life.

581
00:25:46,587 --> 00:25:48,256
This was no accident, sir.

582
00:25:48,548 --> 00:25:49,966
Bloody hell.

583
00:25:50,258 --> 00:25:52,510
Another attempt
on Madame Hamilton's life.

584
00:25:52,802 --> 00:25:55,138
Let's get out of here, Murdoch.

585
00:25:55,430 --> 00:25:58,141
[dramatic music]

586
00:25:58,433 --> 00:26:00,017
♪♪

587
00:26:01,644 --> 00:26:02,895
[door opens]

588
00:26:03,187 --> 00:26:05,273
Oh, there you are, Thomas.

589
00:26:05,565 --> 00:26:07,645
Uh, the boys are in bed,
but I waited dinner for you.

590
00:26:07,900 --> 00:26:09,819
Your favorite:
Tripe and onions.

591
00:26:10,111 --> 00:26:12,280
I'm sorry, Margaret,
but dinner will have to keep.

592
00:26:12,572 --> 00:26:13,732
I've just received a message.

593
00:26:13,781 --> 00:26:15,366
I have to go back
to the theater.

594
00:26:15,658 --> 00:26:17,118
Madame Hamilton needs me
right away.

595
00:26:17,410 --> 00:26:19,454
Couldn't you send
Constable Crabtree?

596
00:26:19,746 --> 00:26:23,040
La diva sent for me
for a reason, Margaret.

597
00:26:23,332 --> 00:26:26,461
Must be a matter
of great urgency.

598
00:26:26,753 --> 00:26:28,796
La diva?

599
00:26:37,722 --> 00:26:39,140
Hello?

600
00:26:41,851 --> 00:26:45,021
Hello?
Madame Hamilton?

601
00:26:49,859 --> 00:26:51,068
Hello?

602
00:26:52,695 --> 00:26:54,781
There you are, Thomas.

603
00:26:55,072 --> 00:26:57,784
Madame Hamilton.

604
00:26:58,075 --> 00:26:59,952
Are you all right?
What's this all about?

605
00:27:00,244 --> 00:27:02,538
Please, call me Rosa.

606
00:27:02,830 --> 00:27:07,001
This is my humble attempt
to thank you for saving my life.

607
00:27:07,293 --> 00:27:08,836
I hope you like pheasant.

608
00:27:09,128 --> 00:27:11,839
Well, certainly beats
tripe and onions.

609
00:27:12,131 --> 00:27:14,801
Please, sit down, Thomas.

610
00:27:16,511 --> 00:27:18,221
So tell me about Carlo, Rosa.

611
00:27:18,513 --> 00:27:20,139
Is he good to you?

612
00:27:20,431 --> 00:27:22,517
He's a man of many passions,

613
00:27:22,809 --> 00:27:24,936
but he's fickle
with his attentions.

614
00:27:25,228 --> 00:27:28,105
He's like a bumblebee
who must stop at every flower.

615
00:27:28,397 --> 00:27:30,817
Flowers like Elvira Cummings?

616
00:27:31,108 --> 00:27:33,361
He's not like you, Thomas.

617
00:27:33,653 --> 00:27:36,614
You're a dependable man
who protects his woman.

618
00:27:36,906 --> 00:27:38,115
[chuckles]

619
00:27:40,535 --> 00:27:41,869
But when you sing together...

620
00:27:42,161 --> 00:27:43,955
- [laughs]
- When we sing,

621
00:27:44,247 --> 00:27:48,334
we are not Carlo and Rosa
but Rodolfo and Mimi.

622
00:27:48,626 --> 00:27:49,794
Ah, Mimi.

623
00:27:50,086 --> 00:27:52,421
The tragic role that
every soprano longs to sing-.

624
00:27:52,713 --> 00:27:55,007
Including, I presume,
Miss Anne Marie Thiery.

625
00:27:55,299 --> 00:27:56,299
Of course.

626
00:27:56,467 --> 00:27:58,553
And she would do anything
to get the part,

627
00:27:58,845 --> 00:28:02,974
even allow herself to be
seduced by that old goat Arturo.

628
00:28:03,266 --> 00:28:04,892
- Arturo?
- Really?

629
00:28:05,184 --> 00:28:07,562
We've all allowed Arturo
some...

630
00:28:07,854 --> 00:28:09,522
liberties.

631
00:28:09,814 --> 00:28:13,693
I was younger then.
It seemed a trifle.

632
00:28:14,944 --> 00:28:16,362
And what does Domenicke think

633
00:28:16,654 --> 00:28:19,240
about his true love, Anne Marie,
trifling with Arturo?

634
00:28:19,532 --> 00:28:23,411
Domenicke would do anything
to get Anne Marie the part.

635
00:28:23,703 --> 00:28:25,037
Even murder?

636
00:28:25,329 --> 00:28:28,791
He would do anything
to help that fraud he loves.

637
00:28:31,252 --> 00:28:33,170
Are you all right?

638
00:28:33,462 --> 00:28:36,465
This is a terrible business.

639
00:28:36,757 --> 00:28:40,386
Behind the scenes,
it is a battle every day.

640
00:28:40,678 --> 00:28:43,848
Sometimes I think they would
all be happy if I were dead.

641
00:28:44,140 --> 00:28:45,308
Oh, that's not true.

642
00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:48,561
They'd miss their pay packet,
but that's all.

643
00:28:48,853 --> 00:28:50,313
Even Arturo.

644
00:28:50,605 --> 00:28:53,774
And it's only a matter of time
before Carlo will leave me.

645
00:28:54,066 --> 00:28:55,776
You're wrong.

646
00:28:56,068 --> 00:28:58,279
No one holds a candle to you.

647
00:28:58,571 --> 00:29:02,283
There will only ever be one
Rosa Hamilton.

648
00:29:08,789 --> 00:29:09,999
[exhales deeply]

649
00:29:11,918 --> 00:29:14,629
What did you mean,
Anne Marie is a fraud?

650
00:29:14,921 --> 00:29:18,299
Anne Marie
isn't even her real name.

651
00:29:18,591 --> 00:29:21,761
It's Viola Evans.

652
00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:28,559
- I use a stage name.
- That's hardly a crime.

653
00:29:28,851 --> 00:29:32,229
Who in the company
knew your real name?

654
00:29:32,521 --> 00:29:33,856
Elvira found out.

655
00:29:34,148 --> 00:29:36,233
She made it her business
to know people's secrets.

656
00:29:36,525 --> 00:29:38,361
Mm.

657
00:29:38,653 --> 00:29:41,030
You would like Madame Hamilton's
position in the company,

658
00:29:41,322 --> 00:29:42,782
wouldn't you?

659
00:29:43,074 --> 00:29:46,118
- Become prima donna?
- Of course.

660
00:29:46,410 --> 00:29:47,770
The adoring fans
would be waiting

661
00:29:48,037 --> 00:29:51,082
at the stage door for you
and not her.

662
00:29:51,374 --> 00:29:53,167
Rosa gets far too much
attention.

663
00:29:53,459 --> 00:29:55,503
- Mm.
- That must be infuriating.

664
00:29:55,795 --> 00:29:58,756
After all, you work as hard
and sing as well as she does.

665
00:29:59,048 --> 00:30:00,675
It's completely unfair.

666
00:30:00,967 --> 00:30:03,719
Unfair enough to kill her,
Miss Evans?

667
00:30:04,011 --> 00:30:04,762
What do you mean?

668
00:30:05,012 --> 00:30:06,514
Your name, Viola,

669
00:30:06,806 --> 00:30:09,183
was the last word uttered
by Elvira Cummings.

670
00:30:09,475 --> 00:30:11,477
Did you intend to kill
Madame Hamilton?

671
00:30:11,769 --> 00:30:13,729
I did not.

672
00:30:14,021 --> 00:30:15,181
And even if I did poison her,

673
00:30:15,398 --> 00:30:18,025
Arturo would never
let me play Mimi.

674
00:30:18,317 --> 00:30:19,735
What do you mean?

675
00:30:20,027 --> 00:30:22,238
He would have given
the role to Elvira Cummings.

676
00:30:22,530 --> 00:30:25,741
She had him wrapped
around her little finger.

677
00:30:27,743 --> 00:30:30,746
[indistinct chatter]

678
00:30:38,754 --> 00:30:40,297
There's Corsi, Rosa,
and Elvira,

679
00:30:40,589 --> 00:30:42,800
and then there's Corsi, Rosa,
and Arturo.

680
00:30:43,092 --> 00:30:44,452
The love affairs
within the company

681
00:30:44,510 --> 00:30:45,790
are many, many faceted,
Crabtree.

682
00:30:45,970 --> 00:30:47,513
You mean Elvira and Arturo?

683
00:30:47,805 --> 00:30:49,598
- Yes, and Rosa.
- Rosa and Arturo?

684
00:30:49,890 --> 00:30:51,368
Back when she was young
and foolish.

685
00:30:51,392 --> 00:30:54,353
Oh, then there's Domenicke,
Anne Marie, and Arturo.

686
00:30:54,645 --> 00:30:55,896
Arturo again?

687
00:30:56,188 --> 00:30:57,898
- Yes, Crabtree.
- He's a bit of a lad.

688
00:30:58,190 --> 00:30:59,734
Detective.

689
00:31:00,026 --> 00:31:02,278
Another letter has arrived.

690
00:31:02,570 --> 00:31:04,572
Now he asks Rosa to meet him.

691
00:31:04,864 --> 00:31:06,782
- When?
- One hour from now.

692
00:31:07,074 --> 00:31:08,367
In the park near the theater.

693
00:31:08,659 --> 00:31:11,162
Sir, the handwriting,
it's not quite the same.

694
00:31:11,454 --> 00:31:12,854
There's no time for that,
Murdoch.

695
00:31:12,913 --> 00:31:14,165
Let's get a move on.

696
00:31:27,887 --> 00:31:29,221
Carlo?

697
00:31:29,513 --> 00:31:31,432
Well, I wasn't expecting him.

698
00:31:31,724 --> 00:31:34,351
Uh, sir,
let us wait.

699
00:31:34,643 --> 00:31:37,188
- You?
- You wrote the letters?

700
00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:38,689
What letters?

701
00:31:38,981 --> 00:31:41,233
Then what are you doing here?

702
00:31:41,525 --> 00:31:43,569
I followed you.

703
00:31:43,861 --> 00:31:46,113
I need to talk to you.

704
00:31:46,405 --> 00:31:47,990
Why are you doing this to me?

705
00:31:48,282 --> 00:31:50,701
You are breaking me
in two, Rosa.

706
00:31:50,993 --> 00:31:51,993
What do you mean?

707
00:31:52,036 --> 00:31:53,396
Why do you shower
your affections

708
00:31:53,579 --> 00:31:55,623
on that oaf of a policeman?

709
00:31:55,915 --> 00:31:57,500
He's actually quite charming.

710
00:31:57,792 --> 00:32:00,044
Why do you torture me
this way?

711
00:32:00,336 --> 00:32:01,587
What is the difficulty?

712
00:32:01,879 --> 00:32:04,048
I can be with whatever man
I want.

713
00:32:04,340 --> 00:32:07,009
- You can't.
- And why not?

714
00:32:07,301 --> 00:32:09,762
You have every
young woman you fancy.

715
00:32:10,930 --> 00:32:12,807
Even my Elvira.

716
00:32:15,768 --> 00:32:17,645
She tempted me,

717
00:32:17,937 --> 00:32:21,524
and I am a weak, weak man.

718
00:32:21,816 --> 00:32:23,234
She meant nothing to me.

719
00:32:23,526 --> 00:32:26,237
- What?
- Why didn't you tell me?

720
00:32:26,529 --> 00:32:30,699
I knew it would break
your heart.

721
00:32:30,991 --> 00:32:32,451
- [clears throat]
- Excuse me.

722
00:32:32,743 --> 00:32:34,078
And who are you?

723
00:32:34,370 --> 00:32:36,997
I cannot compete with
a world famous opera star,

724
00:32:37,289 --> 00:32:38,040
but I am...

725
00:32:38,290 --> 00:32:39,667
Bloody hell.

726
00:32:39,959 --> 00:32:42,211
That appears to be
your wife, sir.

727
00:32:42,503 --> 00:32:44,755
I know that's my bloody wife,
Murdoch.

728
00:32:45,047 --> 00:32:48,676
And I've come here to ask you
to leave him alone.

729
00:32:48,968 --> 00:32:52,721
Yes, Rosa, leave the policeman
to his wife like she asks.

730
00:32:53,013 --> 00:32:56,392
Come back to me, Carlo,
your true love.

731
00:32:56,684 --> 00:32:58,310
Thomas?

732
00:32:58,602 --> 00:32:59,722
What's going on, Margaret?

733
00:32:59,979 --> 00:33:01,419
I should ask you
the same question.

734
00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:02,815
What do you see in her, Thomas?

735
00:33:03,107 --> 00:33:04,907
Oh, for God's sakes,
don't be so ridiculous.

736
00:33:05,151 --> 00:33:06,831
I'm in the middle
of important police work.

737
00:33:07,111 --> 00:33:08,696
- [laughs]
- Is that what you call it?

738
00:33:08,988 --> 00:33:10,489
Oh, don't be so dramatic.

739
00:33:10,781 --> 00:33:13,534
Now go on home.
I'll be along shortly.

740
00:33:13,826 --> 00:33:16,328
And who says the door
will be open?

741
00:33:17,955 --> 00:33:19,373
Your wife has spirit.

742
00:33:19,665 --> 00:33:21,542
So she does.

743
00:33:21,834 --> 00:33:24,628
It must be nice to have
someone who treasures you.

744
00:33:27,965 --> 00:33:29,466
But, Rosa, I treasure you.

745
00:33:29,758 --> 00:33:30,758
Do you?

746
00:33:30,801 --> 00:33:32,028
The man with red hair
cannot...

747
00:33:32,052 --> 00:33:34,555
Not quite what
we were expecting, sir.

748
00:33:34,847 --> 00:33:36,015
God help me, Murdoch.

749
00:33:36,307 --> 00:33:38,601
I'm in the middle
of a bloody opera plot.

750
00:33:42,521 --> 00:33:43,540
And even after all this time,

751
00:33:43,564 --> 00:33:44,958
I still don't know what
the woman wants.

752
00:33:44,982 --> 00:33:46,025
I do what I can, Murdoch.

753
00:33:46,317 --> 00:33:47,818
God only knows I try.

754
00:33:48,110 --> 00:33:51,071
But perhaps I have been
neglecting the old girl lately.

755
00:33:51,363 --> 00:33:53,032
A situation
you could remedy, sir.

756
00:33:53,324 --> 00:33:54,867
Take her to the music hall?

757
00:33:55,159 --> 00:33:56,239
That's an excellent idea.

758
00:33:56,493 --> 00:33:57,493
Oh...

759
00:33:57,536 --> 00:33:59,330
- [knock at door]
- Gentlemen?

760
00:33:59,622 --> 00:34:01,040
I have results for you.

761
00:34:01,332 --> 00:34:02,492
Oh, thank goodness, Doctor.

762
00:34:02,708 --> 00:34:03,459
What have you?

763
00:34:03,709 --> 00:34:04,789
I ascertain Miss Cummings

764
00:34:04,835 --> 00:34:06,670
had a high sugar content
in her bloodstream,

765
00:34:06,962 --> 00:34:09,965
so I ran a series of tests and
made an interesting discovery.

766
00:34:10,257 --> 00:34:13,427
Sugar interacts with potassium
cyanide, slowing it down.

767
00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:14,959
Delaying the toxin's effects.

768
00:34:15,095 --> 00:34:16,180
Correct, Detective.

769
00:34:16,472 --> 00:34:17,765
Given Miss Cummings'
body weight,

770
00:34:18,057 --> 00:34:19,457
it is likely she ingested
the poison

771
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:21,602
at least an hour before
she reacted.

772
00:34:21,894 --> 00:34:23,020
- That much earlier?
- Yes.

773
00:34:23,312 --> 00:34:24,521
It is also quite possible

774
00:34:24,813 --> 00:34:27,900
that the killer disguised
the poison in something sugary.

775
00:34:28,192 --> 00:34:29,693
Are you quite sure?

776
00:34:29,985 --> 00:34:31,345
I completed the test
three times.

777
00:34:31,403 --> 00:34:32,488
It's correct.

778
00:34:32,780 --> 00:34:35,574
She ingested the poison at least
an hour before she died.

779
00:34:35,866 --> 00:34:38,577
Sir, the cafe scene
is in the second act.

780
00:34:38,869 --> 00:34:40,371
How long is the first act?

781
00:34:40,663 --> 00:34:42,665
Half an hour, I would say.

782
00:34:42,957 --> 00:34:44,597
Then Elvira Cummings
ingested the poison

783
00:34:44,750 --> 00:34:46,669
before the dress rehearsal
began.

784
00:34:46,961 --> 00:34:48,241
So she didn't die accidentally

785
00:34:48,462 --> 00:34:50,089
by taking a drink
from Rosa's glass.

786
00:34:50,381 --> 00:34:53,050
- No, sir.
- Thank you, Doctor.

787
00:34:55,135 --> 00:34:58,514
We now know that Elvira Cummings
was the intended target,

788
00:34:58,806 --> 00:35:00,808
not Rosa Hamilton.

789
00:35:07,356 --> 00:35:10,859
[indistinct chatter]

790
00:35:21,829 --> 00:35:24,331
One of them poisoned
Elvira Cummings, Murdoch.

791
00:35:24,623 --> 00:35:27,167
They certainly all have
motives, sir.

792
00:35:27,459 --> 00:35:29,211
Elvira Cummings was threatening
to tell Rosa

793
00:35:29,503 --> 00:35:31,755
about Corsi's indiscretions.

794
00:35:32,047 --> 00:35:36,010
Miss Cummings was in the way
of Anne Marie Thiery's ambition.

795
00:35:36,302 --> 00:35:39,138
Rizzini had every opportunity.

796
00:35:39,430 --> 00:35:41,190
Signor Arturo would have been
very displeased

797
00:35:41,223 --> 00:35:45,019
if his latest conquest
was also involved with Corsi.

798
00:35:45,311 --> 00:35:47,855
And our elusive letter writer
may have killed Elvira

799
00:35:48,147 --> 00:35:51,942
in a misguided attempt
to protect Rosa.

800
00:35:52,234 --> 00:35:55,738
But how did any of them find
a way of poisoning the girl?

801
00:35:56,030 --> 00:36:00,117
[applause]

802
00:36:03,579 --> 00:36:07,499
[bouncy orchestral music]

803
00:36:07,791 --> 00:36:12,963
♪ Una cuffietta a pizzi,
tutta rosa, ricamata ♪

804
00:36:13,255 --> 00:36:17,134
♪ Coi miei capelli
bruni ben si fonde ♪

805
00:36:17,426 --> 00:36:23,807
♪ Da tanto tempo tal cuffietta
é cosa desiata ♪

806
00:36:24,099 --> 00:36:28,395
♪ Egli ha letto ♪

807
00:36:28,687 --> 00:36:34,693
♪ Quel che il core asconde ♪

808
00:36:37,988 --> 00:36:42,451
♪ Ora colui che legge dentro
a un cuore sa- ♪

809
00:36:42,743 --> 00:36:46,038
[dramatic music]

810
00:36:46,330 --> 00:36:49,500
♪♪

811
00:36:49,792 --> 00:36:51,293
What are you doing?

812
00:36:57,174 --> 00:36:58,759
Mr. Peters,

813
00:36:59,051 --> 00:37:00,195
you're the author
of the letters.

814
00:37:00,219 --> 00:37:02,513
Madame Hamilton's
been receiving, aren't you?

815
00:37:02,805 --> 00:37:03,805
What letters?

816
00:37:03,847 --> 00:37:05,033
I don't know
what you're talking about.

817
00:37:05,057 --> 00:37:07,160
Perhaps we should have this
discussion at the station house.

818
00:37:07,184 --> 00:37:08,310
No.

819
00:37:08,602 --> 00:37:10,312
I can't leave the performance.

820
00:37:10,604 --> 00:37:12,314
The diva is relying on me.

821
00:37:14,316 --> 00:37:17,111
You take very special care
of Madame Hamilton, don't you?

822
00:37:17,403 --> 00:37:20,155
I do.

823
00:37:20,447 --> 00:37:23,826
I made Mimi's bonnet
especially for her.

824
00:37:24,118 --> 00:37:26,829
With violets,
her favorite flowers.

825
00:37:27,121 --> 00:37:29,832
She must appreciate all
of your thoughtful gestures.

826
00:37:30,124 --> 00:37:32,668
Oh, she...

827
00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:35,337
She doesn't notice me.

828
00:37:35,629 --> 00:37:39,299
So you got her attention
by writing the letters.

829
00:37:39,591 --> 00:37:40,592
Letters?

830
00:37:40,884 --> 00:37:43,137
The letters, Mr. Peters,
you wrote on this paper

831
00:37:43,429 --> 00:37:44,471
at this very desk.

832
00:37:44,763 --> 00:37:46,883
Mr. Peters, if you keep this up,
I will have no choice

833
00:37:47,099 --> 00:37:49,380
but to take you to the station
and charge you with murder.

834
00:37:49,518 --> 00:37:52,604
Now, did you write the letters
or not?

835
00:37:52,896 --> 00:37:53,896
Yes.

836
00:37:54,064 --> 00:37:55,691
And you sent the bouquet?

837
00:37:55,983 --> 00:37:57,901
Yes.

838
00:37:58,193 --> 00:38:00,112
I wanted her to know I was here.

839
00:38:00,404 --> 00:38:03,907
I wanted her to see
how much I admired her,

840
00:38:04,199 --> 00:38:06,034
but I would never harm her.

841
00:38:10,289 --> 00:38:12,416
You're responsible
for the lanterns as well.

842
00:38:12,708 --> 00:38:13,834
Yes, why?

843
00:38:14,126 --> 00:38:16,326
The scenery that fell and
almost killed Rosa Hamilton,

844
00:38:16,503 --> 00:38:19,006
the rope that secured it
was burnt through by a lantern.

845
00:38:19,298 --> 00:38:20,567
That had nothing to do
with me.

846
00:38:20,591 --> 00:38:22,759
You were angry that Rosa
ignored your affections,

847
00:38:23,051 --> 00:38:25,211
so you waited for an opportunity
to exact your revenge.

848
00:38:25,471 --> 00:38:26,471
You set the lantern.

849
00:38:26,597 --> 00:38:28,015
No, I didn't.

850
00:38:28,307 --> 00:38:30,142
I have no idea how the lantern
got there.

851
00:38:30,434 --> 00:38:32,811
You have to believe me.

852
00:38:33,103 --> 00:38:36,982
I'd checked the oil in the wicks
just the night before.

853
00:38:37,274 --> 00:38:39,401
You examined the lanterns
the night before?

854
00:38:39,693 --> 00:38:40,693
Why?

855
00:38:40,736 --> 00:38:42,571
Madame Hamilton asked me to.

856
00:38:42,863 --> 00:38:45,032
She watched me as I made sure
they were full.

857
00:38:47,618 --> 00:38:49,298
I reassured her they'd be
working perfectly

858
00:38:49,411 --> 00:38:51,997
for the third act
at the Paris gates.

859
00:38:57,794 --> 00:39:00,631
[cheers and applause]

860
00:39:00,923 --> 00:39:03,717
Intermission.

861
00:39:04,009 --> 00:39:05,802
Excuse me, Detective.

862
00:39:06,094 --> 00:39:08,347
I must reset the stage
for the next act.

863
00:39:10,307 --> 00:39:11,934
Thank you, Mr. Peters.

864
00:39:15,270 --> 00:39:16,772
Gifts from your many admirers,
Rosa.

865
00:39:17,064 --> 00:39:18,815
And if I may say,
richly deserved.

866
00:39:19,107 --> 00:39:20,192
Thank you, Thomas.

867
00:39:20,484 --> 00:39:22,236
Now, let me prepare myself.

868
00:39:22,528 --> 00:39:24,613
The final act is very demanding.

869
00:39:24,905 --> 00:39:25,656
Of course.

870
00:39:25,906 --> 00:39:28,200
- [laughs]
- Oh...

871
00:39:28,492 --> 00:39:31,578
- This one's come a long way.
- All the way from Italy.

872
00:39:31,870 --> 00:39:33,205
Oh, how wonderful.

873
00:39:33,497 --> 00:39:36,083
I was hoping it would arrive
before opening night.

874
00:39:36,375 --> 00:39:37,876
My favorite sweets.

875
00:39:38,168 --> 00:39:40,837
They're handmade in Milano
by the Renaldo brothers,

876
00:39:41,129 --> 00:39:42,673
my favorite confectioners.

877
00:39:44,883 --> 00:39:47,094
And all for me.

878
00:39:47,386 --> 00:39:48,386
Well...

879
00:39:48,637 --> 00:39:50,097
Perhaps one for you.

880
00:39:54,393 --> 00:39:55,644
Do you like it?

881
00:40:00,065 --> 00:40:01,358
Viola.

882
00:40:01,650 --> 00:40:03,068
Thomas, what's wrong?

883
00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:06,321
Elvira liked to take souvenirs
from my dressing room,

884
00:40:06,613 --> 00:40:09,199
small things,
thinking I didn't notice.

885
00:40:09,491 --> 00:40:10,492
Vi...

886
00:40:10,784 --> 00:40:12,286
ola.

887
00:40:16,415 --> 00:40:17,916
Inspector...

888
00:40:19,293 --> 00:40:21,670
I have to search your
dressing room, Madame Hamilton.

889
00:40:21,962 --> 00:40:23,005
For?

890
00:40:23,297 --> 00:40:25,132
For cyanide.

891
00:40:25,424 --> 00:40:26,424
You poisoned the sweets,

892
00:40:26,466 --> 00:40:28,927
knowing that Elvira
would eat them.

893
00:40:29,219 --> 00:40:30,929
Please, don't deny it.

894
00:40:38,729 --> 00:40:42,024
She was taking everything
from me.

895
00:40:42,316 --> 00:40:45,402
It started with little things,
like the sweets.

896
00:40:45,694 --> 00:40:50,032
Even as I encouraged her,
she kept on taking.

897
00:40:50,324 --> 00:40:51,617
I didn't know how to stop her.

898
00:40:51,908 --> 00:40:54,028
She was just a slip
of a young girl compared to you.

899
00:40:54,119 --> 00:40:56,246
I'm no fool, Thomas.

900
00:40:56,538 --> 00:40:59,082
I can't sing forever.

901
00:40:59,374 --> 00:41:02,961
In a few years, she would have
been the next diva.

902
00:41:03,253 --> 00:41:05,339
That I could accept.

903
00:41:05,631 --> 00:41:08,383
But Carlo...

904
00:41:08,675 --> 00:41:10,010
when she took Carlo...

905
00:41:10,302 --> 00:41:12,929
But in the park,
Carlo said he loved you.

906
00:41:13,221 --> 00:41:15,223
By then, it was too late.

907
00:41:17,517 --> 00:41:19,645
You have to come with me,
madam.

908
00:41:19,936 --> 00:41:21,063
[knock at door]

909
00:41:21,355 --> 00:41:23,940
Five minutes to curtain,
madam.

910
00:41:25,776 --> 00:41:28,320
Inspector...

911
00:41:28,612 --> 00:41:30,405
I beg you,

912
00:41:30,697 --> 00:41:32,574
let me finish
my final performance.

913
00:41:32,866 --> 00:41:36,411
Then do with me
what you wish.

914
00:41:36,703 --> 00:41:38,747
- Madam...
- Please.

915
00:41:39,039 --> 00:41:40,749
One last time.

916
00:41:43,043 --> 00:41:44,086
I'll be in the wings.

917
00:41:44,378 --> 00:41:46,088
Thank you.

918
00:41:47,089 --> 00:41:49,174
You're a man of honor.

919
00:42:06,441 --> 00:42:07,901
Ah, Inspector...

920
00:42:08,193 --> 00:42:10,320
I know, Murdoch.

921
00:42:10,612 --> 00:42:12,572
We'll arrest her at the end
of the performance.

922
00:42:12,864 --> 00:42:20,864
♪ Oh, come é bello e morbido ♪

923
00:42:21,748 --> 00:42:25,001
♪ Non più ♪

924
00:42:25,293 --> 00:42:29,005
♪ Non più ♪

925
00:42:29,297 --> 00:42:35,470
♪ Le mani allividite ♪

926
00:42:37,556 --> 00:42:40,851
♪ I'll tepore

927
00:42:41,143 --> 00:42:44,521
♪ Le abbellira

928
00:42:44,813 --> 00:42:52,813
♪ Sei tu che me lo doni ♪

929
00:42:58,118 --> 00:43:01,705
She's truly magnificent.

930
00:43:01,997 --> 00:43:05,208
We'll not hear anything like her
for a long time.

931
00:43:05,500 --> 00:43:08,795
♪ Grazie ♪

932
00:43:09,087 --> 00:43:14,593
♪ Ma costera ♪

933
00:43:14,885 --> 00:43:18,805
♪ Piangi ♪

934
00:43:19,097 --> 00:43:25,145
♪ Sto bene ♪

935
00:43:25,437 --> 00:43:33,437
♪ Pianger cosi, perché ♪

936
00:43:35,614 --> 00:43:38,825
♪ Qui amor ♪

937
00:43:39,117 --> 00:43:43,371
♪ Sempre con te ♪

938
00:43:43,663 --> 00:43:48,126
♪ Le mani d

939
00:43:48,418 --> 00:43:52,339
♪ Al caldo ♪

940
00:43:52,631 --> 00:43:55,342
JES

941
00:43:57,427 --> 00:44:01,765
♪ Dormire ♪

942
00:44:04,476 --> 00:44:07,771
[ominous orchestral music]

943
00:44:08,063 --> 00:44:14,110
♪♪

944
00:44:14,402 --> 00:44:17,656
♪ Mimi ♪

945
00:44:22,577 --> 00:44:25,789
♪ Mimi ♪

946
00:44:26,081 --> 00:44:28,375
[sobbing]

947
00:44:28,667 --> 00:44:34,047
[cheers and applause]

948
00:44:43,139 --> 00:44:45,183
Rosa.

949
00:44:45,475 --> 00:44:46,977
Rosa?

950
00:44:47,269 --> 00:44:48,395
No!

951
00:44:48,687 --> 00:44:51,106
No, Rosa!
Mi cara bella!

952
00:44:51,398 --> 00:44:52,440
Sir, something's wrong.

953
00:44:52,732 --> 00:44:53,732
Yes, Murdoch.

954
00:44:53,984 --> 00:44:56,152
Madame Hamilton is dead.

955
00:44:57,988 --> 00:44:59,865
Rosal.

956
00:45:07,330 --> 00:45:10,333
It's all my fault.

957
00:45:10,625 --> 00:45:12,252
My poor darling.

958
00:45:12,544 --> 00:45:14,671
This was in Madame Hamilton's
dressing room.

959
00:45:14,963 --> 00:45:16,172
Cyanide, sir.

960
00:45:16,464 --> 00:45:19,050
An operatic ending
worthy of Puccini himself.

961
00:45:24,222 --> 00:45:26,433
Uh, sir.

962
00:45:28,476 --> 00:45:31,229
I can take care of things here.

963
00:45:31,521 --> 00:45:33,356
Thank you, Murdoch.

964
00:45:37,444 --> 00:45:41,740
[sobbing]

965
00:45:42,699 --> 00:45:43,699
Margaret.

966
00:45:43,742 --> 00:45:45,761
I saw you kiss her, Thomas,
right here in this very theater.

967
00:45:45,785 --> 00:45:46,870
What?

968
00:45:47,162 --> 00:45:49,956
Rosa, Madame Hamilton was
trying to make Corsi jealous.

969
00:45:50,248 --> 00:45:52,459
- Corsi?
- That good-looking singer, Corsi?

970
00:45:52,751 --> 00:45:54,628
Yes, he was her lover.

971
00:45:54,920 --> 00:45:57,797
And she thought that kissing
you would make him jealous?

972
00:45:58,089 --> 00:45:59,299
I'm sorry, Margaret.

973
00:45:59,591 --> 00:46:01,343
I got carried away.

974
00:46:06,681 --> 00:46:07,681
Why, Thomas...

975
00:46:07,933 --> 00:46:09,476
You look lovely.

976
00:46:09,768 --> 00:46:10,977
That new dress becomes you.

977
00:46:11,269 --> 00:46:12,687
Does it, now?

978
00:46:12,979 --> 00:46:14,272
It's a beautiful night.

979
00:46:14,564 --> 00:46:15,690
It is that.

980
00:46:15,982 --> 00:46:17,817
Do you fancy strolling home,

981
00:46:18,109 --> 00:46:20,070
just me and my best girl?

982
00:46:21,488 --> 00:46:22,697
[sighs]

983
00:46:25,033 --> 00:46:27,827
So when did you become
the romantic, Thomas?

984
00:46:28,119 --> 00:46:29,746
I'm a man of many surprises,
Margaret.

985
00:46:30,038 --> 00:46:32,332
[laughs]

986
00:46:32,624 --> 00:46:33,375
Pub's open.

987
00:46:33,625 --> 00:46:35,752
Surprise, surprise.

988
00:46:36,044 --> 00:46:37,044
It was just...

989
00:46:37,253 --> 00:46:38,533
I could bloody well use a drink.

990
00:46:38,797 --> 00:46:40,037
We're strolling home, Thomas.

991
00:46:40,256 --> 00:46:41,296
Had you forgotten already?

992
00:46:41,549 --> 00:46:43,152
- Of course I haven't, woman.
- I was just-.

993
00:46:43,176 --> 00:46:44,511
Thomas.

994
00:46:50,809 --> 00:46:53,812
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