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This programme contains scenes which
some viewers may find disturbing
from the start

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CLOCK TICKS

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ORCHESTRA TUNES UP

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TAPPING, ORCHESTRA QUIETENS

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VIOLIN PLAYS SOFTLY

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ELECTRICAL SPARKING

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Leave me alone!

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CREAKING

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HANDLE RATTLES

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HE GASPS

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HE STRAINS

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THUD

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KNOCK ON DOOR

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GUN COCKS

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THUDDING

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THUDDING

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THUD ON FLOOR

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{\an8}DOORBELL RINGS

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{\an8}BIRDS CHIRP

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Oh, hello. Jonah Quigley.

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I've come to tune your piano.

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Where's your dog?

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Oh, I don't have a dog.

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The last fella had a dog.

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Oh, well, perhaps he was unsighted.

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Many of my colleagues are.

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They have a heightened sense
of hearing,

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which makes them ideal
for the position.

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Relieved himself all up
and down my lady's curtains, he did.

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Really?

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Oh, you mean the dog! Ha!
Well, I can assure you

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I won't be doing that.

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Follow me.

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Oh, my goodness.

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A Bechstein, if I'm not mistaken.

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They have one of these in
Buckingham Palace, so I'm told.

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One of the sweetest-sounding
instruments in all of Europe.

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May I?

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PLAYS TWO NOTES TOGETHER

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She hasn't been
fingered in a number of years.

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I do hope you'll be able
to tighten the strings.

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Devonshire, go and fetch
a glass of gooseberry juice

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- for Mr...?
- Quigley.

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Mr Quigley. How quaint.

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Or would you prefer
something stronger?

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I've just popped open
a rather perky bottle of poo.

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No, thank you. Water is fine for me.

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No ice or lemon.

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Don't flatter yourself.

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I'll just, um...

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You will have noticed

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that the Bechstein has seen
better days.

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I really ought to have it replaced
but it's of sentimental value.

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Ah. Do you play at all?

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I'm afraid not.
I haven't the patience.

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The instrument belonged
to my late husband.

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After he passed,
it rather went to seed.

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As did I.

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Well, I am very sorry to hear that.

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About your husband passing, I mean.

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Not about your going to seed.

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Which of course you haven't.

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Still most becoming.

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- A fan of Burnham, was he?
- I'm sorry?

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Your husband,
a fan of Nathaniel Burnham?

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I couldn't help but notice your bust.

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On the desk.

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And the sheet music.

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His 5th Symphony was incredible.

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If you like that sort of thing.

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I was a keen student of his.

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The way he blends so many
different styles and moods.

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Brooding and violent one minute,

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romantic the next.

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I studied Burnham's symphonies
at the Guildhall.

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Did you really?

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Yes.

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Yes. I, uh...

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I had aspirations to compose
myself at one point, but...

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..life got in the way.

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Inspiration failed to strike.

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So now I do this.

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Satisfying in its own way.

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Glass of water, no ice or lemon.

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Thank you.

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Will there be anything else,
Mrs Burnham?

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No, that's fine for now.
Thank you, Devonshire.

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Mrs Burnham?

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Nathaniel composed his 5th
at that very piano, Mr Quigley.

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And you're quite right.

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He could be romantic
and brooding and, yes...

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..violent.

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Especially
when the muse deserted him.

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Which is why I wish
to preserve his legacy.

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After all,

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there's many a good tune can be
played on an old piano.

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DOOR CLOSES

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NOTE REVERBERATES

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NOTE REVERBERATES

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DULL NOTE

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DULL NOTE

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Mrs Burnham?

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Oh, sorry. I didn't realise
you had company.

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Not at all.

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This is Dickie Van Aas.

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A dear friend of mine who was
also Nathaniel's lawyer.

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He takes care
of all my business affairs.

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Of course.
A pleasure to meet you, sir.

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How do you do?

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Won't you join us?

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Oh, well, I don't want to intrude.

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Thank you, Somerset.

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Devonshire.

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Ah, of course. Sorry.

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The thing is, Mrs Burnham,

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I have just found
this piece of manuscript paper

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jammed between the C2 and the D2.

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I wondered

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whether it might have been
written by Mr Burnham.

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Only, it looks to be part
of a symphony,

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and it isn't anything I recognised.

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Mm.

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It's his, all right.

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What a sharp-eyed fellow you are.

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Does that give me leave to hope
that there may be

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an unperformed piece?

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This could be a major discovery.

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That will be all, Devonshire.
Thank you.

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Ma'am.

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Are you familiar, Mr Quigley,
with the Curse of the Ninth?

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Vaguely, yes. Isn't it
a sort of superstition?

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Exactly.

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It's a misguided belief
that a composer is going to die

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after writing their ninth symphony.

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Mahler started it.
It's all poppycock.

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It isn't poppycock, Lillian.

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Ever since Ludwig,
it's been a decisive landmark.

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Beethoven, Dvorak,

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Schubert, Bruckner.

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After the ninth, they all went
from composing to decomposing.

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To embark upon symphony number
nine is considered a folly,

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Mr Quigley.

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GRAMOPHONE CLUNKS

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A challenge to fate.

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MUSIC STARTS

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Poor old Mahler,

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well, he was possessed by the idea.

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He tried to dodge the curse,

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refusing to number
his ninth symphony,

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passing it off as a song cycle.

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- Das Lied Von Der Erde.
- Exactly.

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But Death was not to be cheated.

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By the time he composed this,

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his true ninth,

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his daughter had died,

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his wife had begun an affair,

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and his health had started to fail.

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He didn't live long enough
to hear it performed.

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But Burnham...

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..your husband,

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he only ever composed
eight symphonies. Correct?

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Technically, yes.

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He'd been very much affected
by what had happened to Mahler.

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Two months after attending
the funeral in Vienna,

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Nathaniel announced
he was going to start composing

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his next symphony
in Gustav's honour.

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It would be his ninth.

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He never found it easy
to begin any new work, but...

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..this was...

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SHE SIGHS

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It was torture.

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To begin with, we dismissed it
as nothing more than writer's block,

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but I believe he'd been gripped
by the fear of the curse.

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The thought of actually
finishing the symphony

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came to terrify him.

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Then one night...

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Leave me alone!

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HE STRAINS

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HANDLE RATTLES

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GUNSHOT

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THUD ON FLOOR

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LILLIAN GASPS

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We reported it
as a heart attack, of course,

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but, um,

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it seems he'd driven himself
completely mad.

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I am so sorry.

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He brought it upon himself.

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And so...the work remained
unfinished.

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This is incredible. I never
heard mention of it before.

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I'm sure that
the Burnham Society would...

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Nathaniel made it clear to me
that, should he die

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before the ninth was complete,

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he wanted it buried with him.

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So that's what we did.

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It's out there,

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six feet under.

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Sad, really...

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..to deprive the world

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of such genius.

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DRAWER CLOSES

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But we had to respect his wishes.

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A private burial it was.

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Just my ladyship, Mr Van Aas

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and a couple of other witnesses.

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All very cloak-and-dagger.

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What are you getting at, Kent?

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Devonshire.

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Sorry. Devonshire.

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Just that he deserved better.

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Well, fortunately for us,
his music lives on.

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Yes. Most of it.

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Oh, well, to have another
Burnham gifted to the world...

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..you couldn't put a price
on such a thing.

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Hmm.

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Here is the key
to the tradesman's entrance.

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I'm giving it to you now

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so that you can make your own
way out, via the garden.

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Ah, thank you.

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I don't want you disturbing
Mrs Burnham.

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She usually retires early
on a weekday. Nine o'clock,

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I should imagine.
She'll be asleep by then.

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No, I won't disturb her.

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I'm finished now, in fact.

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Mr Quigley?

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Do be careful when leaving

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that you don't trip over
the gardener's spade,

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which you will find located
in his shed

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near the pear tree.

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Well, I shan't trip up over it

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if it's tucked away
in the shed, shall I?

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Here is the key...

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..to the shed.

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Yes, but why would I...?

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- Oh.
- Mm.

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Oh, but... No,
I don't think that I could...

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Nine o'clock.

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We working people have to make
our own opportunities,

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don't we?

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- Yes.
- Mm.

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Yes. I suppose we do.

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DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES

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GRAMOPHONE PLAYS

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FOOTSTEPS APPROACH

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DOOR OPENS

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Just to let you know
I've turned down your bed

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and put your cocoa
on the dressing table.

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Bring it down here,
will you, Devonshire?

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I'm determined to finish this sky.

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It's almost nine o'clock, ma'am.

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The picture's not complete

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until the last piece goes in.

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CLOCK CHIMES THE HOUR

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There!

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Most gratifying.

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Glorious to see all the little...

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I'll tidy this away for you, ma'am.

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Very well.

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Goodnight, Devonshire.

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Night, ma'am.

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OWL HOOTS, HE PANTS

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HE GRUNTS

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HE GASPS

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Forgive me...

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BONES SNAP

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You found it, then?

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Here, let me help you.

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You're, uh... You're going to
have to fill all that back in.

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Yes, I'm aware of that!

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I think it's better if we don't
see each other for a while.

270
00:14:57,360 --> 00:14:58,880
I've got several people interested.

271
00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:00,080
Interested in what?

272
00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:02,640
In buying this, of course.
Like you said, it's priceless.

273
00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:04,480
We just need to find
the highest bidder.

274
00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:05,840
I didn't say it was priceless.

275
00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:07,800
I said you couldn't put
a price ON it.

276
00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:10,360
This is a work of art. It's not
a piece of merchandise!

277
00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:12,160
What did you think
we were going to do with it?

278
00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:13,960
Well, I want to study it,

279
00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:16,760
to hear it played. I could be
the first person to conduct it.

280
00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:18,360
DEVONSHIRE GIGGLES

281
00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:20,000
You need your head examining.

282
00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:21,720
Who is going to let you conduct
this?

283
00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:23,040
Why not me?

284
00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:25,040
I was one of his greatest admirers.

285
00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:26,520
I've studied his music for years!

286
00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:28,240
You remember your place, Mr Quigley.

287
00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:29,800
You are staff, just like me.

288
00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:32,720
You're just a paid-by-the-hour
lowlife piano-tuner!

289
00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:34,680
This is our ticket out of here.

290
00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:36,920
I am not like you.
Don't you dare say that.

291
00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:38,400
This music is...is a miracle.

292
00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:40,400
It's a gift
we can give back to the world.

293
00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:42,600
I'm not using it
to line my own pockets!

294
00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:43,800
Well, I am!

295
00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:45,720
Come back, Derbyshire, please!

296
00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:48,640
My name is Devonshire!

297
00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:49,880
CLANG

298
00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:51,160
THUD

299
00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:02,120
BELL CHIMES

300
00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:03,640
HE PANTS

301
00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:23,800
HE GRUNTS

302
00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:35,960
No!

303
00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:42,920
Please...

304
00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:42,920
SHE GASPS

305
00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:44,720
MUFFLED SCREAMS

306
00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:54,600
DOORBELL RINGS

307
00:16:57,040 --> 00:16:58,520
Ah, Mr Quigley.

308
00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:00,520
How nice to see you again.
Do come in.

309
00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:12,120
We've been trying
to get hold of you all week.

310
00:17:12,120 --> 00:17:15,440
Your employer said something
about a leave of absence.

311
00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:16,600
Yes.

312
00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:19,480
I've not been in the best of
health since I was last here.

313
00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:21,680
Oh, dear. I am sorry to hear that.

314
00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:24,520
I apologise
for having to admit you myself,

315
00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:27,680
but I'm afraid Devonshire
has rather disappeared.

316
00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:30,520
Oh?

317
00:17:30,520 --> 00:17:32,080
Yes. It's quite a mystery.

318
00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:33,960
Took off in the middle of the night

319
00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:35,480
without a by-your-leave.

320
00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:38,280
All of her things left
in her room. Most perplexing.

321
00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:41,320
Well, perhaps she's just...

322
00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:43,680
Gone to ground?
Yes, that's what we thought.

323
00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:45,200
Come through.

324
00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:57,640
You remember Dickie, don't you?

325
00:17:57,640 --> 00:17:59,040
Oh...

326
00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:00,960
Yes, of course. Hello.

327
00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:02,240
How-de-do?

328
00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:05,160
What, uh, seems to be the problem?

329
00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:07,120
Something seems a little off.

330
00:18:07,120 --> 00:18:09,040
A trifle flat, maybe.

331
00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:12,640
See what you think.

332
00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:17,280
What do you want me to play?

333
00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:20,760
How about this piece of
Nathaniel's unfinished symphony

334
00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:22,480
that you unearthed?

335
00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:26,840
Oh, but I'm not very good
at sight reading.

336
00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:30,200
Nonsense. As a student
of my late husband's work,

337
00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:32,240
it's surely of some interest?

338
00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:36,320
HE SNIFFS

339
00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:40,480
PLAYS HESITANTLY

340
00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:51,280
HE SCREAMS

341
00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:55,800
Mr Quigley, is everything all right?

342
00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:57,640
Perhaps he'd like a glass of water?

343
00:18:57,640 --> 00:18:58,840
Of course.

344
00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:01,160
Devon... Oh. I forgot.

345
00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:02,800
She's not here.

346
00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:06,760
And she's not coming back, is she?

347
00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:12,840
DOOR CLOSES

348
00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:12,840
You know!

349
00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:14,320
Sit down.

350
00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:18,200
We knew that Devonshire was greedy.

351
00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:21,400
We hoped she might encourage you
to dig up the manuscript,

352
00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:23,480
but we didn't expect you to kill
her.

353
00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:25,680
Still, gives us more leverage,
I suppose.

354
00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:28,440
What do you mean, leverage?

355
00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:30,160
I've been auditing the accounts,

356
00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:34,160
and it appears that Lillian's
been living beyond her means.

357
00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:36,120
To put it bluntly, she's broke.

358
00:19:36,120 --> 00:19:38,160
She needs a lot of money quickly,

359
00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:39,520
and the unexpected discovery

360
00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:42,080
of her late husband's
final work could be

361
00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:43,960
just the ticket, as they say.

362
00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:45,800
I'll give it back to you.

363
00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:49,760
I wanted to return it anyway.
I think it's that

364
00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:51,880
- that's been making me ill.
- Perhaps.

365
00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:55,400
That and the guilt of murdering
a defenceless young woman.

366
00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:00,600
The point is, Mr Quigley,

367
00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:02,600
the symphony remains unfinished.

368
00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:05,240
And who better to complete it

369
00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:08,640
than my husband's
greatest admirer? Water.

370
00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:10,320
No lemon, no ice.

371
00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:11,840
No, you don't understand.

372
00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:14,440
I can't complete it!
I'm not up to it!

373
00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:17,680
Well, you said yourself
you dabbled with composing.

374
00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:20,960
You have the allegro sonata
from the first movement,

375
00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:23,120
the andante, the scherzo.

376
00:20:23,120 --> 00:20:25,200
It should be possible
to complete the work.

377
00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:26,840
But what about the curse?

378
00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:30,920
Surely whoever completes the ninth
will bring it upon themselves.

379
00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:33,440
The curse is a nonsense,
as I've told you before.

380
00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:35,040
It's simply a state of mind.

381
00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:37,640
You can choose not to succumb to it.

382
00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:39,560
I'm already in its grip.

383
00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:44,040
I can feel a darkness
following me wherever I go,

384
00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:46,000
Death's hand on my shoulder.

385
00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:49,400
Better than a policeman's hand
on your shoulder.

386
00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:54,360
Take all the time you wish.

387
00:20:54,360 --> 00:20:55,800
You can work here,

388
00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:58,000
have access to Nathaniel's archives,

389
00:20:58,000 --> 00:20:59,440
all of his notes.

390
00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:03,680
I just need you to finish
the symphony.

391
00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:05,600
And then you'll be free.

392
00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:10,880
Splendid. That's settled, then.

393
00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:12,720
We look forward to hearing it.

394
00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:22,280
KEY TURNS IN LOCK

395
00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:33,320
What's the problem?

396
00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:36,600
I don't know where to begin.

397
00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:39,480
It's not the beginning, boy,
it's the end.

398
00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:42,160
It's the final movement, remember?

399
00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:45,520
Have you studied what's gone before?

400
00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:47,160
Yes, of course I have.

401
00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:48,640
Then build upon it.

402
00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:51,200
A modified sonata form.

403
00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:55,240
A false recapitulation?

404
00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:56,680
Exactly.

405
00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:01,800
But we must first consider
the melody. What do you have?

406
00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:03,480
Uh...

407
00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:08,680
HUMS A GENTLE MELODY

408
00:22:12,360 --> 00:22:14,720
The second subject in the strings.

409
00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:17,600
A sequence resolved
with a plagal cadence.

410
00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:20,240
Where's the risk?

411
00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:23,920
The final movement mustn't be timid.

412
00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:26,640
Fragmentation, inversion,

413
00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:29,240
imitation within the woodwinds.

414
00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:33,720
Use the diminished seventh to
imply the secondary dominant.

415
00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:36,600
Underneath...

416
00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:40,560
..a return to the drone
of the brass as before,

417
00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:42,000
as in the exposition.

418
00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:43,320
Yes.

419
00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:45,240
Yes, this is it.

420
00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:46,960
I can hear it!

421
00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:49,120
It's satisfying, isn't it?

422
00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:55,080
Can I ask you a question?

423
00:22:56,920 --> 00:22:58,480
Of course.

424
00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:01,720
Why are you helping me?

425
00:23:08,120 --> 00:23:09,760
It amuses me.

426
00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:14,360
I want to see how far you get
before it grips you.

427
00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:17,800
You mean the curse?

428
00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:19,160
Of course.

429
00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:22,400
No, that's your torment, not mine.

430
00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:30,000
I can already see
the black shadow of doubt

431
00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,080
enveloping your every choice.

432
00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:33,360
Why bother?

433
00:23:33,360 --> 00:23:36,880
You'll never reach the heights
of Beethoven or Mahler.

434
00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:39,280
Or indeed me.

435
00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:42,600
But you never try.

436
00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:44,120
Why?

437
00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:47,840
"Inspiration failed to strike."

438
00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:55,120
Piano-tuning is
"satisfying in its own way".

439
00:23:55,120 --> 00:23:57,000
NATHANIEL CHUCKLES

440
00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:02,120
It takes an act of courage
to create anything,

441
00:24:02,120 --> 00:24:03,920
and you, my boy,

442
00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:05,840
are a coward!

443
00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:09,080
I'm not listening to this.
What you're talking about

444
00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:10,560
is self-doubt.

445
00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:12,520
It's not the same thing.

446
00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:14,680
Whoever completes my ninth symphony

447
00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:16,480
will end up the same as me.

448
00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,320
Food for the Conqueror Worm.

449
00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:22,680
People die all the time.

450
00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:25,880
I've been assured by your wife
that the curse isn't real!

451
00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:30,680
Then, why didn't she
complete it herself?

452
00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:33,320
Thank you for your advice but, um...

453
00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:37,760
..now I need you to be quiet.

454
00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:27,560
Mr Quigley?

455
00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:35,120
Oh!

456
00:25:35,120 --> 00:25:36,520
LILLIAN GASPS

457
00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:37,960
You gave me rather a shock.

458
00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:39,200
Oh...

459
00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,040
I've brought you some breakfast.

460
00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:42,920
Busy night, I see.

461
00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:45,120
It's finished.

462
00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:47,720
Glad to hear it.

463
00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:53,160
I don' t believe in writer's block.

464
00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:54,440
Never did.

465
00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:56,400
Nathaniel just got trapped.

466
00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:58,680
As he reached the summit
of his career,

467
00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:01,600
the oxygen of creativity
grew thinner.

468
00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:05,520
He became convinced it was
only ever going to be downhill.

469
00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:06,720
Yes.

470
00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:08,520
You've been at great pains
to tell me.

471
00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:10,160
Several times.

472
00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:12,080
Can't say it was easy,

473
00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:14,800
but after the initial block,
it began to flow. Here!

474
00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:17,600
Don't forget the page I found
in the piano.

475
00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:18,880
Thank you.

476
00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:21,320
The picture isn't complete
until the last piece goes in.

477
00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:22,600
Of course.

478
00:26:26,360 --> 00:26:28,520
MUSIC BEGINS GENTLY

479
00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:29,960
Oh.

480
00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:31,920
Congratulations, Mrs Burnham.

481
00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:35,400
You just finished
your husband's ninth symphony.

482
00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:38,040
It's just as well you don't
believe in all that poppycock

483
00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:39,120
about a curse.

484
00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:44,280
Indeed.

485
00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:48,440
In the absence of Devonshire,
you can see yourself out,

486
00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:50,280
Mr Quigley.

487
00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:52,080
Nice doing business with you.

488
00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:01,080
MUSIC BUILDS

489
00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:22,760
TEMPO INCREASES

490
00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:38,280
MUSIC BUILDS

491
00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:11,160
SHE GASPS

492
00:28:19,360 --> 00:28:20,520
SHE GASPS

493
00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:22,800
LILLIAN SCREAMS

494
00:28:28,120 --> 00:28:31,600
DRAMATIC STACCATO CHORDS

495
00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:38,640
FINAL FLOURISH