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♪ ♪

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How is the patient
this morning?

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Your future's at Scotland Yard.

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I don't think
that's ever been in question.

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I'm not talking about work.

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♪ ♪

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Bonjour, Eliza.

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There's really no need for you
to be here.

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I'm staying in London until this
ship is back on course.

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WILLIAM:
I'm going to New York.

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For a year?

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WILLIAM:
This isn't goodbye.

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It's goodbye for now.

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♪ ♪

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♪ ♪

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(thunder claps)

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(whimpering)

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(click)

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♪ ♪

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♪ ♪

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♪ ♪

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Morning, miss-- post.

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Thank you.

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♪ ♪

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Goodness.
Indeed.

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Good morning, Eliza.

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Clarence.

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I hope that's not full
of bills.

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Applications.

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We've had
an overwhelming response

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to our advert
for new detectives.

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I suppose my reputation
does precede me.

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It's more likely they heard
of the female detective.

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The advert was quite clear
who they'd be dealing with.

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Remind me whose name
is above the door.

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Yours,
and your sons'.

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Well, no time
like the present.

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Shall we begin?

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♪ ♪

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Oh, this one's good.

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23 years at Bow Street--
what does that tell you?

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That he lacks ambition.

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Unlike Mr. Samuel Walsh.

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Can't spell the word
"detective."

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Or the word "criminal."

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Or his own name.

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Him.

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Fired him last year.

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Him?
Too young.

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He's too old.

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Don't trust him.

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Don't like him.

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Him.

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He's been in prison.

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(groans)

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(sighs)

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Surely we can at least
agree on this chap.

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I've said no to him
twice already.

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Stop trying to sneak
him through.
We've been at this all day,

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and so far you've liked
none of my choices.

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Any more
than you've liked mine.

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It'll be me
who works with them.

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And me who pays for them--
I am the boss.

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So you keep reminding me.

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Surely some of the applicants
are acceptable to you both.

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Ask him.

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Ask her.

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(door slams)

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(door slams)

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♪ ♪

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♪ ♪

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Good morning.

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Morning.

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I was just practicing
my handwriting.

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Looked to me
like you were writing a letter.

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Fine.

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I was writing a letter.

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To?

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Barnabus.

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(egg cracks)

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Oh.

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Hm.

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Lizzie!

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What are you up to?

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(puts down bowl)

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Why are you writing
to Inspector Wellington?

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Because you aren't.

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What?
He wrote to me.

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He said he's sent you
three letters

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and you've not replied
to any of them.

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I don't want any breakfast--
I'll be late for work.

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Lizzie, you've not spoken
of Inspector Wellington

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since he's been gone.

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Perhaps it might help
to do so.

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You're clearly upset
and angry with him.

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I'm not upset,
nor am I angry.

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I'm absolutely fine.

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♪ ♪

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WILLIAM:
If we are to be together,

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then I cannot remain
at Scotland Yard

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with you a private detective,

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nor can I be around you
anymore without...

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Without being with you.

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♪ ♪

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(drawer opens)

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♪ ♪

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(knock at door, door opens)

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(drawer closes)

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Yes.

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Uh, sorry to disturb,

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but Mr. Nash would like you
to meet him right away.

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What for?

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To meet a new client.

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What new client?

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♪ ♪

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Patrick.

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Eliza.

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What is this place?

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This... is the future.

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♪ ♪

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(ringing)

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Reception-- may I help you?

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MAN (on phone):
Reception?
Yes, sir.

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MAN: Mr. Bracewell.
CLERK:
Certainly, sir.

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Do you know much
about the telephone?
Not much.

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I know it was invented in 1875
by Alexander Graham Bell.

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There were,
of course, counterclaims

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as to who first came up
with the innovation,

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but Bell was the first
to patent it.

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Nine years on,
it's really only the preserve

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of the rich
and the privileged,

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given how costly it is
to install and run.

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Although this year
has seen telephone stations

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installed in
various public places.

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Shops, telegraph offices.

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A yes or no
would have sufficed.

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As you say, it's being made more
accessible to ordinary folk.

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It's the new gold rush.

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This place is
at the forefront.

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So, why are we here?

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The owner of Britannia
wants us

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to negate some rather
bad publicity.

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CLERK:
Yes, Mr. Bracewell.

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Mr. Bracewell
will see you now.

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ELIZA:
Extraordinary.

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It certainly is.

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NASH:
Britannia have
an engineering workshop

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where they design new ways
to improve their product.

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Two days ago, it was
destroyed by a gas explosion.

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Two men were killed: a young
inventor named Alfred Baker

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and the co-founder
of the company, George Davidson.

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So there was a gas leak.

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According to the newspapers,

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the police think Davidson
lighting his pipe

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is what ignited
the explosion.

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But as for the gas leak,

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it seems someone tampered
with the supply.

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And the police believe
that this someone

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works here at Britannia.

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Not just someone.

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Our new client,
Joseph Bracewell.

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BRACEWELL:
My aim, Mr. Nash,
is to put a Britannia telephone

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into every household
in the country.

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Once we've done that,

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we will move
into the international markets.

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I applaud your ambition,
Mr. Bracewell.

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I must confess,
I've not yet used one of these.

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To, to help you fully,
Mr. Bracewell,

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perhaps we should
try it ourselves.

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Be my guest.

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♪ ♪

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OPERATOR (on phone):
Good afternoon,
Britannia Exchange.

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What number do you require?

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Ask for the stock exchange.

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Uh, the stock exchange,
please.

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OPERATOR:
Connecting you now--
please wait one moment.

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(chuckles)

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Ask for the latest Britannia
share price.

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CLERK (on phone):
Stock exchange,
how can I help you?

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Uh, please could you advise
on the current share price

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for the Britannia Telephone
Company?

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CLERK:
One and six.
One and six.

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(inhales)

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ELIZA:
Thank you.

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Goodbye.

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All this dire publicity
has caused the value

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of my company
to fall by the hour.

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Which is why I need you
to get the police off my back

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and find out who is responsible
for this terrible deed.

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They have a ridiculous notion

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that I wanted George Davidson
dead.

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Your business partner?

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We founded the company
together.

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I felt the time was right
to expand.

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To buy out our rivals.

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And Mr. Davidson
disagreed?

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This disagreement
was a minor issue,

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not reason for me
to kill him.

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I gather the police
suspect you

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because you were supposed
to attend this meeting

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with Mr. Davidson,
but you didn't turn up.

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♪ ♪

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We had another argument
that morning.

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I simply wasn't in the mood
to face him.

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I spent the afternoon here
in my office.

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But that was unusual,

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was it not?

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That you didn't attend
that weekly meeting?

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Unheard of,
according to the newspapers.

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Do not believe everything
you read in the newspapers.

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Did you have any grievance with
the other man that was killed,

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the, uh, the young inventor,
Alfred Baker?

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BRACEWELL:
No.

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And for your information,

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Alfred wasn't meant to be
at that meeting.

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We have to ask these questions,
Mr. Bracewell,

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so that we're clear on
all the details of this case.

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Well, in that case, let me
be crystal-clear with you.

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I did not murder
George Davidson.

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As for Alfred Baker,

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he'd just designed the telephone

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that would make this company
a fortune.

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Why on Earth
would I want him dead?

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NASH:
Why in God's name did you
interrogate him like that?

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You clearly weren't going
to ask him anything useful.

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I've never seen you so
in awe.

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I was not in awe, I just
think him an impressive man.

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A visionary.
I think him rather unsavory.

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Ah, you disagree
with my judge of character.

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Quelle surprise.

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What of my judgment?

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I'm the one who's going to be
running the office.

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I should choose my own staff.
Oh, I see.

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That's what this is about,
is it?

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That's the reason
for this latest sulk du jour.

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I do not sulk.
We will discuss this matter
another time.

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Right now, we need
to visit the crime scene.

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Finally, something
we agree on.

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♪ ♪

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Go fetch my carriage.

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Detective Phelps--
just the man.

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00:12:17,443 --> 00:12:21,409
Inspector Phelps, actually--
well, soon to be.

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You're taking over
from Inspector Wellington?

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But there's been
no formal announcement.

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Just needs to be
rubber-stamped.

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And why hasn't it been?

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Well, I'm sure
it's just a matter of time.

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May I offer
my congratulations

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on what will be
a well-deserved promotion.

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So, I assume your presence here
is not just to keep me company.

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As ever, you assume right.

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We've been hired to investigate
the Britannia explosion,

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and we'd like to take a look
at the crime scene.

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I take it your fire experts
have assessed the scene?

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Still waiting.

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They've been held up elsewhere,
which is a bugger,

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'cause we can't progress
with the case

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until they've had a gander.

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Well, perhaps
in the meantime,

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you might allow us to look
for ourselves.
Hm.

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Good one-- now hop it!

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I see the prospect of
a promotion hasn't endowed you

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with any more decorum,
Detective Phelps.

264
00:13:08,843 --> 00:13:11,343
Let me give you some advice,
Miss Scarlet.

265
00:13:11,343 --> 00:13:13,076
I'm the skipper now.

266
00:13:13,076 --> 00:13:15,176
So you need to start showing me
a bit of respect.

267
00:13:15,176 --> 00:13:17,876
Oh, I've always seen respect
as something you earn.

268
00:13:17,876 --> 00:13:20,209
(chuckling):
Oh, how Miss Scarlet
does like to jest.

269
00:13:20,209 --> 00:13:23,009
You surely know that our respect
for you is unimpeachable,

270
00:13:23,009 --> 00:13:24,909
Inspector Phelps,

271
00:13:24,909 --> 00:13:26,976
and we'd be
most grateful...

272
00:13:26,976 --> 00:13:28,576
Under no circumstances
let them inside.

273
00:13:28,576 --> 00:13:29,776
OFFICER:
Yes, sir.

274
00:13:29,776 --> 00:13:31,376
Even if the queen
herself comes down here

275
00:13:31,376 --> 00:13:33,409
and says you'll be hanged
for treason if you don't...

276
00:13:35,209 --> 00:13:37,543
...still don't let them in.

277
00:13:37,543 --> 00:13:43,909
♪ ♪

278
00:13:43,909 --> 00:13:45,843
That went well.

279
00:13:47,343 --> 00:13:48,743
Well, we're not all
blessed

280
00:13:48,743 --> 00:13:50,276
with your powers
of duplicity, Patrick.

281
00:13:50,276 --> 00:13:51,976
If by that you mean
charm and persuasion

282
00:13:51,976 --> 00:13:53,376
to keep my business afloat,

283
00:13:53,376 --> 00:13:55,743
well, then perhaps you should
try it sometime.

284
00:13:57,776 --> 00:13:59,609
Whether you like it or not,

285
00:13:59,609 --> 00:14:02,309
you have to learn
to play the game.

286
00:14:04,209 --> 00:14:06,243
(exhales)

287
00:14:06,243 --> 00:14:07,643
What is wrong with you
at the moment?

288
00:14:07,643 --> 00:14:09,676
This can't just be
about the hiring of staff.

289
00:14:09,676 --> 00:14:11,576
Is this about
your inspector leaving?

290
00:14:11,576 --> 00:14:14,243
Nothing is wrong with me--
he's not my inspector.

291
00:14:17,876 --> 00:14:19,909
What I'm about to say
you may not like--

292
00:14:19,909 --> 00:14:21,776
in fact,
you definitely won't like it.

293
00:14:21,776 --> 00:14:25,309
Well, then perhaps
you shouldn't say it.

294
00:14:25,309 --> 00:14:28,109
The work you've had up until
now from Scotland Yard

295
00:14:28,109 --> 00:14:30,009
has been on account
of your friendship

296
00:14:30,009 --> 00:14:31,676
with Inspector Wellington.
I secured that work because
I'm good at what I do.

297
00:14:31,676 --> 00:14:33,076
And I'm not disputing that,

298
00:14:33,076 --> 00:14:34,809
but the fact remains, your
friendship helped a great deal.

299
00:14:34,809 --> 00:14:35,809
But now Phelps is in charge,

300
00:14:35,809 --> 00:14:37,243
he's not obliged
to tolerate you.

301
00:14:37,243 --> 00:14:38,309
Tolerate me?

302
00:14:38,309 --> 00:14:40,009
Do you want this business
to flourish

303
00:14:40,009 --> 00:14:41,276
under your command or not?

304
00:14:41,276 --> 00:14:42,576
(quietly):
Yes, of course I do.

305
00:14:42,576 --> 00:14:44,576
Then make it your business
to get along with Phelps.

306
00:14:44,576 --> 00:14:46,276
And will you please
stop sulking?!

307
00:14:46,276 --> 00:14:48,743
For the last time,
I do not sulk!

308
00:14:48,743 --> 00:14:50,176
Good, because
my mother was a sulker

309
00:14:50,176 --> 00:14:51,476
and it brings back
bad memories.

310
00:14:51,476 --> 00:14:53,109
(both laugh)

311
00:14:54,343 --> 00:14:55,743
(both exhale)

312
00:14:57,343 --> 00:14:59,543
Fine.

313
00:14:59,543 --> 00:15:02,576
What do you want me to do,
go back to him and grovel?
No.

314
00:15:02,576 --> 00:15:04,809
That ship has sailed.

315
00:15:04,809 --> 00:15:06,643
I'll attempt to obtain
crime scene photos

316
00:15:06,643 --> 00:15:08,076
from my usual source.

317
00:15:08,076 --> 00:15:09,943
Well, in the meantime,

318
00:15:09,943 --> 00:15:12,076
let's do some digging
on our dead men.

319
00:15:12,076 --> 00:15:14,243
I suggest we start
with the young inventor.

320
00:15:14,243 --> 00:15:16,743
Speak to his widow.

321
00:15:16,743 --> 00:15:20,809
See if anyone had a grudge.

322
00:15:20,809 --> 00:15:26,043
♪ ♪

323
00:15:32,043 --> 00:15:34,743
You both look very happy.

324
00:15:39,576 --> 00:15:43,476
How long were you married,
Mrs. Baker?

325
00:15:43,476 --> 00:15:45,143
Six months.

326
00:15:45,143 --> 00:15:48,743
And it's Betty.

327
00:15:48,743 --> 00:15:51,709
Your husband was an avid reader.

328
00:15:52,709 --> 00:15:56,409
He had every book
on engineering imaginable.

329
00:15:56,409 --> 00:15:59,743
They were his pride and joy.

330
00:15:59,743 --> 00:16:01,576
Mrs. Baker...

331
00:16:01,576 --> 00:16:04,076
Betty.

332
00:16:04,076 --> 00:16:08,676
Can you think of anyone who had
a grudge against your husband?

333
00:16:08,676 --> 00:16:09,776
And take your time.

334
00:16:11,209 --> 00:16:13,243
Uh, Daniel Archer.

335
00:16:13,243 --> 00:16:15,443
He, uh, works at Britannia.

336
00:16:15,443 --> 00:16:18,809
Alfred started
as his apprentice.

337
00:16:18,809 --> 00:16:21,376
He was full of resentment

338
00:16:21,376 --> 00:16:23,076
'cause Britannia wanted to go
with Alfred's design

339
00:16:23,076 --> 00:16:25,876
for their new telephone,
not his.

340
00:16:25,876 --> 00:16:29,076
His boss, Mr. Davidson,
said he'd be famous.

341
00:16:29,076 --> 00:16:33,243
He called it
"an ingenious invention."

342
00:16:33,243 --> 00:16:36,143
And Mr. Archer
wasn't happy.

343
00:16:37,709 --> 00:16:39,443
My husband believed he tried

344
00:16:39,443 --> 00:16:41,909
to steal his plans
for the new telephone.

345
00:16:41,909 --> 00:16:44,643
And what made him think that?

346
00:16:46,343 --> 00:16:47,976
He hid them.

347
00:16:49,609 --> 00:16:51,743
Under the floorboard
in his office.

348
00:16:51,743 --> 00:16:53,743
As insurance, he said,

349
00:16:53,743 --> 00:16:56,476
on account of it being
such a competitive industry.

350
00:16:58,476 --> 00:17:01,409
Then, one day, last month,

351
00:17:01,409 --> 00:17:03,309
he found Mr. Archer
in his office

352
00:17:03,309 --> 00:17:06,843
looking shifty, my husband said.

353
00:17:06,843 --> 00:17:09,376
When he'd gone,
Alfred said the rug

354
00:17:09,376 --> 00:17:12,176
that covered the floorboard
had been disturbed.

355
00:17:12,176 --> 00:17:14,109
How would Mr. Archer have known

356
00:17:14,109 --> 00:17:15,976
where your husband
hid his plans?

357
00:17:15,976 --> 00:17:19,009
Well, Alfred couldn't
work it out.

358
00:17:19,009 --> 00:17:20,876
Mr. Davidson would never
have told anyone.

359
00:17:20,876 --> 00:17:22,309
He was as worried as Alfred

360
00:17:22,309 --> 00:17:24,043
about keeping the new design
a secret.

361
00:17:24,043 --> 00:17:26,709
And where are the plans now?

362
00:17:26,709 --> 00:17:29,476
Alfred moved them.

363
00:17:31,176 --> 00:17:34,743
He didn't tell me where.

364
00:17:34,743 --> 00:17:37,476
But he was certain
Mr. Archer was after them.

365
00:17:37,476 --> 00:17:40,209
♪ ♪

366
00:17:42,476 --> 00:17:44,176
NASH:
So, you're working
on your own design

367
00:17:44,176 --> 00:17:46,743
for Britannia's new telephone,
Mr. Archer.

368
00:17:46,743 --> 00:17:48,509
Hm, it will be
a great improvement,

369
00:17:48,509 --> 00:17:49,609
most notably in terms

370
00:17:49,609 --> 00:17:51,809
of sound quality
and reliability.

371
00:17:51,809 --> 00:17:54,409
I understand
that Alfred Baker

372
00:17:54,409 --> 00:17:57,743
had designed a new telephone,
as well.

373
00:17:57,743 --> 00:18:00,543
They're calling it
the Upright.

374
00:18:00,543 --> 00:18:02,443
(chuckling):
Woeful name.

375
00:18:02,443 --> 00:18:04,176
Well, whatever it was
to be called,

376
00:18:04,176 --> 00:18:05,376
the design was applauded

377
00:18:05,376 --> 00:18:07,209
by the powers-that-be
here at Britannia.

378
00:18:07,209 --> 00:18:09,476
Alfred Baker was once
your apprentice, was he not?

379
00:18:09,476 --> 00:18:11,009
And I taught him well.

380
00:18:11,009 --> 00:18:12,743
Hm.

381
00:18:12,743 --> 00:18:16,109
But to have your junior
surpass you...

382
00:18:17,076 --> 00:18:18,876
Must have been
difficult.

383
00:18:21,176 --> 00:18:24,276
Competition can be a good thing.

384
00:18:24,276 --> 00:18:26,709
Mm, da Vinci and Michelangelo.

385
00:18:26,709 --> 00:18:29,243
Uh, Ingres and Delacroix.

386
00:18:29,243 --> 00:18:31,243
Well, Mr. Bracewell
said his designs

387
00:18:31,243 --> 00:18:33,043
were going to change
the world.

388
00:18:33,043 --> 00:18:34,343
But now he and his telephone
are gone,

389
00:18:34,343 --> 00:18:35,876
so the road is clear for you,
Mr. Archer.

390
00:18:36,876 --> 00:18:37,876
Mm.

391
00:18:37,876 --> 00:18:39,943
I have work to do.

392
00:18:39,943 --> 00:18:42,876
Can you tell us where you were
on the day of the explosion?

393
00:18:42,876 --> 00:18:44,809
Here, working
on my design.

394
00:18:44,809 --> 00:18:47,043
NASH:
Hm, did anyone else see you?

395
00:18:47,043 --> 00:18:49,743
You are not
the police,

396
00:18:49,743 --> 00:18:51,109
and I'm not obliged
to talk to you.

397
00:18:51,109 --> 00:18:55,776
And would you please
stop touching my things?!

398
00:18:55,776 --> 00:19:00,043
♪ ♪

399
00:19:00,043 --> 00:19:02,409
NASH:
Well, we now know
he has a temper.

400
00:19:02,409 --> 00:19:04,809
First rule of being
a private investigator--

401
00:19:04,809 --> 00:19:09,909
deliberately vex the suspect
to test their temperament.

402
00:19:09,909 --> 00:19:11,376
Patrick,

403
00:19:11,376 --> 00:19:12,509
I think I can
just about take you

404
00:19:12,509 --> 00:19:13,876
advising me
on my business skills,

405
00:19:13,876 --> 00:19:16,643
but do not presume
to lecture me on deduction.

406
00:19:16,643 --> 00:19:18,476
There's an article in here

407
00:19:18,476 --> 00:19:20,276
about Britannia's
current telephone.

408
00:19:20,276 --> 00:19:22,109
Apparently, there are
three main issues:

409
00:19:22,109 --> 00:19:25,376
cost, sound quality,
and a tendency to short-circuit.

410
00:19:25,376 --> 00:19:28,343
No wonder Bracewell was
so desperate for a new model.

411
00:19:28,343 --> 00:19:29,843
Clarence did some digging

412
00:19:29,843 --> 00:19:31,443
on Bracewell's partner,
George Davidson.

413
00:19:31,443 --> 00:19:32,976
And?

414
00:19:32,976 --> 00:19:34,643
He has no family,
no close relations,

415
00:19:34,643 --> 00:19:36,676
no financial issues
or known grudges.

416
00:19:36,676 --> 00:19:38,409
Well, apart from the one

417
00:19:38,409 --> 00:19:39,976
held by his business partner,
Joseph Bracewell.

418
00:19:39,976 --> 00:19:41,909
Forget the client.

419
00:19:41,909 --> 00:19:44,543
We need to concentrate
on Daniel Archer.

420
00:19:44,543 --> 00:19:47,143
He has a clear motive,
he wanted to remove his rival.

421
00:19:47,143 --> 00:19:49,843
And he has no alibi--
he should be our prime suspect.

422
00:19:49,843 --> 00:19:51,643
(knock at door)

423
00:19:51,643 --> 00:19:53,909
Delivery from your friend
at the Met.

424
00:19:53,909 --> 00:19:55,509
Thank you.

425
00:19:59,676 --> 00:20:00,976
Hm, these are good.

426
00:20:00,976 --> 00:20:02,676
They're very good.

427
00:20:02,676 --> 00:20:05,109
The crime scene?
Yeah.

428
00:20:06,876 --> 00:20:08,243
How peculiar.

429
00:20:08,243 --> 00:20:10,143
What?

430
00:20:10,143 --> 00:20:11,909
That looks like the scorch mark
from where

431
00:20:11,909 --> 00:20:13,043
the gas was ignited.

432
00:20:13,043 --> 00:20:14,776
So?

433
00:20:14,776 --> 00:20:18,143
Well, if, as the police suspect,
it was Davidson's pipe

434
00:20:18,143 --> 00:20:19,709
that ignited the gas,

435
00:20:19,709 --> 00:20:21,409
why is the scorch mark
on the opposite side

436
00:20:21,409 --> 00:20:22,843
of the room from the bodies?

437
00:20:22,843 --> 00:20:25,743
♪ ♪

438
00:20:25,743 --> 00:20:29,643
Hurry up, you useless vermin!

439
00:20:29,643 --> 00:20:31,909
We haven't got all day!

440
00:20:31,909 --> 00:20:35,476
(people murmuring)

441
00:20:35,476 --> 00:20:38,009
ELIZA:
Good morning, Detective Phelps.

442
00:20:38,009 --> 00:20:40,843
Yeah, it was,
before you turned up.

443
00:20:40,843 --> 00:20:43,076
We wondered
if the Britannia explosion

444
00:20:43,076 --> 00:20:45,009
had been assessed yet
by your fire expert.

445
00:20:45,009 --> 00:20:49,276
They're now stuck with a factory
blaze in bloody St. Albans.

446
00:20:49,276 --> 00:20:51,176
Get a move on!

447
00:20:51,176 --> 00:20:52,943
NASH:
Dare I say it,
Detective Phelps,

448
00:20:52,943 --> 00:20:54,509
you seem
a little overstretched.

449
00:20:54,509 --> 00:20:55,976
That's one word for it.

450
00:20:55,976 --> 00:20:57,643
Let us lighten your load.

451
00:20:57,643 --> 00:20:59,576
We can help
with the Britannia case.

452
00:21:00,876 --> 00:21:02,009
I don't need your help.

453
00:21:02,009 --> 00:21:03,309
And let you take
all the credit.

454
00:21:05,709 --> 00:21:11,309
♪ ♪

455
00:21:11,309 --> 00:21:13,076
Ten minutes at the crime scene.

456
00:21:13,076 --> 00:21:15,476
That's all you're getting.

457
00:21:22,043 --> 00:21:26,009
Good, aren't I?

458
00:21:41,209 --> 00:21:44,476
Something in this area
must have caused the spark.

459
00:21:44,476 --> 00:21:47,809
♪ ♪

460
00:21:55,676 --> 00:21:58,409
Someone has cut the insulation
off these wires.

461
00:22:00,643 --> 00:22:02,876
Why would they do that?

462
00:22:09,976 --> 00:22:11,176
(buzzes)

463
00:22:14,976 --> 00:22:16,943
Prone to short-circuit
when connected.

464
00:22:16,943 --> 00:22:19,243
It's one of the known faults
of the Britannia telephone.

465
00:22:23,809 --> 00:22:25,176
That's what ignited the gas,
Patrick.

466
00:22:25,176 --> 00:22:27,009
It wasn't Davidson's pipe.

467
00:22:28,376 --> 00:22:30,909
It was a phone call.

468
00:22:31,909 --> 00:22:34,709
Which means whoever made
that call is our murderer.

469
00:22:34,709 --> 00:22:39,676
♪ ♪

470
00:22:39,676 --> 00:22:43,443
2,512 telephones in operation
in London.

471
00:22:43,443 --> 00:22:45,776
How do you know
these things?

472
00:22:45,776 --> 00:22:48,243
I do research, Patrick--
you should try it sometime.

473
00:22:48,243 --> 00:22:50,243
(sighs)

474
00:22:50,243 --> 00:22:52,943
The question is:
from which telephone

475
00:22:52,943 --> 00:22:55,209
was the fatal call made?

476
00:22:55,209 --> 00:22:57,443
I understand the telephone
exchange log all call details,

477
00:22:57,443 --> 00:22:58,676
so customers can
be charged accordingly.

478
00:22:58,676 --> 00:23:00,943
So they might be able
to help us narrow it down.

479
00:23:00,943 --> 00:23:03,176
It's worth a try.
Mm.

480
00:23:03,176 --> 00:23:05,443
Provided we can persuade them
to show us their call log.

481
00:23:05,443 --> 00:23:07,409
I suspect all calls

482
00:23:07,409 --> 00:23:09,643
are treated confidentially,
and we don't have a warrant.

483
00:23:11,976 --> 00:23:15,743
(in different accent):
Inspector Bates, Scotland Yard,
at your service, madam.

484
00:23:15,743 --> 00:23:17,976
(groans):
Are there any other officers
available?

485
00:23:17,976 --> 00:23:20,976
(in normal voice):
Inspector Bates has
an excellent track record.

486
00:23:20,976 --> 00:23:23,976
Well, he definitely works best
alone.

487
00:23:23,976 --> 00:23:26,443
So, while he visits
the exchange,

488
00:23:26,443 --> 00:23:28,909
I'll continue my research
into the telephone.
Mm.

489
00:23:28,909 --> 00:23:30,943
See if I can glean
any further insight

490
00:23:30,943 --> 00:23:34,509
into Alfred Baker's
new design.
(exhales)

491
00:23:41,309 --> 00:23:42,976
What?

492
00:23:42,976 --> 00:23:45,443
I much prefer it
when you're not sulking.

493
00:23:45,443 --> 00:23:48,709
I don't sulk-- I brood.

494
00:23:52,609 --> 00:23:55,443
I know we've been at odds
over the hiring of staff,

495
00:23:55,443 --> 00:24:00,776
but you've not been yourself
lately.

496
00:24:02,109 --> 00:24:03,343
Is it the inspector?

497
00:24:03,343 --> 00:24:07,943
The fact that he's gone?
(page turns)

498
00:24:07,943 --> 00:24:09,809
Inspector Bates is waiting.

499
00:24:09,809 --> 00:24:14,276
♪ ♪

500
00:24:20,543 --> 00:24:23,143
(door opens and closes)

501
00:24:25,243 --> 00:24:26,676
(book closes)

502
00:24:26,676 --> 00:24:29,943
♪ ♪

503
00:24:33,943 --> 00:24:37,843
♪ ♪

504
00:24:37,843 --> 00:24:39,909
(people talking in background)

505
00:24:39,909 --> 00:24:41,609
Yes, madam.

506
00:24:41,609 --> 00:24:45,109
Can I help you? Of course.

507
00:24:45,109 --> 00:24:48,876
(people talking in background,
phones ringing)

508
00:24:48,876 --> 00:24:55,709
♪ ♪

509
00:24:55,709 --> 00:24:59,309
Good afternoon,
which number do you require?

510
00:24:59,309 --> 00:25:02,409
Certainly, sir--
please hold.

511
00:25:04,409 --> 00:25:06,809
(phones ringing)

512
00:25:06,809 --> 00:25:11,009
♪ ♪

513
00:25:18,009 --> 00:25:20,343
(in different accent):
Mr. Underwood?

514
00:25:20,343 --> 00:25:21,509
Yes?

515
00:25:21,509 --> 00:25:24,476
Inspector Bates,
Scotland Yard.

516
00:25:24,476 --> 00:25:26,009
How do you do, Inspector?

517
00:25:26,009 --> 00:25:29,776
This is quite the operation
you got here.

518
00:25:29,776 --> 00:25:31,009
Never seen one of those
before.

519
00:25:31,009 --> 00:25:33,443
Uh, they allow me
to listen in.

520
00:25:33,443 --> 00:25:37,443
Ensure that my operators
are performing at their best.
Hm.

521
00:25:37,443 --> 00:25:39,476
How may I help you,
Inspector?

522
00:25:39,476 --> 00:25:42,543
I'm investigating
the Britannia murders.

523
00:25:42,543 --> 00:25:44,109
You read about them?

524
00:25:44,109 --> 00:25:46,809
I have--
terrible business.

525
00:25:46,809 --> 00:25:50,376
We need to identify the source
of a particular telephone call,

526
00:25:50,376 --> 00:25:52,043
so I'd be grateful
to look at your call log

527
00:25:52,043 --> 00:25:54,409
for the day in question,
the 21st of September.

528
00:25:54,409 --> 00:25:58,376
Yes, Inspector, one moment,
I'll just fetch the logbook.

529
00:25:58,376 --> 00:25:59,976
OPERATOR:
One moment.

530
00:25:59,976 --> 00:26:01,709
Sorry, Inspector.

531
00:26:03,176 --> 00:26:05,043
It just occurred to me,
I, uh...

532
00:26:05,043 --> 00:26:08,176
Well, I should really see
your warrant first.

533
00:26:08,176 --> 00:26:10,076
My warrant?

534
00:26:11,309 --> 00:26:15,276
As you can appreciate,
all our calls are confidential.

535
00:26:15,276 --> 00:26:19,876
It's more than my job's worth,
uh, to break protocol.

536
00:26:19,876 --> 00:26:21,576
Unless, of course,
you have a warrant.

537
00:26:24,309 --> 00:26:27,209
(in normal voice):
All right, fine, I'm not
an inspector from Scotland Yard.

538
00:26:27,209 --> 00:26:28,743
But if you allow me
to see the call log,

539
00:26:28,743 --> 00:26:30,709
I'll make it worth your while.

540
00:26:30,709 --> 00:26:33,409
If you're not a policeman,
then what the hell are you?

541
00:26:33,409 --> 00:26:36,276
(phones ringing, Nash exhales)

542
00:26:36,276 --> 00:26:38,343
I am a private detective.

543
00:26:40,343 --> 00:26:42,643
A what?

544
00:26:42,643 --> 00:26:45,943
UNDERWOOD:
And don't even think
about coming back again!

545
00:26:45,943 --> 00:26:49,209
You're lucky I'm not
reporting you to the police!

546
00:26:50,276 --> 00:26:52,476
(door slams)

547
00:26:52,476 --> 00:26:54,509
(sighs)

548
00:27:02,243 --> 00:27:05,409
A copy of Alfred Baker's
contract with Britannia.

549
00:27:07,009 --> 00:27:08,976
Oh, um...

550
00:27:08,976 --> 00:27:11,109
Oh, shall I...
Uh, yes.

551
00:27:11,109 --> 00:27:12,976
Yep, got it, got it.

552
00:27:12,976 --> 00:27:14,443
Thank you.

553
00:27:18,143 --> 00:27:21,143
Have you read this, Clarence?
Yeah, briefly.

554
00:27:22,876 --> 00:27:24,543
George Davidson
and Joseph Bracewell

555
00:27:24,543 --> 00:27:27,209
were each going to receive
45% of the profits

556
00:27:27,209 --> 00:27:28,443
from this new telephone.

557
00:27:28,443 --> 00:27:30,943
While Mr. Baker,
the genius that invented it,

558
00:27:30,943 --> 00:27:32,476
just got ten percent.

559
00:27:32,476 --> 00:27:34,043
Uh, my contact
at Britannia

560
00:27:34,043 --> 00:27:36,643
insisted on a bottle
of Lynch-Bages '64

561
00:27:36,643 --> 00:27:38,709
in exchange for that contract,

562
00:27:38,709 --> 00:27:40,909
so, I, I will, of course,
be charging that to the company?

563
00:27:40,909 --> 00:27:42,076
Oh, just charge it
to Mr. Nash.

564
00:27:42,076 --> 00:27:43,976
"Upon death,

565
00:27:43,976 --> 00:27:45,676
"an individual's share
of profits

566
00:27:45,676 --> 00:27:49,176
will be distributed equally
among surviving parties."

567
00:27:49,176 --> 00:27:50,643
You know what this means?

568
00:27:50,643 --> 00:27:53,376
No doubt I will end up paying
for that bottle of wine myself.

569
00:27:53,376 --> 00:27:55,043
No, it means
that Joseph Bracewell is now

570
00:27:55,043 --> 00:27:57,543
entitled to all the profits
from Alfred Baker's telephone.

571
00:28:01,509 --> 00:28:03,409
Oh, I'm...

572
00:28:03,409 --> 00:28:04,643
I'm sorry to disturb you,
Miss Scarlet.

573
00:28:04,643 --> 00:28:07,643
What is it, Betty?

574
00:28:07,643 --> 00:28:10,809
I came back from visiting
Alfred's mother.

575
00:28:10,809 --> 00:28:12,309
Poor woman's in such a state.

576
00:28:12,309 --> 00:28:14,809
And as I walked in, I heard
someone going out the back door.

577
00:28:14,809 --> 00:28:17,776
Terrified, I was.

578
00:28:17,776 --> 00:28:20,476
But when I went to check,
whoever it was had already gone.

579
00:28:20,476 --> 00:28:22,776
I did contact the police,
but...

580
00:28:22,776 --> 00:28:24,776
They still haven't come.

581
00:28:24,776 --> 00:28:27,309
They're a little overstretched
at the moment,

582
00:28:27,309 --> 00:28:29,276
but you did the right thing
coming to me.

583
00:28:33,809 --> 00:28:36,376
And are you sure
that nothing's missing?

584
00:28:36,376 --> 00:28:38,743
Nothing that I can see.

585
00:28:38,743 --> 00:28:40,909
They didn't touch
my jewelry case.

586
00:28:40,909 --> 00:28:43,309
Not that I've got much.

587
00:28:43,309 --> 00:28:45,376
Have you rearranged
these at all?

588
00:28:45,376 --> 00:28:48,576
♪ ♪

589
00:28:48,576 --> 00:28:50,976
That was Alfred's favorite set
of books.

590
00:28:50,976 --> 00:28:52,809
Where's volume two?

591
00:28:54,676 --> 00:28:57,209
It was
definitely there before.

592
00:28:57,209 --> 00:29:00,876
♪ ♪

593
00:29:12,076 --> 00:29:14,209
ELIZA:
Inspector Bates,
I presume?

594
00:29:14,209 --> 00:29:15,243
(exhales)

595
00:29:15,243 --> 00:29:17,243
I hear Inspector Bates
was thwarted,

596
00:29:17,243 --> 00:29:18,709
so you resorted to plan B.
Mm.

597
00:29:18,709 --> 00:29:20,609
NASH:
I went through all my files
twice

598
00:29:20,609 --> 00:29:22,676
to see if I knew anyone else
who worked here.

599
00:29:22,676 --> 00:29:24,876
So I hear-- you left the office
in quite a mess.

600
00:29:24,876 --> 00:29:27,143
Clarence was not happy.
(breathes deeply)

601
00:29:27,143 --> 00:29:29,443
So you found someone.

602
00:29:29,443 --> 00:29:31,576
Mm, the night shift manager,
an Elmer Goodheart.

603
00:29:31,576 --> 00:29:33,276
Not that there's anything
good about him.

604
00:29:33,276 --> 00:29:34,676
A few years back,
I put him away for fraud.

605
00:29:34,676 --> 00:29:37,309
His shift starts at 8:00.

606
00:29:37,309 --> 00:29:40,376
And Clarence said
Miss Baker had a break-in.

607
00:29:40,376 --> 00:29:41,709
What was taken?

608
00:29:41,709 --> 00:29:43,409
The only thing missing
was a book.

609
00:29:43,409 --> 00:29:46,943
"Inventions That Changed
the World," volume two.

610
00:29:46,943 --> 00:29:48,676
And that's it?

611
00:29:48,676 --> 00:29:50,609
Yes.

612
00:29:50,609 --> 00:29:52,543
But I have a theory.

613
00:29:52,543 --> 00:29:53,676
Oh, good.

614
00:29:53,676 --> 00:29:55,009
I like when you say that.

615
00:29:55,009 --> 00:29:56,509
It makes me feel warm inside.

616
00:29:56,509 --> 00:29:58,443
Have you finished?

617
00:29:58,443 --> 00:30:00,376
(bell striking hour)
Yes.

618
00:30:00,376 --> 00:30:01,943
I think the book contained
the plans

619
00:30:01,943 --> 00:30:03,676
for Alfred's
new telephone design.

620
00:30:03,676 --> 00:30:07,509
The ones that
Daniel Archer was after.

621
00:30:07,509 --> 00:30:08,743
Well, there he is.

622
00:30:08,743 --> 00:30:11,709
Elmer Goodheart.

623
00:30:11,709 --> 00:30:15,609
Sure he's going
to be delighted to see me.

624
00:30:15,609 --> 00:30:17,509
(bell continues, door opens)

625
00:30:18,776 --> 00:30:21,076
♪ ♪

626
00:30:21,076 --> 00:30:24,943
That's the supervisor
I spoke to, Mr. Underwood.

627
00:30:24,943 --> 00:30:26,276
(bell stops)

628
00:30:26,276 --> 00:30:28,009
Mr. Underwood.
Hi, Charles--
thank you.

629
00:30:28,009 --> 00:30:31,843
♪ ♪

630
00:30:31,843 --> 00:30:36,409
(urging horses)

631
00:30:36,409 --> 00:30:39,476
He's only a manager, and yet
he can afford his own carriage?

632
00:30:39,476 --> 00:30:43,576
♪ ♪

633
00:30:43,576 --> 00:30:48,076
(people talking in background)

634
00:30:48,076 --> 00:30:49,509
Striking, isn't it?

635
00:30:49,509 --> 00:30:51,609
It certainly is.

636
00:30:51,609 --> 00:30:54,843
(footsteps approaching)

637
00:30:54,843 --> 00:30:59,209
The 21st of September.

638
00:30:59,209 --> 00:31:01,543
Appreciate your assistance,
Mr. Goodheart.

639
00:31:01,543 --> 00:31:06,509
(footsteps retreating)

640
00:31:06,509 --> 00:31:08,809
Handwriting is incredibly
neat.
Mm.

641
00:31:08,809 --> 00:31:12,143
The explosion happened
at 36 minutes past two.

642
00:31:12,143 --> 00:31:14,543
Here.

643
00:31:14,543 --> 00:31:17,176
A call was made to the
Britannia engineering workshop

644
00:31:17,176 --> 00:31:19,409
from the...

645
00:31:19,409 --> 00:31:21,743
Britannia Telephone Company.

646
00:31:21,743 --> 00:31:26,109
Office of J. Bracewell.

647
00:31:26,109 --> 00:31:28,243
Damn it.

648
00:31:28,243 --> 00:31:34,309
(people talking in background)

649
00:31:34,309 --> 00:31:37,076
On no account can we speak
to Mr. Bracewell about this.

650
00:31:37,076 --> 00:31:40,176
Of course,
we speak to him, Patrick.

651
00:31:40,176 --> 00:31:41,543
He's our prime suspect.

652
00:31:41,543 --> 00:31:43,343
He's also a client,
and a well-paying one at that.

653
00:31:43,343 --> 00:31:45,043
No.
(inhales)

654
00:31:45,043 --> 00:31:46,743
We keep our sights
on Daniel Archer.

655
00:31:46,743 --> 00:31:50,643
Joseph Bracewell benefits
financially from the two deaths.

656
00:31:50,643 --> 00:31:52,809
He's admitted to being
in his office

657
00:31:52,809 --> 00:31:55,543
with his telephone
at the time of the explosion.

658
00:31:55,543 --> 00:31:57,643
And both you and I agree that
whoever made that phone call

659
00:31:57,643 --> 00:31:59,609
was almost certainly
the murderer.

660
00:31:59,609 --> 00:32:01,243
If we accuse Bracewell
of murder,

661
00:32:01,243 --> 00:32:03,376
he will fire us
and we'll lose our fee.

662
00:32:03,376 --> 00:32:04,543
But we'll be doing our jobs.

663
00:32:04,543 --> 00:32:05,909
No, your job is to do

664
00:32:05,909 --> 00:32:07,376
what's best for my business,
and I'm ordering you

665
00:32:07,376 --> 00:32:08,509
to say nothing
to Bracewell.

666
00:32:08,509 --> 00:32:09,709
Ordering me?!

667
00:32:09,709 --> 00:32:13,143
Yes! We stay on Archer!

668
00:32:13,143 --> 00:32:17,176
♪ ♪

669
00:32:18,243 --> 00:32:19,909
(footsteps retreating)

670
00:32:19,909 --> 00:32:22,409
(door opens, slams)

671
00:32:23,876 --> 00:32:25,276
It's laughable.

672
00:32:25,276 --> 00:32:27,543
He constantly corrects me
and tells me how to behave,

673
00:32:27,543 --> 00:32:29,243
and yet what he's doing
is completely immoral.

674
00:32:29,243 --> 00:32:31,543
I've never met anyone
so bloody-minded and pigheaded.

675
00:32:31,543 --> 00:32:34,643
And before you say anything, no,
I'm not either of those things,

676
00:32:34,643 --> 00:32:36,309
so, I'll thank you to
keep your opinions to yourself.

677
00:32:36,309 --> 00:32:37,709
I didn't say anything.

678
00:32:37,709 --> 00:32:39,943
You didn't have to.

679
00:32:39,943 --> 00:32:43,243
Inspector Wellington
wrote to me again.

680
00:32:43,243 --> 00:32:46,309
He wants to know
if you're upset with him.

681
00:32:46,309 --> 00:32:47,576
Why is he asking you?

682
00:32:47,576 --> 00:32:51,609
Well, he tried asking you,
and got no response.

683
00:32:51,609 --> 00:32:55,543
Lizzie, no matter what you say,
I know that you're angry.

684
00:32:55,543 --> 00:32:57,609
When you were a little girl...

685
00:32:57,609 --> 00:32:58,843
I do not need a story

686
00:32:58,843 --> 00:33:00,843
from my childhood
cleverly designed to teach me

687
00:33:00,843 --> 00:33:02,143
a life lesson as an adult.

688
00:33:02,143 --> 00:33:03,943
You have no idea
what the story was going to be.

689
00:33:03,943 --> 00:33:05,643
It was going to be
about the dog, wasn't it?

690
00:33:05,643 --> 00:33:07,409
Fine.

691
00:33:07,409 --> 00:33:10,809
You know so much, you can
sort things out for yourself.

692
00:33:12,743 --> 00:33:14,543
Nothing to sort out.

693
00:33:14,543 --> 00:33:17,243
Inspector Wellington has left,
and when he returns,

694
00:33:17,243 --> 00:33:18,643
we shall talk,
and in the meantime,

695
00:33:18,643 --> 00:33:20,209
I have no intention
of replying to his letters.

696
00:33:20,209 --> 00:33:22,409
Because you're angry
with him.

697
00:33:22,409 --> 00:33:24,509
Fine!

698
00:33:24,509 --> 00:33:27,409
I am angry!

699
00:33:27,409 --> 00:33:28,543
He shouldn't have left!

700
00:33:28,543 --> 00:33:30,143
He should have stayed
and we could have...

701
00:33:30,143 --> 00:33:31,976
Could have what?

702
00:33:31,976 --> 00:33:35,209
I don't know.

703
00:33:35,209 --> 00:33:37,276
And there's your answer.

704
00:33:39,309 --> 00:33:40,843
What is?

705
00:33:40,843 --> 00:33:42,243
The reason why he left.

706
00:33:42,243 --> 00:33:46,809
He went away for your sake,
as well as his,

707
00:33:46,809 --> 00:33:49,443
so you both could have had time
to work out

708
00:33:49,443 --> 00:33:51,643
what it is you really want.

709
00:33:53,009 --> 00:33:54,343
He's a good man, Lizzie.

710
00:33:54,343 --> 00:33:55,809
He doesn't deserve you
ignoring him like this.

711
00:33:55,809 --> 00:33:59,809
Oh, so all the fault
lies with me, does it?

712
00:33:59,809 --> 00:34:00,976
Thank you for your loyalty.

713
00:34:00,976 --> 00:34:02,343
Lizzie...
I've fed up with you,

714
00:34:02,343 --> 00:34:04,509
Patrick Nash, and everyone else
pointing out my faults,

715
00:34:04,509 --> 00:34:05,809
and telling me how to behave
that I,

716
00:34:05,809 --> 00:34:07,176
as though
I'm completely incapable

717
00:34:07,176 --> 00:34:11,509
of making my own decisions!

718
00:34:11,509 --> 00:34:14,209
(door opens, closes)

719
00:34:14,209 --> 00:34:15,443
(sighs)

720
00:34:15,443 --> 00:34:19,009
♪ ♪

721
00:34:19,009 --> 00:34:24,076
(phone ringing)

722
00:34:24,076 --> 00:34:26,643
(call answered)

723
00:34:26,643 --> 00:34:28,009
CLERK:
Of course, Mr. Bracewell.

724
00:34:28,009 --> 00:34:31,209
(phone hangs up)

725
00:34:31,209 --> 00:34:33,243
Mr. Bracewell will see you now.

726
00:34:46,476 --> 00:34:48,809
Do you often accuse your client
of murder?

727
00:34:48,809 --> 00:34:51,543
I'm not accusing you,
Mr. Bracewell.

728
00:34:51,543 --> 00:34:53,743
I'm just looking
at the evidence,

729
00:34:53,743 --> 00:34:55,843
and it is compelling.

730
00:34:55,843 --> 00:34:57,976
You stood to gain all profits
from the new telephone

731
00:34:57,976 --> 00:34:59,976
on the death of Mr. Davidson
and Mr. Baker.

732
00:34:59,976 --> 00:35:01,809
(inhales)

733
00:35:01,809 --> 00:35:06,276
Well, I'm the bearer
of bad news.

734
00:35:06,276 --> 00:35:11,009
Because if that call came
from this telephone,

735
00:35:11,009 --> 00:35:14,276
then it couldn't have been me
who made it.

736
00:35:14,276 --> 00:35:18,743
Because I was in Ealing.

737
00:35:18,743 --> 00:35:20,543
Ealing?

738
00:35:20,543 --> 00:35:22,243
It was at the
United Telephone Company.

739
00:35:22,243 --> 00:35:25,609
I've been involved in secret
negotiations to buy them out.

740
00:35:25,609 --> 00:35:27,876
Then why not tell myself
and Mr. Nash that

741
00:35:27,876 --> 00:35:29,709
in the first place?

742
00:35:29,709 --> 00:35:31,576
Because it's
a highly competitive industry,

743
00:35:31,576 --> 00:35:33,443
and I didn't want
to harm the deal.

744
00:35:33,443 --> 00:35:35,076
It's not yet been sealed.

745
00:35:35,076 --> 00:35:37,676
Perhaps you could
also explain

746
00:35:37,676 --> 00:35:39,276
how I can profit
from a telephone

747
00:35:39,276 --> 00:35:40,909
that no longer exists.

748
00:35:40,909 --> 00:35:44,543
Mr. Baker made a copy
of his plans,

749
00:35:44,543 --> 00:35:46,676
which I'm sure
you well know.

750
00:35:46,676 --> 00:35:48,343
I did not know.

751
00:35:55,976 --> 00:36:00,709
Here's how this is
going to work, Miss Scarlet.

752
00:36:00,709 --> 00:36:04,409
You will bring me
Alfred Baker's plans

753
00:36:04,409 --> 00:36:06,509
immediately.

754
00:36:06,509 --> 00:36:08,109
If you do not,

755
00:36:08,109 --> 00:36:12,176
I will let Mr. Nash know
I'm firing his agency.

756
00:36:12,176 --> 00:36:17,809
♪ ♪

757
00:36:27,376 --> 00:36:29,143
Where have you been?

758
00:36:31,009 --> 00:36:32,576
Ealing.

759
00:36:32,576 --> 00:36:35,576
Well, while you've been
gone,

760
00:36:35,576 --> 00:36:40,309
we received this telegram
from Mr. Bracewell.

761
00:36:42,976 --> 00:36:44,976
He advises, albeit politely,

762
00:36:44,976 --> 00:36:46,776
that we're fired.

763
00:36:49,609 --> 00:36:52,109
How dare you disregard
my instructions.

764
00:36:52,109 --> 00:36:54,176
You gave me no choice.

765
00:36:54,176 --> 00:36:55,676
I was doing my job.

766
00:36:55,676 --> 00:36:58,143
Your job is to build this
business, not lose us clients.

767
00:36:59,643 --> 00:37:01,509
What the hell
is in Ealing, anyway?

768
00:37:01,509 --> 00:37:05,909
Um, well, I was checking
on Mr. Bracewell's new alibi.

769
00:37:05,909 --> 00:37:07,209
And?

770
00:37:07,209 --> 00:37:09,043
It stands up.

771
00:37:09,043 --> 00:37:11,709
(laughs, sighs)

772
00:37:13,343 --> 00:37:14,643
Where are you going?

773
00:37:14,643 --> 00:37:16,943
To try and persuade Bracewell
to reconsider.

774
00:37:16,943 --> 00:37:19,743
If you are to run this agency,
you must first and foremost

775
00:37:19,743 --> 00:37:21,143
be a businesswoman.

776
00:37:21,143 --> 00:37:23,143
And I'll not be
returning to Paris

777
00:37:23,143 --> 00:37:24,543
until you convince me
you understand this.

778
00:37:24,543 --> 00:37:27,143
(door opens)
CLARENCE:
Oh, Mr. Nash...

779
00:37:27,143 --> 00:37:28,509
Mr. Nash!

780
00:37:28,509 --> 00:37:29,509
Miss Scarlet.

781
00:37:29,509 --> 00:37:30,909
Not now, Clarence.

782
00:37:30,909 --> 00:37:32,976
I have just had word
from my source at the bank.

783
00:37:32,976 --> 00:37:35,509
He informs me that
Daniel Archer has been making

784
00:37:35,509 --> 00:37:37,943
regular cash withdrawals
over the last six months.

785
00:37:37,943 --> 00:37:39,143
I said not now,
Clarence.

786
00:37:39,143 --> 00:37:40,409
Yes, but just
one more thing.

787
00:37:40,409 --> 00:37:43,143
Mr. Archer took out
a large sum of cash

788
00:37:43,143 --> 00:37:45,809
from his bank account
not one hour ago.

789
00:37:47,976 --> 00:37:53,009
♪ ♪

790
00:37:58,376 --> 00:38:02,276
♪ ♪

791
00:38:16,543 --> 00:38:20,576
♪ ♪

792
00:38:20,576 --> 00:38:25,209
(people talking in background)

793
00:38:25,209 --> 00:38:31,076
♪ ♪

794
00:38:31,076 --> 00:38:32,476
Pleasure doing business
with you.

795
00:38:34,676 --> 00:38:36,709
(footsteps retreating)

796
00:38:41,509 --> 00:38:44,943
♪ ♪

797
00:38:47,676 --> 00:38:50,209
What on Earth...?

798
00:38:50,209 --> 00:38:52,609
I found this in your drawer,
Mr. Archer.

799
00:38:52,609 --> 00:38:55,776
It's Alfred Baker's
favorite book, I gather.

800
00:38:55,776 --> 00:38:57,943
And one which was stolen
from his bookcase.

801
00:38:57,943 --> 00:39:00,776
As I suspected,

802
00:39:00,776 --> 00:39:04,676
this is where Alfred
hid the plans

803
00:39:04,676 --> 00:39:07,209
for his new telephone.

804
00:39:07,209 --> 00:39:08,576
You want to make
Alfred Baker's design

805
00:39:08,576 --> 00:39:09,976
and pass it off as your own.

806
00:39:09,976 --> 00:39:13,143
Alfred could never have
designed that telephone

807
00:39:13,143 --> 00:39:15,109
without my tutelage, so...

808
00:39:15,109 --> 00:39:17,609
Why should it be that
he gets all the credit?

809
00:39:19,643 --> 00:39:22,876
I just witnessed you
giving Mr. Underwood something.

810
00:39:22,876 --> 00:39:25,176
Money, I suspect.

811
00:39:25,176 --> 00:39:27,876
Show me the contents
of that envelope he gave you,

812
00:39:27,876 --> 00:39:30,109
and perhaps I won't report you
to the police.

813
00:39:30,109 --> 00:39:33,843
♪ ♪

814
00:39:49,776 --> 00:39:52,309
This is Pitman shorthand.

815
00:39:52,309 --> 00:39:53,976
My father made me study it.

816
00:39:59,443 --> 00:40:01,876
It's transcripts
from phone calls.

817
00:40:04,176 --> 00:40:06,543
But all involving Alfred Baker

818
00:40:06,543 --> 00:40:08,643
in conversation with his boss,
George Davidson.

819
00:40:13,109 --> 00:40:15,543
This is how you knew where
he hid his plans, isn't it?

820
00:40:15,543 --> 00:40:17,509
And to pass yourself off
as the inventor

821
00:40:17,509 --> 00:40:19,943
of his telephone,
you needed him dead.

822
00:40:19,943 --> 00:40:21,376
That's not true.

823
00:40:21,376 --> 00:40:26,643
And you have absolutely no proof
that it was me.

824
00:40:26,643 --> 00:40:30,176
♪ ♪

825
00:40:42,509 --> 00:40:45,609
(door closes)

826
00:40:45,609 --> 00:40:51,376
Well, the good news is, we've
managed to calm Bracewell down.

827
00:40:51,376 --> 00:40:52,376
To do so,

828
00:40:52,376 --> 00:40:53,776
I had to paint you as,
well...

829
00:40:53,776 --> 00:40:56,043
Let me guess--
insubordinate.

830
00:40:56,043 --> 00:40:58,409
On second thought,
it's perhaps best I do not

831
00:40:58,409 --> 00:41:00,843
share with you the exact words
I used to describe you.

832
00:41:00,843 --> 00:41:01,943
You were right.
(sighs)

833
00:41:01,943 --> 00:41:02,943
Of course, I was.

834
00:41:02,943 --> 00:41:04,443
About what?

835
00:41:04,443 --> 00:41:06,409
Daniel Archer.

836
00:41:06,409 --> 00:41:10,076
Now we just have to prove
that he's the murderer.

837
00:41:10,076 --> 00:41:12,509
♪ ♪

838
00:41:12,509 --> 00:41:16,043
(people talking in background)

839
00:41:16,043 --> 00:41:18,476
(phones ringing)

840
00:41:18,476 --> 00:41:21,609
I thought I told you to leave.

841
00:41:21,609 --> 00:41:24,743
And now I see
you've brought your wife.

842
00:41:27,009 --> 00:41:30,409
I'm not his wife.

843
00:41:32,709 --> 00:41:34,176
We know you're being paid

844
00:41:34,176 --> 00:41:36,643
by people like Archer
to transcribe the conversations

845
00:41:36,643 --> 00:41:39,543
of private telephone calls.

846
00:41:39,543 --> 00:41:40,943
A call was made
to the Britannia workshop

847
00:41:40,943 --> 00:41:42,609
on the 21st of September.

848
00:41:42,609 --> 00:41:45,376
It caused the explosion
there.

849
00:41:45,376 --> 00:41:47,843
Did Daniel Archer
make that call?

850
00:41:49,643 --> 00:41:51,409
Um, I don't know.

851
00:41:51,409 --> 00:41:53,409
Look, I don't know anything,
I swear it.

852
00:41:53,409 --> 00:41:55,409
Do these belong to you?

853
00:41:55,409 --> 00:41:57,443
Yes, but they're just timesheets

854
00:41:57,443 --> 00:41:58,676
for the girls.

855
00:41:58,676 --> 00:42:00,343
It's not the contents
that interest me,

856
00:42:00,343 --> 00:42:02,176
Mr. Underwood,
but rather the,

857
00:42:02,176 --> 00:42:03,609
the neatness of
the handwriting.

858
00:42:03,609 --> 00:42:06,009
We'd like to take
another look at the logbook

859
00:42:06,009 --> 00:42:07,343
for the 21st of September.

860
00:42:11,643 --> 00:42:14,743
The other days are varied
with different handwriting.

861
00:42:14,743 --> 00:42:17,576
Various operators, I assume.

862
00:42:17,576 --> 00:42:21,009
The day of the murder has been
filled entirely by one person.

863
00:42:21,009 --> 00:42:23,509
You, Mr. Underwood.

864
00:42:25,776 --> 00:42:27,076
Why?

865
00:42:29,109 --> 00:42:30,776
I was told to.

866
00:42:30,776 --> 00:42:32,643
(drawer opens)

867
00:42:32,643 --> 00:42:35,243
When this blackmail letter

868
00:42:35,243 --> 00:42:37,843
was delivered to me

869
00:42:37,843 --> 00:42:39,976
on the night of that explosion,

870
00:42:39,976 --> 00:42:44,143
threatening to expose me.

871
00:42:44,143 --> 00:42:46,443
It's ordering you
to amend the details of the call

872
00:42:46,443 --> 00:42:49,176
made to the Britannia workshop

873
00:42:49,176 --> 00:42:51,843
to say that it came
from Joseph Bracewell's office.

874
00:42:51,843 --> 00:42:54,076
In order to do that,

875
00:42:54,076 --> 00:42:57,076
I had to replace the whole page
in the logbook

876
00:42:57,076 --> 00:43:00,643
and fill in
the entire day myself.

877
00:43:00,643 --> 00:43:03,343
So where did the call
really come from?

878
00:43:03,343 --> 00:43:07,643
From a public telephone
in Farringdon.

879
00:43:07,643 --> 00:43:11,209
♪ ♪

880
00:43:14,809 --> 00:43:19,043
Whoever wrote that blackmail
note must be our murderer.

881
00:43:19,043 --> 00:43:22,176
They clearly knew
about his sideline.

882
00:43:22,176 --> 00:43:24,376
Maybe it's someone
who works here.

883
00:43:24,376 --> 00:43:27,143
My thoughts exactly.

884
00:43:27,143 --> 00:43:28,909
I'll go back in and
compare the handwriting

885
00:43:28,909 --> 00:43:30,943
of the blackmail letter
against the call log.

886
00:43:30,943 --> 00:43:32,576
While you do that,
I'll go to Farringdon.

887
00:43:32,576 --> 00:43:33,943
With any luck, whoever runs

888
00:43:33,943 --> 00:43:35,376
the public phones there
will keep records.

889
00:43:37,109 --> 00:43:43,343
"A talented detective
with the utmost integrity."

890
00:43:43,343 --> 00:43:44,843
What?

891
00:43:44,843 --> 00:43:48,543
They were the words I used
to describe you to Bracewell.

892
00:43:48,543 --> 00:43:52,209
♪ ♪

893
00:44:09,376 --> 00:44:12,976
CLERK:
We don't keep records
of calls made.

894
00:44:12,976 --> 00:44:15,109
How often is
this telephone used?

895
00:44:15,109 --> 00:44:16,743
 
Not much.

896
00:44:16,743 --> 00:44:17,743
People around here,

897
00:44:17,743 --> 00:44:19,376
they don't really
understand it.

898
00:44:19,376 --> 00:44:20,809
Hm.

899
00:44:20,809 --> 00:44:24,309
You had a customer here
three days ago, on the 21st.

900
00:44:24,309 --> 00:44:26,209
Early afternoon?

901
00:44:26,209 --> 00:44:27,709
Mm-- do you remember
the person?

902
00:44:27,709 --> 00:44:30,143
Absolutely.

903
00:44:32,609 --> 00:44:37,643
♪ ♪

904
00:44:54,043 --> 00:44:55,809
(quietly):
Got you.

905
00:44:55,809 --> 00:44:57,543
(phones ringing)

906
00:44:57,543 --> 00:44:58,809
ELIZA:
B.L.

907
00:44:58,809 --> 00:45:01,409
It's the same handwriting
as the blackmail letter.

908
00:45:01,409 --> 00:45:04,076
B.L.

909
00:45:04,076 --> 00:45:06,343
Elizabeth Landing.

910
00:45:06,343 --> 00:45:09,576
She was an operator here
until about six months ago.

911
00:45:09,576 --> 00:45:11,243
Left to get married.

912
00:45:11,243 --> 00:45:12,676
Ooh.

913
00:45:12,676 --> 00:45:14,476
(quietly): Are you suggesting
that she was the one

914
00:45:14,476 --> 00:45:15,676
that wrote me the letter?

915
00:45:15,676 --> 00:45:16,809
Almost certainly.

916
00:45:16,809 --> 00:45:19,043
Who is she?

917
00:45:19,043 --> 00:45:22,009
Her fiancé worked
at Britannia.

918
00:45:22,009 --> 00:45:24,676
Why has she signed her name
B and not E?

919
00:45:24,676 --> 00:45:27,143
(breathlessly):
Because she called herself
Betty.

920
00:45:27,143 --> 00:45:30,376
(breathes heavily)

921
00:45:30,376 --> 00:45:32,643
(exhales)

922
00:45:39,009 --> 00:45:42,509
You wanted Davidson
and Bracewell dead.

923
00:45:42,509 --> 00:45:46,976
But Alfred,
that was an accident,

924
00:45:46,976 --> 00:45:50,176
wasn't it?

925
00:45:50,176 --> 00:45:54,376
(voice trembling):
Alfred was never meant
to be at that meeting.

926
00:45:54,376 --> 00:45:56,576
But his boss must have
called him in last minute.

927
00:45:56,576 --> 00:45:58,876
I had no idea.
(breath catches)

928
00:45:58,876 --> 00:46:02,009
You stole the keys

929
00:46:02,009 --> 00:46:04,743
to Alfred's workshop,

930
00:46:04,743 --> 00:46:07,676
you primed the telephone
to spark,

931
00:46:07,676 --> 00:46:10,176
punctured the gas pipe,
and left.

932
00:46:10,176 --> 00:46:12,176
Knowing that
by the afternoon,

933
00:46:12,176 --> 00:46:13,576
when Bracewell
and Davidson came

934
00:46:13,576 --> 00:46:17,176
for their meeting,
the workshop would be a bomb,

935
00:46:17,176 --> 00:46:19,576
ready to explode.

936
00:46:19,576 --> 00:46:22,109
And then you made the call.

937
00:46:24,509 --> 00:46:26,943
(voice breaking):
Ten percent!

938
00:46:26,943 --> 00:46:28,443
That's all they gave him.

939
00:46:28,443 --> 00:46:31,109
Ten percent for all the time
and all the work he put in.

940
00:46:31,109 --> 00:46:35,009
I just wanted Alfred
to have what he deserved.

941
00:46:35,009 --> 00:46:36,543
It was so unfair.
(gasps)

942
00:46:38,343 --> 00:46:40,076
Do what you want with me.

943
00:46:40,076 --> 00:46:42,243
(sniffles)

944
00:46:42,243 --> 00:46:45,909
My life's over now, anyway.

945
00:46:45,909 --> 00:46:49,309
I killed my husband.

946
00:46:49,309 --> 00:46:53,709
(sobbing):
My own beloved husband.

947
00:46:53,709 --> 00:46:59,443
♪ ♪

948
00:46:59,443 --> 00:47:02,143
PHELPS:
I said get in there,
you toe-rag!

949
00:47:02,143 --> 00:47:03,509
Get in there!

950
00:47:03,509 --> 00:47:04,809
OFFICER:
You bloody idiot!

951
00:47:04,809 --> 00:47:06,443
I don't think I can do this.

952
00:47:06,443 --> 00:47:09,009
We gave Phelps our word.

953
00:47:09,009 --> 00:47:12,076
If we give Phelps the credit,
it could seal his promotion.

954
00:47:12,076 --> 00:47:14,309
Is that really what we want,
to be dealing with him?

955
00:47:14,309 --> 00:47:15,876
It'll be you dealing with him.

956
00:47:15,876 --> 00:47:18,443
So you need to give him the win.

957
00:47:22,443 --> 00:47:27,476
♪ ♪

958
00:47:29,476 --> 00:47:30,943
ELIZA:
Detective Phelps.

959
00:47:30,943 --> 00:47:33,209
Miss Scarlet.

960
00:47:33,209 --> 00:47:35,743
Have you got something
for me?

961
00:47:35,743 --> 00:47:37,476
The evidence is all in here.

962
00:47:37,476 --> 00:47:41,943
And just remind me

963
00:47:41,943 --> 00:47:44,576
who solved this case.

964
00:47:44,576 --> 00:47:46,309
(inhales)

965
00:47:46,309 --> 00:47:47,976
You did, Detective Phelps.

966
00:47:47,976 --> 00:47:50,143
And did I get any help?

967
00:47:50,143 --> 00:47:51,309
At all?

968
00:47:51,309 --> 00:47:53,443
No, Detective Phelps.

969
00:47:53,443 --> 00:47:54,876
(clicks tongue)

970
00:47:54,876 --> 00:47:58,643
That's the right answer.

971
00:47:58,643 --> 00:48:03,709
♪ ♪

972
00:48:06,676 --> 00:48:08,676
♪ ♪

973
00:48:08,676 --> 00:48:12,476
(people talking in background)

974
00:48:22,509 --> 00:48:24,076
What's going on?

975
00:48:24,076 --> 00:48:26,909
NASH:
Oh, I contacted
the applicants you favored.

976
00:48:26,909 --> 00:48:30,776
They're here for
the interview.

977
00:48:30,776 --> 00:48:32,743
Well, where are you going?

978
00:48:32,743 --> 00:48:35,343
They'll be working for you.

979
00:48:35,343 --> 00:48:38,143
You should be the one
to choose your staff.

980
00:48:38,143 --> 00:48:40,909
Let's just call it
a show of faith.

981
00:48:40,909 --> 00:48:42,743
(exhales)

982
00:48:42,743 --> 00:48:45,543
Thank you, Patrick.

983
00:48:45,543 --> 00:48:46,543
Oh.

984
00:48:46,543 --> 00:48:49,076
I had that installed.

985
00:48:49,076 --> 00:48:50,509
I thought it might
be helpful.

986
00:48:50,509 --> 00:48:52,943
What, to keep checks on me
when you return to Paris?

987
00:48:52,943 --> 00:48:54,743
Why must you always
think the worst of me?

988
00:48:54,743 --> 00:48:57,876
I am simply a man at
the forefront of innovation.

989
00:48:57,876 --> 00:48:59,809
Well, it's no matter.

990
00:48:59,809 --> 00:49:01,809
The technology is
still far off being able

991
00:49:01,809 --> 00:49:03,243
to place a call overseas.

992
00:49:03,243 --> 00:49:06,243
But as a man at
the forefront of innovation,

993
00:49:06,243 --> 00:49:07,909
you, of course, knew that.

994
00:49:10,176 --> 00:49:11,209
Of course, I did.

995
00:49:15,443 --> 00:49:18,909
(laughs)

996
00:49:18,909 --> 00:49:21,143
(door closes)

997
00:49:21,143 --> 00:49:25,409
(bell tolling,
people talking in background)

998
00:49:25,409 --> 00:49:30,543
♪ ♪

999
00:49:43,843 --> 00:49:46,776
What are you doing?

1000
00:49:46,776 --> 00:49:48,809
Helping.

1001
00:49:52,576 --> 00:49:55,076
So...

1002
00:49:55,076 --> 00:49:58,176
Are you still angry
with me?

1003
00:49:58,176 --> 00:50:00,076
Are you still angry
with me?

1004
00:50:00,076 --> 00:50:01,076
I asked first.

1005
00:50:01,076 --> 00:50:02,709
(work pauses)

1006
00:50:07,276 --> 00:50:09,309
(exhales)
(chuckles)

1007
00:50:09,309 --> 00:50:11,243
Oh, sorry.

1008
00:50:11,243 --> 00:50:13,076
I shouldn't have gone
behind your back like that.

1009
00:50:13,076 --> 00:50:14,076
I just thought

1010
00:50:14,076 --> 00:50:15,243
I was doing the right thing.

1011
00:50:15,243 --> 00:50:18,609
I know, and I understand
why you did it.

1012
00:50:18,609 --> 00:50:20,109
And you're right.

1013
00:50:20,109 --> 00:50:21,976
This, Inspector Wellington
leaving

1014
00:50:21,976 --> 00:50:25,543
has caused me some... upset.

1015
00:50:25,543 --> 00:50:27,143
And you miss him.

1016
00:50:27,143 --> 00:50:31,409
I'm only saying this
because I love you,

1017
00:50:31,409 --> 00:50:35,609
but I think replying to him
would make you feel better.

1018
00:50:38,009 --> 00:50:39,609
And I think you're right.

1019
00:50:39,609 --> 00:50:42,509
Oh, you're always right.

1020
00:50:42,509 --> 00:50:44,543
I keep saying that to Barnabus,
but will he listen?

1021
00:50:46,709 --> 00:50:49,876
Ivy, I hate cauliflower.

1022
00:50:52,576 --> 00:50:56,009
You'll eat what I cook for you,
young lady.

1023
00:50:56,009 --> 00:51:01,109
♪ ♪

1024
00:51:14,343 --> 00:51:15,343
Good evening.

1025
00:51:15,343 --> 00:51:16,943
My name is Miss Scarlet.

1026
00:51:16,943 --> 00:51:18,876
I believe you are...

1027
00:51:18,876 --> 00:51:21,709
An associate of my father's.

1028
00:51:21,709 --> 00:51:25,276
He said there'd be food.

1029
00:51:25,276 --> 00:51:29,243
Yes, I cooked a smoked ham
this afternoon.

1030
00:51:29,243 --> 00:51:31,443
I'll cut you a slice.

1031
00:51:31,443 --> 00:51:36,943
♪ ♪

1032
00:51:46,009 --> 00:51:49,676
Dear William,

1033
00:51:49,676 --> 00:51:52,876
I'm happy to hear
things are going well

1034
00:51:52,876 --> 00:51:56,876
for you in New York.

1035
00:51:56,876 --> 00:51:58,343
It's been
an interesting week here.

1036
00:51:58,343 --> 00:52:03,309
But, on balance, a good one.

1037
00:52:03,309 --> 00:52:07,343
♪ ♪

1038
00:52:12,276 --> 00:52:13,309
(click)

1039
00:52:16,243 --> 00:52:17,743
♪ ♪

1040
00:52:17,743 --> 00:52:20,109
FITZROY: Mr. Nash is wanted
in connection with a murder.

1041
00:52:20,109 --> 00:52:21,376
I have a warrant for his arrest.

1042
00:52:21,376 --> 00:52:22,509
PHELPS:
He was looking for someone

1043
00:52:22,509 --> 00:52:23,509
right before they were killed,

1044
00:52:23,509 --> 00:52:24,576
and then he disappeared.

1045
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NASH:
Leave this alone.

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How can I
when you fled a murder scene?

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I don't have time to explain.

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What have you done, Patrick?

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