[DOOR LATCH CLICKING]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
-[DOOR CREAKS] -[SLOW FOOTSTEPS]
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
[CLICK]
[COINS CLINK]
[CHILD] WHO ARE YOU?
[STUTTERS] I AM... A FRIEND OF YOUR FATHER'S.
WE'RE PLAYING HIDE 'N SEEK. [LAUGHS NERVOUSLY]
BUT, FATHER'S NOT HERE.
YOU KNOW THIS SINCE YOU SAW HIM LEAVE FOR WORK THIS VERY MORNING.
I SAW YOU WATCHING OUR HOUSE.
WHY ARE YOU HERE ALONE?
I HAVE A COLD. MY MOTHER'S GONE TO BUY ME SOME HONEY.
[DOOR OPENS]
SHE'S BACK.
CAN I HAVE SOME OF YOUR MONEY...
SO I CAN BUY MYSELF A NEW DOLLY?
NO. [GASPS] NOW...
-I MUST GO. -IF YOU DON'T GIVE ME SOME MONEY
I SHALL SCREAM.
MOTHER WILL COME AND YOU'LL BE SENT STRAIGHT TO PRISON.
[INHALES DEEPLY]
[SIGHS]
-ALL OF IT. -ABSOLUTELY NOT. YOUR FATHER HIRED ME FOR A JOB
AND THINKS HE CAN GET AWAY WITH NOT PAYING ME BECAUSE I'M A WOMAN.
ITS UNFORTUNATE BUT I'VE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO TAKE THE LAW INTO MY OWN HANDS.
GIVE ME THE REST OF THE MONEY, OR I WILL SCREAM.
[SCREAMS LOUDLY]
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
[HOOVES ON COBBLED STREET]
MISS SCARLET, HOW DELIGHTFUL TO SEE YOU.
AND WELCOME TO MY NEW ABODE.
AND WHAT AN ABODE IT IS, MR. PARKER.
PLEASE, LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO MY DEAR FRIEND, DR. MOORHOUSE.
WHEN RUPERT TOLD ME OF YOUR MEETING, I INSISTED ON COMING.
I'VE BEEN BESIDE MYSELF WITH EXCITEMENT TO FINALLY MEET HIS LADY DETECTIVE.
WELL, I HAD HOPED TO UPDATE YOU ON OUR FINANCIAL SITUATION, MR. PARKER.
TAKE A SEAT.
[RUPERT] MISS SCARLET HAS INSISTED THAT WE MEET ONCE A MONTH
SO I MAY BE APPRAISED OF HOW OUR DETECTIVE AGENCY IS DOING.
SHE IS EXACTLY AS YOU DESCRIBED: "AS BRIGHT AS A BUTTON."
I BET YOUR LITTLE INVESTMENT IS DOING SPLENDIDLY.
WELL, MR. PARKER...
[STUTTERS] I'M AFRAID THAT...
I WILL BE UNABLE TO PAY THE FIRST REPAYMENT ON YOUR LOAN.
BUT BE ASSURED THIS IS JUST THE TEETHING PROBLEMS OF A NEW BUSINESS.
MISS SCARLET, NOW, I KNOW WE ARE BUSINESS PARTNERS,
BUT ARE WE NOT NOW FRIENDS, ALSO?
AND, AS A FRIEND, I CAN ASSURE YOU
THERE IS NO RUSH TO MAKE THE REPAYMENT.
[SIGHS] THANK YOU, MR. PARKER.
RUPERT, PLEASE.
ELIZA.
[DR. MOORHOUSE LAUGHS]
WE MUST CELEBRATE.
BEING A DETECTIVE MUST BE SUCH FUN. [GUFFAWS]
I WISH I HAD A LITTLE HOBBY JUST LIKE IT.
TELL ME, MISS SCARLET, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUCATCHYOUR VILLAIN?
DO YOU HIT THE SCOUNDREL WITH YOUR PURSE?
[RUPERT LAUGHS]
AND... HOW DID YOUR MOTHER REACT TO THE NEWS OF YOUR LEAVING HOME?
WELL... SHE TRIED TO PERSUADE ME OTHERWISE,
BUT, I DID AS YOU SUGGESTED...
I STUCK TO MY GUNS.
I HOPE YOU DIDN'T TELL HER I'D ENCOURAGED THIS DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
BUT HE DID! SHE WAS FURIOUS. [GUFFAWS]
[LAUGHS]
DO NOT WORRY.
SEE NOW THAT MOTHER KNOWS WE ARE NOT TO BE MARRIED..
THERE IS NO REASON FOR HER TO CALL ON YOU ANYMORE
TO THE FUTURE.
[HORSE HOOVES ON COBBLE STONES]
[MRS. PARKER] MISS SCARLET!
MRS. PARKER. HOW LOVELY TO SEE YOU.
I DO HOPE YOU WILL STAY FOR TEA.
THIS IS NO SOCIAL CALL.
THIS MUST BE A MISTAKE.
MY FATHER WOULDN'T MAKE SUCH AN OVERSIGHT.
I'VE HEARD YOUR FATHER HAD MANY DISTRACTIONS, SINCE YOUR MOTHER'S DEATH.
THE LEASE RENEWAL ON THIS HOUSE WAS, NO DOUBT, THE LAST THING ON HIS MIND.
-I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY. -THEN I WILL HAVE TO FIND NEW RESIDENTS.
YOU CANNOT DO THIS.
[GASPS] I'VE LIVED IN THIS HOUSE ALL MY LIFE.
[MRS. PARKER] I OWN THE FREEHOLD OF SEVEN HOUSES IN THIS STREET.
THE VERY BRICKS AND MORTAR.
I CANNOT GIVE YOU SPECIAL TREATMENT.
WHY NO NOTICE? YOU MUST'VE KNOWN OF THIS FOR SOME TIME.
I ASSUMED MISTAKENLY, YOU'D SOON BECOME MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW,
AND, AS SUCH, WOULD BE MOVING IN WITH MYSELF AND RUPERT.
THIS IS ABOUT ME DECLINING YOUR SON'S OFFER OF MARRIAGE? IT WASN'T DONE OUT OF SPITE.
BUT ENCOURAGING HIM TO MOVE OUT WAS.
HE WAS PERFECTLY CONTENT BEFORE YOU FILLED HIS HEAD WITH OUTRAGEOUS IDEAS.
-MRS. PARKER, PLEASE. -YOU HAVE UNTIL THE END OF THE WEEK.
IF YOU CAN'T PAY BY THEN, I'LL HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO EVICT YOU.
GOOD DAY, MISS SCARLET.
[ELIZA] THAT... WOMAN.
I'LL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO KEEP THIS HOUSE. THIS IS OUR HOME!
-FOR ALL THREE OF US. -[IVY] KITTY'S GONE.
GOT ANOTHER POSITION.
-I KNOW I HAVEN'T PAID HER FOR TWO WEEKS-- -THREE.
THERE ARE BOUND TO BE ISSUES IN THESE EARLY DAYS.
-MY AGENCY HAS ONLY BEEN OPEN FOUR WEEKS-- -SIX.
I SUPPOSE YOU WILL LEAVE ME TOO.
THERE'S ONLY ONE THING FOR IT. WHAT'S THE BEST DRESS I OWN?
THE BURGUNDY ONE, I THINK.
ARE WE BROUGHT SO LOW THAT YOU HAVE TO SELL YOUR CLOTHES?
I'M NOT SELLING IT, IVY, BUT I DO NEED IT PRESSED.
OH WILLIAM.
ELIZA. TO WHAT DO I OWE THIS UNEXPECTED DELIGHT?
I WAS PASSING AND THOUGHT I'D TAKE TEA WITH AN OLD FRIEND.
HOW THOUGHTFUL, BUT I AM SIX MEN DOWN, SO I'M AFRAID I CANNOT.
[TEA POURS]
[CLEARS THROAT]
I'VE NOT FREQUENTED THE PIE SHOP ON THE CHARING CROSS ROAD.
NOR SHALL I IF THAT'S THE SOURCE OF YOUR MENS' ILLNESS.
IT'S FAR FROM IDEAL.
WITH YOUR STAFFING SO DIMINISHED, YOU MUST BE EXTREMELY BUSY.
[LAUGHS] I HAVE FIVE MURDERS,
THREE MISSING PERSONS,
AND BLACKMAIL OF A HIGH COURT JUDGE TO DEAL WITH,
SO, YES, YOU COULD SAY THAT.
AN IDEA HAS JUST POPPED INTO MY HEAD.
-I'VE NOT THOUGHT IT THROUGH... -I DOUBT THAT.
I COULD OFFER MY ASSISTANCE...
FOR A SMALL FEE, OF COURSE.
[GUFFAWS]
IT'S TEMPTING, BUT, UNLESS YOU CARRY THE BADGE
OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE, THEN I'M AFRAID I'M UNABLE TO ACCEPT THAT OFFER.
IT'S OF NO CONSEQUENCE. I'M EXTREMELY BUSY WITH MY OWN CLIENTS.
YEAH, I HEARD HOW BUSY YOU ARE.
TWO CASES, SINCE YOU OPENED YOUR AGENCY.
THREE, IF YOU COUNT THE MYSTERIOUS SCRATCHING
FROM MAD MR. MEADE'S ATTIC...
RATS, WASN'T IT?
HAVE YOU BEEN SPYING ON ME?
NO, NOT ME PERSONALLY, NO.
-[KNOCKS] -[FRANK] I NEED BACK UP, DUKE.
THERE'S AN ARSON ATTACK AT THE MACKINTOSH FACTORY.
TAKE DAVEY WITH YOU.
HE'S ON THE SHOREDITCH MURDER.
THERE MUST BE SOMEONE ELSE.
THERE ISN'T.
[SIGHS] EXCUSE ME ONE MOMENT.
COME ON.
I HAVE AN URGENT MESSAGE FOR INSPECTOR WELLINGTON.
LEAVE IT ON HIS DESK. I'LL SEE THAT HE READS IT WHEN HE RETURNS.
[HORSE CARRIAGE APPROACHES]
[SOBBING]
DON'T GO UP, IT'S DANGEROUS.
I'VE SENT FOR THE POLICE.
WAIT! STOP! WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
[DRAMATIC MUSICAL STING]
-[FOOTSTEPS] -[SCREAMS]
[SCREAMING] EDWARD!
[SOBBING] WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
[GROANS]
-[SCREAMS] -[THUD]
LET MY HUSBAND GO!
FRANK, GET HIM DOWN THE STATION.
-[MAN] I DIDN'T KILL HIM. -[FRANK] COURSE YOU DIDN'T.
HOW DARE YOU HURT HIM. LET HIM GO.
[LADY] PLEASE, YOU MUST LISTEN TO ME.
HOW DARE YOU READ A POLICE TELEGRAM.
BUT, SURELY CURIOSITY IS AN ESSENTIAL ATTRIBUTE IN OUR LINE OF WORK.
THIS IS MY LINE OF WORK, NOT YOURS.
IF I WANT TO MAKE A NAME FOR MYSELF,
I NEED AS MUCH EXPERIENCE OF CRIME SCENES AS POSSIBLE.
IT MAY'VE ESCAPED YOUR NOTICE, BUT I'M HAVING A PARTICULARLY BAD DAY,
I SUGGEST YOU TAKE MY ADVICE, AND LEAVE... NOW.
HERE'S SOME ADVICE FOR YOU...
ONE MORE WORD AND YOU'LL FIND YOURSELF IN COURT.
YOU MIGHT FIND YOUR FOCUS SHARPER, YOUR WORKLOAD LIGHTER,
IF YOU TONED DOWN YOUR DRINKING, GAMBLING AND WOMANIZING.
[JUDGE] YOU'RE CHARGED WITH OBSTRUCTING POLICE BUSINESS.
A FINE WILL BE ISSUED FOR 40 SHILLINGS.
BUT I DO NOT HAVE 40 SHILLINGS.
-THEN A MONTH IN PRISON IT IS. -[INDISTINCT WHISPERING]
I'LL PAY THE FINE FOR MISS SCARLET.
[LADY] I BEGGED THE INSPECTOR TO LISTEN TO ME,
BUT IT'S CLEAR HE THINKS MY HUSBAND... A MURDERER,
WHICH IS WHY I CAME TO FIND YOU.
I HEARD MENTION YOU WERE A... PRIVATE DETECTIVE.
INSPECTOR WELLINGTON SINGING MY PRAISES, NO DOUBT.
I WANT YOU TO FIND THE REAL MURDERER.
MY HUSBAND IS INNOCENT.
HE IS A GENTLE AND KIND MAN.
I..
I PRAY THAT HE CAN COPE IN PRISON.
LADY - [GASPS]
[SOBS] EDWARD BOUGHT ME THIS COAT...
WHEN WE FIRST MARRIED.
HE SAID HE ALWAYS WANTED TO SEE ME IN A CROWD.
IT'S TOO EXUBERANT FOR MY TASTE.
I ONLY WEAR IT NOW TO BE CLOSE TO HIM.
[SIGHS] MRS. BUTLER... YOUR HUSBAND WAS FOUND WITH A KNIFE IN HIS HAND...
COVERED IN THE BLOOD OF A MURDERED MAN.
SO WHATEVER THE OUTCOME, I MUST BE SURE THAT I WILL RECEIVE MY FEE.
MONEY IS NOT AN ISSUE. YOU WILL BE PAID... WHATEVER THE OUTCOME.
ALRIGHT THEN.
TELL ME... ABOUT THE DEAD MAN.
EVERY DETAIL, NO MATTER HOW SMALL.
HIS NAME WAS SEBASTIAN RIDLEY.
HE OWNED A SALOON IN MAYFAIR.
EDWARD DID HIS ACCOUNTS, THAT'S HOW THE TWO WERE ACQUAINTED.
I HAD LITTLE TIME FOR MR. RIDLEY.
HE WAS A LOUD,
BRASH MAN.
HELLO?
[MOSES] HELLO, MISS SCARLET.
MR. MOSES, ISN'T IT?
IT'S JUST MOSES.
I'VE SPENT MANY HOURS THINKING OF YOU, MISS SCARLET.
NICE THINGS, I HOPE.
WHEN THE GOVERNOR AT THE BLACK CAT
FOUND HIS HEAD OF SECURITY HANDCUFFED TO A RADIATOR,
BY A WOMAN, NO LESS,
IT DIDN'T GO DOWN TOO WELL.
-LOST ME MY JOB. -I DON'T COME TO MAKE TROUBLE.
I'M WORKING THE RIDLEY MURDER CASE ON BEHALF OF THE ACCUSED'S WIFE.
PERHAPS YOU COULD HELP ME WITH MY INQUIRIES.
-I MUST WARN YOU... -[CLICK]
I AM ARMED.
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS]
[GASPS]
MR. RIDLEY WAS A CAUTIOUS MAN.
I DON'T WANT TO DIE, MR. MOSES.
LIKE I SAID...
IT'S JUST MOSES.
I'M NOT GOING TO KILL YOU, MISS SCARLET.
I'M GOING TO HIRE YOU.
[SIGHS IN RELIEF]
YOU WANT ME TO FINDA SNUFF BOX?
[MOSES] IT WAS MY FATHER'S.
HE WAS TAKEN FROM JAMAICA ON THE SLAVE SHIPS TO LONDON.
HIS OWNER GAVE HIM THE BOX AS A PARTING GIFT WITH THE ABOLITION.
APPARENTLY HE WAS A FAIR MAN, FOR A SLAVER.
BUT, WHEN I WAS A BOY I SAW THOSE SCARS ON MY FATHER'S BACK.
I SAW HOW HE MUST'VE SUFFERED.
HE WAS THE BRAVEST MAN I EVER KNEW.
THE BOX IS ALL I HAVE LEFT OF HIM.
I ASKED MR. RIDLEY TO KEEP IT IN HIS SAFE.
WHEN I HEARD OF HIS DEATH,
I WANTED MY BOX BACK... BUT NO ONE HAD A KEY.
THEN, LATE LAST NIGHT, SOMEONE CAME AND CLEARED OUT EVERYTHING.
DID YOU SEE WHO IT WAS?
IT WAS THE ACCOUNTANT'S WIFE.
TABITHA BUTLER CLEARED THE SAFE?
I WAS HERE LATE, FIXING A BROKEN TABLE,
WHEN SHE LET HERSELF IN.
HER HUSBAND, MR. RIDLEY'S ACCOUNTANT,
HAD A KEY TO THE BAR, AND THE SAFE.
IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
SHE NEVER SAW ME.
THE PLACE WAS SHUT UP AND DARK WHEN SHE SLIPPED IN.
IN HER HAND WAS A GREEN CARPET BAG...
EMPTY WHEN SHE ARRIVED, FULL WHEN SHE LEFT.
IF IT WAS DARK, HOW COULD YOU TELL THE CARPET BAG WAS GREEN?
COME TO THINK OF IT... WHY WERE YOU FIXING A TABLE IN THE DARK?
[BANGS COUNTER] FINE!
I WASN'T FIXING A TABLE.
I WAS TRYING TO BREAK INTO THE SAFE WHEN I HEARD FOOTSTEPS.
I HID AND WATCHED MRS. BUTLER EMPTY THE CONTENTS INTO HER BAG,
INCLUDING MY FATHER'S SNUFF BOX.
I MIGHT'VE STOPPED HER IF I WASN'T ALREADY IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW.
THAT BOX IS THE ONLY THING I HAVE LEFT OF MY FATHER,
AND YOU WILL GET IT BACK FOR ME.
IT WOULD BE UNETHICAL TO INVESTIGATE MY OWN CLIENT...
UNLESS, OF COURSE, YOU TOO WOULD PAY ME A FEE.
THE FEE IS THAT I LET YOU LIVE.
[DOOR CLOSES]
[MAID] I'LL FETCH MY MISTRESS.
-YOU'RE A PRIVATE DETECTIVE? -I AM.
MISS SCARLET, I APOLOGIZE FOR HAVING TO RECEIVE YOU IN THE HALL, BUT
AS YOU CAN APPRECIATE, I CANNOT ENTERTAIN IN THAT ROOM... EVER AGAIN.
-[COINS CLINK] -HERE IS THE MONEY I OWE YOU.
THIS ISN'T THE ADVANCE WE DISCUSSED.
THIS IS NO ADVANCE. THIS IS MONEY TO SEVER OUR CONTRACT.
I SENT A NOTE TO YOUR OFFICE LAST NIGHT, ENDING OUR AGREEMENT
BUT, I'VE NOT BEEN IN MY OFFICE--
SINCE YESTERDAY EVENING WHEN WE SHOOK ON THAT AGREEMENT
WELL I NO LONGER NEED YOUR SERVICES.
NOW IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME, I'M EXTREMELY LATE FOR CHURCH.
[MRS. BUTLER] ANNIE, PLEASE SHOW MISS SCARLET OUT.
WHAT ABOUT YOUR HUSBAND, MRS. BUTLER?
YESTERDAY YOU WORE THIS COAT TO SHOW YOUR LOVE FOR HIM.
WHY THE CHANGE OF HEART?
HE CAN BE DAMNED TO HELL AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.
I'M FEELING RATHER QUEASY, MAY I HAVE FOR A GLASS OF WATER?
[SIGHS] FETCH MISS SCARLET A GLASS OF WATER BEFORE SHE GOES ON HER WAY.
JUST A SMALL GLASS WILL SUFFICE.
I THINK WE BOTH KNOW ITS NOT WATER YOU WANT.
MAKE IT WORTH MY WHILE AND YOU CAN SNOOP AS MUCH AS YOU LIKE.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS]
[CARRIAGE DOOR CLOSES]
CLEAN OUT THE CELLS FRANK
GET RID OF THE DRUNKS, THE WHORES AND THE INSANE
I'M SENIOR DECTECTIVE DUKE, I AIN'T CLEARING OUT NO CELLS!
I HAVE..SPENT THE MORNING MAKING HOUSE TO HOUSE CALLS IN A WHOLE BUNCH OF SLUMS
I HAVEN'T DONE THAT SINCE I WAS A CONSTABLE
HAD AN APPLE CORK THROWN AT MY HEAD, AND A PARCEL
OF FAECES WAITING FOR ME ON THE SEAT OF MY CARRIAGE
I ASSUME THAT IT WAS DOG BUT..WHO KNOWS?
THE POINT IS FRANK THAT IS I'M ENJOYING THIS WEEK AS
LITTLE AS YOU ARE SO CLEAR OUT THE DAMN CELLS AYE!
GOOD LAD.
OI!
NO EATING ON DUTY, THATS A BLOODY DISGRACE!
OH FOR GOD'S SAKE.
ELIZA WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
THE DEEPLY RELIGOUS MRS. TABITHA BUTLER,
WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH SEBASTIAN RIDLEY.
I FOUND LOVE LETTERS FROM HER TO HIM.
SO HER HUSBAND DID HAVE A MOTIVE.
IT WAS A CRIME OF PASSION AND SHE'D HAVE KNOWN THIS.
IT EXPLAINS WHY MRS. BUTLER DISMISSED ME, BUT NOT WHY SHE HIRED ME IN THE FIRST PLACE.
SHE'S DISMISSED YOU, ALREADY?
WHAT OF HER CHANGE OF HEART?
ONE MOMENT SHE PROTESTS HER HUSBAND'S INNOCENCE,
THEN SHE DAMNS HIM TO HELL, IT MAKES NO SENSE.
MY PRIME SUSPECT HAS PLEADED GUILTY. END OF STORY.
-SINCE WHEN? -SINCE THIS MORNING,
WHICH MEANS I HAVE ONE LESS CASE
IN WHAT'S PROVING TO BE AN EXTREMELY VEXING WEEK.
MR. AND MRS. BUTLER SUDDENLY CHANGED FROM INNOCENT TO GUILTY?
SOMETHING'S AMISS HERE.
TABITHA BUTLER'S NOT TO BE TRUSTED.
SHE'S A LIAR AND A THIEF.
I FOUND THE CONTENTS OF MR. RIDLEY'S SAFE AT HER HOUSE.
DON'T TELL ME YOU BROKE INTO MRS. BUTLER'S HOUSE.
DO YOU WANT TO END UP IN COURT AGAIN?
THANKS. YOU'LL HAVE ME SPEND A MONTH IN PRISON.
[CHUCKLES] MAGISTRATE WILKES IS AN OLD FRIEND,
I MERELY WISHED TO PUT THE WIND UP YOU.
I DIDN'T EXPECT MRS. BUTLER TO BAIL YOU.
EXACTLY MY POINT. SHE BAILS ME OUT,
HIRES ME TO PROVE HER HUSBAND'S INNOCENT,
-THEN DISMISSES ME. -[DUKE SIGHS]
-SOMETHING IS AMISS, -THE CASE IS CLOSED.
IN FACT, I'M ON MY WAY TO THE MORGUE RIGHT NOW
TO COMPLETE THE PAPERWORK TO RELEASE MR. RIDLEY'S BODY FOR BURIAL.
JUST ANOTHER LOWLY TASK I'M FORCED TO COVER.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MR. RIDLEY'S BODY?
[DUKE] YES... AND NO, YOU MAY NOT COME.
[MR. POTTS] ...AND IF YOU COULD ALSO SIGN HERE, HERE AND HERE.
HOW MANY BLOODY SIGNATURES DO YOU NEED?
EVERYTHING MUST BE IN TRIPLICATE.
OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE DEAD, KINDLY REFRAIN FROM SWEARING, INSPECTOR.
I'M A GOD-FEARING MAN.
[SIGHS] JUST TAKE ME TO THE BODY... PLEASE.
OF COURSE, BUT I WILL NEED ONE MORE SIGNATURE...
HERE.
[MR. POTTS] I'M USED TO DEALING WITH ONE OF YOUR DETECTIVES.
IT'S MOST UNUSUAL THAT WE HAVE THE HONOR OF AN INSPECTOR.
EVEN MORE UNUSUAL THAT HE SHOULD BRING HIS WIFE.
MY WIFE?
I'VE REQUESTED THAT SHE WAIT OUTSIDE.
WOMEN AREN'T ALLOWED IN THE MORTUARY. IT WOULDN'T BE PROPER.
MY WIFE?
[MR. POTTS GROANS]
[DOOR OPENS]
I SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED THAT YOU WAIT OUTSIDE FOR YOUR HUSBAND, MADAM.
-SHE'S NOT MY WIFE. -I FOUND SOMETHING MOST INTERESTING WILLIAM.
THE CUT ACROSS THE THROAT TAKES A LEFT TO RIGHT FORMATION.
THIS IS MOST IRREGULAR. I'VE NEVER ALLOWED A LADY IN THIS ROOM.
THIS SUGGESTS THE PERPETRATOR WAS RIGHT-HANDED.
BUT THE ACCUSED, EDWARD BUTLER, PICKED UP THE KNIFE WITH HIS LEFT HAND
WHEN WOKEN BY HIS WIFE SCREAMING.
I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR YOUR MUSINGS.
MY TASK IS TO IDENTIFY THAT THIS IS SEBASTIAN RIDLEY...
WHICH IT IS. MY WORK IS DONE.
[GROANS] THEN YOU WILL NEED TO SIGN...
HERE, HERE, AND HERE.
THERE ARE NO FRAGMENTS OF COTTON FROM THE COLLAR IN THE NECK WOUND.
THE PERPETRATOR TOOK TIME TO PULL DOWN THE COLLAR
AND KNIFE THE SKIN. THIS WAS NO FRENZIED ATTACK.
INSPECTOR, I MUST INSIST THAT YOU REMOVE YOUR WIFE.
-SHE'S NOT MY BLOODY WIFE. -PLEASE REFRAIN FROM SWEARING.
THERE ARE OFTEN ANOMALIES IN KNIFE WOUNDS.
YOU'D KNOW THIS, IF YOU WERE A POLICE OFFICER. BUT YOU'RE NOT. GOOD DAY.
[DOOR BANGS]
WELL... IT SEEMS LIKE YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS BEING HERE, MADAM.
-I JUST NEED FIVE MORE MINUTES. -[MR. POTTS] QUITE IMPOSSIBLE.
MAYBE THIS WOULD HELP.
YOU ARE CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO BRIBE
AN OFFICIAL OF THE CROWN AT THE CITY'S MORGUE.
[JUDGE] A FINE WILL ISSUE FOR 60 SHILLINGS.
-SIXTY? IT WAS FORTY BEFORE. -[GASPS]
SEVENTY, FOR INSOLENCE.
[BANG]
THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING TO MAGISTRATE WILKES.
I WON'T PUT YOU IN THAT SITUATION AGAIN.
I DOUBT THAT VERY MUCH.
ELIZA, I'D LIKE TO FIND A WAY THAT WE CAN COEXIST
WITHOUT CAUSING EACH OTHER CONSTANT AGITATION.
SO WOULD I.
FATHER WOULDN'T WANT US TO BE AT ODDS.
GOOD, THEN WE ARE AGREED. YOU WILL DROP THE CASE OF SEBASTIAN RIDLEY
AND INCONVENIENCE ME WITH IT NO LONGER.
-GIDDY UP! -THAT'S NOT WHAT WE AGREED.
WILLIAM! THAT'S NOT WHAT WE AGREED.
[HENRY] I KNOW THAT LOOK. IT'S ONE OF CONFUSION,
PUZZLEMENT...DISCOMBOBULATION.
IT'S THE SAME LOOK YOU RESERVED FOR YOUR SCHOOL WORK.
ACTUALLY, I'M REMEMBERING SOMETHING YOU ONCE TOLD ME.
I TOLD YOU MANY THINGS, MOST OF WHICH USELESS, I FEAR.
YOU SAID THAT A TATTOO FOUND ON AN UNIDENTIFIED BODY WAS A PRIZE, INDEED.
HOW MACABRE. IT SOUNDS LIKE ME.
YOU SAID IT GAVE INSIGHT TO A PERSON'S PAST,
PERHAPS A BADGE OF BELONGING, LIKE TO THE NAVY,
OR A QUIET REBELLION HIDDEN ON ONE'S BODY FOR ONE'S EYES ONLY.
HOW DO YOU REMEMBER MY MUSINGS IN SUCH DETAIL,
-YET YOU COULDN'T RECITE ONE WORD OF YOUR LATIN HOMEWORK. -[LAUGHS]
I KNEW I'D SEEN THAT ROSE BEFORE.
YOUR FRIEND, DR. MOORHOUSE, ALSO WORE ONE IN HIS LAPEL WHEN WE MET.
DO YOU HIT THE SCOUNDREL WITH YOUR PURSE?
MR. RIDLEY HAD THE DARK BLUE ROSE TATTOOED ONTO HIS ARM.
IT MEANS SOMETHING, DOES IT NOT?
[CLEARS THROAT]
I SWEAR THAT WHATEVER YOU TELL ME WILL REMAIN BETWEEN US.
THEY'RE CALLED THE MIDNIGHT ROSE.
THEY SEND A MESSAGE THAT YOU ARE...
A LIKE-MINDED FELLOW.
A LIKE-MINDED FELLOW?
THAT'S A MAN WHOSE TASTES DO NOT LIE WITH...
WOMEN.
I TAKE A GREAT RISK CONFIDING IN YOU, ELIZA.
MEN LIKE ME ARE DAMNED BY THE CHURCH, AND BY THE LAW.
AS I AM NOT A RELIGIOUS MAN, THANKS TO MR. DARWIN,
ETERNITY IN SATAN'S FIRE DOES NOT CONCERN ME.
IMPRISONMENT, AND THE DISGRACE THAT WOULD BRING TO MY MOTHER... [GASPS]
I CAN'T.
WELL, IF ANYONE FINDS OUT,
IT'LL NOT BE THROUGH ME.
[EXHALES]
THANK YOU.
[CLEARS THROAT]
SEBASTIAN RIDLEY WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH A WOMAN.
[LAUGHS] I CAN ASSURE YOU...
MR. RIDLEY HAD A HUGE APPETITE FOR MANY THINGS,
-BUT WOMEN WEREN'T ONE OF THEM. -YOU KNEW HIM?
EACH WEDNESDAY, HE RAN A SPECIAL NIGHT AT HIS SALOON.
IT WAS OUR SAFE HAVEN.
A LESS SECURE MEETING PLACE COULD LAND A MAN TEN YEARS' HARD LABOR.
WE WERE ALL VERY GRATEFUL TO HIM,
AND SO SADDENED BY HIS LOSS.
IT MAKES NO SENSE, ELIZA.
THE MAN HE LOVED MOST, HIS DEAREST TEDDY, WOULD BE THE ONE TO MURDER HIM.
-IT WAS A SHOCK, INDEED. -TEDDY?
EDWARD BUTLER, HIS ACCOUNTANT.
WE ALL KNEW HIM AS EDWARD AT THE SALOON.
IT WAS SEBASTIAN WHO NICKNAMED HIM "TEDDY."
HE, TOO, WAS A REGULAR ON THOSE NIGHTS.
"T" WAS FOR TEDDY...
NOT TABITHA.
SORRY?
SEBASTIAN AND EDWARD WERE LOVERS?
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT EDWARD BUTLER KILLED SEBASTIAN RIDLEY.
IS THERE SOMEONE YOU KNOW THAT MIGHT WISH HIM ILL? SOMEONE IN THAT CIRCLE?
NO ONE I CAN THINK OF.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO HAVE A WORD WITH THE DOORMAN AT THE SALOON
WHO WORKED THOSE PARTICULAR NIGHTS.
I CAN'T REMEMBER HIS NAME.
HE WAS JAMAICAN.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
[DOOR CLOSES]
MOSES?
[MAN 2] IT'S ALRIGHT, ALBERT, IT'S NOT THE COPPERS.
DO YOU BELONG TO THE JAMAICAN?
I THINK WE MIGHT'VE KILLED HIM. SORRY ABOUT THAT.
YOU COULD STAY, KEEP US COMPANY, IF YOU LIKE.
I'LL LEAVE YOU TO CARRY ON WITH WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING.
STEALING... ALL THIS BOOZE IS NO GOOD TO A DEAD GOVERNOR.
[ELIZA GROANS]
I... SUPPOSE NOT.
[DOOR BANGS]
[THUD]
-[THIEF GROANS] -DON'T TOUCH ME.
[THIEF] YOU'VE GOT TWO CHOICES, PRETTY.
KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT OR ALBERT HERE WILL CUT YOUR TONGUE OUT.
[ELIZA] GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME.
-[THUD] -[THIEF LAUGHS]
YOU'RE A REAL GENTLEMAN NOW, ALBERT.
-[CONTINUES LAUGHING] -[ALBERT SNIFFS]
[THUD]
WITCH!
-WHAT'VE YOU GIVEN ALBERT? -[ELIZA GROANS]
-NO! [SCREAMS] -[GUN CLICKS]
-[BANG] -NO!
THAT WAS A WARNING SHOT. NOW GET OUT.
TAKE YOUR FRIEND OR THE NEXT BULLET WILL BE IN YOUR HEAD.
-[RUSTLING] -[MOSES GROANS]
[CLICK]
[LABORED BREATHING] WHERE ARE THOSE SCUM?
I DEALT WITH THEM.
YOU DEALT WITH THEM?
IT WASN'T THAT HARD.
WHY IS YOUR HAND SHAKING?
-[MOSES GROANS] -[ELIZA] I DON'T WISH TO DISCUSS THOSE MEN.
YOU CAN DEAL WITH THEM IN YOUR OWN TIME.
DON'T WORRY, I WILL.
I'M MORE INTERESTED IN THIS.
[ELIZA] OPIUM...
IN A QUANTITY THAT'S ILLEGAL.
ARE YOU INVOLVED IN DRUG SMUGGLING?
MORE TO THE POINT, DOES IT INVOLVE MR. RIDLEY'S DEATH?
THE OPIUM ISN'T MINE...
NEITHER IS THE SNUFF BOX...
NOR WAS MY FATHER A SLAVE.
JUST SOME DRUNK WHO NEVER LEFT JAMAICA AND DIED FALLING INTO A POND.
SO THE BOX BELONGS TO SEBASTIAN RIDLEY, AND NOW THAT HES DEAD YOU..
SAW AN OPPORTUNITY TO STEAL IT?
I HAVE NO JOB..
NO HOME..NONE.
DO NOT EXPECT SYMPATHY FROM ME SIR.
I AM FACED WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS OF MY OWN.
I KNOW THAT YOU WORKED THE DOOR ON RIDLEY'S SPECIAL NIGHTS..
TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW OF HIM AND EDWARD BUTLER
NONE.
KEPT TO MYSELF. TO MYSELF.
THOSE MEN HERE TODAY THOUGHT THEY'D KILLED YOU.
IF THEY'D SEEN YOU AWAKE THEY'D HAVE FINISHED YOU OFF.
IS THIS YOUR WAY OF TELLING ME I OWE YOU MY LIFE?
[CLICK]
[SIGHS]
I KNOW WHO SUPPLIED THE OPIUM.
IT WAS A REGULAR ON THOSE NIGHTS... A DOCTOR.
DO YOU REMEMBER HIS NAME?
WELL... I'LL GIVE YOU SOME PRIVACY.
I ADMIT, I WAS SEBASTIAN'S DOCTOR.
I AM THE DOCTOR TO MANY OF THE BAR
I KNOW THE RESTRICTIONS ON SUPPLYING OPIUM GROW TIGHTER,
-BUT I MADE AN EXCEPTION IN THIS CASE. -IN THIS CASE?
SEBASTIAN WAS DYING. HE HAD A TUMOR TO THE STOMACH,
ONLY MONTHS TO LIVE.
I SEE.
HE BEGGED ME FOR PAIN RELIEF,
BUT THE OPIUM CEASED HAVING EFFECT.
THE END WAS NEAR FOR DEAR SEBASTIAN.
WHO ELSE KNEW ABOUT THIS?
HE WANTED IT A SECRET BETWEEN US,
WHICH IS WHY I WAS SO SHOCKED THAT THE WIFE OF HIS ACCOUNTANT KNEW.
TABITHA BUTLER?
BUT IT WAS MY BELIEF SHE DISLIKED HIM?
ARE YOU CERTAIN SHE KNEW?
THE EVENING SEBASTIAN DIED, I WENT TO SEE MRS. BUTLER.
I WAS CONCERNED
THAT IF THE OPIUM WAS FOUND, IT MIGHT BE TRACED BACK TO ME.
I ARRIVED TO FIND HER SOBBING IN THE VERY ROOM OF HIS MURDER.
WHEN I EXPRESSED MY SORROW OVER WHAT'D HAPPENED,
HER RESPONSE WAS SURPRISING, INDEED.
HOW SO?
SHE SAID SHE HOPED SEBASTIAN SUFFERED
TO THE LAST WITH HIS TUMOR, AND HER HUSBAND WOULD SOON JOIN HIM IN HELL.
HER FURY WAS SUCH THAT HER HANDS WERE SHAKING,
SHE COULD BARELY HOLD THE LETTER.
SHE WAS READING A LETTER?
MRS. BUTLER LEFT MY OFFICE AT FIVE O'CLOCK THAT SAME DAY PROTESTING HER HUSBAND'S INNOCENCE.
YOU SAW HER AN HOUR LATER AND SUDDENLY SHE DESPISED HIM.
WHATEVER WAS IN THAT LETTER CHANGED HER MIND.
DID YOU SEE THE CONTENTS?
ONLY THE NAME ON THE ENVELOPE.
BLOODIED AND SCREWED UP ON THE FLOOR. IT WAS ADDRESSED TO TEDDY.
TEDDY?
THAT WAS THE NAME ONLY SEBASTIAN USED FOR EDWARD.
[DOOR OPENS]
YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED IN HERE. HOW MANY TIMES, ELIZA?
MR. POTTS IS AT THE CORONER'S OFFICE ATTENDING TO AN URGENT MESSAGE.
-HOW DO YOU KNOW? -I SENT IT?
-[SIGHS] -EDWARD BUTLER DIDN'T MURDER SEBASTIAN RIDLEY.
IN JUST UNDER ONE HOUR,
MR. BUTLER, MY PRIME SUSPECT, AND GUILTY BY HIS OWN ADMISSION,
WILL BE LEAVING HIS PRISON CELL TO WALK THE FEW YARDS TO HIS PUBLIC EXECUTION.
THE CASE IS CLOSED.
YOU MAY WISH TO PREPARE YOURSELF FOR WHAT I'M ABOUT TO TELL YOU.
[SIGHS]
EDWARD BUTLER AND SEBASTIAN RIDLEY WERE LOVERS.
I THOUGHT YOU'D BE MORE SHOCKED. HORRIFIED, EVEN.
IF YOU SAW THE THINGS I SEE DAILY, NOTHING WOULD SHOCK YOU.
SEBASTIAN RIDLEY WAS ILL. HE WAS DYING.
IT WAS HE WHO KILLED HIMSELF. THE CUTS ON HIS THROAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THIS.
HE WROTE EDWARD BUTLER A SUICIDE LETTER.
MRS. BUTLER HAS CONCEALED IT. SHE'S GOING TO LET HER UNFAITHFUL HUSBAND
BE SENT TO THE GALLOWS FOR A MURDER HE DIDN'T DO.
[ELIZA] WILLIAM, I KNOW YOU'RE STRETCHED.
BUT IF AN INNOCENT MAN IS HANGED FOR A CRIME HE DIDN'T COMMIT,
IT'LL BE ON YOU AND YOUR REPUTATION.
[MAID] SHE'S ON HER WAY TO EUSTON,
CATCHING THE 4 O' CLOCK TRAIN TO LIVERPOOL.
-SHE'S LEAVING FOR AMERICA, SIR. -WHY ARE HER THINGS STILL HERE?
[MAID] I'M TO PACK THE REST OF THE POSSESSIONS, THEN FOLLOW ON.
THIS IS THE RECEIPT FOR MRS BUTLER'S TRAIN TICKET SIR
YOU SHOULD BE THE ONE TO BRING TABITHA BUTLER IN WILLIAM.
IT BENEFITS ME TOO, THAT WE PROTECT YOUR REPUTATION.
EUSTON STATION, ARTHUR.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
YOUR HUSBAND GAVE YOU THAT COAT...
SO HE'D SEE YOU IN THE CROWD AND HERE YOU ARE.
WHEN I SAW IT GONE, I KNEW THERE'D ONLY BE ONE REASON WHY YOU'D EVER WEAR IT AGAIN.
I UNDERSTAND YOU WANT REVENGE BUT WE BOTH KNOW YOUR HUSBAND'S INNOCENT.
SEBASTIAN RIDLEY KILLED HIMSELF.
THERE WAS A SUICIDE LETTER, WASN'T THERE?
WHERE IS IT, MRS. BUTLER?
HE BETRAYED ME.
WHAT HE DID WITH THAT MAN WAS AN ABOMINATION.
BUT IS IT STILL RIGHT TO LET AN INNOCENT MAN DIE, MRS. BUTLER?
[PLEADING] TABITHA!
GIVE ME THAT LETTER, PLEASE.
PLEASE!
[SOBS]
STOP THE EXECUTION!
I HAVE EVIDENCE OF EDWARD BUTLER'S INNOCENCE.
[MR. BUTLER] WHEN SEBASTIAN TOLD ME HE WAS ILL,
HE WANTED US TO GO AWAY, LIVE OUT HIS FINAL MONTHS TOGETHER.
[MR. BUTLER] HE WAS TERRIFIED OF DYING ALONE BUT I REFUSED.
I COULDN'T LIVE WITH THE SHAME OF TABITHA KNOWING THE TRUTH.
NEXT MORNING I RETURNED HOME TO FIND SEBASTIAN IN MY DRAWING ROOM.
HE'D PLACED HIS SUICIDE LETTER ON MY MANTELPIECE.
I STOOD WITH A KNIFE TO HIS THROAT.
HE SAID I'D BETRAYED HIM,
THAT I'D BE WITH HIM AT THE END, LIKE IT OR NOT.
YOU TRIED TO STOP HIM, BUT HE KNOCKED YOU UNCONSCIOUS.
IN MY CELL THAT NIGHT I THOUGHT ABOUT HIS LETTER.
HOW IT WAS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND WHEN WE FOUGHT.
HOW TABITHA WOULD SOON DISCOVER IT IN ITS HIDING PLACE.
AND HOW IRONIC IT WAS THAT THE ONE THING THAT WOULD ABSOLVE ME OF MURDER...
WOULD ALSO CONDEMN TO A LIFE AS AN OUTCAST.
SO YOU PLEADED GUILTY.
I WANTED TO DIE.
BUT YOU'RE A FREE MAN NOW.
I AM GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU DID FOR ME MISS SCARLET
BUT I WILL NEVER BE FREE.
MY MARRIAGE, MY LIFE, MY REPUTATION...
ALL DESTROYED.
IF I GIVE YOU A COMPLIMENT, DO YOU PROMISE NOT TO MAKE ME SUFFER FOR IT?
YOU HAVE MY WORD.
THAT WAS GOOD WORK.
YOUR FATHER WOULD'VE BEEN PROUD.
THANK YOU. THAT MEANS A GREAT DEAL.
MRS. BUTLER REALLY COMMITTED A CRIME,
BUT SHE DIDN'T BREAK INTO THE SAFE FOR THE MONEY,
SHE ONLY WANTED TO BURN THE LOVE LETTERS TO STOP NEWS OF THE AFFAIR.
IT'S STILL A THEFT...
NOT TO MENTION OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
FOR CONCEALING THAT LETTER.
YOU KNEW MRS. BUTLER WASN'T ON THAT TRAIN.
SO MUCH FOR PROTECTING MY REPUTATION.
THERE'S NO ONE IN THIS CITY MORE RESPECTED THAN YOU, WILLIAM.
ME, ON THE OTHER HAND, MUST BUILD MY REPUTATION.
-I NEEDED THIS MORE THAN YOU DID. -TRY TELLING MY SUPERIORS THAT.
YOU CAN HANDLE THEM. YOU CAN HANDLE EVERYONE.
I CANNOT HANDLE YOU.
[INHALES DEEPLY] NOW I MUST ROUND UP MY ENTIRE TEAM OF TWO
AND BRIEF THEM ON MY MAN IN THE CANAL.
IN THE MEANTIME, PLEASE TRY TO STAY OUT OF TROUBLE, ELIZA...
FOR MY SAKE.
OF COURSE, WILLIAM. OF COURSE.
[DOOR OPENS]
[SURPRISED] RUPERT. WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
MY MOTHER'S HERE TO SEE YOU. I'M TO WAIT FOR YOU HERE.
I FOUND HIM LOITERING OUTSIDE THE DOOR SO INVITED HIM IN FOR A CUP OF TEA
CAN YOU TELL MRS. PARKER I'LL BE WITH HER IN A MOMENT?
OF COURSE.
-SHE'S COME ABOUT THE LEASE? -YES.
[STAMMERS] I DID TRY TO PERSUADE HER OTHERWISE,
BUT... AS YOU KNOW, SHE'S DIFFICULT TO REASON WITH.
I HADN'T NOTICED.
[CHUCKLES]
I DON'T BLAME YOU FOR WISHING TO UPSET HER IN SOME WAY,
SINCE SHE HERSELF, HAS SHOWN YOU LITTLE KINDNESS.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING I COULD SAY THAT WOULD UPSET YOUR MOTHER.
IS THERE NOT?
IT'S JUST... SOMETIMES, ELIZA, WE MAY SAY THINGS
IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT.
NO... THERE IS NOT.
THERE'S NOTHING I COULD, OR WOULD, SAY.
-I'VE GIVEN YOU MY WORD. -[EXHALES IN RELIEF]
RIGHT.
YOU ARE A DEAR FRIEND INDEED, ELIZA.
I DON'T WANT TO KEEP YOUR MOTHER ANY LONGER THAN IS NECESSARY,
FOR ALL OUR SAKES.
SHE MIGHT BE FEELING IN A CHARITABLE MOOD AND WISH TO GIVE ME MORE TIME.
ABSOLUTELY NOT. FULL PAYMENT OF THE LEASE RENEWAL TODAY, OR EVICTION, I'M AFRAID.
AS YOU WISH.
I THINK YOU'LL FIND IT ALL THERE.
YOU PAID HER THE FULL AMOUNT?
[ELIZA] AND HERE'S SOMETHING FOR YOU.
YOUR BACK PAY, AND A LITTLE EXTRA.
I DECIDED TO TAKE ON MORE STAFF...
A DEBT COLLECTOR, IF YOU WILL.
[GIRL] YOUR GO, ETHEL.
[BANGING ON DOOR]
GOOD AFTERNOON, MISS.
MAY I SPEAK WITH YOUR FATHER, PLEASE?