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Forgive me, Woodie. I blame myself.
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It's only a bloody nose, sir.
I'm just sorry I didn't get to use the shovel.
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We may get a cast of our man's boot print
come daybreak.
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- Sir Arthur, what have you found?
- My doll.
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- Where did you find her?
- In the woods.
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God Satan has lurked in these parts all this time.
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Hidden in plain view.
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Sharpening his pen and his ripping knife.
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Our visit has prompted fresh persecution.
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- But there may yet be a benefit to that.
- What benefit could that be, Sir Arthur?
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We've a fighting chance
of unmasking him, Reverend.
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And, in so doing, exonerating your son.
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George is innocent and I mean to prove it.
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Let's go back in the house.
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What does it mean?
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Why would they take my doll
and return it so many years later?
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Why would they leave dead birds on your lawn?
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Why would they plague you
with letters of the foulest abuse?
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Why would they butcher livestock
and lay the blame at your brother's feet?
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Because they are cruel, pitiless...
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...and very patient.
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- But what made us their target?
- Maud.
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That's a question
you're better placed to answer than I.
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Who's there?
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Your name.
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- It's George.
- George?
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- What brings you here?
- Common courtesy.
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You're seeking to clear my name
and it was remiss of me
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not to accompany you
and make the proper introductions.
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I thought we agreed it wise you do neither.
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- Strategically speaking.
- George?
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George.
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Mr Wood, I am heartily sorry
if I brought you into harm's way.
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Nothing broken.
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What do you make of it, Sir Arthur?
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God Satan lives among you still.
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But he may have mutated
into someone you trust and respect.
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A valued member of your congregation even.
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- God Satan does not resemble God Satan?
- As he wrote in his letters, did he not?
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Why rear his head now?
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After all, in the world's eyes,
I am the Wyrley Ripper.
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I have bowled my first ball
and they have struck back hard,
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- hoping it will be my last...
- Sir Arthur, we will miss the Birmingham train.
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Hm. Yes, I suppose we will. Forgive me.
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Sir Arthur, if I may be so bold.
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You had your doubts before
but now you're struck
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by the timing of his arrival
so soon after our violent intruder.
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Compounding this, mud spattered his boots
and his trousers, as it does mine.
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Conclusion - he's the man
I chased into the woods
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- and the brute that bloodied your nose.
- Well?
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Three things factor against it -
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his poor eyesight, his limping gait...
and his honest face.
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His face?
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I heard him tell his story, Woodie,
and I believed it.
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Every damn word.
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And my lights might be dimmed
by the loss of Lady Doyle,
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but I can still tell a good story from a bad one.
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And a truth from a fiction.
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Of course, Sir Arthur.
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How's your head?
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- Oh. Nothing a night's rest won't remedy.
- Good.
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I want to make a small detour en route.
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These were no acts of livestock theft.
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Or youthful pranks gone awry.
Do take a seat.
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Those animals were butchered...
and their genitals mutilated.
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Their deaths slow and painful.
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And a stain on the memory
of all who witnessed them.
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Mm.
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I'm still uncertain as to how
you alighted on George as a suspect.
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The Chief Constable himself
pointed me in his direction.
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Ah. Chief Constable Anson.
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Second son of the second Earl of Lichfield.
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Late of the Royal Artillery.
Chief Constable since 18... 88.
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The same.
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I'm sure he had a good reason
to point you in the direction of George Edalji.
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The boy was a suspect in the first campaign
of letters sent to the vicar.
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And what was the connection
between the letters and the rippings?
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Some contained dead birds
and other animal parts.
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Also the handwriting on the threatening letter
we received matched Edalji's.
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Five years ago, there was a campaign
of letter-writing against the vicar.
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- The Parsi?
- The Reverend Shapurji Edalji.
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Pranks, hoaxes, petty thefts...
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...and a few dead birds and rabbits.
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At the time, I sensed it would grow
into something more serious.
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Now it has.
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But why was George suspected?
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Local police received intelligence he was,
in common parlance, "not a right sort".
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"Not a right sort"? That's not evidence, is it?
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We had plenty of evidence
linking George Edalji to the rippings.
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You refer to the horse hairs
recovered from his coat?
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Principally. But by no means exclusively.
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I do hope that's put your mind at rest, Sir Arthur.
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If I could detain you a moment longer, I'd like
to hear how that evidence was recovered.
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As you wish, Sir Arthur.
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We visited the Edaljis
the morning after the crime.
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George wasn't at home.
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We believe whoever sent you
those letters five years ago
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and left birds and rabbits on your lawn
has now raised their game.
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I need to see all your son's clothing.
Without exception.
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- This is all his clothing?
- Apart from what he has on.
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What a queer thing to say.
We didn't think he went to work naked.
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- I'll need to see his knife.
- His knife?
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- Every young man has a knife.
- My son is a solicitor.
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He does not whittle sticks.
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Sir.
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Those are mine.
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- And your son, what does he shave with?
- He uses one of them.
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- You don't trust him with razors of his own?
- He does not need a razor of his own.
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Why should he not be allowed
razors of his own?
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Or indeed a bedroom of his own.
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Our living arrangements
are of no consequence.
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- He was out last night, your son?
- Yes.
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- How long for?
- An hour, an hour and a half.
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I'll need to see his boots.
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- These are wet.
- Sir.
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- Damp.
- It was raining last night, sir.
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- Who does this coat belong to?
- It's dry.
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It's damp. Who does it belong to?
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- George.
- It's just an old house coat. He never wears it.
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I told you to show me
all your son's clothes without exception.
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Look, Sergeant. A hair.
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- And another.
- Let me see, Inspector.
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- That's not a hair, it's a roving.
- A what?
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A thread. A loose thread.
Anyone can see that who's sewn anything.
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What do you think of these stains, Sergeant?
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Saliva and blood, I'd wager.
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As my wife told you, it's a housecoat.
He never goes out.
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- Then why is it damp?
- It's not damp.
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It's damp. And blood-stained.
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And they're not threads but horse hairs.
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And our Dr Butter will prove it.
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Nasty cut, Mr Wood. Fresh.
What happened?
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He collided with the train carriage door.
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Man's an idiot. Refuses to wear spectacles.
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It's total vanity, Inspector. Total vanity.
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- Did we just lie to an officer of the law?
- Shh.
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There are two aspects to this case
that I fail to understand.
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The first...
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Why did Chief Constable Anson
so dislike George Edalji?
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Hm? Anson is a man of distinction.
What's the explanation?
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- I'm not an investigator, Sir Arthur.
- Woodie.
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If someone asks me a question,
I just look for the obvious answer.
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And what would your obvious answer be?
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The Chief Constable dislikes people
who are coloured.
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Well, that lead is so obvious
that it can't be the case.
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Whatever Anson's faults, he's an
English gentleman and a Chief Constable.
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- I told you already. I'm not an investigator.
- All right. Let's not abandon hope quite so fast.
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My next problem is the coat.
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The police examined it at the vicarage
and said there were hairs on it
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and the vicar's wife
said there were no hairs on it.
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Police surgeon, Dr Butter,
testified he found nine hairs
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similar in length, colour and structure
to those of a mutilated horse.
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Are you saying the Edaljis perjured themselves
to protect George?
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Well, that's clearly what the jury believed.
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What if the hairs weren't on the coat?
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- Then they must have got there afterwards.
- After what?
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- After the clothing left the vicarage.
- Dr Butter put them there?
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I don't know but the obvious answer
is they got there afterwards... somehow.
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If so, then the police are lying.
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Or some of the police.
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- Hm.
- May I have our room keys, please?
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Sir Arthur, I've heard you say
that once you eliminate the impossible,
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then what is left must be the truth.
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Not my own formulation, alas.
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- No?
- No.
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But one that I endorse wholeheartedly.
Continue.
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I'm not sure that if I'd been on that jury
I might have found George Edalji guilty.
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He was perfectly placed to steal his sister's doll.
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George was in the photograph,
not in Maud's bedroom.
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If George harboured ill will towards his sister,
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it may explain why the vicar and George
shared a room
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long after such an arrangement
could be considered normal.
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- Just give me the key, for God's sake, Woodie.
- Yes, sir.
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Good Lord!
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Just a bird.
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Ripped By mstoll
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If this window was breached from the outside,
there'd be more glass.
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This glass has been placed.
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- There's something in its mouth.
- Let me see.
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"Honoured Sir, we know it was Edalji
killed that horse and wrote those letters...
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for it shall be proven that he is not a right sort.
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There was no education to be got
at Wyrley School
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when that swine Bostock was the teacher boss.
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He got the bullet. Ha-ha."
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They're sending us letters now.
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Woodie. I want to pay a visit to Harry Bostock,
an old school friend of George's.
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Bostock? Any relation to Bostock
who "got the bullet"?
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Aye, his son.
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The case against George was daft.
The police were daft.
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And the notion of a gang flitting about after dark
under George's orders was the daftest of all.
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- So you were at school with George?
- Yeah. When we were little 'uns.
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My father taught us both.
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And what was George like?
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Clever. Cleverer than me,
and I was clever back then.
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Not that you'd know it now.
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Staring up the backside of a cow
does rub away at your intentions.
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Did George have any enemies?
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Anyone dislike him for his... colour, say?
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Not as far as I can recall.
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- But?
- When we were lads - I mean 11 or 12 -
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there was some business
about a servant girl being sacked
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by the vicar and not going quietly.
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- And that business involved George, did it?
- I think so.
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- You'd have to ask him.
- But overall he was liked, despite his race?
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Put it this way, if he were disliked,
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it were more for being clever.
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To think, we all thought he was
thick as pigs' muck.
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Father would ask him a question...
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- This plus this...
...and he'd get it wrong.
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...equals?
- Really wrong.
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George.
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Eleven and seven-eighths.
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N... Nine.
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- Harry.
- 12 and a half.
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Correct.
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Turned out it was his eyesight.
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Father moved him up the front
and he never looked back.
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Which gives us a grand total of?
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- George?
- Eleven and three-quarters, sir.
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Correct. Very good.
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Hm.
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Aside from George,
was there much talk in Wyrley
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- about who might be the Ripper?
- There's always talk.
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It's the same price as rain.
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All I'd say is, it's got to be someone
who knows how to handle animals.
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You can't just go to a horse or a cow and say,
"Hold still, my lovely, while I rip your guts out."
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Quite.
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In your opinion, how would George fare
if he were to milk one of your cows?
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He'd be kicked to death. Or he'd fall
in the shit before he got his stool under her.
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Ah, you see?
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Will um... Will that be all, Sir Arthur?
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Yes. Thank you very much, Harry. Thank you.
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One more thing. Is your father
still the schoolmaster here?
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No, sir.
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- My father passed on eight years ago.
- Oh, I'm so sorry.
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- Do you mind me asking how?
- Would you mind telling me why you're asking?
237
00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:40,670
Forgive me. I'm sorry.
238
00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:45,476
He... erm...
239
00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:49,160
He fell to his death. Up at Rugeley Falls.
240
00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:54,717
Erm... it was winter, so bone cold.
Ice under foot.
241
00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:57,832
- What have you got there?
- They think his dog went over first
242
00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:00,155
and that he was trying to rescue him.
243
00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:02,350
He never saw his grandson.
244
00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:08,799
What are you like?
245
00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:20,275
George, I'd like you to tell me about
an incident with your servant girl.
246
00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:22,754
Do you mean when I was a child?
247
00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:25,075
- Yes.
- Who told you of this incident?
248
00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:28,190
Uh... that's by the by. George?
249
00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:33,031
Her name was Elizabeth Foster.
250
00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:43,075
George, Elizabeth Foster complains
you look at her strangely.
251
00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:49,518
- What does she mean, Father?
- What do you think she means?
252
00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:52,552
Is it something sinful she means?
253
00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:56,716
And if it was... what would that be?
254
00:14:57,320 --> 00:15:01,313
My only sin, Father,
is that I'm hardly aware of her.
255
00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:04,158
Though I know her to be
a part of God's creation.
256
00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:08,990
I haven't spoken to her more than twice
on occasions where she's mislaid objects.
257
00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:11,031
I have no reason to look at her.
258
00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:14,474
No reason at all, George?
259
00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:16,670
No reason at all, Father.
260
00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:23,475
I was left with only one course of action.
261
00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:25,590
- You dismissed her?
- Of course.
262
00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:29,519
There was never any doubt in your mind
that your son was telling the truth?
263
00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:34,395
- None whatsoever.
- And then her true nature came to light.
264
00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:37,352
The day she was dismissed from our employ...
265
00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:38,958
I didn't... I wasn't...
266
00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:41,798
...she spat in my face.
267
00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:45,870
Did you not consider that Elizabeth Foster
might be responsible?
268
00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:47,911
Oh, many years had passed.
269
00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:50,872
She had long since got married
and left the parish.
270
00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:53,753
- Leaving no relatives?
- Only her half-brother.
271
00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:55,518
Sergeant Upton.
272
00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:00,990
Sergeant Upton?
Who persecuted and threatened you?
273
00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:05,719
He's a vulgar and lazy man
but I can't credit that he's involved.
274
00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:07,273
I agree.
275
00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:15,235
Very good. Let's go and see if the daylight
has left us any clue to our intruder.
276
00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:24,475
Hm. It's a pity. Too dry for shoe prints.
277
00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:28,955
When Mr Holmes is investigating,
it's never too dry for shoe prints.
278
00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:33,394
There would be an obligement of soft mud.
279
00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:36,637
You think I tilt the playing field
in Holmes's favour?
280
00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:40,355
On occasion... but it's more fun that way, isn't it?
281
00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:43,995
Well, his legion of fans
certainly seem to think so, young lady.
282
00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:46,554
- And Holmes isn't always right, anyway.
- True.
283
00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:49,629
Er... in the Speckled Band, he asked Mrs
Hudson
284
00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:52,399
to fetch hot coffee for a young lady
who was shivering.
285
00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:56,198
But it is not cold that makes her shiver but fear.
286
00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:00,314
- Hm. That's right.
- Er... Sir Arthur...
287
00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:05,233
Much as I admire my parents...
288
00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:09,478
I think they have an exaggerated respect
for authority, in general,
289
00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:11,556
and Sergeant Upton in particular.
290
00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:13,989
Well, I'm in agreement on the latter.
291
00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:18,716
Upton is not just a thug,
he is cruel and devious
292
00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:21,149
and he meant my brother ill from the start.
293
00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:27,636
On your way to Cannock, eh?
294
00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:31,434
- I... I beg your pardon?
- You heard what I said.
295
00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:37,436
I only wondered why you asked,
because... this is not the way to Cannock.
296
00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:41,393
- As we both know.
- As we both know.
297
00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:43,752
As we both know.
298
00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:47,673
What we both know
is that you know the way to Cannock
299
00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:51,633
and I know the way to Cannock, and you've
been up to your little tricks in Cannock.
300
00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:54,672
You've been into Cannock.
You've took the key to the school.
301
00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:58,076
You've brought it home and you've put
it on your own front step. Didn't you?
302
00:17:58,120 --> 00:18:02,989
- You're hurting me.
- Oh, no, I'm not. I'm not hurting you.
303
00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:06,919
If you want Sergeant Upton to hurt you,
all you have to do is ask.
304
00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:11,231
I'm going to be a solicitor.
305
00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:14,634
Is that what you think?
306
00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:17,954
A so-li-ci-tor.
307
00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:21,231
What a big word for a little mongrel like you.
308
00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:25,068
You think you'll be a solicitor
if Sergeant Upton says you won't?
309
00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:30,152
So you believe that Upton targeted George
to avenge his sister's dismissal?
310
00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:32,555
At the very least.
311
00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:35,910
Maud, what can you tell us of Bostock,
the teacher?
312
00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:38,838
Fell to his death while walking his dog.
313
00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:40,871
- Poor man.
- Slipped and fell?
314
00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:46,313
I've never heard of a more sinister explanation.
Have you?
315
00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:55,517
Sir Arthur, do we really need to go
all the way to the top?
316
00:18:56,800 --> 00:18:58,791
- Buck up, Woodie.
- Yes, sir.
317
00:19:17,120 --> 00:19:21,955
"That swine Bostock was the teacher boss
but he got the bullet."
318
00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:25,879
I'd assumed "the bullet"
was a euphemism for "dismissal".
319
00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:28,559
- Not death.
- So would I.
320
00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:37,956
What is it, Sir Arthur?
321
00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:49,397
God.
322
00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:57,191
Brookes the blacksmith.
323
00:19:57,920 --> 00:19:59,638
He received messages too.
324
00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:02,914
But this is not a message for him.
325
00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:05,235
No, this is for us.
326
00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:25,756
Mr Brookes? William Brookes?
327
00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:29,238
My name's Arthur Conan Doyle.
328
00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:34,115
I wonder if I could ask you some questions
about the goings on surrounding the rippings?
329
00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:38,156
I understand from Reverend Edalji
that you had letters
330
00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:41,556
from the same individual
that was plaguing his family.
331
00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:44,160
Wouldn't know anything about that.
332
00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:47,875
Ernest, just make yourself scarce.
I'm all right for the moment.
333
00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:50,309
Mr Brookes, did you receive any letters or not?
334
00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:55,034
Mr Brookes, it strikes me
that I'm in need of a boot scraper.
335
00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:00,554
I'm very taken with this handsome brute.
336
00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:05,276
- How much would a thing like that cost?
- Oh.
337
00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:07,436
Let's see now...
338
00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:10,870
Let's say ten shillings and sixpence, please, sir.
339
00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:13,195
Ten shillings and sixpence, Woodie.
340
00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,959
Right. So we were talking about these letters.
341
00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:19,515
Not so much letters.
Crudely-written scraps of paper.
342
00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:22,313
It was blackmail pure and simple.
343
00:21:22,360 --> 00:21:25,193
Once you got past all that Satan gibberish.
344
00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:28,915
Some nonsense about Fred
and another boy throwing stones
345
00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:31,758
at a pregnant woman
outside Cannock Town Hall.
346
00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:34,758
I was supposed to send money
if I wanted to keep him out of trouble.
347
00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:37,268
- You did nothing about it?
- Of course not.
348
00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:41,359
- Did you think about talking to the police?
- Not for a moment.
349
00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:45,279
- Not for a tenth of a moment.
- I ignored it and it went away.
350
00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:48,198
- Did you keep any of the letters?
- You must be joking.
351
00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:52,670
So why do you think the blackmailer
targeted your son and George Edalji?
352
00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:55,359
Did they have a common enemy at school, say?
353
00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:57,391
They didn't go to the same school.
354
00:21:57,440 --> 00:22:00,238
- What school did your son attend?
- Cannock.
355
00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:02,271
Cannock School. Over the hill.
356
00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:05,153
It's where we lived till I took on this place.
357
00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:09,715
And might Fred have come across George
in the village?
358
00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:11,830
Were they connected in any way at all?
359
00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:15,634
It's been ten years now.
Better to ask my son.
360
00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:19,949
- Does he live locally?
- Who? Fred? Nah. No. He's long left.
361
00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:25,710
He's... er... in Birmingham.
On the canals. Working there.
362
00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:28,789
Doesn't want to take on the shop.
363
00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:30,637
Little bastard!
364
00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:38,590
What did you think of today's work, Alfred?
365
00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:42,030
To be perfectly honest, Sir Arthur,
I think we've made not much progress.
366
00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:45,516
It's better than that. We've made
not much progress in several directions.
367
00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:46,993
And we did need a boot scraper.
368
00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:50,555
- No, we didn't. We've got one at Undershaw.
- Don't be a spoilsport.
369
00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:53,558
In later years, we shall remember
this as the Edalji scraper.
370
00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:57,195
Every time we wipe our boots on it,
we'll think of this adventure.
371
00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:02,233
Look who it is, then.
372
00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:04,510
- Please. Please, excuse me.
- You've got a nerve.
373
00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:06,039
Showing your face around here.
374
00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:10,551
George!
375
00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:16,314
Sir Arthur. I must return to London.
376
00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:20,037
Please accept my apologies.
377
00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:22,992
I do greatly appreciate
all that you're doing for me.
378
00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:25,349
- Very good. We shall meet again in London.
- Yes.
379
00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:27,595
- And soon.
- Thank you, Sir Arthur.
380
00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:20,238
Thanks, John.
381
00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:24,637
- Are we still the subject of local interest?
- We are.
382
00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:30,713
Hard to imagine George Edalji
growing up in a place like this, isn't it?
383
00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:32,318
Yes. Suppose it is.
384
00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:37,717
He's an admirable fellow...
with a lucid brain and a resilient character.
385
00:24:39,120 --> 00:24:41,429
But if one merely looks at him...
386
00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:44,233
Iooks at him with the eyes
of a dimwit village policeman
387
00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:46,840
or a narrow-minded juror,
then you'd be hard pressed
388
00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:51,032
to get beyond a dark skin
and an ocular peculiarity.
389
00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:55,470
He would seem queer...
and then if queer things started happening,
390
00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:58,159
what passes for logic
in an unenlightened village
391
00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:00,839
would glibly ascribe those events to that person.
392
00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:02,916
- Yes. Sir Arthur...
- When reason...
393
00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:05,679
When reason, Woodie, gets left behind,
394
00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:08,473
a man's virtues become faults.
395
00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:10,715
Self-control presents as secretiveness.
396
00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:15,993
And so a respectable lawyer,
bat blind and slight of physique,
397
00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:19,794
becomes a degenerate
flitting through fields in the dead of night.
398
00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:24,277
- It's so utterly topsy-turvy as to seem logical.
- Yes, Sir Arthur...
399
00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:29,991
You must be Sergeant Upton.
400
00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:31,871
And you must be Sherlock Holmes.
401
00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:35,879
Oh. My mistake. He only exists in stories.
402
00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:40,357
Yet here you are, large as life,
sticking your beak into constabulary business
403
00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:42,436
and making a nuisance of yourselves.
404
00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:44,550
Now, that's what I'd call "topsy-turvy".
405
00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:46,591
Sergeant Upton, may I remind you...
406
00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:50,872
What happened, Sir Arthur?
Tired of making up stories?
407
00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:52,956
Has the well run dry?
408
00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:55,719
What happened is a travesty of justice
409
00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:57,955
in which you played a leading role
410
00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:02,391
and which I am soon to expose
on the most public stage imaginable.
411
00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:04,829
Where would that be, then? London?
412
00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:06,472
Almost certainly.
413
00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:09,034
Then why don't you go there
and get your stage ready?
414
00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:11,548
If you hurry, you'll catch the four o'clock.
415
00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:15,832
Did Inspector Campbell
forewarn you of my arrival?
416
00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:19,629
No, I have my own sources, thank you.
417
00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:23,150
Oh. Tell the inspector
we're making great strides.
418
00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:34,199
Ernest? That you?
419
00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:38,511
Ernest?
420
00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:48,790
Ernest!
421
00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:51,152
Oh!
422
00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:09,679
Argh!
423
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:16,797
Oh, no.
424
00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:23,434
Ernest!
425
00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:30,515
Help me! Anybody! Please!
426
00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:58,598
- Who's that?
- William Brookes the blacksmith, sir.
427
00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:00,358
What?
428
00:28:01,360 --> 00:28:03,112
Hi.
429
00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:06,070
- William Brookes?
- It's awful.
430
00:28:06,120 --> 00:28:08,315
I was just with him less than an hour ago.
431
00:28:08,360 --> 00:28:11,591
All right. Stand back. Nothing to see.
432
00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:18,113
- Was he well-liked in the village?
- Up to a point.
433
00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:20,355
He was Cannock born and bred.
Not Wyrley.
434
00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:23,350
So I see you missed the four o'clock.
435
00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:27,756
Chief Inspector Campbell,
this man has been murdered.
436
00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:30,633
And by the Wyrley Ripper.
437
00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:34,355
If you're not going to contact
Chief Constable Anson and tell him,
438
00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:37,073
- I'll do so myself.
- Willy Brookes murdered?
439
00:28:37,120 --> 00:28:40,430
Oh, dear me. That's good.
That's very good.
440
00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:42,391
Go and calm the wife, Sergeant.
441
00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:50,591
By all accounts,
Brookes liked a drink and a smoke.
442
00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:52,312
Usually at the same time.
443
00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:54,794
So he takes a break after a hard day,
444
00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:57,354
has a drink, lights his pipe, has another drink,
445
00:28:57,400 --> 00:28:59,197
and falls asleep.
446
00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:00,593
Whoosh.
447
00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:02,517
Or is that too simple for you?
448
00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:04,710
- No, it's too absurd.
- Careful.
449
00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:08,799
Brookes received letters from the same
vile entity that persecuted the Edalji family.
450
00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:10,592
Thank you, Sir Arthur.
451
00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:13,837
If we need any more amateur speculation,
we will be in touch. Good day.
452
00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:18,192
Those speculations will soon take the form
of a report in the Telegraph.
453
00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:21,596
- I look forward to reading it.
- I doubt it.
454
00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:24,712
This case has reeked of race prejudice
from the start.
455
00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:27,320
Your professional future
might not be as you imagined it
456
00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:31,911
- when I've finished with you.
- I'd guard against turning this into a vendetta.
457
00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:34,235
Aye, you would.
458
00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:41,475
Get these people out of here!
459
00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:43,590
This is our doing. It's our meddling.
460
00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:49,351
No, Woodie. This is tragic evidence
that we are getting near the truth.
461
00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:51,672
A man is dead.
462
00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:55,156
Yes, and we shall avenge his death
by unmasking the true Ripper.
463
00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:57,634
This is no time to lose our nerve, Woodie.
464
00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:00,911
Right, sir.
465
00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:08,355
Look. This is burnt on this side here.
466
00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:11,278
This has been put up against the door
to trap the poor man in.
467
00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:14,471
These are lime barrels.
468
00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:18,431
Lime.
469
00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:41,071
Aye. He stood here
observing his grizzly handiwork.
470
00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:43,475
God Satan is nothing if not stealthy.
471
00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:48,671
An obligement of soft mud.
472
00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:56,118
Boot prints of a man... who, for some reason,
put more weight on his right foot than his left.
473
00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:02,150
- George Edalji...
- He's served his sentence, Woodie.
474
00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:05,954
Why on earth would he seek me out
to clear his name if he was guilty?
475
00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:08,958
I think his mother answered that question
rather eloquently.
476
00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:12,072
- How?
- She said, "Now he is in a state of limbo.
477
00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:16,671
The Law Society cannot readmit him
until the taint is washed from his name."
478
00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:19,792
It's almost worse for him now
than when he was in prison.
479
00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:27,836
May I speak frankly, sir?
480
00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:29,711
I offer no guarantees.
481
00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:33,796
When you first took this up...
482
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:37,951
...I was heartened by the effect it had
on your mood.
483
00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:40,877
I was delighted, in fact.
484
00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:46,919
The whole challenge seemed to
raise your spirits and invigorate you and...
485
00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:51,990
Well, I... I just think it's time to go home now, sir.
486
00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:58,831
But not until we've brought this
to the Inspector's attention.
487
00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:25,511
We saw much death in Pretoria.
488
00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:29,192
One occasion, following the Vet River north,
489
00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:31,993
a Basuto came and told us
of an English soldier lying wounded
490
00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:34,554
some two hours' journey into the veldt.
491
00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:39,597
The wounded Englishman
turned out to be a dead Australian.
492
00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:43,030
Short, muscular, with a yellow waxen face.
493
00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:47,679
Bled to death from a stomach wound.
494
00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:50,439
Set his pocket watch in front of him.
495
00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:55,757
Must have watched his life tick away
with every minute.
496
00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:01,190
A fair fight, open air and a good cause.
497
00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:04,912
There's no better death.
498
00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:08,158
Life should be more like that.
499
00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:11,548
Perhaps you need a change of environment.
500
00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:15,798
Why don't you ask Woodie
to arrange something?
501
00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:18,638
A golfing tour? A spot of skiing?
502
00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:21,433
Ooh. Woodie's already sent me to Coventry.
503
00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:24,517
Then Woodie needs to remember
which side his bread is buttered.
504
00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:27,393
He thinks me intemperate, corrupt
and beyond redemption.
505
00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:28,759
Nonsense!
506
00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:31,792
Right now, I'm not sure I'd go to war
to prove him wrong.
507
00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:34,716
What does your instinct tell you?
508
00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:40,190
My instinct tells me
that George Edalji is innocent.
509
00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:42,549
But, effectively, I've only met him twice.
510
00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:44,591
Then meet him again.
511
00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:48,716
- See if your feelings have changed.
- On what pretext?
512
00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:52,435
You're Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
and you're seeking to clear his name.
513
00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:55,199
It's a surfeit of pretext, if you ask me.
514
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,150
You're a remarkable woman, Jean Leckie.
515
00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:00,475
I have a drawer of your letters saying so.
516
00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:05,391
I don't have long, do I?
517
00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:08,750
No. Not too long.
518
00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:11,758
- Once this Edalji business is behind...
- Arthur...
519
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:13,791
go and see him.
520
00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:16,959
Mm.
521
00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:32,552
You think this a fool's errand?
522
00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:35,398
If the truth could be divined
by looking in a man's eyes,
523
00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:37,635
the world would be a very different place.
524
00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:39,639
- Whoa!
- There he is.
525
00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:47,835
- Come on, Woodie.
- Just a moment, Sir Arthur.
526
00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:54,394
Perhaps we might see where he's going?
527
00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:58,991
A shilling to follow that carriage.
528
00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:02,077
- Two if you can do it without being noticed.
- Walk on.
529
00:35:38,640 --> 00:35:40,596
That's him. Right on time.
530
00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:46,595
- Welcome, Mr Edalji.
- Good evening.
531
00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:48,119
Come with me.
532
00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:09,959
What is this place?
533
00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:13,069
Turn right.
534
00:36:13,120 --> 00:36:15,998
They've got guns.
Sir Arthur, we shouldn't be here.
535
00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:19,878
Look. They're going. Now's our chance.
536
00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:22,958
- Come on.
- Hang on, Sir Arthur.
537
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:25,468
- What? It was your idea.
- It was not my idea.
538
00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:39,834
Mr Price.
539
00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:50,792
It's Hayden Price. I thought he was
still residing at His Majesty's Pleasure.
540
00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:55,072
- You know him?
- Only by reputation. And inspiration.
541
00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:58,349
He's Moriarty.
542
00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:08,037
Oi, you two! Where you going with them?
543
00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:11,715
Leave them. You will help me here.
544
00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:21,557
Hayden Price is the worst kind of criminal.
545
00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:25,832
He's a murderer who's never wielded a knife
and a thief who's never stolen a ha' penny bit.
546
00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:29,919
- Perhaps I got it wrong.
- What, Sir Arthur?
547
00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:32,793
If this were a story,
I'd change the beginning or change the end
548
00:37:32,840 --> 00:37:35,912
or try something else... but it's not.
549
00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:39,470
And I'm not its author.
550
00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:42,637
Come on.
551
00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:56,157
Nice shot, Doyle!
552
00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:03,709
And that is tea, gentlemen.
553
00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:11,559
The bowlers had no secrets from you today.
554
00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:13,989
Well, I was jousting for my lady.
555
00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:16,270
I should have worn your ribbon in my cap.
556
00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:18,838
- If I had a cap.
- Hm.
557
00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:26,474
Hello. It's your sister and Willie.
558
00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:28,636
So it is. Connie!
559
00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:33,111
Good afternoon.
560
00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:35,752
Connie!
561
00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:39,715
Arthur, please.
562
00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:08,991
Thank you.
563
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:21,116
Explain your rudeness today.
564
00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:26,598
You know how Connie loves you...
and you know my enormous admiration for you.
565
00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:30,189
How proud I am to say that Arthur Conan Doyle
is my brother-in-law.
566
00:39:30,240 --> 00:39:32,231
Get to your point, Hornung.
567
00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:35,755
- Your behaviour is compromising.
- To whom?
568
00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:38,917
Your children. To your lady friend.
569
00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:42,316
- To yourself.
- And what about the Marylebone Cricket Club,
570
00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:45,511
the readers of my books
and the staff at Gamages Emporium?
571
00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:48,870
Your involvement with Miss Leckie
pre-dated Lady Doyle's passing
572
00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:51,593
- by some years.
- Define "involvement".
573
00:39:51,640 --> 00:39:55,553
Only your popularity deterred the usual hints
in the gossip columns.
574
00:39:57,400 --> 00:39:59,834
Now you must keep your end of the bargain.
575
00:39:59,880 --> 00:40:02,269
A bargain I never struck.
Define "involvement".
576
00:40:02,320 --> 00:40:05,596
Anyone can see that if you stroll around town
with a grin on your face
577
00:40:05,640 --> 00:40:07,392
and your mistress by your side...
578
00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:10,910
Jean Leckie is a woman of the utmost virtue
and our relationship was -
579
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:12,837
and remains - one of friendship.
580
00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:17,118
You think me a liar
as well as a scoundrel now, do you?
581
00:40:17,160 --> 00:40:20,948
I think, in these matters,
perception counts for more than reality.
582
00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:23,878
- Then to hell with perception.
- If a man's discreet,
583
00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:27,595
- society will allow him all the mistresses...
- For the last time,
584
00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:30,154
Jean Leckie has never been my mistress.
585
00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:34,352
Then why don't you marry her, for God's sake?
586
00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:36,595
Choose a date and announce it in The Times.
587
00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:40,872
Treat her with the respect and feeling
you expect us to and be done with it.
588
00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:55,676
- Good evening.
- Sir Arthur!
589
00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:00,799
Sir Arthur, Ma'am.
590
00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:02,671
- Jean.
- Arthur.
591
00:41:02,720 --> 00:41:04,711
I apologise for the lateness of the hour.
592
00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:06,751
Erm...
593
00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:10,793
I would like to ask for your hand in marriage.
594
00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:17,913
- What is your answer?
- I didn't hear you ask me a question, Arthur.
595
00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:19,951
Ah. Nor did I.
596
00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:23,789
Will you marry me, Jean?
597
00:41:26,160 --> 00:41:27,195
No.
598
00:41:27,240 --> 00:41:28,309
No?
599
00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:31,318
You've been to see your sister,
seeking an apology.
600
00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:35,198
Judging by the look on your face,
you didn't get it.
601
00:41:35,240 --> 00:41:39,392
You're not asking for my hand in marriage,
you're saying, "To hell with you all."
602
00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:41,431
You're flouncing, Arthur.
603
00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:43,630
- Flouncing?
- Don't blame Connie and Willie.
604
00:41:43,680 --> 00:41:45,671
It's nothing to do with them.
605
00:41:45,720 --> 00:41:50,350
Just as your busy bodying in Staffordshire
had scant to do with George Edalji.
606
00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:55,357
Did you ever once ask yourself
why you took up his case?
607
00:41:55,960 --> 00:41:57,951
Because I judged him to be innocent.
608
00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:01,993
Because you judged yourself guilty
and in dire need of redemption.
609
00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:04,634
Whoa. That's a rather tortured connection.
610
00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:08,275
- After Louisa died, I visited you...
- Not to say melodramatic!
611
00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:12,677
You were attempting to answer
your copious letters of condolence.
612
00:42:12,720 --> 00:42:15,439
Attempting and failing.
613
00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:18,756
Well, I doubt if many widowers
find that an easy task.
614
00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:21,268
You found it an unbearable one.
615
00:42:22,240 --> 00:42:26,392
What had you done to deserve
such heartfelt sympathy, you wondered.
616
00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:29,512
- I confess to certain misgivings, yes.
- Misgivings?
617
00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:32,597
You felt like a perfect hypocrite!
618
00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:36,679
I think you're rather close
to overplaying your hand, my dear.
619
00:42:36,720 --> 00:42:40,952
Two summers after we met,
we spent an afternoon in Regent's Park.
620
00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:45,513
As we sat in the rose garden,
621
00:42:45,560 --> 00:42:49,348
you said that you were thinking about your wife
at home in Undershaw.
622
00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:55,039
Of her goodness and her patience
and her fortitude.
623
00:42:57,080 --> 00:43:01,358
And yet you couldn't, hand on heart,
swear that you'd ever loved her.
624
00:43:03,840 --> 00:43:06,877
You said you'd always loved her
as best you could.
625
00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:10,991
But now she's gone...
626
00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:15,231
...you're gripped by a fear, a horror...
627
00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:18,671
...that she knew all along...
628
00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:21,671
...and you can't forgive yourself.
629
00:43:21,720 --> 00:43:25,872
How dare you presume to have knowledge
of my heart where Louisa is concerned?
630
00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:28,150
Nothing I've said is presumed, Arthur.
631
00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:32,518
Witnessed...
632
00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:35,313
...experienced, endured
would be nearer the mark.
633
00:43:46,560 --> 00:43:50,439
One day... One day,
I hope you'll make your peace with her.
634
00:43:56,760 --> 00:43:59,035
Seven years.
635
00:43:59,080 --> 00:44:03,153
Seven years and all I had to sustain me
were your snowdrops.
636
00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:06,870
But it was plenty.
637
00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:08,831
A feast.
638
00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:21,920
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