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For our next death-defying
spectacular,
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the Cavalcade of Mysteries!
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As you can see, ladies and gentlemen,
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blades - deadly sharp.
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No magic for you tonight, then, Miss?
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Well, I wouldn't say that, Mr Butler.
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Jack.
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Of course, Miss Fisher.
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No doubt an unexpected guest
is far more enticing
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than an expected one.
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Allow me to introduce to you
the new patron
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of MacKenzie's Cavalcade of Mysteries -
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the Baron of Richmond.
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Any final words, Miss Pearl?
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Quick and clean, please, Mr MacKenzie.
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Ripped By mstoll
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Oh, Miss, I hope I didn't
spoil your evening.
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Don't worry, Dot, my plans
were already sabotaged
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by an unexpected house guest.
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But the less said about him, the better.
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Miss Fisher, what happened to
your prior engagement?
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I dealt with that.
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Pearl Dyson - magician's assistant,
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cut off in her prime.
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You know, I saw the original
Cavalcade of Mysteries
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as a child.
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I can't imagine you small and harmless.
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Well, I was definitely small.
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And, luckily for you, I paid attention.
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I can lend you my notes,
if you'd like, Hugh.
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I-I think I can manage. Thanks, Dottie.
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Now, this guillotine
is a rather rudimentary model,
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but the principle remains the same.
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So, I assume the trick is
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to keep the lethal section of the blade
out of the way.
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Exactly.
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With this.
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BY pulling out...
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...this small nail.
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Now, perhaps you could pass me
some vegetation and I'll demonstrate.
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Unless, of course,
you'd like to volunteer.
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Now...
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...without that small nail...
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...the blade should be rendered
absolutely harmless.
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How?
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What's this?
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Another nail - with the head filed off.
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This was no accident.
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Something must have gone wrong.
Think harder!
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I did everything as always.
I told you to...
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It's happening again, isn't it? I knew
it was happening again, I knew it!
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- Inspector.
- Mr MacKenzie, meet Miss Fisher-
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private detective.
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And Mr MacKenzie's right-hand woman,
Miss Eva Callahan.
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Callahan.
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It was once Callahan's Cavalcade
of Mysteries, wasn't it?
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Yes, this was originally
my father's show.
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Oh, what a dreadful accident.
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None of us can fathom it.
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My poor Pearl.
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The deceased was Mr MacKenzie's fiancee.
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My condolences, Mr MacKenzie.
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We don't really understand
what happened, do we?
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I mean, every detail was correct.
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I'm afraid your guillotine
was deliberately sabotaged.
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So poor Pearl was murdered?
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Lord, no!
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Oh, she was so kind and generous.
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This theatre is now a crime scene.
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You'll all be questioned in turn,
so please remain in the building.
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So, who else had access to
the guillotine
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before it was wheeled on-stage?
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Anyone who used the prop store.
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Sid Forest is in charge,
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then there's myself, MacKenzie,
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Sarah Norden has her contortionist props
in the store.
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She joined the act around the same time
as Pearl -
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they were... very close.
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Thank you, Miss Callahan.
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It's most helpful.
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Keep your eye on the contortionist, Dot,
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while I follow up with Mr Forest.
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I know how dreadful this must sound,
Inspector,
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and Lord knows it's the last thing
I feel like doing,
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but I do hope the show can go on
this Saturday.
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Our new investor
would be counting on it.
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We'll do our best, Mr MacKenzie,
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but I can't guarantee we'll have
the case solved by then.
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Well, we're in financial straits -
we have theatre rent and wages.
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I thought you said you had
a new investor.
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I'll need to speak with him as well.
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Yes. Well, if you find him,
can you send him my way?
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We haven't seen The Baron
since we left the ship.
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- The Baron?
- The Baron of Rich.
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But I'm afraid that's all I know him as.
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Um, Sid Forest?
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Yes. Yes. He'd be in the prop store.
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Ah, this way.
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Did you notice anything unusual,
Mr Forest,
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when you wheeled the guillotine
on-stage?
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No. It all looked good to me.
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What was I supposed to notice?
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So, Pearl had done it before
without incident?
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About 100 times.
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Did you notice anyone lurking
near the machine earlier in the day?
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No. I was busy working on
the mermaid tank for Saturday.
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Pearl kept badgering me
to check it over again.
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MacKenzie hasn't performed The Mermaid
for ten years -
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not since what's-her-name left.
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Tilly, I think it was.
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Before my time.
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Are you a magician too, Sid?
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No, I'm just the general dog's body.
Didn't they tell you that?
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Well, you must have picked up a few tips
in your time with MacKenzie?
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I'd be an idiot if I hadn't.
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As entertaining as this is, Miss Fisher,
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I have an investigation to get on with.
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Ah.
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Careful with that.
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Are you sure you don't want
your turn to star, Sid?
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Don't worry, my turn will come.
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Eva Callahan has taught me every trick
her father ever knew.
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Sounds like a woman
with her eye on the future.
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Oh.
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You might want this.
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Remember, Sid, the best trick
is the one you least expect.
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You.
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I'm trying to be invisible.
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Miss Fisher always says, 'You never know
when a clue might pop up'.
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Well, um...
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...I'm sure I'll find them eventually,
Dottie.
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Why did Miss Fisher send you
to the magic show, anyway?
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Because she had... other arrangements.
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Dottie, there's enough detective work
going on here.
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Why don't you go home for a cocoa
and I'll come over once we're done,
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- tell you what we find.
- You can't. Sorry.
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Miss Fisher has a gentleman house guest.
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Constable.
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Are you working or gossiping?
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Um, work. It's... I'm working.
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I'm working, sir.
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Well, have you finished fraternising?
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Don't be like that.
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That really is rather a nice tie.
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So, would you like to take another look
at the body with me?
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Is that an invitation?
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Well, I could wait all day for yours.
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Miss Fisher!
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I've got a mate of yours in the cab.
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Reckons he's taking you for supper
at the Green Mill.
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Run along, Miss Fisher.
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I wouldn't want you to neglect
your social commitments.
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Jack, it's really not as social
as you think.
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The show over, my dear?
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I thought a Manhattan or two.
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Out of the cab.
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Ah.
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Don't worry, Baron. Ride's on us.
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Cognac, my dear?
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I don't want a drink,
I want an explanation, Baron of Rich.
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So, murdered, you say.
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This is dreadful for me.
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For you?
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Saturday night is sold out.
The crowds have been waiting ten years
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for the return of
the Miraculous Mermaid.
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It's meant to be utterly thrilling.
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MacKenzie was going to recapture
the magic with the amazing Ruby.
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- Pearl.
- Yes, her.
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What am I going to do now?
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Go to the theatre and offer the troupe
your steadfast support?
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Well, I'd dearly love to, my dear,
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but at a time like this I want to be
the bearer of happy tidings.
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And that's not possible?
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Let's just say the ticket money
has been invested.
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You spent it.
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There have been unforseen delays
on my financial returns, that's all.
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A few days.
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Unless, of course, I can arrange a loan.
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Why are you here?
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Causing trouble can't be
your only motivation.
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I told you, my dear,
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your mother's doing the season in London
with the Langleys.
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But I needed to see more of
my beautiful daughter.
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It's been far too long.
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For you, perhaps.
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I'll loan you the money.
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If you insist, my dear.
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What can I do to make you
think better of me?
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You can move into a hotel.
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- I'll have Cec and Ben load your bags.
- What, now?
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I've only just arrived.
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I put enough nerve tonic in this cognac
to flatten a can horse.
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You'd better go quickly, then.
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Not much mystery to Miss Dyson's
cause of death, I'm afraid.
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Hello, Jack. Back.
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Good, you're here. For a moment there
I thought I stood an even chance.
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Mag doesn't play favourites, Jack,
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unlike her predecessor,
who never, ever told me anything.
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I promised to withstand her inveigling
and bribery
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for as long as humanly possible.
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Telephone me when you have more
on Miss Dyson.
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Of course.
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But, Jack, I've only just arrived.
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Did you know Sid Forest
is a sword swallower?
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A man of many talents, I'm sure.
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Perhaps you should invite him to supper.
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Good day.
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What've you done to him?
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Stood him up for another man.
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Oh, come on, cough up.
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Men. Can't live without them,
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you can't hit them with an axe.
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Ah, sir, I've found an inconsistency
with Miss Eva Callahan's statements.
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Go on.
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Well, according to your notes she set up
the guillotine at a quarter past seven,
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but according to Dottie's notes, she was
reading fortunes at the ticket box
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- until the show started at 7:30.
- Dottie's notes?
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Dottie's notes, yes, sir.
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Ah, well, good. Good.
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Let's get her in.
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I already have, sir.
She's waiting in the interview room.
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Jack! May I finish my conversation
with you?
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If I said 'No',
would it make a difference?
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I think we need to have another word
with Eva Callahan.
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Sid is an aspiring magician
and Eva has been grooming him.
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And what do Sid's aspirations
have to do with Miss Callahan?
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Well, what if they're in cahoots?
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Eva's been teaching him
her father's entire repertoire.
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If the two of them want to take over
the show,
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then what better way than by
sabotaging the Miraculous Mermaid
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and discrediting MacKenzie
all in one fell drop of the blade?
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A drastic theory, but worth testing,
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especially as we already have
Miss Callahan here.
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So you do.
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I'm so sorry I mislead you.
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I didn't set up
the guillotine last night.
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Why did you lie?
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Miss Callahan, may I remind you
this is a murder investigation.
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I began a discrete arrangement with Sid.
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He sets up the guillotine
while I tout for a little bit
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of extra fortune telling money.
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MacKenzie doesn't approve of
clairvoyance,
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but I've been doing everything I can
to try to keep us all together.
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By working up a new routine
with your props boy.
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Well, that was just part of the deal.
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Sid wanted to learn, and I needed
someone to do my checks.
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How did Sid get along with Pearl?
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I think maybe you'd better ask him
about that.
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No, I didn't like Pearl conning
MacKenzie into the Mermaid act,
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so what?
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You failed to tell us that before.
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00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:17,245
You never asked me.
253
00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:19,999
Now, I've got nothing against her type,
254
00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,079
but I'm damn good at what I do -
I've got talent.
255
00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:24,079
And she trumped me
by batting her eyelashes
256
00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:25,959
and agreeing to marry the poor duffer.
257
00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:27,399
She didn't play fair.
258
00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:28,599
So, you retaliated.
259
00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:30,439
What do you expect?
I didn't talk to her,
260
00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:33,559
I didn't share my lunch with her,
but I didn't lop her head off either.
261
00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:36,239
You had ample opportunity
to add that second nail
262
00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:37,959
when you set up the guillotine for Eva.
263
00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:39,769
Yeah. That's not the same as doing it.
264
00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:43,208
Ah, Inspector?
265
00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:48,481
Someone's been very busy over here
doing some metal filing.
266
00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:51,407
And...
267
00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:58,519
...look what I found in the forest green.
268
00:14:58,520 --> 00:14:59,839
A nail head.
269
00:14:59,840 --> 00:15:02,159
Hang on, that... that paints been there
for days.
270
00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:04,239
- You can't pin that on me.
- Not yet, Mr Forest.
271
00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:06,159
But if we do tests on those filings,
272
00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:09,159
and they match the nail used to sabotage
the guillotine,
273
00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:10,605
that might be a different story.
274
00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:24,199
So, now that Sid's officially
been struck off my supper guest list,
275
00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:26,599
perhaps we could try again.
276
00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:27,999
Tonight?
277
00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:30,119
No unexpected guests?
278
00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:33,279
Actually, that's what I want to discuss.
279
00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:34,839
Good. Good.
280
00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:36,046
So would I.
281
00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:42,679
Phryne, at last!
282
00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:44,439
Aunt Prudence.
283
00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:48,359
Someone has tried to charge
the Royal Suite at the Windsor
284
00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:49,599
to my personal account.
285
00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:52,919
Can you imagine
who might have had the gall?
286
00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:55,730
- Unfortunately, yes.
- Prudence!
287
00:15:57,160 --> 00:15:59,039
Henry.
288
00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:00,639
How marvellous.
289
00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:03,039
You look younger with each passing year.
290
00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:04,879
What are you doing here?
291
00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:06,999
Father took the opportunity to visit
292
00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,719
while Mother's doing the season
in London.
293
00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:12,359
And I'm afraid there was some
terrible misunderstanding
294
00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:14,559
- when I went back to the Windsor.
- So, it was you!
295
00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:16,999
I was chatting to the concierge
about you, Prudence.
296
00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:18,319
He spoke very highly.
297
00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:20,439
He must have confused our accounts.
298
00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:23,119
You don't have an account
at the Windsor.
299
00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:25,959
As I discovered when the manager
accused me of fraud.
300
00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:29,919
And, as all my available funds
are tied up with MacKenzie's Cavalcade,
301
00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:31,879
I have nowhere to lay my head tonight.
302
00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:33,759
I'm entertaining.
303
00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:36,079
You'll barely know I'm here.
304
00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:38,279
Unless you'd like some male company,
Prudence?
305
00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:39,479
I'm redecorating.
306
00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:41,926
Looks like I'm yours, my dear.
307
00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:01,679
Sarah?
308
00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:03,170
Sarah, where are you?
309
00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:22,159
Oh, there you are.
310
00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:23,924
Any anomalies in my absence, Dot?
311
00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:27,119
Sid and Sarah are definitely up to
something.
312
00:17:27,120 --> 00:17:28,121
Salutations!
313
00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:31,679
He's following me!
314
00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:33,170
Why the glum faces?
315
00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:36,439
Oh, of course.
My condolences, MacKenzie.
316
00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:37,839
I heard your tragic news.
317
00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:41,599
- And where the blazes have you been?
- Looking after your interests.
318
00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:43,759
This should cover the theatre's rent,
319
00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:45,959
plus outstanding wages
320
00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:49,119
and a little something extra
for any inconvenience caused.
321
00:17:49,120 --> 00:17:51,359
Oh, some good news at last.
322
00:17:51,360 --> 00:17:53,319
This will certainly help the cash box.
323
00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:55,519
Thank you, Baron.
I'm sorry I doubted you.
324
00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:57,239
No harm done. Just a small delay.
325
00:17:57,240 --> 00:17:59,359
Ah, now...
This is Miss Phryne...
326
00:17:59,360 --> 00:18:02,599
Oh, Miss Fisher and I are already
very well acquainted,
327
00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:04,319
aren't we, my dear?
328
00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:10,599
Now, with this awful incident behind us
329
00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:12,639
we can think about
the Miraculous Mermaid.
330
00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:14,359
No, Henry, we can't.
331
00:18:14,360 --> 00:18:17,959
It's an extraordinarily dangerous feat.
Pearl had been rehearsing for weeks.
332
00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:19,799
But the tickets are sold.
333
00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:22,599
What about the other young lady?
Sally, or something?
334
00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:24,799
- She could it, couldn't she?
- Do you mean Sarah?
335
00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:26,599
I'm a contortionist.
336
00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:28,719
I can't even swim.
337
00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:30,639
No-one's asking you
to cross the channel.
338
00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:31,639
It's gone!
339
00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:34,279
T-the rest of the cash.
What did you do with it, MacKenzie?
340
00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:36,362
Nothing. It should still be there!
341
00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:39,479
Um, Miss Norden?
342
00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:40,959
Sarah.
343
00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:43,239
Those were Pearl's pearls, weren't they?
344
00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:44,679
Well, they're mine now.
345
00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:46,250
And whose is this money?
346
00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:49,524
Guard the stage door, Dot!
347
00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:20,399
Evening, sir.
348
00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:23,359
Um, if you wouldn't mind
waiting in the parlour
349
00:20:23,360 --> 00:20:26,125
Miss Fisher's been slightly detained.
350
00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:10,644
I know you're in here, Sarah.
351
00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:32,719
I do apologise, Inspector,
352
00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:35,530
I'm sure Miss Fisher will be here
shortly.
353
00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:57,639
What are you doing here?
354
00:21:57,640 --> 00:21:59,239
We were waiting for The Baron.
355
00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:01,159
He's given us the slip.
356
00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:04,687
Forget The Baron,
I've got a paying job for you.
357
00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:12,684
Jack, at last.
358
00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:16,279
I am so sorry I kept you.
359
00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:19,279
I'm sorry too, Miss Fisher.
360
00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:20,279
Oh.
361
00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:21,850
Why don't you sit down and...
362
00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:24,119
...have another drink?
363
00:22:24,120 --> 00:22:27,559
No, no, no. I need to make something
perfectly clear.
364
00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:29,839
Go ahead.
365
00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:31,759
Well, you know I'm a liberal-minded man.
366
00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:34,319
Maybe not as liberal-minded
as you'd like me to be,
367
00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:37,639
or as much as I would like me to be
for you,
368
00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:41,999
but I don't want you to think I'm like
all those other liberal-minded men.
369
00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:43,039
What other men?
370
00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:45,679
Well, the parade. The constant parade of
French artists,
371
00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:46,999
of fugitive anarchists,
372
00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,959
of, of, of Russian clairvoyants.
373
00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:51,479
The tango dancers,
374
00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:53,519
and... and men who...
375
00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:56,126
...men who wear damned cravats!
376
00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:03,199
Well, I'm not one of them
and I never will be.
377
00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:04,850
Even if you want me to be.
378
00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:08,039
That's all I have to say.
379
00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:09,565
Jack, wait.
380
00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:15,969
I forgot my nerve tonic.
381
00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:34,011
Ah...
382
00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:36,840
Is that you?
383
00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:40,290
A-achoo!
384
00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:05,879
Good morning, Inspector.
385
00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:07,530
I've pressed your suit.
386
00:24:10,120 --> 00:24:11,799
Thank you, Mr Butler.
387
00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:13,882
No trouble at all, sir.
388
00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:29,319
Hungry?
389
00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:31,479
- I can recommend the omelette.
- Ah...
390
00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:33,239
Morning, Jack.
391
00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:35,479
- How's the head?
- Miss Fisher.
392
00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:39,599
- I offered him breakfast.
- Father, I asked you to wait upstairs!
393
00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:40,599
Father.
394
00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:42,879
Henry George Fisher - Baron of Richmond.
395
00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:44,599
We haven't been formally introduced,
396
00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:46,599
though I did help to carry you
up the stairs.
397
00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:49,119
This is Detective Inspector
Jack Robinson.
398
00:24:49,120 --> 00:24:51,759
- Inspector.
- Yes, Father, an officer of the law.
399
00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:56,479
My father is the main financier
of the Cavalcade of Mysteries.
400
00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:59,839
You might recall Mr MacKenzie
mentioning him.
401
00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:02,919
Yes, I... I do recall.
402
00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:04,490
I think I'll try another omelette.
403
00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:08,125
Jack!
404
00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:12,039
I was going to explain last night,
405
00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:13,359
but...
406
00:25:13,360 --> 00:25:14,839
...you were in no fit state.
407
00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:15,959
You assaulted me.
408
00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:17,559
My father assaulted you.
409
00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:19,559
Well, his nerve tonic
assaulted you first,
410
00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:21,799
but none of it was planned.
411
00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:23,599
Who put me in pyjamas?
412
00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:25,523
Mr Butler, of course.
413
00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:29,279
After I undressed you.
414
00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:34,639
Comin' through!
415
00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:36,051
Urgent delivery.
416
00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:44,439
Good morning.
417
00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:45,965
Ah...
418
00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:48,839
Why did you take this money?
419
00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:50,599
Because it was owed to me
420
00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:52,439
and I needed it to send
to Pearl's auntie
421
00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:55,079
so she could buy her a proper headstone.
422
00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:58,039
Shouldn't Mr MacKenzie do that,
as Pearl's fiancé?
423
00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:00,239
You and Pearl were close, weren't you?
424
00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:01,919
We were friends.
425
00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:05,799
Sid said he had nothing against
her type.
426
00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:07,484
Now, what would he mean by that?
427
00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:10,839
You took her beads.
428
00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:11,879
Yes, I did.
429
00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:13,919
They were covered in her blood.
430
00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:15,359
I'm sentimental.
431
00:26:15,360 --> 00:26:17,239
You were intimate friends,
432
00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:18,399
weren't you?
433
00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:20,439
In a Sapphic sense.
434
00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:22,879
But Pearl had ambition.
435
00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:24,450
She was perfect for that act.
436
00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:28,399
She was a champion swimmer.
437
00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:31,039
She'd dreamed about doing
the Miraculous Mermaid
438
00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:33,319
ever since she heard about the act.
439
00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:36,159
And she was prepared to do anything
to get the part, wasn't she?
440
00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:37,479
Even marry MacKenzie.
441
00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:39,479
It doesn't mean that she loved him.
442
00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:40,599
No.
443
00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:43,001
But she gave you up for him, didn't she?
444
00:26:44,360 --> 00:26:46,479
She was mine.
445
00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:49,039
Prepare yourselves,
ladies and gentlemen,
446
00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:52,567
for the most dangerous and spectacular
act you have ever seen.
447
00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:57,399
No, MacKenzie, it's not spectacular,
448
00:26:57,400 --> 00:26:58,606
it's not dangerous.
449
00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:01,719
We'll come back to this later, Mavis.
450
00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:03,839
What happened to your last mermaid?
451
00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:06,959
Mermaids don't just vanish.
You must at least remember her name.
452
00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:08,359
It was Tilly, wasn't it?
453
00:27:08,360 --> 00:27:10,119
No, her name was Millie.
454
00:27:10,120 --> 00:27:11,759
Millie the Miraculous Mermaid.
455
00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:14,199
It doesn't matter what her name was!
456
00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,159
We're not doing it.
457
00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:18,679
It's cursed, I'm telling you.
458
00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:21,359
This act is cursed.
459
00:27:21,360 --> 00:27:23,089
Come with me, Dot.
460
00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:37,119
What exactly are you looking for, Miss?
461
00:27:37,120 --> 00:27:40,124
The original mermaid picture -
I saw it the other day.
462
00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:49,849
But this is far more informative!
463
00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:54,526
Oh!
464
00:27:57,560 --> 00:27:59,999
- Sid!
- Hey, what happened to you?
465
00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,479
Nothing. I told them the money
was for Pearl's family,
466
00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:05,439
and they couldn't prove anything.
The cops just dropped me back.
467
00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:07,519
- You nearly got us both caught.
- No, I didn't.
468
00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:10,330
And stop complaining.
You're lucky I didn't drag you into it.
469
00:28:14,120 --> 00:28:16,959
The trouble with a dubious bunch
like MacKenzie's Cavalcade
470
00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:19,559
is sorting out the petty criminals
from the killers.
471
00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:20,719
Those two?
472
00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:22,439
Well, they're definitely the former.
473
00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:24,519
They obviously colluded
to steal that money,
474
00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:27,410
and it's why Sid tried to stop me
with his sword-throwing trick.
475
00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:30,728
I'll reserve judgement on the latter.
476
00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:52,639
Miss, look.
477
00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:54,639
Mr MacKenzie...
478
00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:56,119
...on his wedding day.
479
00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:58,805
With a bride who looks like Eva.
480
00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:02,519
MACKENZIE Millie was...
481
00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:04,568
...Eva's twin sister...
482
00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:08,839
...and my darling wife.
483
00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:11,439
And why didn't you tell us?
Either of you?
484
00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:14,239
We couldn't see what Millie
had to do with Pearl.
485
00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:16,319
Well, she was obviously
a big pan of the show.
486
00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:18,199
- Why did she leave?
- S-she made other...
487
00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:19,639
Eva!
488
00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:21,608
She didn't leave.
489
00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:24,879
She died.
490
00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:26,319
That's not true.
491
00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:28,799
Eva, please, you don't need to cover up
for me anymore.
492
00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:30,006
I've had enough.
493
00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:34,759
Millie drowned ten years ago.
494
00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:35,959
It was all my fault.
495
00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:37,959
It was an accident.
496
00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:41,279
Oh, my stars.
I've invested in a bunch of crooks!
497
00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:42,441
Be quiet, Baron!
498
00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:45,479
We were on tour
499
00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:46,811
in Kalgoorlie...
500
00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:50,359
...and I-l left her there.
I just left her there.
501
00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:52,839
You had no choice.
The show had to go on.
502
00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:54,519
The razzle dazzle went on, didn't it?
503
00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:57,091
But I failed her
just as I failed poor Pearl.
504
00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:00,919
Inspector, just in time.
505
00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:03,651
Mr MacKenzie has something
he'd like to tell you.
506
00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:09,206
I'd like to confess...
507
00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:12,810
...to the manslaughter of my wife...
508
00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:15,046
...Millie MacKenzie...
509
00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:18,170
...ten years ago.
510
00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:29,039
Miss Williams, you're still here.
511
00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:31,039
I was just looking for Miss Fisher.
512
00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:34,169
Oh, yes. She holds your skills
in very high regard.
513
00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:36,930
- Please.
- Oh.
514
00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:40,719
Oh, you have a very strong mind.
515
00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:42,479
And an eye for detail.
516
00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:44,439
That's what Miss Fisher relies on.
517
00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:49,039
And don't worry, your fiance's dilemma
will soon be resolved.
518
00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:50,479
What dilemma?
519
00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:53,051
The choice between a working woman
and a wife.
520
00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:55,685
Forgive me.
521
00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:17,166
'Millie"?
522
00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:34,925
Trick hinges.
523
00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:40,206
Miss.
524
00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:46,569
Eva Callahan just dropped this.
525
00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:51,479
Oh!
526
00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:53,448
A letter from a dead woman?
527
00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:58,522
Excellent sleuthing, Dot.
528
00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:10,841
Millie MacKenzie.
529
00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:17,159
Of course I can assist,
if it means saving Mervin -
530
00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:18,639
Mr MacKenzie -
531
00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:20,279
from the gallows.
532
00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:22,199
But what about your second husband?
533
00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:24,239
Benedict died six months ago in Paris.
534
00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:25,879
That's why I came home.
535
00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:27,079
I'm sorry.
536
00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:31,039
I knew it was risky,
but I missed everyone so much.
537
00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:32,839
Especially my sister.
538
00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:36,049
We were so close, as twins are.
539
00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:45,559
Could we bother you
for a glass of water?
540
00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:46,800
Of course.
541
00:33:57,800 --> 00:33:59,006
Quick, Miss!
542
00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:14,999
Excuse me for saying so,
543
00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:17,399
but... staging your own death
544
00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:19,639
seems a rather complicated way
out of a marriage.
545
00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:21,319
Why didn't you just ask for a divorce?
546
00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:24,919
At the time, it seemed the only way.
547
00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:27,719
Even if I told Mervin the truth -
548
00:34:27,720 --> 00:34:31,759
I'd fallen in love with another man -
he would never have let me go.
549
00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:33,279
You were afraid of him.
550
00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:35,759
I was terrified.
551
00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:39,559
And so, Eva helped you
pull off your audacious stunt.
552
00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:41,759
Please don't blame her.
553
00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:43,000
I begged her.
554
00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:48,839
Have you released MacKenzie?
555
00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:50,080
We had no choice.
556
00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:57,119
Millie pretended to get into trouble,
557
00:34:57,120 --> 00:35:00,519
but MacKenzie believed she'd drowned.
558
00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:05,439
He was distraught, so I promised him
that I'd take care of everything.
559
00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:07,999
So, as far as MacKenzie knows,
560
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:10,685
Millie is buried somewhere
outside Kalgoorlie.
561
00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:13,879
I'm surprised that you didn't take over.
562
00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:15,919
Well, Millie and I are identical,
563
00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:19,239
but, unfortunately,
we don't share identical talents.
564
00:35:19,240 --> 00:35:22,119
I get breathless when I'm nervous.
565
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:23,639
Is it true? ls Millie still alive?
566
00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:25,959
- Sorry, sir...
- How could you trick me like this?!
567
00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:28,039
- Millie was my wife!
- No! MacKenzie!
568
00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:30,239
You tell me where she is!
I need to see her!
569
00:35:30,240 --> 00:35:31,839
She broke my heart!
570
00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:33,079
Like Pearl!
571
00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:35,319
Let go of me!
572
00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:38,399
I need to find her!
573
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:40,079
Well, if you ask me,
it has all to do with
574
00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:41,799
bringing back the Miraculous Mermaid
575
00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:44,719
because each of our suspects
had a reason to stop it going ahead.
576
00:35:44,720 --> 00:35:48,159
MacKenzie obviously found out
that Pearl was taking him for a ride,
577
00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:50,239
and the thing that she wanted most
was not him,
578
00:35:50,240 --> 00:35:51,759
but to play his new mermaid.
579
00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:54,759
The last thing Sid wanted
was MacKenzie's star to rise again.
580
00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:57,319
And Sarah was furious with Pearl,
for casting her aside,
581
00:35:57,320 --> 00:35:59,639
again, for the sake of
performing the Mermaid act.
582
00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:02,919
Eva could have murdered the new mermaid
to protect her sister's legacy.
583
00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:03,999
What about Millie?
584
00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:05,119
No obvious motive,
585
00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:08,199
but I am curious to know
what she was using this for.
586
00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:09,690
Fell out of her handbag?
587
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:13,479
Paregoric - a cough mixture,
pain relief, diarrhoea.
588
00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:15,159
It's camphorated tincture of opium.
589
00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:17,479
- Opium?
- I'll take that.
590
00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:19,599
You may need her new address too.
591
00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:22,080
I'll pass on your regards.
592
00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:32,080
If the killer didn't want
the Miraculous Mermaid performed,
593
00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:35,399
then performing it...
594
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:37,799
...would be dangerous.
595
00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:39,679
But might flush out the killer.
596
00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:41,639
So might a methodical investigation.
597
00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:44,519
I'll leave the methodical pan to Jack,
598
00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:48,445
while I conduct a small experiment
in Aunt Prudence's swimming pool.
599
00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:52,719
I can't believe MacKenzie's
still stuck on this woman
600
00:36:52,720 --> 00:36:55,239
after she ran away with another bloke.
601
00:36:55,240 --> 00:36:57,719
He even wrote her a soppy love letter.
602
00:36:57,720 --> 00:36:59,159
Are you going to deliver it?
603
00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:01,919
Of course not, Dottie,
this is a police station.
604
00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:03,079
It's not a post office.
605
00:37:03,080 --> 00:37:06,239
We could go together. I think
Millie's definitely hiding something.
606
00:37:06,240 --> 00:37:07,799
Mm. Bigamy, for a start.
607
00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:10,799
And I don't do this job for fun, Dottie,
I have to follow procedure.
608
00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:17,370
City South Police Station.
Constable Collins speaking.
609
00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:19,799
I...
610
00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:22,119
Sorry, Dottie, I can't chat now.
611
00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:24,600
Yes.
612
00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:28,079
Yes, that's correct.
613
00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:29,999
- What do you say?
- You're not qualified.
614
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:33,799
I... did study Houdini's
water torture cell
615
00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:35,439
under The Great Levante.
616
00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:36,839
I haven't done it for ten years.
617
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:39,079
But it's what the audience
have paid for.
618
00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:41,799
No. No, it's too late
without any rehearsal.
619
00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:44,199
I've been rehearsing all afternoon.
620
00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:46,639
You know you didn't drown anyone.
621
00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:48,719
You didn't fail,
622
00:37:48,720 --> 00:37:53,279
you didn't kill the Miraculous Mermaid
ten years ago,
623
00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:55,806
what are you so afraid of?
624
00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:01,159
Oh, Prudence! Can't stop!
625
00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:03,399
I'm on my way to MacKenzie's magic show.
626
00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:05,479
I want to know what my niece is up to!
627
00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:07,439
She'll be at the theatre too.
628
00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:08,639
I've just had a call -
629
00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:10,319
we found a new mermaid.
630
00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:11,479
Mermaid?!
631
00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:14,639
I haven't met her yet, but she'll be
padlocked into an underwater tank
632
00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:17,279
and have to escape from her chains
or drown.
633
00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:18,799
Thrilling stuff!
634
00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:20,239
Henry!
635
00:38:20,240 --> 00:38:22,719
What kind of an idiot are you?
636
00:38:22,720 --> 00:38:24,159
Steady on, Prudence.
637
00:38:24,160 --> 00:38:27,999
Phryne has been submerged
in my swimming pool all afternoon.
638
00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:29,199
Oh.
639
00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:30,879
You think... Oh.
640
00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:34,039
It's another of your ridiculous schemes
gone wrong.
641
00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:37,199
If any harm comes to that dear girl,
it'll be on your head.
642
00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:39,168
Taxi!
643
00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:43,919
You were right about Sid Forest, sir.
644
00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:46,039
Previous charges of petty theft,
645
00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:48,759
a minor assault on a train driver
646
00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:52,839
and jailed five years ago
for counterfeiting.
647
00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:55,719
Impressive list of achievements
for a sword swallower.
648
00:38:55,720 --> 00:38:57,919
Nothing on Miss Norden, though.
649
00:38:57,920 --> 00:39:00,651
Just like MacKenzie - he's...
Hang on, why doesn't...
650
00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:03,959
Oh, no.
651
00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:05,199
Something wrong, Collins?
652
00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:09,599
Millie Naylor's letter's missing from
the MacKenzie file, sir,
653
00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:12,879
and I think...
Miss Williams has taken it.
654
00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:15,486
Just what we need -
two of them.
655
00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:29,439
It's Joe and Jeny!
656
00:40:29,440 --> 00:40:33,039
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
I'm here tonight to talk to you-
657
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:36,799
I'm sorry, what are you doing here?
658
00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:39,087
Oh, I've come to see the magic show.
659
00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:42,479
Miss Fisher...
660
00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:46,039
...please, can you please double-check
that you'll be able to reach this
661
00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:47,769
once your hands are padlocked?
662
00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:50,969
It... it slips in here.
663
00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:53,280
Excuse me.
664
00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:56,279
- You're too nervous.
- Oh, Lord.
665
00:40:56,280 --> 00:40:58,282
Here.
666
00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:02,731
Miss Fisher.
667
00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:06,279
- OK.
- Oh.
668
00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:07,645
Bravo.
669
00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:11,159
I can see what that guy
up in the back row's thinking too -
670
00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:12,685
'Stop that, you naughty boy'.
671
00:41:17,720 --> 00:41:18,960
Yes!
672
00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:12,679
This is more like it.
673
00:42:12,680 --> 00:42:14,808
JC Williamson's got nothing on you,
mate.
674
00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:43,281
Just remember not to panic.
675
00:42:51,520 --> 00:42:53,807
Shame to lose a beautiful lady like you,
Miss.
676
00:42:55,560 --> 00:42:57,289
Are you sure this is wise?
677
00:43:48,760 --> 00:43:49,841
Miss Fisher!
678
00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:54,840
Bravo!
679
00:43:58,920 --> 00:44:00,919
Ladies and gentlemen, girls and boys,
680
00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:03,039
at last, what you've all been
waiting for!
681
00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:05,805
I give you my Miraculous Mermaid!
682
00:44:23,760 --> 00:44:25,330
- Anyone here?
- Hugh!
683
00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:29,039
Oh!
684
00:44:29,040 --> 00:44:30,159
Phew!
685
00:44:30,160 --> 00:44:31,959
Dottie, what are you doing here?
686
00:44:31,960 --> 00:44:32,961
Look at this.
687
00:44:37,360 --> 00:44:39,362
Millie Mailer lied about living here.
688
00:44:41,360 --> 00:44:43,408
- Inspector.
- Miss Williams.
689
00:44:55,600 --> 00:44:56,840
Paregoric.
690
00:44:57,880 --> 00:44:59,803
My cousin uses that for his asthma, sir.
691
00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:06,119
In this most daring of feats,
692
00:45:06,120 --> 00:45:11,120
my Miraculous Mermaid must channel
the lungs of a creature from the deep -
693
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:15,679
the wondrous powers
of the great Houdini -
694
00:45:15,680 --> 00:45:19,599
lest she find herself in a watery grave.
695
00:45:20,840 --> 00:45:21,921
Are you alright?
696
00:45:25,680 --> 00:45:26,920
It was you!
697
00:45:54,360 --> 00:45:56,442
How long does she have,
ladies and gentlemen?
698
00:46:11,320 --> 00:46:12,321
One minute.
699
00:46:13,320 --> 00:46:14,924
Can she do it?
700
00:46:31,120 --> 00:46:32,519
Two minutes!
701
00:46:51,760 --> 00:46:53,171
Three minutes.
702
00:47:25,200 --> 00:47:27,039
Four minutes.
703
00:47:27,040 --> 00:47:28,610
Get her out of there.
704
00:47:29,760 --> 00:47:30,921
Get her out of there!
705
00:47:32,600 --> 00:47:34,409
Phryne's in there!
706
00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:51,161
Stop her!
707
00:48:00,960 --> 00:48:02,530
You're under arrest.
708
00:48:03,800 --> 00:48:05,404
Good teamwork, Hugh.
709
00:48:08,440 --> 00:48:10,283
How on earth did you manage that?
710
00:48:13,640 --> 00:48:16,839
It helped that our murderer showed
a distinct lack of imagination
711
00:48:16,840 --> 00:48:18,839
in her modus operandi.
712
00:48:24,160 --> 00:48:25,685
Thank you.
713
00:48:34,280 --> 00:48:36,681
It was galling, wasn't it, Eva?
714
00:48:38,560 --> 00:48:40,679
First your father, and then MacKenzie,
715
00:48:40,680 --> 00:48:42,359
forcing you to hide behind the scenes
716
00:48:42,360 --> 00:48:44,839
while your sister received
all the accolades.
717
00:48:44,840 --> 00:48:47,439
And the more successful she became,
718
00:48:47,440 --> 00:48:49,479
the more eclipsed you felt,
719
00:48:49,480 --> 00:48:51,209
until you could bear it no longer.
720
00:48:52,840 --> 00:48:54,719
So, you murdered Millie
721
00:48:54,720 --> 00:48:56,239
by trapping her in the water tank.
722
00:48:56,240 --> 00:49:00,559
And you convinced MacKenzie
it was just some accident.
723
00:49:00,560 --> 00:49:02,119
How could I not have seen it all?
724
00:49:02,120 --> 00:49:03,565
Because you're a lovesick fool.
725
00:49:05,600 --> 00:49:08,879
And it all played out
just as you'd hoped.
726
00:49:08,880 --> 00:49:11,645
You'd finally stepped out
from your sister's shadow.
727
00:49:12,960 --> 00:49:15,479
Till I lost my nerve
and the show was ruined.
728
00:49:15,480 --> 00:49:17,119
Until the Baron came along
729
00:49:17,120 --> 00:49:21,967
and convinced MacKenzie
to revive the Miraculous Mermaid.
730
00:49:23,360 --> 00:49:26,839
Then Pearl began to ask too many
questions about the water tank.
731
00:49:26,840 --> 00:49:29,719
She must have found the secret hole
you'd drilled
732
00:49:29,720 --> 00:49:31,199
to sabotage the lid.
733
00:49:31,200 --> 00:49:33,519
That's why Pearl kept badgering me
about the tank.
734
00:49:33,520 --> 00:49:35,839
You were so worried
it would all come out.
735
00:49:35,840 --> 00:49:36,959
You had to stop her,
736
00:49:36,960 --> 00:49:40,479
and so you fixed a second nail
in the guillotine,
737
00:49:40,480 --> 00:49:43,199
just like you fixed the lid
of the water tank,
738
00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:46,759
and you let poor MacKenzie believe that
he had made yet another fatal mistake.
739
00:49:46,760 --> 00:49:48,959
What possessed you?!
740
00:49:48,960 --> 00:49:51,679
Millie possessed me, that's who.
741
00:49:51,680 --> 00:49:54,639
The audience adored Millie
but never knew I even existed.
742
00:49:54,640 --> 00:49:56,239
I was just pan of the trickery.
743
00:49:56,240 --> 00:49:59,199
'Oh, look, Millie's over here!
Now she's over there!'
744
00:49:59,200 --> 00:50:00,645
But where was I?
745
00:50:01,880 --> 00:50:05,679
This was my father's show
and it should have been mine too.
746
00:50:05,680 --> 00:50:09,366
I deserved my share,
I deserved to be a pan of it.
747
00:50:14,040 --> 00:50:15,280
This way, Miss Callahan.
748
00:50:29,680 --> 00:50:33,359
Ah, your father has just arrived,
Miss Fisher.
749
00:50:33,360 --> 00:50:34,639
Not again.
750
00:50:34,640 --> 00:50:38,239
Urn, Mrs Stanley was quite insistent
that you read this letter
751
00:50:38,240 --> 00:50:40,049
before you speak with him again.
752
00:50:54,360 --> 00:50:57,091
There you are, my dear.
753
00:51:00,000 --> 00:51:01,959
I told you it was a wonderful show.
754
00:51:01,960 --> 00:51:04,039
Of course, it'll be difficult
to replace you,
755
00:51:04,040 --> 00:51:05,759
but you've at least made my money back.
756
00:51:05,760 --> 00:51:07,159
My money.
757
00:51:07,160 --> 00:51:10,519
What I'd like to know is how you managed
to squander yours.
758
00:51:10,520 --> 00:51:13,649
Is that why you sold the estate
in Somerset?
759
00:51:16,280 --> 00:51:18,759
Mother wrote to Prudence.
760
00:51:18,760 --> 00:51:21,719
She thinks you're in London
looking to buy a town house.
761
00:51:21,720 --> 00:51:23,719
Your mother wanted something
less drafty.
762
00:51:23,720 --> 00:51:25,759
The point is you're not in London,
763
00:51:25,760 --> 00:51:28,399
and you've been lying to me
ever since you got here.
764
00:51:28,400 --> 00:51:31,519
I only invested in MacKenzie's Cavalcade
because of you.
765
00:51:31,520 --> 00:51:33,719
Because you always loved magic.
766
00:51:33,720 --> 00:51:36,399
Do you know why I studied magic
so avidly?
767
00:51:36,400 --> 00:51:39,199
To make you disappear
768
00:51:39,200 --> 00:51:40,531
out of our lives.
769
00:51:43,920 --> 00:51:45,519
Don't.
770
00:51:45,520 --> 00:51:47,439
Miss Fisher.
771
00:51:47,440 --> 00:51:48,999
Inspector Robinson!
772
00:51:49,000 --> 00:51:50,759
Just in time to help us celebrate.
773
00:51:50,760 --> 00:51:51,959
Come in. Come in.
774
00:51:51,960 --> 00:51:53,719
Come in.
775
00:51:53,720 --> 00:51:55,879
And what are we drinking to?
776
00:51:55,880 --> 00:51:57,999
To...
777
00:51:58,000 --> 00:51:59,759
...magic.
778
00:51:59,760 --> 00:52:01,559
To mermaids.
779
00:52:01,560 --> 00:52:04,239
To my wonderful daughter.
780
00:52:04,240 --> 00:52:07,130
To leopards changing their spots.
781
00:52:10,280 --> 00:52:12,089
And to miracles.
782
00:52:15,500 --> 00:52:23,500
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