1 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:43,320 The bracing scent of aviation fuel and grease. 2 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:46,350 What happened to that one, Miss? 3 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:48,270 Gravity I'd say, Dot. 4 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:53,840 ~ Ah, Group Captain Lyle Compton! ~ Phryne! 5 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:02,790 This is my assistant, Dorothy Williams. 6 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:04,670 ~ Ah. Pleasure, Miss Williams. ~ Hello. 7 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:07,190 Are you interested in planes? I can take you for a spin. 8 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:09,550 Oh, no, thank you. I mean, I am interested, but... 9 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:11,070 But mainly in how they stay up. 10 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:12,990 Oh, well, perhaps a tour of the base then. 11 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:15,590 As you can see, our boys are hard at it, 12 00:02:15,640 --> 00:02:17,670 preparing for another air show on Saturday. 13 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:19,230 Help our battered reputation. 14 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:21,950 Yes, the newspapers certainly made a meal of your last mishap. 15 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:23,670 Yes. Well, at least no-one was killed. 16 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:25,510 Pity it's such a dangerous game, flying. 17 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:28,270 Not half as dangerous as that machine, I'll bet. 18 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:29,760 How fast? 19 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:33,120 With this tail wind, I'd hazard a guess at 132 miles per hour. 20 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:34,680 Prove it. 21 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:42,070 What was our previous best? 22 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:45,200 117. Colchester Airfield, 1919. 23 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:46,880 Dot. 24 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:51,200 ~ Miss, no. ~ Watch the planes, Dot. 25 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:53,720 ~ Hold on tight. ~ If you insist. 26 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:07,040 Whoo-hoo! 27 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:23,900 On your way, then. 28 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:31,440 Full rigor mortis. Must have happened last night. 29 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:35,220 Perhaps she was strangled, sir. 30 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:39,310 No marks on the wind pipe. 31 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:41,600 Did those boys recognise her? 32 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:44,910 No, they don't think she's a local. 33 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,600 No purse, not even a coat. 34 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:53,840 Nothing to identify her. 35 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:58,620 Just a scrap of paper and a set of keys. 36 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:02,920 Sir. 37 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:11,160 That's a serious boot print. 38 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:15,560 And where around here would we find a serious pair of boots? 39 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:23,870 Now, this plane was a favourite 40 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:25,750 with Wing Commander Harry Cobby, 41 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:28,390 lead ace with the Australian Flying Corps. 42 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:32,760 From 29 victories in less than a year, Distinguished Service Order, 43 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:35,830 Distinguished Flying Cross, and Two Bars... 44 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:41,240 They're a tricky lot. Union blokes, not military. 45 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:44,380 Wouldn't trust them to keep a kite airborne. 46 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:46,710 Were you a pilot before you retired, Mr Greaves? 47 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:49,840 Uh, no. No. I'm just happy to be part of it these days. 48 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:54,840 But once flying is in your blood, that's it. Nothing like it. 49 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:59,640 Up above the clouds, sun shining. Like being in heaven. 50 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:02,350 I'm sure it is. 51 00:05:04,840 --> 00:05:07,070 The papers practically accuse the mechanics union 52 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:08,590 of sabotaging that plane. 53 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:10,150 Well, somebody did. 54 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:12,350 The fuel was deliberately contaminated. 55 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:14,030 Is that why you called me in? 56 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:15,910 It gets worse, I'm afraid. 57 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:18,590 One of my men failed to report for duty this morning. 58 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:20,230 Flight Lieutenant James Manning, 59 00:05:20,280 --> 00:05:22,270 the officer who walked away from that wreck, 60 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:24,750 hell bent on finding out who was responsible. 61 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:26,590 You think he asked too many questions. 62 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:28,110 I hope not. 63 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:31,030 And another onslaught of bad publicity could be the death of us. 64 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:34,600 This needs a... a delicate touch. 65 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:37,390 Squadron Leader Willis Jones is organising our air show. 66 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:39,830 A challenging exercise in public relations, I gather. 67 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:41,790 Yes. Apart from the technicalities. 68 00:05:41,840 --> 00:05:45,520 We have other flyers but Manning is a... one-off. 69 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:48,120 When did you notice he was gone? 70 00:05:48,280 --> 00:05:49,950 After formation practice yesterday. 71 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,070 Anything missing from his quarters? 72 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:55,230 His uniform is gone, his wallet. Everything else is untouched. 73 00:05:55,280 --> 00:05:57,310 Is there anyone he was particularly close to 74 00:05:57,360 --> 00:05:59,830 who might know why he disappeared? 75 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:04,080 The police to see you, Sir. 76 00:06:04,280 --> 00:06:06,670 Jack, what on earth are you doing here? 77 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:09,430 Same thing as you I imagine, Miss Fisher. 78 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:11,150 Detective Inspector Jack Robinson. 79 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:13,710 Group Captain Lyle Compton. That'll be all, Jones. 80 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:15,390 Group Captain, a woman has been found dead 81 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:16,990 near your perimeter fence. 82 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:19,630 ~ Dead?! ~ I was aware there was an incident. 83 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:21,550 ~ You didn't know? ~ No. 84 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:25,600 Um... Compton and I are old friends. 85 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:27,960 I was here on another matter. 86 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:31,790 I'll need a list of names of any personnel who left the base 87 00:06:31,840 --> 00:06:33,310 in the last 24 hours. 88 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:36,430 No-one was authorised to leave the base, I can tell you that right now. 89 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:38,880 ~ What about unauthorised? ~ Phryne. 90 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:42,990 ~ Who was this woman? ~ We don't know, as yet. 91 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:46,000 This has no connection with the Air Force. 92 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:49,160 If I find a connection? 93 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:51,830 There'll be a thorough investigation. 94 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:54,030 Keep me informed, Inspector. 95 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,880 You'll find me at the morgue, Miss Fisher. 96 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:07,190 I can't promise to keep all your secrets, Compton. 97 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:09,990 Not if it stands between Jack and bringing a murderer to justice. 98 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:11,910 At least be discreet. 99 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:15,960 Please. Keep me posted. 100 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:27,550 Dotty. 101 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:39,630 What... what are you doing here? 102 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:41,590 I'm here on official business, Hugh. 103 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:43,000 Already? 104 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:45,110 I know Miss Fisher has a nose for trouble, 105 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:47,990 but this is a military base with guns and men. 106 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:49,710 It could be very dangerous. 107 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:51,550 ~ The war is over, Hugh. ~ I know... 108 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:54,310 And sometimes Miss Fisher needs me to do dangerous things, 109 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:57,070 like be a hostage or pretend to be a racing car driver, 110 00:07:57,120 --> 00:07:59,640 or even... go up in a plane. 111 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:03,960 What? You're terrified of planes. 112 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:06,920 ~ Collins. ~ Sir. 113 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:08,550 Jack, wait. 114 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:13,760 You know I can't resist a murder, if it is a murder. 115 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:18,960 I found these by the body. 116 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:23,780 The missing airman's service number. 117 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:26,470 I think I found your connection. 118 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:29,150 It's a chilly night to be out without a coat. 119 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:33,520 Severe dehydration and asphyxia. 120 00:08:33,680 --> 00:08:35,880 My bet, some kind of poison. 121 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:41,080 Found that inside her clothing. I presume it was around her neck. 122 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:43,120 Those keys. 123 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:51,190 She had better access to the Air Force than I do. 124 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:54,440 Perhaps Flight Lieutenant James Manning gave her access. 125 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:57,030 Perhaps they were lovers. 126 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:59,150 Or maybe just old friends. 127 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:02,600 I met Compton back in England at the end of the war. 128 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:05,310 I flew a couple of low-key missions with him, that's all. 129 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:08,400 No lighter and only one unlit cigarette. 130 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:11,070 But a serious smoker. 131 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:14,080 ~ Missions, as in intelligence. ~ Not officially. 132 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:17,960 'Flight... earth... eyes turn skyward... 133 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:20,670 .. have been and there... will always long...' 134 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:24,120 A love letter. Sounds very literary. 135 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:25,950 And very aeronautical. 136 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,940 So Captain Courageous is entrusting Mata Hari 137 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,200 with another secret mission. 138 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:34,960 Compton was a long time ago, Jack, and it wasn't like that. 139 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:38,040 Well, yes, it was, but... 140 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:39,710 You know what it's like 141 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:42,350 when you think life is fleeting and you might die at any moment. 142 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:44,510 I always feel like that when I'm with you. 143 00:09:44,560 --> 00:09:47,560 Call with any details that might help Missing Persons. 144 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:49,910 The murderer seems to have made off with anything 145 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:52,360 that might establish who she was. 146 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:04,870 But perhaps not where she's been. 147 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:07,840 4.5 pence fare, 9 sections. 148 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:10,080 So... one, two, three... 149 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:11,910 Where would I find the headquarters 150 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:14,430 of the Victorian Amalgamated Mechanics Association? 151 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:16,590 European Club, that's where you'll find them. 152 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:18,430 Hobnobbing with Bert's red-ragger mates. 153 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:20,190 If memory serves me, that's somewhere on Sydney Road? 154 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:21,750 Sydney Road, Brunswick. 155 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:23,830 We know James Manning was nosing around them, 156 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:25,830 trying to find out who sabotaged his plane. 157 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:27,590 Perhaps that's where he met this mystery woman. 158 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:29,780 Does that match our ticket? 159 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,030 Yes, Miss. This ticket will get you there. 160 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:37,030 Sounds like you ladies need an escort to the wrong side of town. 161 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:39,880 ~ Any excuse to see you-know-who. ~ Who? 162 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:43,280 Some Russian sheila he's soft on. She works in the cloak room. 163 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:45,910 She hemmed me trousers, that's all. 164 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:50,160 Don't mention Mr Butler, or the stock exchange. 165 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:52,230 And don't say you send out your laundry. 166 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:55,640 I doubt your comrades will care who washes my Herminie Cadolle lingerie. 167 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:58,880 ~ And don't talk like a toff. ~ Sorry. 168 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:09,110 You can get out. You're no use to anyone. 169 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:13,160 Let me just say that this... this is Australia. Not Russia! 170 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:15,470 So now you've got a problem with the revolution! 171 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:17,110 What are you - a bloody idiot? 172 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:20,150 You think a bunch of words is going to change the world? 173 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:24,000 Why don't you hand your card in? Go on, throw it on the table. 174 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:40,760 Mr Higgins, my boss needs a little help. 175 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:43,960 Alright. 176 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:49,120 Miss Fisher. Rupert Higgins. Pleased to meet you. 177 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:53,350 Albert here claims that as far as capitalist bosses go, 178 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:54,870 you're not too bad. 179 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:59,080 Noblesse oblige. I do my best from the high, Mr Higgins. 180 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:01,720 Like you, I'm sure. 181 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:09,630 This couple you want to know about. 182 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:11,040 Yes. 183 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:13,630 This is James Manning. 184 00:12:13,680 --> 00:12:15,190 ~ Military. ~ Air Force. 185 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:17,870 Though I doubt he would've shown off his uniform in here. 186 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:19,710 And I'm not sure that they were a couple. 187 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:21,500 He's not familiar. 188 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:25,160 What about the woman? Tall, dark-haired, late 20s. 189 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:26,830 There was a young woman 190 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:28,830 that started coming to our meetings a few weeks ago. 191 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:30,550 Do you remember her name? 192 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:32,310 That's another thing people don't show off in here. 193 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:34,270 We've been raided too many times. 194 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:36,400 Seditious publications. 195 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:39,630 I remember she did pick a few pamphlets up afterwards. 196 00:12:39,680 --> 00:12:42,880 If it's the woman you're after, she seemed smart, educated. 197 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:45,870 ~ So she was alone. ~ That's why I noticed her. 198 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:49,160 This isn't the kind of place frequented by single women. 199 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:52,120 Apart from a few remarkable exceptions. 200 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:55,470 Why are you trying to track her down? 201 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:56,990 That's the problem, we're not. 202 00:12:57,040 --> 00:13:01,840 She was found in bushland early this morning. Suspected murder. 203 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:09,030 No, she never say her name. 204 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:11,280 I can't believe she's killed. 205 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:14,310 Tatiana, meet Miss Fisher. 206 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:16,360 Hello. Tatiana Fyodorov. 207 00:13:16,560 --> 00:13:19,640 I know this woman, but she's not my friend. She's my customer. 208 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:21,910 And she was here last night. 209 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:23,960 Yes, I see her, but... 210 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:27,160 I know she looks fancy, but you can trust her. 211 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:31,840 I see her with a man from here. Higgins. You know him? 212 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:33,510 Go on, love. 213 00:13:33,560 --> 00:13:35,400 Uh, on the stairs. 214 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:39,880 He did not see me, but he... he have her arm like this. Strong. 215 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:41,910 Was he friendly or angry? 216 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:43,910 They were whispering. I could not hear. 217 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:46,190 But from their faces, it was important. 218 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:49,150 Thank you, Miss Fyodorov. You've been most helpful. 219 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:51,150 Please, don't say I tell you. 220 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:54,000 Don't worry, we'll keep it under our hats. 221 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:57,120 What's that? 222 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:00,120 May I have that coat, the dusty rose one? 223 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:04,040 ~ It's her missing coat. ~ Yes. Yes, she left it here. 224 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:08,520 This is to fix the insides, here. 225 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:16,240 Thank you. We may need an expert opinion. 226 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:21,880 The fabric is excellent quality, a silk wool jersey. 227 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:24,430 So the whole ensemble would've been very expensive. 228 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:27,390 If I could examine it more closely, I might find a dressmaker's mark. 229 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:29,240 Of course. Collins. 230 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:36,360 I also found something in the coat pocket, 231 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:38,470 but you're going to have to play nicely. 232 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:41,590 Why aren't you at the RAAF, wing walking or something? 233 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:44,180 Now, that won't score you any points. 234 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:46,150 I've managed to score a few without you. 235 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:48,870 European Club - haunt of militant unionists, 236 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:50,750 including the Amalgamated Mechanics 237 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:52,590 and committed red-ragger Rupert Higgins. 238 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:55,550 The logical deduction with the union trouble at the RAAF, 239 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:58,550 Higgins' file, belonging to an unlawful association charge, 240 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:00,030 dismissed ten years ago. 241 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:01,750 Sedition charge still pending. 242 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:04,910 Do you think our victim was passing James Manning information? 243 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:08,000 It could explain what she was doing near the base with his keys. 244 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:10,470 What about next of kin on Manning's military file? 245 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:13,110 You should be impressed I managed to get his service number 246 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:14,630 before Compton whisked it away. 247 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:16,550 You know, you and Compton are very similar, Jack. 248 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:18,150 I think you'd like him. 249 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:20,990 I don't think one necessarily follows the other. 250 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:23,440 Alright, full points for that. 251 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:29,080 A match for the love letter. 252 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:35,870 I was hoping we might try that new pie cart for lunch. 253 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:37,680 Were you? 254 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:42,150 I know we've got a few things to settle before our big day. 255 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:44,310 ~ Like my job. ~ Like your job. 256 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:47,960 But I thought we could also talk about... settling on a date. 257 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:53,680 So... maybe you could worry about that 258 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:55,870 and leave the investigating to Miss Fisher. 259 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:59,020 And maybe you can try that pie cart on your own. 260 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:02,680 I've suddenly lost my appetite. 261 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:06,600 Dot... 262 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:15,480 Here's the cast of that boot print, Sir. It's a big one. 263 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:18,720 At least size 12. Possible match for a flying boot. 264 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:20,350 In need of repair. 265 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:23,110 If that's the print near the body, I doubt it belongs to James Manning. 266 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:24,630 How do you know? 267 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:27,190 The only other thing I gleaned from his file was his height - 5'6". 268 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:28,750 Hardly a giant. 269 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:30,950 No. A men's shoe size 8, 9. 10 at the most. 270 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:33,230 So we're looking for a tall airman, Sir. 271 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:36,320 Well, that whittles it down to about 85% of the Air Force. 272 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:38,680 Bring the car round, Collins. 273 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:47,630 We're here to see Captain Compton. 274 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:52,350 I have my orders, sir. Miss Fisher only. 275 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:56,640 Surely the Group Captain didn't say I couldn't be escorted by my fiance. 276 00:16:56,840 --> 00:17:00,480 Such a... masculine environment is overwhelming for a single woman. 277 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:02,510 Let me check for you. 278 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:05,600 Oh, there's no need to escort us. I know the way. 279 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:12,920 Admit it, Jack, being a woman definitely has its assets. 280 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:15,800 Well, I... appreciate your assets. 281 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,920 Now, if we could hurry up this break-in. 282 00:17:19,120 --> 00:17:22,480 I'm not breaking anything. I'm merely taking a circuitous route. 283 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:35,000 Keys. 284 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:40,390 Numbers would have made this a lot easier. 285 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:42,980 Suggest that to your captain friend. 286 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:52,560 Eureka. 287 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:56,270 ~ Third time lucky. ~ Fourth. 288 00:17:57,200 --> 00:17:59,200 Must you be so contrary? 289 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:04,360 James Manning's locker. 290 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:19,280 James Manning and Willis Jones. 291 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:24,830 Can I help you? 292 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:28,670 Miss Fisher. 293 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:32,920 Detective Inspector Jack Robinson, meet Squadron Leader Willis Jones. 294 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:35,870 I've told Miss Fisher everything I know about James Manning. 295 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:37,350 I'm also interested in another matter - 296 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:39,750 the woman found dead this morning outside the base. 297 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:41,760 I saw the police car. 298 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:43,670 We have reason to believe that 299 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:45,510 Flight Lieutenant James Manning knew the dead woman. 300 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:47,590 What's this got to do with me? 301 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:49,190 Your boots are a match 302 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:52,270 for a very particular footprint we found beside the body. 303 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:54,630 ~ You need your right heel repaired. ~ What? 304 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:57,800 You also need to tell us more about your relationship with James Manning. 305 00:18:57,960 --> 00:18:59,590 Where did you get that? 306 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:03,760 Yes, Miss Fisher, where did you get that? As you were, Jones. 307 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:08,980 You two, with me. 308 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:13,590 We have good reason to believe both men were at the crime scene. 309 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:15,590 ~ I'm not interested in speculation. ~ I am. 310 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:17,950 ~ What about a love triangle? ~ I can't imagine that. 311 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,350 Well, it's not that difficult - one woman, two men. 312 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:22,030 It has been known to lead to conflict. 313 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:24,870 We need to conduct a more extensive search... 314 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:27,870 I'm sorry but I can't allow a civilian search on military grounds. 315 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:29,710 How do you expect me to conduct my investigation? 316 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:32,710 Inspector, I appreciate you have a job to do and a public to answer to, 317 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:35,350 but so do I, and at this point in history, 318 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:37,590 I believe my position to be the more precarious. 319 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:39,710 I do hope you understand. 320 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:45,920 On another matter, Phryne. 321 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:47,750 A personal one. 322 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:56,150 There could never be a love triangle. 323 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:59,440 Willis and James would never fight over any woman. 324 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:02,920 ~ Lovers! ~ I have no proof, of course, but... 325 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:04,550 If it were to get out, 326 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:06,950 it would be the last straw for the RAAF and for me. 327 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:11,120 Even so, both of them had something to do with that woman, 328 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:14,110 and if you genuinely want me to find out what happened to James, 329 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:17,260 then you have to give me free access to this place. 330 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:23,080 Greaves... please escort Miss Fisher on a full tour of the base. 331 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:26,680 Wherever she wants to go, whatever she needs to know. 332 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:47,120 Hello, Hugh. I've come to return your evidence. 333 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:49,590 How are you going with that postmark? 334 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:51,800 Uh, good. I'm nearly there. 335 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:55,880 That town definitely starts with a 'C' and it's nine letters long. 336 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:01,080 Might help to narrow it down to the suburbs of Perth. 337 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:03,880 And why would I do that? 338 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:08,520 Bon Marche. Perth, Western Australia. 339 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:15,800 Yes, that... that might help but... still not the answer, is it? 340 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:20,500 Stick to the whole of Australia, then, Hugh. 341 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:36,800 Can't be easy - military man in charge of a unionised workforce. 342 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:39,190 Oh, they all towed the line well enough. 343 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:42,240 ~ Till the rumours started. ~ About Willis and James? 344 00:21:42,360 --> 00:21:44,470 I wasn't the only one who saw him 345 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:46,590 sneak out of Willis's quarters at all hours. 346 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:49,920 The moment he arrived he started work on Willis, preyed on him. 347 00:21:50,120 --> 00:21:52,310 ~ So Willis lost respect. ~ Hmm. 348 00:21:52,360 --> 00:21:56,000 Then that plane came down and James pointed the finger at the union. 349 00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:01,400 What did he accuse them of - shoddy work or party politics? 350 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:04,700 Both, and it didn't make Willis's life any easier. 351 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:09,110 Do you think Willis will be able to pull off this air show? 352 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:12,160 Without a doubt. He's a better flyer than James ever was. 353 00:22:12,360 --> 00:22:15,360 He can loop the loop and barrel roll like a bird. 354 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:21,900 Does Willis smoke? 355 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:25,280 No, never. 356 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:30,310 Mac was right, Jack. She was poisoned. 357 00:22:30,360 --> 00:22:31,830 By her own cigarettes. 358 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:34,230 I found that at the back of Willis Jones' desk. 359 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:35,830 The packet's a match for the cigarette 360 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:37,470 you found near the victim's body. 361 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:39,950 Except that cigarette was harmless. 362 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:42,310 The cigarette found in the packet contained ricin. 363 00:22:42,360 --> 00:22:45,400 Blood samples have confirmed it - Ricinus communis. 364 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:47,280 From castor oil? 365 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:49,630 From the beans of the castor seed plant, to be exact. 366 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:52,590 The oil itself isn't poisonous. I'm impressed you're even close. 367 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:55,750 The Americans and British were experimenting with chemical weapons 368 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:58,670 towards the end of the war, until the Hague Convention banned them. 369 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:01,110 ~ Ricin's deadly. ~ Hmm, just a few grains. 370 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:02,870 Particularly if inhaled. 371 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:04,510 But this hasn't been touched. 372 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:07,560 The killer must have laced other cigarettes in the packet. 373 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:11,120 Doesn't work fast. It can take days. 374 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:16,670 Perfect way to be absent at the time of death. 375 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:18,190 It's for you, Inspector. 376 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:21,740 Your constable seems to have a lead on our mystery woman. 377 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:30,280 Virginia Forbes went missing from Claremont six years ago. 378 00:23:30,430 --> 00:23:31,430 Six years? 379 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:33,190 Worked as a nurse at the military hospital. 380 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:35,070 Might explain the bandage in her handbag. 381 00:23:35,120 --> 00:23:36,590 Might explain more than that. 382 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:39,750 James was transferred to Melbourne from the Claremont Airbase in 1923. 383 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:41,350 That must've been where James and Virginia met. 384 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:43,870 But if what you're telling me about James is true, 385 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:46,270 whatever happened between them wasn't romantic. 386 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:48,430 You can see now why Compton needs to be discreet. 387 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:49,950 No, I don't see. 388 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:53,200 A woman is dead and he's asking you to withhold information from me. 389 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:56,110 If he won't cooperate with the police, I'll go over his head. 390 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:58,430 You seem determined to make this a personal matter. 391 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:00,470 And you seem determined to make it a military one. 392 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:02,830 I don't understand why you have to dance to his tune. 393 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:05,080 Ahem. Excuse me, Miss Fisher. 394 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:07,630 Mr Butler just called to let you know 395 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:11,240 that Group Captain Compton would like to see you, urgently. 396 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:13,600 Thank you, Hugh. 397 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:20,080 I dance to no-one's tune, Jack. 398 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:33,270 Shandy for the lady. 399 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:36,280 Bert, I can't speak with you. Go, please. 400 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:37,780 Why not? 401 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:43,680 That lady, your boss - Comrade Higgins says she's with the police. 402 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:45,910 He thinks I say bad things about him. 403 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:48,590 What? You only told the truth. I'll set him straight. 404 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:51,740 No, Bert, please. There are things you do not know. 405 00:24:55,760 --> 00:25:01,040 That bastard Higgins! You'll be next! 406 00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:06,030 Some papers went missing three nights ago from here, 407 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:07,760 from the Party. 408 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:09,390 Nobody knows who to trust. 409 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:11,950 Well, Higgins can trust you. I'll tell him that. 410 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:15,200 Does it matter? This woman, if she is dead, she is dead. 411 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:21,000 ~ I don't want trouble. ~ No trouble. Just a word. Or two. 412 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:29,270 Listen to me, Higgins. 413 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:31,430 It's one thing sorting out some pansy right-winger's politics, 414 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:33,350 but there's no need to touch a lady. 415 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:35,150 ~ No, please! ~ Oi, Bert! 416 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:38,400 ~ Miss Fyodorov needs to appreciate... ~ She needs you to leave her alone. 417 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:40,230 ~ Calm down, Bert. ~ Please. 418 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:42,030 You could lose your Party membership for this, Johnson. 419 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:45,120 You could lose an entire set of choppers if you go near her again! 420 00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:47,860 Stop! Or I tell everyone what you do. 421 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:50,760 ~ Come on, love. ~ You just quit. 422 00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:52,390 Krest'yanin. 423 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:54,750 ~ What did she just say? ~ It's Russian for 'bastard'. 424 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:57,160 No, it's Russian for 'peasant'. 425 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,390 Don't worry, we'll find you another job. 426 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:08,430 Plenty of places will be lucky to have someone like you. 427 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:13,600 Thank you, Bert, but... I have some things at the Club I must get. 428 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:17,320 ~ First thing tomorrow. ~ Then I must go far away from here. 429 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:20,360 I am illegal. I have no passport. 430 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:22,190 Miss Fisher will sort that. 431 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:23,830 She's got friends in the police force. 432 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:27,280 ~ You can trust her. ~ I trust no-one. 433 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:32,920 Except you. 434 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:37,870 Greaves tells me you found evidence in Willis's desk. 435 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:40,510 ~ A packet of cigarettes. ~ Willis doesn't smoke. 436 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:42,070 Well, that's what made me curious. 437 00:26:42,120 --> 00:26:44,870 They match the cigarette found beside Virginia Forbes' body. 438 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:46,510 Our victim has a name now. 439 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:48,190 Well, your inspector will be happy with that. 440 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:50,070 Don't you start, Compton. 441 00:26:50,120 --> 00:26:51,830 You two can squabble over demarcation. 442 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:53,670 I'm interested in the big picture. 443 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:55,710 Hmm, and how does Jack fit into your picture? 444 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:57,630 He's not your usual... style. 445 00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:00,510 I don't have a usual style. I think I'm admirably versatile. 446 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:02,920 Ah, so I am right about Jack. 447 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:06,750 Too much ballast for lift-off. 448 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:09,120 ~ Yours or his? ~ Probably both. 449 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:11,280 Tempt you with a drink? 450 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:17,000 Nothing like a drop of brandy at 10,000 feet to warm the heart. 451 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:19,230 Is that what you're up to? 452 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:25,400 Remember Madagascar? 453 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:27,880 God, yes. How could I forget? 454 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:30,820 It's a miracle we survived that landing. 455 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:34,030 And then the cyclone raged for days. 456 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:37,320 Nothing to do but... sit it out. 457 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:41,230 Though we did manage to think of a few other things. 458 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:43,220 Ah, the good old days. 459 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:45,790 How I've missed the thrill of them. 460 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:51,550 There must be a connection between the three of them. 461 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:53,830 If it wasn't romantic, what was it? 462 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:55,910 Not sure what a red-ragger would have in common 463 00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:57,470 with a couple of RAAF pilots, Sir. 464 00:27:57,520 --> 00:28:00,070 Which suggests their rendezvous were clandestine, 465 00:28:00,120 --> 00:28:02,030 but it wasn't a very private place to meet. 466 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:05,080 There was an old sentry box just inside the base. 467 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:12,280 ~ Bring the car round, Collins. ~ Sir. 468 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:09,120 Flight lieutenant. These have to be James Manning's. 469 00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:14,120 Condy's crystals. Antiseptic? 470 00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:18,190 Why would he take his clothes off out here? 471 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:20,080 Oh. 472 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:23,240 Get to the car. 473 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:25,200 Go, go! Take those! 474 00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:29,320 Go that way. Go, go! 475 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:30,880 Hey, you! 476 00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:38,720 These sentries will fire, Constable Put your hands above your head. 477 00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:43,920 ~ Now. ~ Get in the car, Hugh. 478 00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:46,630 ~ Drop your weapon. ~ Don't shoot! Don't shoot. 479 00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:48,520 Don't shoot! 480 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:50,550 Hold your positions, men! 481 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:53,200 Inspector Robinson, this is trespass! 482 00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:54,830 We were just leaving. 483 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:56,310 Not with military property you're not. 484 00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:58,030 Take it up with the Chief Commissioner. 485 00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:00,080 Get to the car, Collins! 486 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:10,160 Stand down, men. 487 00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:30,440 Jack, wait! 488 00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:34,830 We were just reminiscing! 489 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:42,480 Where did you find those? And what on earth...? 490 00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:46,380 It's a police matter, Miss Fisher. It's none of your concern. 491 00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:49,360 You keep those eyes turned skyward. 492 00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:54,240 Eyes turned skyward? 493 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:57,920 That's it, the note by Virginia Forbes' body. 494 00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:01,800 The love letter is a quote from Leonardo da Vinci. 495 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:08,070 I think I might have found it. Is this it? 496 00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:09,710 'Once you've tasted flight you will...' 497 00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:11,080 Yes! 498 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:12,710 'Once you have tasted flight, 499 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:15,750 you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, 500 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:19,880 for there you have been and there you will always long to return.' 501 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:21,230 How lovely. 502 00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:23,550 ~ A snifter, Miss. ~ Desperately. 503 00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:26,190 Like Mr Greaves said, like being in heaven. 504 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:29,200 Except poor Leonardo never got to fly. 505 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:32,720 Do you think Virginia Forbes could have been an aviatrix? 506 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:37,960 That, my dear Dot, is a very good question. 507 00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:40,830 Mr Butler, get me a couple of small flat cushions 508 00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:43,150 and, Dot, a long bandage from the medicine cabinet. 509 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:45,740 I'll meet you upstairs in my smalls. 510 00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:15,840 Straight as a celery stick, Miss. 511 00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:20,120 Well, e-except for your... Oh. 512 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:24,140 Nothing a De Beauvoir's bandeau wouldn't fix. 513 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:29,600 I should have picked up on her face being so heavily powdered. 514 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:32,840 And this will explain the Condy's crystals, Inspector. 515 00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:36,480 A strong solution will both darken and roughen the skin. 516 00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:49,640 Meet Flight Lieutenant James Manning, also known as Virginia Forbes. 517 00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:54,280 She swore she'd find a way to join the Air Force and she did. 518 00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:57,680 By assuming the identity of Flight Lieutenant James Manning, 519 00:33:57,880 --> 00:34:00,880 who was admitted to the Perth hospital where Virginia was nursing. 520 00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:04,520 The real James Manning was committed to a sanatorium, 521 00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:09,640 but Ginny knew he'd been about to be taking up a posting in Melbourne. 522 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:12,030 So she stole his identity papers 523 00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:15,480 and doctored the medical report to say he was fit for duty. 524 00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:17,980 You got to admire her ingenuity. 525 00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:21,510 And an exceptional aviatrix by all accounts. 526 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:23,630 Goggles and God help you. 527 00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:26,030 That was Ginny. 528 00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:30,640 Did you know about her... forays into the Communist Party? 529 00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:34,240 I knew she was fired up and that she suspected someone in the unions. 530 00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:36,910 She said she had found out who was behind the sabotage. 531 00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:38,920 ~ Any names? ~ No. 532 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:42,440 But she said she befriended someone at the Club 533 00:34:42,640 --> 00:34:44,710 and was paying them to find her proof. 534 00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:46,680 A Russian girl. 535 00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:49,750 She promised me she would stop as soon as she'd found it. 536 00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:52,470 We know you were with her when she died. 537 00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:58,280 She came back frantic... that night. She... was beside herself. 538 00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:01,480 She was sweating. She... 539 00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:06,160 She couldn't breathe. T-there was no time to go for any help. 540 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:10,830 She died in my arms. 541 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:14,800 So you removed anything that might identify her and left her there. 542 00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:23,030 What were you doing with the cigarette packet? 543 00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:25,150 I found it in your office. 544 00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:31,510 I don't know... I... 545 00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:34,520 I didn't know what to make of how she'd died. 546 00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:37,020 Did you know they were poisoned? 547 00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:41,480 No, I had no idea. 548 00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:48,000 Thank you. That will be all. We may need to speak with you again. 549 00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:53,500 We need to hold on to that. 550 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:08,150 He may be lying. 551 00:36:08,240 --> 00:36:10,710 Rupert Higgins could have doctored the cigarette. 552 00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:13,270 Whether Willis murdered Ginny with these or not, 553 00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:14,870 why would he hold on to this? 554 00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:17,660 And why is he still so interested in it? 555 00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:29,520 We may need a Russian to help us find out. 556 00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:34,630 Don't reckon they'll be happy to see any of us back in there. 557 00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:37,200 How important is this bag anyway? 558 00:36:37,360 --> 00:36:39,470 I must have it! It is sentimental. 559 00:36:39,520 --> 00:36:42,150 Behind the counter there is a loose floorboard. You just... 560 00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:45,520 He knows, love. You heard her. 561 00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:03,920 You can't just leave after this. Let me help you. 562 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:08,800 ~ There is one way. ~ Well, name it. Anything. 563 00:37:10,840 --> 00:37:15,560 I become a new person, a new name. With you, Bert. 564 00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:20,280 Tatiana Fyodorov, will you be my wife? 565 00:37:22,200 --> 00:37:24,350 ~ No! ~ Come back with the bag. 566 00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:26,360 My bag! 567 00:37:39,720 --> 00:37:41,790 What's in that bloody bag? 568 00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:47,350 Now, perhaps you'd like to tell us who you really are. 569 00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:49,630 This passport's a fake. It's a good one, but a fake. 570 00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:51,110 You told me you didn't have one. 571 00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:54,840 I am Tatiana Krasnaya. 572 00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:58,320 ~ When did you come to Australia? ~ After the Revolution. 573 00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:00,070 How well did you know Ginny? 574 00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:04,120 She saw me at the Club, tearing one of Higgins' pamphlets. 575 00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:07,760 So she tells me she knows they are lies too. 576 00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:11,540 And I tell her everything. About Russia. 577 00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:17,400 About my brothers and sisters, all killed in the Revolution. 578 00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:21,240 Higgins says they are criminals, but they are only children. 579 00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:23,190 Virginia asked you to do a lot more 580 00:38:23,240 --> 00:38:25,710 than just her sewing, didn't she, Tatiana? 581 00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:27,440 You made a deal. 582 00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:33,840 She said she would save me if I steal from Higgins what she wants. 583 00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:38,560 ~ Report to the Comintern. ~ Yes. 584 00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:43,160 She will tell me the day to fly me to somewhere safe, 585 00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:46,320 to a new life, she promised me. 586 00:38:46,520 --> 00:38:48,230 This outlines plans for further sabotage 587 00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:50,070 at the RAAF air show this Saturday. 588 00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:53,190 This is definitely the safest place for you right now, Miss Krasnaya, 589 00:38:53,240 --> 00:38:54,710 but I need your help. 590 00:38:54,760 --> 00:38:57,630 I speak a lot more Russian than I can read. 591 00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:00,660 Our meeting place. 592 00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:05,160 .. is 'Tuesday, four o'clock'. 593 00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:06,750 That's today. 594 00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:09,720 And 'zhar-ptitsa' is 'firebird'. 595 00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:11,750 The Russian equivalent of the phoenix. 596 00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:15,120 I need to make an urgent phone call to stop an act of treason. 597 00:39:16,520 --> 00:39:20,760 Krasnaya. What kind of name is that? 598 00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:24,200 My father was General Anton Krasny. 599 00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:28,600 He was an advisor to the White Army against the Bolsheviks. 600 00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:30,710 So that cock-and-bull story about you being illegal 601 00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:33,630 and having to get married was just a con job. 602 00:39:33,680 --> 00:39:35,750 You're a bloody White Russian. 603 00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:38,480 Bert, I was a child, I knew nothing. 604 00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:42,990 I thought I would be safe with you. 605 00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:46,760 You are a good man, Bert. 606 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:51,080 You are the kind of man any woman would come to love. 607 00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:57,710 Willis must have known, that's why he kept the cigarette packet. 608 00:39:57,760 --> 00:40:00,190 Those map coordinates, 14-G-3. Here. 609 00:40:00,240 --> 00:40:02,030 The Gallery Park airfield. 610 00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:04,790 Flying off into the wild blue yonder seems more appealing 611 00:40:04,840 --> 00:40:07,270 than facing a court martial for accessory to fraud. 612 00:40:07,320 --> 00:40:10,320 Or perhaps honouring his dying lover's last wish. 613 00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:13,830 This report isn't signed. 614 00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:15,870 There's no proof Higgins was behind the sabotage. 615 00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:18,150 Which is why Tatiana needs to keep that rendezvous 616 00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:20,110 with Willis this afternoon, 617 00:40:20,160 --> 00:40:22,790 and why Rupert Higgins needs to find out about it. 618 00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:24,310 A stakeout? 619 00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:26,310 Preferably with full cooperation from the Air Force. 620 00:40:26,360 --> 00:40:27,910 I'll leave that part to you. 621 00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:30,300 ~ We better move fast. ~ As always. 622 00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:33,070 I'll put out word at the European Club. 623 00:40:44,360 --> 00:40:47,440 G'day, gents. Got a special tip for Rupert Higgins. 624 00:40:47,640 --> 00:40:50,180 ~ Can you pass it on for me? ~ Will do. 625 00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:56,600 I think that's everything, Miss. 626 00:40:56,760 --> 00:40:58,230 Your pistol's been repaired 627 00:40:58,280 --> 00:41:01,070 and there's a supply of ammunition, should you require it. 628 00:41:01,120 --> 00:41:02,960 Thank you, Mr B. 629 00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:04,990 Are you sure I can't do anything else, Miss? 630 00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:06,510 No, thank you, Dot. 631 00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:08,510 I know how terrified you are of leaving the ground. 632 00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:11,030 And I would never forgive myself if anything happened to you. 633 00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:13,910 I wish I felt the same way about flying as Mr Greaves does. 634 00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:15,830 He thinks flying's like being in heaven. 635 00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:18,510 He was stuck in a factory in Avonmouth for the whole war. 636 00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:21,560 Avonmouth, where they made mustard gas during the war. 637 00:41:21,720 --> 00:41:23,160 The CWS? 638 00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:26,100 Chemical Weapons Services, that's right. 639 00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:34,870 This is highly unorthodox, Inspector - 640 00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:37,510 police and Air Force joint manoeuvres. 641 00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:40,150 We know who's manoeuvred us, don't we, Captain? 642 00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:42,870 Yes. Well, she always was a wild child. 643 00:41:46,040 --> 00:41:48,840 I can see the taxi cab, Sir. 644 00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:58,150 How you doin' there, Miss Krasnaya? 645 00:41:58,240 --> 00:42:00,510 Could not pick the difference. 646 00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:03,600 Unless someone asked me to hem their trousers. 647 00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:07,750 ~ Dot, you're in charge. ~ Yes, Miss. 648 00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:33,140 Here comes Willis now, right on time. 649 00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:39,200 I told the Air Vice-Marshal we were doing extraordinary manoeuvres. 650 00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:42,440 With Miss Fisher involved, I'm sure we can be guaranteed of that. 651 00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:56,510 You think Higgins got the message, Sir? 652 00:42:56,560 --> 00:42:58,430 We'll soon find out. 653 00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:17,640 ~ Wish me luck. ~ Udachi. 654 00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:38,760 Is this plan gonna work? 655 00:43:43,720 --> 00:43:46,820 We have to wait for them to make the first move. 656 00:43:54,240 --> 00:43:56,950 There's a black motor car approaching. Get ready. 657 00:43:57,000 --> 00:43:59,070 They're right behind you. 658 00:44:20,480 --> 00:44:22,040 Get down! 659 00:44:22,200 --> 00:44:23,990 There's another gunman. Let's go. 660 00:44:24,040 --> 00:44:25,360 Go! 661 00:44:32,200 --> 00:44:34,400 Is Miss Fisher alright? 662 00:44:34,560 --> 00:44:36,760 Yeah, yeah, they missed her. 663 00:44:46,760 --> 00:44:49,880 Take cover, Collins. 664 00:44:57,640 --> 00:44:59,320 Got him, Miss. 665 00:45:00,360 --> 00:45:02,230 Cec, give us a hand! 666 00:45:08,160 --> 00:45:09,630 Easy, mate. 667 00:45:09,760 --> 00:45:11,880 ~ Bert! ~ Yeah. 668 00:45:22,200 --> 00:45:24,790 Drop it! Get on the ground! On the ground! 669 00:45:24,840 --> 00:45:26,580 Get on the ground! 670 00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:09,520 I'll catch him, Miss Fisher! 671 00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:55,360 Get away! 672 00:47:20,560 --> 00:47:23,230 Happy now you've caught another red for the government? 673 00:47:23,280 --> 00:47:25,590 You won't be locked up for your politics, Higgins. 674 00:47:25,640 --> 00:47:28,840 You'll be locked up because you're a murderous thug. 675 00:47:50,840 --> 00:47:54,240 How's Squadron Leader Jones doing? Have you finished with him? 676 00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:55,950 Not yet, Captain. 677 00:47:56,000 --> 00:47:58,030 We just need a statement about Rupert Higgins 678 00:47:58,080 --> 00:47:59,750 and the relationship he was having 679 00:47:59,800 --> 00:48:01,750 with a woman who was posing as James Manning. 680 00:48:01,800 --> 00:48:04,230 I assume you'll charge Higgins with murder. 681 00:48:04,280 --> 00:48:07,360 The Air Force will most certainly be pressing charges of sabotage. 682 00:48:07,520 --> 00:48:10,120 A woman? James was a woman? 683 00:48:10,320 --> 00:48:15,720 Virginia Forbes. And Rupert Higgins was guilty on many fronts. 684 00:48:17,200 --> 00:48:20,840 But he didn't murder her. Did he, Mr Greaves? 685 00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:25,400 Ricin-coated bullets, 686 00:48:25,600 --> 00:48:27,830 produced experimentally at Avonmouth factory 687 00:48:27,880 --> 00:48:30,190 where you worked during the war. 688 00:48:30,240 --> 00:48:33,320 Later banned and yet there they were, sitting in your locker. 689 00:48:33,480 --> 00:48:35,430 I... I didn't know he was a woman. 690 00:48:35,480 --> 00:48:38,550 And yet you laced his cigarettes knowing he would take days to die, 691 00:48:38,600 --> 00:48:41,270 and there are enough enemies at play for you to hide behind. 692 00:48:41,320 --> 00:48:45,280 Well, I thought he was after Willis. Everybody thought that. 693 00:48:45,440 --> 00:48:47,160 Even you. 694 00:48:47,360 --> 00:48:51,920 But you turned a blind eye, even let him be the air show ace, 695 00:48:52,120 --> 00:48:56,240 someone like that, someone so... depraved. 696 00:48:56,400 --> 00:48:58,440 Forget the union. 697 00:48:58,640 --> 00:49:01,550 Manning was going to bring down the RAAF all on his own. 698 00:49:01,600 --> 00:49:03,880 Somebody had to do something. 699 00:49:16,240 --> 00:49:18,510 Ginny knew it was dangerous... 700 00:49:19,040 --> 00:49:20,670 .. impersonating an officer. 701 00:49:20,720 --> 00:49:23,440 But it was the only way she could see. 702 00:49:23,640 --> 00:49:27,800 When I tried to warn her off the unions, she said she had no choice. 703 00:49:29,760 --> 00:49:31,630 She would do anything for the Air Force. 704 00:49:31,680 --> 00:49:34,150 Group Captain Compton ordered her to find out the truth 705 00:49:34,200 --> 00:49:37,140 and she said she was going to see it through. 706 00:49:38,240 --> 00:49:39,840 And she did. 707 00:49:42,240 --> 00:49:44,280 I think she loved me. 708 00:49:46,480 --> 00:49:48,550 But she loved flying more. 709 00:49:51,640 --> 00:49:56,480 I thought you said pursuing the union was James Manning's idea. 710 00:49:56,640 --> 00:49:58,230 It was originally. 711 00:49:58,280 --> 00:50:00,910 Then I ordered him to follow through with it. 712 00:50:00,960 --> 00:50:02,830 Why did you not tell me? 713 00:50:02,880 --> 00:50:05,310 I couldn't be seen to condone what James was doing. 714 00:50:05,360 --> 00:50:06,960 He was spying. 715 00:50:07,120 --> 00:50:11,160 And you were keeping up appearances... with me. 716 00:50:11,360 --> 00:50:15,800 Well, I'm not in Madagascar anymore. I have... responsibilities. 717 00:50:18,240 --> 00:50:19,780 What a shame. 718 00:50:33,760 --> 00:50:35,680 ~ Dotty. ~ Hugh. 719 00:50:35,880 --> 00:50:37,620 ~ I, um... ~ Um, I... 720 00:50:39,240 --> 00:50:43,000 I want you to know that I only said I was going up in a plane 721 00:50:43,160 --> 00:50:45,560 because you didn't think I could. 722 00:50:46,000 --> 00:50:48,340 Well, I'm still glad you didn't. 723 00:50:48,480 --> 00:50:50,790 But if Miss Fisher wanted me to, I would have. 724 00:50:50,840 --> 00:50:53,190 Even if I screamed the whole way or shut my eyes 725 00:50:53,240 --> 00:50:55,230 or fainted before we even left the ground... 726 00:50:55,280 --> 00:50:58,480 I know... I... I know. Because you're brave. 727 00:50:58,680 --> 00:51:02,120 And you're smart. I never would've found Claremont without your help. 728 00:51:03,360 --> 00:51:07,440 Y-you're smart and you're beautiful and you're brave and... 729 00:51:08,920 --> 00:51:11,390 .. sometimes it scares me to death. 730 00:51:14,640 --> 00:51:17,800 I just want to be the one to choose what I do. 731 00:51:19,280 --> 00:51:21,280 It's my job. 732 00:51:23,320 --> 00:51:27,200 Well, I guess I'm going to have to find a way 733 00:51:27,360 --> 00:51:29,630 of being brave about that too. 734 00:51:34,160 --> 00:51:36,160 So..... what about... 735 00:51:37,200 --> 00:51:40,800 .. Saturday, 14th September 1929? 736 00:51:43,440 --> 00:51:45,680 It sounds perfect. 737 00:51:52,720 --> 00:51:56,400 Two arrests in one day - murder and treason. 738 00:51:56,560 --> 00:51:58,550 This calls for a celebration. 739 00:51:58,600 --> 00:52:01,920 Well, I still have a report to write for the Chief Commissioner 740 00:52:02,080 --> 00:52:04,190 about a missing Russian emigre 741 00:52:04,240 --> 00:52:07,240 due to give evidence at Rupert Higgins' trial. 742 00:52:08,280 --> 00:52:10,230 Excuse me, Miss Fisher. 743 00:52:10,280 --> 00:52:14,480 Albert has telephoned. He said that... that the caviar has arrived. 744 00:52:14,640 --> 00:52:16,520 Thank you, Mr B. 745 00:52:19,320 --> 00:52:22,060 So if the 'caviar' is who I think it is, 746 00:52:22,160 --> 00:52:24,230 where is it being sent to? 747 00:52:25,440 --> 00:52:26,880 Tasmania? 748 00:52:27,040 --> 00:52:29,150 So what do I tell my chief? 749 00:52:29,200 --> 00:52:31,990 You can tell him that the Air Force doesn't know either. 750 00:52:32,040 --> 00:52:33,790 That's some consolation. 751 00:52:33,840 --> 00:52:35,590 Even though Compton saved my life. 752 00:52:35,640 --> 00:52:37,550 ~ Literally? ~ Ten years ago. 753 00:52:37,600 --> 00:52:40,310 He had a chute and he could have bailed, 754 00:52:40,360 --> 00:52:42,550 but... he chose to crash-land the plane 755 00:52:42,600 --> 00:52:44,550 between two mountains and a ravine. 756 00:52:44,600 --> 00:52:46,840 And we both survived. 757 00:52:47,040 --> 00:52:52,240 Well, no doubt you have more dashing heroes in your past. 758 00:52:52,400 --> 00:52:55,040 If there weren't I wouldn't be here. 759 00:52:56,480 --> 00:52:58,150 To heroes, then. 760 00:52:59,200 --> 00:53:03,200 And to the one as yet unsung hero 761 00:53:03,360 --> 00:53:06,520 who has saved me over and over again. 762 00:53:19,200 --> 00:53:21,230 It's Nonna Louisa. I think somebody kill her! 763 00:53:21,280 --> 00:53:24,150 I can't help feeling I'm missing half of this conversation. 764 00:53:24,200 --> 00:53:26,430 And I'm happy to keep it that way, Miss Fisher. 765 00:53:26,480 --> 00:53:29,430 ~ Did you just say Camorra? ~ It's an old Italian secret society. 766 00:53:29,480 --> 00:53:32,040 Concetta. She's an old friend. 767 00:53:32,200 --> 00:53:33,710 Something will be done. 768 00:53:33,760 --> 00:53:35,710 You have no idea how ruthless these people can be! 769 00:53:35,760 --> 00:53:37,350 You tell everybody here what you done! 770 00:53:37,400 --> 00:53:38,720 You killed Nonna Luisa!