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(Pants and whimpers)
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(Wire mesh rattles)
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(Chokes)
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♪ Theme music
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Ripped By mstoll
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(Soldier shouts orders)
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(Sighs) The bracing scent
of aviation fuel and grease.
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What happened to that one, Miss?
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PHRYNE: Gravity I'd say, Dot.
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- Ah, Group Captain Lyle Compton!
- Phryne!
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This is my assistant, Dorothy Williams.
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- Ah. Pleasure, Miss Williams.
- Hello.
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Are you interested in planes?
I can take you for a spin.
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Oh, no, thank you.
I mean, I am interested but...
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But mainly in how they stay up.
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Oh, well, perhaps
a tour of the base then.
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As you can see, our boys are hard at it,
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preparing for another air show
on Saturday.
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Help our battered reputation.
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Yes, the newspapers certainly made
a meal of your last mishap.
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Yes. Well, at least no-one was killed.
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Pity it's such a dangerous game, flying.
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Not half as dangerous as that machine
I'll bet.
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How fast?
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With this tail wind, I'd hazard a guess
at 132 miles per hour.
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Prove it.
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(Engine sputters and starts)
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What was our previous best?
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117. Colchester Airfield, 1919.
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Dot.
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- Miss, no.
- Watch the planes, Dot.
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- Hold on tight.
- If you insist.
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PHRYNE: Whoo-hoo!
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HUGH: On your way then.
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Full rigor mortis.
Must have happened last night.
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Perhaps she was strangled, sir.
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JACK: No marks on the wind pipe.
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Did those boys recognise her?
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No, they don't think she's a local.
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No purse, not even a coat.
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Nothing to identify her.
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Just a scrap of paper and a set of keys.
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HUGH: Sir.
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That's a serious boot print.
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And where around here
would we find a serious pair of boots?
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Now, this plane was a favourite
with Wing Commander Harry Cobby,
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lead ace
with the Australian Flying Corps.
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From 29 victories in less than a year,
Distinguished Service Order,
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Distinguished Flying Cross
and Two Bars...
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(Men laugh)
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They're a tricky lot.
Union blokes, not military.
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Wouldn't trust them
to keep a kite airborne.
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Were you a pilot before you retired,
Mr Greaves?
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Uh, no. No. I'm just happy
to be pan of it these days.
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But once flying is in your blood,
that's it. Nothing like it.
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Up above the clouds, sun shining.
Like being in heaven.
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I'm sure it is.
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PHRYNE: The papers practically
accuse the mechanics union
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of sabotaging that plane.
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Well, somebody did.
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The fuel was deliberately contaminated.
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Is that why you called me in?
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It gets worse, I'm afraid.
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One of my men failed
to report for duty this morning.
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Flight Lieutenant James Manning,
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the officer who walked away
from that wreck,
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hell bent on finding out
who was responsible.
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You think he asked too many questions.
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I hope not.
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And another onslaught of bad publicity
could be the death of us.
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This needs a... a delicate touch.
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Squadron Leader Willis Jones
is organising our air show.
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A challenging exercise
in public relations I gather.
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Yes. Apart from the technicalities.
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We have other flyers
but Manning is a... one-off.
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When did you notice he was gone?
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After formation practice yesterday.
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PHRYNE: Anything missing
from his quarters?
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His uniform is gone, his wallet.
Everything else is untouched.
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Is there anyone
he was particularly close to
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who might know why he disappeared?
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(Knocking, door opens)
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The police to see you, Sir.
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PHRYNE: Jack, what on earth
are you doing here?
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Same thing as you I imagine,
Miss Fisher.
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Detective Inspector Jack Robinson.
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Group Captain Lyle Compton.
That'll be all, Jones.
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Group Captain, a woman has been found
dead near your perimeter fence.
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Dead?!
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I was aware there was an incident.
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- You didn't know?
- No.
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Um... Compton and I are old friends.
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I was here on another matter.
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I'll need a list of names of
any personnel who left the base
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in the last 24 hours.
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No-one was authorised to leave the base,
I can tell you that right now.
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- What about unauthorised?
- Phryne.
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PHRYNE: Who was this woman?
- We don't know, as yet.
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This has no connection
with the Air Force.
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- If I find a connection?
- There'll be a thorough investigation.
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Keep me informed, Inspector.
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You'll find me at the morgue,
Miss Fisher.
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(Door opens and creaks)
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(Door closes)
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I can't promise to keep
all your secrets, Compton.
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Not if it stands between Jack
and bringing a murderer to justice.
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At least be discreet.
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Please. Keep me posted.
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Dotty.
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What... what are you doing here?
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I'm here on official business, Hugh.
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Already?
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I know Miss Fisher
has a nose for trouble,
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but this is a military base
with guns and men.
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It could be very dangerous.
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- The war is over, Hugh.
- I know...
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And sometimes Miss Fisher
needs me to do dangerous things,
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like be a hostage
or pretend to be a racing car driver,
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or even... go up in a plane.
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What? You're terrified of planes.
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Collins.
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Sir.
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PHRYNE: Jack, wait.
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You know I can't resist a murder
if it is a murder.
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I found these by the body.
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PHRYNE: The missing airman
service number.
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I think I found your connection.
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PHRYNE: It's a chilly night
to be out without a coat.
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Severe dehydration and asphyxia.
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My bet, some kind of poison.
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Found that inside her clothing.
I presume it was around her neck.
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Those keys.
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She had better access
to the Air Force than I do.
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Perhaps Flight Lieutenant James Manning
gave her access.
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Perhaps they were lovers.
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Or maybe just old friends.
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I met Compton back in England
at the end of the war.
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I flew a couple of low-key missions
with him, that's all.
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No lighter and only one unlit cigarette.
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But a serious smoker.
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- Missions, as in intelligence.
- Not officially.
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(Reads) 'Flight... earth...
eyes turn skyward...
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...have been and there...
will always long...'
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A love letter. Sounds very literary.
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And very aeronautical.
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So Captain Courageous is entrusting
Mata Hari with another secret mission.
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Compton was a long time ago, Jack,
and it wasn't like that.
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Well, yes, it was but...
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You know what it's like when you think
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life is fleeting
and you might die at any moment.
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I always feel like that
when I'm with you.
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Call with any details
that might help Missing Persons.
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The murderer seems to have made off
with anything
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that might establish who she was.
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(Door opens and closes)
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But perhaps not where she's been.
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DOT: 4.5 pence fare, 9 sections,
so... one, two, three...
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Where would I find the headquarters
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of the Victorian Amalgamated
Mechanics Association?
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European Club,
that's where you'll find them.
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Hobnobbing with Ben's red-ragger mates.
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If memory serves me,
that's on Sydney Road?
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Sydney Road, Brunswick.
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We know James Manning
was nosing around them,
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trying to find out
who sabotaged his plane.
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Perhaps that's where he met this mystery
woman. Does that match our ticket?
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Yes, Miss.
This ticket will get you there.
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Sounds like you ladies need an escort
to the wrong side of town.
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- Any excuse to see you-know-who.
BOTH: Who?
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Some Russian sheila he's soft on.
She works in the cloak room.
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She hemmed me trousers, that's all.
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Don't mention Mr Butler,
or the stock exchange.
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And don't say you send out your laundry.
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I doubt your comrades will care
who washes my Herminie Cadolle lingerie.
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- And don't talk like a toff.
- Sorry.
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(Knocking)
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(Traditional Russian music, low chatter)
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You can get out.
You're no use to anyone.
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Let me just say that this...
this is Australia. Not Russia!
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So now you've got a problem
with the revolution!
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What are you? A bloody idiot?
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You think a bunch of words
is going to change the world?
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Why don't you hand your card in now?
Go on, throw it on the table.
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Mr Higgins, my boss needs a little help.
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Alright.
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Miss Fisher. Rupert Higgins.
Pleased to meet you.
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Albert here claims that as far as
capitalist bosses go you're not too bad.
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Noblesse oblige.
I do my best from the high, Mr Higgins.
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Like you, I'm sure.
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This couple you want to know about.
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Yes.
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This is James Manning.
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- Military.
- Air Force.
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Though I doubt he would've shown off
his uniform in here.
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And I'm not sure
that they were a couple.
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He's not familiar.
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What about the woman?
Tall, dark-haired, late 20s.
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There was a young woman that started
coming to our meetings a few weeks ago.
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Do you remember her name?
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That's another thing people
don't show off in here.
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We've been raided too many times.
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Seditious publications.
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I remember she did pick
a few pamphlets up afterwards.
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If it's the woman you're after,
she seemed smart, educated.
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- So she was alone.
- That's why I noticed her.
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This isn't the kind of place
frequented by single women.
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Apart from a few remarkable exceptions.
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- Why are you trying to track her down?
- That's the problem, we're not.
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She was found in bushland
early this morning. Suspected murder.
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No, she never say her name.
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I can't believe she's killed.
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Tatiana, meet Miss Fisher.
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Hello. Tatiana Fyodorov.
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I know this woman, but she's
not my friend. She's my customer.
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BERT: And she was here last night.
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Yes, I see her but...
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I know she looks fancy
but you can trust her.
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I see her with a man from here.
Higgins. You know him?
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Go on, love.
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Uh, on the stairs.
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He did not see me,
but he... he have her arm like this.
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Strong.
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Was he friendly or angry?
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They were whispering. I could not hear.
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But from their faces, it was important.
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Thank you, Miss Fyodorov.
You've been most helpful.
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Please, don't say I tell you.
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Don't worry,
we'll keep it under our hats.
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What's that?
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May I have that coat,
the dusty rose one?
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- It's her missing coat.
- Yes. Yes, she left it here.
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This is to fix the insides, here.
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Thank you.
We may need an expert opinion.
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The fabric is excellent quality,
a silk wool jersey.
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So the whole ensemble
would've been very expensive.
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If I could examine it more closely,
I might find a dressmaker's mark.
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Of course. Collins.
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I also found something
in the coat pocket,
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but you're going to have to play nicely.
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Why aren't you at the RAAF,
wing walking or something?
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Now that won't score you any points.
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I've managed to score a few without you.
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European Club -
haunt of militant unionists,
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including the Amalgamated Mechanics
and committed red ragger Rupert Higgins.
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The logical deduction
with the union trouble at the RAAF,
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Higgins' file, belonging to
an unlawful association charge,
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dismissed ten years ago.
248
00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:03,719
Sedition charge, still pending.
249
00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:06,879
Do you think our victim was passing
James Manning information?
250
00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:10,119
It could explain what she was doing
near the base with his keys.
251
00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:12,439
What about next of kin
on Manning's military file?
252
00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:15,119
You should be impressed I managed to get
his service number
253
00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:16,599
before Compton whisked it away.
254
00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:18,839
You know, you and Compton
are very similar, Jack.
255
00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:20,119
I think you'd like him.
256
00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:22,999
I don't think one necessarily
follows the other.
257
00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,571
Alright, full points for that.
258
00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:30,644
A match for the love letter.
259
00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:37,879
I was hoping we might try
that new pie cart for lunch.
260
00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:39,803
Were you?
261
00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:44,119
I know we've got a few things to settle
before our big day.
262
00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:46,279
- Like my job.
- Like your job.
263
00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:50,080
But I thought we could also
talk about... settling on a date.
264
00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:55,799
So... maybe you could worry about that
265
00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:57,839
and leave the investigating
to Miss Fisher.
266
00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:00,684
And maybe you can try that pie can
on your own.
267
00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:04,806
I've suddenly lost my appetite.
268
00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:08,724
Dot... (Sighs)
269
00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:12,606
(Knocking on door)
270
00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:17,599
Here's the cast of that boot print, Sir.
It's a big one.
271
00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:20,839
HUGH: At least size 12.
Possible match for a flying boot.
272
00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:21,919
In need of repair.
273
00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:23,919
If that's the print
you found near the body,
274
00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:26,399
- I doubt it belongs to James Manning.
- How do you know?
275
00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:29,679
The only other thing I managed to glean
from his file was his height - 5'6".
276
00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:30,759
Hardly a giant.
277
00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:32,639
No. A men's shoe size 8, 9.
10 at the most.
278
00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:35,199
So we're looking for a tall airman, Sir.
279
00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:38,439
Well, that whittles it down
to about 85% of the Air Force.
280
00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:40,488
JACK: Bring the car round, Collins.
281
00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:49,049
We're here to see Captain Compton.
282
00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:54,319
I have my orders, sir. Miss Fisher only.
283
00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:58,759
Surely the Group Captain didn't say
I couldn't be escorted by my fiance.
284
00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:02,599
Such a... masculine environment
is overwhelming for a single woman.
285
00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:04,519
Let me check for you.
286
00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:06,841
Oh, there's no need to escort us.
I know the way.
287
00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:15,039
PHRYNE: Admit it, Jack,
being a woman definitely has its assets.
288
00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:20,040
Well, I... appreciate your assets.
Now, if we could hurry up this break-in.
289
00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:24,601
I'm not breaking anything.
I'm merely taking a circuitous route.
290
00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:36,881
Keys.
291
00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:42,399
Numbers would have made this
a lot easier.
292
00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:44,368
Suggest that to your captain friend.
293
00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:54,684
Eureka.
294
00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:58,282
- Third time lucky.
- Fourth.
295
00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:00,964
Must you be so contrary?
296
00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:06,481
PHRYNE: James Manning's locker.
297
00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:21,361
PHRYNE: James Manning and Willis Jones.
298
00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:26,646
Can I help you?
299
00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:30,639
Miss Fisher.
300
00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:33,962
Detective Inspector Jack Robinson,
meet Squadron Leader Willis Jones.
301
00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:38,119
I've told Miss Fisher
everything I know about James Manning.
302
00:18:38,120 --> 00:18:39,879
I'm also interested in another matter -
303
00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:42,239
the woman found dead this morning
outside the base.
304
00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:43,879
I saw the police car.
305
00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:46,799
We have reason to believe that Flight
Lieutenant James Manning
306
00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:47,799
knew the dead woman.
307
00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:49,599
What's this got to do with me?
308
00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:52,119
Your boots are a match
for a very particular footprint
309
00:18:52,120 --> 00:18:53,281
we found beside the body.
310
00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:56,599
JACK: You need your right heel repaired.
- What?
311
00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:59,919
You also need to tell us more about
your relationship with James Manning.
312
00:18:59,920 --> 00:19:01,559
Where did you get that?
313
00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:04,639
Yes, Miss Fisher,
where did you get that?
314
00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:05,880
As you were, Jones.
315
00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:11,043
You two, with me.
316
00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:15,559
We have good reason to believe
both men were at the crime scene.
317
00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:17,559
- I'm not interested in speculation.
- I am.
318
00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:19,919
- What about a love triangle?
- I can't imagine that.
319
00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:22,319
Well, it's not that difficult -
one woman, two men.
320
00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:23,999
It has been known to lead to conflict.
321
00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,839
We need to conduct
a more extensive search...
322
00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:29,839
I'm sorry but I can't allow
a civilian search on military grounds.
323
00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:32,079
How do you expect me
to conduct my investigation?
324
00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:34,079
Inspector, I appreciate
you have a job to do
325
00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:35,799
and a public to answer to, but so do I.
326
00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:39,599
And at this point in history, I believe
my position to be the more precarious.
327
00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:41,648
I do hope you understand.
328
00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:48,039
On another matter, Phryne.
329
00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:49,485
A personal one.
330
00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:58,119
There could never be a love triangle.
331
00:19:58,120 --> 00:20:01,559
Willis and James
would never fight over any woman.
332
00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:02,999
Lovers.
333
00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:05,039
I have no proof, of course, but...
334
00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:08,806
If it were to get out, it would be
the last straw of the RAAF and for me.
335
00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:13,239
Even so, both of them had something
to do with that woman
336
00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:16,079
and if you genuinely want me
to find out what happened to James,
337
00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:18,319
then you have to give me free access
to this place.
338
00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:19,719
(Knocking)
339
00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:24,720
Greaves... please escort Miss Fisher
on a full tour of the base.
340
00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:28,807
Wherever she wants to go,
whatever she needs to know.
341
00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:47,199
Hello, Hugh.
342
00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:49,239
I've come to return your evidence.
343
00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:51,599
How are you going with that postmark?
344
00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:53,919
Uh, good. I'm nearly there.
345
00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:58,005
That town definitely starts with a C
and it's nine letters long.
346
00:20:59,960 --> 00:21:02,327
Might help to narrow it down
to the suburbs of Perth.
347
00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:05,481
And why would I do that?
348
00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:10,643
Bon Marché. Perth, Western Australia.
349
00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:15,719
Yes, that... that might help but...
350
00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:17,961
Still not the answer, is it?
351
00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:21,802
Stick to the whole of Australia then,
Hugh.
352
00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:38,919
Can't be easy - military man
in charge of a unionised workforce.
353
00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:41,159
Oh, they all towed the line well enough.
354
00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:44,319
- Till the rumours started.
- About Willis and James?
355
00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:48,559
I wasn't the only one who saw him sneak
out of Willis' quarters at all hours.
356
00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:50,799
The moment he arrived
he started work on Willis,
357
00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:52,039
preyed on him.
358
00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:54,279
- So Willis lost respect.
- Hmm.
359
00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:58,126
Then that plane came down and
James pointed the finger at the union.
360
00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:03,519
What did he accuse them of,
shoddy work or party politics?
361
00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:06,603
Both. And it didn't make Willis' life
any easier.
362
00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:11,079
Do you think Willis will be able
to pull off this airshow?
363
00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:14,279
Without a doubt.
He's a better flyer than James ever was.
364
00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:17,489
He can loop the loop
and barrel roll like a bird.
365
00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:23,406
Does Willis smoke?
366
00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:27,402
No, never.
367
00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:32,599
PHRYNE: Mac was right, Jack.
She was poisoned.
368
00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:33,839
MAC: By her own cigarettes.
369
00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:36,199
I found that at the back
of Willis Jones' desk.
370
00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:39,479
The packet's a match for the cigarette
you found near the victim's body.
371
00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:41,959
Except that cigarette was harmless.
372
00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:44,319
The cigarette found
in the packet contained ricin.
373
00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:47,559
Blood samples have confirmed it -
Ricinus communis.
374
00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:48,679
From castor oil?
375
00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:51,479
From the beans of the castor seed plant,
to be exact.
376
00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:54,599
- The oil itself isn't poisonous.
- I'm impressed you're even close.
377
00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:57,759
The Americans and British were
experimenting with chemical weapons
378
00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:00,799
towards the end of the war,
until the Hague Convention banned them.
379
00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:03,159
- Ricin's deadly.
- Hm, just a few grains.
380
00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:04,919
Particularly if inhaled.
381
00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:06,519
But this hasn't been touched.
382
00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:09,719
PHRYNE: The killer must have laced
other cigarettes in the packet.
383
00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:11,759
Doesn't work fast. It can take days.
384
00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:13,285
(Phone rings)
385
00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:18,719
Perfect way to be absent
at the time of death.
386
00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:20,199
MAC: It's for you, Inspector.
387
00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:22,806
Your constable seems to have a lead
on our mystery woman.
388
00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:32,439
Virginia Forbes went missing
from Claremont six years ago.
389
00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:33,439
Six years?
390
00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:35,199
Worked as a nurse
at the military hospital.
391
00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:37,119
Might explain the bandage
in her handbag.
392
00:23:37,120 --> 00:23:38,479
Might explain more than that.
393
00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:41,759
James was transferred to Melbourne
from the Claremont Airbase in 1923.
394
00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:43,279
That must've been where they met.
395
00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:45,879
But if what you're telling me
about James is true,
396
00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:48,279
whatever happened between
them wasn't romantic.
397
00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:50,479
You can see now
why Compton needs to be discreet.
398
00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:51,679
No, I don't see.
399
00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:55,359
A woman is dead and he's asking you
to withhold information from me.
400
00:23:55,360 --> 00:23:58,119
If he won't cooperate with the police,
I'll go over his head.
401
00:23:58,120 --> 00:24:00,439
You're determined to make this
a personal matter.
402
00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:02,479
You're determined to make it
a military one.
403
00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:04,839
I don't understand
why you have to dance to his tune.
404
00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:06,569
HUGH: Ahem. Excuse me, Miss Fisher.
405
00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:09,599
Mr Butler just called to let you know
406
00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:13,359
that Group Captain Compton
would like to see you, urgently.
407
00:24:13,360 --> 00:24:15,727
PHRYNE: Thank you, Hugh.
408
00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:22,200
I dance to no-one's tune, Jack.
409
00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:26,960
(Door slams)
410
00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:35,239
Shandy for the lady.
411
00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:38,399
Ben, I can't speak with you.
Go, please.
412
00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:39,640
Why not?
413
00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:45,799
That lady, your boss, Comrade Higgins
says she's with the police.
414
00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:47,879
He thinks I say bad things about him.
415
00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:50,559
What? You only told the truth.
I'll set him straight.
416
00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:53,679
No, Ben, please.
There are things you do not know.
417
00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:55,284
(Footsteps approach)
418
00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:03,165
MAN: That bastard Higgins.
You'll be next.
419
00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:09,879
Some papers went missing three nights
ago from here, from the Party.
420
00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:11,359
Nobody knows who to trust.
421
00:25:11,360 --> 00:25:13,919
Well, Higgins can trust you.
I'll tell him that.
422
00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:17,319
Does it matter?
This woman, if she is dead, she is dead.
423
00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:18,639
I don't want trouble.
424
00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:23,123
No trouble. Just a word. Or two.
425
00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:30,759
Listen to me, Higgins.
426
00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:33,759
It's one thing sorting out some pansy
right-winger's politics,
427
00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:35,319
but there's no need to touch a lady.
428
00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:37,119
- No, please!
- Oi, Bert!
429
00:25:37,120 --> 00:25:39,439
Miss Fyodorov needs to appreciate...
430
00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:40,919
She needs you to leave her alone.
431
00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:42,199
- Calm down, Ben.
- Please.
432
00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:44,359
You could lose your Party membership
for this.
433
00:25:44,360 --> 00:25:47,239
You could lose an entire set of choppers
if you go near her again!
434
00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:49,879
Stop! Or I tell everyone what you do.
435
00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:52,879
Come on, love. You just quit.
436
00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:54,359
Krest'yanin.
437
00:25:54,360 --> 00:25:56,759
- What did she just say?
- It's Russian for 'bastard.
438
00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:59,279
No, it's Russian for 'peasant'.
439
00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:02,204
(Low chatter)
440
00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:07,359
Don't worry, we'll find you another job.
441
00:26:07,360 --> 00:26:10,399
Plenty of places will be lucky
to have someone like you.
442
00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:15,400
Thank you, Ben, but... I have
some things at the Club I must get.
443
00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:17,039
First thing tomorrow.
444
00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:19,439
Then I must go far away from here.
445
00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:22,479
I am illegal. I have no passport.
446
00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:25,799
Miss Fisher will sort that.
She's got friends in the police force.
447
00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:29,407
- You can trust her.
- I trust no-one.
448
00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:33,926
Except you.
449
00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:39,839
Greaves tells me you found evidence
in Willis' desk.
450
00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:42,519
- A packet of cigarettes.
- Willis doesn't smoke.
451
00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:44,039
That's what made me curious.
452
00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:46,879
They match the cigarette
found beside Virginia Forbes' body.
453
00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:48,039
Our victim has a name now.
454
00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:50,199
Well, your inspector
will be happy with that.
455
00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:52,039
Don't you start, Compton.
456
00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:55,639
You two can squabble over demarcation.
I'm interested in the big picture.
457
00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:57,719
Hm. And how does Jack
fit into your picture?
458
00:26:57,720 --> 00:26:59,599
He's not your usual... style.
459
00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:02,519
I don't have a usual style.
I think I'm admirably versatile.
460
00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:05,046
Ah, so I am right, about Jack.
461
00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:08,719
Too much ballast for lift-off.
462
00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:11,239
- Yours or his?
- Probably both.
463
00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:13,163
Tempt you with a drink?
464
00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:19,119
Nothing like a drop of brandy
at 10,000 feet to warm the heart.
465
00:27:19,120 --> 00:27:20,963
Is that what you're up to?
466
00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:27,519
Remember Madagascar?
467
00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:29,999
God, yes. How could I forget?
468
00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,606
It's a miracle we survived that landing.
469
00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:36,039
And then the cyclone raged for days.
470
00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:39,442
Nothing to do but... sit it out.
471
00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:43,239
Though we did manage
to think of a few other things.
472
00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:45,279
Ah, the good old days.
473
00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:47,647
How I've missed the thrill of them.
474
00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:53,559
JACK: There must be a connection
between the three of them.
475
00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:55,799
If it wasn't romantic, what was it?
476
00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:57,919
Not sure what a red ragger
would have in common
477
00:27:57,920 --> 00:27:59,439
with a couple of RAAF pilots, Sir.
478
00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:02,039
Which suggests their rendezvous
were clandestine,
479
00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:03,999
but it wasn't a very private place
to meet.
480
00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,685
There was an old sentry box
just inside the base.
481
00:28:11,120 --> 00:28:14,408
- Bring the car round, Collins.
- Sir.
482
00:28:29,120 --> 00:28:30,610
(Car door closes)
483
00:28:58,400 --> 00:28:59,890
(Rattling)
484
00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:45,363
(Low conversation)
485
00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:11,248
Flight lieutenant.
These have to be James Manning's.
486
00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:16,249
Condy's crystals. Antiseptic?
487
00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:19,562
Why would he take his clothes off
out here?
488
00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:22,211
Oh.
489
00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:25,359
(Siren blares)
- Get to the car.
490
00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:27,039
Go, go! Take those!
491
00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:28,919
(Distant barking)
492
00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:31,439
Go that way. Go, go!
493
00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:32,965
MAN: Hey, you!
494
00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:38,479
These sentries will fire, Constable.
495
00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:40,847
Put your hands above your head.
496
00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:46,039
- Now.
- Get in the car, Hugh.
497
00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:48,639
- Drop your weapon.
- Don't shoot! Don't shoot.
498
00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:50,639
Don't shoot!
499
00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:52,519
COMPTON: Hold your positions, men.
500
00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:55,319
Inspector Robinson, this is trespass.
501
00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:58,279
- We were just leaving.
- Not with military property you're not.
502
00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:01,762
Take it up with the Chief Commissioner.
Get to the car, Collins!
503
00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:11,205
Stand down, men.
504
00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:32,562
Jack, wait!
505
00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:36,524
PHRYNE: We were just reminiscing!
506
00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:44,599
Where did you find those?
And what on earth?
507
00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:47,410
It's a police matter, Miss Fisher.
It's none of your concern.
508
00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:51,485
You keep those eyes turned skyward.
509
00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:56,359
Eyes turned skyward?
510
00:31:56,360 --> 00:32:00,039
That's it,
the note by Virginia Forbes' body.
511
00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:03,931
The love letter is a quote
from Leonardo da Vinci.
512
00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:10,039
I think I might have found it.
Is this it?
513
00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:11,879
'Once you've tasted flight you will...'
514
00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:14,439
Yes! 'Once you have tasted flight,
515
00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:17,719
you will forever walk the earth
with your eyes turned skyward,
516
00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:21,999
for there you have been and there
you will always long to return.'
517
00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:23,199
How lovely.
518
00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:25,559
- A snifter, Miss.
- Desperately.
519
00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:28,159
Like Mr Greaves said,
like being in heaven.
520
00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:31,319
Except poor Leonardo never got to fly.
521
00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:34,847
Do you think Virginia Forbes
could have been an aviatrix?
522
00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:40,079
That, my dear Dot,
is a very good question.
523
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:42,799
Mr Butler, get me a couple
of small flat cushions
524
00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:45,159
and, Dot, a long bandage
from the medicine cabinet.
525
00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:47,083
I'll meet you upstairs in my smalls.
526
00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:17,966
Straight as a celery stick, Miss.
527
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:22,246
- Well, e-except for your...
- Oh.
528
00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:25,561
Nothing a de Beauvoir's bandeau
wouldn't fix.
529
00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:31,719
I should have picked up on her face
being so heavily powdered.
530
00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:34,959
And this will explain
the Condy's crystals, Inspector.
531
00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:38,601
A strong solution will both
darken and roughen the skin.
532
00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:48,599
Meet Flight Lieutenant James Manning,
533
00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:51,763
also known as Virginia Forbes.
534
00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:56,399
She swore she'd find a way
to join the Air Force and she did.
535
00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:59,799
By assuming the identity of
Flight Lieutenant James Manning,
536
00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:02,999
who was admitted to the Perth hospital
where Virginia was nursing.
537
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:06,639
The real James Manning
was committed to a sanatorium.
538
00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:11,640
But Ginny knew he'd been about
to be taking up a posting in Melbourne.
539
00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:15,919
So she stole his identity papers
and doctored the medical report
540
00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:17,599
to say he was fit for duty.
541
00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:19,682
You got to admire her ingenuity.
542
00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:23,519
And an exceptional aviatrix
by all accounts.
543
00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:25,045
Gargoyles and God help you.
544
00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:27,919
That was Ginny.
545
00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:32,759
Did you know about her... forays
into the Communist Party?
546
00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:36,359
I knew she was fired up and that she
suspected someone in the unions.
547
00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:38,879
She said she had found out
who was behind the sabotage.
548
00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:41,039
- Any names?
WILLIS: No.
549
00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:44,559
But she said she befriended
someone at the Club
550
00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:46,719
and was paying them to find her proof.
551
00:34:46,720 --> 00:34:48,799
A Russian girl.
552
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:51,719
She promised me she would stop
as soon as she'd found it.
553
00:34:51,720 --> 00:34:54,439
We know you were with her when she died.
554
00:34:54,440 --> 00:35:00,402
She came back frantic... that night.
She... was beside herself.
555
00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:03,050
She was sweating. She...
556
00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:08,286
She couldn't breathe.
T-there was no time to go for any help.
557
00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:12,799
She died in my arms.
558
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:16,930
So you removed anything that
might identify her and left her there.
559
00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:20,489
(Paper crackles)
560
00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:25,039
JACK: What were you doing
with the cigarette packet?
561
00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:26,849
PHRYNE: I found it in your office.
562
00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:33,519
I don't know... I...
563
00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:36,639
I didn't know what to make
of how she'd died.
564
00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:39,041
Did you know they were poisoned?
565
00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:43,608
No, I had no idea.
566
00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:50,129
Thank you. That will be all.
We may need to speak with you again.
567
00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:54,930
We need to hold on to that.
568
00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:10,159
He may be lying.
569
00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:12,679
Rupert Higgins could have doctored
the cigarette.
570
00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:15,279
Whether Willis murdered Ginny
with these or not,
571
00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:16,839
why would he hold on to this?
572
00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:19,491
And why is he still so interested in it?
573
00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:31,647
We may need a Russian
to help us find out.
574
00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:36,639
Don't reckon they'll be happy to see
any of us back in there.
575
00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:39,319
How important is this bag anyway?
576
00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:41,439
I must have it, it is sentimental.
577
00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:44,159
Behind the counter
there is a loose floorboard. You just...
578
00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:45,286
He knows, love.
579
00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:47,646
You heard her.
580
00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:04,159
You can't just leave after this.
581
00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:06,049
Let me help you.
582
00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:10,924
- There is one way.
- Well, name it. Anything.
583
00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:17,687
I become a new person, a new name.
If you...
584
00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:22,411
Tatiana Fyodorov, will you be my wife?
585
00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:26,359
- No!
MAN: Come back with the bag.
586
00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:28,488
TATIANA: My bag!
587
00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:33,768
(Grunting)
588
00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:43,723
What's in that bloody bag?
589
00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:49,319
Now, perhaps you'd like to tell us
who you really are.
590
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:51,719
This passport's a fake.
It's a good one, but a fake.
591
00:37:51,720 --> 00:37:53,119
You told me you didn't have one.
592
00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:56,959
I am Tatiana Krasnaya.
593
00:37:56,960 --> 00:38:00,439
- When did you come to Australia?
- After the Revolution.
594
00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:02,039
How well did you know Ginny?
595
00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:06,239
She saw me at the Club,
tearing one of Higgins' pamphlets.
596
00:38:06,240 --> 00:38:09,881
So she tells me
she knows they are lies too.
597
00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:13,121
- And I tell her everything.
- About Russia.
598
00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:19,519
About my brothers and sisters,
all killed in the Revolution.
599
00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:23,359
Higgins says they are criminals,
but they are only children.
600
00:38:23,360 --> 00:38:26,842
Virginia asked you to do a lot more than
just her sewing, didn't she, Tatiana?
601
00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:29,569
You made a deal.
602
00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:35,969
She said she would save me
if I steal from Higgins what she wants.
603
00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:40,679
- Report to the Comintern.
- Yes.
604
00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:45,279
She will tell me the day
to fly me to somewhere safe,
605
00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:48,439
to a new life, she promised me.
606
00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:52,039
This outlines plans for further sabotage
at the RAAF air show this Saturday.
607
00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:55,199
This is definitely the safest place
for you right now, Miss Krasnaya,
608
00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:56,599
but I need your help.
609
00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:59,410
I speak a lot more Russian
than I can read.
610
00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:02,570
Our meeting place.
611
00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:07,759
(Reads in Russian)
..is Tuesday, four o'clock.
612
00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:08,759
That's today.
613
00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:11,839
And 'zhar-ptitsa' is firebird.
614
00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:13,719
The Russian equivalent of a phoenix.
615
00:39:13,720 --> 00:39:17,247
I need to make an urgent phone call
to stop an act of treason.
616
00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:22,879
Krasnaya. What kind of name is that?
617
00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:26,319
My father was General Anton Krasny.
618
00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:30,719
He was an advisor to the White Army
against the Bolsheviks.
619
00:39:30,720 --> 00:39:32,039
So that cock-and-bull story
620
00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:35,123
about you being illegal and having
to get married was just a con job.
621
00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:37,759
You're a bloody White Russian.
622
00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:40,604
Ben, I was a child, I knew nothing.
623
00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:44,762
I thought I would be safe with you.
624
00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:48,884
You are a good man, Ben.
625
00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:53,209
You are the kind of man
any woman would come to love.
626
00:39:56,760 --> 00:39:59,719
Willis must have known,
that's why he kept the cigarette packet.
627
00:39:59,720 --> 00:40:02,199
Those map coordinates, 14-G-3. Here.
628
00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:03,999
The Gallery Park airfield.
629
00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:06,759
Flying off into the wild blue yonder
seems more appealing
630
00:40:06,760 --> 00:40:09,239
than facing a court martial
for accessory to fraud.
631
00:40:09,240 --> 00:40:11,846
Or perhaps honouring
his dying lover's last wish.
632
00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:17,839
This report isn't signed. There's no
proof Higgins was behind the sabotage.
633
00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:22,079
Which is why Tatiana needs to keep that
rendezvous with Willis this afternoon
634
00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:24,799
and why Rupert Higgins
needs to find out about it.
635
00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:25,799
A stakeout?
636
00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:28,319
Preferably with full cooperation
from the Air Force.
637
00:40:28,320 --> 00:40:29,879
I'll leave that pan to you.
638
00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:32,319
- We better move fast.
- As always.
639
00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:34,368
I'll put out word at the European Club.
640
00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:49,559
G'day, gents.
Got a special tip for Rupert Higgins.
641
00:40:49,560 --> 00:40:51,801
- Can you pass it on for me?
- Will do.
642
00:40:56,040 --> 00:40:58,719
I think that's everything, Miss.
643
00:40:58,720 --> 00:41:00,199
Your pistol's been repaired
644
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:03,079
and there's a supply of ammunition,
should you require it.
645
00:41:03,080 --> 00:41:04,279
Thank you, Mr B.
646
00:41:04,280 --> 00:41:06,359
Are you sure I can't do
anything else, Miss?
647
00:41:06,360 --> 00:41:10,479
No, thank you, Dot. I know how terrified
you are of leaving the ground.
648
00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:13,279
And I would never forgive myself
if anything happened to you.
649
00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:15,879
I wish I felt the same way about flying
as Mr Greaves does.
650
00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:17,799
He thinks flying's like being in heaven.
651
00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:20,479
He was stuck in a factory in Avonmouth
for the whole war.
652
00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:23,679
Avonmouth, where they made mustard gas
during the war.
653
00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:25,279
The CWS?
654
00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:27,203
Chemical Weapons Services, that's right.
655
00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:39,280
This is highly unorthodox, Inspector -
police and Air Force joint manoeuvres.
656
00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:42,119
We know who's manoeuvred us,
don't we, Captain?
657
00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:44,566
Yes. Well, she always was a wild child.
658
00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:50,964
I can see the taxi cab, Sir.
659
00:41:57,760 --> 00:42:00,159
How you doin' there, Miss Krasnaya?
660
00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:02,519
(Russian accent)
Could not pick the difference.
661
00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:04,921
Unless someone asked me
to hem their trousers.
662
00:42:07,360 --> 00:42:09,681
- Dot, you're in charge.
- Yes, Miss.
663
00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:35,206
Here comes Willis now, right on time.
664
00:42:38,160 --> 00:42:41,319
I told the Air Vice-Marshal we were
doing extraordinary manoeuvres.
665
00:42:41,320 --> 00:42:44,563
With Miss Fisher involved,
I'm sure we can be guaranteed of that.
666
00:42:56,480 --> 00:42:58,519
You think Higgins got the message, Sir?
667
00:42:58,520 --> 00:43:00,170
We'll soon find out.
668
00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:19,765
- Wish me luck.
- Udachi.
669
00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:40,569
Is this plan gonna work?
670
00:43:45,920 --> 00:43:48,002
We have to wait for them
to make the first move.
671
00:43:55,920 --> 00:43:58,959
There's a black motor car approaching.
Get ready.
672
00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:00,689
They're right behind you.
673
00:44:19,320 --> 00:44:21,561
(Gunshot)
- (Cries out)
674
00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:24,159
Get down!
675
00:44:24,160 --> 00:44:25,999
There's another gunman. Let's go.
676
00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:27,490
Go.
677
00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:30,964
(Gunshot)
678
00:44:34,200 --> 00:44:36,519
(Gunshot)
DOT: Is Miss Fisher alright?
679
00:44:36,520 --> 00:44:38,045
Yeah, yeah, they missed her.
680
00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:47,362
(Gunshot)
681
00:44:48,840 --> 00:44:52,003
(Gunshots)
JACK: Take cover, Collins.
682
00:44:59,720 --> 00:45:01,449
Got him, Miss.
683
00:45:02,440 --> 00:45:03,771
Cec, give us a hand!
684
00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:11,679
Easy, mate.
685
00:45:11,680 --> 00:45:14,001
- Ben!
- Yeah.
686
00:45:18,520 --> 00:45:20,639
(Engine starts)
687
00:45:20,640 --> 00:45:22,961
(Gunshots continue)
688
00:45:24,200 --> 00:45:26,799
Drop it! Get on the ground!
On the ground!
689
00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:28,370
Get on the ground!
690
00:46:02,640 --> 00:46:05,120
(Gunshots)
691
00:46:06,720 --> 00:46:08,051
(Grunts)
692
00:46:09,400 --> 00:46:10,970
JACK: I'll catch him, Miss Fisher!
693
00:46:14,240 --> 00:46:16,846
(Engine starts)
694
00:46:34,120 --> 00:46:35,201
(Gunshot)
695
00:46:55,280 --> 00:46:57,487
Get away!
696
00:47:22,640 --> 00:47:25,199
Happy now you've caught another red
for the government?
697
00:47:25,200 --> 00:47:27,559
You won't be locked up
for your politics, Higgins.
698
00:47:27,560 --> 00:47:30,530
You'll be locked up
because you're a murderous thug.
699
00:47:52,920 --> 00:47:56,359
How's Squadron Leader Jones doing?
Have you finished with him?
700
00:47:56,360 --> 00:47:57,919
Not yet, Captain.
701
00:47:57,920 --> 00:48:00,039
We just need a statement
about Rupert Higgins
702
00:48:00,040 --> 00:48:03,719
and the relationship he was having with
a woman who was posing as James Manning.
703
00:48:03,720 --> 00:48:06,199
COMPTON: I assume
you'll charge Higgins with murder.
704
00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:09,479
The Air Force will most certainly
be pressing charges of sabotage.
705
00:48:09,480 --> 00:48:12,239
A woman? James was a woman?
706
00:48:12,240 --> 00:48:17,849
Virginia Forbes. And Rupert Higgins
was guilty on many fronts.
707
00:48:19,240 --> 00:48:22,961
But he didn't murder her.
Did he, Mr Greaves?
708
00:48:25,080 --> 00:48:27,519
PHRYNE: Ricin-coated bullets,
709
00:48:27,520 --> 00:48:32,159
produced experimentally at Avonmouth
factory where you worked during the war.
710
00:48:32,160 --> 00:48:35,439
Later banned and yet there they were,
sitting in your locker.
711
00:48:35,440 --> 00:48:37,399
I... I didn't know he was a woman.
712
00:48:37,400 --> 00:48:40,519
And yet you laced his cigarettes
knowing he would take days to die,
713
00:48:40,520 --> 00:48:43,239
and there are enough enemies at play
for you to hide behind.
714
00:48:43,240 --> 00:48:47,399
Well, I thought he was after Willis.
Everybody thought that.
715
00:48:47,400 --> 00:48:49,279
Even you.
716
00:48:49,280 --> 00:48:54,039
But you turned a blind eye,
even let him be the air show ace,
717
00:48:54,040 --> 00:48:58,359
someone like that,
someone so... depraved.
718
00:48:58,360 --> 00:49:00,559
Forget the union.
719
00:49:00,560 --> 00:49:03,559
Manning was going to bring down the RAAF
all on his own.
720
00:49:03,560 --> 00:49:06,006
Somebody had to do something.
721
00:49:18,320 --> 00:49:20,129
Ginny knew it was dangerous...
722
00:49:21,120 --> 00:49:22,639
impersonating an officer.
723
00:49:22,640 --> 00:49:25,559
But it was the only way she could see.
724
00:49:25,560 --> 00:49:29,929
When I tried to warn her off the unions,
she said she had no choice.
725
00:49:31,840 --> 00:49:33,599
She would do anything for the Air Force.
726
00:49:33,600 --> 00:49:36,119
Group Captain Compton
ordered her to find out the truth
727
00:49:36,120 --> 00:49:37,645
and she said she'd see it through.
728
00:49:40,320 --> 00:49:41,970
WILLIS: And she did.
729
00:49:44,320 --> 00:49:46,402
I think she loved me.
730
00:49:48,560 --> 00:49:50,324
But she loved flying more.
731
00:49:53,720 --> 00:49:58,599
I thought you said pursuing the union
was James Manning's idea.
732
00:49:58,600 --> 00:50:00,199
It was originally.
733
00:50:00,200 --> 00:50:02,919
Then I ordered him
to follow through with it.
734
00:50:02,920 --> 00:50:04,799
Why did you not tell me?
735
00:50:04,800 --> 00:50:07,319
I couldn't be seen to condone
what James was doing.
736
00:50:07,320 --> 00:50:09,039
He was spying-
737
00:50:09,040 --> 00:50:13,279
And you were keeping up appearances...
with me.
738
00:50:13,280 --> 00:50:17,922
Well, I'm not in Madagascar anymore.
I have... responsibilities.
739
00:50:20,320 --> 00:50:21,810
What a shame.
740
00:50:31,600 --> 00:50:33,090
(Knocking)
741
00:50:35,840 --> 00:50:37,799
- Dotty.
- Hugh.
742
00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:39,723
HUGH: I, um...
- Um, I...
743
00:50:41,320 --> 00:50:45,119
I want you to know that I only said
I was going up in a plane
744
00:50:45,120 --> 00:50:46,804
because you didn't think I could.
745
00:50:48,080 --> 00:50:49,570
I'm still glad you didn't.
746
00:50:50,560 --> 00:50:52,759
But if Miss Fisher wanted me to,
I would have.
747
00:50:52,760 --> 00:50:55,159
Even if I screamed the whole way
or shut my eyes
748
00:50:55,160 --> 00:50:57,199
or fainted before we
even left the ground...
749
00:50:57,200 --> 00:51:00,599
I know... I... I know.
Because you're brave.
750
00:51:00,600 --> 00:51:04,241
And you're smart. I never would've found
Claremont without your help.
751
00:51:05,440 --> 00:51:09,570
Y-you're smart and you're beautiful
and you're brave and...
752
00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:13,287
sometimes it scares me to death.
753
00:51:16,720 --> 00:51:19,929
I just want to be the one
to choose what I do.
754
00:51:21,360 --> 00:51:23,408
It's my job.
755
00:51:25,400 --> 00:51:30,804
Well, I guess I'm going to have to find
a way of being brave about that too.
756
00:51:36,240 --> 00:51:38,288
So... (Sighs) ..what about...
757
00:51:39,280 --> 00:51:42,921
Saturday, 14th of September 1929?
758
00:51:45,520 --> 00:51:47,807
It sounds perfect.
759
00:51:54,800 --> 00:51:58,519
Two arrests in one day-
murder and treason.
760
00:51:58,520 --> 00:52:00,519
This calls for a celebration.
761
00:52:00,520 --> 00:52:04,039
Well, I still have a report to write
for the Chief Commissioner
762
00:52:04,040 --> 00:52:08,443
about a missing Russian emigre due to
give evidence at Rupert Higgins' trial.
763
00:52:10,360 --> 00:52:12,199
Excuse me, Miss Fisher.
764
00:52:12,200 --> 00:52:16,599
Albert has telephoned. He said that...
that the caviar has arrived.
765
00:52:16,600 --> 00:52:18,648
Thank you, Mr B.
766
00:52:20,440 --> 00:52:24,119
So if the 'caviar' is who I think it is,
767
00:52:24,120 --> 00:52:25,849
where is it being sent to?
768
00:52:27,520 --> 00:52:28,999
Tasmania?
769
00:52:29,000 --> 00:52:31,119
So what do I tell my chief?
770
00:52:31,120 --> 00:52:33,999
You can tell him that the Air Force
doesn't know either.
771
00:52:34,000 --> 00:52:35,799
That's some consolation.
772
00:52:35,800 --> 00:52:37,559
Even though Compton saved my life.
773
00:52:37,560 --> 00:52:39,519
- Literally?
- Ten years ago.
774
00:52:39,520 --> 00:52:44,520
He had a chute and he could have bailed,
but... he chose to crash-land the plane
775
00:52:44,560 --> 00:52:46,559
between two mountains and a ravine.
776
00:52:46,560 --> 00:52:48,959
And we both survived.
777
00:52:48,960 --> 00:52:53,960
Well, no doubt you have
more dashing heroes in your past.
778
00:52:54,360 --> 00:52:57,170
If there weren't I wouldn't be here.
779
00:52:58,480 --> 00:52:59,766
To heroes, then.
780
00:53:01,280 --> 00:53:05,319
And to the one as yet unsung hero
781
00:53:05,320 --> 00:53:08,642
who has saved me over and over again.
782
00:53:10,440 --> 00:53:11,441
(Glasses clink)
783
00:53:13,500 --> 00:53:21,500
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