1 00:03:24,660 --> 00:03:26,730 Do you think Mrs Burrows will sign this for me? 2 00:03:26,780 --> 00:03:28,570 I'm sure she'd be delighted to. 3 00:03:28,620 --> 00:03:31,050 I don't think much of tennis, but her pins are alright. 4 00:03:31,100 --> 00:03:34,700 ~ That's not why she's in the paper. ~ Could have fooled me. 5 00:03:35,180 --> 00:03:36,780 Hugh! 6 00:03:36,940 --> 00:03:38,280 Dottie! 7 00:03:42,420 --> 00:03:44,050 You hardly even wrote. 8 00:03:44,100 --> 00:03:47,580 ~ I, uh, I sent you postcards. ~ About fish. 9 00:03:47,780 --> 00:03:51,820 Dottie, I'm sorry I left in a huff - I was confused about... 10 00:03:52,020 --> 00:03:54,730 I was just confused, but I missed you very much. 11 00:03:54,780 --> 00:03:56,250 If we're going to get married, 12 00:03:56,300 --> 00:03:58,090 you have to promise you'll never do that again. 13 00:03:58,140 --> 00:04:00,610 ~ Of course we're getting married. ~ What about your mother? 14 00:04:00,660 --> 00:04:02,130 Well, I gave her a choice. 15 00:04:02,180 --> 00:04:05,130 I said I could either marry a virtuous Catholic girl 16 00:04:05,180 --> 00:04:06,810 or a Protestant girl with loose morals. 17 00:04:06,860 --> 00:04:10,220 ~ What Protestant girl? ~ No, there's no... no-one. 18 00:04:10,420 --> 00:04:12,970 There's no Protestant... but don't tell her that. 19 00:04:13,020 --> 00:04:14,700 Oh! Ah! 20 00:04:14,860 --> 00:04:16,290 She's given us her blessing. 21 00:04:16,340 --> 00:04:18,250 Besides, she's not going to argue 22 00:04:18,300 --> 00:04:20,130 with a senior constable, now, is she? 23 00:04:20,180 --> 00:04:21,610 A promotion? 24 00:04:21,660 --> 00:04:23,130 The Inspector told the top brass 25 00:04:23,180 --> 00:04:25,130 that if they didn't give me the promotion, he'd resign. 26 00:04:25,180 --> 00:04:29,100 Oh, Hugh! I'm so glad you're home. 27 00:04:36,020 --> 00:04:38,890 No, Aunt Prudence can't abide ball sports. 28 00:04:39,060 --> 00:04:41,810 I thought she was just miffed over missing our wedding. 29 00:04:41,860 --> 00:04:43,370 I'm the one who's miffed! 30 00:04:43,420 --> 00:04:46,170 Stanley, you're one of my dearest friends and I had no idea! 31 00:04:46,220 --> 00:04:48,810 We eloped, Phryne. That's the whole point. 32 00:04:48,860 --> 00:04:50,660 Nobody was invited. 33 00:04:50,740 --> 00:04:52,370 Don't forget the split step. 34 00:04:52,420 --> 00:04:55,410 Keep the contact point in front of your body. 35 00:04:55,460 --> 00:04:57,170 And you cut your honeymoon short. 36 00:04:57,220 --> 00:04:59,810 Oh, for the Sydney Cup! I couldn't miss that. 37 00:04:59,860 --> 00:05:02,010 And as Constance's coach, I had to agree, 38 00:05:02,060 --> 00:05:04,730 but we didn't mind spending our honeymoon on the court. 39 00:05:04,780 --> 00:05:06,850 Not literally, one hopes. 40 00:05:09,220 --> 00:05:12,330 You'd better save some of your firepower for the tournament. 41 00:05:12,380 --> 00:05:14,690 With any luck, we'll have a full house. 42 00:05:14,740 --> 00:05:17,370 With Constance playing, I have no doubt. 43 00:05:17,420 --> 00:05:20,810 Mrs Burrows, I was wondering if you'd mind signing this. 44 00:05:20,860 --> 00:05:22,500 Oh, no! 45 00:05:22,700 --> 00:05:24,810 That windy day at Sydney Cup - I'm practically naked! 46 00:05:24,860 --> 00:05:27,620 ~ I think you look divine! ~ So do I. 47 00:05:27,820 --> 00:05:31,820 ~ Oh, who took the shots? ~ Mr Fredrick Burn. 48 00:05:31,980 --> 00:05:34,980 Yes, I've had my encounters with him. 49 00:05:35,180 --> 00:05:37,330 ~ It's always a dance with the press. ~ A dance? 50 00:05:37,380 --> 00:05:41,080 I want nothing to do with that hideous man or his pictures. 51 00:05:41,260 --> 00:05:43,250 Oh, sorry, Miss Williams! 52 00:05:43,300 --> 00:05:45,250 ~ Of course I'll sign for you. ~ Thank you. 53 00:05:45,300 --> 00:05:47,300 Miss Fisher! Over here! 54 00:05:53,620 --> 00:05:56,260 .. er, Mrs Burrows' practice partner. 55 00:05:56,460 --> 00:05:59,740 She's much more than that. She's a future champion in her own right. 56 00:05:59,900 --> 00:06:01,840 I can't believe this! 57 00:06:03,300 --> 00:06:07,500 These puncture marks look like a spider bite. Strange. 58 00:06:07,700 --> 00:06:10,820 As far as I know, there are no lethal spiders in Victoria. 59 00:06:11,020 --> 00:06:13,900 As far as you know? What about redback? 60 00:06:14,060 --> 00:06:16,290 A redback bite wouldn't be fatal. 61 00:06:16,340 --> 00:06:19,900 Whatever it was, it was clearly in her shoe. 62 00:06:20,100 --> 00:06:22,250 ~ That's my shoe. ~ Your shoe? 63 00:06:22,300 --> 00:06:25,820 Bel wanted to stay behind after we left to practise her serve, 64 00:06:26,020 --> 00:06:27,810 but there was some problem with her shoes. 65 00:06:27,860 --> 00:06:29,410 I said she could borrow mine. 66 00:06:29,460 --> 00:06:31,260 What time was that? 67 00:06:31,460 --> 00:06:34,000 Around three o'clock.... I'm sorry! 68 00:06:34,740 --> 00:06:36,540 May we be excused? 69 00:06:39,940 --> 00:06:44,140 You showed remarkable restraint, not investigating till I arrived. 70 00:06:44,340 --> 00:06:47,250 Well, I'm happy for you to be the scout, Jack, 71 00:06:47,300 --> 00:06:51,380 while we wait and see what kind of wildlife we're dealing with. 72 00:06:51,580 --> 00:06:54,700 Miss Fisher, I found this in the hedge. 73 00:06:54,900 --> 00:06:58,620 A broken shoelace? Well spotted, Dot! 74 00:06:58,820 --> 00:07:01,410 That explains why she was wearing Constance's shoes. 75 00:07:01,460 --> 00:07:03,490 Must have been a fast-acting venom 76 00:07:03,540 --> 00:07:06,170 if it prevented the victim from escaping the rotunda. 77 00:07:06,220 --> 00:07:08,490 I must say, Hugh, those new stripes suit you. 78 00:07:08,540 --> 00:07:11,210 You know, I think the family are all in England, 79 00:07:11,260 --> 00:07:13,490 but there might be some sort of addre... 80 00:07:13,540 --> 00:07:15,100 Arggh! 81 00:07:27,020 --> 00:07:28,460 Spider. 82 00:07:29,700 --> 00:07:32,250 Take this to the car, please, Collins, 83 00:07:32,300 --> 00:07:34,610 along with Miss Roswell's belongings. 84 00:07:34,660 --> 00:07:36,780 Yes, sir. 85 00:07:36,980 --> 00:07:40,100 Well, I've finally found your Achilles heel, Miss Fisher - 86 00:07:40,260 --> 00:07:41,930 fear of arachnids. 87 00:07:41,980 --> 00:07:46,140 I'm not afraid, I just... like to know where they are. 88 00:07:46,340 --> 00:07:49,540 What's that over there? 89 00:07:49,700 --> 00:07:51,240 Miss Fisher? 90 00:07:52,940 --> 00:07:54,970 Lovely. Now, look right at me. 91 00:07:55,020 --> 00:07:56,490 ~ Oi! Clear off! ~ Don't say anything. 92 00:07:56,540 --> 00:07:59,500 It's Fredrick Burn from The Globe. 93 00:07:59,700 --> 00:08:02,300 ~ You're a gift, Miss Fisher. ~ (Don't.) 94 00:08:02,460 --> 00:08:06,500 Poor Miss Fisher. I've never seen her like that. 95 00:08:06,700 --> 00:08:08,810 How about you, eh? Cool as a cucumber. 96 00:08:08,860 --> 00:08:11,450 I love all of God's creatures, Hugh, 97 00:08:11,500 --> 00:08:14,050 though it does make it hard when they kill people. 98 00:08:14,100 --> 00:08:17,780 Dottie, you've brought half the hedge back with you. 99 00:08:21,740 --> 00:08:24,490 It's a Sydney funnel-web, which explains a lot. 100 00:08:24,540 --> 00:08:26,490 Their fangs are so powerful, 101 00:08:26,540 --> 00:08:28,450 they can penetrate fingernails and soft shoes, 102 00:08:28,500 --> 00:08:30,690 let alone the poor girl's cotton socks. 103 00:08:30,740 --> 00:08:33,900 And when it's cornered, it bites its victim repeatedly, 104 00:08:34,100 --> 00:08:35,730 which explains the multiple puncture wounds 105 00:08:35,780 --> 00:08:37,490 and that local bleeding on the foot. 106 00:08:37,540 --> 00:08:39,410 Could you estimate the time of death? 107 00:08:39,460 --> 00:08:41,660 I'd say, approximately 6pm. 108 00:08:41,820 --> 00:08:43,210 Which explains why no-one saw anything - 109 00:08:43,260 --> 00:08:44,730 training finished at three. 110 00:08:44,780 --> 00:08:47,010 But a Sydney funnel-web, are you sure? 111 00:08:47,060 --> 00:08:48,400 Certain. 112 00:08:48,580 --> 00:08:51,450 It's distinctly odd - this spider isn't native to Melbourne. 113 00:08:51,500 --> 00:08:53,370 Must have crawled inside Mrs Burrows' bag 114 00:08:53,420 --> 00:08:55,330 when they were in Sydney for the Cup. 115 00:08:55,380 --> 00:08:57,810 ~ How devious. ~ But highly unlikely. 116 00:08:57,860 --> 00:09:00,490 This species hides away in dark and moist places 117 00:09:00,540 --> 00:09:05,140 and actively avoids light, open spaces like tennis courts. 118 00:09:05,340 --> 00:09:08,820 Mac, are you suggesting human intervention? 119 00:09:08,980 --> 00:09:11,660 I'm saying that can't be discounted. 120 00:09:11,860 --> 00:09:14,740 Which means the spider could have been 121 00:09:14,940 --> 00:09:17,820 deliberately placed in Constance's shoe. 122 00:09:24,140 --> 00:09:27,380 ~ A murder attempt on me? ~ Dear God! 123 00:09:27,540 --> 00:09:29,090 I'm sorry to alarm you, Constance, 124 00:09:29,140 --> 00:09:32,010 but can you think of anyone who may want to hurt you? 125 00:09:32,060 --> 00:09:33,530 Angela Lombard. 126 00:09:33,580 --> 00:09:38,100 She never misses an opportunity to put Constance off her game. 127 00:09:41,020 --> 00:09:44,820 Angela's been world champion for several years now, 128 00:09:45,020 --> 00:09:47,210 but when you're up that high, the only way is down. 129 00:09:47,260 --> 00:09:48,890 With Constance nipping at her heels? 130 00:09:48,940 --> 00:09:50,410 Yes, and last I heard, 131 00:09:50,460 --> 00:09:54,060 world champions don't take kindly to that sort of thing. 132 00:09:54,220 --> 00:09:57,820 This is the SY Ena. Isn't she glorious? 133 00:09:58,020 --> 00:10:01,140 Angela's a keen sailor, so I've arranged to have her stay on board 134 00:10:01,340 --> 00:10:03,490 while she's here for my tennis tournament. 135 00:10:03,540 --> 00:10:05,620 ~ Your tournament? ~ Yes. 136 00:10:05,820 --> 00:10:10,060 I'm holding a fundraising cocktail party on board tomorrow afternoon. 137 00:10:10,260 --> 00:10:13,210 I never knew you were so passionate about tennis. 138 00:10:13,260 --> 00:10:17,980 I have many passions, Jack, including women's rights. 139 00:10:18,180 --> 00:10:21,210 Did you know the Australian Lawn Tennis Association 140 00:10:21,260 --> 00:10:23,730 pays for our men to compete all over the world, 141 00:10:23,780 --> 00:10:25,370 and women have to pay their own way? 142 00:10:25,420 --> 00:10:26,890 It's a gross injustice! 143 00:10:26,940 --> 00:10:29,370 If anyone is to address that, it'll be you, Miss Fisher. 144 00:10:29,420 --> 00:10:30,890 Somebody has to. 145 00:10:30,940 --> 00:10:34,180 We can't all be married to wealthy men like Stanley, 146 00:10:34,340 --> 00:10:36,610 who's a tennis coach to boot. 147 00:10:36,740 --> 00:10:40,900 Angela, on the other hand, is in the midst of an ugly divorce 148 00:10:41,060 --> 00:10:43,600 from her extremely wealthy husband. 149 00:10:43,700 --> 00:10:46,740 Leaving her with financial trouble? 150 00:10:46,900 --> 00:10:49,460 And a waning career, 151 00:10:49,660 --> 00:10:53,500 which makes her a potentially desperate woman. 152 00:10:58,980 --> 00:11:01,690 Well, if it isn't the Honourable Miss Fisher! 153 00:11:01,740 --> 00:11:05,540 Who's your fella? I hope your intentions aren't honourable. 154 00:11:05,740 --> 00:11:08,170 I'm Detective Inspector Jack Robinson, Miss Lombard. 155 00:11:08,220 --> 00:11:09,730 We're here on official business. 156 00:11:09,780 --> 00:11:12,010 I'm afraid Belinda Roswell's been murdered. 157 00:11:12,060 --> 00:11:17,300 You mean Constance's understudy? That's lousy luck for the kid. 158 00:11:17,460 --> 00:11:19,260 It certainly is, 159 00:11:19,460 --> 00:11:21,770 especially since it seems the intended victim was Constance. 160 00:11:21,820 --> 00:11:23,250 You don't say. 161 00:11:23,300 --> 00:11:25,290 Where were you yesterday afternoon? 162 00:11:25,340 --> 00:11:28,500 Below deck with Terence Lawson. 163 00:11:28,700 --> 00:11:31,210 We left the court at your aunt's house around midday 164 00:11:31,260 --> 00:11:33,450 and stayed right here for the rest of the day. 165 00:11:33,500 --> 00:11:36,540 ~ Doing what? ~ You're a red-blooded woman. 166 00:11:36,740 --> 00:11:39,540 ~ Take a guess. ~ Ange, who are you talk... 167 00:11:39,700 --> 00:11:41,540 G'day, Miss Fisher. 168 00:11:42,900 --> 00:11:44,660 Mr Lawson. 169 00:11:44,820 --> 00:11:46,570 Here for business or pleasure? 170 00:11:46,620 --> 00:11:50,380 This is Detective Inspector Robinson. We'd like to ask you a few questions. 171 00:11:51,980 --> 00:11:54,320 Down at the station, if I may. 172 00:11:55,220 --> 00:11:58,290 What time did you and Miss Lombard leave the tennis court yesterday? 173 00:11:58,340 --> 00:12:00,330 ~ Two o'clock. ~ You sound very sure. 174 00:12:00,380 --> 00:12:01,850 That's because I am. 175 00:12:01,900 --> 00:12:03,970 Has Miss Lombard ever said anything to you 176 00:12:04,020 --> 00:12:05,810 about wanting to harm Constance Burrows? 177 00:12:05,860 --> 00:12:07,490 Don't you mean Belinda? 178 00:12:07,540 --> 00:12:09,810 It appears the intended victim was Constance. 179 00:12:09,860 --> 00:12:11,260 Connie? 180 00:12:11,420 --> 00:12:12,820 'Connie?' 181 00:12:13,980 --> 00:12:15,970 We used to play mixed doubles together. 182 00:12:16,020 --> 00:12:18,090 But that's all there was between you? 183 00:12:18,140 --> 00:12:20,490 Not for the lack of trying on my part. 184 00:12:20,540 --> 00:12:23,050 I was keen on Connie, like all the other blokes, 185 00:12:23,100 --> 00:12:26,540 but all she was interested in was playing tennis. 186 00:12:26,740 --> 00:12:30,300 ~ Must have hurt your pride. ~ Not particularly. 187 00:12:30,460 --> 00:12:33,020 I had plenty of other options. 188 00:12:33,220 --> 00:12:36,540 Terence Lawson? We never socialised off the court. 189 00:12:36,740 --> 00:12:38,690 I can't see why he'd want to kill me. 190 00:12:38,740 --> 00:12:40,730 He admitted he was enamoured with you. 191 00:12:40,780 --> 00:12:42,300 Really? 192 00:12:42,500 --> 00:12:44,570 I always thought he was just enamoured with tennis, 193 00:12:44,620 --> 00:12:46,410 like the rest of us. 194 00:12:46,460 --> 00:12:49,940 Don't you think it's the most glorious game, Phryne? 195 00:12:50,140 --> 00:12:52,570 When I see a perfectly struck ground stroke 196 00:12:52,620 --> 00:12:55,090 or I hear the thwack of the ball on the racquet 197 00:12:55,140 --> 00:12:56,850 and I smell that freshly cut lawn, 198 00:12:56,900 --> 00:12:59,570 my heart almost aches for the beauty of it. 199 00:12:59,620 --> 00:13:02,410 There's no doubt tennis is the love of your life. 200 00:13:02,460 --> 00:13:05,400 It has some stiff competition from Stanley. 201 00:13:05,980 --> 00:13:07,610 Thank you, Miss Williams. 202 00:13:07,660 --> 00:13:09,530 ~ That's a beautiful dress. ~ Yes. 203 00:13:09,580 --> 00:13:11,650 Except I haven't worn it for awhile, 204 00:13:11,700 --> 00:13:13,850 and it's rather too snug at the moment. 205 00:13:13,900 --> 00:13:15,500 You alright? 206 00:13:15,700 --> 00:13:17,490 Oh, I'm trying to keep a cold at bay. 207 00:13:17,540 --> 00:13:19,290 That's why I've brought my own brew with me. 208 00:13:19,340 --> 00:13:21,410 ~ Seems to be helping. ~ I see you, Burn! 209 00:13:21,460 --> 00:13:23,180 Phryne? 210 00:13:23,380 --> 00:13:26,500 I just saw that damn Fredrick Burn lurking in the bushes! 211 00:13:26,660 --> 00:13:28,420 Stay here. 212 00:13:32,460 --> 00:13:34,140 Mr Burn! 213 00:13:34,340 --> 00:13:36,370 Leave immediately, or I'll have you arrested for trespassing. 214 00:13:36,420 --> 00:13:38,090 Can't do a thing. I'm outside the gate. 215 00:13:38,140 --> 00:13:41,700 Stanley. We don't want two murders on our hands. 216 00:13:41,860 --> 00:13:43,970 Au revoir, ladies and gentlemen. 217 00:13:44,020 --> 00:13:47,420 Poor Constance! As if losing Bel isn't enough. 218 00:13:47,620 --> 00:13:49,850 This could throw her right off her game. 219 00:13:49,900 --> 00:13:51,930 Oh, I know how that sounds, 220 00:13:51,980 --> 00:13:53,850 but her training for the US Championships 221 00:13:53,900 --> 00:13:55,930 is the only thing helping her cope. 222 00:13:55,980 --> 00:13:57,850 If that damn Burn... 223 00:13:59,740 --> 00:14:02,940 Oh, my God! How could I have forgotten? 224 00:14:03,140 --> 00:14:06,820 Constance made a formal harassment complaint against him last week. 225 00:14:07,020 --> 00:14:08,690 ~ Last week? ~ In Sydney. 226 00:14:08,740 --> 00:14:11,770 And the police told us that he was already facing other charges. 227 00:14:11,820 --> 00:14:13,860 What other charges? 228 00:14:14,020 --> 00:14:16,050 They wouldn't elaborate. 229 00:14:16,100 --> 00:14:20,140 Well, this certainly warrants a chat with Mr Burn. 230 00:14:28,180 --> 00:14:29,770 Morning, sir. 231 00:14:29,820 --> 00:14:33,140 I, er, thought you should see this. 232 00:14:36,300 --> 00:14:39,370 'Is it love-all for the Honourable Miss Fisher?' 233 00:14:39,420 --> 00:14:42,290 'It seems the raven-haired lady detective 234 00:14:42,460 --> 00:14:47,340 has found a new ball boy in Inspector Jack Robinson.' 235 00:14:47,540 --> 00:14:50,540 ~ What do you think, Dot? ~ I think he's captured our best angles. 236 00:14:50,740 --> 00:14:54,180 Well, Collins, if you'll forgive another pun, 237 00:14:54,340 --> 00:14:56,540 I think I'm in for a serve. 238 00:15:01,260 --> 00:15:03,730 Detective Inspector Jack Robinson. 239 00:15:03,980 --> 00:15:05,780 Yes, Commissioner. 240 00:15:07,260 --> 00:15:08,730 Understood. 241 00:15:09,860 --> 00:15:11,460 Goodbye, sir. 242 00:15:13,940 --> 00:15:17,380 I am forbidden to solve cases with a civilian. 243 00:15:20,620 --> 00:15:22,620 Won't be long, Collins. 244 00:15:28,540 --> 00:15:30,250 Thank you, Mr Butler. 245 00:15:30,300 --> 00:15:32,100 Jack, I have news. 246 00:15:32,220 --> 00:15:35,220 Apparently, Fredrick Burn is facing a number of criminal charges. 247 00:15:35,380 --> 00:15:37,980 I'll get Collins onto it. Sign this. 248 00:15:42,420 --> 00:15:44,010 What have I just agreed to? 249 00:15:44,060 --> 00:15:47,500 You are now a special constable of the Victoria Police Force. 250 00:15:47,700 --> 00:15:50,820 How wonderful! Don't I get a certificate or something? 251 00:15:52,300 --> 00:15:55,500 I've been saving this since I was ten years old... 252 00:15:56,060 --> 00:16:00,500 .. for Buffalo Bill... but you'll have to do. 253 00:16:37,060 --> 00:16:39,290 Mr Butler, have you seen Miss Fisher? 254 00:16:39,340 --> 00:16:42,080 She's just gone out with the Inspector. 255 00:16:44,100 --> 00:16:48,020 Mr Burn, open up! Detective Inspector Jack Robinson. 256 00:16:48,220 --> 00:16:50,820 And Special Constable Phryne Fisher. 257 00:16:54,380 --> 00:16:55,820 What? 258 00:16:56,020 --> 00:16:59,860 I didn't appreciate you lurking outside my house yesterday. 259 00:17:00,020 --> 00:17:01,490 That's harassment. 260 00:17:01,540 --> 00:17:03,050 I don't harass people! 261 00:17:03,100 --> 00:17:05,410 I'm getting sick of toffs acting holier-than-thou 262 00:17:05,460 --> 00:17:07,650 when they should be thanking me for the exposure! 263 00:17:07,700 --> 00:17:09,450 If this is about that pic in The Globe... 264 00:17:09,500 --> 00:17:11,210 This is about murder. 265 00:17:11,260 --> 00:17:16,220 Constance Burrows recently filed a formal complaint against you. 266 00:17:16,380 --> 00:17:18,170 You can't have been happy about that. 267 00:17:18,220 --> 00:17:19,890 Constance Burrows is a whinging cow. 268 00:17:19,940 --> 00:17:23,010 What's that got to do with the young piece of skirt that carked it? 269 00:17:23,060 --> 00:17:24,930 Belinda's murder was intended for Constance, 270 00:17:24,980 --> 00:17:27,450 but perhaps you already knew that. 271 00:17:28,060 --> 00:17:31,300 ~ How could I? ~ Where were you on Tuesday afternoon? 272 00:17:31,460 --> 00:17:32,930 Wherever Constance Burrows was. 273 00:17:32,980 --> 00:17:34,890 Look, why would I try and kill her? 274 00:17:34,940 --> 00:17:36,690 I'm not gonna bite the hand that feeds me! 275 00:17:36,740 --> 00:17:39,740 Snaps of that stupid bint are my meal ticket! 276 00:17:40,420 --> 00:17:42,220 And what are these? 277 00:18:06,860 --> 00:18:08,260 Arggh! 278 00:18:08,460 --> 00:18:13,740 So, Mr Burn, I think this calls for a closer look at your handiwork. 279 00:18:13,940 --> 00:18:16,050 If I find out these photos were taken 280 00:18:16,100 --> 00:18:18,050 after you were charged with obscenity... 281 00:18:18,100 --> 00:18:21,660 I'm not selling these. They're art - for my own private edification. 282 00:18:21,860 --> 00:18:23,420 ~ Art? ~ Yeah. 283 00:18:23,580 --> 00:18:25,290 It was good enough for Michelangelo. 284 00:18:25,340 --> 00:18:27,210 These young ladies better not have been coerced. 285 00:18:27,260 --> 00:18:29,370 Don't get your silk knickers in a knot, Miss Fisher. 286 00:18:29,420 --> 00:18:32,290 They all volunteered for a few spare bob. 287 00:18:32,340 --> 00:18:34,210 See anyone you like? 288 00:18:34,940 --> 00:18:37,080 ~ Hey! ~ Thank you. Sit down! 289 00:18:38,100 --> 00:18:40,450 That's my Lumberjack Whisky, and you can't take that. 290 00:18:40,500 --> 00:18:43,780 Lumberjack? You can only get this in Canada. 291 00:18:43,940 --> 00:18:45,410 Or America. 292 00:18:47,700 --> 00:18:51,740 They smuggle it over the border to cheat prohibition. 293 00:18:51,940 --> 00:18:55,900 You don't strike me as a seasoned traveller. Where'd you get it? 294 00:18:56,060 --> 00:18:57,700 Friend. 295 00:18:59,060 --> 00:19:02,060 Hello, Hugh. I've brought you some evidence. 296 00:19:06,900 --> 00:19:09,090 Lucky one of us is working on the case. 297 00:19:09,140 --> 00:19:12,240 No, I was just... I was just checking something. 298 00:19:14,700 --> 00:19:16,500 ~ Oh, no. ~ What? 299 00:19:16,660 --> 00:19:17,850 Look! 300 00:19:17,900 --> 00:19:20,450 'It's a handful of fun for Senior Constable Hugh Collins 301 00:19:20,500 --> 00:19:24,200 and Miss Phryne Fisher's companion, Miss Dorothy Williams.' 302 00:19:24,660 --> 00:19:27,170 ~ It looks like you're touching my... ~ No, it doesn't, Dottie. It doesn't. 303 00:19:27,220 --> 00:19:29,890 But it says, 'a handful of fun', so that's what everyone will think. 304 00:19:29,940 --> 00:19:31,380 You! 305 00:19:32,540 --> 00:19:34,020 Collins! 306 00:19:34,220 --> 00:19:36,730 It's not my fault you can't keep your paws off each other. 307 00:19:36,780 --> 00:19:39,380 Get out of here before I lock you up. 308 00:19:42,340 --> 00:19:44,420 Oh, Dot! 309 00:19:44,580 --> 00:19:47,050 What's my mother going to say, Miss? 310 00:19:47,100 --> 00:19:49,690 And Hugh's mother. She thought I was virtuous. 311 00:19:49,740 --> 00:19:51,970 And anyone who knows you knows that you are. 312 00:19:52,020 --> 00:19:53,930 What's that you've got? 313 00:19:53,980 --> 00:19:57,100 I found it when I went to repair Mrs Burrows' evening dress. 314 00:19:58,140 --> 00:20:00,500 Virtuous and brilliant! 315 00:20:02,220 --> 00:20:04,660 'Forever yours, Terry.' 316 00:20:04,860 --> 00:20:08,540 You mean Connie kept this? Where did you find it? 317 00:20:08,740 --> 00:20:11,010 Mr Lawson, perhaps you're missing the point. 318 00:20:11,060 --> 00:20:13,370 ~ This proves you lied to us. ~ It wasn't me! 319 00:20:13,420 --> 00:20:17,340 Alright, Connie dumped me for Stanley and it stung a bit. 320 00:20:17,540 --> 00:20:19,490 Like I said, I've got plenty of takers. 321 00:20:19,540 --> 00:20:21,010 I don't doubt that for a moment, 322 00:20:21,060 --> 00:20:24,380 but it remains abundantly clear your heart still belongs to Constance. 323 00:20:24,580 --> 00:20:26,610 How long were you and Mrs Burrows together? 324 00:20:26,660 --> 00:20:29,250 We met when we were tennis-mad kids in Horsham. 325 00:20:29,300 --> 00:20:32,090 ~ What went wrong? ~ What hasn't gone wrong this year? 326 00:20:32,140 --> 00:20:34,170 I injured my shoulder at the end of summer, 327 00:20:34,220 --> 00:20:36,250 then I missed out on the finals, 328 00:20:36,300 --> 00:20:39,340 and then, just after Easter, Connie ditched me out of the blue. 329 00:20:39,540 --> 00:20:42,050 Next thing I knew, she'd married Stanley Burrows. 330 00:20:42,100 --> 00:20:45,620 But she kept my picture. She must still care for me. 331 00:20:45,820 --> 00:20:47,970 And yet she married my friend Stanley. 332 00:20:48,020 --> 00:20:50,940 She must have had her reasons, Mr Lawson. 333 00:20:52,180 --> 00:20:55,540 I'm so sorry, Phryne, 334 00:20:55,740 --> 00:20:59,780 but you're one of Stanley's dearest friends, and I panicked. 335 00:20:59,940 --> 00:21:01,530 I shouldn't have lied. 336 00:21:01,580 --> 00:21:03,530 It won't help our investigation. 337 00:21:03,580 --> 00:21:07,180 If you and Terence were a couple long before you met Stanley, 338 00:21:07,340 --> 00:21:10,220 then why the need to keep it secret? 339 00:21:10,380 --> 00:21:13,740 Because... we were intimate. 340 00:21:14,900 --> 00:21:17,690 If the press ever found out, they'd gladly drag me down - 341 00:21:17,740 --> 00:21:19,850 all for the sake of a youthful dalliance. 342 00:21:19,900 --> 00:21:21,930 If that's all it was, then why keep this photograph? 343 00:21:21,980 --> 00:21:23,780 I forgot about it. 344 00:21:23,900 --> 00:21:26,250 I don't want Stanley to find out and get the wrong impression. 345 00:21:26,300 --> 00:21:29,660 So, your husband doesn't know about your history with Mr Lawson? 346 00:21:29,820 --> 00:21:31,820 Yes, he does. 347 00:21:32,900 --> 00:21:36,780 It wasn't hard to see that you'd thrown the poor fellow over for me. 348 00:21:36,940 --> 00:21:38,770 He's mooning around you constantly. 349 00:21:38,820 --> 00:21:42,700 Oh, Stanley! Terence is rewriting history. 350 00:21:42,900 --> 00:21:45,170 The fact is he always had his eye on other girls. 351 00:21:45,220 --> 00:21:46,930 Is that why you ended the affair? 352 00:21:46,980 --> 00:21:51,900 I was confused, so I went away to clear my head 353 00:21:52,100 --> 00:21:54,810 and realised that all I could think about was Stanley - 354 00:21:54,860 --> 00:21:56,900 and my forehand volley! 355 00:21:57,100 --> 00:21:59,290 You should have been thinking about your back spin. 356 00:21:59,340 --> 00:22:01,610 I don't mean to make light of Ter... 357 00:22:01,660 --> 00:22:03,250 Get it away from me! 358 00:22:03,300 --> 00:22:05,780 ~ Another spider? ~ Snake! 359 00:22:07,140 --> 00:22:09,220 No, it's an eel. 360 00:22:11,900 --> 00:22:14,010 You won't put me off my game that easily! 361 00:22:14,060 --> 00:22:15,850 Stanley, I'm sure it's our turn on court. 362 00:22:15,900 --> 00:22:19,020 Be my guest! I need to cool off anyway. 363 00:22:21,900 --> 00:22:27,220 I'll let you deal with the bombshell while I keep my eye on the newlyweds. 364 00:22:40,460 --> 00:22:45,980 Inspector! Fabulous shot of you and Miss Fisher in The Globe today. 365 00:22:47,340 --> 00:22:49,980 Are you exclusively Phryne's ball boy 366 00:22:50,140 --> 00:22:52,610 or do you spread yourself around? 367 00:22:53,580 --> 00:22:56,700 Only a glass? You gave Fredrick Burn a whole flask. 368 00:22:56,900 --> 00:22:59,820 I wouldn't have thought he was your type. 369 00:23:00,020 --> 00:23:03,900 You got that right. I prefer a man with a gun in his hand. 370 00:23:04,060 --> 00:23:06,660 Then why offer him your good whisky? 371 00:23:07,500 --> 00:23:09,410 There's something between you, isn't there? 372 00:23:09,460 --> 00:23:12,420 Oh, honey! Now you're just sounding jealous. 373 00:23:12,620 --> 00:23:15,980 I already told you - I like you better. 374 00:23:16,180 --> 00:23:20,820 Miss Lombard, perhaps you don't realise how precarious your alibi is. 375 00:23:20,980 --> 00:23:24,140 Mr Lawson recalls things differently. 376 00:23:25,180 --> 00:23:26,930 What can I tell you? 377 00:23:26,980 --> 00:23:30,700 When a fella's with me, he tends to get confused. 378 00:23:30,860 --> 00:23:33,740 Now, Jack... Can I call you that? 379 00:23:33,940 --> 00:23:36,290 Why would I want to kill that dumpy dame? 380 00:23:36,340 --> 00:23:39,170 I'm having too much fun throwing her off her game. 381 00:23:39,220 --> 00:23:41,050 With Fredrick Burn's help. 382 00:23:41,100 --> 00:23:43,540 Alright, I confess. 383 00:23:43,740 --> 00:23:46,490 So, I've been paying Fred to rattle her chain. 384 00:23:46,540 --> 00:23:50,380 You know what they say - all's fair in love and tennis. 385 00:23:51,500 --> 00:23:55,300 Now, why don't I put on my bathing costume 386 00:23:55,460 --> 00:23:57,600 and you join me for a dip? 387 00:23:58,380 --> 00:24:00,410 Perhaps some other time. 388 00:24:00,460 --> 00:24:04,220 Oh, if you're going to disappoint me, Inspector, 389 00:24:04,380 --> 00:24:06,850 the least you can do is untie me. 390 00:24:22,940 --> 00:24:24,460 See? 391 00:24:24,620 --> 00:24:26,490 That wasn't so hard. 392 00:24:35,660 --> 00:24:40,660 Poor Dot! You mustn't worry about that photograph. It will blow over. 393 00:24:40,820 --> 00:24:43,100 I don't see how, Miss. 394 00:24:43,300 --> 00:24:45,770 My mother said that Hugh's not the gentleman he pretends to be, 395 00:24:45,820 --> 00:24:47,290 and Hugh's mother told him that 396 00:24:47,340 --> 00:24:50,290 I've got no right to wear white at my wedding. 397 00:24:50,340 --> 00:24:51,780 Oh, dear. 398 00:24:51,940 --> 00:24:53,930 What if Father O'Leary sees it? 399 00:24:53,980 --> 00:24:55,810 I just want to curl up and disappear. 400 00:24:55,860 --> 00:25:00,100 No, Dot. This won't do. You must stand proud and laugh it off. 401 00:25:00,300 --> 00:25:03,300 Can I do that in my room, with the door closed? 402 00:25:03,380 --> 00:25:06,450 No - I insist that you come to my cocktail party 403 00:25:06,500 --> 00:25:08,890 and show the world you're above the fray. 404 00:25:08,940 --> 00:25:11,580 It'll make you feel better, promise. 405 00:25:45,620 --> 00:25:46,820 Dot? 406 00:26:02,620 --> 00:26:04,060 Arggh! 407 00:26:04,220 --> 00:26:07,460 Dot! DOT! 408 00:26:10,860 --> 00:26:12,810 Ingenious, Miss Fisher. 409 00:26:12,860 --> 00:26:14,690 So, the intended victim secured the area 410 00:26:14,740 --> 00:26:17,500 by trapping a spider under a... a what? 411 00:26:17,660 --> 00:26:19,410 Just call it an internal device. 412 00:26:19,460 --> 00:26:22,380 An internal... 413 00:26:23,420 --> 00:26:25,060 Oh! 414 00:26:25,260 --> 00:26:28,700 So, it seems Constance's would-be killer wants you dead too. 415 00:26:28,900 --> 00:26:32,020 ~ I'm trying not to take it personally. ~ Very least, to frighten you off. 416 00:26:34,020 --> 00:26:36,290 I know you'll find this unpalatable, Miss Fisher, 417 00:26:36,340 --> 00:26:38,770 but with Mr Burrows in the house... 418 00:26:38,820 --> 00:26:41,700 Jack! Stanley is besotted with Constance. 419 00:26:41,900 --> 00:26:44,050 They're conquering the tennis world together. 420 00:26:44,100 --> 00:26:47,130 He's hardly likely to want to try and kill her - or me. 421 00:26:47,180 --> 00:26:50,460 No, somebody came in through the open window. 422 00:26:58,060 --> 00:26:59,220 Ah! 423 00:27:03,420 --> 00:27:04,860 Look! 424 00:27:05,940 --> 00:27:08,480 They tore a part of their clothing. 425 00:27:08,660 --> 00:27:10,450 Is it white cotton, Miss? Could be tennis whites. 426 00:27:10,500 --> 00:27:13,610 Terence Lawson is athletic enough to have made his way up here. 427 00:27:13,660 --> 00:27:16,490 Fredrick Burn can wheedle his way into most places. 428 00:27:16,540 --> 00:27:19,210 In either case, they could have been co-opted by Angela Lombard 429 00:27:19,260 --> 00:27:20,730 to try and frighten me off. 430 00:27:20,780 --> 00:27:22,970 I doubt she needs anyone to hide behind, 431 00:27:23,020 --> 00:27:26,020 and I found her reading a very serious-looking document 432 00:27:26,180 --> 00:27:28,330 when I questioned her today. 433 00:27:28,380 --> 00:27:30,720 She left this envelope behind. 434 00:27:34,620 --> 00:27:37,620 'Blue Spruce Tennis Shoe Company. Urgent.' 435 00:27:37,780 --> 00:27:39,570 Constable Collins and I may need 436 00:27:39,620 --> 00:27:41,930 to attend your party this afternoon to conduct a search. 437 00:27:41,980 --> 00:27:43,570 Oh, Jack, you can't! 438 00:27:43,620 --> 00:27:47,140 A police presence won't encourage people to donate pots of money. 439 00:27:47,300 --> 00:27:49,770 I'll find the document, and you... 440 00:27:53,860 --> 00:27:56,740 Er... Collins? 441 00:28:33,380 --> 00:28:34,930 Champagne cocktail? 442 00:28:34,980 --> 00:28:37,860 Thank you, Mr B. Anything to report? 443 00:28:38,020 --> 00:28:39,810 The press have arrived. 444 00:28:39,860 --> 00:28:41,380 Ladies? 445 00:28:41,540 --> 00:28:43,220 Lovely! Lovely! 446 00:28:45,300 --> 00:28:48,380 ~ I'll stand over there. ~ No hiding! 447 00:28:48,580 --> 00:28:52,380 You are standing proud and laughing it off, remember? 448 00:28:52,540 --> 00:28:55,660 Now, keep Angela busy for me. 449 00:28:55,820 --> 00:28:57,410 I'll tell you what, 450 00:28:57,460 --> 00:29:00,500 I'm glad that goddamn lug's divorcing me! 451 00:29:00,700 --> 00:29:02,650 Oh, sure, I punched him once or twice, 452 00:29:02,700 --> 00:29:04,970 but he tried to make me give up my tennis! 453 00:29:05,020 --> 00:29:07,960 Oh, wanted to chain me to the goddamn sink! 454 00:29:09,100 --> 00:29:11,970 Say, honey, didn't I see you in The Globe, 455 00:29:12,060 --> 00:29:13,890 making out with your fella? 456 00:29:13,940 --> 00:29:15,420 Er... 457 00:29:15,620 --> 00:29:18,980 Good for you, kiddo. You're one racy dame! 458 00:29:21,820 --> 00:29:23,160 Cheers! 459 00:29:27,500 --> 00:29:30,580 Oh, I spilled some champagne. How clumsy of me! 460 00:29:30,780 --> 00:29:33,980 Would you leave me alone?! 461 00:29:35,420 --> 00:29:36,960 Miss Fisher. 462 00:30:20,060 --> 00:30:22,410 What are you doing in here, all on your own? 463 00:30:22,460 --> 00:30:25,200 Oh, I'm just... admiring the woodwork. 464 00:30:25,260 --> 00:30:28,860 I wouldn't mind buying a steam yacht of my own some day. 465 00:30:29,020 --> 00:30:32,260 You, er... sleeping over? 466 00:30:32,460 --> 00:30:35,740 No. I don't own much. I like to keep it safe. 467 00:30:40,140 --> 00:30:41,690 Something wrong? 468 00:30:41,740 --> 00:30:44,210 Just admiring the cut of your jib. 469 00:30:45,620 --> 00:30:47,900 Mind if I do the same? 470 00:30:51,460 --> 00:30:53,290 Oooh, is this a private party? 471 00:30:53,340 --> 00:30:55,410 I'm missing all the fun. 472 00:30:57,260 --> 00:30:59,800 I might go and find myself a drink. 473 00:31:03,700 --> 00:31:08,020 Say, did I mention that Jack and me had a swell talk this afternoon? 474 00:31:08,180 --> 00:31:09,850 No, you didn't. 475 00:31:10,020 --> 00:31:12,980 He sure knows how to unhook a gal's dress. 476 00:31:13,180 --> 00:31:16,180 Must be those strong, manly fingers of his. 477 00:31:16,380 --> 00:31:19,420 Well, it's so much better when he does it with his teeth. 478 00:31:24,980 --> 00:31:27,180 I'm trying so hard, 479 00:31:27,380 --> 00:31:30,740 but I keep worrying that you'll sneak off with Lawson. 480 00:31:30,940 --> 00:31:33,970 I haven't spoken to him all day. He means nothing to me. 481 00:31:34,020 --> 00:31:35,930 I want to believe that, 482 00:31:35,980 --> 00:31:39,180 but it took such a long time for us to be intimate. 483 00:31:40,220 --> 00:31:42,900 I told you, I just needed to focus. 484 00:31:43,100 --> 00:31:46,900 You know how I am with my tennis, but now I'm back in form. 485 00:31:47,060 --> 00:31:49,060 We both are. 486 00:31:49,260 --> 00:31:52,090 I still can't help feeling you're only doing it under sufferance. 487 00:31:52,140 --> 00:31:55,740 What do you want me to do to prove it to you, ravish you right here? 488 00:31:55,940 --> 00:31:58,660 ~ Alright, let's do it! ~ Constance, shh! 489 00:32:00,140 --> 00:32:03,140 Miss Fisher! You won't believe what I just heard. 490 00:32:03,340 --> 00:32:07,180 All in good time, Dot. Right now we have a new suspect on our hands. 491 00:32:13,060 --> 00:32:15,940 But why would I want to kill Miss Fisher? 492 00:32:16,140 --> 00:32:18,690 Because I was getting too close to the truth. 493 00:32:18,740 --> 00:32:21,770 What truth? That I tried to kill Connie as well? 494 00:32:21,820 --> 00:32:25,020 You people are stark, raving mad! 495 00:32:25,180 --> 00:32:28,940 I loved her. I'd never hurt her. 496 00:32:29,100 --> 00:32:30,690 I'd never hurt any woman. 497 00:32:30,740 --> 00:32:33,010 Then how do you explain this? 498 00:32:34,380 --> 00:32:37,180 I can't, unless someone set me up. 499 00:32:41,380 --> 00:32:43,050 Whoever put that spider in your bedroom, 500 00:32:43,100 --> 00:32:44,690 they weren't trying to kill you. 501 00:32:44,740 --> 00:32:47,530 What are you talking about? I could have ended up like Belinda! 502 00:32:47,580 --> 00:32:50,450 No, you couldn't. it's a trapdoor spider. 503 00:32:50,500 --> 00:32:54,000 Capable of giving a nasty bite, but not enough to kill. 504 00:32:55,940 --> 00:32:58,290 So, it was more likely a practical joke. 505 00:32:58,340 --> 00:33:01,540 Well, I fail to see the humour. 506 00:33:01,740 --> 00:33:05,380 And the motive remains the same - to scare me off the case. 507 00:33:05,580 --> 00:33:07,730 And to frame Terence Lawson at the same time. 508 00:33:07,780 --> 00:33:10,650 Do you think you can get rid of that now? 509 00:33:11,420 --> 00:33:13,290 It's important evidence, Miss Fisher. 510 00:33:13,340 --> 00:33:17,620 So is this, but you're not seeing it until that disappears. 511 00:33:36,500 --> 00:33:38,930 That wasn't so difficult, now, was it? 512 00:33:38,980 --> 00:33:41,980 ~ An endorsement contract. ~ Potentially. 513 00:33:42,180 --> 00:33:45,620 An agreement with the Blue Spruce Tennis Shoe Company of Utah, 514 00:33:45,820 --> 00:33:48,820 owned and operated by the Zollinger family, 515 00:33:48,980 --> 00:33:51,700 a most Mormon-sounding name. 516 00:33:51,900 --> 00:33:54,370 If Angela wins all her matches in Australia, 517 00:33:54,420 --> 00:33:56,570 she'll be given a lucrative endorsement deal. 518 00:33:56,620 --> 00:34:01,460 But if she loses even one, the deal is off. 519 00:34:01,620 --> 00:34:03,090 That's quite a motive. 520 00:34:03,140 --> 00:34:05,610 Needless to say, she didn't mention any of this 521 00:34:05,660 --> 00:34:07,450 when I interviewed her earlier. 522 00:34:07,500 --> 00:34:10,500 Before or after you helped her out of her dress? 523 00:34:12,060 --> 00:34:15,460 Just be careful Fredrick Burn doesn't catch you at it. 524 00:34:23,260 --> 00:34:25,340 Oh, Phryne. 525 00:34:25,540 --> 00:34:27,770 What happened with Terence Lawson? Was he charged? 526 00:34:27,820 --> 00:34:29,410 It's all circumstantial, Stanley. 527 00:34:29,460 --> 00:34:31,130 He was questioned and released, 528 00:34:31,180 --> 00:34:34,180 but we'll certainly be keeping an eye on him. 529 00:34:34,380 --> 00:34:36,850 I better get this up to Constance. 530 00:34:37,900 --> 00:34:39,450 ~ Goodnight. ~ Goodnight. 531 00:34:39,500 --> 00:34:40,970 Goodnight. 532 00:34:42,020 --> 00:34:43,740 Poor Stanley. 533 00:34:43,900 --> 00:34:45,410 He's so devoted. 534 00:34:45,460 --> 00:34:48,220 I hope Constance isn't toying with him. 535 00:34:49,660 --> 00:34:52,660 Let's see if she's hiding any other evidence of Terence. 536 00:34:57,460 --> 00:35:00,560 Take her handbag. I'll check through her coat. 537 00:35:02,860 --> 00:35:04,260 Sorry! 538 00:35:04,420 --> 00:35:06,300 Oh, dear! 539 00:35:06,500 --> 00:35:08,970 Stanley hasn't become any neater, I see. 540 00:35:09,020 --> 00:35:12,020 I don't think there's anything in here, Miss. 541 00:35:19,380 --> 00:35:20,820 Oh, no! 542 00:35:24,500 --> 00:35:30,580 Alright, Belinda and I had a... an arrangement, 543 00:35:30,740 --> 00:35:32,880 but it only happened once. 544 00:35:34,260 --> 00:35:36,180 Only once? 545 00:35:36,380 --> 00:35:38,500 ~ Really, Stanley? ~ Yes. 546 00:35:38,700 --> 00:35:41,900 Belinda was a beautiful girl, and if you'll forgive me for saying, 547 00:35:42,060 --> 00:35:44,250 I know that your marital relations 548 00:35:44,300 --> 00:35:47,900 weren't perhaps what you would have hoped they would be. 549 00:35:48,500 --> 00:35:50,570 Are you sure you didn't fall in love with Belinda? 550 00:35:50,620 --> 00:35:52,330 That's ludicrous. 551 00:35:52,380 --> 00:35:54,050 You were carrying round her photograph. 552 00:35:54,100 --> 00:35:57,940 Yes, but that's got nothing to do with love. You must know that. 553 00:35:58,140 --> 00:36:00,410 So, if we could please not mention this to Constance. 554 00:36:00,460 --> 00:36:02,090 We'll be telling Mrs Burrows everything 555 00:36:02,140 --> 00:36:05,260 if we find out you tried to kill her so you could be with Belinda. 556 00:36:05,460 --> 00:36:07,290 Phryne, surely you can't believe this. 557 00:36:07,340 --> 00:36:10,180 Alright, Mr Burrows, you can go now. 558 00:36:19,660 --> 00:36:21,250 Whatever his mores, 559 00:36:21,300 --> 00:36:24,700 I find it difficult to believe that Stanley would want Constance dead. 560 00:36:27,860 --> 00:36:30,200 Unless he wanted Belinda dead. 561 00:36:31,580 --> 00:36:33,690 Are you suggesting Belinda was the intended victim all along? 562 00:36:33,740 --> 00:36:36,370 And we've been hoodwinked into thinking it was Constance. 563 00:36:36,420 --> 00:36:39,170 You do know that would keep Stanley Burrows in the frame? 564 00:36:39,220 --> 00:36:42,620 Well, if he's innocent, we'll prove it, 565 00:36:42,820 --> 00:36:46,580 and if he's a murderer, he's no friend of mine. 566 00:36:47,900 --> 00:36:51,580 Perhaps he killed Belinda to cover his shame. 567 00:36:51,780 --> 00:36:55,060 Or maybe Constance found out, and killed her. 568 00:36:55,260 --> 00:36:58,780 I'll re-examine Belinda's belongings and look into her associations. 569 00:36:58,980 --> 00:37:01,860 Fredrick obviously knew her quite well. 570 00:37:02,060 --> 00:37:05,540 Yes. Time for another chat with the charming Mr Burn. 571 00:37:05,740 --> 00:37:08,980 He's far too slippery a customer, Jack. 572 00:37:10,500 --> 00:37:12,460 I have a better idea. 573 00:37:14,900 --> 00:37:16,850 How well did you know Belinda Roswell? 574 00:37:16,900 --> 00:37:20,300 Can't recall. A little less clothing might jog my memory. 575 00:37:20,500 --> 00:37:24,220 You heard my terms - one item per satisfactory answer. 576 00:37:24,420 --> 00:37:27,180 ~ Take it or leave it. ~ Alright, alright! 577 00:37:28,340 --> 00:37:30,810 She was posing for me for about a year. 578 00:37:30,860 --> 00:37:32,410 Why didn't you tell us this before? 579 00:37:32,460 --> 00:37:34,170 The poor girl's dead. 580 00:37:34,220 --> 00:37:36,130 It's not as though you needed to protect her reputation. 581 00:37:36,180 --> 00:37:37,730 We had an agreement. 582 00:37:37,780 --> 00:37:40,210 I was paying her to take sneaky pics of other players, 583 00:37:40,260 --> 00:37:42,200 especially Constance. 584 00:37:46,020 --> 00:37:49,180 I thought Angela was paying you to do that. 585 00:37:49,380 --> 00:37:51,570 Angela was paying me to rattle Constance, 586 00:37:51,620 --> 00:37:55,620 but Belinda could get a lot closer than me, so I gave her a cut. 587 00:37:55,820 --> 00:37:58,170 Handy little arrangement too - until Belinda called it off. 588 00:37:58,220 --> 00:37:59,650 Why did she call it off? 589 00:37:59,700 --> 00:38:01,820 You made the rules. 590 00:38:08,140 --> 00:38:10,530 ~ Now, can you lean forward... ~ No. 591 00:38:10,580 --> 00:38:13,450 Why did Belinda call off your arrangement? 592 00:38:13,500 --> 00:38:16,290 She said she was being paid better money 593 00:38:16,340 --> 00:38:18,890 to do special favours for somebody else. 594 00:38:18,940 --> 00:38:23,220 What special favours, and for whom? 595 00:38:23,420 --> 00:38:26,420 I don't know, but the last time I saw her, she had to leave early. 596 00:38:26,620 --> 00:38:30,180 She said she had a meeting with Constance about a private matter. 597 00:38:30,340 --> 00:38:32,940 A private matter? Indeed! 598 00:38:39,140 --> 00:38:42,010 Are we finished already? I haven't got all my shots. 599 00:38:42,060 --> 00:38:44,290 But I've got all the answers I came for, 600 00:38:44,340 --> 00:38:49,460 and now, as a special constable of the Victoria Police, 601 00:38:49,620 --> 00:38:51,820 I'm confiscating this film. 602 00:38:56,900 --> 00:39:01,540 When you held this private meeting with Belinda, 603 00:39:01,740 --> 00:39:04,700 was Stanley the topic of conversation? 604 00:39:04,860 --> 00:39:06,400 Yes, he was. 605 00:39:07,300 --> 00:39:09,370 Were you angry because you'd found out they'd been intimate? 606 00:39:09,420 --> 00:39:10,780 No! 607 00:39:12,420 --> 00:39:13,960 Not exactly. 608 00:39:14,060 --> 00:39:16,090 Constance, I suggest you tell me the truth now 609 00:39:16,140 --> 00:39:18,090 or things are going to look worse for you. 610 00:39:18,140 --> 00:39:20,540 It's just... 611 00:39:20,740 --> 00:39:22,850 .. I don't want to make Stanley a laughing stock. 612 00:39:22,900 --> 00:39:25,370 Why would he be a laughing stock? 613 00:39:30,540 --> 00:39:32,210 The truth is... 614 00:39:33,700 --> 00:39:37,860 .. I asked Bel to seduce Stanley as a favour to me. 615 00:39:39,500 --> 00:39:41,250 I know you'll judge me harshly, 616 00:39:41,300 --> 00:39:44,250 but I'd fallen behind in my tennis and I needed to get back on track! 617 00:39:44,300 --> 00:39:49,340 I just didn't have room for... Stanley's needs. 618 00:39:50,540 --> 00:39:53,460 But I felt dreadful for him, so... 619 00:39:55,580 --> 00:39:57,170 .. Bel helped. 620 00:39:57,220 --> 00:40:01,500 Excuse me for saying, but it's an odd attitude for a newlywed. 621 00:40:02,900 --> 00:40:08,060 If you didn't have time for Stanley, why marry him? 622 00:40:08,260 --> 00:40:11,140 Because he's a good man and a good coach. 623 00:40:12,860 --> 00:40:14,660 He understands me. 624 00:40:15,580 --> 00:40:18,860 ~ And Terence? ~ He was just a fling. 625 00:40:19,980 --> 00:40:24,340 In any case, he's not wealthy enough to support my career. 626 00:40:24,500 --> 00:40:26,170 But Stanley is. 627 00:40:27,940 --> 00:40:31,140 At least you could afford to pay Belinda for her special favours. 628 00:40:31,300 --> 00:40:34,100 What do you mean? I didn't pay her. 629 00:40:39,580 --> 00:40:42,940 Mrs Burrows, the big day is here. I've got your... 630 00:40:43,100 --> 00:40:45,940 Mrs Burrows? Are you alright? 631 00:40:46,100 --> 00:40:47,570 Perfectly. 632 00:40:49,660 --> 00:40:53,620 ~ You're running a temperature. ~ No! It's just warm in here. 633 00:40:53,780 --> 00:40:55,610 Thank you, Miss Williams. 634 00:40:55,660 --> 00:40:57,170 I don't think you're well enough to play. 635 00:40:57,220 --> 00:40:59,220 Of course I am. 636 00:40:59,420 --> 00:41:02,160 I can't miss Miss Fisher's tournament. 637 00:41:03,580 --> 00:41:06,860 ~ Phryne. Good morning. ~ Constance. 638 00:41:09,340 --> 00:41:10,970 Dot, I'm off to see the Inspector. 639 00:41:11,020 --> 00:41:13,360 Excuse me. I should get ready. 640 00:41:13,980 --> 00:41:15,610 Miss, I'm worried about her. 641 00:41:15,660 --> 00:41:18,130 She's putting on a brave face, but I think she looks ill. 642 00:41:18,180 --> 00:41:20,450 She's been feverish for days. 643 00:41:20,540 --> 00:41:23,540 This tea she's been drinking seems to have made it worse. 644 00:41:28,940 --> 00:41:30,820 Smells like sage. 645 00:41:31,900 --> 00:41:34,050 ~ Perhaps she's being poisoned. ~ Poisoned? 646 00:41:34,100 --> 00:41:37,130 It's possible. She carries this brew around with her everywhere. 647 00:41:37,180 --> 00:41:40,740 Someone might have slipped something into it. Let's ask Dr Mac to test it. 648 00:41:42,620 --> 00:41:46,300 If Constance is being poisoned, perhaps she was the target all along. 649 00:41:46,500 --> 00:41:49,540 The killer didn't succeed the first time and they're trying again. 650 00:41:49,740 --> 00:41:52,770 If that's the case, why the payments to Belinda? 651 00:41:52,820 --> 00:41:55,850 That was a red herring. Constance swears she didn't pay her. 652 00:41:55,900 --> 00:41:57,370 Somebody did. 653 00:41:57,420 --> 00:42:00,460 Two large amounts, above and beyond Fredrick's bribes, 654 00:42:00,660 --> 00:42:03,780 were deposited into Belinda's account in the last two weeks, 655 00:42:03,940 --> 00:42:06,620 in cash so they couldn't be traced. 656 00:42:11,100 --> 00:42:13,570 Would you get off my desk, please? 657 00:42:13,700 --> 00:42:15,660 Why? 658 00:42:15,820 --> 00:42:18,740 Just remove yourself, Miss Fisher. 659 00:42:18,900 --> 00:42:21,420 I'm quite comfortable, thank you. 660 00:42:30,580 --> 00:42:33,020 Not fair, Jack. 661 00:42:47,260 --> 00:42:49,810 I've just searched Mrs Burrows' bag. No eels or spiders. 662 00:42:49,860 --> 00:42:51,540 Thank goodness. 663 00:42:51,700 --> 00:42:53,780 Here's the lovebirds! 664 00:42:55,460 --> 00:42:57,890 We going to cop another handful today, eh? 665 00:42:57,940 --> 00:42:59,890 'Copper cops a handful' - how does that sound? 666 00:42:59,940 --> 00:43:01,140 Hey! 667 00:43:01,260 --> 00:43:03,050 Listen here, you vulture. 668 00:43:03,100 --> 00:43:05,210 If you ever come near my fiancee again, 669 00:43:05,260 --> 00:43:07,290 I'll have you locked up so fast, 670 00:43:07,340 --> 00:43:09,770 you won't know what hit you, and I'll throw away the key. 671 00:43:09,820 --> 00:43:11,340 You got it? 672 00:43:19,180 --> 00:43:21,780 That's telling him, Hugh! 673 00:43:26,940 --> 00:43:29,770 Perhaps there's something I missed in Belinda's things. 674 00:43:29,820 --> 00:43:32,220 I really must get to the tennis. 675 00:43:32,980 --> 00:43:35,620 Wait - what's this? 676 00:43:35,780 --> 00:43:37,980 There's something in there. 677 00:43:39,260 --> 00:43:41,530 Jack, there's a false bottom. 678 00:43:43,980 --> 00:43:45,780 City South Police. 679 00:43:45,900 --> 00:43:47,700 Yes, Dr MacMillan? 680 00:43:48,940 --> 00:43:51,940 Are you sure? Well, thank you for rushing that through. 681 00:43:53,740 --> 00:43:57,580 No sign of poison in Constance's tea - another dead end. 682 00:43:57,740 --> 00:43:59,700 Not necessarily. 683 00:43:59,900 --> 00:44:02,840 A whole new avenue has just opened up. Look! 684 00:44:04,260 --> 00:44:08,020 If ever I was in any doubt about their relationship... 685 00:44:10,060 --> 00:44:12,260 They're numbered one to ten. 686 00:44:13,620 --> 00:44:17,100 '11 - £50. 12 - £100.' 687 00:44:17,300 --> 00:44:19,890 Those are the exact amounts deposited into Belinda's account. 688 00:44:19,940 --> 00:44:23,980 So, Belinda was paid to hand over the last two photographs. 689 00:44:24,180 --> 00:44:27,260 Which, judging from these, must have been extremely compromising. 690 00:44:27,460 --> 00:44:31,180 Especially for someone trying to attract financial support 691 00:44:31,380 --> 00:44:34,580 from a conservative, religious tennis shoe company. 692 00:44:39,460 --> 00:44:41,050 Alright, you got me. 693 00:44:41,100 --> 00:44:42,810 I had to make sure my deal 694 00:44:42,860 --> 00:44:44,650 with those God-fearing fellas didn't bite the dust. 695 00:44:44,700 --> 00:44:47,780 ~ You killed Belinda to keep her quiet? ~ No! 696 00:44:47,980 --> 00:44:50,730 I just paid the kid a lot of dough for the photo. 697 00:44:50,780 --> 00:44:53,120 ~ I want to see it. ~ Sure you do. 698 00:45:01,380 --> 00:45:03,170 If that tennis comp was more exciting, 699 00:45:03,220 --> 00:45:05,210 we wouldn't have had to amuse ourselves that day. 700 00:45:05,260 --> 00:45:07,850 ~ Where's the other one? ~ What other one? 701 00:45:07,900 --> 00:45:10,850 This is No.11. The 12th photo is missing too - where is it? 702 00:45:10,900 --> 00:45:13,460 I thought there was only this one. 703 00:45:13,660 --> 00:45:16,980 Excuse me, Miss Fisher, but we're about to start. 704 00:45:22,420 --> 00:45:24,360 Miss Lombard to serve. 705 00:45:33,660 --> 00:45:37,660 (Not behind your base line, Constance. Move forward!) 706 00:45:41,220 --> 00:45:43,250 I can't believe that man's still walking around 707 00:45:43,300 --> 00:45:45,770 after what he tried to do to you. 708 00:45:51,620 --> 00:45:56,220 Why would Angela lie about buying that 12th photo? 709 00:45:56,380 --> 00:45:58,250 Unless she didn't buy it. 710 00:45:58,300 --> 00:46:02,500 Someone paid Belinda £100 for it. Terence couldn't afford that. 711 00:46:02,700 --> 00:46:05,090 I'm not sure we can put it down to modesty with Angela. 712 00:46:05,140 --> 00:46:07,820 Every woman has her limits, Jack. 713 00:46:09,460 --> 00:46:12,610 So, who else could have paid Belinda for that 12th shot? 714 00:46:12,660 --> 00:46:14,930 Maybe the clue lies in No.11. 715 00:46:19,180 --> 00:46:23,180 Game. Miss Lombard leads by one set. 716 00:46:23,380 --> 00:46:27,820 Refreshments will now be served on the south terrace. 717 00:46:31,260 --> 00:46:34,700 Jack, is that Constance in the background? 718 00:46:36,420 --> 00:46:39,420 ~ Yes. ~ What's she doing? 719 00:46:39,620 --> 00:46:42,050 Having some kind of trouble with her tennis dress? 720 00:46:42,100 --> 00:46:44,260 Not her dress. 721 00:46:44,460 --> 00:46:47,540 Of course - the champagne, the sage tea, 722 00:46:47,740 --> 00:46:50,820 her sudden disappearance from the tennis circuit. 723 00:46:50,980 --> 00:46:52,530 It all makes perfect sense. 724 00:46:52,580 --> 00:46:55,780 Ladies and gentlemen, please resume your seats... 725 00:46:55,980 --> 00:46:59,010 Mrs Burrows, I suggest you forfeit the match due to injury. 726 00:46:59,060 --> 00:47:02,740 What? But I told Miss Williams, it's only a cold. 727 00:47:02,940 --> 00:47:05,170 But it's not a cold, is it, Constance? 728 00:47:05,220 --> 00:47:07,450 And you lied to us about paying Belinda. 729 00:47:07,500 --> 00:47:10,450 You paid her a great deal of money and it wasn't for any favours. 730 00:47:10,500 --> 00:47:13,410 We're giving you a choice - forfeit now, or we'll arrest you 731 00:47:13,460 --> 00:47:16,010 for the murder of Belinda Roswell in front of everyone here. 732 00:47:16,060 --> 00:47:18,460 Resume play, please, ladies. 733 00:47:18,620 --> 00:47:21,060 Ladies, resume play. 734 00:47:21,220 --> 00:47:22,970 It's your choice, Constance. 735 00:47:23,020 --> 00:47:26,060 ~ Mrs Burrows to serve. ~ Alright. 736 00:47:30,900 --> 00:47:32,490 ~ Arggh! ~ Oh, Mrs Burrows? 737 00:47:32,540 --> 00:47:34,980 Connie, what is it? 738 00:47:35,140 --> 00:47:37,820 Hey, what's the hold-up, honey? 739 00:47:37,980 --> 00:47:40,060 Ladies and gentlemen, 740 00:47:40,260 --> 00:47:43,700 I'm afraid to say that Mrs Constance Burrows has injured her ankle 741 00:47:43,860 --> 00:47:45,810 and has to forfeit the match. 742 00:47:45,860 --> 00:47:50,660 Please join me in congratulating our winner, Mrs Angela Lombard. 743 00:47:56,540 --> 00:47:58,980 Phryne, you've made a mistake. 744 00:47:59,180 --> 00:48:02,580 If anyone's responsible, it had to be Lawson. 745 00:48:02,780 --> 00:48:06,260 Why else would he plant that spider to scare you off? 746 00:48:06,420 --> 00:48:07,970 What's that on your arm, Stanley? 747 00:48:08,020 --> 00:48:10,420 ~ What? ~ Looks like a spider bite. 748 00:48:10,540 --> 00:48:14,180 It was you who tried to scare me off and frame Terence Lawson. 749 00:48:14,380 --> 00:48:16,570 I was just trying to protect Constance. 750 00:48:16,620 --> 00:48:18,610 When did you realise she killed Belinda? 751 00:48:18,660 --> 00:48:23,340 I was jealous, so I was searching through her things. 752 00:48:23,540 --> 00:48:26,210 That's when I found the jar she must have kept it in. 753 00:48:26,260 --> 00:48:29,500 You never said a word. I thought I could save you. 754 00:48:31,580 --> 00:48:34,020 Constance Burrows, 755 00:48:34,220 --> 00:48:37,170 as a special constable of the Victorian Police Force, 756 00:48:37,220 --> 00:48:40,700 I am arresting you for the murder of Belinda Roswell. 757 00:48:41,900 --> 00:48:43,840 What's going on here? 758 00:48:48,740 --> 00:48:52,220 The photograph made me reflect on the stain on the bodice of your dress 759 00:48:52,420 --> 00:48:54,370 and the champagne you supposedly spilled, 760 00:48:54,420 --> 00:48:57,130 and the fever you've been combatting with sage tea - 761 00:48:57,180 --> 00:49:00,100 a remedy for threatening mastitis. 762 00:49:00,300 --> 00:49:02,650 You've given birth, haven't you, Constance? And quite recently too. 763 00:49:02,700 --> 00:49:05,060 Birth? 764 00:49:05,260 --> 00:49:08,260 Why would a woman who's obsessed with tennis take time off the game, 765 00:49:08,460 --> 00:49:12,980 or a newlywed arrange for her husband to be seduced by another woman? 766 00:49:13,140 --> 00:49:15,210 This baby, does that mean... 767 00:49:15,260 --> 00:49:17,860 Yes, Terence, it was yours. 768 00:49:18,060 --> 00:49:20,330 ~ Where's the baby now? ~ Taken care of. 769 00:49:20,380 --> 00:49:22,090 I paid for a good home. She's fine. 770 00:49:22,140 --> 00:49:24,250 But Belinda had a photograph of you with the baby, 771 00:49:24,300 --> 00:49:25,890 didn't she, Mrs Burrows? 772 00:49:25,940 --> 00:49:27,450 And she was using it to blackmail you. 773 00:49:27,500 --> 00:49:29,500 I paid her £100 for it. 774 00:49:29,620 --> 00:49:32,860 She promised that would be the end of it, but I got scared - 775 00:49:33,020 --> 00:49:34,970 what if she had another copy? 776 00:49:35,020 --> 00:49:38,620 What if everyone found out, and I couldn't go to the US Championships? 777 00:49:38,820 --> 00:49:40,570 I want to beat Angela on her home turf! 778 00:49:40,620 --> 00:49:42,090 So Belinda had to go. 779 00:49:42,140 --> 00:49:45,250 You sabotaged her shoe so she'd have to use yours. 780 00:49:45,300 --> 00:49:48,780 So, you killed Belinda because she knew about our baby, 781 00:49:48,980 --> 00:49:51,210 and then you gave the baby up without even telling me?! 782 00:49:51,260 --> 00:49:52,810 How could I tell you? 783 00:49:52,860 --> 00:49:55,530 You'd want me to keep it and get married and settle down. 784 00:49:55,580 --> 00:49:57,010 I didn't want any of that! 785 00:49:57,060 --> 00:49:58,530 But we were in love! 786 00:49:58,580 --> 00:50:01,650 I loved playing tennis with you! You used to be good. 787 00:50:01,700 --> 00:50:03,730 How could tennis matter this much? 788 00:50:03,780 --> 00:50:06,050 Because tennis is everything! 789 00:50:06,140 --> 00:50:10,140 It's the only thing that ever mattered, the only thing I love, 790 00:50:10,340 --> 00:50:14,060 and if I hadn't been so stupid and wound up pregnant, 791 00:50:14,260 --> 00:50:17,060 I could have been champion of the world! 792 00:50:21,500 --> 00:50:23,650 We'll need to speak to you, Mr Burrows, 793 00:50:23,700 --> 00:50:26,370 in regards to withholding information. 794 00:50:29,900 --> 00:50:32,060 Forgive me, Phryne. 795 00:50:32,220 --> 00:50:34,820 Love made a fool out of you, Stanley. 796 00:50:51,580 --> 00:50:53,450 ~ Jack. ~ Miss Lombard. 797 00:50:54,460 --> 00:50:58,380 Is it true - Constance killed that poor kid for her career? 798 00:50:58,540 --> 00:51:00,300 I'm afraid so. 799 00:51:00,460 --> 00:51:02,930 Oh, gee! I thought I played hard. 800 00:51:05,060 --> 00:51:09,420 If you ever get tired of Miss Fisher and wanna play ball with me, 801 00:51:09,620 --> 00:51:12,740 I'll give you the best game you've ever had. 802 00:51:12,940 --> 00:51:17,580 I think we both know that's a challenge I won't be accepting. 803 00:51:19,340 --> 00:51:21,280 Goodbye, Miss Lombard. 804 00:51:30,700 --> 00:51:32,460 Oh! 805 00:51:35,460 --> 00:51:36,820 Oh! 806 00:51:49,620 --> 00:51:51,690 I aced you, Miss Fisher. 807 00:51:51,780 --> 00:51:53,650 You just caught me off-guard. 808 00:51:53,700 --> 00:51:57,060 ~ You're actually quite good, you know. ~ Thank you. 809 00:51:57,220 --> 00:51:59,370 I learned at the police academy. 810 00:51:59,420 --> 00:52:03,500 Speaking of which, there's a certain lack of attention to detail 811 00:52:03,660 --> 00:52:05,570 in your arrest paperwork, 812 00:52:05,620 --> 00:52:08,740 so I'm retiring you as my special constable. 813 00:52:08,900 --> 00:52:10,700 I see. 814 00:52:10,900 --> 00:52:16,020 I suppose you'll be wanting your badge back, then. 815 00:52:17,860 --> 00:52:20,060 Well... 816 00:52:20,220 --> 00:52:22,260 .. no. 817 00:52:24,500 --> 00:52:27,940 No, I think you've earned the badge. 818 00:52:29,700 --> 00:52:33,700 Game, set, and murder... murder solved. 819 00:52:43,540 --> 00:52:47,420 A crazed fugitive is on the loose and your life is in danger. 820 00:52:47,620 --> 00:52:49,010 Not last-minute doubts in the faith? 821 00:52:49,060 --> 00:52:51,130 No, no, no, Father. Police business. 822 00:52:51,180 --> 00:52:54,580 I'm not sure I want to be married by a man who punches scientists. 823 00:52:54,740 --> 00:52:56,410 If this is the work of our escapee, 824 00:52:56,460 --> 00:52:58,730 Mr Toad has something in common with my father. 825 00:52:58,780 --> 00:53:01,410 ~ I'm your father, not a criminal! ~ Give me the letter! 826 00:53:01,460 --> 00:53:03,900 What is your area of study? 827 00:53:04,100 --> 00:53:07,780 Measuring the spectra of light between different celestial bodies. 828 00:53:07,940 --> 00:53:09,900 More like a romantic overture.