1 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:43,600 CHILDREN LAUGH 2 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:47,400 CHURCH BELLS RING 3 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:51,550 CELEBRATORY PEAL OF BELLS 4 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:53,680 - Merry Christmas. - Merry Christmas. 5 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:15,720 Mr Venus, your opinion. 6 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:20,950 You know him? 7 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:24,160 I've had that face thrust in mine often enough. 8 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:27,320 His name is Jacob Marley. 9 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:32,430 And what in the world would cause Mr Marley here 10 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:34,870 to thrust his face in yours? 11 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:36,520 11 shillings and sixpence. 12 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:40,270 At least that's what I borrowed. 13 00:01:40,320 --> 00:01:43,400 But Mr Marley here turned it into a debt three times that. 14 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:46,320 A moneylender? 15 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:49,950 I had cause to purchase the bones of 16 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,280 a deformed primate for my collection. 17 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:56,520 - If you please, Mr Venus. - I'll tell you what I can. 18 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:04,680 - A crack to the head, hit with some force. - From where? 19 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:08,910 I'd say from the front to the side of the head. 20 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:14,960 - There is a bruise here, above the ear. Long and narrow. - A cosh? 21 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:28,720 Made of wood. 22 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:36,200 Merry Christmas. 23 00:02:52,920 --> 00:02:54,480 CLOCK TICKS 24 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:01,110 I know her. She will expect me to be there for lunch. 25 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:04,920 Which, my dear Havisham, is precisely why you won't be going. 26 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:08,390 It's Christmas Day. 27 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:12,470 - You described your sister to me as headstrong, wilful. - Yes. 28 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:15,510 No doubt because she is accustomed to getting what she wants. 29 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:17,070 Father doted on her. 30 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:19,830 Then it is high time she learned a very valuable lesson. 31 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:23,430 That not all men will do her bidding. 32 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:26,870 The plan is simply for you to ingratiate yourself with her. 33 00:03:26,920 --> 00:03:31,200 Become her friend, offer her counsel, advise her to revoke the will. 34 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:38,350 - Do you want what is rightfully yours? - Yes. - So... 35 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:41,000 So... what will you say to her? 36 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:44,590 That... 37 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:47,350 That I am troubled on discovering that the man 38 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:48,990 I struck in her defence was... 39 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:51,110 [MOCK GASP].. in fact her brother. 40 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:54,230 That I'm keen to make amends, to mediate 41 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:57,230 in order to unite the family. 42 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:01,040 In memory of her late father, in the true spirit of Christmas. 43 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:03,960 BOTH LAUGH 44 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:10,760 Well, be careful. She may be a girl, but she is nobody's fool. 45 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:13,600 She's still a Havisham. 46 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:17,360 Leave the goose to the fox, Arthur. 47 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:22,720 I shall deliver her once she has been plucked. 48 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:28,230 I didn't know we was expected to bring our own food. 49 00:04:28,280 --> 00:04:29,750 It's Christmas Day! 50 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:32,630 Two little gifts, that's all. Enter into the spirit. 51 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:35,230 - I've got half a pork pie. - Where's the other half? 52 00:04:35,280 --> 00:04:38,350 Some I ate, some I used to bait the rat traps. 53 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:41,350 I trimmed it, made it look like it was bought as a half. 54 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:43,120 Yeah, mum's the word. 55 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:47,240 If it's not eaten, I'm bringing it back. 56 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:58,190 BOYS LAUGH 57 00:04:58,240 --> 00:04:59,390 Oh! 58 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:00,950 HE LAUGHS ALONG WITH THEM 59 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:02,240 GIRL SCREAMS 60 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:15,270 We brought half a pork pie and a cake to add to the festivities. 61 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:17,030 Thank you, and Merry Christmas. 62 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:18,990 Not that having to bring refreshment was 63 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:20,910 made clear at the time of the invitation. 64 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:23,630 - Oh, well, I... - Oh, take no notice of her. 65 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:26,550 She is not much afflicted by manners or good humour, 66 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:28,230 or anything else for that matter. 67 00:05:28,280 --> 00:05:30,590 LOUDER: Apart from sticking her parish pickaxe 68 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:32,430 in other people's business. 69 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:34,200 MAN SIGHS DEEPLY 70 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:37,760 - Better out than in. - SHE HUFFS 71 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:41,110 Mrs Gamp. 72 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:42,480 Mr Wake. 73 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:45,760 Miss Biggetywitch. 74 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:49,350 What's she got her nose in now? 75 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:52,270 - Oh, a stranger. - He's still there. 76 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:55,390 - Who is? - Someone outside Scrooge and Marley's. 77 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:59,790 He looks official. Looks like he knows something the rest of us don't. 78 00:05:59,840 --> 00:06:03,030 Mind, I saw a man hanged outside Newgate... 79 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:05,230 He walked to the gallows with the same air about him. 80 00:06:05,280 --> 00:06:07,550 Cocksure of himself, he was. 81 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:10,990 - And he were a murderer. - Someone get her away from that winda'. 82 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:13,510 Well, don't blame me if we're all murdered in our beds. 83 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:14,600 Ooh! 84 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:20,680 CHILDREN CHATTER 85 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:27,550 Thanks, Mama. 86 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:29,480 Thank you, Pa. 87 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:33,080 Merry Christmas. 88 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:46,720 - Don't you like it? - Yes! Yes, of course I do. 89 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:50,560 How did we ever afford it? 90 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:53,990 Well, that is not for you to worry about, my love. 91 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:57,360 All you need to do... is wear it. 92 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:08,270 And remember, it was given to you by a man who knows himself to be 93 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:10,990 the luckiest in the whole of London. 94 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:15,110 - I only knitted you a scarf. - No. You knitted me a wonderful scarf. 95 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:17,630 Look at that. 96 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:20,270 Girls, have you seen what your father has bought me? 97 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:21,960 - Oh. - Beautiful. 98 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:25,360 So lovely. 99 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:31,240 HE CLEARS HIS THROAT 100 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:38,070 SHE GIGGLES 101 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:42,000 - I knew you would like them. - They're beautiful. 102 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:45,870 As are you. 103 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:47,310 Let me fetch your present. 104 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:49,990 Oh, no, I shall have it after dinner, as always. 105 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:52,630 But I promised Amelia I would call in to see her today, 106 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:55,470 and I wanted you to have yours before I left. 107 00:07:55,520 --> 00:08:00,670 - Because? - I thought you could wear them to dinner. - And so I shall. 108 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:03,910 And you don't mind my going to visit Amelia? 109 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:05,550 I hate to leave you alone. 110 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:08,440 No, Francis will be back from church soon. 111 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:19,520 THREE RAPS ON DOOR 112 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:25,430 MUFFLED CONVERSATION INSIDE 113 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:28,670 Well, I've been continually pestered by people offering 114 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:30,350 season's greetings, and in doing so, 115 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:32,270 ruining the only thing about Christmas Day 116 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:35,960 worth having -- the very peace and quiet they so readily disturb! 117 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:39,990 - Mr Scrooge? - If you're about to sing, sir, 118 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:42,830 I shall fetch a bucket of water, as I would for a cat. 119 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:44,270 If it is charity you seek, 120 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:46,750 then you should know that a portion of my income is already 121 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:48,070 set aside for the poor, 122 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:51,230 in the form of taxes to subsidise the workhouses and treadmills. 123 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:52,990 If you are simply disturbing me 124 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:58,760 to offer me greetings of the season... then I say humbug, sir. 125 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:04,550 I am here neither to sing nor collect for charity. 126 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:07,550 And although it is not my primary purpose for calling, 127 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:10,790 I do indeed offer you greetings of the season. 128 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:13,190 Then state your purpose. 129 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:15,240 Murder, Mr Scrooge. 130 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:20,230 I am Inspector Bucket of the Detective, 131 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:25,040 and I am here to talk of the murder of your partner, Mr Jacob Marley. 132 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:33,240 CLOCK STRIKES THE HOUR 133 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:41,390 Where is Honoria? 134 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:44,710 Satis House, she has gone to visit Amelia. 135 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:48,190 - And have you told her of our predicament yet? - No. 136 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:50,470 May I ask why not? 137 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:54,280 She's not like you, Francis, she is not robust. It would upset her. 138 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:58,550 - Is she not a part of this family? - Of course she is. 139 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:02,990 Then she should know that we face financial ruin, should she not? 140 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:06,390 Isn't that what families do, Father? Share their burdens? 141 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:09,720 Why upset her on Christmas Day when there might yet be no need? 142 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:14,110 I hold some stock that still has value. 143 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:15,880 On the other side of the world. 144 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:20,680 - If I can find a buyer, it can be transported. - And if it can't? 145 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:25,840 Will you still protect Honoria when we are begging in the street? 146 00:10:32,560 --> 00:10:36,110 One doesn't expect to be dragged out of one's own home by the police. 147 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:37,950 And on Christmas Day, at that. 148 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:41,990 Hardly dragged, Mr Scrooge, a polite request, as I recall. 149 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:45,030 And please, be assured that Mrs Bucket is no more 150 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:50,070 thrilled about me being here than you are. But... 151 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:52,510 with the victim clearly being a gentleman, 152 00:10:52,560 --> 00:10:55,670 my superiors were keen that I at least establish his identity 153 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:58,390 and speak to his next of kin. 154 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:02,200 - He had no next of kin. - No-one at all? 155 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:05,950 Yet you said he finished work early yesterday. 156 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,910 I assumed he had things to do, presents to buy and suchlike, 157 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:10,670 what with it being Christmas Eve. 158 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:12,600 Jacob Marley buying presents?! 159 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:19,400 - His desk? - Mm. 160 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:24,160 - This is his journal? - Yes. 161 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:29,000 - May I? - Well, he won't be needing it any more now, will he? 162 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:40,960 There are three entries here for yesterday. 163 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:46,240 - The Old Curiosity Shop. - He had a debt to collect. 164 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:53,070 In the evening someone called "Nancy" at eight o'clock. 165 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:57,560 Then a later entry shown simply as the letter C. 166 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:01,430 Jacob kept his own counsel. 167 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:05,750 It could be a name, or he sometimes used the letter C to note a collection had been made. 168 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:10,510 Yet it's set alone, Mr Scrooge, not beside a name or a premises. 169 00:12:10,560 --> 00:12:14,230 I can't answer for Jacob's shoddiness, can I? 170 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:17,510 And this Nancy...? 171 00:12:17,560 --> 00:12:20,310 Who might that be? 172 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:24,640 I understand he had arranged for... company. 173 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:28,070 Female company? 174 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:29,110 Yes. 175 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:31,920 And when you say arranged... 176 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:36,910 Do I understand that to be a financial arrangement? 177 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:38,160 Yes. 178 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:46,150 I don't suppose you'd know where I might find this Nancy? 179 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:50,360 Why should I? We were not partners in all things, I can assure you. 180 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:55,390 So. Was he robbed? 181 00:12:55,440 --> 00:13:00,670 That's difficult to say, not knowing what he would normally carry on his person. 182 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:04,910 Though he was still in possession of a pocket watch. 183 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:06,910 And his wallet? 184 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:08,910 No wallet was found. 185 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:10,990 You believe he carried one? 186 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:13,470 I never saw him without it. 187 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:18,360 What kind of thief would take a wallet yet leave a pocket watch? 188 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:22,510 Could you describe this wallet for me? 189 00:13:22,560 --> 00:13:27,240 Brown leather, with his initials, JM, in brass studs -- vanity. 190 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:31,070 If I might say so, Mr Scrooge, 191 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:33,950 you don't seem overly troubled by the sudden 192 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:37,230 and somewhat tragic loss of your partner. 193 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:39,950 If you make it your mission to seek out someone 194 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:41,870 to shed a tear for Jacob Marley, 195 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:45,750 I fear you will be sorely disappointed. 196 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:48,630 He wasn't well liked? 197 00:13:48,680 --> 00:13:50,470 He was a moneylender. 198 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:52,750 We're liked enough at the start of the arrangement, 199 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:54,950 despised at the end of it. 200 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:56,670 Your problem, Inspector, 201 00:13:56,720 --> 00:14:00,480 will not be discovering who hated Jacob Marley enough to kill him. 202 00:14:01,680 --> 00:14:03,800 But rather finding someone who didn't. 203 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:56,270 DOOR OPENS 204 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:57,470 Thank heavens you're here! 205 00:14:57,520 --> 00:15:00,110 I was starting to think I must spend Christmas alone. 206 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:01,150 Captain Hawdon. 207 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:02,230 Miss Haversham. 208 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:05,910 Thank you for inviting us. I'm not sure we could've seen each other today if you hadn't. 209 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:07,510 Where's Arthur? 210 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:10,950 I haven't seen him since yesterday. I fear he's not coming. 211 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:13,070 I don't understand. 212 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:15,470 We had the reading of Father's will. 213 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:17,910 He bequeathed Arthur only a portion of the brewery 214 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:19,790 with instructions to manage it. 215 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:22,550 And everything else left to you? 216 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:24,630 Well, he must have been furious. 217 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:26,910 Enough to shout at me in the street. 218 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:28,590 Without the kindness of a stranger, 219 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:30,430 I dread to think what might have happened. 220 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:32,190 A stranger? 221 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:34,150 A gentleman was passing. 222 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:35,430 He came to my aid. 223 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:37,310 Handsome? 224 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:38,800 That's hardly the point! 225 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:42,470 I didn't notice! 226 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:44,950 Was he so handsome, he rendered you sightless? 227 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:46,190 Um, I am here, you know. 228 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:48,230 Oh, poor James, he's feeling unloved. 229 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:50,590 Two women to myself and they talk about someone else. 230 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:51,630 Then we must stop. 231 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:54,310 I'm sorry, I will give you both my undivided attention -- 232 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:56,430 we will begin Christmas in earnest. 233 00:15:56,480 --> 00:15:58,230 Glass of sherry. 234 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:00,430 You look wonderful. 235 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:02,150 Shouldn't you be wearing black? 236 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:05,590 It was Father's wish that I should wear black to his funeral but no longer. 237 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:08,430 Well, God bless him for that, but what will people say? 238 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:09,950 I will respect his wishes. 239 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:12,510 Though I fear it may not make me very popular. 240 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:14,240 Excuse me, ma'am, you have a caller. 241 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:19,830 Who is it? 242 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:21,960 The stranger I told you about. 243 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:25,150 Did he say what he wanted? 244 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:26,350 No, ma'am. 245 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:27,720 You must see him. 246 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:42,190 Mr Compeyson. 247 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:44,390 Miss Haversham, please forgive the intrusion, 248 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:46,830 but I felt I had to see you. 249 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:48,390 On Christmas Day? 250 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:52,390 Yes, uh, in fact that is rather the point. 251 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:54,470 Oh. 252 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:56,470 I have discovered that in my eagerness 253 00:16:56,520 --> 00:16:59,510 to protect you yesterday evening, I may have made a terrible mistake. 254 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:01,550 How so? 255 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:07,230 I've since learned that the young man I struck was in fact your brother. 256 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:11,590 It seems I have unwittingly involved myself in a family dispute, 257 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:16,390 and family is so important, particularly at this time of year, 258 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:19,990 even more so as I understand your father recently passed. 259 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:21,190 Yes. 260 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:24,480 Then with your permission, I would like to make amends. 261 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:30,030 And how do you propose to do that? 262 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:32,990 Well, I'm here to ask his and your forgiveness. 263 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:34,680 My brother isn't here. 264 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:39,910 If I am the cause of his absence, then you must allow me 265 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:44,160 to act as a mediary, to call on him and see if the rift can't be healed. 266 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:46,830 Well, it is Christmas, after all. 267 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:49,110 Yes, it is, and I have guests waiting. 268 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:50,630 Mary, would you, please? 269 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:53,720 Thank you very much for taking the time to call. It was very kind of you. 270 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:57,800 We've yet to discuss our strategy. 271 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:01,830 Ah, your brother... er, reconciliation... 272 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:05,790 Mr Compeyson. Much as I applaud your good intentions, 273 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:09,590 what on earth could I or anyone else have done to give you the impression 274 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:11,830 that I would ask a total stranger 275 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:14,200 to involve himself in my family business? 276 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:17,870 Arthur and I will no doubt resolve our differences, 277 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:20,440 as we have always done without the need for a mediary. 278 00:18:22,360 --> 00:18:24,960 Good day. And Merry Christmas. 279 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:30,990 Er... 280 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:32,030 DOOR SHUTS 281 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:36,510 - He offered to talk to Arthur on my behalf. - And you turned him away? 282 00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:40,950 Yes, I did. I don't need a man to solve my problems for me. 283 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:42,440 There's hope for you yet. 284 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:45,910 Come, boy. 285 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:47,760 DOG BARKS 286 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:04,310 GENTLE CHATTER 287 00:19:04,360 --> 00:19:05,670 Ah, right... 288 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:08,680 I think I've got this. That's a horse. 289 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:12,950 - Monster? - It's you! 290 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:14,760 What?! 291 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:20,720 Oh, well, now you say it... Yes. 292 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:24,830 Your body... 293 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:26,390 Yes, very good. 294 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:27,750 Your hair... 295 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:30,190 CLOCK CHIMES 296 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:33,360 - Merry Christmas. - Merry Christmas, sir. 297 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:50,470 Peter. 298 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:54,160 I bought you a present. Merry Christmas. 299 00:19:59,120 --> 00:20:04,070 I'm n-not sure you could be any prettier but... Mother says, 300 00:20:04,120 --> 00:20:06,440 ribbon in a girl's hair is very fetching. 301 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:11,350 Then I'll wear it, hope not to disappoint her. 302 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:13,480 She won't be. 303 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:17,950 Grandfather said you called a lot... 304 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:19,190 Asking to see me. 305 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:21,390 Even waited outside. 306 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:24,920 I thought if I were close and there were errands to run... 307 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:30,760 I can't take a gift without giving one in return. 308 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:44,150 - Sorry it wasn't wrapped. - Nell! 309 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:47,360 - In from the cold. - Coming. 310 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:51,160 I have to go. 311 00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:57,760 DOOR SHUTS 312 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:08,270 I wish you could come in with me. 313 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:11,590 Well, when I have my promotion and can support a wife, I will visit 314 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:15,750 your father and ask, no, demand his permission to call on you. 315 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:17,750 I hope it's soon. 316 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:20,070 I can't bear not to be with you. 317 00:21:20,120 --> 00:21:23,000 Soon. I promise. 318 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:26,470 Colonel Mortimer is sure to visit the barracks 319 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:30,070 by the end of the month before he leaves for the colonies. 320 00:21:30,120 --> 00:21:31,640 I know he thinks well of me. 321 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:36,840 Then this Colonel Mortimer has excellent taste. 322 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:06,120 - You're late. - Well, I'm here now. 323 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:12,150 - How was Amelia Havisham? - As well as might be expected. 324 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:13,640 And Captain Hawdon? 325 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:20,920 I saw you. Like mongrels in the street. Shameful. 326 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:24,550 He will gain his promotion soon, 327 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:27,630 earn a respectable wage, then he will come to speak to Father. 328 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:31,600 - Am I to eat Christmas dinner alone? - No, Father. 329 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:35,150 - A toast. - Ooh! 330 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:37,680 My two beautiful daughters. 331 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:44,030 Let the New Year bring what it may, but for today, in memory 332 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:47,910 of your mother, let there be nothing in the Barbary house but laughter. 333 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:50,470 Hear, hear, Happy Christmas. 334 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:52,280 Happy Christmas. 335 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:56,800 CLOCK CHIMES 336 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:01,390 This is very kind of you, Mr Venus. 337 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:03,790 I am not much for celebrating Christmas, Inspector, 338 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:08,630 or much else really, but I do have a liking for mince pies. 339 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:12,390 Well, it's filled a gap until I get home to Mrs Bucket 340 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:14,710 - and that's for sure. - Oh! 341 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:16,430 You'll be heading home, then? 342 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:20,750 I have the victim's name and I have ascertained that he has no 343 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:24,070 next of kin, as my superiors requested. 344 00:23:24,120 --> 00:23:28,310 So, if I may ask, what is this new detecting thing I've been 345 00:23:28,360 --> 00:23:30,310 hearing so much about? 346 00:23:30,360 --> 00:23:32,670 Ah! We have a new department. 347 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:34,950 To be called The Detective. 348 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,270 More than just keeping the peace, 349 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:41,230 - we are to be sent out to investigate crimes. - Investigate? 350 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:46,000 To gather evidence and to track down the perpetrator of the crime. 351 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:50,030 We are to be called detectives. 352 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:52,470 Never heard of such a thing. 353 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:54,350 You think it will catch on? 354 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:57,630 I think it rather depends on how I do finding the person 355 00:23:57,680 --> 00:23:59,310 who killed Mr Marley. 356 00:23:59,360 --> 00:24:02,590 Now there's one more thing to do today, 357 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:05,550 and if I'm not back to carve the bird, 358 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:08,510 Mrs Bucket will not be best pleased. 359 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:11,150 So no thoughts yet about who killed him? 360 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:15,390 No thoughts that I am ready to share just yet, Mr Venus. 361 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:19,390 Though I have learnt he was carrying a wallet 362 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:21,590 that wasn't to be found. 363 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:22,990 So he was robbed? 364 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:25,710 Perhaps. 365 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:30,070 According to his journal, he had an appointment, 366 00:24:30,120 --> 00:24:32,070 eight at night at his house. 367 00:24:32,120 --> 00:24:35,230 And though I will need it confirmed, I have allowed an hour, 368 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:39,280 give or take, and the body was discovered just before 11. 369 00:24:40,360 --> 00:24:48,550 So, if my mathematics haven't let me down, I believe 370 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:50,750 Mr Jacob Marley was murdered 371 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:54,390 between nine and half past ten on Christmas Eve. 372 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:58,030 Very impressive detectiving, Mr Bucket. 373 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:01,000 It's a start, Mr Venus. 374 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:04,480 Just a start. 375 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:07,760 Merry Christmas to you. 376 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:18,510 Bill, working on Christmas Day? 377 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:21,350 Not dining with the Lord Mayor and his wife? 378 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:25,600 - They asked but I turned 'em down. - So you came to find me instead, I'm honoured. 379 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:30,240 You might not be so happy when I tell you who I've just seen. 380 00:25:57,120 --> 00:25:59,480 'He was a money lender. 381 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:05,590 'Your problem, Inspector, will not be discovering who hated Jacob Marley 382 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:09,360 'enough to kill him, but rather finding someone who didn't.' 383 00:27:04,360 --> 00:27:07,920 - Merry Christmas. - Thank you. - Thank you, Father. 384 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:16,710 DOOR OPENS 385 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:18,280 Where have you been?! 386 00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:21,360 What did she say? 387 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:27,470 Is she contrite? Conscience stricken? 388 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:29,560 - Did she beg for me to go home? - No. 389 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:32,560 She threw me out. 390 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:38,670 Without so much as a by your leave, 391 00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:40,550 she showed me the damned door. 392 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:41,790 HE LAUGHS 393 00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:43,840 She closed it in my face. 394 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:49,510 And you find that amusing because...? 395 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:54,110 Because, my dear Havisham, it means the chase is on. 396 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:56,800 And I'll wager not an easy one at that. 397 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:05,120 So, the well honoured tradition of to the victor of the spoils. 398 00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:12,480 I intend to take her for everything. 399 00:28:14,360 --> 00:28:16,200 Every penny.