1 00:00:36,460 --> 00:00:40,059 It wasn't Bob, it was me. I killed Marley, it was me. 2 00:00:46,020 --> 00:00:48,979 Inspector Bucket, to what do we owe this pleasure? 3 00:00:48,980 --> 00:00:51,139 Hoping that it is a pleasure, of course, 4 00:00:51,140 --> 00:00:53,859 and you ain't come to arrest me again! Ha-ha! - Well, Bob... 5 00:00:53,860 --> 00:00:55,859 Inspector Bucket's come to collect a pie. 6 00:00:55,860 --> 00:00:59,379 I promised I'd hold one back for him and Mrs Bucket's tea. 7 00:00:59,380 --> 00:01:01,259 Speaking of which, um, 8 00:01:01,260 --> 00:01:04,299 Silas picked me up some meat scraps. 9 00:01:04,300 --> 00:01:07,699 You couldn't be a darlin' and go and fetch them for me, could ya? 10 00:01:07,700 --> 00:01:09,779 Oh, well, almost got me coat off, didn't I? 11 00:01:09,780 --> 00:01:11,540 Enjoy your pie, Inspector. 12 00:01:20,380 --> 00:01:24,060 - It might have been better if he was here with you. - No! 13 00:01:29,260 --> 00:01:33,260 Could I ask you to repeat what you said to me, Mrs Cratchit? 14 00:01:36,460 --> 00:01:37,500 I killed him. 15 00:01:40,340 --> 00:01:42,540 On Christmas Eve, I killed Mr Marley. 16 00:01:44,820 --> 00:01:46,979 And your husband knows this? 17 00:01:46,980 --> 00:01:48,819 Is party to it? 18 00:01:48,820 --> 00:01:49,979 No! 19 00:01:49,980 --> 00:01:51,540 How could he? 20 00:01:54,420 --> 00:01:59,939 Then I'm at something of a loss to understand how this happened, 21 00:01:59,940 --> 00:02:01,179 the circumstances. 22 00:02:12,180 --> 00:02:14,539 Afternoon, Daisy. Silas in? 23 00:02:14,540 --> 00:02:16,219 He's not, I'm afraid. 24 00:02:16,220 --> 00:02:19,459 Oh? Only Emily asked me to pick up some meat scraps? 25 00:02:19,460 --> 00:02:21,860 - I'll go have a look. See if he's left a box? - Thanks. 26 00:02:23,140 --> 00:02:26,739 You must be truthful, it's the only way. 27 00:02:26,740 --> 00:02:28,020 Christmas, it's... 28 00:02:30,020 --> 00:02:33,059 It's a struggle at the best of times, Inspector. 29 00:02:33,060 --> 00:02:36,020 I'm not making an excuse, it's just the way it is. 30 00:02:37,180 --> 00:02:39,939 But we had Martha's wedding coming up. 31 00:02:39,940 --> 00:02:42,459 When we got the Christmas pay-packet, 32 00:02:42,460 --> 00:02:44,859 Jacob Marley had docked Bob's wages. 33 00:02:44,860 --> 00:02:46,780 And not for the first time neither. 34 00:02:48,100 --> 00:02:49,820 It's what he does, you see? 35 00:02:50,820 --> 00:02:52,899 It's what they both do. 36 00:02:52,900 --> 00:02:54,579 Scrooge and Marley. 37 00:02:54,580 --> 00:02:58,219 They prey upon the likes of my Bob. 38 00:02:58,220 --> 00:03:00,659 And they get away with it... 39 00:03:00,660 --> 00:03:02,580 cos no-one ever stands up to 'em. 40 00:03:03,940 --> 00:03:06,859 Bob tried to put a brave face on it like he always does, 41 00:03:06,860 --> 00:03:09,780 but... it was such a worry. 42 00:03:11,580 --> 00:03:13,979 I told him to speak to Mr Marley, 43 00:03:13,980 --> 00:03:17,019 to tell him that it wasn't right, it wasn't fair. 44 00:03:17,020 --> 00:03:18,699 Did you talk to him? 45 00:03:18,700 --> 00:03:21,819 I've got a job, many haven't. We must be grateful. 46 00:03:21,820 --> 00:03:24,300 - Back to work, Cratchit. - цI'd better get back. 47 00:03:25,500 --> 00:03:26,620 Thanks for the pie! 48 00:03:29,260 --> 00:03:32,139 Mr Marley? Can I have a word with you, sir? 49 00:03:32,140 --> 00:03:34,619 'I tried to make him understand that we had children, 50 00:03:34,620 --> 00:03:37,619 'he couldn't keep doing this to us. 51 00:03:37,620 --> 00:03:41,259 'But he wouldn't listen. He said he wouldn't argue in the street. 52 00:03:41,260 --> 00:03:43,619 'And when I told him that I insisted on being heard...' 53 00:03:43,620 --> 00:03:47,059 I have business at the dockside this evening around 9pm - 54 00:03:47,060 --> 00:03:48,860 perhaps I can help you then. 55 00:03:50,180 --> 00:03:51,339 You agreed to meet him? 56 00:03:51,340 --> 00:03:52,939 No, not really. 57 00:03:52,940 --> 00:03:55,299 He just... He just told me where he'd be. 58 00:03:55,300 --> 00:03:57,219 I suppose he thought I'd... 59 00:03:57,220 --> 00:04:01,179 I'd never walk down the docks on me own at that time of night. 60 00:04:01,180 --> 00:04:04,419 It was just his way of trying to get rid of me. 61 00:04:04,420 --> 00:04:05,740 But you went? 62 00:04:07,500 --> 00:04:09,019 Christmas Eve? 63 00:04:12,180 --> 00:04:14,179 'I knew that Bob would be going out 64 00:04:14,180 --> 00:04:16,339 'around that time like he always does.' 65 00:04:16,340 --> 00:04:18,419 Time for my Christmas Eve stroll. 66 00:04:18,420 --> 00:04:20,299 The traders will be long gone. 67 00:04:20,300 --> 00:04:22,140 See if they've left any mistletoe. 68 00:04:23,900 --> 00:04:25,819 'So, I went. 69 00:04:25,820 --> 00:04:30,299 'And I... I knew that it wasn't a place that I should be on me own, 70 00:04:30,300 --> 00:04:32,459 'not at that time, 71 00:04:32,460 --> 00:04:33,980 'so I, er...' 72 00:04:38,620 --> 00:04:43,419 You didn't see the folly of going to meet a man like Mr Jacob Marley, 73 00:04:43,420 --> 00:04:45,139 alone, at night, 74 00:04:45,140 --> 00:04:49,059 in a place even police constables avoid after dark? 75 00:04:49,060 --> 00:04:50,340 No. 76 00:04:52,100 --> 00:04:54,620 See, I've not had much of an education, Inspector... 77 00:04:55,700 --> 00:04:57,500 ...nor much of anything else in me life... 78 00:04:58,820 --> 00:05:01,100 ...up until the day that I met Bob Cratchit. 79 00:05:02,140 --> 00:05:03,460 Neither had he. 80 00:05:05,740 --> 00:05:08,900 But, together, we built something here. 81 00:05:10,260 --> 00:05:12,699 Somethin' more than bricks and pots and pans. 82 00:05:12,700 --> 00:05:16,419 Somethin' that, try as you might, you couldn't put a price on. 83 00:05:16,420 --> 00:05:18,340 Somethin' worth fighting for. 84 00:05:19,900 --> 00:05:23,139 So, yes, Inspector, I was scared, going out on my own, 85 00:05:23,140 --> 00:05:26,260 but I was more frightened of losing what we have. 86 00:05:28,020 --> 00:05:31,779 - Nothings laid out and the larder's all locked up. - Hm, strange... 87 00:05:31,780 --> 00:05:33,619 I looked everywhere. Sorry. 88 00:05:33,620 --> 00:05:36,420 Never mind, it's not your fault. I'll try again later. 89 00:05:39,140 --> 00:05:43,259 Whilst Bob was out collecting things left behind at the market, 90 00:05:43,260 --> 00:05:45,060 you walked down to the docks? 91 00:05:46,540 --> 00:05:47,580 Yes. 92 00:05:49,220 --> 00:05:51,579 - Go on. - I'd been there a little while 93 00:05:51,580 --> 00:05:55,179 and I started to worry about Bob coming home and finding me gone. 94 00:05:55,180 --> 00:05:56,860 So, I was about to go. 95 00:05:58,380 --> 00:05:59,859 'I heard footsteps.' 96 00:06:02,740 --> 00:06:05,299 He came out from the shadows. 97 00:06:05,300 --> 00:06:08,339 'I think he was shocked to see me there. 98 00:06:08,340 --> 00:06:09,780 'I think it amused him. 99 00:06:11,260 --> 00:06:13,220 'I talked to him. 100 00:06:14,500 --> 00:06:16,059 'Tried to explain about Martha. 101 00:06:16,060 --> 00:06:18,659 'Stupid as I am, I even thought he was listening.' 102 00:06:18,660 --> 00:06:20,540 But he... He wasn't. 103 00:06:23,580 --> 00:06:25,580 He tur... He turned nasty... 104 00:06:28,380 --> 00:06:31,899 ..saying what he'd do to my children. 105 00:06:35,660 --> 00:06:38,459 Saying how he'd... How he'd buy 'em off us 106 00:06:38,460 --> 00:06:40,419 and sell 'em to the highest bidder! 107 00:06:40,420 --> 00:06:43,100 I wasn't going to put up with him talking to me like that! 108 00:06:44,180 --> 00:06:46,500 - Hm. - And then he... 109 00:06:47,740 --> 00:06:49,419 He turned on me. 110 00:06:49,420 --> 00:06:51,939 - Are you a goose? - йPlease, Mr Marley, don't... 111 00:06:54,740 --> 00:06:56,619 'He said if we needed money 112 00:06:56,620 --> 00:06:58,059 so bad, how... 113 00:06:58,060 --> 00:06:59,580 How I could earn some. 114 00:07:01,580 --> 00:07:03,739 I didn't know what to do. 115 00:07:03,740 --> 00:07:06,499 He was... He was so close, 116 00:07:06,500 --> 00:07:07,899 he was breathing on me, 117 00:07:07,900 --> 00:07:09,659 his hands were everywhere. 118 00:07:09,660 --> 00:07:12,099 I... I managed to... I managed to push him off. 119 00:07:12,100 --> 00:07:13,539 But he was coming back. 120 00:07:13,540 --> 00:07:15,619 Come on, hold still! 121 00:07:17,820 --> 00:07:20,940 I suddenly realised how stupid I was even being there. 122 00:07:22,700 --> 00:07:24,660 I just wanted to go home. 123 00:07:27,180 --> 00:07:29,859 I hit him as hard as I could. 124 00:07:31,380 --> 00:07:33,660 I just wanted to make him stop! 125 00:07:37,900 --> 00:07:40,859 I didn't know he was dead, Inspector. 126 00:07:40,860 --> 00:07:42,380 I swear. 127 00:07:44,340 --> 00:07:47,659 And I... I... I heard voices, 128 00:07:47,660 --> 00:07:49,019 so I ran. 129 00:07:49,020 --> 00:07:50,380 I ran all the way home. 130 00:07:51,460 --> 00:07:54,699 'Picked up the coal bucket in the yard and...' 131 00:07:59,340 --> 00:08:01,340 'It was like nothing had happened. 132 00:08:02,540 --> 00:08:04,379 'It was like a bad dream. 133 00:08:04,380 --> 00:08:08,059 'The house was so warm, the little ones were in bed.' 134 00:08:08,060 --> 00:08:12,300 And Bob back from the market with a sprig of mistletoe. 135 00:08:21,140 --> 00:08:22,820 How could I have just killed a man? 136 00:08:25,300 --> 00:08:27,740 Yet, that's exactly what you had done. 137 00:08:30,500 --> 00:08:33,820 I didn't mean to, Inspector - you have to believe that. 138 00:08:35,580 --> 00:08:38,139 If the account you have given me is accurate, 139 00:08:38,140 --> 00:08:41,820 then, yes, I do believe that is the case. 140 00:08:45,140 --> 00:08:46,540 But it's still murder. 141 00:08:50,500 --> 00:08:51,860 Will I hang? 142 00:09:12,780 --> 00:09:14,020 Bob! 143 00:09:15,140 --> 00:09:16,739 Er, young Tim? 144 00:09:16,740 --> 00:09:18,259 How is he managing with the crutch? 145 00:09:18,260 --> 00:09:20,859 Very well indeed! Thank you for asking, Mr Venus. 146 00:09:20,860 --> 00:09:23,659 I have trouble keeping up with him once he gets up a head of steam! 147 00:09:23,660 --> 00:09:25,619 You know, er, I can make adjustments, 148 00:09:25,620 --> 00:09:28,059 you know, I extend it a little as he grows? 149 00:09:28,060 --> 00:09:31,420 - That's very kind of you. - No problem. Just... give me the word. 150 00:09:32,740 --> 00:09:35,219 Ah! Ah, you know what? 151 00:09:35,220 --> 00:09:38,619 I think I might have something else for him. Do you have time now? 152 00:09:38,620 --> 00:09:40,420 - Er, a little. - Good! Come! 153 00:09:45,180 --> 00:09:47,660 - I'm sorry. - Please, don't apologise. 154 00:09:51,060 --> 00:09:54,180 Quite a burden you've been carrying. 155 00:09:55,540 --> 00:09:57,340 When will you have to take me? 156 00:09:58,700 --> 00:10:00,940 Can I at least say goodbye to my family? 157 00:10:12,780 --> 00:10:15,339 I have to confess, Mrs Cratchit, 158 00:10:15,340 --> 00:10:19,899 that I am more than a little taken aback by this sudden turn of events. 159 00:10:19,900 --> 00:10:24,299 Part satisfied to finally learn the truth 160 00:10:24,300 --> 00:10:26,620 about how Jacob Marley was despatched. 161 00:10:29,180 --> 00:10:34,020 Part at a loss as to how to proceed with that information. 162 00:10:35,100 --> 00:10:36,860 I don't understand. 163 00:10:39,100 --> 00:10:42,060 I must ask you to wait here while I collect my thoughts... 164 00:10:43,620 --> 00:10:46,500 ...assimilate them, shape them into a course of action. 165 00:10:47,740 --> 00:10:51,060 Can I trust you to remain in the house? 166 00:10:52,100 --> 00:10:53,260 Yes. 167 00:10:56,020 --> 00:10:58,259 If you are not here when I return, 168 00:10:58,260 --> 00:11:01,500 I will notify every police officer in London. 169 00:11:02,500 --> 00:11:06,499 You will be apprehended and it will be the worse for you. 170 00:11:06,500 --> 00:11:07,820 Where would I go? 171 00:11:37,820 --> 00:11:40,619 Havisham! Well, you don't look any more pleased to see me 172 00:11:40,620 --> 00:11:42,340 than you did earlier. 173 00:11:43,380 --> 00:11:45,259 Though she begged me not to, 174 00:11:45,260 --> 00:11:48,659 I left the warmth of your sister's bed to find you. 175 00:11:48,660 --> 00:11:51,219 So, you care for her dignity no more than you do mine. 176 00:11:51,220 --> 00:11:53,539 I care for myself, Arthur, as always. 177 00:11:53,540 --> 00:11:56,139 Which is why I was a little shocked to discover 178 00:11:56,140 --> 00:11:58,379 a clerk from the offices of Jaggers and Tulkinghorn 179 00:11:58,380 --> 00:12:00,019 has been making enquiries about me. 180 00:12:00,020 --> 00:12:03,299 - And you think that has something to do with me? - Has it? - No. 181 00:12:03,300 --> 00:12:05,779 Though I expected Jaggers would do as much, 182 00:12:05,780 --> 00:12:07,579 the moment the marriage was announced. 183 00:12:07,580 --> 00:12:10,499 And are you secretly hoping he'll find something 184 00:12:10,500 --> 00:12:12,820 to expose me for the liar and charlatan I am? 185 00:12:15,300 --> 00:12:19,660 Because, if he digs deep enough, he'll find you too, won't he? 186 00:12:25,780 --> 00:12:27,579 'Honoria? 187 00:12:27,580 --> 00:12:28,820 'May I come in?' 188 00:12:30,500 --> 00:12:31,940 How was your trip? 189 00:12:34,100 --> 00:12:35,659 It went well enough. 190 00:12:35,660 --> 00:12:37,100 I'm pleased. 191 00:12:46,540 --> 00:12:49,420 - Frances told me... - Do you mind if we don't discuss it? 192 00:12:51,100 --> 00:12:52,579 No, of course. 193 00:12:52,580 --> 00:12:54,020 As you wish. 194 00:12:56,620 --> 00:12:59,860 Though you must feel a weight has lifted. 195 00:13:02,260 --> 00:13:03,620 I feel... 196 00:13:05,100 --> 00:13:06,500 ...nothing. 197 00:13:11,940 --> 00:13:15,379 You've been given a fresh start, 198 00:13:15,380 --> 00:13:17,540 a wonderful future... - It was a girl. 199 00:13:18,860 --> 00:13:21,620 You have to put it out of your mind, Honoria. 200 00:13:23,820 --> 00:13:26,579 - What's done is done. - Her name was Esther Frances. 201 00:13:26,580 --> 00:13:28,020 You have a family. 202 00:13:30,540 --> 00:13:32,460 Frances and I will care for you. 203 00:13:45,300 --> 00:13:47,899 Perhaps we should consult the doctor. 204 00:13:47,900 --> 00:13:49,500 And tell him what exactly? 205 00:13:53,820 --> 00:13:56,460 - Was your trip successful? - In part. 206 00:13:58,140 --> 00:14:00,220 Our Sir Leicester holds much influence. 207 00:14:01,580 --> 00:14:03,979 But there were those who sought assurance 208 00:14:03,980 --> 00:14:07,060 of his continued involvement. An assurance I couldn't give. 209 00:14:09,500 --> 00:14:14,379 We should, perhaps, tell him Honoria is back, that she wishes to see him. 210 00:14:14,380 --> 00:14:17,819 - It may lift her spirits. - She may need a little more time. 211 00:14:17,820 --> 00:14:22,340 Time in which our creditors may lose their new-found confidence in me. 212 00:14:24,140 --> 00:14:26,980 She should put this behind her, Frances, move forward. 213 00:14:29,220 --> 00:14:30,820 You'll send word... 214 00:14:31,940 --> 00:14:33,340 ...to Sir Leicester. 215 00:15:17,420 --> 00:15:18,740 Mr Manning? 216 00:15:23,340 --> 00:15:25,900 - Who are you? - My name is Bucket. 217 00:15:27,100 --> 00:15:28,859 Inspector Bucket. 218 00:15:28,860 --> 00:15:31,140 And what business 'ave you got with me? 219 00:15:32,260 --> 00:15:36,620 I understand you have confessed to the murder of Mr Jacob Marley. 220 00:15:37,660 --> 00:15:38,860 No. 221 00:15:39,940 --> 00:15:41,740 They wrote down the names. 222 00:15:43,900 --> 00:15:45,820 I made my mark. 223 00:15:48,060 --> 00:15:49,780 I killed that prostitute... 224 00:15:51,100 --> 00:15:52,580 ...and that sailor... 225 00:15:55,020 --> 00:15:56,580 ...because he took my turn... 226 00:15:58,180 --> 00:15:59,380 ...and she let him. 227 00:16:02,820 --> 00:16:05,139 Jacob Marley was a gentleman 228 00:16:05,140 --> 00:16:08,739 who was murdered at the docks on Christmas Eve. 229 00:16:08,740 --> 00:16:10,499 What about him? 230 00:16:10,500 --> 00:16:12,819 You told Inspector Thompson 231 00:16:12,820 --> 00:16:16,820 that it was you who beat him to death with a cosh. 232 00:16:20,420 --> 00:16:22,659 Well, I must 'ave done. 233 00:16:22,660 --> 00:16:24,780 You don't recall? 234 00:16:29,420 --> 00:16:31,180 I've beaten to death a lot of men... 235 00:16:32,300 --> 00:16:33,780 ...with a cosh. 236 00:16:35,300 --> 00:16:36,780 And some I was paid for. 237 00:16:39,620 --> 00:16:41,220 And some was personal. 238 00:16:42,580 --> 00:16:44,180 And Mr Marley? 239 00:16:45,460 --> 00:16:49,259 They're saying I've killed... 240 00:16:49,260 --> 00:16:50,739 three of them, 241 00:16:50,740 --> 00:16:53,540 what you would call gentlemen. 242 00:16:54,540 --> 00:16:56,779 And I took their wallets 243 00:16:56,780 --> 00:16:58,700 and I took their lives. 244 00:17:00,180 --> 00:17:03,580 And I would take yours too, if that big lump wasn't behind you. 245 00:17:04,620 --> 00:17:06,260 But as for their names... 246 00:17:09,380 --> 00:17:10,980 ...I didn't ask. 247 00:17:16,180 --> 00:17:18,059 I never asked them! 248 00:17:35,460 --> 00:17:39,459 - Silas wasn't there. I'll have to call back later. - Oh! 249 00:17:39,460 --> 00:17:42,859 Sorry I took so long. I got waylaid by Mr Venus. 250 00:17:42,860 --> 00:17:45,699 He gave me some seeds for Tim. 251 00:17:45,700 --> 00:17:48,939 We grow 'em indoors and mix the leaves with vinegar. 252 00:17:48,940 --> 00:17:50,779 - Right... - I'll go and get some soil 253 00:17:50,780 --> 00:17:54,419 for when they get back from Martha's. Oh! Something smells nice. 254 00:17:54,420 --> 00:17:57,259 - I thought I'd put a stew on. - цOh, lovely! 255 00:18:06,820 --> 00:18:08,500 ...right, gentlemen, cheerio. 256 00:18:10,220 --> 00:18:12,900 Everything I could find, sir, on Mr Compeyson. 257 00:18:21,700 --> 00:18:23,820 - Is this it? - Yes, sir. 258 00:18:26,260 --> 00:18:28,819 You did understand your task? 259 00:18:28,820 --> 00:18:31,260 Yes, sir, but I could find nothing untoward. 260 00:18:47,940 --> 00:18:51,139 - Well? - I did as you said, Mr Havisham. - Exactly as I said? 261 00:18:51,140 --> 00:18:52,819 Anything that wasn't favourable 262 00:18:52,820 --> 00:18:55,100 regarding Mr Compeyson has been lost. 263 00:18:58,020 --> 00:19:00,939 You will not discuss this with anyone. Do you understand? 264 00:19:00,940 --> 00:19:03,019 You have my word. 265 00:19:03,020 --> 00:19:07,379 And the position we discussed, in your new company? 266 00:19:07,380 --> 00:19:08,819 All in good time, Mr Lowten. 267 00:19:08,820 --> 00:19:11,260 Now back to your desk before you're seen here. 268 00:19:21,180 --> 00:19:24,019 So, I had to remind him whose damn pheasants they were! 269 00:19:24,020 --> 00:19:27,579 Nerve of the man! He won't make that mistake again! 270 00:19:27,580 --> 00:19:28,819 Well done, Sir Leicester! 271 00:19:28,820 --> 00:19:31,259 Well, you would have done no different yourself 272 00:19:31,260 --> 00:19:34,499 if you had been there, Barbary. - Well, that remains to be seen. 273 00:19:34,500 --> 00:19:36,619 Though we must accept your kind invitation 274 00:19:36,620 --> 00:19:38,499 to visit you at Chesney Wold. 275 00:19:38,500 --> 00:19:40,459 Yes, indeed, as soon as you're able, 276 00:19:40,460 --> 00:19:42,699 I'll have Mrs Rouncewell prepare the Green Room - 277 00:19:42,700 --> 00:19:45,539 it looks out over the gardens. - уWe look forward to it. 278 00:19:45,540 --> 00:19:48,780 - Frances, go and see what's become of Honoria. - Of course. 279 00:19:49,900 --> 00:19:52,379 I don't think I know that part of the world very well. 280 00:19:52,380 --> 00:19:53,740 It's very lovely... 281 00:19:57,380 --> 00:19:59,020 Sir Leicester's here. 282 00:20:01,580 --> 00:20:04,100 I could tell him that you feel unwell? 283 00:20:13,220 --> 00:20:14,500 Here she is! 284 00:20:15,780 --> 00:20:17,300 Good evening, Sir Leicester. 285 00:20:19,620 --> 00:20:22,380 You look sparkling as ever. 286 00:20:27,580 --> 00:20:29,779 And tell me, Inspector, were we correct? 287 00:20:29,780 --> 00:20:33,900 Is the killer a simple man with a family pushed to breaking point. 288 00:20:35,060 --> 00:20:36,460 Suffice to say... 289 00:20:37,940 --> 00:20:41,180 ...that discovering their identity has brought me no pleasure. 290 00:20:43,260 --> 00:20:44,619 None at all. 291 00:20:44,620 --> 00:20:47,299 - The killer pleads self-defence? - They do. 292 00:20:47,300 --> 00:20:48,940 You believe him? 293 00:20:50,180 --> 00:20:54,259 Without question. Which brings me to my quandary. 294 00:20:55,700 --> 00:20:57,739 I think I would be correct in saying 295 00:20:57,740 --> 00:21:00,819 that the identity of the killer was uncovered 296 00:21:00,820 --> 00:21:03,500 as a direct result of my investigation. 297 00:21:04,860 --> 00:21:09,659 From an examination of the smallest detail of the murder, 298 00:21:09,660 --> 00:21:13,979 the physical evidence and the questioning of witnesses. 299 00:21:13,980 --> 00:21:18,019 I can, therefore, boast that the new Detective 300 00:21:18,020 --> 00:21:21,499 has been an unqualified success. 301 00:21:21,500 --> 00:21:25,019 - Which is what you had hoped for? - Yes, it was. 302 00:21:25,020 --> 00:21:27,059 Yet, in making that boast, 303 00:21:27,060 --> 00:21:32,139 in declaring it with some relish to Inspector Thompson, 304 00:21:32,140 --> 00:21:38,379 I fear that justice may well not be best served. 305 00:21:38,380 --> 00:21:41,219 But what of the man arrested by Thompson? 306 00:21:41,220 --> 00:21:43,859 He confessed to the murder of Jacob Marley, did he not? 307 00:21:43,860 --> 00:21:45,739 The confession was a false one. 308 00:21:45,740 --> 00:21:47,699 So he is innocent? 309 00:21:47,700 --> 00:21:50,299 Of the murder of Jacob Marley? Yes. 310 00:21:50,300 --> 00:21:54,299 But he is FAR from innocent in every other conceivable way. 311 00:21:54,300 --> 00:21:57,059 He has the blood of at least five others on his hands. 312 00:21:57,060 --> 00:21:59,739 - So, he deserves to hang? - I believe so, yes. 313 00:21:59,740 --> 00:22:05,180 So, were you to choose justice, over the future of the Detective... 314 00:22:07,340 --> 00:22:09,099 ...no harm would be done. 315 00:22:09,100 --> 00:22:11,739 A very great harm will be done, 316 00:22:11,740 --> 00:22:13,100 Mr Venus! 317 00:22:14,180 --> 00:22:17,659 The person who took the life of Jacob Marley, 318 00:22:17,660 --> 00:22:20,780 his murderer, will walk free. 319 00:22:21,980 --> 00:22:23,939 And you can't allow that to happen? 320 00:22:23,940 --> 00:22:26,859 We have laws, Mr Venus! 321 00:22:26,860 --> 00:22:30,139 Laws, so that a person's guilt or innocence, 322 00:22:30,140 --> 00:22:32,179 incarceration or liberty, 323 00:22:32,180 --> 00:22:34,900 is not at the whim of an individual. 324 00:22:36,100 --> 00:22:39,019 It is not for the likes of me to make such judgments. 325 00:22:39,020 --> 00:22:43,019 It is for me to present the case to the courts. 326 00:22:43,020 --> 00:22:45,620 I am neither judge nor jury. 327 00:22:47,180 --> 00:22:48,779 I'm simply 328 00:22:48,780 --> 00:22:51,300 an instrument of the law. 329 00:22:54,260 --> 00:22:58,020 It sounds like you have found the answer to your quandary, Mr Bucket. 330 00:22:59,740 --> 00:23:02,660 I'm afraid I have, Mr Venus. 331 00:23:06,020 --> 00:23:08,820 Though it will give me no satisfaction... 332 00:23:10,940 --> 00:23:13,620 ...I must do what the law demands of me. 333 00:23:22,780 --> 00:23:25,939 Right, hold on, let's make a little hole. 334 00:23:25,940 --> 00:23:27,699 So, is the plant inside the seed? 335 00:23:27,700 --> 00:23:31,099 - Yeah, it is. - How does it fit in there? 336 00:23:31,100 --> 00:23:34,739 Well, it's like when you were a baby, and me and your mum, 337 00:23:34,740 --> 00:23:38,579 we fed you, gave you milk to drink and then you grew from this... 338 00:23:40,180 --> 00:23:41,699 ...to this! 339 00:23:41,700 --> 00:23:43,899 It's the same with these seeds - we'll water them, 340 00:23:43,900 --> 00:23:46,659 keep them warm, then they'll grow. Just like you did. 341 00:23:46,660 --> 00:23:49,579 - So, I was a seed? - Yeah, yeah, you were. 342 00:23:49,580 --> 00:23:51,579 But you didn't put me in mud. 343 00:23:51,580 --> 00:23:55,059 No, no, no, you had a bed, but it's the same thing. 344 00:23:55,060 --> 00:23:56,900 It's just a place to keep you warm. 345 00:24:09,300 --> 00:24:11,979 And then, when it grows up, we mix it up with vinegar, 346 00:24:11,980 --> 00:24:14,739 make a magic potion that makes you grow eight feet tall, 347 00:24:14,740 --> 00:24:16,860 till you bump your 'ead on the ceiling. 348 00:24:17,940 --> 00:24:19,499 Will it, Mum? 349 00:24:19,500 --> 00:24:21,659 Maybe ten feet. 350 00:24:21,660 --> 00:24:25,340 - We'll have to fold you in half just to get you through the doorway! 351 00:24:28,860 --> 00:24:32,379 - I'm just popping out, see if Silas is back yet. - I'll go, sweetheart. 352 00:24:32,380 --> 00:24:35,860 No, it's all right, you stay and plant your seeds. I won't be long. 353 00:24:39,300 --> 00:24:40,699 Can I put the water on now? 354 00:24:40,700 --> 00:24:43,179 All right, but you've got to do it really gently. 355 00:24:43,180 --> 00:24:45,060 - We don't want 'em drowning, do we? - No. 356 00:24:46,980 --> 00:24:49,380 - Bye. - Yeah, bye, love. 357 00:25:09,460 --> 00:25:11,699 Leave me in peace. 358 00:25:11,700 --> 00:25:14,299 I've done what you asked! Now leave me alone! 359 00:25:19,940 --> 00:25:21,819 Matthew. You're back. 360 00:25:21,820 --> 00:25:23,459 Arthur. 361 00:25:23,460 --> 00:25:27,499 - How often I've wished you were here and not in America. - Now I am. 362 00:25:27,500 --> 00:25:29,899 But what brings you back so soon? 363 00:25:29,900 --> 00:25:33,460 - I have business here to attend to. - What kind of business? 364 00:25:34,900 --> 00:25:36,220 Meriwether Compeyson. 365 00:25:50,380 --> 00:25:52,739 - Yes, Inspector? - I have a prisoner. 366 00:25:52,740 --> 00:25:56,259 - Sergeant! - I'm coming! Just a moment, Inspector. 367 00:26:20,420 --> 00:26:22,460 Go home, Mrs Cratchit. 368 00:26:24,860 --> 00:26:26,419 You're letting me go? 369 00:26:26,420 --> 00:26:27,899 I don't understand... 370 00:26:27,900 --> 00:26:30,620 A man will hang for the murder of Jacob Marley... 371 00:26:31,860 --> 00:26:33,779 ...and having looked into his eyes today 372 00:26:33,780 --> 00:26:35,620 and seen the evil that dwells there... 373 00:26:36,820 --> 00:26:38,220 ...I am at peace with that. 374 00:26:39,820 --> 00:26:42,380 Though I know I would never have peace again... 375 00:26:43,620 --> 00:26:46,019 ...were I to send you to stand beside him at the gallows. 376 00:26:48,460 --> 00:26:50,380 Go home to your family, Emily. 377 00:26:52,580 --> 00:26:55,540 Quickly, before my reason returns. 378 00:27:35,180 --> 00:27:36,500 Inspector. 379 00:27:39,340 --> 00:27:42,579 I shall call on you tomorrow, Barbary. 380 00:27:42,580 --> 00:27:43,859 As discussed. 381 00:27:43,860 --> 00:27:45,539 I look forward to it, Sir Leicester.