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00:01:50It's finally packed up.
00:01:51Roger, zero seven, where are you?
00:01:52On the moors.
00:01:53Suggest I abandon the vehicle and return on foot.
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00:06:53Leopard.
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00:07:16Little Mayor 270, hello darlings, yes, Joyce Ballantyne,
00:07:46speaking. Yes, lovely. No, Ellie's out shopping, she's not back yet. Heard? No, heard what?
00:07:56Last night? This morning, up at the camp? No, we don't listen much now. No, not a word. Who was it?
00:08:12Yes, yes, we certainly will. No, we'll be all right. Thank you for telling me. Goodbye.
00:10:42Joyce? Joyce? Joyce? Joyce? It's me, Ellie.
00:11:12How many times have I told you, Ellie, that the sitting room table is no place for the
00:11:38groceries? Joyce, you frighten me. Why do you go creeping about like that? It's bad for me,
00:11:43it's bad for my heart. I'm not creeping about. There's nothing the slightest bit wrong with
00:11:48your heart, as you very well know, nothing whatsoever. You're as strong as a horse,
00:11:52although you like to pretend you're not. There is, you know there is. When I have a shock,
00:11:57I get this fluttery feeling as if my heart's going to stop beating altogether. I told Dr.
00:12:03Spencer about it only last week. That's right, Ellie. I know you told Dr. Spencer about it.
00:12:08What did Dr. Spencer say? He said there was nothing to worry about. But how does he know?
00:12:14It's my heart. Anyway, it's different sitting quietly talking to him in the surgery. He's
00:12:19never examined me when I've had a shock. In any case, it doesn't alter the fact that the
00:12:26sitting room table is no place for the shopping. You forgot the celery. You know I can't eat
00:12:42cheese without celery. Not as if it's the only shock I had this morning. No, indeed. Ellie,
00:12:49there's no celery. I put it on the list. There wasn't any. Mr. Trueblood said he hadn't got any.
00:12:55He went to the market this morning and he didn't care for the look of it. Not with his class of
00:13:00trade, he said. Everything must be tip-top. I don't think this winter will ever end. Summer's
00:13:12always so short. Winter goes on and on. Summer. Oh, I love the summer. Do you remember the first
00:13:22summer of the war when Daddy came home on leave? We went to the fair. I wonder where we can get
00:13:30some celery. You surprise me sometimes, Joyce. You really do. You behave as if you just don't
00:13:37care. What's the good of caring now? Somebody's got to be practical. What good does caring do?
00:13:42A bit of sentiment wouldn't do you any harm. Sentiment isn't going to run this house as well,
00:13:48you know. Bitterness isn't either. And why shouldn't I be bitter? I'd be away from here,
00:13:54married, probably with children of my own if it hadn't been for all this. Oh, yes. Oh, yes. You
00:14:00can be sentimental when you like. I know you've had your chances, which is more than I ever did.
00:14:05Do you want to make the coffee or prepare the lunch? You can choose. I haven't told you my
00:14:12news. My first shock of this morning. It was awful. Terrible. It was a really terrible shock. I
00:14:22couldn't wait to get home to tell you. I know about it already. You know? You can't know. Mr.
00:14:32Trueblood told me in the shop not ten minutes ago. I ran all the way home to tell you about it. In
00:14:38spite of your bad heart, it's already all over town. Mrs. Trueblood, the greengrocer's wife,
00:14:44has run off with Mr. Pilkington, the iron monger. Mrs. Trueblood, Mr. Pilkington,
00:14:50what on earth are you talking about? Mrs. Trueblood was in the shop when I left, not ten
00:14:54minutes ago. Oh, maybe I got it wrong. Maybe it's Mr. Trueblood and Mrs. Pilkington. Yes,
00:15:00perhaps that's it. No, neither of them's run away with anyone. They were both in the shop
00:15:05together, large as life. It was probably the fishmonger or somebody. Nobody's run away with
00:15:10anybody. I wish I knew who was spreading rumors like this. It's not good enough. Some people have
00:15:16got nothing better to do than gossip about other people. It's disgraceful. If only people would
00:15:22mind their own... Joyce, you're cruel. You've been making fun of me. Why are you always doing things
00:15:32like that? It's mean, especially when I've got something really important to tell you. Then tell
00:15:37me something really important. Well, it happened last night up near the army camp, though they
00:15:44didn't discover it till this morning. It's terrible. Nobody knows who did it, but Joyce,
00:15:49last night at Little Mere there was a murder. Really? Yes, really. A vicious, brutal slaying.
00:15:58That's what Mr. Trueblood said. A vicious, brutal slaying. How terrible. Who was it? Who was what?
00:16:05Who was brutally and viciously slain? A soldier, that's who. Private. Thank goodness it was a
00:16:12private. Ellie, what a thing to say. Thank goodness it was a private indeed. They're human
00:16:18beings just like us. You surprised me. Well, I didn't mean it like that. You know I didn't. It's
00:16:23just that I hoped it wasn't a corporal, otherwise it might have been... Might have been your precious
00:16:27Alan. Is that what you were going to say? Yes. Yes, it was. I wouldn't like Alan to be slain,
00:16:33and neither would you come to that. You're just as fond of him as I am, just that you don't like
00:16:38to admit it. Am I really? You know you are. He's been a godsend to us one way or another. I'll go
00:16:46and make the coffee. Good. Then we can sit down and have a nice long chat about the murder.
00:16:52Did they catch whoever did it? I think we'll have snow. A storm. Wish it would come.
00:17:15But you hate storms. You always have. Why, you used to creep into my bed when there was a storm.
00:17:20At night I hate storms. That's only at night. A nice storm in the daytime is something else again.
00:17:27Oh, this heaviness. It's not clear. I've got such a headache. You are in a bad way. What, with your
00:17:36heart and your head? I'm only human, you know, Joyce. I do have little ailments, just like other
00:17:44people from time to time. I'm sorry, Ellie. I think the weather's getting on my nerves too.
00:17:50The murder going on just up the road and the two of us here like this. You haven't caught the murderer?
00:17:58No, not yet. It's probably one of the soldiers who got drunk and had a fight with another one.
00:18:04That's what Mr. Trueblood thinks. You know what they're like, the way they wake me up some nights,
00:18:09coming home to the camp, singing and shouting. Probably. Still, poor boy, he was very young.
00:18:16Nineteen. Nineteen? How do you know? Mr. Trueblood never told me that. You knew all the time. You've
00:18:24been pretending. I didn't want to upset you. You were pretending not to know. Why, Joyce, why?
00:18:31I told you you were so full of the news. I wanted you to have the pleasure of telling me yourself.
00:18:36Pleasure? Do you think it's a pleasure to know there's a murder at large prowling about in the
00:18:42garden at this very minute, perhaps? What sort of pleasure is that? Hush, Ellie. Stop getting in the
00:18:47state. They've probably found him by now, sure to have done. What on earth's the matter with you,
00:18:54Ellie? It's only the front doorbell. Go and answer it. You go. I'm not going. I'm not stirring out of
00:19:01this room. I expect it's only the baker. It's not his day. Oh, we wandered to an earth it was,
00:19:22Alan. Just thought I'd drop by, see how you were. Oh, we're fine, aren't we, Joyce? Fine. Just in time
00:19:30for coffee. I hoped I might be. I haven't had time to stop all morning. I suppose you've heard.
00:19:36About the murder, you mean? Yeah. Yes, yes, we've heard. I just wanted you to know there's nothing
00:19:44to worry about. They've caught the murderer? No, not yet, but they will, Miss Ballantyne. Don't
00:19:50you worry about it. I've never seen so many police everywhere you look. Take my word for it, they'll
00:19:55catch him. Oh, thanks. They know who it is. Do they? Do they know who it is, Alan? Well, no. You see,
00:20:06I'm sort of right in on it. I've got the job of driving the pathologist around. Pathologist? Sir
00:20:12Bernard Newsmith. Yes, he came down from London by helicopter this morning. Helicopter? Fancy.
00:20:18Did you see the body? Yes. Was it brutally and viciously slain? That's what Mr. Trueblood said,
00:20:28brutally and viciously slain. Well, it was really. I overheard Sir Bernard talking to the detective's
00:20:35boss, superintendent somebody. He said it might not have been a human being at all. What, the body?
00:20:40No, whatever killed him. He said it might be something else, an animal of some sort. You mean
00:20:46he might have been gauged by a bull in the dark? No, not a bull, nothing like that. You should have
00:20:52seen this detective's face. An animal, he said. Sir Bernard said, yeah. A puma, he said, something like
00:20:58that. No, he said, not a puma, something bigger than that. Look at those marks made by talons.
00:21:05But what then, said this copper, what sort of an animal? A leopard. A leopard? I think maybe a
00:21:12leopard. Copper stares at him. A leopard, he says, a leopard in Lancashire. He said he couldn't be sure
00:21:19yet, for the detective not to hold him to it, but he thought it could be something like that anyway,
00:21:23something with claws or talons. Anyway, I just thought I'd look in, tell you not to worry.
00:21:28They'll catch it soon enough, whatever it is. That was nice of you, Alan. Very thoughtful. Very.
00:21:34Hardly likely to have a leopard come knocking at the door. Well, if you do, don't answer it.
00:21:40He'll go away soon enough. See Alan out, Ellie. Don't trouble Miss Ellie, I know the way by now.
00:21:45I'll look in again soon, and you're not to worry, either of you, okay? Bye. That was nice of him,
00:21:57wasn't it? Very. Rinse the coffee cups, Ellie. I'm going into the garden to see if I can find some
00:22:06odd-tied celery. There might just be a bit left in the vegetable patch.
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00:23:06Oh, what did you find, Ellie? Ellie, what?
00:23:21Celery, of course. Celery. No. No, there wasn't any there. I couldn't see any. Shame.
00:23:29Ellie, please stop that singing. I've got a headache.
00:23:33Well, well, fancy a headache. You that never has anything wrong with you.
00:23:38Please, Ellie. I'm sorry. Shall I get you some of my aspirins with a glass of milk?
00:23:42No, thanks. Don't worry. I just want a bit of quiet. Joyce?
00:23:47What now? What's the matter? What's wrong?
00:23:51I told you there's nothing the matter. I've just got a headache.
00:23:55Tell me, Joyce. It's not a headache. You never have headaches. You know you don't.
00:24:01We've only got each other. Just the two of us. We've got to help each other.
00:24:07If something's wrong, we've got to stick together. Just the two of us, Ellie.
00:24:11Just the two of us. That's all. It's not true, Ellie. Why lie to yourself?
00:24:21You know it's not true. But, Joyce...
00:24:24Ellie, it's no good. You must face facts. You can't just ignore things.
00:24:31You've always done that, ever since you were a little girl.
00:24:33Pretending that Father was all right. Always pretending.
00:24:38Pretending that the sun was shining when it was raining. It's no good doing that.
00:24:43Don't you see? We've got to be honest with one another.
00:24:48But he was all right. He was.
00:24:51He had his good days sometimes, when he was just like before. You know he did.
00:24:57But they were very few and far between, just now and again.
00:25:01Then he used to go to the shed and do his carpentry.
00:25:05Do you remember, Joyce? Such lovely things.
00:25:08Your dressing table. You couldn't buy a thing like that.
00:25:12Beautiful craftsmanship. You don't find that too often.
00:25:17Ellie, you're doing it again. Everything's golden.
00:25:20Everything that happened in the past is like a... like a rainbow.
00:25:23Well, it wasn't and it isn't.
00:25:26You just can't seem to accept that things weren't like that. Not like that at all.
00:25:31Not after the war.
00:25:33Joyce. Joyce. Leave me something.
00:25:39Don't you see?
00:25:41I may not always be here to stand between you and things as they really were.
00:25:46As they really are.
00:25:49I'd rather remember Daddy as he was.
00:25:51He was a marvellous man.
00:25:54Handsome and clever.
00:25:56People used to turn round on the street to look at him.
00:26:00Yes, Ellie, yes, I know.
00:26:04Brilliant and handsome.
00:26:07Before.
00:26:14I'm going to lie down for an hour.
00:26:16Yes, you lie down. I'll get the lunch. I'll call you in plenty of time.
00:26:36You were, Daddy. You were brilliant and handsome.
00:26:41People did turn round to look at you on the street.
00:26:45You didn't notice, but I did.
00:26:48And I was so proud to be walking along beside you.
00:26:54You were the best-looking man I ever saw.
00:27:00But I suppose Joyce is right.
00:27:06I was... before.
00:27:15Before.
00:27:46Gloria?
00:28:03What's the matter?
00:28:05I heard something.
00:28:07It's nothing. There's no-one here.
00:28:16Gloria?
00:28:18Roy, someone's watching us.
00:28:20How could there be? Right out here.
00:28:22I just feel.
00:28:24No, you don't feel. You get me all worked up and...
00:28:31Kiss me, Roy.
00:28:39I love you, Gloria.
00:28:45I love you.
00:29:15I love you.
00:29:46Oh, there we are. How's the headache now?
00:29:49Better.
00:29:51Good. I've got a surprise for you.
00:29:53Celery. I found it in the garden. You must have missed it this morning.
00:29:57Oh, good.
00:29:59Aren't you going to sit down?
00:30:08Did you have the wireless on?
00:30:10No. You know how loud I have to have it on to hear it properly.
00:30:14I didn't want to disturb you.
00:30:16Did you sleep?
00:30:18No, just rested.
00:30:20It's shivery.
00:30:22Yes, we'll have a storm.
00:30:24You'll mark my words. This afternoon, probably.
00:30:27I hope they've caught that leopard or whatever it is.
00:30:30I wouldn't sleep tonight, I can tell you.
00:30:33I keep thinking of a wild animal roaming...
00:30:36What's the matter?
00:30:38Did I put too much oil in the salad dressing?
00:30:40I measured it the same as always.
00:30:42One egg cup full.
00:30:44The dressing's perfect. It's just that I'm not hungry.
00:30:47Shall I get Dr Spencer for you?
00:30:49It's all right, Ellie. I'm not ill.
00:30:51I don't know what I'd do if you were ill. I just couldn't manage.
00:30:55Don't worry. I won't be ill. I just feel tired out.
00:31:06Ellie?
00:31:08Yes?
00:31:09I don't think we'd better have our walk this afternoon.
00:31:12Not have our walk?
00:31:14But we always have a walk in the afternoon.
00:31:16Oh, you mean not till they've caught the animal.
00:31:19Oh, you're right, Joyce. Yes.
00:31:22I'll do my sewing and you can read your book.
00:31:25That's a much better idea.
00:31:39Ah!
00:32:10Is the cocoa ready?
00:32:12Yes, yes. It's on the stove. I'll get it.
00:32:28We'll need some more of this from Dr Spencer soon.
00:32:31Last time he said he was worried about the amount you were taking.
00:32:35Suppose he starts to cut it down?
00:32:37He won't. I'll tell him it's my nerves again. He'll understand.
00:32:41Especially with the murder.
00:32:43Take that down.
00:32:44Yes, Joyce.
00:33:01It was right, wasn't it, Father?
00:33:03You knew that.
00:33:08Joyce! Joyce! He's gone! He's gone!
00:33:28You are a goose, Ellie.
00:33:30How on earth could he get out?
00:33:33Oh, he's all right.
00:33:35No, he wasn't. No, he wasn't.
00:33:37Take that light away. He doesn't like it.
00:33:42Oh, you poor, poor thing.
00:34:06Oh, Alan.
00:34:08I picked up your meat.
00:34:10Thank you. Come in.
00:34:16Alan's got the meat for us, Joyce.
00:34:18Thank you, Alan.
00:34:20Oh, it's OK. I'll save this for you too. You've got good, healthy appetites.
00:34:28Any more news?
00:34:30Well, I shouldn't really tell you this.
00:34:32Nobody knows yet, but there's been another.
00:34:34Another?
00:34:36Another soldier's been killed.
00:34:38Oh, my God. How terrible.
00:34:40Did they get anyone? Catch anyone?
00:34:43No, but someone saw the thing getting away.
00:34:45Thing?
00:34:47It was a girl who saw it.
00:34:49She thought it was an animal of some kind, but she couldn't really tell.
00:34:52She's in hospital.
00:34:54Did it attack her as well?
00:34:56No, no. Shock. She couldn't tell them much.
00:34:58They're waiting for her to recover.
00:35:00The camp, they're laying on special patrols.
00:35:02Mostly for the married quarters.
00:35:04So I had a word with the adjutant.
00:35:06I asked him if he'd include your house in the patrols.
00:35:08So you've no need to worry.
00:35:10There'll be someone keeping an eye on the place at regular intervals.
00:35:12That's very kind of you, Alan.
00:35:14Oh, it's nothing.
00:35:16Yes, very thoughtful.
00:35:18It makes us both feel a lot better, doesn't it, Ellie?
00:35:21Yes, yes, indeed.
00:35:23Would you like a cup of tea, Alan?
00:35:26I'd love one, but I've got to go and pick up my doctor.
00:35:29So I'll drop by and see you tomorrow, OK?
00:35:31Bye.
00:35:33I'll see myself out.
00:35:35When did it happen, Alan, the second murder?
00:35:38Lunchtime.
00:35:40Somewhere between 12 and 1.
00:35:42See you tomorrow.
00:35:48I knew he wasn't there when I first looked.
00:35:50It's him. He's found a way of getting out.
00:35:52I know he has.
00:35:54Ellie, don't be silly. How could he possibly get out?
00:35:56I don't know how. How should I know?
00:35:58But I know he has. He's doing these murders.
00:36:00I'm going to look.
00:36:29It's ridiculous. He couldn't get out.
00:36:32He could, he could. There must be a way.
00:36:34A tunnel or something.
00:36:40Look.
00:36:42That hole in the hedge, that wasn't there.
00:36:46Joyce, there's something.
00:36:55It's a bicycle, that's all.
00:36:58But whose, Joyce?
00:37:00Whose?
00:37:15You see, Ellie, I told you it was just your imagination.
00:37:29I told you, Joyce, he can get out.
00:37:31There's the hole.
00:37:33It is him.
00:37:35I wonder how long he's been using it.
00:37:37That's hardly important now.
00:37:39We'll have to block it up somehow.
00:37:41We'll put Father's bench over it.
00:37:43Come on, Ellie.
00:37:45We'll have to get out of here.
00:37:47We'll have to get out of here.
00:37:49We'll have to get out of here.
00:37:51We'll have to get out of here.
00:37:53We'll have to get out of here.
00:37:55We'll have to get out of here.
00:37:57You'll have to help me.
00:38:06Help me with the bench, Ellie.
00:38:16Joyce! Joyce!
00:38:18Are you all right?
00:38:20Help me, Ellie.
00:38:22I think I've hurt myself. Help me.
00:38:24Don't move, Joyce. Stay there.
00:38:26I'll get Dr. Spencer.
00:38:28We can't, Ellie. We can't have the doctor here.
00:38:30You'll have to get me back to the house.
00:38:32Doesn't matter if the doctor comes in here.
00:38:34We've got to tell the police now anyway.
00:38:36Get me back to the house.
00:38:56No.
00:39:26There.
00:39:44I'll ring up and get the doctor.
00:39:46Hello, Doris.
00:39:48This is Ellie Ballantyne.
00:39:50Would you put me through to Dr. Spencer?
00:39:54I don't think it's broken.
00:39:56But we can't be sure until we get you into hospital and have some x-rays done.
00:40:00Hospital?
00:40:02I'm not going into hospital.
00:40:04Of course you are.
00:40:06You'll be well taken care of, don't worry.
00:40:08I'm not going into hospital.
00:40:10Of course you are.
00:40:12You'll be well taken care of, don't worry.
00:40:14You'll be well taken care of, don't worry.
00:40:16I'm not going into hospital. That's final.
00:40:18I can't leave Ellie here alone.
00:40:20I can't leave Ellie here alone.
00:40:22No, I couldn't manage here by myself.
00:40:24I couldn't.
00:40:26Let Joyce stay here and I'll be able to look after her.
00:40:28I must stay here.
00:40:30All right, but you must go into hospital to have x-rays taken.
00:40:32And if necessary, a cast or strapping.
00:40:34And if necessary, a cast or strapping.
00:40:36Then we'll bring you back.
00:40:38Yes, I can go with you and then we can come back together.
00:40:40Yes, I can go with you and then we can come back together.
00:40:42You must come in morning and evening.
00:40:44You must come in morning and evening.
00:40:46That won't be necessary, Doctor.
00:40:48I can manage.
00:40:50No, you can't.
00:40:52If Joyce is in plaster, you'll never be able to manage her.
00:40:54If Joyce is in plaster, you'll never be able to manage her.
00:40:56We can't have both of you laid up, can we?
00:40:58We can't have both of you laid up, can we?
00:41:00Ellie.
00:41:02Ellie.
00:41:04Hello, Doris.
00:41:06Get me the little Mere General, will you?
00:41:08Get me the little Mere General, will you?
00:41:10I'm very serious.
00:41:12Ellie, yes, Joyce.
00:41:14Ellie, I want you to promise me something.
00:41:16Ellie, I want you to promise me something.
00:41:18Promise you?
00:41:20Promise me that you won't.
00:41:22That you won't.
00:41:24Won't what?
00:41:26Won't what?
00:41:28That you won't go to the police.
00:41:30That you won't go to the police.
00:41:32But Joyce, we've got to.
00:41:34But Joyce, we've got to.
00:41:36Promise me, Ellie.
00:41:38But what about...
00:41:40The hole's blocked up now.
00:41:42He can't get out again.
00:41:44But Joyce...
00:41:46There's a spade in the shed.
00:41:48Please, Ellie.
00:41:50Please, Ellie.
00:42:08Please, Ellie.
00:42:38Please, Ellie.
00:43:08Please, Ellie.
00:43:38Please, Ellie.
00:44:08Please, Ellie.
00:44:38Please, Ellie.
00:45:08Please, Ellie.
00:45:38Please, Ellie.
00:46:08Please, Ellie.
00:46:38Please, Ellie.
00:46:40Please, Ellie.
00:46:42Please, Ellie.
00:46:44Please, Ellie.
00:46:46Please, Ellie.
00:46:48Please, Ellie.
00:46:50Please, Ellie.
00:46:52Please, Ellie.
00:46:54Please, Ellie.
00:46:56Please, Ellie.
00:46:58Please, Ellie.
00:47:00Please, Ellie.
00:47:02Please, Ellie.
00:47:04Please, Ellie.
00:47:06Please, Ellie.
00:47:08Please, Ellie.
00:47:10Please, Ellie.
00:47:26It is you.
00:47:36It's me, Nurse Sutherland.
00:47:38I did knock, but no one answered.
00:47:40You're Miss Joyce Ballantyne?
00:47:42Yeah.
00:47:44I came in through the French windows.
00:47:46They were wide open.
00:47:48You should keep them locked.
00:47:52Ellie, she's...
00:47:54Just find the bathroom.
00:47:56I'd like to rinse my hands.
00:48:08Okay.
00:48:38It's all right, Joyce.
00:48:40I've done it.
00:48:42I've done it. I've buried him.
00:48:44Have you been burying in the middle of the night?
00:48:46Oh, I'm sorry.
00:48:48I startled you.
00:48:50I'm Nurse Sutherland.
00:48:52I let myself in.
00:48:54One of your little animals died.
00:48:56Animals?
00:48:58Yes.
00:49:00Yes, one of our little animals.
00:49:02And I buried him.
00:49:04I expect it's the cold.
00:49:06The cold?
00:49:08Yes, that's what it would be, the cold.
00:49:12Can I get you something?
00:49:14A cup of tea, perhaps?
00:49:16Oh, yes, that would be nice.
00:49:18Yes, but it won't take a minute.
00:49:26Heavy sedation.
00:49:28Do you usually take stuff to help you sleep, Miss Ballantyne?
00:49:36Hello, Miss Ellie.
00:49:38I came to see Miss Ballantyne. How is she?
00:49:40Oh, she's fine. Much better.
00:49:42Come in.
00:49:44I brought some grapes.
00:49:46Oh, go on up. I'm just making a pot of tea.
00:49:48What's that?
00:49:50What?
00:49:52That gun. What's the gun for?
00:49:54They've issued all NCOs with small arms.
00:49:56Just in case.
00:49:58There haven't been any more murders, have there?
00:50:00No, and now we're all armed, I don't suppose there will be.
00:50:02Oh.
00:50:04Well, I'll just make the tea, then.
00:50:10Hello.
00:50:12Hello. Who are you?
00:50:14Shouldn't I be saying that?
00:50:16Alan Marlowe. I'm a friend of the old lady's.
00:50:18I brought some fruit.
00:50:20How are you feeling, Miss Ballantyne?
00:50:22Ah, we're feeling much better now, aren't we?
00:50:24Yes. Much better.
00:50:26How did you know about Joyce's fall, Alan?
00:50:28How does anyone know about anything?
00:50:30I had to make a call to Littlemere and Oris on the exchange told me.
00:50:32Oh, yes, Doris.
00:50:36Alan's bought you some lovely fruit, Joyce.
00:50:38Thank you, Alan.
00:50:40It is nice.
00:50:42Oh, it's nothing.
00:50:44Been in Littlemere long?
00:50:46Just about a month now.
00:50:48Thought not.
00:50:50Why?
00:50:52Well, it's a small place. Bound to have seen you around.
00:50:54Best cup of tea in Littlemere.
00:50:56Miss Ellie, may I have a glass of water, please?
00:50:58Wouldn't you prefer another cup of tea?
00:51:00No, it's for the patient.
00:51:02Some meds from the doctor prescribed for her.
00:51:04Oh, yes, I'll get it at once.
00:51:08I can drop you off home if you like.
00:51:10It's all right. I've got a bike outside.
00:51:12Well, I've got a Land Rover. We can put the bike in the back.
00:51:14It's a rotten night to face that long hill on a bike.
00:51:16I think if you ask Alan nicely,
00:51:18he'll run you back to Littlemere.
00:51:20It's all right, Miss Ellie. I've just asked Nurse...
00:51:22Sutherland. Joanna Sutherland.
00:51:24I've just asked Joanna nicely
00:51:26if I can run her back to Littlemere.
00:51:28I've just asked Joanna nicely if I can run her home.
00:51:30I knew you would.
00:51:36Comfortable now?
00:51:38Yes, thank you, Nurse.
00:51:40I'll look in again in the morning.
00:51:58Thanks again for the fruit, Alan.
00:52:00Oh, don't mention it.
00:52:02I'll see you tomorrow, OK?
00:52:04And you make sure you have a good night's rest, Miss Ellie.
00:52:06You've had a long day too.
00:52:08Don't worry, I will.
00:52:10Good night.
00:52:28Good night.
00:52:58I'll tell you straight, I wouldn't mind getting my hands on a bloody thing,
00:53:00whatever it is.
00:53:02Yeah, well, you can have it, mate.
00:53:04I just want a nice quiet patrol, get back, report no incidents
00:53:06and get some kip.
00:53:08What, after what it did to Ron?
00:53:10Well, I'd just as soon not give it a chance to have a go at me.
00:53:12Marlow reckons I can see in the dark.
00:53:16Oh, hell.
00:53:18What's up?
00:53:20I've got no fags.
00:53:22I can't help you, mate. I don't smoke.
00:53:24I know that, don't I?
00:53:26I can get someone. I'll wait here for you.
00:53:28Are you sure you don't mind?
00:53:30It's a subtle difference to me.
00:53:32Look, I'll walk up there and I'll see you up there.
00:53:34What if that...
00:53:36What if what?
00:53:38Come on. I know you've got some fags,
00:53:40they'll be bloody miserable all night.
00:53:42Well, hang on to that then.
00:53:44Cheers, mate. Won't be long.
00:53:56Cheers.
00:54:16I think I'll have a latte.
00:54:18No, no, wait a minute. Make it a brown.
00:54:20No, no, I'll tell you what I'll do.
00:54:22I'll have half a...
00:54:26Oh, and a brownie, please.
00:54:28A large one.
00:54:56If you wanna talk into her...
00:55:18Andy?
00:55:22Andy?
00:55:26Andy?
00:55:30Andy?
00:55:34Andy?
00:55:40Andy?
00:55:42Andy?
00:55:56Andy?
00:56:22Oh, good morning, Doctor.
00:56:24Good morning, Doctor.
00:56:26Hello, Ellie.
00:56:28Josh has had the most wonderful night's sleep.
00:56:30Not a murmur.
00:56:32She's still fast asleep now.
00:56:34I'll go and get some coffee for you.
00:56:36I thought I'd better call you, Doctor.
00:56:38She was like this when I arrived.
00:56:40I gave her the sedation you prescribed last night.
00:56:42Shouldn't have had this effect.
00:56:44She's been taking this dosage for years.
00:56:46Odd.
00:56:48Shall we try and wake her?
00:56:50No, it's probably the after-effects
00:56:52from all yesterday gave her.
00:56:54I don't think we have much to worry about.
00:56:56Get her awake naturally.
00:57:06Tell Ellie I couldn't wait for coffee.
00:57:08I've got a lot of calls to make.
00:57:10Shall I stay with her?
00:57:12No need. The rest can only do her good.
00:57:14I'll come back again on my way home at lunchtime.
00:57:16If you're sure.
00:57:18She'll be all right. Bye.
00:57:22Doctor had to leave, Miss Ellie.
00:57:24He said he had a lot of calls to make.
00:57:26Oh, everything's all right, isn't it?
00:57:28Oh, yes, fine. He'll look in again at lunchtime.
00:57:30Well, come along in, then.
00:57:34There we are.
00:57:38Milk and sugar?
00:57:42What do you think of Alan?
00:57:44He seems very nice.
00:57:46Oh, we'd be lost without him.
00:57:48We're miles from the shops here,
00:57:50and neither Joyce nor I drive.
00:57:52So Alan does lots of errands for us.
00:57:54He's very fond of you both.
00:57:58Perhaps you ought to think about
00:58:00moving into town,
00:58:02getting a smaller place.
00:58:04It might be easier for you to manage.
00:58:06We could never do that.
00:58:08We were both born here in this house.
00:58:10Now we can never leave it. Never!
00:58:14No, I suppose not.
00:58:16It's just that it's a bit rude
00:58:18It's just that it's a bit remote
00:58:20from anywhere.
00:58:22We like it here,
00:58:24Joyce and I.
00:58:26We're used to it,
00:58:28just the two of us and our...
00:58:30animals.
00:58:32Well,
00:58:34I'd better get on.
00:58:36It's nasty out.
00:58:38Oh, I do hope
00:58:40they catch the murderer today.
00:58:42Murderer, yes.
00:58:44They think it's an animal or something,
00:58:46No, not now.
00:58:48After the second one, they knew it was a human being,
00:58:50although it acts like an animal.
00:58:52They can make tests, you see.
00:58:54Jenny, who works at the hospital,
00:58:56said the third one was really horrible.
00:58:58The sooner they get him locked up, the better.
00:59:00Oh!
00:59:02Oh, I'm sorry, Miss Elliot.
00:59:04I'm terribly sorry. I thought...
00:59:06Third?
00:59:08There was another one last night.
00:59:10I'm terribly sorry to upset you.
00:59:12I didn't think...
00:59:14But there's no need to worry.
00:59:16He only attacks soldiers in uniform,
00:59:18and they're all armed now.
00:59:20Last night?
00:59:22I'll pour you another cup of coffee.
00:59:26I'd better stay.
00:59:28Would you like me to stay with you, Miss Ellie?
00:59:30No.
00:59:32It's all right.
00:59:34It's all right. It was just a shock.
00:59:36It was stupid and thoughtless of me.
00:59:38I'll stay.
00:59:40You'll feel better for some company.
00:59:42No. You have work to do.
00:59:44Off you go.
00:59:46Are you sure you'll be all right?
00:59:48Sure. I'm fine.
00:59:50I'm worried about leaving you.
00:59:52No, I'm all right.
00:59:54The doctor will look in again at lunchtime.
00:59:56Yes.
00:59:58Oh, I am sorry, Miss Ellie.
01:00:00If I'd thought, I'd never have said.
01:00:02Don't worry.
01:00:04See you tonight, then.
01:00:12Oh.
01:00:42Oh.
01:01:12Joyce.
01:01:14Joyce!
01:01:16Wake up!
01:01:18Wake up, Joyce.
01:01:20Wake up!
01:01:22Ellie.
01:01:24Joyce!
01:01:26Wake up!
01:01:28He's got out!
01:01:30He's got out!
01:01:32Joyce, wake up!
01:01:34Wake up!
01:01:36Wake up!
01:01:38Wake up!
01:01:40Wake up. He's got out. He's got out again.
01:01:43I had such a wonderful dream.
01:01:47Joyce, he's got out. He's gone.
01:01:50Out?
01:01:52Gone? Who's gone?
01:01:54Joyce, he's moved the bench away and climbed out.
01:02:00Do you remember that bench, Ellie?
01:02:03And Father working on it when he had a good day.
01:02:08Do you remember?
01:02:09Joyce, you must listen to me.
01:02:12Listen to me. He's escaped.
01:02:16Well, perhaps it's just as well.
01:02:20Poor thing cooped up there.
01:02:24It doesn't matter.
01:02:25But there's been another murder. Another soldier.
01:02:29We've got to tell the police now. We've got to tell them the whole thing.
01:02:32Why?
01:02:33Because he could kill somebody else. Another soldier.
01:02:36Suppose it was Alan next time. It could be.
01:02:38We've got to tell them now.
01:02:41You're very fond of your young corporal, aren't you, Ellie?
01:02:45I suppose you think it makes up?
01:02:49Is that what you think, Ellie? Is it?
01:02:53I've never seen you like this before. What's wrong?
01:02:57Wrong?
01:02:58Nothing's wrong.
01:03:02I feel fine.
01:03:04Wonderful.
01:03:06I've always been able to rely on you before.
01:03:10What am I going to do, Joyce? Tell me. Tell me what to do.
01:03:36Hello?
01:03:38Doris?
01:04:06Okay, lads, bring her round the back, please.
01:04:15Let them go now.
01:04:20Hey, hey, hey.
01:04:22Come on, let's go.
01:04:24Come on, let's go.
01:04:26Come on, let's go.
01:04:28Come on, let's go.
01:04:30Come on, let's go.
01:04:32Come on, let's go.
01:04:35Come on, let's go.
01:04:41Wait in the shed round the corner.
01:05:05Woof, woof.
01:05:09Woof, woof, woof.
01:05:11Woof, woof.
01:05:20Major Mortimer?
01:05:22This is Chief Superintendent Paddock here.
01:05:25Yes, the dogs have gone off.
01:05:27Towards the moors.
01:05:29And all the men and vehicles you can spare.
01:05:32Oh, and I'm going to need three men for the house here.
01:05:35Armed.
01:05:37Two to be posted at the shed in the garden.
01:05:39And one man inside the house.
01:05:42Well, I don't think he'll come back here, but...
01:05:45Well, if we've got a storm, he might.
01:05:49Fine, thanks.
01:05:51Yes, I'll keep in touch.
01:05:53All right, goodbye.
01:05:57Miss Ballantyne?
01:06:01Miss Ballantyne?
01:06:05I've got to tell them now, Joyce.
01:06:08You do understand, don't you?
01:06:10I've got to.
01:06:12If you think it's best, Ellie.
01:06:14Whatever you say.
01:06:35Hi, Miss Ballantyne.
01:06:37Glad that you'd tell us about it.
01:06:39Sergeant Young here will write it all down.
01:06:41Is that all right?
01:06:43Well, it was such a long time ago.
01:06:46There's so many things to explain.
01:06:48I don't know what to say.
01:06:50It's a long time ago.
01:06:52It's a long time ago.
01:06:54It's a long time ago.
01:06:56It's a long time ago.
01:06:58It's a long time ago.
01:07:00It's a long time ago.
01:07:02It's a long time ago.
01:07:03There's so many things to explain.
01:07:05Just take your time, Miss Ballantyne.
01:07:07You just take your time.
01:07:09Tell us about it in your own words.
01:07:11Well, I was six when the war started.
01:07:14The Great War, that was, in 1914.
01:07:17And it was all to do with Daddy.
01:07:20Father.
01:07:22He was a wonderful man then.
01:07:24I can still remember him like that.
01:07:27Only just.
01:07:29Vaguely.
01:07:30He was tall and handsome when he went away to the war.
01:07:35That was right at the very beginning.
01:07:38It was just Mother and Joyce and me.
01:07:42I can remember that the house seemed so empty and sad without him.
01:07:48We all missed him so much.
01:07:51And when he came home on leave,
01:07:54he looked beautiful in his uniform.
01:07:56And the house was full of laughter and it was sunny again,
01:08:00just like before he went away.
01:08:02He took Joyce and me to the fairground that time.
01:08:06We went on the roundabout and they held a skelter.
01:08:10We had a fine time.
01:08:12He bought us some ice cream from the Italian man.
01:08:15Mother didn't want us to eat it, though.
01:08:18She didn't like us eating in the street.
01:08:20Things were so different in those days.
01:08:23And then suddenly he was gone.
01:08:28We didn't go to the station to see him off.
01:08:32Just Mother.
01:08:34She cried a lot when she came home.
01:08:37She told us that Daddy had gone to France to fight in the war.
01:08:43We didn't understand much about it at the time,
01:08:46but we cried because she cried.
01:08:48Because we missed him so much.
01:08:53He came back once more on leave,
01:08:56but he looked older and more tired.
01:09:01It was still fun, mind you.
01:09:04It was winter that time,
01:09:06and the lake at Lichimir was frozen over solid.
01:09:10We skated.
01:09:12And Daddy made us a toboggan.
01:09:14That was his real hobby.
01:09:15Carpentry.
01:09:17He loved it.
01:09:19He could make anything.
01:09:21And he pulled us right to the top of Deep Dean Hill on the toboggan.
01:09:25And then he let us go, and we screamed and screamed.
01:09:29It was marvellous.
01:09:32Now Deep Dean Hill's gone, too.
01:09:35That's where they built those new houses.
01:09:38Then Daddy went back to France,
01:09:41and we used to read the newspapers,
01:09:43and Mother used to read his letters to us.
01:09:46He always said,
01:09:48How's Muffet and Moppet?
01:09:50He called Joyce Little Miss Muffet, you see, when she was born.
01:09:53He called me Moppet because of my hair.
01:09:56He said it was just like a mop.
01:09:58And when I was little,
01:10:00he used to lift me up
01:10:02and turn me upside down
01:10:04and pretend to mop the floor with me.
01:10:06And I used to scream and pretend to be frightened.
01:10:09Of course, I wasn't really.
01:10:10Then we read about the big push.
01:10:13That was an awful time.
01:10:15We kept thinking that Daddy was going to be killed
01:10:18because we knew he was right there,
01:10:20in the front line.
01:10:24I shall never forget the day that the telegram came.
01:10:29And Mother's face when she saw it.
01:10:32At first, she didn't want to open it.
01:10:35But Joyce said she had to.
01:10:37And then she cried and laughed.
01:10:41And then she cried again.
01:10:43And she said that Daddy was coming home.
01:10:45The telegram wasn't from him.
01:10:48It was from a friend of his,
01:10:50a captain something or other.
01:10:52And it told us the time of the train and everything.
01:10:55And we all went to the station to meet him.
01:11:38The train.
01:11:58The house was awful after that.
01:12:01Daddy was strange.
01:12:03He had his good days now and again
01:12:05when he was more like his old self.
01:12:08But mostly, he was awful.
01:12:11He used to scream and shout.
01:12:14He had the most terrible nightmares.
01:12:16And he was violent.
01:12:18He used to hit Mother sometimes, and even us.
01:12:21He was often ill.
01:12:24And Mother told us that it was because of what had happened to him in France.
01:12:28That he was gassed and had shell shock
01:12:30and that we must try and understand and be patient
01:12:32and that eventually he would be better.
01:12:36But he never was.
01:12:41He was never the same man again.
01:12:44Yes.
01:12:47Then in 1921,
01:12:49Mother told us she was expecting another baby.
01:12:52I don't know why, but we were rather shocked somehow.
01:12:56Father being like he was.
01:12:58Anyway, Mother had Stephen.
01:13:01He was a beautiful baby.
01:13:04Joyce and I adored him.
01:13:07But Father didn't take to him at all.
01:13:10Mother wasn't well after that,
01:13:13and Father got worse and worse all the time.
01:13:16He wouldn't have Stephen in the same room with him.
01:13:19And then Mother died.
01:13:22She hadn't been well, you see, since Stephen was born.
01:13:25Father hated her.
01:13:26Father hated him even more after that.
01:13:29And one day he started to brick up the cellar.
01:13:33He said he was going to put Stephen in there.
01:13:36Let him rot, he said.
01:13:39But of course, Joyce and I stopped him.
01:13:57And it turned out that Stephen was strange in some way, did it?
01:14:02Oh, no.
01:14:04Not at all.
01:14:06He was a very intelligent child.
01:14:09Very bright.
01:14:11Father was a bit better after he'd gone away to work.
01:14:15But he was a good boy.
01:14:17He was a good boy.
01:14:19He was a good boy.
01:14:21He was a good boy.
01:14:23He was a good boy.
01:14:24Father was a bit better after he'd gone away to boarding school,
01:14:27but he never spoke about him.
01:14:30Stephen wrote him letters.
01:14:32He never opened them.
01:14:34He just threw them on the fire without a word.
01:14:36Of course, we didn't tell Stephen that.
01:14:38And so he just kept on writing.
01:14:40If he asked, we said that Father enjoyed his letters,
01:14:45but that he never wrote back to anybody.
01:14:47And then it must have been in 1933.
01:14:52Daddy died.
01:14:54Well, he'd been in bed for over a year,
01:14:57so none of us missed him very much.
01:15:01We were quite glad, really,
01:15:03because we'd realized long ago that he would never get any better.
01:15:07So we thought this was probably the best thing.
01:15:10How did Stephen take it?
01:15:12He was heartbroken,
01:15:14as if he and Father had been everything to each other.
01:15:17Joyce and I could never understand it.
01:15:19That was in 1933.
01:15:21Yes, we started reading the newspapers then about Hitler and Germany.
01:15:26One crisis after another, it seemed to us.
01:15:30Where was Stephen then?
01:15:32Oh, he was still at boarding school,
01:15:35but Joyce said that he should come home and go to day school.
01:15:39She said we needed a man about the house.
01:15:47There was only one big row.
01:15:49Stephen wanted to join the OTC at school,
01:15:52but Joyce put her foot down firmly over that.
01:15:56She wrote to the headmaster
01:15:58and said she wouldn't allow it under any circumstances.
01:16:01Stephen was furious, but Joyce was adamant.
01:16:06You see, Stephen,
01:16:08I just wanted to look after you, make sure you were safe.
01:16:12After all, I brought you up since you were a baby.
01:16:15I brought you up since you were a baby.
01:16:18I'd been mother and father to you.
01:16:21And all you wanted to do was get away from me,
01:16:25go to the war.
01:16:28You do understand I couldn't let you do that,
01:16:32don't you?
01:16:35You were all I had, all I'd ever had.
01:16:39I had to keep you.
01:16:41You were everything to me.
01:16:43Ellie was there all the time, but
01:16:46it was you I wanted, Stephen.
01:16:51That was all.
01:17:12Bark!
01:17:14Bark!
01:17:16Bark!
01:17:18Bark!
01:17:34He took a job that summer.
01:17:36He said that if he earned some money, he could help us to manage.
01:17:39And that he could buy his own clothes when he went to university.
01:17:43It was only a casual job, mind you.
01:17:46And what happened after the summer?
01:17:48One day, Joyce said there was going to be another war.
01:17:51I was sure she was right.
01:17:53All the papers seemed to be full of it.
01:17:56Joyce said there would be conscription straight away this time.
01:18:00Everybody who was 18 would be called up and made to go and fight in France.
01:18:05She kept on and on about it, about Stephen and
01:18:09what had happened to Daddy and
01:18:12about how she'd never let it happen to Stephen.
01:18:15Never, never.
01:18:17Well, Stephen came across from Blackpool one Sunday afternoon.
01:18:22She said she wanted him to go to Canada about
01:18:25how much better the universities were there.
01:18:28But Stephen wouldn't go. He was determined not to go.
01:18:32He even said that if there was a war, he wouldn't wait to be conscripted.
01:18:36He'd join up.
01:18:37He said that if Joyce had let him join the OTC at school,
01:18:41he'd have been able to be an officer straight away.
01:18:44But that he didn't care.
01:18:46He'd join up and try and get a commission afterwards.
01:18:49When he'd gone back to Blackpool, Joyce was out of her mind.
01:18:54She couldn't leave it alone.
01:18:56She went on and on about what had happened to Daddy
01:18:59and how we couldn't let the same thing happen to Stephen.
01:19:02She swore she wouldn't and she said that I should feel the same.
01:19:07Stephen only wanted to be an officer.
01:19:10Like his father.
01:19:12Exactly.
01:19:14Funny, I'd never thought of it like that, but that's what it amounted to.
01:19:18Then one day, Joyce told me that she had a plan.
01:19:23She talked and talked about it all through the following week.
01:19:27She said that it wouldn't be difficult,
01:19:29that we could do it, that it would be better for Stephen.
01:19:32Eventually, I had to agree.
01:19:36Joyce was always stronger about things than I was.
01:19:40She went to the doctor and told him she couldn't sleep.
01:19:44He said it was her nerves and gave her some tablets.
01:19:49She wrote to Stephen and told him to come over on Sunday.
01:19:55Said that she wanted to talk to him.
01:19:58She made tea and not long afterwards,
01:20:02Stephen fell asleep in his chair.
01:20:05She'd put four tablets in his tea.
01:20:08The doctor said she must never have more than one.
01:20:12I was terrified.
01:20:15But she said everything would be all right.
01:20:19And we took him down to the cellar.
01:20:24We had everything ready.
01:20:27All the stuff was there.
01:20:29Because Father had started on it ages ago,
01:20:33when he was angry with Stephen.
01:20:37You broke him up in the cellar?
01:20:40Yes.
01:20:42We both thought it was best for him.
01:20:44You kept him there?
01:20:46For how long?
01:20:48Well, at first, he used to shout and scream.
01:20:52But if it was especially bad,
01:20:54or we thought someone was going to call,
01:20:55we just gave him some tablets in a drink or something.
01:20:58He had to drink, you see.
01:21:01Well, they had to be stronger and stronger as time went on.
01:21:06But gradually he stopped making any noise at all.
01:21:10He'd just whimper now and again.
01:21:14It was very difficult during the war,
01:21:18with only two rations for three people.
01:21:21And you kept him there, right?
01:21:23And you kept him there right through the war?
01:21:27Yes, of course.
01:21:29And when it was over?
01:21:31That was the awful part.
01:21:33We couldn't let him out then.
01:21:35He was too far gone. He wasn't normal.
01:21:38He's been in there nearly 30 years.
01:21:43We thought it was best for him, you see.
01:21:48That's what we thought.
01:21:54What do you think they'll do?
01:21:57Well, that's not for me to decide, Miss Bellantyne.
01:22:00I just have to report.
01:22:02I don't think he'll come back here.
01:22:04We're bound to catch him soon.
01:22:06Have a good night's rest.
01:22:08Good night.
01:22:24Bellantyne!
01:22:30Joyce!
01:22:32Joyce!
01:22:34What are you doing out of bed?
01:22:37What about this uniform?
01:22:39What's the matter with you?
01:22:41Take that coat off! Take it off!
01:22:45It's mine. It's mine.
01:22:48Help me up, sir.
01:23:02Hello, Joanna.
01:23:04Oh, Alan, I didn't expect you to be here.
01:23:06They wanted someone in the house, so I sort of volunteered.
01:23:09Seemed better to have somebody they knew around.
01:23:17Where's Miss Ellie?
01:23:19Dr Spencer gave her a light sedative. Sent her off to bed.
01:23:21Whoever would have believed it.
01:23:23Two dear, sweet old ladies.
01:23:25What on earth made them do it?
01:23:27Who knows what makes people do things.
01:23:29What do you suppose they'll do with them?
01:23:32I don't know. I don't think there's a lot they can do.
01:23:35Can't really lock up two old ladies like this.
01:23:37Don't think you can.
01:23:39Maybe put them in a home.
01:23:41Might just as well leave them here, with their own things around them.
01:23:44They must have suffered a lot over the years.
01:23:46And him, the brother, what about him?
01:23:48They'll have to lock him up when they catch him.
01:23:51He can't be much more than an animal.
01:23:53Why soldiers?
01:23:55Why do you suppose he only attacks soldiers?
01:23:57I don't know.
01:23:59Probably in what was left of his brain he thought the army had something to do with him being locked up.
01:24:02I suppose over the years he got it all muddled up.
01:24:05Then he saw the uniform and that was enough.
01:24:08There.
01:24:10Poor old things.
01:24:12Should I look in and see Miss Ellie, do you think?
01:24:14I think she's asleep. Perhaps it would be better not to wake her up.
01:24:16Maybe.
01:24:18Is it starting?
01:24:20Just as well.
01:24:22Poor creature, being out on a night like this.
01:24:24They say they're hunting him with dogs.
01:24:26Yeah, but if there's much rain the dogs won't be a lot of use.
01:24:29He's gone off across the moor somewhere.
01:24:31Hope they catch him soon.
01:24:33Damn rain, I'll get soaked.
01:24:35Look, I'll run you to Little Mere. Won't take ten minutes.
01:24:37What about these two?
01:24:39Where? They're both asleep.
01:24:41There's two more men patrolling the garden. I'll only be gone ten minutes.
01:24:43Would be nice.
01:24:45Come on then.
01:24:47How is she?
01:24:49Sleeping like a baby.
01:24:51Come on then.
01:24:53Are you sure it'll be all right?
01:24:55Well, you can't get Maggie in this. Come on, let's run.
01:25:10Chris!
01:25:12What's the matter?
01:25:14Joyce!
01:25:16Joyce!
01:25:18It's me, Ellie!
01:25:20Wake up! Wake up!
01:25:22I'm frightened!
01:25:24Joyce, wake up!
01:25:26You always did hate storms, didn't you, Ellie?
01:25:29At night!
01:25:31Not in the daytime, only at night!
01:25:35Don't worry.
01:25:37It won't hurt you.
01:25:41Joyce!
01:25:43I heard something.
01:25:45In the hall!
01:25:47Of course you didn't, Ellie.
01:25:49I did! I did!
01:26:14Look!
01:26:16Joyce!
01:26:18He can see us!
01:26:20He can see in the dark!
01:26:22Ellie, get to the telephone!
01:26:24I can't! I can't!
01:26:27Talk to him!
01:26:29Tell him where we are!
01:26:31Stephen!
01:26:33Stephen!
01:26:35Stephen!
01:26:37Stephen!
01:26:39Stephen!
01:26:41Stephen!
01:26:44It's me, Joyce!
01:26:46Stephen!
01:26:50Stop!
01:26:52It's me!
01:26:54Joyce!
01:26:55Joyce!
01:27:12Stephen!
01:27:14Stephen!
01:27:16He only wanted the picture, Joyce.
01:27:19Stephen!
01:27:26Stephen!
01:27:38He knew, Joyce.
01:27:44In the end, he knew who the picture was.
01:27:51It's one thing he didn't know.
01:27:53One thing you never know now.
01:27:56You'll never know that everything we did,
01:27:59the whole thing,
01:28:02was all done for him.
01:28:25THE END
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