Murder at the Gallop Page #5

None of you | seem to understand. I want it!

- That doesn't mean you will get it. | - It does.

- Now, you listen... | - Stop it.

I've had all the unpleasantness | that I can take.

- Well, Hector... | - I mean it.

- You may mean it but... | - No buts.

The matter's settled. This is my | house. I make the rules around here.

It's marvellous | what a little security does.

I don't find | that remark very amusing.

I didn't mean it to be amusing.

I'm glad it's all settled. Thank you.

It's not settled | as far as I'm concerned.

Oh, but it is, George. | I think you misunderstood, Rosamund.

It's settled because I'm keeping it.

Oh, not in bed yet, Miss Marple?

I'm choosing something | to read before retiring.

- Good night. | - Good night.

If you're looking for Miss Marple, | she's downstairs in the lounge.

I'm sorry to have startled you.

That's all right. I'm still nervous.

Yes, well under the circumstances, | I'm not surprised.

What do you mean?

If I was the murderer, | I'd be worried in case you had heard

what old Enderby said to Cora.

- I didn't. | - I don't blame you for forgetting.

The murderer would hardly leave you | running around, would he?

- Oh, I must... | - Go?

Yes, so must I. Good night.

- Is anything wrong, Miss Milchrest? | - Yes.

- Could I speak to you please? Alone? | - Of course. Come to my room.

Thank you.

I hope this means that | you no longer think I'm a murderess.

- Forgive me. It was stupid of me. | - Not at all.

A natural conclusion when | you saw me standing over the body.

- Won't you sit down? | - Thank you.

There was something | you wanted to say?

Miss Marple, I did overhear Mrs | Lansquenet and her brother that day.

- Yes, I thought so. | - I wasn't eavesdropping.

Naturally not. What did you hear?

Only bits and pieces really | but enough to realise

he was afraid that someone | in the family was going to kill him.

- Which one of them? | - I don't know.

He hinted | as though he hated to say the word.

Understandable.

Miss Milchrest, | have you told this to anyone else?

Oh no, because | when he died so soon afterwards,

I began to wonder | and then Mrs Lansquenet...

Oh, Miss Marple, | I'm afraid. I'm terribly afraid.

I think you have reason to be.

They've all asked me, | every single one of them,

and they look | as if they don't believe me.

I'm afraid you're not | a good liar, Miss Milchrest.

Now, we must tell this to | Inspector Craddock and to no one else

and the sooner the better.

Don't let it worry you any more.

Go to your room | and leave the rest to me.

Thank you very much.

Is that you, Inspector? | Miss Marple here.

Please forgive | the lateness of the hour.

I have the evidence | I've been looking for.

I know who the killer is!

I hardly think you're in a position | to press me under the circumstances.

You don't think | it will stop me anyway do you?

Nothing more to say?

Good, then listen.

Yes, I went to see the old man | on the day that he was killed.

We all went there at one time or | another and all for the same reason,

to get money out of him.

But you were the worst.

You were greedy enough | to kill for it.

Oh, and not just | for a quarter of the estate

but for a real sum of money.

That picture is worth a fortune.

Ironic, isn't it?

To think that he must have picked it | up 30 years ago in Paris for a song.

Now I know what | that picture is worth and I want it.

If you don't tell me where it is,

you know what's going | to happen, so where is it?

- What are you doing? | - Let me go. You're hurting me.

Snooping and prying. | You ought to be ashamed of yourself.

How dare you!

I shall report you to your employer | first thing in the morning.

Hey, who's there? Open up!

Help!

Let me out!

Help! Help!

Stop that infernal row. | Turn the engine off.

Steady. Steady, boy. Steady.

What on earth's going on here? What's | the matter with Black Jack?

Black Jack's all right. | He's all right.

- There was someone in there. | - What?

There was someone in there.

Who?

Mr Crossfield, sir. He's dead.

- Where were you, sir? | - I was upstairs in my room.

And you, madam?

I was fast asleep, Inspector.

So you were all in your rooms...

...one of you wasn't!

Whoever locked that stable door and | turned that motor on is a murderer.

Until I get to the bottom of this | situation, none of you are to leave.

That will be quite impossible.

I must insist. My men will be here to | see those orders are carried out.

You will ruin me. | I can't have police...

- You can and you will. | - Tonight is our annual dance.

Tonight? You're having a dance here?

It may be unfeeling to hold | a dance under the circumstances,

but I'm running a business here.

You can have your dance | but nothing else changes.

That's all for now.

Can I get back to work? | There's a lot to do for tonight.

- I suppose that's permissible? | - Of course.

Does that mean we can all go?

As long as | you don't leave the grounds.

I wonder if I might go up | to London this afternoon?

No, I'm sorry, but no one leaves.

- Oh, but Inspector... | - That's all. Oh, Miss Marple.

- Yes? | - Can I have a word with you?

I have something | rather important to say.

- About that call last night. | - Oh, that, yes.

You said you had the evidence | and the murderer.

I'm afraid | I was a little premature there.

Were you? | Who did you think it was, Crossfield?

As a matter of fact I did | but only briefly, Inspector.

Very briefly. Now I really know.

- I'm sure you do. | - I do.

Only before | I can be quite sure,

I need the expert opinion | of an art dealer.

- An art dealer? | - That's what I said, Inspector.

However, I'll take care of that, | but I need your help.

There's Mr Stringer. If you'll excuse | me, I'll be with you in a moment.

I'm sending him to London | on an important mission.

When he returns tonight, he will have | certain information that I need.

After that, we can force | the killer out into the open.

- Oh, we can, can we? | - Yes, I guarantee it.

How much | do you know about first aid?

First aid?

I'm planning to have | a heart attack at the dance tonight

and I shall be much obliged if | you will pretend to take care of me.

If you...

Later I'll have the doctor | confirm the diagnosis.

May I ask | what you're proposing to do then?

I am proposing to allow myself | to be frightened to death.

Good day, Inspector.

Come, Mr Stringer. Let's go up to | my room. It's easier to talk there.

I'm not entirely sure | about that woman.

George thought | she was working for the police.

Nonsense. | She's a lady and a great horsewoman.

One doesn't necessarily | preclude the other, does it?

I've never heard | of a mounted policewoman.

You know her well. | Is she working for the police?

Oh, no... at least I don't think so.

I believe | she knows the Inspector personally.

What does it matter? You sound | like a man with a guilty conscience.

My conscience is perfectly clear.

Then you have nothing to worry about.

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