Young and Innocent Page #2

creature left you.

That's going to be hard to

explain away too.

Yes, that... that looks very like

a motive to me.

However, we mustn't despair. Not

actually despair. Non desperandum.

Oh, now I should be very much

happier.

Oh, much, much happier... if it

were not for that belt.

Oh, dear me, that belt.

I wish I could go out and find

that blasted coat!

I swear it was stolen at Tom's

Hat.

- You lost your hat too?

- Oh, no.

Oh, well, that's something.

Oh, yes, that's quite a good

point! Or isn't it?

Tom's Hat is a common shelter on

the main Crompton Road.

If only I could get my coat with

the belt, the police would...

...realize what a colossal blunder

they're making!

Well, of course I'll do

everything I can for you.

Though I wish you had been more

frank with the police about it.

It always pays to be frank with

the police. However...

Are you representing the police,

by any chance?

Oh, dear me, no, my dear fellow,

I'm on your side.

Tell me, when they searched you,

did they leave you your money?

Oh, yes, sir...

Two pounds and three schillings.

I wonder if it would be asking

too much if I could have...

...a trifle on account.

Certainly, how much?

Well, I thought perhaps a couple

of pounds?

Oh, thank you!

Yes, it would be a great pity if

you hadn't any money.

Counselling costs a great deal,

you know?

However, perhaps you've got some

friends who will come to your...

...rescue at the last minute.

- Your case next, Mr. Briggs.

- Oh, dear...

Oh, dear me, I just mislaid my

glasses.

You know, I'm quite lost without

them.

Ask them to delay the procedure

for me a little while, will you?

I shan't be able to read my notes.

We mustn't be depressed on a

day like this, must we?

Hold on a minute, the other case

has just finished.

Yes, yes, well, we needn't go

into that.

Mrs. Bessons, do you really want

a separation order?

Oh, no, sir, but I don't him

to carry on.

Mr. Bessons, will you promise me

to behave yourself in future?

Aye, I will, sir.

Maybe I were a bit hasty.

Well, I shall bind you over to

keep the peace for six months.

Sir, can't you make it eight

months to carry me over Christmas?

- No, that'll do.

- Next case, please.

- Come straight home.

- I'm off to see an old pal.

Yes, your old pals at King's

Crown.

Hold it!

Look here, this is the wrong man!

The prisoner has escaped!

- The prisoner has escaped?

Your Worship, I...

Come on, you lot!

Run down the street.

Three of you surround him. Have

another one search the spinning.

Look for a murderer in a spinning?

Not me!

- You're not afraid, are you?

- No, but I'm not a fool!

Well, take two others with you!

Here, you two!

And you, with the spectacles!

Go down the Mill Lane, that will

take you to the High Road.

One each side of the fence and

one up the road!

Sergeant, take this car and go to

the station.

There's a train leaving in a

quarter of an hour.

- Make sure he's not on it.

- Yes, sir.

And see that every station on the

line is warned.

- Right, sir.

- Can you drive it?

- I can drive everything, sir.

- Oh, but...

All right, Erica, the Sergeant

will do it.

Yes, but the thing to do is

to pull this...

All right, miss, you leave

it to us!

Yes, but don't you see you've got

to pull the choke!

Sometimes these get a bit cold.

What's this string doing here?

Hey, that's the choke! It's no

good, you can't sort it out!

Crank up again!

- It's all right, I stopped.

- I thought you must have, miss.

It wasn't very uphill.

You know, we'll never catch him

this way. You two go on your own.

What about you, miss?

Oh, I'll be all right. I'll find

some help from somebody.

- Halt, young man!

- For what?

- We've got to commandeer you.

- You're going to what?

Use your car, in the name

of the law.

You can't do that, it isn't a

Black Maria.

It is for the moment.

We've got to get to the railway

station quickly!

I can't go quickly, the pigs

don't like it.

We can't hold back, we're on

a job!

Pigs is my job.

I hope you will be all right,

miss.

Don't worry, I hope you'll

find him.

- Now then, where do we sit?

- With the pigs.

Go on, jump up.

Can't you give us a bit more

room?

Carts don't take more than ten

pigs.

Come on!

Well, if it isn't Florence

Nightingale!

What are you doing here?

You must be mad, don't you

remember who I am?

Yes, you're only the Chief

Constable's daughter.

And my ministering angel.

I don't think that's very funny.

Don't you realize half the

countryside is looking for you?

And so am I, for that matter.

Yes, and now that you've found

me I insist on helping you.

I'm determined to push this old

crock as far as the...

...petrol station.

What do you mean old crock?

Oh, you're crazy, you haven't

got a hope of escaping.

I shall have tell the police

at once!

- There's one thing you should do.

- What?

Thank me for pushing the car.

Thank you.

So you should, especially since

I'm doing all the work.

- Two...

- Two gallons, please!

Ginger! Two gallons!

Heard about the escaped man?

He's wanted by the police.

Just had a police car.

It stopped here for a fill up.

If you see that pal you might

tell him to keep on escaping.

- It's good for business.

- I certainly will.

Oi, dad! Dad, oi!

Thanks.

- How much?

- Two and eleven.

Thank you. You must let me know

where to send the money to.

Anywhere you like.

Will you give it a swing, please?

All right, I'll do it.

How far is it to Tom's Hat?

You go straight along that road

about twice as far as you can see.

How far would that be?

- Oh, about five miles, I reckon.

Then turn right. Go along a mile.

Take the left fork...

...and two miles along that road.

Not the right fork.

The right fork would take you

back to town.

The left fork...

That's right. There's two miles

up that road.

Did you hear that my dear?

Five miles straight ahead, turn

right, along a mile...

...then take the left fork.

- Yes, I heard.

- You know I can't possibly!

- Don't forget it's my petrol.

Straight down that road, it's

about five miles.

Yes, thank you, I heard.

- This isn't Tom's Hat.

- Will you please get out?

- Why?

- Because it's my car.

It may seem a good reason to

you but it doesn't to me.

It's the best thing you can do!

- So I've won you over.

- You certainly have not!

Oh, yes, I have. You see that

it's too risky for me to go to...

...Tom's Hat by daylight, so what

do you do?

Not a thing.

You persuade me to stay in this

deserted mill until dark.

Then you return and ride me over

to Tom's Hat before it closes.

I feel like Bonnie Prince Charlie.

You must be Flora MacDonald.

A little while ago I was

Florence Nightingale.

That's what I like about you,

you're different.

How can you joke about this?

Don't you know what it means if

you're caught?

I'd make a rough guess.

Horribly rough.

Well, it isn't funny, you see?

No, but I can laugh because

I'm innocent.

You don't believe that, do you?

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