Murder Most Foul

asked you not to interfere. 469 00:33:32,609 --> 00:33:35,147 - Inspector, that strange woman, it's... - Yes. 470 00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:37,692 Miss Marple. Allow me. 471 00:33:37,864 --> 00:33:39,987 Sergeant, would you escort her to headquarters. 472 00:33:40,158 --> 00:33:43,527 And see that she makes a complete statement. I'll get around to her later. 473 00:33:44,788 --> 00:33:47,160 After you, sergeant. 474 00:34:17,195 --> 00:34:21,063 Sergeant, you're sure you didn't mishear any of what Miss Marple said? 475 00:34:21,241 --> 00:34:23,234 I did not, sir. 476 00:34:23,410 --> 00:34:26,197 No. Well, will you come in, please, Miss Marple. 477 00:34:26,371 --> 00:34:28,031 Certainly. 478 00:34:30,292 --> 00:34:33,043 Almost a draw, sergeant. 479 00:34:36,756 --> 00:34:39,876 - Well, please, sit down. - Thank you. 480 00:34:40,844 --> 00:34:43,086 All right, Miss Marple... 481 00:34:43,263 --> 00:34:46,798 ...let us suppose, just suppose, that Mrs. McGinty... 482 00:34:46,975 --> 00:34:48,884 ...was blackmailing one of those actors. 483 00:34:49,060 --> 00:34:52,180 And let us suppose that this was the actual blackmail note she sent. 484 00:34:52,355 --> 00:34:53,980 By all means, inspector. 485 00:34:54,149 --> 00:34:57,352 Right. Now, as it was lying beside the whiskey bottle... 486 00:34:57,527 --> 00:35:00,445 ...in George Rowton's dressing room, she must have sent it to him. 487 00:35:00,739 --> 00:35:02,482 That does spring to mind. 488 00:35:02,657 --> 00:35:05,907 - So that she was blackmailing him. - It would appear so. 489 00:35:06,077 --> 00:35:09,992 Now, if there's anything at all in what you say, he murdered her. 490 00:35:10,165 --> 00:35:12,241 On the face of it, yes. 491 00:35:12,417 --> 00:35:13,995 So are we to suppose that today... 492 00:35:14,169 --> 00:35:16,790 ...in a rather belated fit of remorse, he poisoned himself? 493 00:35:17,130 --> 00:35:19,257 - Perhaps. - Are we to suppose that someone else... 494 00:35:19,466 --> 00:35:21,708 ...poisoned him for some reason? 495 00:35:21,885 --> 00:35:24,210 Again, perhaps. 496 00:35:25,514 --> 00:35:26,889 Inspector... 497 00:35:27,057 --> 00:35:28,468 ...may I ask you a question? 498 00:35:29,351 --> 00:35:32,767 - Please do. - If you had simply found that note... 499 00:35:32,938 --> 00:35:36,437 ...in the victim's dressing room and knew no more about it than that... 500 00:35:36,608 --> 00:35:38,482 ...what would you have made of the affair? 501 00:35:38,652 --> 00:35:41,855 Well, I suppose I'd have thought the man was being blackmailed... 502 00:35:42,030 --> 00:35:43,821 ...and had decided to end it all. 503 00:35:43,990 --> 00:35:46,398 Yes, that's what I thought you'd have thought. 504 00:35:47,953 --> 00:35:50,740 It could be the note was left there deliberately... 505 00:35:50,914 --> 00:35:53,487 ...so that you would think that. 506 00:35:55,001 --> 00:35:58,785 Miss Marple, it's been a long, hard day already. 507 00:35:58,964 --> 00:36:02,463 - What are you suggesting now? - I am suggesting that the murderer... 508 00:36:02,634 --> 00:36:05,635 ...of Mrs. McGinty and the murderer of George Rowton... 509 00:36:05,804 --> 00:36:07,464 ...are one and the same. 510 00:36:09,683 --> 00:36:12,637 As to who murdered George Rowton, I don't yet know. 511 00:36:12,811 --> 00:36:14,222 But I will. 512 00:36:14,396 --> 00:36:17,017 As to who murdered Mrs. McGinty, I do know. 513 00:36:17,190 --> 00:36:19,397 He is at present being held in Milchester jail... 514 00:36:19,568 --> 00:36:22,106 ...awaiting a retrial necessitated by the stubbornness... 515 00:36:22,279 --> 00:36:24,105 ...of a certain member of the jury. 516 00:36:24,281 --> 00:36:26,404 And he killed her for her money. 517 00:36:26,575 --> 00:36:28,651 Yes, that L100... 518 00:36:28,827 --> 00:36:31,116 ...that was found by her body. 519 00:36:32,289 --> 00:36:34,696 Doesn't it occur to you, inspector... 520 00:36:34,875 --> 00:36:38,374 ...that that wasn't Mrs. McGinty's savings at all... 521 00:36:38,545 --> 00:36:39,825 ...but her payoff? 522 00:36:40,005 --> 00:36:43,125 Are you trying to make me believe that whoever she was blackmailing... 523 00:36:43,300 --> 00:36:47,167 ...brought the money, killed her and then, hearing the lodger come in, left in panic? 524 00:36:47,345 --> 00:36:49,836 - No. - Well, then, what? 525 00:36:50,015 --> 00:36:51,723 I am proposing that, like the note... 526 00:36:51,892 --> 00:36:54,465 ...the money was left behind deliberately. 527 00:36:54,644 --> 00:36:56,222 What for? 528 00:36:56,438 --> 00:37:00,186 Obviously so that the police would leap to the conclusion... 529 00:37:00,358 --> 00:37:01,639 ...they have leapt to. 530 00:37:04,446 --> 00:37:07,032 - Now, look here, Miss Marple... - If I were you, inspector... 53